Dual highway land value case moves forward near Frederick
The 61st jury views three and one third acres of the Wertheimer farm as the State Roads Commission seeks fair market value for land needed for the Frederick to Hagerstown dual highway. Lawyers present claim only the land's fair value, with Kern and Linthicum guiding measurements. A separate note: S Duvall Schell of Frederick named acting executive director of the Maritime Commission, succeeding Joseph R Sheehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Charles Wertheimer
Philip Wertheimer
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Roy M. Hiltner
Arthur D. Willard
Mr. Kern
Kern
Thomas M. Linthicum
The
State Roads Commissiore
Thomas M Jenifer
Roads Commission
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Messrs. Wertheimer
Jenifer
Alban M. Wood
Roserstock
H. Kief
Rosenstock
Washington
Maritime Commission Today
S. Duvall Schell
Schell
Joseph R. Sheehan
Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc
Picnic at Sugar Loaf Trip Promoted by Parks Office
Washington October 3 An all day auto trip and picnic to Sugar Loaf Mountain will be conducted next Sunday by the Office of National Capital Parks through the courtesy of Gordon Strong whose estate Stronghold is located there. An Indian legend says fire was discovered when buffaloes' hoofs struck sparks from rock and set brush afire.
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Sugar Loaf
Washington, D. C
Sugar Loaf, Mountain
Gordon Strong
Stronghold
Office of National Capital Parks
Jury Probe of Earle Upheld by Pennsylvania Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court authorized a grand jury investigation of campaign charges against Governor George H. Earle and 18 Democratic associates while denying interference with a separate legislative inquiry. The court struck down two laws giving the legislature priority over a Dauphin County grand jury and disqualified Attorney General Guy K. Bard, leaving supervision to Judge Paul Schaeffer to decide if District Attorney Ine B. Shelley could oversee the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
George H. Earle
Dauphin County
High Court
Guy K. Bard
Fap
Paul Schaeffer
Ine B. Shelley
Earle
Land for Maryland State office building nearly secured
Maryland reports most land needed for a new State office building and 5864,96897 to build and furnish. Comptroller Gordy says $123,210.47 has been spent on 10 properties, with two remaining. Condemnation used on one parcel, the other expected to be purchased soon. Litigation costs total $29,759.56. Maryland also shows a cash balance of $16,404,270.07, the state’s largest ever, deposited across state banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
William S. Gordy, Jr
Fire destroys three story building in Gettysburg
In Gettysburg a three story brick business and apartment building burned with losses estimated over 100000. Flames spread from the basement to two first floor stores and upper apartments. Storerooms housed the Woolworth Five and Ten Cent store and the A. and P. grocery. Four families of ten fled the apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Woolworth Five
Ten Cent
City Sees Frost as Mercury Dips to 36 Degrees
In April the city recorded a 36 degree low the heaviest frost of the season with cool nights forecast to continue. Autumn hints spread as walnuts drop and pumpkins near fair preparations while kindergarten enrollments open and autumn weather begins to settle in. Continuous cool spell expected tonight with light frost likely. Frederick Free Kindergarten opens with 71 students under Miss Margaret Eisenhauer. five more enrollments awaited Wednesday.
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Real Falt
Frederick Free Kindergarten
Horn College
Margaret Eisenhauer
Babson Sees U.S. Business Boom After War Crisis
London report notes Roger Babson touring Europe to gauge conditions. He says the war crisis passed removes barriers and predicts a U S business upswing, with activity likely higher than last year by Christmas. He cites 10 percent June-to-July gain and improving prices and sentiment in England and Europe.
