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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1931
Page
14
Heavy damage reported in Maryland areas after a store blaze leaves sections damaged. RAN AND HAS BRING RELIEF 10 STATE FROM HEAT mentions widespread cooling relief influencing to end the heat across ten states.
A rainfall drenches Frederick and nearby towns as a lightning storm topples a high tension line. A party of about 60 children from the Cat Mt. KB Church Sunday School fled the trolley to seek shelter when a locust tree fell across the high tension line, forcing an abrupt halt of the Hagerstown to Frederick trolley run led by Dr. A A Rageuff.
Rain spurs shelter in a nearby farmhouse and at Edge Mont station. Potomac Edison crew removed a tree. Car resumed after about 90 minutes. Weather observer calls relief temporary. Mercury may reach 95 degrees today unless thunderstorms intervene. storms forecast only as local probabilities.
A July 17 1917 Privy Council meeting at St James Palace announced the royal house would be known as the House of Windsor and the German surnames of princes would be abandoned for British names. The change applies to descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria, with exceptions for female-line marriages. the announcement was published the same day.
The Air Circus of the Democratic Club of Frederick, postponed from April, will be held at Frederick Airport Saturday afternoon. Curtiss-Wright Flying Service of Baltimore will perform an aerial parade and a three-ship formation flown by Curtiss-Wright planes, with continuous flights until dark. Hundreds who bought tickets last April can attend by presenting their stubs.
In Alexandria on July 18 Secretary Doak denounced organizations opposing alien deportation. He warned of increased enforcement and cited threats to democracy. A town meeting at the Koran club drew about 3 000 attendees as he argued against leniency and urged support for stricter immigration policy.
The report covers the first half of the year in the Calvert South Main district including Frederick and part of Washington counties east of Hagerstown. It notes 1133 acres burned with $3 in damage and about $321.87 spent fighting fires in Frederick and Washington counties. The largest blaze occurred near Sensenbaugh School in April. 500 ties were burned near Clearspring. a big fire in Spur burned over 3,000 acres.
Worn text fragment describes a commission’s Tot wearied about pars hate and mentions the finest ever used there. Reading is unclear but hints at a historical table item and a contested commission decision.
Extraordinary diplomatic moves in Paris and London trigger a noontime rush as Berlin, Paris, and London scramble over Germanys pay roll and banking crisis. Berlin bankers reopen after Hindenburg decree but restrict withdrawals only to payrolls, amid looming visits and canceled trips.
James Warz a Potomac Edison Company ground man was killed when he touched a bare wire carrying high voltage during storm repairs in Hagerstown He had removed his rubber gloves and seized the rope despite an hour long revival effort by his crew His widow and three children live nearby at Mapleville just outside the city.
A brief item notes C E Mother traveling with Sac Frances to attend an upcoming event.
About 73 farmers attended the Hampshire ram sale in So5io where 25 purebred sheep averaged $12.45 per head. Prizes in Hampshire and Cheviot classes went to buyers from Frederick and Washington counties with entries from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The event aims to boost market quality and will be repeated next year at the University of Maryland Park with further sheep projects.
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