Man's Bigamy Plea Abolished by Maryland Law Change
Carnell F. Ott, a Jefferson farm worker, previously pled guilty to bigamy but a Maryland statute effective June 1937 allowed defense of continuous separation for seven years with unknown whereabouts. Judge Arthur D. Wizard ruled Ott could not be guilty under the new law, striking the guilty plea and accepting a not guilty plea. Ott must obtain legal separation from his first wife before any valid remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Carnell F. Ott
Jefferson
Ott
Arthur D. Wizard
JB. Austin James
Sherman P. Bowers
Elsie Ott
Chicago
Lillie JV. Lapole
Willard
Joshua W. Lapole
Wage-Hour Plan Nears Accord Aiming Higher Wages
Southern members of the joint committee approved most details of a wage hour compromise to finish work by nightfall. The plan sets bedrock minimums at 25 cents first year, 30 cents second year, and 40 cents as industries set rates later. Weather outlook calls for showers along the coast at week start with near normal temperatures and midweek showers in the North and Mid-Atlantic states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows 23 hours ending 7 pm with trace precipitation. June to date 1.91 inches, normal June 4.36. Actual June 1937 6.531 inches, deficiency in 1938 to June 1 of 2.07 inches. High yesterday 87, high last year 80. Low last night 69, low last year 56. Sun times 7:36 pm sunset, 4:43 am sunrise, moon rises 7:25 pm, moon sets 4:30 am.
F H S Alumni To Hold Annual Reunion June 16
The sixteenth annual High School Alumni reunion will be at Braddock Heights on June 4 with dinner at 8 and dancing to Joe Stephens and his orchestra. Reservations via secretary C Paul Roderick. Guests include Supt E W Pruitt and Prof A L Leary, Mary Ott, and Miriam G Rhoads. Officers and directors to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Heights
J. Richard Ramsburg
James W. Hauck
G. Edward Nogle
Guy W. Nusz
Queen Of Preakness Ball Loses 4 Teeth
Baltimore June 11 AP Blonde Augusta Poe queen of the 1938 Preakness Ball suffered four broken teeth in an automobile crash this morning just before a society wedding where she was to be bridesmaid. A second bridesmaid and two ushers escaped injury during the dinner party turnout for Miss Mary Howard Bruce, slated to wed H Alexander Smith Jr of Princeton later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Augusta Poe
Garden Club Holds Its Regular Meeting
The Frederick Garden Club met Friday afternoon at Mrs. James A. Long’s home to discuss roses and rose culture. T. Stuart Haber, a local landscape architect, spoke on old and rare varieties, with Mrs. William A. Riddell presenting hybrid tea roses and cultivation tips. A social hour followed with refreshments, and the club received a letter of thanks from the State Federation of Garden Clubs for hosting the Hood College meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Long
Garden Club
Frederick
T. Stuart Haber
William A. Riddell
State Federation of Garden Clubs
Hood College
Market Has Slowest Session In 20 Years
New York June 11 AP reports stock market prices moved in an extremely narrow range in one of the slowest sessions in the past two decades. The ticker barely moved for two hours and transfers were near 100000 shares. A few steel coal copper and specialty issues rose modestly while many issues held or slipped slightly amid light trading and apathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U S Clinches Its Eighth Wightman Cup Victory
The United States clinched its eighth straight Wightman Cup after Helen Wills Moody and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Gabyan won singles matches to move ahead four to one over Great Britain in Wimbledon England on June 11 AP report.
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Wimbledon
England
United States
Great Britain
Helen Wills Moody
Sarah Palfrey Gabyan
America
Marriage License Issued in Hagerstown to Seidling and Wagner
A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown to William A. Seidling 21 of Frederick and Myrtle V. Wagner 20 of Frederick.
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Hagerstown
William A. Seidling
Myrtle V. Wagner
Frederick
Baltimore Judge Hears Habeas Plea Over Potts Release
Frederick county prisoner Charles Francis Potts 24 seeks freedom via habeas corpus after a six and a half year Frederick county sentence for forging John C. Sager’s name on a beer purchase check and calf theft. A Baltimore City Court writ prompts a Monday hearing before Judge Joseph N. Ulman with State’s Attorney Sherman P. Bowers and special assistant Paul C. Wolman.
