City to advertise bids on sewer trench projects excluding Market and Patrick streets
City officials plan bids for a sewer trench repaving contract covering all streets not in the two T. E. Russell contracts and excluding the two main streets Market from Seventh to South and Patrick from Jefferson to Carroll Creek. Plans for Market and Patrick resurfacing are suspended pending a State Roads Commission conference.
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Market
Patrick Streets
Elmer St. C. Maxwell
T. E. Russell
Market Street
Seventh
Patrick Street
Jefferson
Carroll Creek Bridge
State Roads Commission
Market and
Maxwell
Nathan L. Smith
Commission
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Ligon
DeLashmutt
Public Works Administration
DeLashmutt Brothers
Morocco Construction Co
Laporte
Marocco
Engstrom and Wynn
Weather Record Shows July Precipitation and Temperatures
Weather record lists 24 hour precipitation at 7 am none. July to date 3.33 inches, normal July 4.02 inches, actual July 1936 42.91 inches. Excess in 1937 precipitation to Italy 1.746 inches. High yesterday 83, low last night not stated. Tonight sunset 7.27 pm, sunrise 5.07 am. Moonrise 10.54 pm, moonset 11.38 am. Streams Potomac clear above Harper’s Ferry, unclear below. Monocacy muddy.
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Italy
Sim
Potomac
Harpers Perry
One Reorganisation Bill Reaches Senate
Washington July 28 The Senate received a House approved bill to let the President appoint six administrative assistants with a passion for anonymity. It is the part of the government reorganization program most lawmakers see as likely to pass this session. Chairman Earnest of the Senate Reorganization Committee said even that bill may not reach a vote. The group plans hearings on all proposed changes. The House despite Republican protest approved the six aides bill 260 to 88. No indication was given of whom the President would appoint if created.
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Washington
Senate
Earnest
Senate Reorganization Committee
House
Belfast Terror Tactics Hit King Visit as Bridge Is Dynamited
During a coronation tour of Belfast, bombs and arson terror struck as a railway bridge near Dundalk was dynamited and customs houses burned. The King and Queen witnessed explosions but the program proceeded. Irish republicans blamed for the night of violence aimed at inciting fear along the border.
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Belfast
Ulster
Free State
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dundalk
Sovereigns
Northern Ireland
State Aid Distributes Over 10500 in Frederick County
More Than $10,500 was distributed through the Board of State Aid and Charities to indigent persons in Frederick county for old age dependent children and blind assistance during June. Old age 7724, dependent children 2612, blind 192. J Sheldon Turner, executive secretary of the Frederick County Welfare Board, has been on vacation in Massachusetts this month and expects to return Monday.
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Board of State Aid and Charities
Frederick County
J. Sheldon Turner
Aircraft Issues Lead Market Up
Aircraft issues climbed in New York trading lifting some stock groups. U S Sterling steadied after an early slump and General Motors edged higher following a larger drop. In Michigan City, Mrs Rostoe Murray and Mrs Rabev Dabbert, sisters at the same address, each gave birth to a daughter on the same day.
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New York
U.S. Ster
General Motors
Michigan City
Ind
Rostoe Murray
Rabev Dabbert
New Market Beer License Hearing Divides Community
A tense session before County License Commissioner G Ed Myers heard opposing views on Mrs Rosalie V Summers beer license in New Market. Residents argued proximity to Mealey’s Hotel and potential disturbances while Summers presented 200 supporters backing an orderly modern establishment.
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New Market
Rosalie V. Summers
G. Ed Myers
Summers
New Market District
Myers
A. T. Zimmerman
Jesse A. Bussard
Hickman Ganley
Edward McClain
John Wo Umberger
Maurice W. Baker
Clarence TL Stevens
Willis Thomas Watkins
William C. W. Smith
H. Bernard Selby
Ko Austin James
Sammiers
Mealey
Fifteen Killed As Plane Falls In Belgium
Amsterdam July 78 AP Fifteen persons perished when a Netherlands air liner exploded and crashed at Hal Belgium in midair. Ten passengers and five crew members died instantly including a stewardess. Three Americans identified only as Whitehouse Canton and Goldbloom were among the dead. no further details were available.
