Frederick Merchants Plan Memorial Day Store Closures
Frederick merchants decide to close retail stores on Memorial Day and six holidays each year. The Frederick post office will not provide mail delivery on Monday and will conduct the usual holiday mail collections at noon and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Merchants’ Committee
Asde
Mr. Bennett
Sam W. Maples
Kemp's
J. Walker
Peoples’ Drug Stores
G. H. Peace
Kresge
Frederick postaMice
Insurgents Push On Against Spanish Rebel
In Hendaye Franco Spain May 27 AP Insurgent General Amelio Mojo leads a two month offensive as Carlists retreat under pressure. Basque high command admits positions altered while insurgents extend control in the southern Basque country and strike westward along the Orduna Bilbao road near Orduna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Franco Spanisah
Frankier
Orduna
Amelio Mojo
Molo
Murgia-Bilboa Aigha
Bilbao
Deputy George F. Crouse Named Special Deputy Sheriff
George F. Crouse of Braddock Heights is named special deputy sheriff at Potomac Edison Company grounds in Braddock Heights and has qualified for night duty.
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George F. Crouse
Braddock Heights
Potomac Edison Company
Weather Record: May Precipitation and Temperatures
Weather report shows 0.07 inch precipitation in last 24 hours ending Tam day with May total 22 inches, normal May 7 80 inches, actual May 1936 107 inches, excess 397 inches to May 1. High yesterday and low last night noted, sun rise and moon times listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Finals At Maryland School Held After Board Meeting
Commencement exercises for seventeen graduates of the Maryland School for the Deaf were held after a Board of Visitors meeting. Dr. Ignatius Bjorlee submitted his annual report noting needed improvements and changes in faculty and board, and the death of alumnus George William Vedriz. The program featured salutatory by Hazel Manahan and valedictory by Sheldon Blumenthal, with numerous prize awards and demonstrations across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Board of Visitors
Ignatius Bjorlee
Ernest Helfenstein
Frederick
Charles McC. Mathias
Richard P. Ross
Richard Potts
Col
John Markey
Mr. Ross
Palmer Tennant
Hagerstown
Elmer Brown
Charles H. Conley
Rob J. E. Delaplaine
Jacob Rohrback
Walter E. Linn
Frederick R. Peyton Gorsuch
Westminster
Charles EB. Moylan
Baltimore
Tasker G. Lowndes
Cumberland
Hazel Marie Manatan
Sheldon Arthur Blumenthal
Ocout
Kent
Mary Venson
Hector
Quinn
Musa Manahan
Gale
Arnold
Houchin
America
Bjorlee
Colleen
John K. Shaw
Chartes FE
Moylan
Annie Laurie Meredith
Goldsboro
Doris Faupel
Maryland Schon
Thaddeus Judino
Katherine Streanider
Edith Markey
Herbert Frey
Vera Cirri
Elvira Wohlstrom
New Era Club
Marjorie Willey
Hampstead
Edward Bodenethner
Baleimore
Morrie Sneider
Sheldon
Elizabeth and
Helen Moss
Leonard Bernam
Nellie Martz
Hungerstown
Blumenthal
Old Man River
Old Virginny
Miss Kent
Elmer F. Munshower
Maryland State Police
Collors
Leonard
Arthur
Berman
Vera Maria Marte
Cirri
Mildred Evelyn Dick
Parkville
Myrtle
Edith Irbe
William Henry Jones
Pocamoke City
Thaddeus
Louis Anthony Judino
Daniel Albert
Stanley Kalinowski
Kermit Hamrick Keyser
Richmond Park
Weirwind Campaign Defended in Oy Election
Political report notes a defensive stance by the Weirwind campaign in an Oy election. It highlights party activity and voter engagement as the campaign seeks to secure support ahead of ballots.
Frederick Faces June 8 City Election Amid Party Tussle
As Frederick braces for a heated June 8 municipal race, Republicans nominate a full slate after an independent mayoral bid withdraws. Incumbents prepare to defend the sewer issue while Democratic control and voter registration figures shape expectations. about 6,800 city voters are expected on revised rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electon
Erty Athees
Frederick
Ats
Beet
Court House
Winell
Culler
Leo Weinberg
Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick City
P County
Would that Building Municipal Power Plant
Washington May 27 AP Utilities ask Supreme Court to rule on federal grants for publicly owned power plants. Government counsel to file brief opposing. court may decide at Saturday conference with Tuesday term end. Clark Foreman says denial would nullify plans for forty projects with over $70 million allotted. Pork packing and hog production are part of the United States in the northwest corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme ‘Court
Fari
Roosevelt
Vun
Congress
Clark Foreman
Vpwa Power Division
Muniei Palpores
Spain accuses Italy as belligerent power in white book
Genesa Switzerland May 27 AP The Spanish government accuses Italy of flagrant violation of international law in a white book intended to show fascist Italy as a belligerent power The document cites an urgent Italian war office order and references failures to honor the Iraq covenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesa
Switzerland
APM
Tlaty
Italian War Office
Spain
California Memorial Day Observance In Mt Olivet Cemetery
California lawmaker delivers Memorial Day address at Mt Olivet Cemetery in Fresno. War veterans groups, local organizations, and the Francis Scott Key Post American Legion plan a parade from East Church Street to the cemetery with a public service near the kiosk. Key participants include Mayor Lloyd C. Culler, Judge administrators, DAR members, and Legion figures.