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London
England
Roger Babson
Europe
United States
Babson
Tse
Continent
Reports Ponhaus Victim Died In York
Det. Capt. William H. Peters says he heard reports an aged woman died in York Pa from ponhaus eaten in Hagerstown. He cannot confirm the report. Victims here are not in danger though several remain under care. Ponhaus is a breakfast delicacy made of corned meat with pork fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
William H. Peters
York
Peters
Penhaus
Arab Rebels Kill 19 Jews in Tiberias Riots
In Tiberias Palestine on October 3 Arab rebels attacked Jewish residents as rioting flared over Palestinian homeland claims. Nineteen Jews were killed and two were seriously injured after the attackers entered from hills near the Sea of Galilee and burned bodies in three houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiberias
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
President Roosevelt Resting at Hyde Park for Week
President at Hyde Park for real rest as he relaxes at his home for a week before returning to Washington briefly. He remains in touch with the White House and the European situation as he rests away from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N.W
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
October Flower Shows by Rural Women's Clubs
Frederick County Rural Women's Clubs plan a series of October flower shows with hostess clubs in each group. Demonstrations cover Christmas decorations Dining Table Arrangements Winter Windows Winter Bouquets and Hall Table Arrangements by named club members across Lan der Middletown Jefferson Ballenger Emmitsburg Thurmont Walkersville Liberty Unionville New Market Jug Bridge Ijamsville Pleasant Grove and other clubs with music and expert guidance from University of Maryland horticulturist W. R. Ballard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Lander
Margaret Hicks
John Fawley
Charles Flock
Roy Magaha
Merryland Tracts
Jefferson
L. Roy Remsburg
Ballenger
Claude Hargett
Chester Young
Middletown
Richard Todd
J. Vernon Coblentz
Mary Routzahn
Donald Brake
Myersville
Ralph Gaver
Clyde Wachtel
J. W. B. Summers
Daisy East
Braddock Club
Lewistown
Jacob Ramsburg
Charles Sharrer
Louis Stoner
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Glenn Gall
Raymond Créeger
William Stoner
Walkersville
Frank Nicodemus
Harmony Grove
Ethel Thomas
Woodsboro
N. Z. Cramer
J. E. Stoner
Liberty
John Smith
W. D. Curfman
Otto Gertz
Clifford Eyler
Frank Grabill
Johnsville
Unionville
J. B. Young
Holly Albaugh
Muss Pauline Etzler
Raymond Lindsay Wil
Pleasant
Howard Mayne
Dan Thomas
Jug Bridge Club
Ijamsville Club
Harry Swomley
Pleasant Grove
Edgar Davis
Robert Windsor
W.R Ballard
Extension Horticulturist
University of Maryland
Supreme Court Mourns Late Justice Cardozo
Washington reports the Supreme Court opened its 1938 term with a tribute to Justice Benjamin Cardozo who died last July. Chief Justice Hughes read a brief eulogy and noted the vacant chair as a reminder a successor has not been appointed. The court resumes after the summer break to face a heavy docket and challenges to administration laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Charles E. Hughes
Cardozo
Roosevelt
Hughes
Early Small Losses Reduced Or Cancelled
New York stock market opened with fractional losses and slow dealings. Losses narrowed or reversed as the fourth hour approached while bonds edged higher on foreign dollar loans and commodities remained quiet amid varying views on year ahead. Sterling opened at 4.8044 dollars.
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New York
Humility Shortage Criticized By Lutheran Cleric
Rev Howard E Snyder of Atone ment Lutheran church in Washington says a spirit of humility is badly lacking in many Protestant churches where members backslap and treat God like a fraternity brother. He says humility is better seen in the Catholic church with dignity and solemnity. Snyder spoke at the eleventh biennial convention of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Howard E. Snyder
Atonement Lutheran Church
Washington
Mr. Snyder
Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church
Wind ends chimney project in Superior Wisconsin
A high wind in Superior Wisconsin blew down an 180 foot brick chimney after the city council had debated razing it for months. The contract to tear it down had been awarded to a Chicago firm. No damage occurred. The piece mentions the 1737 Calcutta earthquake in passing.
