Weinberg Tait Seek Senate Seat in Maryland Primaries
Galena Tail veteran announces Republican bid for U S Senate, challenging Leo Weinberg, Frederick attorney and former GOP candidate. Weinberg frames choice as between a professional politician and a reform-minded candidate, condemning the New Deal and pledging a civil liberty platform.
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Baltimore
Galena
Maryland
U. S. Senate
Leo Weinberg
Frederick
Tait
Republican State Central Committee
Weinberg
Galen L. Tait
United States Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Chicken thief flees after gunfire in yard incident
July 23 report from TM AP describes a would be chicken thief leaping from his shoes when James Miller fired a warning shot in the night. The next morning Miller found one shoe in the chicken yard and the other missing in the alley.
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James Miller
Miller
Site chosen for truck house on city property
Unanimous decision at City Hall to build the Citizens' Truck Company facility entirely on city-owned land along South Court street. Officials trimmed plans by removing a reading room and reconfiguring restrooms to fit, reducing building length by about five feet with a front setback of 30 feet and rear four feet.
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Citizens’ Truck Company
South Court Street
Fire Company
City Hall
Lloyd C Culler
Chas F. Bowers
W Bartgis Storm
United Fire Company
Wiliam M Storm
Citizens Truck Company
Lewis R Derizbaugh
Junior Fire Company
Three Face Trial on Murder Charges in Calvert County
In Port Republic Maryland three young suspects Walter Stinnett 24 Dowell Mrs Margaret Abell 18 Dowell and Evelyn A Bajowski 24 Baltimore were ordered held without bond for the November term of the Calvert County Circuit Court. They are charged in the fatal shooting of William Warren Gantt a 24 year old Port Republic farmer. State police testified the trio admitted complicity in Fredericksburg Virginia near their arrest.
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Prince Frederick, Md
William Warren Gantt
Port Republic
Walter Stinnett
Drum Point
Margaret Abell
Dowell
Evelyn A A. Bajowski
Baltimore
Calvert County
William W. Duke
Baltimore City
Duke
Gantt
Benjamin Hance
John B. Gray
State Police
Fredericksburg
Firehouse Additions Planned for United Fire Company
Firemen back the proposal as specifications for a new two story addition to the United Fire Company building on South Market Street near completion. The PWA funded project aims to start soon with the first floor workshop and second floor storage. Improvements to the Junior engine house are also moving forward and bids are expected for at least one project, followed by bids for the Citizens home.
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United Program
United Fire Company
South Market Street
PWA
Citiens
Farley to Speak at Maryland Postmasters Meet in August
Postmaster-General James A. Farley will address the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters at the Francis Scott Key hotel on August 23. The event marks his first local speaking appearance, with Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Smith W. Purdum also slated to speak. The program includes an afternoon session, a banquet, and remarks by Civil Service figures, with county postmasters acting as a reception committee. William A. Strohm of Annapolis leads the association as president.
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James A. Farley
Maryland
National Association of Postmasters
Francis Scott Key
Guy K. Molter
Farley
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Smith W. Purdum
Hyattsville
William A. Strohm
Annapolis
Motter
James A. Farlley
Stronghold Estate Draws Thousands of Visitors
Gordon Strong reports rising visitor numbers to his Stronghold estate atop Sugar Loaf mountain. This year’s count through Saturday Sundays and holidays stands around 8 500, up from about 6 500 last year, with an annual total near 18 300 in 1937 and an estimated 20 000 for the current year. Parking doubled to ease viewing from higher elevations on the estate.
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Gordon Strong
Sugar Loaf
Strong
USHA officials tour Frederick slums amid housing plan
Three United States Housing Authority representatives led by attorney B T Fitzpatrick surveyed Frederick’s slums with Mayor Lloyd C Culler and local officials. A $450,000 earmark for clearance and low rent housing awaits project approval, with further meetings planned and no loan commitments made.
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United States Housing Authority
Frederick
B. TE. Fitzpatrick
H. A Schauffler
Mr. Pyre
USHA
Lloyd C. Culler
Elmer Stc
Maxwell
Klinehart
West Sixth Street
Middle Alley
East Street
Saints Street
Ice Street
Phobus Avenue
Frederick Authority
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
Answers list five items with trivia style clarifications. Verbiage equals wordiness, Hamilcar Barea a Carthaginian general, Defense d'afficher means Post no Dills in French, Bermuda lies northeast of Florida, Joan Brondell married to Dick Powell.
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Hamilcar Barea
Bermuda
Florida
Joan Brondell
Dick Powell
Potomac Edison Inspects Cumberland Power Plant Opening
Potomac Edison Company and subsidiary officials met in Cumberland at Fort Cumberland Hotel for a luncheon and toured the new 3 million dollar Cumberland power plant. The plant adds 30 000 kilowatts capacity, interconnects with the system, and employs about 173 workers during construction.
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Potomac Edison Company
Potomac Light and Power Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
South Penn Power Company
Fort Cumberland
Cumberland
K. Paul Smith
Smith
Blue Ridge Lines
Potomac Edison
New Cumberland
Jap Tone Toward Russ Is More Conciliatory
Tokyo reports a subdued Japanese stance after Soviets rejected Japan's protest over alleged border incursions on July 11. The foreign office denied threatening force and said no such threat existed in Tokyo or Moscow. The ambassador allegedly suggested withdrawing troops to enable a general compromise.
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Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Magsia
Foreign Office
Moscow
Siberia
Manchenkuo
Maxim Litvinoff
Two Democrats file for county posts in county race
On Friday the Board of Election Supervisors logged two filings. Sheriff Roy M. Hiliner seeks County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket and Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith runs for sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Roy M. Hiliner
Charles W. Smith
Ucket
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