Harvest News From Frederick County Farms This Week
Frederick County farmers report wheat harvest under way in sections by week’s start with earlier cutting in Walkersville and New Market. Pea harvest nearing completion while corn and beans show good prospects. Cool weather aids harvest. past droughts noted with June heat. Rambler roses fading and cherries being picked after rain.
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Frederick County
Walkersville
New Market
Adamstown
Middletown Valley
Frederick
Carrol
Mt Airy Canning Company
Henry R. Shoemak
Frederick Sees Record Arrests Expected in Present Year
Frederick police project the current year will record the highest total arrests in city and state history by June 15. With five and a half months left, about 1,400 city and 500 state arrests are anticipated by New Year’s Day, driven largely by drunkenness at roughly 60 percent of city cases.
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Frederick
Whch
Allen Bartyis
Squres
Bartgis
Barty
Frederick City
Relief spending to reach 18 billion in new program
Washington June 17 AP The 18 billion relief and pump priming package approved by Congress will lift total relief and public works spending since 1938 to about 18 billion. The bill, placed on the statute books with one presidential signature, adds to the 14.2 billion cost of relief and public works from 1933 to 1937. The House Appropriations Committee estimates the fund could employ at least 4.1 million people at varying periods, with C S O calling it a victory for labor. The PWA and WPA are set to expand as soon as the President signs the measure. FRYSINGER IMPROVED York Pa Organist FRY SINGER resumes duties this Sunday after illness and two hospitalizations including an operation.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
C. S O
PWA
WPA
J. ¥. Frysenger
Helen Wills Moody Loses to German Opponent in London
In London on June 17 AP reports Helen Wills Moody lost to German player Hilda K. Sperling in straight sets in the semifinals of the London lawn tennis championship. The scores were 8-6 6-2.
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Helen Wills Moody
London
Hilda K. Sperling
Germany
Assessment Paid in Central Trust Case Against Bell
Assessment marked paid in full in the Circuit Court. The receiver of Central Trust Company filed the decree Wednesday resolving the stockholders liability assessment against the late McGill Bell of Dickerson. The assessment was for 4 AM.
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Central Trust Company
McGill Bell
Dickersoon
Mr. Bell
Hood College hosts multiple denominational meetings this season
Following the Maryland Christian Endeavor Union gathering at Hood College, five more denominational meetings are slated on the Hood campus this season. The Presbyterian Synod and Women's Synodical Society will meet June 20 to 25 with 150 to 174 attendees, followed by the Young People's Conference June 25 to July 2 with 300 to 325 participants. From July 2 to 3 the Frederick Missionary Conference will bring 100 to 125 attendees, and July 9 to 16 the Baltimore Conference School of the Methodist Episcopal church will host 100 to 125. The final session, July 16 to 22, will be the Maryland Summer School for Church Workers by the United Lutheran church, about 100 attendees. Garden clubs met the day after commencement, and the Potomac Synod and Woman’s Missionary Society held three days on campus this week.
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Maryland Christian Endeavor Union
Hood College
Hood Compus
Presbyterian Synod and Women's Synodical Society
Holt
Young People’s Conference
Synod and Women's Synodical Society
Young People's Conference
Frederick
Potomac Synod and Woman's Missionary Society
Bridge in Middletown Valley Falls Into Catoctin Creek
The covered bridge on the old Middletown Burkittsville road, spanning Catoctin Creek for 70 years, collapsed Sunday evening after a wind and rain storm. The structure sank two feet on the north side earlier and the nearby highway remains closed. A two-span steel replacement is planned at an estimated cost of about 55,890, with site location to be decided after two State Roads surveys.
