Boy Goes Missing Near Catoctin Camp In Maryland
Siren sounded to summon volunteers as search teams comb the Thurmont area for a boy about eleven who disappeared from the Salvation Army camp in the Catoctin Recreational Area. The camp serves youths from Maryland and northern West Virginia under Adjutant and Mrs. Harold Stout.
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Salvation Army
Catoctin
Thurmont
Guardian Hose Company
Maryland
West Virginia
Harold Stout
Baltimore
More Rain Falls and More to Come Over Frederick
Torrential rains drenched the eastern seaboard causing crop damage and travel delays. Frederick area totals rose to .71 inches today with a six day rain streak and rising Potomac river. Route 40 near Elkton flooded, Maryland reports similar high water. Lancaster county losses over 350,000 dollars.
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Frederick
Potomac
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
Elkton
Lewistown
Associated Press
Jenmsylvaenia
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Lancaster County
Maryland
Federal Pay For Many National Guard Officers
Washington July 23 AP reports that numerous national guard officers have been designated as full fledged army personnel by the War Department National Guard Bureau, granting them federal pay for drills and summer expeditions. Recognized include Second Lieutenant L J Héwis Kensington.
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Washington
National Guard
War Department National Guard Bureau
L. J. Héwis
Kensington
Supreme Court May Get New NLRB Case
A federal appeals court revived a clash over striking workers at Fansteel Metallurgical. Ninety two employees were discharged after occupying plant property, and the circuit court said the employer may discharge workers who seize and retain exclusive possession of property. The ruling signals possible Supreme Court review of the NLRB order for reinstatement.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NLRB
Fanstee
Georgia NEC director resignation dispute sparks Senate probe
Washington July 23 AP Senator George of Georgia and Lowell Mellett NEC chief clashed over whether the Georgia NEC director was fired or resigned. George alleged one federal official was removed for backing his bid. Mellett called the accusation ridiculous and noted Cocke’s resignation from the RFC and Foreman’s appointment as Georgia NEC director.
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Washington
George
Dem
Lowell Mellett
National Emergency Council
Georgia
NEC
Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee
Mellett
Senate Committee
Sheppard
Tex
Atlanta
C. H. Foreman
Washington Pwa
Earle Cocke
Cocke
RFC
Kitchen Explosion Near Nazi Embassy
An explosion at the German embassy area startled occupants as police found a gas-filled kitchen next door. A 30-year-old treasury clerk, whose husband had died a year ago, was found in the room.
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Washington
Treasury
Washington Woman Dies After Beating and Assault
Mrs Janie Bishop, 26, died from a fractured skull after being beaten with a hammer and dragged by the hair across a park near the General Accounting office. Her estranged husband was held. Hospital bond issue plans fund Memorial Hospital enlargement with a $150,000 bond sale and a $113,000 PWA grant. Mayor Koon and the council okayed the grant and prepared to authorize bonds. Weather outlook for the week predicts generally fair Atlantic states with possible thunderstorms Monday and Friday or Saturday. temperatures: above normal Monday, midweek normal, warmer by Friday.
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Washington
Janie Bishop
General Accounting Office
Cumberland
Memorial Hospital
PWA
Thomas W. Koon
North
Middle Atlantic
Weather Record With July Precipitation Figures
Weather record notes 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am today, July totals 4.75 inches for the month, July normal 4.02 inches, actual July 1937 3.46 inches, and a 1938 deficiency to July 1 of 3.58 inches. It records yesterday high 87 and low 64, plus prior year highs and lows, sun and moon timings, and notes Monocacy and Potomac streams as muddy at Point of Rocks.
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Potomac
Thurmont store gutted by early morning blaze
A Thurmont store was gutted by an early morning fire causing estimated losses between 1500 and 2000 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze and secured the scene as investigators began documenting the cause. No injuries were reported.
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Thurmont
Fire destroys part of Patterson Market in Thurmont blaze
Early morning fire gutted the interior of Patterson's Food Market on the square in Thurmont. Defective wiring started the blaze, causing $1,500 to $2,000 damage and injuring firefighter Harry O. Miller who received an electric shock and cuts while fighting the flames.
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Patterson's Food Market
Thurmont
Louis Berkowich
Joseph Patterson
Gettysburg
Sturley Berkowich
Betty
Guardian Hose Company
People’s Store
Berkowich
Harry O. Miller
Miller
Primary season kicks off in August across states
Washington dispatch by Rodney Dutcher outlines a sweeping preview of the 1940 Democratic and party contests. Missouri Virginia Kansas West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky await key battles featuring Clark Hay Dodd Smith Berry Browning Chandler Barkley and Roosevelt influences as campaigns surge before August 2 to 6.
