Triple slaying clouds Catoctin Furnace area
Funeral plans were made for the victims of a Wednesday triple murder near Catoctin Furnace. Charles Martin, 61, killed Mrs. Hannah Hahn 43 and Mrs. Mary Albright 26 before shooting himself. No inquest was held. Martin died at his Blue Mountain home. Funeral details list Lewistown and Saylor family ceremonies with survivors named.
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Catoctin Furnace
Charles Martin
Hannah Hahn
Mary Albright
Martin
William H. Green
Blue Mountain
Catoctin Minebank
Thurmont
Hahn
Albright
William Hahn
Gettysburg
Lewistown Methodist Episcopal Church
W. E. Nelson
Wilhide and
Creeger
Charles W
Guy F
Frank Martin
Woodsboro
Ida Overman
Waynesboro
M. L. Creager
Emory ©. Saylor
Ladiesburg
Saylor
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Kenneth
Paul Hahn
Claude
Willard
Paul
Local People Follow Sino Japanese War Events
Local residents track the Sino Japanese conflict with interest. U S ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson appears as a protector of American interests and visits Frederick. Miss Carol Lathrop of Washington is allied with the Johnsons and was involved in a Peiping incident with Japanese sentries. The U S legation said the Jones Lathrop episode closed after a Japanese apology.
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Peiping
Nelson T. Johnson
United States
China
Ambassador Johnson
William Crawford Johnson
Court Square
Frederick
Carol Lathrop
Washington
Helen R. Jones
Detroit
Mich
Johnson
G. C. Goodloe
Ensign Clay Goodloe
Legation
Jones-Lathrop
Miss Lathrop
Tientsin
Cordell Hull
Tangfu
Shanghai
Sugiyama
Tokyo
Flower House
Soviets Prepare Third Trans Polar Flight From Moscow
Fairbanks Alaska July 29 AP an American trained pilot Sigismund Levanefisky known as the Lindbergh of Russia plans a third nonstop Soviet trans polar flight from Moscow. A four motor aircraft will carry 3 to 5 crew with Fairbanks as a refueling stop en route to Chicago or New York.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Moscow
America
Sigismund Levanefisky
Lindbergh
Russia
Levanefisky
Vancouver
Washington
San Jacinto
California
Drunken Driving Case Dismissed In New Windsor Trial
Frank W. Reese near New Windsor was freed of a drunken driving charge after Justice Walter E. Sinn found the state testimony insufficient. The case began Friday and continued at Reese’s request. Reese paid $10.15 costs. a reckless driving charge was dismissed. Edward Pitt faced charges of malicious destruction of property but agreed to restitution to Mary O. Wicker and had a cursing charge dropped, paying $10.15 in costs.
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Frank W. Reese
New Windsor
Walter E. Sinn
Reese
Sherman P. Bowers Nelle
E. Austin James
Nhile
Edward Pitt
Mary O. Wicker
Harrisville
Initial Gains Fade in Mixed Steel Market
New York July 29 AP reports steel shares rose modestly at open on favorable earnings but soon pulled back as overall market rallied weakly. Early gains of fractions dwindled to small fractions, with quiet selling and uneven prices by midday. Pound sterling dropped to 4.97 dollars.
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New York
Local Shooting Sparks Rapid Police Response
The report describes a shooting incident where a man was told that a woman had been set. Murray rushed to Frederick to inform Officer Marshall Murray at the Square as news spread to Thurmont. No Catoctin Furnace resident could be reached by phone within thirty minutes with knowledge of the event.
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Martin
Green
Catoctin Minebbank
L. G. Murray
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frederick
Heoe
Murray
Marshall Murray
Thurmont
Catoctin
Kimono Fire Burns Woman. Husband Severely Burned Saving Her
Early morning accident on West Church Street left Mrs. Catherine Wells badly burned over the upper body after her kimono caught fire while lighting a gas range. Her husband Charles Wells sustained burns while extinguishing the flames. The couple, with two daughters and a son, were awakened by her screams. a brother from Washington arrived after learning of the incident. Mrs. Wells was taken by taxicab to Frederick City Hospital with hopeful prospects for recovery. Mr. Wells works as a tire salesman. the family had been in Frederick for two years, having moved from Washington.
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Catherine Wells
West Church Street
Frederick City Hospital
Mack Mattare
Washington, D. C
Mr. Wells
Frederick
Washington
Congress Chiefs Aim to Pass Much of Administration Program
Washington July 29 AP Congressional chieftains return from the White House with a resolve to push wage and hour housing and court bills before adjournment. They seek mid August adjournment but avoid fixed dates to prevent filibuster pressure and to block delays. Sugar quota action and anti lynching measures are also debated as Borah threatens to block bills without agreement.