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Amsterdam
Air Line
Netherlands
Hal
Belgium
Whitehouse
Canton
Goldbloom
American Marine Shot at Peiping Near Embassy
Washington reports private Julius Flirstar of the mounted marine detachment at Peiping was wounded by unarmed rifle fire from Chinese troops near the U.S. embassy. He has a non serious gunshot wound and is treated at the corps hospital. Flirstar, a Nazareth Pennsylvania native, enlisted in 1934 and has served in Peiping since 1935. He was shot while notifying American nationals to seek safety at legation charters.
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Washington
Navy
Julius F. Flirstar
Mounted Marine
Peiming
United States
Flirszar
Corps Hospital
Nazareth
Peiping
Flirstar
Legation
Lstumen Street
Adjournment Pressure Flares In Congress Seek Longer Session
Washington July 28 AP Democratic leaders fight calls for early adjournment while aiming to push major administration programs. A group of one year senators told Majority Leader Barkley they oppose delaying important bills until next year. Barkley vows possible longer daily sessions if wage and hour reform stalls, as talks shift to a simplified court bill in the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Sevelt Hall
Police fix new strike zone amid unrest and car clashes
Police patrol a newly established choke point near a municipal area as clashes erupt between workers and Republic party supporters. A fatal auto crash, injuries, and a court hearing follow as authorities seek to calm violence and fix crowd access. Paris observers note workers wearing armbands at a gala.
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Cleveland
Crty
Republic
Porwtien
Comte Seeon
Flbautt
Marines Guard Peiping Amid Nervous City Tension
Americans in Peiping endure tense conditions as Marines man the Legation Quarter following orders to seek refuge upon command. A battalion stands on parade near the Chien Men Gate, near the old siege site, while the Tientsin Railroad is cited as a potential evacuation route amid sporadic engagements.
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Peiping
Legation
U. S. Marine
Chien-Men
Peking
Old Imperial City
Purple City
Tientain
U S Preparing to Evacuate Nationals
United States weighs civilian evacuation amid Sino Japanese tensions. President Truman Bomberg oration outlines possible steps and naval readiness. Evacuation facilities could be activated within fifteen hours. ships in the Asiatic fleet and other vessels stand as potential transport for Americans abroad. Local incidents and unrelated accidents are noted in passing.
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Washington
Ranses
Evista
Tromals
Tienton
aMerrs
Blackhawk
Destroyer Division
Chefoo
Tenisin
Canopus
Peron
Cherova
Theerniner Augusta
Aiship
Lasiahe
Field Headquarters Fall Reported To 29th Army
Field headquarters are reported to have fallen to the 29th Army in the ongoing battle. The enemy high command denies any loss of the walled city and asserts continued resistance.
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29Th Army
Tokyo Moves to Punish China Plans War Across North China
Nanking reports Chinese forces repelled a Japanese assault on Peiping and recaptured towns, as Japan declares intent to wage major hostilities. A 30 million dollar war fund passed in Japan while fears of broader conflict rise. US ambassador Grew urged restraint as allied appeals seek to limit spread.
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Tientsin
Peiping
North China
Associated Press
29Th Army
Peace
China
Fenglai
Langfang
Nanyuan
Yangtstn
Japan
Fumimaro Konage
House of Representatives
Nanking
Pernin
Deuph C. Grew
United States
Tokyo
Britten French
Itale
Sean
Artillery Duels Rage As Infantrymen Rest
Madrid July 8 AP fierce fighting over who has Madrid continues with artillery duels. In the western front sectors Branche and Villa Nueva de la Canada both sides shelled positions as armies dig in deeper seeking the Battle for Madrid. Burials proceed as dead are gathered with left ammunition and arms in trenches and fields.
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Madrid
Spain
Branche
Villa Nueva de la Canada
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