Two New Members Named to Frederick Assessors Board
Frederick County Commissioners appoint Ernest C. Speak and Grayson H. Mercer to join Alfred W. Gaver on the Board of Assessors. Speak, a farmer from near Frederick, and Mercer, longtime real estate professional, will supervise personal property checks as the county moves to equalize realty assessments. The board, with salaries of 1800 each, will operate under state tax commission guidance and must hold no other income earning work while in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ai Rs
Frederick County
Ernest C. Speak
Frederick
Grayson H. Mercer
Alfred W. Gaver
Gaver
State Tax Commission
Board of Assessors
Speak
Seals Orphan Home Farm
The
Soil Improvement Association
Frederick County Farmers Cooperative
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers, Association
Agricultural Corporation of Maryland
Grange
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Mercer
Frederick City
Mystery of Parsons Kidnapping Stirs New Federal Effort
Federal agents move into the Allee McDowell Parsons disappearance case in Stony Brook Long Island after a ransom note surfaced and a woods search resumes. Officials deny any contact with kidnappers while secrecy surrounds the investigation as the hunt continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook
N. Y
Federal Board of Investigation
Stoll
Allee McDowell Parsons
North Shore
L. 1
Society
Syitrol
Earl Connelley
Heghlectoge
New York
Women Seek Improved Moving Pictures at Hood College
At Hood College the Woman's Missionary Society of the Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church adopted 13 recommendations urging better moving pictures to promote peace and alcohol education and stricter smoking rules on trains and buses. The meeting heard Miss Rose B. Zahler speak on Japan and China and Dr. William E. Lampe discuss war causes, with the group electing officers and planning to meet again at Hood College next year. A play titled The Call of the Hill was staged and will conclude the session with a joint meeting of the Potomac Synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Potomye Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Church
National Committee On
Frederick Rahn Lentz
Rose
Zhaler
Lebanon
Japan
China
General Synod
Evangerial and
Reformed
J. W. Hendricks
A. S. Weber
Paul D. Yoder
Codorus
Pay
Mary Horteins
Carlisle
J. Outraw
Charles D. Rockel
Altoons
Thomas KE. Jarrell
Washington, D. C
I. A. Randenhold
York
Call of the Hill
Margard Motter
Marthy
Lille Rose Rent
Elijah Hartman
Betty Herbert
Potomac Synod
A. Mo. Klein
Rh. D
Frans cehical Lutheran Sunday School Picnic Held Today
The Frans cehical Lutheran Sunday School holds its annual picnic this afternoon at Brad dock Wetphte dyene Ft Falk under the supervision of the Sunday School superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frans Cehical Lutheran Sunday School
Braddock
Potomac Synod Calls Out Liquor Traffic As Social Menace
The Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church approved a six point temperance program to fight liquor traffic. Education against alcohol and non drinking clauses in auto licenses are among measures, with emphasis on dry candidates and invoking Divine guidance. The group also discussed annual spiritual retreats and leadership training camps, plus benevolent institutions support and future plans for church education work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomay Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Whitreh
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia State Board of Central
Oliver K. Maurer
Synod
Hood College
A. M. Glick
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jesus
Permanent Committee On Christian Education
Potomac Synod
Fannettsburg
Fred Wentzel
T. C Braun
National Park Service
Board of Religious Education
E! Group
Board of Christian Education
Ik Group
Philadelphia
St Louis Offee
John B. Frantz
Weather Record Shows Sparse Readings and Anomalies
A garbled weather note reports 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am with none, June to date 161 inches, June normal 4.1 inches, and obscure figures for dune, IMT, and May 29. Temperatures include yesterday high 85, year-ago high, and low temperatures with unclear values. Sunset listed as 7:399 pm and other corrupted timings follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurne
Effort To Force P.O. Dept To Tell Fails
The Postoffice committee reported adversely on a request to compel the Postmaster General to provide Congress with information on charges that the Postal Service refused mail delivery. W Howes, acting Postmaster General, denied the department had refused to deliver certain mail, while officials in Youngstown, Niles and Warren declined to accept pieces of a previously unhandled character.
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Washington
Postaffice Committee
Congress
Oh Steel
Mead
W. Howes
Youngstown
Niles and
Warren
Ballot Use and Costs Study in City Election
A survey shows less than one quarter of for last Tuesday election ballots were used. The 15 800 ballots cost 10605 with mayoral vote totals 3581 in one race and 4565 in 1944. City code required two 100 ballot packs per precinct, but headlines urge competitive bidding to reduce printing costs. The News-Post cites 1934 and 1937 figures and lists major line items in printing and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Frederick
News-Post
WDM
SEZ
News- Post
Citizen
Orten Viet
Notier
Ume
Slo
Vytah
Neve Post
Ate
License Appeal Delayed As Two Boys Ordered to Testify
The State License Board delayed Sidney M. Michael's appeal after ruling that two youths must testify. Potter testified he bought two beer bottles at the parlor before a drunken driving arrest, while Michael denied the sale. The board ordered summons for the two boys and noted possible perjury in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviv
Lcensee
Sidney
Iehael
Jefferson
Michel
G. Ed. Myers
Bes
Raymond Potter
Yarrowsburg
Brunswick
Motlis
Beys
Tim” Wo Clinton
Sherry
Frank P. Bratton
Potter
R. FP. Lewis
Michael
Haines
Hyattsville
Frederick County
Washington County
Sherif John RB. Thord
McSherry
Charles McC. Mathias
Myers
Patrick M. Sehnauffer
Miss McDonald to Wed Tonight
Hollywood reports Jeanette McDonald will marry Gene Raymond in a Wilshire Methodist Episcopal Church ceremony with 100 officers on duty and traffic rerouted. Officials and insiders claim no one knows details as security lines the event and invites are limited amid anticipated crowds.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jeanette McDonald
Lomehtowhyeh Wall
Gene Haymond
M. G. M. Studios
Mollywood
Wilshire Boulevard
Larocque
Misa Banky
Steel Strike Dampens Market Activity in Dull Trading
New York stock market drifted lower as steel strike tensions weighed on investor sentiment. Traders showed uncertain mood amid indications of intensified hostilities at steel firms and broader dullness across shares and trading activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Trent Powed
Oddities: Younger Gompers Kicked From A F L
The fragment lists concerns over Samuel Gompers and his suspension from the AF of L, noting disputes with unions and labor leaders. It also includes anecdotes about the Rural Electrification Administration and farm life, highlighting unfamiliar or humorous reactions to electricity and its adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
A. F. OF
Auto Crash Harms Parked Vehicle On Washington Pike
An auto parked eight feet off the Washington pike at the southern town outskirts was hit by a southbound car about 1 AM Tuesday. The parked car owned by Geo Niddinger of Harmony Grove sustained the worst damage after Wilford S. Weeden of Point of Rocks stated another car forced him to the shoulder causing a blowout and collision. Weeden admitted drinking a beer before driving and was cited. Rice house guests Beverly Fergey and others testified to nearby conditions.
