Annual harvest of wheat begins in this county
Farmers report wheat ripe to cut ahead of schedule amid murky skies and dampness. Harvesting starts in Frederick and surrounding towns with J Otis King and Earl Stup among early cutters. Outlook remains favorable for yield but prices loom as a concern.
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Frederick
Lewistown
Creagerstown
Pearl
New Market
Urbana
Adamstowa
Frederick County
Argentina
J. Otis King
Ballenger Pike
Earl Stup
Renn
Pike
William Tabler
Earl Hargett
Earl
Boonsboro
Upper Valley
Thief Robs Pinball Machine In Garage
A thief pried open a side window at Atterback's Garage in Lewistown on Monday night and stole tools used to break into a pinball machine and a music box. About $15 in coins was taken and roughly $30 in damage caused. The intruder started on a cigarette machine but stopped with partial tinkering. Lester Utterback reported the loss. Deputy Denver J. Shook assisted. No stock appeared taken, and positive clues were lacking.
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Atterback
Lewistown
Lester Utterback
Utterback
Shenf
Denver J. Shook
Weather Summary for June Precipitation and Temps Yesterday
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation trace as of 12 a m. June to date 2.70 inches. June normal 4.36 inches, actual through June 1 1937 6.33 inches. Deficit in 1938 precipitation to June 1 stands at 2.87 inches. Yesterday high 78, low 61. Comparisons: year ago high 80, low 62. Sunset 7.40 p m, sunrise 4 44 a m, moon rises 12 20 a m, moon sets 2 01 p m.
Reports Made at Synod Meeting
At Hood College Baltimore Presbyterian Church delegates reported on the General Synod. The Woman's Synodical Society received committee appointments and transacted business. A round table on the year's work, and several conference sessions for women leaders were held. Missionary Night is planned with Rev. Dr. Leber delivering the main address. The Synod adjourns Friday followed by the Young People’s Conference beginning Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
the Presbyterian Church
Hood College
General Synod
George M. Cummings
J. Harvey Dunham
Woman's Synodical Society For Missions
Synodical
Gertrude Schulz
Board of Foreign Missions
F. E. Edgington
Northwood
Rhoads
HC. Waldo
Charles ‘T. Leber
Service Clubs to See Scouts Demonstration
Boy Scouts from Camp Ritchie will demonstrate to service clubs at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Camp Ritchie Maneuvers. Lions Rotary Kiwanis Zonta invited by Norman Ford to witness fires building camp setup and other skills. A supper will be served at six o'clock.
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Boy Scouts
Ettcampeé
Cama
Ritchie
Cascade
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Zonta
Norman Ford
Camp Ritchie
Hope Brightens for Early End to Spain Civil War
Hopes rise for a truce as Britain seeks accord among major European powers to send commissions into Spain and urge withdrawal of foreign troops. Valencia battles continue, with insurgent air raids on Mediterranean cities amid political opposition in France to Daladier’s approach.
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Spain
Associated Press
China
London
Europe
Britain
France
Italy
Valencia
Mediterranean
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Berlin
Hankow
Japan
Yellow River
Funeral Arrangements for Three Accident Victims
Funeral services are scheduled for three men killed in a Sunday automobile crash on the Westminster pike near Finksburg. Walter Gilbert Barnes, 19, of Gamber, is honored at Providence Methodist Protestant church. Howard L. Edmondson, of Washington, will be laid to rest at Providence Methodist Protestant church with Rev. C. F. Cummins presiding. James Louis Boone, 35, of Gamber, will be buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal church with a Masonic escort and Rev. Henry Muelier officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Edmondson
Lewisville
Providence Methodist Protestant Church
Cum-mins
James Louis Boone
Gamber
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church
Sykesville
George E ' Boone
Henry Muelier
Deliberate Murder Charged In Death In Cambridge
A coroner's jury found Elizabeth Brown a 17 year old expectant mother was deliberately and maliciously strangled by her husband Fred Brown. He weighted her body with plow points and threw it into the Naticoke river on June 14. Brown, a husky farmer, was handcuffed to a state policeman and showed little concern after the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Brown
Cambridge
James
Brown
Aps
Elizabeth Brown
Fred Brown
Naticoke River
Star Athletes Arm Amputated At St Marys College
Baltimore June 21 AP Stan ley Mike Scesney an outstanding football player at St Marys College Emmitsburg suffered am putation of his left arm because of a bone tumor Officials of St Josephs hospital said today The hospital said Scesner whose home is in Throop Pa is getting along well College officials declined comment as to the cause The youth who was graduated last week was an outstanding full back and also won letters in basketball and baseball
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stanley
Mike” Scesney
St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
Scesner
Throop
All-Day Clothing School Held At Lewistown
The Lewistown 4-H Club launched its first all-day clothing school guided by Miss Florence E Williams with twenty girls learning clothing construction. Additional sessions are planned in Libertytown Petersville and New Market, with schools hosted in area school houses and dates staggered across next week.
