Inability to Pay Toll Leads to Stolen Buick Abandonment
Two young men, about 22, could not pay a 40 cent toll crossing the Potomac at Brunswick Maryland. They abandoned a late model Buick sedan, later found to be stolen with Maryland license plates. State Police, led by Sergeant Atkinson, recovered the car in Frederick and seek its owners and the two men. Police link the vehicle to a Ford plate registered to a Davis of Little Orleans. No trace of the two occupants has been found.
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Potomac River
Brunswick
Atkinson
Virginia
Bridge Company
Frederick
Frederick Motor Company
Maryland
Hancock
Wheat Belt Short of Cars for Grain
Kansas City reports a wheat surplus outweighing storage as the 150 million dollar Kansas crop sits in open piles. Railroads rush empty box cars into the belt to prevent sun and rain damage while terminals speed unloading. More than 1 080 empty cars passed through yesterday en route to central and southwestern states as farmers and bankers stress acute needs.
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Kansas City
Othier
Sultan Youssaf questions morals after Paris visit
In Paris the Moroccan sultan observed a Charleston display at a Bois de Boulogne venue and told M Steeg he cannot understand men allowing wives and daughters to join in the dance. Separately, eight year old James Teo Jenkins remains in Frederick City Hospital after a Brunswick gasoline explosion, with playmates testifying to the incident as his condition stays serious. The American bison note closes the report with a factual aside.
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Paris
Sultan Mulfai Youssaff
Morocco
Bois de Boulogne
M. Steeg
James Teo Jenkins
Brunswick
Frederick City
Jenkins
Young Jenkins
No Formal Opening Plans For Second Half Of Season
Frederick baseball officials report no plans for a special observance to open the second half of the Blue Ridge League season. The split season means the six clubs start with a clean slate and the pennant winner of the last half will face Hagerstown in the seasonal final.
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Frederick
Blue Ridge League
Hagerstown
Hanover
Marinsburg
Dath
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Buck Ramsey
Raiders
Blue Mountain Conference Opens at Hood College Monday
The Blue Mountain Conference of the Episcopal Church opens Monday for an eight day session at Hood College with a sunset service and a formal organizational meeting. Daily study periods focus on Personal Religion with practical topics and four concurrent sessions. Evening lectures cover mission work, health, church history, and the World Conference, with special sessions on evangelism and church unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Mountain
Episcopal Church
Hood College
All Saints Church
Womana Auxiliary
Oa Girls’ Friendly Society
The
Daughters of the King
Church Army of the
Church of England
World Conference On Faith and Order
Church School
Church Army
Europe
Frederick and Vicinity
Brodbeck Hall
All Saint's Church
Brodbeck Mall
Wave Jumping Triggers Air Congestion in New York
Radio wave jumping by six local stations raises interference and court driven chaos feared as Hoover authority wanes. Four stations including WMSG and WBRR plan higher power, with one new metropolitan license granted. Jumps from 210 to 322 meters boost audience for entertainment, but disrupts existing wavelengths.
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New York
Congress
Hoover
WMSG
WBY
WBRR
Forced Off Road In Narrow Save Near Plane No 4
A Frederick Motor Co salesman, Bry Cledar Koons, escaped injury when the Ford coupe he rode in was forced from the road near Plane No 4 Wednesday about 3 o'clock. A large truck approached from the opposite direction and a pursuing Rickenbacker attempted to pass, causing the driver to brake and veer aside. State Officer A M Spierh investigated. no ar tests were made. A separate notice reports Philip Dorsey, 60, found dead in bed near Jeffersomile, Knoxville area, with funeral and interment planned Friday.
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Bry Cledar Koons
Frederick Motor Co
Plane No. 4
Koons
Baltimore
Calliston
A. M. Spierh
Dorsey
Rodney Danner
Doty Convicted by French Court Given 8 Year Term
Memphis native Doty 25 enlisted in the French Foreign Legion under the name Gilbert Clare. A Damascus court martial sentenced him to eight years hard labor for desertion, rejecting the death penalty. He claimed momentary homesickness and said he surrendered at Gendrama.
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Doty
Beirut
Sy.ia
Bennett
Memphis
Tenn
Damascus
French Foreign Legion
Gilbert Clare
Gallifer
Dot
Poty
Lemuel T. Dot
Holoth Field Artillery
Syria
Herneh
Taris
Tress
Daemasiyva
Gendrama
Transjordian
Successful Bible School Exercises Conclude In Church Street
Final exercises held at Church Street School mark the end of the Daily Vacation Bible School session led by Mrs G Kevin Robert. The program featured hymns recitations and a class prize list across eight grades with awards by Rev Dr T J Gaehr and Austin Rhoads. Benediction followed by remarks from teachers and a reading tribute to the staff.
