Memorial Day Raffle and Weather Notes in Frederick
RAFFIG PICKS LP AS MEMORIAL DAY APPROACHES After long period of rain farmers praise sun more than harm to crops. Memorial Day observances planned across the area with parades and services in Thurmont Walkersville and Frederick. Local police remind residents to cut weeds. Ralph S Swann charged with drunken and reckless driving after arrest at Carroll and East South streets.
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Monay
Els
Thurmont
Walkersville
Dlibriytown
Boonsboro
Fredrick
Ast
Jrenken
Ralph S. Swann
Frederick
House
Swann
Carroll and
East South Streets
Reno
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am none. May precipitation to date 5.01 inches, normal 3.80, actual May 1937 3.32. Deficiency in 1938 May 1-4.13 inches. Yesterday high was 0 and high last year 5. Low last night 58, last year 62. Sun sets 7:28 pm, rises 4:47 am. Moon rises 4:49 am, sets 7:47 am.
Yates claims British Amateur Golf Title at Troon
Charlie Yates of Atlanta Ga wins the British amateur championship at Troon Scotland defeating Cecil Ewing of Ireland in the 36th match by 3 and 2.
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Charlie Yates
Troon
Scotland
Atlanta
Cecil Ewing
Ireland
Community band proposal reopens in public discussions
Chamber of Commerce President Roger B. Wolfe says the drive for a community band concerts is still an open issue. Musicians proposed ten concerts at 1 750 dollars but the cost is deemed unacceptable. public support and ideas are sought, possibly partnering with county bands or a contest among them.
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Roger B. Wolfe
Chamber of Commerce
Wolfe
O Connell Plans Roosevelt Appeal Over Jersey City Crackdown
Washington May 28 AP Rep Jerry O Connell of Montana said he would ask President Roosevelt to act on allegations of civil liberty infringements in Jersey City. He planned to discuss the matter at the White House after his second failed attempt to address a mass meeting defying Major Frank Hague. O Connell arrived with his wife who was bruised when knocked down by police. Caser, Jersey City director of public safety, called the meeting description an absolute lie.
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Jerry O Connell
Der
Mont
Roosevelt
Jersey City
W. J
Frank Hague
White House
O Connell
America
O'Connell
Daniel Caser
Student Ends Life In Towson Tragedy At Gettysburg Senior
Edward C. Katel, 20, Towson a Gettysburg College senior, shot himself with a .22 rifle in the attic of his home Friday. His mother Dorothea Fates found him critically wounded. he died later at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Police cited failing health and academic failure as possible motives.
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Stedent
Towson
Edward C. Katel
Gettysburg College
Offcers Miller and Bull
Dorothea Fates
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Will Overhaul All Federal Tax Laws Soon Says Congress
Washington May 28 AP Treasury says administration will ask next Congress to overhaul federal tax laws. Plan codify and simplify and incorporate business levies favored by President Roosevelt. Roosevelt hinted at revision in Arthurdale address, leaving doubt about undistributed profits and capital gains taxes in current bill.
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Roosevelt
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Arthurdale
Kellogg Pact Binding Hull Warns Europe
Secretary Hull reminded European nations that the Briand Kellogg pact renouncing war remains binding ten years after Paris signing. He stressed the anti war pledge amid the tense German Czech dispute to prevent any misinterpretation of U.S. policy.
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Washington
Hull
Paris
United States
Wheat Tumbles as Chicago Grains Decline Sharply
Chicago May 28 AP report says wheat fell three cents a bushel leading a broad drop in grain values. Prices for major grains slipped with quotings at five year lows.
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Chicago
Franklin and Marshall to honor Rev Hermann with degree
Rev Mr Hermann, city native now in St Louis, will receive the honorary Doctor of Letters at Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster Pa during the June commencement. The honor was announced by Dr John A Schaefer president of the college. Hermann edited Reformed Church publications while in Frederick and later served as editor for church education publications in St Louis after the merger of the Reformed Church and Evangelical Synod. He is the son of Mrs Charles Hermann Sr with relatives Sophie Raabe Elizabeth Hermann 5 Fors Charles Hermann among them.
