Snowstorm Drops Two Inches Across Western Maryland
Winter's fourth snowstorm hits the city and county with about two inches of snow. Temperatures plunged to 18 degrees as plows cleared main routes and two to three foot drifts were tackled earlier in the day. State police noted clear routes to Cumberland with some snow west of the city. Western Maryland reported similar totals including Cumberland and Hagerstown. Shipping and train schedules were hampered while trucks distributed cinders for icy sections. Northeast winds prompted storm warnings along the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic seaboard. Annapolis saw light snow while the Eastern Shore had rain and some snow. Eastern Shore farmers welcomed the moisture.
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Doubs-Point of Rocks
Middletown-Jeffer
Maryland
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Seaboard
Annapolis
Lansdale Withdraws From Montgomery Fight For 1938 Ticket
Richard H. Lansdale retires as candidate for re election to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and automatically awards Jerry T. Williams of Laytonsville a place on the Democratic ticket. Williams, son of ex commissioner Downey Williams, was nominated for the third district seat at the party congress in Rockville. No further nominations are accepted, shifting the ticket choice to Williams while other district nominees remain unresolved. Additionally, about 34,120,000 gallons of antifreeze mixture are used annually by American cars.
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Sandy Spring
Richard H.lansdale
Board of
Montgomery County Commissioners
Jerry T. Wiliams
Laytonsville
Lansdale
Olney
Williams
Downey Williams
Rockville
Andrew M. Newman
Thomas Earle Hampton
Bethesda-Chevy Chase-Potomac
Harvey J. White
Clyde Harris
Rockville-Poolesville
John B. Diamond
Gaithersburg
Odorion W. Roby
Fairland
Wheaton
Automotive Genius In The Bud At Thormont High
Two 14 year old freshmen Edwood Riffle and Bernard Fink built a compact car from a Ford Model T engine two heads seven dollars and parts. Fink salvaged the engine from an old truck and the boys assembled wheels chassis gas tank and hood for a private alley not within the auto license age limit.
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Thormont High School
Edwood Rifle
Albert Riffle
Bernard_ Fink
Ic. J. Fink
Fink
Walkersville Forms New Boy Scout Troop and Cub Pack
A Walkersville community group sponsors a Boy Scout troop and a Cub Pack with charters sought. James VanFessen named Scoutmaster, Raymond Staley, Howard Kerchner and Thomas Cramer as assistants, Percy Clagcott Cubmaster until replacement. Seventeen Scouts and eleven Cub participants, 28 total. Meetings set for Wednesdays at the Nicodemus Reddick sewing factory. Ministerial Association members oversee the program.
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Walkersville
Ministerial Association
James VanFessen
Raymond Staley
Howard Kerchner
Thomas Cramer
Percy Clagcott
George Smith
Steve Popowich
Harris
James Mercer
Tuck Filler
Kent Nicodemus
Donald Smith
James Trout
Nelson Trout
Lawrence Keeney
David Steufer
Kenneth Ports
John Kerchner
Pete Popowich
Leo Duvall
William
Ralph Ensor
Robert Nicodemus
Charles Nicodemus
Alton Whitmore
Irving Zimmerman
Max Fisher
Robert Kettells
William Fisher
Richard Smith
Arthur Grams
Donald
Ganley Farm Sale At Monrovia Brings 12082.57 In Weathered Auction
The sale of J. Hickman Ganley near Monrovia totaled 12082.57 despite bad weather. bidders from Frederick Montgomery Carroll and Howard counties attended as seventeen horses brought 4002.50, thirty seven cows averaged 11640 per head, and machinery plus hay and barley sold well. Auctioneers Emmett R. Bowlus and Glenn Trout oversaw the sale with RK. Lj Kelly as clerk.
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J. Hickman Ganley
Monrovia
Frederick
Montgomery
Carroll
Howard
Eirkbeott Uy
Cory
Emmett R. Bowlus
Glenn’ Trout
RK. Lj Kelly
Wilson W. Payne
Poulesville
Tauredsy
John W. Nutt
HLL
Wileard
Clers
Dickerson
EL H. Heflin
John W. Null
H. L. Willard
March 17 Meeting Plans at Walkersville Churches
Ministers from Walkersville churches discuss a school program and the seed of beer issue, with an educational benediction and a plan to meet at Miss Nellie Nicodemus’s home on April 2 p.m. to distribute literature on the topic. The subject remains to be clarified.
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Walkersyville W. C. T
Walkersville
Nellie Nicodemus
Bert
Movies draw vast weekly crowds amid Sabbath observance
Report notes an estimated 20 million people attend films weekly, reflecting strong cinema demand despite Sabbath observance concerns. Authorities and studios weigh cultural impacts as theaters remain popular venues for entertainment and social activity.
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Ganley
Darling
Panca
Pillsbury's
Lavoe
Cart
BOKAR
Gorton's
Nestle Cocoa
Kirkman
Underwood
Ann Page
Sultara
Wilbert's
Heinz Kerchtp
Armour's
Vienna
Pillsbury’s
Florida
Dot
Lean
Itz
Jona
Green ,Texas
Iona
National Biscuit
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Sultana
Oleo
Crapps
GREA
White House
Ware
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Ayo
Shantung
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