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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1938
Page
5
A severe storm dropped nearly an inch of rain, causing street lights to go out in affected areas. The weather disrupted evening plans as residents reported localized power outages and slick road conditions. No injuries were reported, and crews were dispatched to restore lighting and assess damage.
A heavy storm Friday night and Sunday brought nearly an inch of rain in an hour and scattered showers across the Frederick area. Lightning damaged a transformer near Frederick City Hospital and cracked a chimney at a residence on Lindbergh avenue. Street lights flickered off, streams rose, and Monocacy River muddied, affecting local waterways ahead of bass season. The weekend heat broke with a 24 degree drop, temperatures sliding into the 60s.
County Commissioners vote to accept WPA aid for a sewer line from Montevue Hospital to the city system at Swastika road. WPA director F W Springer to survey unemployed workers, aiming to begin quickly with seventy to eighty men. Right of way delays persist on about 6,000 feet, with one landowner demanding high price. one offers a donation. Work to start at Montevue Hospital toward Wilson Avenue.
The page lists five Q A items including authorship of a quip, apothecary dram size, Manila Bay hero Admiral Dewey, Monrovia as Liberia capital, and a claim about Earth surface water and land areas expressed in informal terms.
The 1938 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey show ends its tour in Scranton as workers strike over a 25 percent wage cut. Agreement reached to return to Sarasota with contracts in place for storing equipment. Meanwhile a separate Royal Mint project advances with $16,000 cost and $13,000 federal funding, expected to take eight to nine months.
Three trusties in Jessups Maryland escaped from the House of Correction today and likely fled in a stolen automobile. The men Howard B. Davis 26 of Elkton John Canton 27 of Baltimore and Ellsworth Keane 18 of Baltimore were serving terms for larceny. Their absence was found after Mrs Lillian Schultz matron at the prison reported her automobile missing from its parking spot outside the grounds.
Baltimore officials report Western Maryland Railroad seeks to discontinue passenger service on the Baltimore Hanover route claiming an annual loss of 25000 dollars. Commuters protested the plan noting that trains 47 and 48 would leave many without access to Baltimore, with a hearing set for next month.
A brief forecast notes the prospect of moderate temperatures for a day or so prior to another upward sweep in Mortas. The snippet suggests a shifting pattern with a upcoming warmer trend following the brief mild spell.
About 75 Masons from Columbia and Lynch lodges attended a morning service at Evangelical Reformed Church on St John's Day June 24. Lynch lodge sponsored the event with August T. Brust as worshipful master and Marion Luis Miller as marshal in charge. Rev. Dr. Henri L. G. Kieffer delivered a sermon on Great In The Sight of The Lord focusing on St John the Baptist and his humble, austere life.
The speaker praises a ministerial figure for character over ego. He cites conscious purpose and earnestness, noting humility and forsaking self in favor of Christ. The sermon stresses lifelong devotion, restraint, and the power of self forgetfulness as the leader’s charm.
Plans and specifications for extending and remodeling the Frederick postoffice are completed. Postmaster Guy K. Foster has been informed that bids may be asked around July 15. The project includes a rear extension with a loading platform and interior reconfiguration with an alcove for parcel post.
The church program directed by Mrs. Maud Waters Dittmar featured the musical program with Mrs. Dittmar serving as musical director and organist. The tributes emphasized utter unselfishness and a wish to be worthy of more than fame.
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