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Frederick County
Charles Francis Potts
Joseph N. Ulman
Baltimore City
Sherman P. Bowers
Robert F. Stanton
Baltimore
Potts
LeGore
House of Correction
Arthur D. Willard
John C. Sager
William K. Smith
Mt. Pleasant
Harry B. Ogie
Creagerstown
Baxter Dougherty
Woodsboro
William H. Maynard
Maynard
Melvin C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Frederick
Morris E. Holbrunner
Paul C. Wolman
Attorney General's Office
Bowers
Burkittsville 7th Grade Graduates Hold Exercises
Graduation exercises at Burkittsville School closed the year with the seventh grade graduates Austin Marker Charles Butts Jr Harry Karn Edwin Hemp Claude Smith Mary Jane Smith Mae Turner Jean Grams and Jean Miller. The event recognized PTA efforts and upcoming improvements while noting 4 H club work and local music events.
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Burkittsville
Parent
P.T. A
Samuel Ausherman
J. C. Skidmore
Clark S. Smith
County Truck Driver Exonerated At Hearing
Clarence Valentine Emmi was fatally injured while Davi Edward Sewell of Rockville was exonerated by the Montgomery County Police Court in Rockville after a Friday hearing. Judge Harold C. Smith presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence S. Valentine
Emmi
Davi Edward Sewell
Rockville
Montgomery County Police Court
Rockville Oy
Harold C. Smith
Fortune Found In Old Safe After Recluse's Death
In Masontown Pennsylvania on June 11 an old safe yielded a fortune possibly reaching 500000 dollars after the death of 72 year old recluse Fred Schreyer who lived without running water. Schreyer left a daughter and three granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masontown
Dean D. Sturgiss
Fred Schreyer
Cook Schmidt Wedding In Carrollton Church
The wedding of Francs J. Cook of Washington DC and Marian Schmidt of Washington is set for this afternoon at Carrollton Manor Catholic Church. Rev Fr Thaddeus Shrzynski will preside, with a reception at the bride’s home to follow and a Catskills honeymoon planned after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Schmidt
Washington
Helen V. Smith
Roberta Lescalleet
Frederick
Mrs. Schmidt
Mr. Cook
Martin Itzin
Burlington
Wis
Eugene Haller
Vir
Sul Martin
Covington
Ind
Catskills
New York State
Ivanhoe
14Th Street
N. W
Schmidt
Frederick High School
Strayer Business College
Randall H. Hagner and Co
Real Estate
Cook
Burlington High School
Wisconsin University
Madison
Frederick Automatic Stokers
S A R Medal Winners Announced By Mr Rice
Frederick county winners of S A R medals were announced by Lewis A Rice president of the State Society and Sergeant Lawrence Everhart Chapter. Winners include Laverne Fogle Charles K Brown Katherine Strosnider Clyde Springer Richard W Carty and Harry Herman Hill Jr. Flag Day events include a Maryland Flag presentation at the C Burr Artz Library and a Maryland Society dinner in Baltimore with continued observances by local D A R groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Maryland Society
Lewis A. Rice
State Society
Lawrence Everhart
Laverne Fogle
Liberty High School
Charles K. Brown
Virginia
Katherine Strosnider
Sparrows Point
Maryland
Baltimore
Longfellow Hotel
S A. R
Rice
Joseph H Apple
Earle Shriner
Edward D. Shriner
Roosevelt invites Gillette to White House luncheon
President Roosevelt invited Senator Gillette of Iowa to a White House luncheon for tomorrow. Gillette had won last week in Iowa's Democratic senatorial primary over Representative Otha Wearin, who had endorsements from Harry Hopkins WPA head and James Roosevelt, the President's son and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Gillette
Towa
White House
Otha Wearin
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
James Roosevelt
Amoy Capture Report From Naval Officer Quynn
A letter from Commander Allen G. Quynn of the US Navy details the Amoy evacuation and conflict in China. He describes American efforts, Japanese bombardment, and the plight of 100000 Chinese civilians in Kolongsu as Amoy falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
First Pupils of Maryland State School for the Deaf Reunion Survivors
Mr and Mrs Trundle, among the 1868 enrollees at Maryland State School for the Deaf, attended the alumni reunion as the sole two surviving members of that first class. He, turning 79 in December, left in 1878 to study at Gallaudet. she is 53 in August and one of three surviving girls. Their daughter heads Downer Seminary Milwaukee and their son works for Saxton and Co. in Garden City.
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Trundle
W. A. Thorington
Downer Seminary
Milwaukee
Wis
Garden City
Long Island
Saxton and Co, Inc
Wallstreet
N.Y
The
News
C. Newton Trundle
Fengaville
Tornado kills 33 in Clyde Texas and Alumni officers named
A slowly moving tornado killed 33 in Clyde Texas last night injuring at least 40 and leaving two dozen homes destroyed. Red Cross and National Guardsmen assisted as volunteers searched debris and isolated the town. Separately the Alumni Association elected officers including Henry Nicol as president and Rozelle McCall as first vice president during a reunion weekend meeting. Dr Charles Ely of Gallaudet spoke briefly. his sister Miss Grace Ely accompanied him.