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George 8S Radach
Legionnaires
Las
Legion Home
East Church Street
Jparticipate
Junior Fire Company
United Fire Company
Marsland State School For the Deaf
Frederick
Dar
First Regiment
Francis Scott Key
American Legion Auxiliary
Stedman-Keenan
American Legion of Brunswick
Auxiliary
War Mothers
William P. Larkin
Conan Gearhart
Lloyd C. Culler
MacDonald declines earldom amid retirement plans
Ramsay MacDonald refused an earldom offered by King George VI and announced his retirement from official status after 42 years in government. He said he wished to spare his son Malcolm from any political disruption and remained plain James Ramsay MacDonald instead.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Commons
George VI
Malcolm
James Ramssay MacDonald
MacDonald
Nuckingham Palace
New York Judge Murder Case To Question Mat
New York detectives moved toward Baltimore today to question George Honey Moore a 34 year old seaman who reportedly confessed involvement in a murder. Investigators followed a trail linked to a crime at an old fur store on a street corner near a bus stop. Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J Bear urged caution while handling the case and gave credence to the suspect’s alleged statements.
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New York
Tim
Greenwich Village
Baltimore
George Honey Moore
Seaman
Municipal Court
Jurior Jatin FC Ned
Investi
Filwear Old Furs St
Eleeet
Francis J Bear
Rockefeller Funeral Rites For Wife Mother At Forest Hills
The Rockefeller family held a funeral service at Forest Hills for Margaret and for the late Mrs Rockefeller. Relatives and naval officers attended as the cortège departed from the Forest Hills estate. The funeral party proceeded to the cemetery where services concluded and a final procession was made through the grounds. Family members and friends followed the hearse to the Forest Hills site.
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Cleveland
Ja D. Rockefeller
Hig
Forest Elms
Mainy Sears
British press attacks church over Duke and Wallis saga
London reports that Beaverbrook papers attack the Church of England for harshly ostracizing the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield. The Daily Express argues church leaders influence government pressure on royal marriage matters and questions whether the Duke is being treated too harshly.
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London
Beaverbrook Press
England
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Britain
Daily Express
Chateau de Cande
Express
Church of England
Broad Fair Trade Practices Act in 1938 Congress
Washington officials said the administration plans a broad fair trade practices program as a supplement to wage and hour legislation in the 1938 session. Drafts exist but the act will not be offered this year as lawmakers focus on enacting the wage and hour bill first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Administration
U S Acquires More Catogtin Park Area Land
The government plans further land records in the Catoctin Park area near Thurmont as WPA workers clear roads and build recreational grounds. Deeds show a prior transfer from Edwin A Fox Fans Merchant and wife to the government for 476 dollars, adjoining Mt Moriah Lutheran church. The project manager Williams notes the original 10000 acre tract may still be pursued, with L Lee Staley previously handling options and now linked to park service efforts in Hagerstown.
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Tmlen
Mt Moriah Lutheran Church
Edegar AL Nicodermus
Waynesboro
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Williams
Nnk
WPA
Lee Staley
Park Service
Hagerstown
Girl Could Not Have Slain Mother In Hatchet Case
Jersey City May 27 AP A jury trial focused on Gladys MacKnight 17 and co defendant Donald Wightman 18 in a hatchet slaying of the mother. Counsel Kennedy argued for acquittal and faulted inconsistent stories and mutual blame while detailing alleged attempts by Mrs MacKnight to stab with a kitchen knife and to disarm the girl. Evidence pointed to conflicting accounts as to who struck the fatal blows and the relative heights of the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
APY
Gladys MacKnight
R. Lewis Kennedy
Donald Wightman
Gladys
Donald
Kennedy
Giladsteve
Steel strike cripples output across Chicago area
Across the Chicago region 70 000 steel workers walk out in a large scale stoppage. In Youngstown and Mahoning Valley 20000 idle with Republic Steel and Tube City plants halting production. Detroit reports clashes at Ford gates as three investigations begin into union activity and alleged force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alanonang Valley
Steel Workers Organising Committee
Republic Steel Corpus Talon Youngstown
Chicago
SWOC
Philip Mure Iay
Insane Steel Co
John L Lewis
UW. 3
Steel Corporation
Ohio
Mahoning Valley
Republic
Butung
C. 10
Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company Gates
Richard T. Frankenenteen
Paign
Ford Workers
Walter Reciher
West Side
Frankenstern
Renatal
Ford
Senator Civil Liberties Committee
Robert M. Las Folleter
Praia
Wied
National Labor Relations Board
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
Irregular high readings reported in New York market
A garbled May report from New York notes unusual price moves in several motor related items and copper market activity. The text indicates limited data and unclear figures, with references to fractions and a value near 4498, but specifics are not deducible from the OCR.
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Roy L. Leatherman
Board of Aldermen
Leatherman
Maryland
Arta
Weirlwind
Tion
IMC
United States
Italy
California
Congressman Gearhart
Mt Olivet
Cemetery
Ing
M Donald
Mat
N.Y
Nintode
Mark
Speaal Bunecal
Arne
Edward
U. S
Catogtin Park
Irving A. Fox
Cardona
Cornet Frere Pectared Tin
Wathinetot
USAW
Ford Plant
Murray
Pittsburgh
Philip Mullay
Converse
Republic Steel Corporation
Steel Organizing
Tcommttee
Tom M. Girdler
Youngstown
Canton
Sitels Motors
Breher
Tock Mart
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