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G. Kevin Robert
East Church Street
G. Ellis Witliama
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Eben Wilson
Holmes Gibson
Franklin Jamea
Harriet Kreh
Mildred Stup
Evelyn Stone
Thelma Burger
Annabell Lee
Mildred Yinger
Shandrew Moore
Mary Louise Wilson
Catherine Shaver
Norman Ford
Maralea Moore
Lightheart Voca
Mary Bartwis
T. J. Gaehr
First Presbyterian Church
Austin Rhoads
Hugh Gittinger, Jr
Betty Ziegier
Edgar Nicodemus
DeLuc Waldschmidt
Jean Feage
Mildred Bare Bis
Elizabeth Roderick
Laura Orridon
Beverly Feaga
Tosa’ Repn
George Ward
Frances Buckingham
Earl Shook
Ethel O'Hara
Kathleen Engelbrecht
Rebert
Douglass Woolf
MI Saints Church
Niles
H. Kieffer Llanter
Charlotte Mutter
Catherine Welner
Ambulance Drivers Rescue Leeds and companions From Reefing Boat
Five ambulance drivers from Metropolitan Hospital rescued William B Leeds and two companions after a 30 foot launch struck a reef near Wolfyre Island in a driving rain. The crew pulled the men to shore and notified Oyster Bar while the rescued men left without details. Separately, work began on final steel for the City Opera House with Dietrich Brothers loading shipments and pillar installation underway to reopen the theatre by September.
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New York
Te Metropolitan Hospital
Seles
Awiliam B. Leeds
Tin Tate
Nenia
Russia
Wolfyre Island
Oyster Bar
William Brb Leeds
Opera House
City Opera House
Dietrich Brothers
Fallimore
City pipeline to be tested by Baltimore firm today
A Baltimore consulting firm Whitman Hequardt Smith will supervise tests on Frederick city water pipeline today to locate leaks and identify pressure problems along the line from the storage dam to Frederick. Testing outfits and instruments will measure pressure at multiple points to determine cause of uneven flow and assess leakage in city pipes.
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Frederick
Whitman, Hequardt & Smith
Baltimore
Atlanta real estate leader J I Smith shoots self in Morningside
J I Smith president of the Atlanta Real Estate Board and Bankers' Trust Company director died by self-inflicted shotgun blast at his Morningside home. A servant found him. door broken with an axe. An inquest likely. letters found near the body. Smith had ties to J R Smith and W Rankin and to local development projects.
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Atlanta
J. I. Smith
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Bankers’ Trust Company
Federal District Court
Morningside
Smith
Julia Litsey
Peére
Mr. Smith
J. R. Smith and W. §. Rankin Company
Sylvan Uland
Purely Personal Local Happenings in Harrisburg and Nearby
Miss Sarah Quinn visits relatives in Harrisburg while Mrs. William E Hoffman and daughter Anne of Woodboro, Ohio return from Hanover and York Pa. Ellen Mensell, Johns Hopkins student, spends a few days in Fast Patrick Street. Mrs. C A Pierce heads to Atlanta to visit her brother. Martha Jean Doll born July 7 to Mrs. Doll formerly Frederica F. Smith of Walkersville. Heare M Hodges of Charleston and William Walden of Washington visit Midletown. Mrs. Tuco Smith of Sdakely, Ga visits Mr. Ren. Reidh. H F Gale visits FE. Tul, Zintman Files. Rep. Fred N. 7th seeks renomination in Sixth District. certificate filed with local Election Supervisors. George Lewis Eppler of Cumberland meets with local officials.
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Sarah Quinn
Harrisburg
William E. Hoffman
Anne
Woodaboro
Hanover
York
Ellen Mensell
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Fast Patrick Street
C A. Pierce
New York Hill
Brunswick
Atlanta
C Cfford Doll
Martha Jean
Doll
Frederica F. Smith
Walkersville
Heare M. Hodges
Charleston
S.C
William Walden
Washington
J. C
Howard Baer
Middletown
Tuco Smith
Sdakely
Ren. Reidh
H. F. Gale
FE. Tul
Zintman
Fred N N
Tistrict
Board of Election Supervisors
George Lewis Eppler
Cumberland
Zihiman
Twenty Injured In Wreck On Pennsylvania Line
Twenty people were injured when a train on the Pittsburgh division derailed near here. An eastern check prevented more breaks as ambulances and medical staff were rushed from Liverpool and nearby towns. Officials said the cause of the derailment would be determined after a preliminary check.