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4-H Club
Lewistown
Florence E. Williams
Miss Williams
All Day
Libertytown
Liberty Toxin
Walkersville
Peters- Villé
New Market
Nice Announces Bid for Re election in Radio Speech
Baltimore June 21 AP authoritative Republican sources say Governor Harry W Nice has decided to seek another term and will announce his decision in a radio broadcast June 30. He is concerned only about arranging a radio hookup across Frederick Hagerstown Cumberland Salisbury Baltimore and Washington while Annapolis confirms plans but offers no comment.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Frederick
Hagerstown
Chumberland
Salisbury
Washington
Annapolis
Benson Holds Narrow Minnesota Primary Lead
Minneapolis June 2 AP Governor Elmer Benson and Hilaimar Petersen fought a seesaw battle for the lead as vote counting continued from yesterday's primary. Benson at one point led by over 3,000 votes, then trailed before regaining the edge. With 1,689 of 3,739 precincts counted, Benson had 112,895 to Petersen 107,267.
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Minneapolis
Elmer Benson
Hilaimar Petersen
Farmer-Labor
Benson
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Petersen
Leading Industrials Carry Market Upward
New York June 2 AP Profit selling barely dented the rallying armor of today’s stock market and leading industrials pushed up fractions to more than three points. Among gainers were Allied Chemical and Eastman Kodak up 10 to 5 points respectively, on small turnovers. Steels motors coppers and specialties favored. Buying broadened in virtually all groups. Transfers were about 1,300,000 shares as nervous shorts covered and foreign buyers added.
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New York
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Harms Addresses Frederick County Council on Religious Education
Rev John W Harms of Baltimore newly elected executive secretary of the Maryland Delaware Council spoke at the Frederick County Council of Religious Education meeting at the Y M C A noting the growing regard for religious instruction and progress in other states He announced that Rev Minor F Muller Virginia council head will address Maryland Delaware Council directors in Baltimore September 8 9 Reports from county officials included Dr Joseph H Apple outlining weekday religious instruction programs and likely expansion The finance committee led by John S Renn was tasked to draft a county budget and arrange funding A statewide meeting in Baltimore on November 3 was announced
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Frederick County
Baltimore
Joseph H. Apple
John $. Renn
Counry
Helen Jacobs Wins Despite Arm Injury at Wimbledon
Helen Jacobs, former British and American champion, defeats Mary Whitmarsh 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the all England championship in London despite an arm injury. The match is reported by AP from June 21 1934.
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Wimbledon
England
Helen Jacobs
Mary Whitmarsh
Evacuated Japanese Civilians Return to Tsingtao
Of the 14,000 Japanese civilians who evacuated Tsingtao after Sino Japanese hostilities began, 12,000 have returned since the occupation completed early in January.
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Tsingtao Tsingtao
China
Turner indicted for criminal assault on 13 year old girl
Rockville Montgomery county grand jury indicted James Albert Turner 25 Negro on three counts for the May 31 assault of Etta May Coleman 13 of Middlebrook. Two counts carry the death penalty. Turner held in Baltimore. case set for trial June 28 with counsel appointed. Separately James R. King and Harry E. Williams face embezzlement charges in dog tax funds case. Potomac steamer and Casino cruiser collided six miles below Alexandria injuring three Casino passengers. rescue efforts noted.
