Commercials Stockholders Vote for Merger and Capital Increase
Commercial Bank of Maryland stockholders ratified the merger with Western Maryland Trust Company at a morning meeting with 363 in person and 7,469 by proxy. The action precedes an afternoon vote on a $50,000 capital increase and $10,000 surplus, plus a plan to purchase the Commercial Bank building and equipment for 75000. FDIC will back deposits up to 1,060,000 as part of voluntary liquidation steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Trust Company
Commercial Bank of Maryland
Arthur H. Doll
Commercial Bank
Eorge F. Smith
William B. Catshall
Western Maryland
Doll
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Reserve Fund
Maryland
Stewart Files For Congress in Sixth Maryland District
Annapolis June 30 Charles Stewart president of Allegany county commissioners filed his certificate for candidacy for the House from the Sixth Maryland district subject to Republican primaries. Stewart said he is the sole announced Republican candidate after State Senator Harry W. LeGore declined to run again. Three Democrats announced for the nomination S Duvall Schell Frederick William D Byron Washington county and Joseph A Cantrel Montgomery county. Count Haugwitz-Reventlow left Paris for London to face a Commons court action over allegations by his wife Barbara Hutton. Arizona is noted as the fifth largest state with extensive federal land holdings including forests reservations and parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Charles Stewart
Board of
Allegany County Commissioners
House of Representatives
Maryland
Stewart
Frederick
Court House
Harry W. LeGore
Ir. Stewart
S Duvall Schell
Rederick
William D. Byron
Washington County
Joseph A. Cantrel
Montgomery County
London
Paris
France
Count Haugwitz-Revention
Barbara Hutton
New York Sportsman Charged With Massachusetts Murder
J Paul Bathel, a New York sportsman and former amateur boxer, is charged with murder in the death of a man whose cement-cast body was found near South Hadley Massachusetts. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail in Northampton for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lengihg Queng
Massachusetts
South Hadley
Mass
J. Paul Bathel
New York
Northampton
Offer Made to Buy Community Co
An offer to purchase the capital stock of the Community Finance Company was made by the Southeastern Industrial Bankers Inc of Washington at 92 per share or 57960 total for 630 shares outstanding. Shareholders are being mailed letters detailing cash or stock exchange options with liquidation of the old company and formation of a new entity, effective about July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Finance Company
Southeastern Industrial Bankers, Inc
Washington
Southgodern Industrial Bankers, Incc
Frederick County Nations Bank
North Market Street
Frederck
Southeastern Industrial Bankers Inc
Maryland
Virginia
Frederick
Community Company
Trans
Court Street
Folow
A. LeRoy McCardell
R. E. Delaplaine
S. Elmer Brown
Sery
Albert M. Coblentz
James H. Gambrill
Charles McC
Mathias Sam W Maples
Missionary rides to Carlsbad on thrift trip
Reusen Bohlinger a Signals Mountain Tenn preacher arrived in Carlsbad after a horseback journey from his home town costing only a few dollars. He said the horse was shod seven times and he averaged twenty to thirty miles a day. Farmers offered free lodging and the main expense was blacksmithing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Reusen Bohlinger
Signals Mountain
Tenn
Bohlinger
Drive to Collect Taxes on Dogs Continues Today
Frederick County authorities pressed a dog tax drive as the license year ends at midnight. Deputies pursued delinquent owners, with seven more paying today and 11 earlier in the week, as 75 known non-payers remain. Warrants were issued for violations, and officials consider centralizing collection in the Treasurer and deputies. Last year’s dog tax receipts totaled 34,570 with 762.25 in commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Emmett R. Bowlus
Thurmont
Cleveland Smith
Catoctin Furnace
Smith
Profit Selling Jobs Speedy Buying Move
After one of the speediest buying moves in years, profit selling trimmed top gains and turned some into losses. Dealings slowed, yet signs of a comeback appeared near the fourth hour as nationwide and foreign buyers swamped the ticker tape. First hour turnover reached 3,090,002 shares, a peak since last October. Bonds outperformed stocks and most commodities held a forward trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vernight
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows no precipitation in last 24 hours ending 7 am. June precipitation to date 3.65 inches, with normal June 4.36 inches. June 1937 tallies 6.53 inches. deficiency to date in 1938 2.87 inches. Yesterday high 82, last year 88. low 30 last night, 59 a year ago. Sun set 5:41 pm, sunrise 4:47 am tomorrow. Moon rises 9:20 am, sets 10:17 pm tomorrow. Streams Monocacy and Potomac muddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Japan Hit By Typhoon And Earthquake Fury
Reports say a typhoon and a devastating earthquake cripple southern Japan, isolating cities as the heaviest rainfall in the nation’s history floods towns, disrupts rail and communications, and leaves dozens dead or missing while meteorologists warn of ongoing tropical danger. President Roosevelt, addressing the National Education Association in New York, emphasizes balanced long range policy, democracy, and the need to safeguard freedom and education, urging state and local control of schooling with federal aid for poorer areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tuaso
Ran Im Dae Pan
Toe Cen
New York
Dent Roosevel
Ture
National Education Association
Roosevelt
Pinball Licenses Boost County Revenue in Year One
The county reports pinball licenses totaling 3450 in value with 251 machines active at a 35 dollar annual fee. Phonograph licenses bring 1357.75, liquor and beer licenses around 8500, and total 1938 licenses near 41000. Clerk Elis C. Wachter marks his eleventh year in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Elis C. Wachter
G Ed Myers
Wachter
Eli G. Haugh
Lions Club Installs New Officers Today
The Lions Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel installed officers for the coming year during its weekly luncheon. New president Rev. Ralph E. Hartman led routines with vice presidents Jacob H. Schmidt and John S. Renn, secretary treasurer Herman C. Gubisch, lion tamer Garlons Peace, tail twister Clinton M. Rhoades, and directors Richard S. Keyser John T. Best Bernard M. Davis Jesse W. Kolb. Kolb presided before Hartman’s installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ralph E. Hartman
Jacob H. Schmidt
John 5. Renn, Sr
Herman C. Gubisch
G. Harlons Peace
Clinton M. Rhoades
Richard S. Keyser
John T. Best
Bernard M. Davis
Jesse W. Kolb
Kolb
Mr. Hartman
Veterans Feted At Gettysburg Reunion Parade and Roosevelt Speech
Two thousand Civil War veterans gathered at Gettysburg to recall the war as four days of parades, band concerts, and battlefield tours unfolded. The event includes more than 30 veterans musical organizations marching in a large parade and a public address by President Roosevelt planned for Sunday.