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Washington
White House
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Borah R
Idaho
Ford Sees Economic Mess Benefiting Nation
Detroit July 29 AP Henry Ford predicts the current mess of mixed politics business and labor will spur a stronger industrial year. He notes disillusionment as a good teacher and jokes about delaying celebration until Mrs Ford’s birthday and their golden wedding anniversary.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Maryland Counties Adopt Dance Hall and Amusement Regulation
The Boyce bill imposes county control over dance halls, amusement parks, and similar venues. It empowers the Frederick and eight other Maryland counties to issue or revoke permits, with penalties from 100 to 500 dollars for violations. The measure follows prior grand jury recommendations on regulating extreme entertainment.
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Frederick
Maryland
Edwards&. Delaplaine
Sherman P. Bowers
Ray C. Alvis
Alvis
Emmitsburg
Carroll
Howard
Union Drivers With More Pay Back At Work
About 1,000 Teamsters drivers in Buffalo return to work after an eight day strike. They secured wage increases and preferential treatment in a compromise contract with 44 Buffalo wholesale provision dealers as a food shortage grew more acute. Housewives faced shortages and higher prices during the embargo.
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Buffalo
Teamsters Union
American Federation of Labor
Weather Record Notes July Precipitation and Temps
24 hour precipitation ends at 7 am none. July to date 3.33 inches versus normal 4. inches. July 1938 actual 428 inches. Excess in 1937 precipitation to July 1746 inches. High yesterday 84, year ago 89. Low last night 56, year ago 72. Sun sets 7:26 pm, rises 5:08 am. Potomac cloudy Monocacy muddy.
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Potomac
China's border reversals through the 20th century
A concise timeline tracing territorial shifts from Hong Kong's cession in 1842 to Japan's advances in 1937, covering Key events including Kowloon, Annam, Tsingtao, Port Arthur, Manchuria, and the emergence of Manchukuo, with shifts in Korea, Mongolia, and Shantung amid British, French, Russian, and Japanese influence.
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Macao
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Annam
Upper
Burma
China
Siam
Korea
Formosa
Japan
Tsingtao
Kiauchow
Port Arthur
Talienwan
Kwantung
Liaotung Peninsula
Russia
Tibet
Outer Mongolia
Germany
Shansung
U.S
Shantung
Shandung
Irish Sabotage Sparks Protests Over Coronation Tour
London reports an anti monarchy outcry as sabotage and terrorism sweep Northern Ireland and visits by King George V and Queen Elizabeth. A land mine exploded near the royal route in Belfast with no arrests, while police found a dynamite plot near Londonderry and a warning of attacks on trains.
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London
George
Queen Elizabeth
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ulster
Elizabeth
Civic Guard
Irish Free State
Huston Station
Londonderry
Temple Patrick
Roads Commission Plans Statewide Sign Removal Drive
The State Roads Commission announced an annual cleanup of highway signs will start next Tuesday. Paul E Sutherland said a concerted drive will remove all posters not compliant with the state billboard law across the state.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Paul E Sutherland
Deadline for Maryland and federal social reports set
The July 31 deadline covers new and existing filings under the Social Security Act and Maryland unemployment law. Employers must file Form SS-1 SS-2 SS-2A UC-15 UC-16 UC-17 and Form 707 with proper payments. Quarterly and monthly schedules shift upcoming reporting to three monthly periods ending September 30 December 31 March 31 and June 30.
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Jabar
Frederick
Maryland
Treasury Department
UC II
Uci
Way Cleared For Wage And Hour Bill Vote Soon
Agreement to defer two controversial side issues clears the path to a quick Senate vote on the administration's wage and hour bill. The House Labor Committee added drastic changes to the original measure. Senate debate was curtailed by Senator Vandenburg's decision not to press for a vote on his rider.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vandenburg
Barkley
Withdraw All Pledges Made To Foreigners
Flames from Japanese bombers roared through sections of Tientsin as thousands of noncombatants were killed or injured. The attack aimed to rout a Chinese assault and risked lives of Americans and other foreigners. Chinese forces and Japanese commanders issued statements amid a rapidly changing frontline.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Kiyoshi Kat~suki
China
Paul W. Caraway
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Peiping
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chang Tsu-Chung
Tokyo
Japan
Koki Ilirato
Diet
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Mrs. Hahn
ing—Man
Soviet
Recov
West Church
Husband
Ford
Manchukuo
Jehol
Hepei
Yeiping
Great Wall
Chahar
Hopei
Nanking
British India
Sinkiang
Mongolia
AERO
Rosin Ndo
ONCE
Dad
Erehive
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