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Rodney Dutcher Washington
New
Alben” Barkley
Gov. “Happy” Chandler
Clark
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Willis Meredith
Missouri House
Joe Davis
St. Louis
Pendergast
Jim Farley
Senate
Charlie Hay
Henry Caulfield
Stark
Tom Pendergast
Supreme Court
WPA
Virginia
Howard Smith
Washington
House Rules Committee
William E Dodd, Jr
Germany
Smith
Farley
Dodd Smith
Byrd
Dodd
Kansas
George McGill
New Dealer
W. A. Haxman
Clyde Reed
Landon-John
Hamilton
Gerald Winrod
Wichita
Congressional
Winrod
Haxman
Jonathan Davis
Ieat
Charles W. Thompson
West Virginia
House
Berry
Tennessee
George L. Berry
Gordon Browning
Tom Stewart
Prentice Cooper
Browning
State Machine
Stewart
Cooper
Ed Crump
Memphis Machine
New Deal
TVA
Crump
Kentucky
Barkley
Chandler
NEA Sanice, Inc
Flood Swirls Over Oakland Streets In Five-Foot High Waters
Flood waters reaching five feet submerged six businesses and damaged about fifty thousand dollars in Oakland Maryland on July 23 AP reports one man injured and Arthur C Warnick shocked when electricity shorted as firefighters helped move stock to upper floors following days of rain and a safety meet at Deep Creek Lake was canceled
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Oakland
Mountain County
Arthur C Warnick
Deep Creek Lake
Buying Support For Motors Lifts Market Hesitant Start
New York, July 23 AP buying support for motors pulled the stock market from doldrums with gains across sectors. Automotive stocks led, aided by stronger fall sales prospects, while steels, coppers, rails, rubbers and farm implement firms advanced. Moving picture shares staged a smart comeback amid antitrust actions. Steel centers forecast a rise in mill operations next week to a new 1938 high, but rails showed less buoyancy amid wage-cut hopes.
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New York
Motors
Automotive
Moving Picture Company
Fifth Regiment Leaves Camp After Two Weeks
The Fifth Infantry regiment under Colonel Frank A. Hancock leaves Camp Ritchie after a two day rain drenched maneuver. Soldiers travel back to camp in trucks as a motorized unit while tents are blown down. Brigadier General Amos W. Woodcock praises Hancock. the First Regiment remains in camp under Brigadier General D. John Markey. An odd note ends with a quirky elephant observation.
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Camp Ritchie
Fifth Infantry Regiment
Frank A. Hancock
Iamp
Amos W. W. Woodcock
58Th Brigade
Hancock
Baltimore
Maryland
D. John Markey
Frederick
State Auditor Not Required To Have Chauffeur's License
Court of Appeals finds Arthur E. Depew not guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a chauffeur's license. The case notes his role as State Auditor and that his use of a state car was incidental to employment, not as a chauffeur. He held an operator's license and was returning from Frederick when arrested on March 26, 1938.
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Court OF Appeals
Arthur E. Depew
Depew
Frederick
Liberty Road
Baltimore County
Justice of the Peace
Maryland
Three Kentucky Women Missing In New Mexico
Grants New Mexico July 23 AP. Posses of state police and sheriff's deputies began a dawn search for three Kentucky women tourists missing since Tuesday near the Perpetual Ice Cave in the western New Mexico desert. The women were last seen near the cave where an automobile was noticed Tuesday. The ice cave preserves ice by a cooling process created by winds through lava crevices.
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Grants
N. M
New Mexico
Kentucky
Tension Mounts In Far East As Japs Take Island
Western Europe weighs peace formulas as Soviet Manchoukou clash renews East Asian tension. Japan lands on a disputed Russian island, firing ensues and guns are reported captured. French Spain fronts move as Catalonia offensive aims to ease Valencia pressure amid a global diplomatic scramble.
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Russia
Manchoukou
Europe
Japan
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Germany
Soviet
Italy
Yangtze
Banka
Spain
Foread
Catalonia
Valencia
Tydings Opens Home Campaign in Maryland
Selair Md July 23 AP Senator Millard E Tydings keynoted his campaign for reelection before a home county crowd at a hunting track. He touted his record and opposed the Roosevelt program saying he represents the Maryland point of view and did not back the Supreme Court proposal or the government reorganization bill.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Maryland
Black
Tom Girdler Subpoenaed by Senate Civil Liberties Panel
Washington July 2 AP Chairman LaFollette Wisconsin said the Senate Civil Liberties committee subpoenaed Tom Girdler chairman of Republic Steel Corp in its inquiry into the 1937 steel strike. Republic attorney Patton said Girdler wished to testify and his testimony would be strong and picturesque before two labor leaders recently.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wis
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
T. F. Patton
Republic
Girdler
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iBehind
Wiliam Doda, Jr
Wilson Creek
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Black Watch
Palestine
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Osaka
Hyogo
Kobe
Czecho
Slovakia
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