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Rockville
James Albert. Turner
Middlebrooke
Baltimore
Charles W. Woodward
Montgomery County
James Albert Turner
Etta May Coleman
Middlebrook
Birk
Turner
Eugene Coleman
Daugher
J. W. Bird
Montgomery County General Hospital
Sandy Spring
James R. King
King
Harry E. Williams
Williams
James E. Pugh
Washington
Potomac
Casino
Potomac River
Alexandria
Charles Roosener
Saw Weeping Woman near creek linked to slaying
Police probed the killing of a 35 year old pregnant woman found in a creek near Prince Frederick. Deputies reported a second sighting of a weeping woman Friday. two residents said they saw her wave down a truck and a man beside a car with DC plates. A coroner's jury adjourned awaiting a chemist's report on the second woman's stomach contents.
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Prince Frederick
Kenneth Buckler
Buckler
District of Columbia
One Of Best G-Men Resigns From Service
New York June 21 AP Leon G Turrou head of the recent espionage probe resigns from the FBI citing health strain and desire to write. He helped uncover Lindbergh ransom money in the Hauptmann case and persuaded Hauptmann to provide handwriting samples. He also worked on the Kansas City FBI stay, Indiana election fraud cases, and the Baltimore white slave cases.
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New York
Leon G. Turrou
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Turrou
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Local Lawyers To Attend State Bar Assn. Meeting
The State Bar Association will meet in Atlantic City New Jersey from June 23 to 25 at the Ambassador Hotel. Business sessions and prominent speakers are planned including Arthur T Vanderbilt president of the American Bar Association. Edward Delaplaine of Frederick will be elected vice president for the sixth judicial circuit. A banquet Saturday night will feature speeches with McSherry as toastmaster. Frederick attendees include Rosenstock Newman and Clapp Jr Delaplaine.
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The
State Bar Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Ambassador Hotel
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
American Bar Association
State Bar
Edward 5. Delaplaine
Fred- Tick Wit
Sixth Judicial Circuit
W. Clinton, McSherry
Frederick
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Johnna S. Newman
Maryland Bar Association
Parsons Newman
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
McSherry
Delaplaine
Hull moves toward humane warfare amid air raids
Secretary of State Hull advances a program to humanize warfare aimed at stopping civilian bombings after protests over attacks on Spanish and Chinese cities. He may consult nations and push the plan without awaiting Congress. Senator Pittman notes public outcry questions the military value of bombing cities.
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Washington, DC
Hull
State Department
London
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Davis
Weiles
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Congress
Pittman
Dem
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Far East
Spain
Mountain City Council Initiates Class Of 15
Mountain City Council No 12 Sons and Daughters of Liberty met at Kerap Hall for class initiation and degree work. Fifteen candidates were initiated in honor of Charles Mercer, state councilor. Visitors from Liberty, Rescue, Golden Rule, Golden Star, Star of America, and Lady of the Valley attended along with local members. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Council
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Kerap Hall
Charles Mercer
Liberty Council
Baltimore
Emily Hurst
Rescue Council
Edna Myers
Edna Stinchcomb
Central District
Naomi Blaney
Stinchcomb
Golden Rule Council
Williamsport
Grace Forsythe
Reno Burkhart
Genevieve Shipley
Golden Star Council
Hagerstown
Raymond Bussard
Zelda Kendrell
Western
Star of America Council
Frostburg
W. Wieres
Clara B. Hart
Clara Walbert
Gilberta Strube
Hazel Wilson
Lady of the Valley Council
Waynesboro
Lee Brosius
Harry iKendy
Charles Davis
William Cook
William Deithart
C. O. Bercan
Mary Wister
Ella Reed
Iw. A. Sheller
Ethel Baker
Stella Weaver
Gladys Baker
Walkersville
Jubal Smith
Mildred Smith
Helen Rightley
Calvin Jacobs
George Strine
York
Frederick
Young Candidate to Support Jackson for Governor
James A. Young, longtime clerk of the Court of Appeals, announced his renomination bid and said he will support Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Young, who lives in Annapolis and votes in Allegany County, stated I will support Mayor Jackson for Governor.
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Baltimore
James A. Young
Court of Appeals
Howard W. Jackson
Young
Annapolis
Allegany County
Jackson
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Custer Creek
Montana
Milwaukee Railroad
Mike’ Scesney
Nice
Minnesota
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Netherlands
Huil
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