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St Louis
Franklin and Marshail College
Lancaster
John A. Schaefer
Franklin and Marshall
Reformed Church
Fred
Evangelical Synod
Choren Education
Charles Hermann
Sophie Raabe
Elizabeth Hermann
Heights Park to Open on Memorial Day
Braddock Heights Park announces its season opening on Memorial Day with updated features. Skating rink with amplified music on a maple floor. reconditioned bowling alleys. new pins. Tuesday and Friday dancing with Joe Stephens and an upgraded Wurlitzer. New macadam road, shuffleboard, outdoor fireplace, reseeded grounds, and a swimming pool slated for June 10. Edward W Poole is resident manager. R Paul Smith of Potomac Edison to address June 19 service.
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Braddock Heights Park
Robert L. Smith
Ollie Rosenberry
Mr. Smith
Allen F. Smith
Joe Stephens
Braddock
Potomac Edison Co
Fredavick
Ing
Edward W. Poole
Water Spouting From Elm Tree After It Is Felled Near Middletown
Weldon B. Ray of Middletown found a 30 year old elm near his home 60 feet tall and 21 inches in diameter when sawn. A soap stone, a hollow filled with sand and gravel, and a deeply embedded flint stone were found in the trunk. After the tree fell a stream of water spouted from the stump, leaving Ray puzzled by the sources of the stones and water.
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Weldon B. Ray
Middletown
Rar
Old Frederick Court House records shed light on early history
Rare 18th century county papers reveal land records from 1774 1775 and original marriage licenses from 1798 to 1814. Judges Urner and Willard oversee preservation plans binding frayed pages using silk tissue and new bindings. A half inch thick marriage book spans May 1798 to Sept 1814.
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County Court
Levy Court
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Urner
Arthur D. Willard
Ellis C. Wachter
Court House
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Binder's Court House
Sheelenheim
Sheetinghelm
Huffer
jJater
Speaiing
Hargate
Frederick City
Frederick Town
Joseph Hardman
Mrs William E Dodd Found Dead In Bed
Mrs William E Dodd wife of the former U S ambassador to Germany was found dead in her bed in Parisville Virginia May 28 apparently from a heart attack. The body was discovered when Dodd called for breakfast after she failed to appear at the usual time.
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Paurcenville
William E. Dodd
United States
Germany
Dodd
President Roosevelt Heads to Hyde Park for Weekend
Roosevelt arrives at Highland and drives to Hyde Park to spend a quiet weekend at his mother's home. The president traveled by motor car and left the capital for a restful family visit.
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Roosevel
Highland
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Colporteur Named For Bible Society in Frederick County
R Paul Miller son of Rev J Kurta Miller will represent the Frederick County Young Men's Bible Society as a colporteur He will start duties next week in the southern part of the county Buckeystown and Urbana are first districts canvassed by the society The Bible distribution has been a major activity in the society’s 107 year history A meeting at the Y M C A presided by R Ames Hendrickson adopted a statement of regret at the death of Harvey S Zimmerman Preliminary plans were set for the annual meeting January 8 1939
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R. Paul Miller
J Kurta Miller
Fredessti Church of the Brethren
Frederick County Young Men's Bible Society
Raspe
Firthright
Society
Miller
Buckeystown
Urbana
Frederick County Society
SOLU
Y M.C. A
R. Ames Hendrickson
Harvey S. Zimmerman
Interstate Benefit Plan Is Approved
States signed to accept the interstate benefit plan number thirty four plus two territories. Maryland and other states arrange to accept cross state claims. Albert N. McCardell, a Maryland State Employment Service claim adjuster, notes Maryland will accept claims from the listed states and territories.
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Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
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Georgia
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McCardell
Auto plunge near Blue Ridge Summit kills 22 year old
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania Gerald Dorsey 22 of Waynesboro was killed when an automobile crashed 30 feet over an unguarded embankment along the Sunshine Trail east of Waynesboro near the Pennsylvania Maryland line. Raymond Gerwicks 22 of Wayne Heights suffered severe injuries as the highway remains unopened to traffic.