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Middletown Valley
Catoctin Creek
Middletown-Burkittsville
Middletown
Trafic
Disagree Over More Liberal Bank Loans
Washington June 17 Federal banking agencies disagreed over liberalizing bank loans to business. Chairman Marriner S Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board opened the discussion in a letter to Senator Van denberg. The board seeks liberalization of bank examining principles versus Treasury and FDIC strict policies.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Vandenberg
Mich
Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington Monopolies Probe Staff Drawn From New Deal
In Washington on June 17 the bulk of the five hundred thousand dollar monopoly investigation will be led by Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold with a team of liberal economists and former NRA officials. Leon Henderson of WPA and Yale law professor Walton Hamilton join Arnold, along with Reed College president Dexter Keezer and Thomas C. Blaisdell from the National Resources Committee. Hogan, slated to head the A B A secretariat, has faced jail for burning subpoenaed papers, while maintaining his social prominence in Washington.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Department of Justice
NRA
Hugh Johnson
Donald Richberg
Leon Henderson
WPA
Hogan
Senate Airmail Committee
NEA Service, Inc
Dies Committee Shifts Focus to Communism, Not Nazis
The House un American activities panel led by Texas Democrat Martin Dies is expected to probe communism and other radical movements rather than concentrate on Nazi activity as was hoped by many supporters. Dies urged members to join the panel boasting there "There won't be a Jew on it" prompting Jewish observers to suggest the committee start by examining itself.
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House
Martin Dies
Texas
Dies
Public figures linked to New Deal inquiry background
The piece notes Ben Cohen Tom Corcoran Solicitor General Robert Jackson and Isador Lubin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics aiding in background. It cites Congress funding as proof the inquiry is a New Deal effort and forecasts conclusions via Roosevelts monopoly message. It mentions Hogan Hogan as ABA president hopeful and recalls his role in Doheny Fall case.
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Ben Cohen
Tom Corcoran
Robert Jackson
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Congress Quits as Members Leave Washington
Five hundred-odd members of the 75th Congress departed after a long struggle over Roosevelt proposals. The Senate and House approved the relief and public works program while sustaining a farm loan bill. A vetoed measure to aid the Senate lobby was overridden in part. President Roosevelt sent a brief note praising the session’s constructive legislation before awaiting adjournment to Nahant for his son John’s wedding.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Burke
Dem
Minton
Ind
Holly
Garner
Bankhead
Nahant
Mass
John
Cubs To Visit Boy Scout Camp Sunday
Frederick county cubs totaling 110 boys and 20 leaders will visit Camp Ritchie on Sunday June 26 to coincide with the court of honor when awards are issued. The encampment began Wednesday with activity heads named including Murray Mapies Wynne Mapies Hendrickson and camp counselors assisting.
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Frederick County Cubs
Camp Ritchie
Charles Murray
Kemp Mapies
Sam Wynne Mapies
John Hendrickson
Hopkins Professor Is Fatally Wounded
Baltimore June 17 AP Dr. George E Barnett 63 a Johns Hopkins University statistics professor was found fatally wounded in his apartment bathroom. Dr Lucien Brun who has an office under the apartment said the professor had been sitting for some time.
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Baltimore
George E. Barnett
Johns Hopkins Unversity
Lucien Brun
Vacation Bible School opens with five city churches
Five city churches sponsor a Vacation Bible School to run two weeks starting Monday in the Evangelical Lutheran church facility on East Second Street except the beginners group meeting in the chapel. Rev. Hartman Shober Schmitt Gleichman Longi lead planning with 125 children expected. sessions run 9 to 11 05 each day with lessons memory work recreation songs and worship.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Second Street
Ralph E. Hartman
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ralph E. Shober
Church of the Brethren
J. H. Schmitt
Centennial United Brethren Church
Paul H
Genevieve Bruchey
Jeanne Feaga
Mary Jane Waldschmidt
Dorothy Leslie
Alma Miller
Mary Abrecht
Julia - Bel Hann
Japanese Critics Clash Over Yellow River Flood Role
Tokyo reports label the Yellow River flood as a Chinese government crime against its people. Press accounts cite deaths from 50,008 to 300,090, with figures fluctuating as Chinese forces are blamed for breaching dykes, surpassing deaths from Allied air raids in perceived scale.
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Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pitcher Recovering After Sharp Tie-Up Incident
Purcellville Va Sunday afternoon Arthur L Hauver Middletown pitcher for the latter club is recovering at Leesburg Va Hospital after being struck in the back of the head by a ball thrown by the catcher while attempting to trap him between third base and home. Despite the blow there was no concussion and he is expected to return home within a few days. He remained conscious for a time after the injury.
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Purcellville
Arthur L. Hauver
Middletown
Leesburg
Thatere
Hauver
Traffic charge filed against driver at Sixth and Bentz
Ben Phe bus driver charged with reckless driving at Sixth and Bentz streets on Thursday night. Albert William Jones of Myersville posted $5 bond plus costs for a Police Court hearing tonight.