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Washington Pike
Geo Niddinger
Harmony Grove
Charles Ho Rice
Wilford S. Weeden
Point of Rocks
Workman Weeden
Emmert i Bowlue
Peoples Court
Biate
RF. Tewiewetin
Ween
Joddinger
Weedon
Ceepan
Annual Charities Meeting Names New Board Members
Mrs C Thomas Summers was named a new board member of the Federated Charities at the annual meeting held at the Choire illes building Tuesday night. Officers were re elected as terms expired and reports covered April 30 1936 to May 1 1927. J Travers Thomas served as treasurer and Miss Florence Garner as general secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Thomas Summers
The
Federated Charities
Choire Illes
Florence E. Garner
J. Travers Thomas
Holmee Baker
James H. Gambrill
Jra
Charles F. Bowers
Secrtary
John W. Wolfe
Florence E. Gardner
RON
Holmes D. Baker
Episcopal
Evangelical Lutheran
Walter H. Duvall
Evangelical Reformed
Grace Evangelical
and Reformed
Hamond Urner
Roosevelt urged action to save Johnstown from strikers
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mayor Shields urged President Roosevelt to intervene to stop kidnap plots and violence tied to the steel strike at Bethlehem’s Cambria works. A $5,000 reward was offered, and Shields pressed Lewis and Earle to curb the unrest as workers face forceful tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsthan
Dane J. Shields
Rogsevoelt Todas
Youi
Johnstown Steel
Osen
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Ja Man
James Heas
Shields
Jona L. Lewis
John L. Lewis
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Ternstedt Manufacturing Co
Cambria
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem
Frank Purnell
Ray L. Thomas
Mahoning Valley
Nine Residents Flock to Atlantic Fishing Trip
A nine member city county party fished the Atlantic off Leed's Point near Atlantic City New Jersey aboard Captain Elmer Johnson's cabin cruiser. They fished a full day catching 200 fish with 75 edible. The catch included sharks drum sea robins and bass or porgies. Passengers included Charles Beatty Ernest Hoelfenstein Jr Elias B Ransburg Sr Alton Whitmore Glenn O Garber Jr David Garber Ralph Zammerman Thomas Cramer and James Snouffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Leed's Point
Atlantic City
N. J
Frederick
Elmer Johnson
AML
Charles Beatty
Ernest Hoelfenstein
Elias B. Ransburg
Alton Whitmore
Glenn O Garber
David Garber
Ralph Zammerman
Thomas Cramer
James Snouffer
Linden Walls Homes Sold at Court House Sale
Three Linden Walls Improvement Company bungalows west of Frederick were bought at a shorts sale by the Commercial Bank of Maryland mortgages for 825 above each property's indebtedness. The homes are modernly equipped with two brick houses and one frame, and Reuben S Lease acted as such oneer.
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Linden Walls Improvement Company
Frederick
Court House
Commercial Bank of Maryland
Reuben
Choiny Fire Destroys West Patrick Street Block
The Independent and Citizen firemen were dispatched at 2 30 in the afternoon to tackle a chimney fire in the Taet block of West Patrick Street. Authorities reported quick containment with minor smoke damage to nearby storefronts and no injuries recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Citizen
West Patrick Askeet
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E. C. Speak
Crat
Alfred
Parsons Case
Charles P. Rice
Rice
AL RO Brodbeck
York, Pas
York Cormugating Companys
Churely
Potomac
Tors
Fist Geedas
Hofman
Nazareth Orphans Home
Home For the
Iomewood
Homewood Board of Directors
Ralph J. Flarrity
Robert Thena
P.O. Dept
Bureau
B. Michael
Miss McDonald
Doldhums
By Rodney Dutthuet
Samuel
Tabor
Goampers
Famtoys
Jatar
Lea Tro
AF Uf B
Lotte Nooll
Ohler
Ata
Mtass
Hur
Af Gampers
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
AF Oof
Wil Green
Afore Ant Sted Mine Workers
Rural Electification Administration
Rea
Mies
Dolly Gann
Pas
Seterof
Maetess
Gann
Negra
Kindermarten
Margaret Eisenhauer
Roosevelt
Lewis
Sen
Griffith
Republic Steel Co
Must & Company
Madden
Nastrina Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Co
Taig
Beleving
Inland
Amin
Ffi
Laibar Relations Board
St Jon Pr
Stockgatts Cy
Linden Walls Homes
Choiney
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