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Pennsylvania
Tiserpool
Chicago
Fort Wayne
New
Mrses
Liverpool
Wellesite
Saligeville
Plenty
Pennerlvania Railroad
Chelan
Pittsburgh
Wawrford
Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly to Convene in Braddock Heights
The tenth session of the Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly meets July 17 to 20 at Braddock Heights with Rev. Wol Braunuck of Baltimore delivering the keynote. National figures like Dr. Harvey Beschamp and Dr. Lyman Hattey are among speakers. delegates expected from multiple Maryland towns. County road repairs and new highway work progress under County Commissioners, with M. J. Grove Lime Company completing a macadam route linking Middletown to Young's Saw Mill and paving on sections near Humevills, Hamsville, and Brunswick Knoxville road projects ongoing under the State Roads Commission. Continuous bridge and small-bridge construction underway, with concrete work beginning on the new Catoctin creek bridge and preparations for Brunswick-Knoxville road alignment this year.
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Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
Braddock
Wol Brauuuck
Baltimore
Oyanacuse
Northern Baptist Convention
Harvey Beschamp
Dallas
Lexus
Lyman Hattey
Roy. W
Hroyis
First Baptist Church
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Middletown
Young
Haugh
Hamsville
Brunswick
Knoxville
State Roads Commission
M. 1
Grove Lima Company
Catoctin Creek
Hmits
Friday Unlucky For Whittemore
Baltimore reports Friday as the date of doom for Richard Reese Whittemore the man known as a crime ring leader. He faces execution for the 1925 slaying of Trobert HL Hett a Maryland penitentiary guard. He heard the death warrant read in his death house cell.
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Baltimore
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland
Whittemore
Dudge's Bench
Trobert HL Hettmob
Phon
Sthileh
Ecw
York
Holtman
Frederick Becomes Mecca For Tourists From All States
Frederick attracts visitors from across the nation as a popular stopover on the way to Washington and historic sites. Cars with licenses from Michigan, Nebraska, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and many other states fill streets, while locals cite local landmarks like the Key monument and Taney home as drawcards for travelers near and far.
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Frederick
United States
Praneig Seote Key
Admiral Schles
Michigan
N & Garage
Hartford
Conn
Golden West
Atlantic Sea Board
Thea Beures
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Lowisana
Vermont
Maine
Wisconsin
Dakota
Kansas
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Los Angeles
California
St . Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Delaware
Blinn
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virgina
Washington
Gettysburg
Antietam
Harpers Ferry
Caverta
Shenardoah
Francis Scott Key
Barbara Fritene
Roger Brooke Taney
Admiral Schley
Publisher Who Fought Gamblers Is Shot in Canton
Canton Daily News publisher Don R. Mellott was shot to death at his home after threats tied to his anti-gambling stance. An attacker fled in a nearby car. a police guard had been stationed previously due to threats. Judge Yontz offered a $1,000 reward for arrests, while Mellott’s family mourned his death.
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Canton
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Fhre News
James M. Cox
Akellett
Mellett
Akron
Akron Press & Brother
John
Jonas the Hrooks
Indiana Traction Association
Jess
Anderson
Ind
Medlett
T. C. McQuate
Mellott
Hubert Yontins
Auto Fines Light in County Weekly Report
Unusually few arrests for motor law violations in the county during the Automobile Commissioner’s report period. Total fines reached 310 dollars with multiple offenders across Frederick Milford and surrounding towns for licenses, speeding, and reckless or intoxicated driving.
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Automobile Commissioner's Office
Frederick
W.T. Cromwell
Milton Hicks
Cromwell
Middletown
Walter W. J. Croze, Jr
Ridgeville
George 3. Haller
John Myers
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Church Street School
Leeds, JR
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Baptists
Brunswick Bridge
San Francisco
Eva Wit Hanna
Calvin Williams
Marysville
Calif
Mecca
Canton, C
Daily News
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Common
Vanaweungen Brothers
Chesapeake and Ohio Raiway
Chenpeane and
Ohin Railway
General Motors
Steg
Yusisrday
Tevel
Airsex
Dentisus
Speath
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