Alfalfa Club Mow Fest Draws Washington Elite
The Alfalfa Club’s annual “crop mowing” at Joseph Himes’s home drew about 500 guests led by Vice President John N Larner, with diplomats, senators, congressmen and other notables including Marvin H. MacIntyre and Sam Rayburn. The afternoon featured a mock harvest, circus acts, a rabbit hunt, and a festive dinner with a flag ceremony and performances by Washington singers.
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Washington
Joseph H. Himes
Hall
John N. ‘Larner
Frederick
Humeler
Marvin McIntyre
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Jfalfa
Bertrand H. Snell
Garner
Joseph H Himes
Letter Carriers Hold Spring Dinner Meeting in Walkersville
About fifty members with families attended the Frederick and Montgomery county letter carriers spring dinner and meeting at Walkersville High School. Raymond Coombs of Churchill NY spoke on rural carrier laws and a new November 11 federal holiday. Officers were elected. convention plans include Ocean City 1939 and National in Washington.
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Frederick
Montgomery County
Walkersville
Raymond Coombs
Churchill
N.Y
National Organization
Henry B. Simpson
Mr. Coombs
Congress
J. Edward Cooper
C C McDevitt
National
Casper Moore
Yellow Springs
George Devit
Kiss
Ocean City
Washington
Ira Darby
Gaithersburg
Merril E. Lease
New Market
Irvin Gue
Rockville
N. O. Sharrer
Rocky Ridge
Swomiler
Yamsville
L. C. Brandenburg
Myersville
M. E. Lease
Emory Stottlemyer
Thurmont
C. D. Day
Germantown
Wears Church Bell 75 Years
In Fulton Wisconsin on June 6 AP notes Harry Green aged 84 has lived 73 years within hearing of the Congregational church bell.
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Wears
Fulton
Wis
Harry Green
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page 4
Three of the lawyers are brothers of the other two, but the last two are not brothers of the other three. The only possible relation is that the last two are women lawyers, and the remaining lawyers are their sisters.
Harold Cobourn Killed in Wreck in Elkton Maryland
Elkton Md June 5 state senator Harold E Cobourn fatally injured in an auto crash returning from an election campaign on the Eastern Shore. He died in Elkton hospital from head injuries after a collision with a truck driven by Charles Collins 22 of Bay View. Cobourn 44 completing his first term had announced candidacy for associate circuit court judge. He was conscious on arrival and said he steered aside to avoid collision. Collins held on bond of 5600 pending an inquest. Cobourn was an attorney and notable for his anti Gretna Green fight and independent Republican aligned views. He had served as right of way examiner for the State Roads Commission and aided former State Labor Commissioner Phoebus in a trial defense.
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Harold Cobourn
Elkton
Harald E. Cobourn
Cecil County
siWice
Charles Collins
Bay View
Wobourn
Senate
Perryville
Easton
Lewis Seth
Cobourn
Collins
Maryland Law School
Elkion
Gretna Green
Sen
State Roads Commission
Harry T. Phoebus
Phoebus
Japanese Seek Control of Hongkong, Sugiyama Claims
Motojiro Sugiyama, a member of Japan's House of Peers, voiced a demand for Japanese control of the British crown colony of Hongkong in Japanese dispatches. In Canton an air raid by fifty Japanese warplanes in relays killed an estimated 200 Chinese over an hour.
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Tokyo
Hongkong
Motojiro Sugiyama
Japan
House of Peers
Dispatches
Canton
French Frontier Violated By Planes From Spain
Nine bombing planes of unknown nationality crossed 13 miles into French territory along the frontier, causing no reported casualties. Daladier ordered pursuit of any aircraft threatening France, while Franco called an urgent military leaders meeting after clashes with Italian officers. Travelers to Gibraltar noted rising bitterness between Spaniards and Axis-aligned forces amid tensions in the Spanish war.
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Spain
Edouard Daladier
Francisco Franco
Gibraltar
Franco
Return of Roads backed by Grange at Pomona meeting
The Pomona Grange met in Creagerstown with master Edward F. Holter presiding. Reports and plans covered the county roads fight, a county gasoline tax share, and an emergency fund. Norton addressed the gathering on the AAA and related topics. The next meeting is September in Lewistown.
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Pomona Grange
Creagerstown
Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Lueck
Soan
Legislative Committee
Charles E. Walker
New Market
Grange
Farm Bureau
Frederick Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
Rosalie
Ray Boller
Creagerstown Orange
Norton
Washington
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
AAA
Lewistown
Twelve WPA Projects Completed in Montgomery County
The Works Progress Administration announced completion of 12 projects in Montgomery County Maryland costing over 116000. Projects include road work athletic fields and flood damage repairs with a large reservoir for fire protection at Poolesville.
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Montgomery
Rocaville
Works Progress Administration
Montgomery County
F_H Deyder
Poolesville
Thirteen Ordinations At Conference in Maryland
Thirteen ordinations were conducted today at St Pauls church during the 154th annual session of the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal conference in Hagerstown Maryland. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Washington presided with four district superintendents assisting, ordaining Denton Robert Lous Bartlett James Arthur Richards Thomas Ward Kemp Chester Burl Smith and Paul Jennings Sampson among others.
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Hagerstown
St Paul's Church
Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington
Denton
Robert Lous Bartlett
Mt. Airy
James Arthur Richards
Westminster
Thomas Ward Kemp
Mr Airy
Chester Burl Smith
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Paul Jennings Sampson
Union Bridge
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Himes
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Pennsylvania
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Mississippi
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President Wilson
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U. S. Marine Band
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Meyer Goldman
13Rd Engineers
Daniel O. Hastings
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
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Fleming Newbold
Franklyn Waltman, Jr
Urey Woodson
Malin Craig
Sherman P. Bowers
Kingman Brewster
Robert S. Bright, Sr
Peter W. Chichester
Charles H. Conley
Lloyd C. Culler
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