20 May 1937
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
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Farmers report crops thriving despite mild winter and hope for lower fuel costs. Weather Bureau warns of gradual warming but urges continued coal stockpiling as nights stay chilly. Midday sun helps, but residents remain cautious about forecasts. City clean up week continues with trucks in southwest and southeast districts.
The first confession from Gladys McKnight 17 in the Bayonne murder trial is read. She says a red haired sweetheart killed her mother with a hatchet after they were caught kissing. Donald Wightman 18 sits with her as the case unfolds in New Jersey court.
Miss Dorothy Webb junior at Hood College daughter of Mr and Mrs Fencett Webb of Frederick has been elected volleyball manager to the Athletic Association board. She was recently elected Science Club president college author for the coming year assistant auditor last year chairman of the Science Club program committee nonresident student representative to the Athletic Association board and one of the advertising managers of the 1938 Touchstone yearbook.
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am none for today. May to date 221 inches, normal May 380 inches. May 1938 actual 107 inches, 1937 to May 1 577 inches. Yesterday high 72, low last night 46. Sunset 7 al pom, moon 92 percent.
County officials begin enforcing a new law on pinball machines, removing clandestine operation. Owners may pay taxes to continue, with locations changing every 30 days. Profits average about 10 dollars weekly per machine, while costs for maintenance travel rise. Under 18s are barred with a 25 dollar fine, and slot machines remain restricted.
Memorial Day services planned by Washington Camp No 44 of A A for Woodsboro on Sunday May 20 at 10 oclock. The parade will start from the town to Mt Howe cemetery with graves decorated and a memorial service. Nearby lodges and Sunday Schools invited and expected to join the procession.
Frederick County prepares for its Friday track and field meet at the Fair Grounds with 9 a.m. contestant weighing and numbering, and a first aid station manned by Public Health nurses Misses Flynn and Stone. Speedball games start at 9:30 a.m. at Frederick High School. A division into classes limits competition to appropriate peers, with results announced by loudspeaker. Official judges include Leroy Barrick LeGore Bow ers C C Combs and many district educators and public figures.
Charles A. Lindbergh marked the 10th anniversary of his solo flight from New York to Paris with a low profile day at his Weald home in England. He shunned celebrations, saying, Did it. Why should I celebrate it. A flood of congratulatory messages arrived as he kept solitude by disconnecting the telephone to avoid visitors.
Mrs Jammer of 120 West Church Street reported household plants stolen from the front of her home last night. Police are investigating the burglary.
Baltimore May 20—J Muil ton Patterson says counties will receive 40000 from the tax aid to needy fund and 0 for due relief if the revenue is raised by the state Gov Nice signed a measure letting the comptroller disburse after June 350000 from funds collected under an old law for aid to the needy Garrett and Frederick counties miss the direct relief allotment by about 92300 and 850 respectively The year ended April 1 expenditures include 3611006 for 1930 and 342680 for 1937 38 with 9226 needy aid share for the year.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland gathers at Trinity Lutheran Church in Baltimore May 26 with Holy Communion opening. Rev. C Rasmussen will preach the opening sermon Rev. L M Keller will give the ordination sermon and Rev. Paul Gleichman will be ordained. Delegates from several towns attend led by Rev. J Edward Har D D as president while Rev. J Frank Fife serves as secretary.
Steels motors and coppers led a broad stock market advance with fractional gains. The upswing appeared amid a brief ticker gap and was linked by some Wall Street observers to a momentary halt in clouded market sentiment. Pound sterling fell to about 4.94 per dollar.
City authorities in 1939 clash over how to expose Sally Rand's fan dance at the Golden Gate International Exposition. They weigh publicity against propriety while citing earlier Chicago fair acts and historic nude performances to justify a provocative display.
Washington May 200 though AP says Roosevelt’s closest advisers urged withdrawal or limit to two new justices. They contend the original bill is unnecessary as the court broadens its stance and Van Devanter nears retirement. Roosevelt offered no public sign of yielding and many senators expect him to push until the Social Security case is decided though private talks hint at a possible compromise.
The Frederick County Welfare Board releases April figures showing 45 general public assistance cases in the county funded by city money, plus 190 aid to dependent children cases and 449 old age assistance cases. Expenditures total 16 thousand 160 dollars with local funds for several programs.
The text presents a partial discussion of a geometric concept involving a plane, a circumference, an equator, and a longitude. It references a flaahe and a need to consider points along a circle and distances in a distorted, unclear way.
The Chicago Cardinal Mundelein criticized German trials of priests and lay brothers, calling Nazi propaganda worse than World War II atrocity stories. He accused Adolf Hitler of being an Austrian paper hanger and insulted Goebbels before the Nazi press demanded a retraction from the Holy See.
Hollywood reports confirm George Brent and Constance Worth wed in Mexico on May 10. The pair had long been linked to a Garbo inspired romance after Brent’s work with Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil. Worth, a Sydney born actress, emerged in Hollywood during a world tour disrupted by a seamen's strike.
Basque militiamen block insurgent offensive along the Bilbao defense line near Amorebieta about eight miles east of the Basque capital. Green mountain smoke faded as artillery and mortar fire pressed the siege from the Jata and Sollube ranges while insurgents probed toward Gondraneda Mill.
Ce cil county School Board will investigate the death of Elizabeth Mackie 16 who was injured playing volleyball for Kanmore High School against the His Ing Sun team. She ran into an obstruction struck in the stomach and died the following afternoon after severe illness.
New Bern North Carolina reports the death of George Isaac Hughes at 97. He became a father twice after age four and left a second wife aged 28 with two babies, Franklin Roote and Mary Gerteude, at his bedside.
Fragmented text reports leaders opposing the Gattis plan over Peesient Roose. Mention of Cat rfire Shee tonofde and Willoion Horny Chapt appears with references to a Senate supporter of a bill and judiciary committee defeat of a court proposal.
Commencement activities at the Maryland State School for the Deaf began with a senior banquet in the dining room. Seventeen students graduate this year as the baccalaureate service is set for Sunday at three o clock in the school auditorium.
Ruth Swomley of Frederick daughter of Mr and Mrs Marry Swomley a Hood College senior earns Hood College Award for distinction in sports and extracurriculars She played basketball hockey and volleyball and served as volleyball manager She joined three honorary teams last year and two this year reflecting broad school involvement
A request from Clarks Barhime residents led to the release from jail at the half-expiration of a 40 day term for drunken driving. Justice Roger Geisvert, Urbana magistrate, ordered the release on a wet Monday evening after Mephonaladian WEA worker was described as destitute and needing assistance. McDonald was convicted on the charge at the end of April.
A Soviet communiqué reports 43 men and one woman were executed by firing squad in Svobodny on May 9 after trials by a military collegium of the supreme court. The group, said to act under the Japanese secret service, allegedly planned railroad wrecks in the Far East.
Monts France May 20 AP A close friend says the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield will be greeted by several royals on their honeymoon after June 3 civil wedding. They will travel by car to Biarritz then sail to Jugoslavian waters and visit the Dalmatian coast before visiting Waseerleonburg Castle. A religious ceremony may follow the civil marriage with Rev C H De Grimes possibly officiating.
A series of traffic incidents near Worman's Mill north of Frederick led to the arrest of David Saul on a non stop charge. He faces a Police Court hearing after collateral posted by Naomi C. Robert at 124 West Thie street, Urbana, while another arrestee, Pate Carter, is held for orderly conduct with $250 bond.
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