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Waynesboro
Gerald Dorsey
Raymond Gerwicks
Wayne Heights
Pennsylvania-Maryland Line
Blue Ridge Summit
Erie papers raise price to three cents per copy
The Erie Dispatch Herald and Erie Daily Times announce a price increase from two to three cents per copy, effective Monday May 30, citing higher production costs as the reason.
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ERIE
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Erie Daily Times
Leading Stocks Rally Tinge Brightens Market Calmly
New York May 28 Leading stocks show a faint rallying tinge as Selected issues gain fractions to more than a point at best while profit selling near the close dulls gains Several brokers view the tax reduction law as mildly cheering but expect a thorough overhaul in the next Congress potentially erasing favorable features The business outlook remains unbrightened and commodity prices slide further dampening speculative optimism.
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New York
Spending Fees Would Tie Up Part Of Fund
Washington May 28 AP Senate foes of the administration lending spending bill sought to restrict more than 400 million dollars of the 865 million dollar public works appropriation for flood control rivers harbors and army housing projects. Senator Byrd a leading opponent offered an amendment to remove the public works fund but opponents expected little chance of success and would back amendments limiting spending if it failed.
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Senate
Byrd
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Two Countians Asking Boyd To Parole Them
Baltimore May 27 AP Twelve prisoners will seek clemency at hearings before Parole Commissioner J. Cookman Bord. Applicants include John Ramsburg Frederick 18 months larceny and receiving stolen goods Ralph Smith Frederick 18 months receiving stolen goods Claude Russell Montgomery 18 months assault and battery George W Smitely Carroll County one year for robbery.
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Baltimore
J. Cookman Bord
John Ramsburg
Frederick
Ralph Smith
Claude Russell
Montgomery
George W. Sfitely
Carroll County
Church votes to drop war on just occasions rule
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A proposed revoking a 300 year old ban allowing war on just and necessary occasions. The plan, approved by the General Assembly, shifts the war decision to individual conscience. Also reported Peru bans imports of used autos for resale and requires safety glass on imported passenger autos.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Peru
Bombs hit Canton and Barcelona in major wars
Japanese planes struck Canton destroying the railway hub at Hankow with heavy casualties. Spanish bombers attacked Barcelona for fifty minutes, as Mexico's rebellion gains pace. In China, Japanese forces advanced to Kweiteh after Suchow. Czechoslovakia faced Nazi pressure amid celebrations for President Benes. Mexican federal troops hunted rebel leader Cedillo near San Luis Potosi.
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Associated Press
Canton
Barcelona
Mexico
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Canton- Hankow
China
Mediterranean
Spain
Suchow
Kweiteh
Lunghai
Hillerian
Saturnino Cedillo
Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Cedillo
Mt Airy High School 26th Annual Graduation Exercises
The twenty sixth annual graduation exercises for Mt Airy High School opened with the Junior Senior banquet. Friday features class night exercises and a Sunday baccalaureate sermon by Rev Charles Leighton King. Diplomas, medals, and remarks follow as the 26th commencement closes with the Alumni Banquet at Vindobona Braddock Heights.
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Mt. Airy High School
Charles Leighton King
Luetheran
Jamaica
Miriam Hull King
Thomas H. Legg
Carroll County Board of Education
Raymond S. Hyson
Gilbert D. Martin
Richard L. Shipley
Methodist Protestant Recorder
Methodist Protestant Church
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Insurgent G O P Calls For Maryland Rally Next Thursday
An insurgent Republican group opposing Governor Harry W Nice mailed 1000 invitations for a mass meeting in Baltimore next Thursday. The Maryland Republican League, which split from the party organization led by Nice, organized the bid campaign and plans to push a battle within the state GOP.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Republican League of Maryland
Nice
Weather Outlook for the Week in Atlantic States
Weather outlook covers North and Middle Atlantic states with occasional showers first half of week and generally fair second half. Temperatures rise above normal early, cool in midweek, then warm again toward the end of the week.
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