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Gettysburg
South
Battlefield
National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Search Goes On But With Reduced Forces in Albuquerque
The albuquerque area continues a dogged hunt for Medill McCormick missing eight days. The search was told to go on but with reduced forces as officials and volunteers comb foothills near the vanished heir to a Chicago publishing fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Rr. Cortland Barnes
New York
Three Powers Agree On 45 000 Ton Warships
An accord among the United States Britain and France fixes a 45 000 ton limit for battleships with 16 inch guns marking a move beyond the 35 000 ton cap of the 1936 London treaty Britain notes the figure is higher than it would prefer but says it is the lowest agreeable. Alfred Duff Cooper First Lord of the Admiralty confirms the pact in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Britain
France
House of Commons
Alfred Duff Cooper
The
Admiralty
Partial Picture of Frederick County Relief Costs 1937
A Frederick County auditors report for 1937 shows relief expenditures totaling 208 315 27 with county levy funded 23 504 30. Welfare Board administers most relief while special orders flow to merchants. Federal and state contributions in 1937 and 1936 are noted along with old age pensions aid to dependent children and special relief figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick County Auditors
Frederick County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Federal Sewing Project
National Re-employment Bureau
County
Presbyterians To End Conference Saturday
Washington DC Presbytery leads with 124 present at Hood College for the Presbyterian Young People's conference. Total registration includes 124 boys and 196 girls with delegations from Baltimore Carlisle New Castle and Donegal among others. Activities include a campus scavenger hunt a visit to Roger Brooke Taney home and county jail tours plus a vesper service and a religious pageant directed by Miss Constance Hallock and Mrs Jeannette Adams. Delegates depart after breakfast Saturday. continued on Page Five.
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Washington
D. C
Hood College
Baltimore
Carlisle
New Castle
Donegal
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
Jean Davis
Mechanicsburg
Roger Brooke Taney
Charles T. Leber
Brodbeck Hall
Constance Hallock
New York City
Jeannette Adams
New
Moody And Jacobs To Renew Tennis Duel
Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs reach the finals of the fall England championships as both veterans on the comeback trail vie for a renewed tennis duel at Wimbledon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Jacobs
Wimbledon
England
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Young Roosevelt Indignant Over Post Article
James Roosevelt, son of the president, is indignant over a Saturday Evening Post article about his insurance business. A Mayo Clinic statement says he has read the piece, is outraged by misrepresentations, and has asked his attorneys to consider the matter for future conference. No further comment will be provided at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
James Roosevelt
Saturday Evening Post
Mayo Clinic
Roosevelt
Pope Pleads Japan to Spare Civilian Population
Vatican news service reports Pope Pius XII asked Japan to spare civilians during air bombardments in China. Tokyo acknowledged receipt and said the message would be treated with consideration. Earlier the Pope urged General Franco to modify his bombing conduct in insurgent Spain.
Langer Concedes Nye Nomination In North Dakota
Governor William Langer conceded the Republican Senate nomination to U S Senator Gerald P Nye in the North Dakota primary. With 114 of 2266 precincts reported, Nye led 87,794 to 81,488 as Nye secured the nomination.
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
Senate
North Dakota
U. S
Gerald P Nye
Nye
Langer
Privilege Breach Ruling May Shake Government
London date AP reports a military court breached parliamentary privilege by summoning Duncan Sandys to answer questions about secret anti air craft defense data. The House of Commons privileges committee found the act improper but did not urge further action. The outcome could determine Prime Minister Chamberlain's government. In China heavy rains raise Yangtze flood risks impacting Japanese Hankow drive. Insurgent air raids strike Catalonia rail link and Valencia front advances.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons Maiutime
Snemal
Duncan Sandys
Army
House
Committee On
Sandys
China
Yangtze Valley
Hankow
Yangtze
Spain
Catalan
Barcelona
France
Valencia
General Synod Ends Historic Merger of Churches in Columbus
The Evangelical and Reformed Church in Columbus closes a four year merger of five denominations uniting under one faith. Leaders urge unity to resist modern threats while praising tol erance and shared beliefs. The new hymnal elevates German choral tradition, guidance on social action and refugee aid is endorsed, and conscientious objection to military service is supported. The report also notes relief and economic security as key civil liberties factors.
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Columbus
General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical Synod of North America
Reformed Church
U. S
Christian World
Mition
Commission On Social Action
Committee On
Christian Social Action
Synod
Christian Social Action Commission
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Western Md. Trust Co
Mercial
Congress
Arizona
Community CO
Dustrial Bankers
Law
Tokyo
the Kills
Pawar
N. EB. A
F. F. Francis
Oxford County
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Litvefield
South Paris
Francis
Francis M. Carroll
Dwyer
Carroll
Crewe Prince Gustaf Adolph of
Sweden
Philadelphia
Presbyterians
Young Roosevelt
Pope
Commons
Sweep Valley
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