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Clyde
Texas
Jeff
Red Cross
National Guardsmen
Federa
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Henry O. Nicol
Washington, D. C
Orlando K. Price
Baltimore
Rozelle McCall
Joseph Pfeller
August Wriede
Arthur Winebrewer
Frederick
Michael Weinstein
Leo de Luca
Charles Ely
Gallaudet Seis Jege
Washington
Ely
Maryland School
Gallaudet
Grace Ely
Miss Ely
U S Plane Makers Target of Criticism
Secretary Hull condemned the bombing of civilians and said the government’s stance targets American bomb plane makers as well as foreign powers. He predicted State Department pressure would curb sales of such planes for attacks on defenseless civilians and tied statements to Spain and China.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Department
Spain
China
United States
Fatal car crash near Oxon Hill claims one life
An automobile accident near Oxon Hill Maryland killed Harold King a 21 year old resident of Washington. Two other men were seriously injured in the same crash reported today by AP.
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Oxon Hill
Here
Harold King
Washington
Europe rocked by series of earthquakes across four nations
London reports Great Britain Belgium northern France and The Netherlands shaken as tremors toppled chimneys and swayed buildings. Two children injured seriously in northern France and several others with minor injuries across Belgium and France, with limited property damage noted amidst one of the era’s strongest shocks.
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London
Great ‘Britain
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Negotiations for Purchase of Florence Stine Property
Dr Ignatius Biorlee superintendent of Maryland State School for the Deaf and Mrs Bioriee negotiated to purchase the late Miss Florence Stine’s property at 238 South Market Street. The site adjoins the school’s property on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatius Biorlee
Maryland State School For the ‘Deaf
Bioriee
Florence Stine
South Market Street
Europe Braces as Trouble Grows Across Continent
Newsbrief reports Europe heading toward more jitters with renewed attacks on Czechoslovakia on the eve of communal elections. Spanish insurgents push toward Albosacar while Japan launches a Yangtze River drive against Hankow to support Chengchow’s advance. Britain and France weigh responses to aerial piracy as air raids hit the eastern Spanish coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Orient
Albosacar
Castellon de la Plana
Valencia
Hankow
Tottering Chengchow
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Alumnae Association Holds Annual Meeting at Catoctin Club
The Frederick Female Seminary Alumnae Association met for a 1 PM Friday reunion at the Catoctin Country Club. Fifteen members and four visitors attended. Mrs. E P Gale presided as president with plans and remarks by Joseph B Apple, Bertha Trail, and Florence Trail. New officers were elected: John B Harding president, Bertha Trail vice president, E D Grove secretary treasurer, Richard P Ross program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Female Seminary
Catoctin Country Club
E. P. Gale
Joseph B. Apple
Berths Trail
Florence Trail
Hood College
John 38. Harding
John B. Harding
Bertha Trail
E. D. Grove
Richard P. Ross
C. ©. Carty
Ella Cramer
Elizabeth Houck
Wiselia Worman
E. DB. Grove
Emma Brown
C. O. Keedy
Harry Nicodemus
Fannie B. Delaplaine
James Smith
Eleanor Tull
Jane Zimmerman
Joseph H. Apple
Constance Harding
Eleanor Houck
Muel
Rockville High Student Hurt While Running for Bus
Esther Potts, 17, of Rockville High, was injured Friday while running for a school bus outside Gaithersburg High School. She received head injury treatment from Dr. I. Newton Simpers for an abrasion and concussion. A school board physician, Dr. W. W. Welsh, later examined her and found no bruises indicating an auto strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Potts
Rockville High School
Gaithersburg High School
I. Newton Simpers
W. W. Welsh
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Bruce
U.S
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le Gore
Doll Derr
Commissioner' S of Motor Vehicles
Hazel Holter
Elizabeth Horne
Miss Holter
Gles
Cook-Schmidt
Carrollton Church
Mr. Rice
Ariz Library
Quynn
Chinese City
Hur
Ried Trip
Allen G. Quynn
S. Asheville
Asheville
Homer Ling
Kolongsu
Swatow
Quynne
Naval Academy
Amoy Island
Kelongsu
News-Post
John A. Trundle
U. S
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Tokyo
Alumnae Assn
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