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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1938
Page
6
After a long meeting, the city zoning board revisited the gas station proposal, hearing arguments from proponents and opponents about site access safety and neighborhood impact.
The Board of Zoning Appeals adjourned without a decision on re hearing the Atlantic Refining Company filling station at Market and Sixth. Opponents led by 237 parents fear hazards near North Market Street School, while supporters cite safety measures and lack of incidents. The board will reconvene Thursday for executive session to discuss the case.
Crisfield Maryland May 3 Maryland washed its hands of the strike of 300 crabmeat pickers. State Labor Commissioner Marine said seven packers reported their plants closed for unprofitable reasons not due to a failure to bargain. He noted the state can summon both sides to a conference and publish findings. Governor Nice said Crisfield remained quiet but tense, with 12 state policemen on duty and others nearby.
Baltimore May 3 Herbert M Brune Jr a business candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination urged in a Northwestern Democratic Club address that an independent movement for good government could help the party. He warned internal feuds could threaten Governor Nice’s renomination and urged support for an independent movement to save Maryland democracy. He also noted property owners sought to realize on investments as Hemsley aimed to open a funeral parlor, facing opposition over signs and traffic concerns from nearby residents Anthony Marino and David F. Davis.
A former Frederick county resident, Elden Stokes alias Carl Johnson, 27, was returned from Carlisle Pa for trial on charges arising from the armed hold up of a South Market street filling station last week. Pennsylvania waived extradition after detaining him on a theft charge, with a detainer kept for later disposition on Frederick county robbery charges.
More than 400 businessmen passed a resolution urging Congress to investigate the administration and effects of the National Labor Relations Act. The resolution, adopted by a round table conference group at the U. S. Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, calls the law a formidable barrier to enduring business recovery.
Frederick county officials and Welfare Board representatives will meet soon to decide how much relief money will be allocated for unemployables in coming months. May allocations are uncertain as counties rely on borrowed funds after state tax revenues fell short. A Baltimore meeting showed several counties halted relief and urged need-based distributions over population-based funding.
Claiborne Maryland May 3 The new ferry Gov Harry W Nice broke down in Chesapeake Bay and drifted two hours with Governor Nice and most of the State department heads aboard. Engines overheated piston stopped and crew lifted piston before continuing to the terminal with seven of eight cylinders. Officials joked sang and Nice retired to the upper pilot house during the wait.
The item lists corrections for four brainteaser questions: tarpaulin should read terrapin, L'etat, cest moi is the proper quotation, a baker's dozen equals 13 not 11, a true sonnet uses iambic pentameter, and presidential elections occur in even years not odd.
Officials were transferred to the Governor Emerson C Harrington Hf for the trip to the new terminal at Romancoke.
Denton Gehr, 8 years old, former Westminster First National Bank cashier, pleaded guilty to embezzling 11270. Judge Coleman postponed sentence to next Friday after a physical exam. Bank loss cited at 30423 with 25000 insured. Gehr released on 5060 bond. Attorney James Boylan said spending beyond means led to stock investments. Aiken prosecuted.
A navy patrol plane with five crew members and five midshipmen taxied about 10 miles back to the Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland after damaging a wing during a landing on Chesapeake Bay. Only injury was a cut finger of Midshipman F P Eubanks of McKinney Texas.
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