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Wmcer
Ben Phebus
Bentz
Albert William Jones
Myersville
Fight Over Seat Stalls Tydings War in China
Baltimore June 17 AP Ad journment of Congress last night launched Maryland senatorial campaigns. Millard Tydings and David J. Lewis frame the contest as a test of Roosevelt policy. Hungerford enters on a pro New Deal line, creating a three way dynamic that could siphon Lewis votes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Senatoris
Millard
Tydines
New Dealer
David J. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
Tydings
House of Representatives
Lewis Will
Arthur E. Hungerford
National Emergency Council
Lewis-Tydings
Hungerford
Washington
Senate
Cholera Epidemic in India Spreads Amid Global War News
The Associated Press reports cholera sweeping Indian provinces aided by superstition and floods. British authorities order 11 million anti cholera vaccines as 16,500 die in seven weeks across 44 districts. In China, Yellow River floods disrupt plans. Japan and Chinese workers race to mend dykes. Spain's conflict persists with government resistance near Valencia while Britain ponders aerial threat responses.
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Associated Press
Spain
China
India
Ganges
Early Advances Turn Into Declines In Market Turnaround
In New York on June 17 AP reports buying support faded after early advances near a point or so. Trading quickened in the forenoon but volume dwindled toward session end. Transfers ran about 350000 shares as steels led declines and rails followed. Gold mines weakened amid dollar devaluation talk yet gold demand in London persisted. Foreign currencies moved narrowly while commodities and bonds weakened. Foreign markets improved.
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New York
London
All Roosevelt Family At Nahant For Wedding
The Roosevelt family led by the President and First Lady gathered near Nahant Massachusetts for the wedding of their youngest son John to Anne Lindsay Clark set for noon tomorrow The President traveled aboard the government yacht Potomac after an all night trip from Washington and the family assembled in Framingham Boston and Salem areas with Elliot Roosevelt and Mrs John Boettiger joining.
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Nahant
Mass
Roosevelt
John
Old Town
Potomac
Washington
Salem
Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
Elliott
John Boettiger
Framingham
James
Held For Attempt To Rob Clothing Store
George Cohaman a 27 year old Philadelphia man was held on 35000 bond for grand jury action after police captured him in Williamsport following a clothing store break in. Patrolman Tom Drake said Cohaman was arrested in an alley near the broken window and a nearby truck was seized while two accomplices fled. Cohaman claimed prior service in Pennsylvania and parole on a 14 year sentence.
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Hagerstown
George Cohaman
Philadelphia
Williamsport
Tom Drake
Cohaman
Drake
Ian
Pennsylvania
To Govern France By Decree Until November
Paris June 17 AP The French government adjourned Parliament until November giving a free hand to rule by decree without chamber interference. Premier Edouard Daladier closed the session to a quiet chamber and dismissed deputies to avoid renewed Communist demands over non intervention in Spain.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Chamber of Deputies
Miss Budde to Teach at St. Joseph's College Emmitsburg
Miss Marie Budde of Littlestown Pa will teach vocal music at St Joseph's college for girls during the 1938-39 term. She holds a Peabody Institute certificate, coached operatic roles in New York for three years, and has taught voice at Hood College this past year. purchases Chapel Hill Berryville Va June 17 William J Donovan of New York buys 108 acres from Hunt Lands Inc Clarke county for 23000. Donovan, a former Assistant Attorney General under Hoover and GOP candidate for New York governor, plans to live there with his family. he is en route to Spain.
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Emmitsburg
Marie Budde
Littlestown
St. Joseph's College
Budde
Peabody Institute
Baltimore
New York
Hood College
Chapel Hill
Berryville
William J. Donovan
United States
Hoover
Lehman
Hunt Lands, Inc
Clarke County
Philip Burwell
Donovan
Spain
Weather Record for June and 1937 Summary
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am zero. June to date 2.68 inches, normal June 4.36 inches, actual June 1937 6.53 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to June 12.87 inches. Yesterday high 71, low last night F, sun sets 7.39 pm, sun rises 4.43 am, moon rises 10.59 pm. Mega sets tomorrow S.57 percent.
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Frederick County Court House
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Aliinesota
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By Rodney Dutcher
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the Good Society
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E. L. Doheny
Albert B. Pall
Naval Oil Reserve
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