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Wis
Council
Chicago
Chamberlain Laments Munich Pact as Roosevelt Helped End War
London Oct 3 AP Prime Minister Chamberlain praised President Roosevelt for aiding last week's negotiations that averted a European war. He defended the Munich four power accord for Czechoslovakia, announced a 50 million dollar loan to the dismembered state, and denounced critics who cried shame. Hitler's Sudetenland seizure was celebrated as a historic German march. Henlein handed the territory to Hitler at Wildenau and Eger was welcomed with cheers as Germany extended influence. Czechoslovakia began mapping a new economy within narrowed borders amid German and Polish occupations. borders to be settled by plebiscite by year end with talks to resolve Hungary's minority issue.
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Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Deggendorf
Czech
Austria
London
Europe
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
House of Commons
Munich
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Mussolini
Daladier
Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Wildenau
Konrad Henstein
Eger
Germany
Henlein
Fuehrer
Prague
Hungary
Supreme Economic Council
Arrests After Drunken Driving Charge Lead Weekend Police
George H Hawkins of 108 East Third street was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence by City Officers Swomley and Marks. Several others faced drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and related charges, with various collateral posted for appearances.
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George H. Hawkins
East Third Street
Daniel Swomley
James Marks
Hawkins
All Saints Street
Russell Morgan
Route 5
Frederick
Frank Dorsey
West Sixth Street
Herbert Strawsburg
Claude Gardier
Vernon Rhoderick
Seventh Street
Dorsey
Lewis Dorsey
Don Sir
Theodore Fuller
Allen S. Bartgis
Frank Grove
Marshall Murray
Harry F. Haines
C. B. Brookey
Ann Naylor
Ben Phebus
Arthur Ford
Straley
Gladys Dorsey
Phebus
DeMolay Officers To Be Installed On Oct 11
A. Owen Mercer will be installed as Master Councilor at the Frederick Chapter DeMolay installation in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening October 11. George Washington chapter members will serve as installing team. various officers from Senior to Third Preceptor will assume roles. Chevalier degrees awarded to Moore and Price Jr. A post installation dance follows at Cresap's Rifles ballroom State Armory from nine to one.
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A. Owen Mercer
Frederick
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
George Washington
Clarendon
William E. Main
Francis S. Gaither, Jr
Charles W. Simpson
Alvin Simon
Glenn Orrison
Donald H. Hiltner
Robert Klein
Robert Ray
John Motter
Robert Harrison
David Rothenhoefer
Albert Fisher
Lincoln Stull
Emory Shipley
Robert Rothenhoefer
Kenneth Fogle
Reese Shoemaker
Paul Green
Jeral Hoffmaster
Esterly Dunn
William Mack Moore
Joseph B. Price, Jr
Cresap's Rifles
State Armory
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperature Summary
Weather data show 24 hour precipitation ending 7 a m none. October precipitation 0.00 inches vs normal 2.58 inches. October 1937 rainfall 0.936 inches. Deficiency to Oct 1 1938 1.26 inches. High yesterday 67 F, year ago 73 F. Low last night 36 F, year ago 44 F. Sun sets 5 52 p m, sun rises 6 68 a m. Moon rises 3 08 p m, moon sets 1 25 a m. Monocacy streams muddy, Potomac cloudy on Virginia side and slightly cloudy on Maryland side.
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Potomac
Virginia
Maryland
Burning Couch Tossed From Sixth Street Window
A couch was set ablaze at 119 West Sixth Street Saturday night and hurled from a window as Junior firefighters arrived. A sleeping man on the couch was awakened by bystanders who noticed smoke and saved him from harm. The blaze occurred shortly after 11 o clock.
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Walden Bowens
West Sixth Street
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Lry
Wertheimer Farm
Charles Heaney
Grayson H. Merter
Emmett R. Bowjus
C. Cyril Klein
Raymond A. Bussard
James H. Cramer
Gilmore R. Frauit
Paul D. Simpson
Luther E. Feaga
William B. Naiil
Byron E. Free
Glenn M. Good
Charles E. Eckenrode
Howard W. Cantwell
Samuel H. Young
George A. Bidile
Frederick Man
Maritime Commission
Ponhaus
UXEA
Wilhelm Joseph Franz Ritter von Leeb
Third Reich
Zohema
Bench
Calcutta
India
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