Joseph D Baker prominent Frederick banker dies today
Joseph D Baker known as Frederick’s first citizen died at 1:55 PM in his Francis Scott Key Hotel apartment after lunch. Angina pectoris was listed as the cause. He was 84, with son Holmes D Baker and physician Dr. Charles H Conley present earlier. Baker founded several banks and financed civic projects including bridges in Maryland and Virginia and led major land and industry ventures.
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Joseph D. Baker
Frederick
Francis, Scott Key
Holmes D. Baker
Charles H. Conley
Norman Lantz
Baker
Dr. Conley
Buckerstown
Daniel Baker
Ann Catherine (Finger) Baker
William G. Baker
Sarah C
C. F. Thomas
Joseph D Baker
Emma Cunningham
Falling Waters
W. Va
William
Daniel
Holmes D
Citizens National Bank
Virginia Markell
Baltimore
Charles Markell
Charlotte M
John T. King
Joseph Dill Baker
Calvert College
Western Maryland College
Daniel Baker and Sons
John Louis
Carroll County
Point of Rocks
Loudoun County
Maryland
Brunswick
Lovettsville
Grand Canyon Impressive Sight on Rice West Tour
Mr and Mrs Roger R Rice of West Third Street Frederick returned from a 7500 mile western trip. They attended American Legion convention sessions in Los Angeles and visited St Louis Denver and Colorado Springs. Highlights included Pike's Peak Grand Canyon rim tours and a large Legion parade with 440000 to 150000 attendees. The couple traveled by B&O Union Pacific and Santa Fe rail lines and rode a Colorado Springs to Los Angeles car reunion.
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Grand Canyon
Roger R. Rice
West Third Street
Rice
Pike's Peak
Cheyenne Mountain
Will Rogers
Legionnaires
Mrs. Rice
Mr. Rice
Massachusetts
Legion Convention
Textbooks Burned by Jews in Italy
Rome. Cet 6 (AP) Textbooks by 134 Jewish authors were burned in Italian schools today as decisions of the Fascist grand council were announced on anti Jewish measures. The writers were named in a circular issued by the Ministry of Education.
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Rome
Mint of Education
Grand Council
Mussolini
Munich
Czechoslovakia
France
Outlawed Slot Criminal Cases Taken Up For Trial
Exodus continued all through Wednesday as trucks and the circuit court moved forward with handling outlawed slot machine cases.
Slot machines flee under grand jury pressure and forgeries
The city sees a rush to remove slot machines before a midnight deadline amid grand jury pressure. Four machines moved or hidden. some bound for Maryland or Fayetteville operatives. Officials weigh pinball replacement while a local bookie operation reportedly shuts down, and the September circuit court term opens with forged check cases and theft prosecutions ongoing.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Maryland
Grand Jury
Clerk of Court
North Market Street
Baltimore
Frederick County Christian Endeavor Holds 47th Convention
The 47th annual Frederick County Christian Endeavor Society convention met at the Moravian Church in Graceham with about eighty attendees including county officers and club members. The program featured devotions, a banquet, talks on world and local Endeavor activities, installations of officers led by Henry Simpson, and an evening address by Rev. Ralph H. Miller titled First Things First.
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Frederick County Christian Endeavor Society
Moravian Church
Graceham
Ruth Main
Paul Seltzer
Thurmont
Merrii Reddick
Russell Grams
Frances Riddlemoser
Warren Smith
Merril Reddick
Charlotte Whitmore
Lamora Beall
Miller Cassell
William W. Brish
C. E. Dryden
Buckerystown
John W. Fisher
Walkersville
Ralph H. Miller
Myeraville
Britain Sends More Troops To Palestine
London reports urgent military and diplomatic steps to quell Arab rebellions in Palestine. Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald said four battalions and two cavalry regiments were rushed to the Holy Land as the government admitted a serious deterioration in the general situation.
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London
Great Britain
Palestine
Malcolm Mac Donald
House of Commons
Holy Land
Chamberlain Secures Confidence in Munich Policy
London October 6 The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Chamberlain by 366 to 144 in a vote of confidence over his Munich agreement aimed at keeping Europe out of war. The labor motion condemning the policy failed 369 to 150 as MPs praised his handling of the Czech crisis. The chamber adjourned to November 1 amid applause.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Munich
House
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Todays Game Second Inning New York Leads Chicago
In New York, the Yankees trail the White Sox by a single run after two innings as Dean and Gomez hold the mound for the umpires.
Lutheran Church School Holds Annual Election
The Evangelical Lutheran Church School Teachers Association met Wednesday with James H. Falk as superintendent. New officers were elected including first assistant superintendent John H. Lentz and treasurer Herbert Schroeder. Other posts covered intermediate junior and primary dept chiefs, librarians, and assistants with multiple named individuals.
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Teachers Association of the Evangelical Lutheran Church School
James H. Falk
Herbert L. Schinderberg
Mr. Schruderberg
John H. Lentz
Helen Biercer
William D. Zimmerman
C. Cyril Klein
Byron A. Winebrenner
Sadie C. Hahn
Glenn O Garber
A. Melvin Seeger
Mayetta Hershberger
Leading Stocks Soar To New High Area In Early Trade
New York Oct 6 Amid heavy profit taking leading stocks surged into new high territory for the year with gains of three or more points. An brisk opening pushed ticker tape fast as 1000 to 4000 shares traded quickly, then pulled back as investors cashed in. Fresh buying returned and quotations held near the top by midmorning. Traders blamed the rise on growing business optimism and talk of greater government industry cooperation while a brighter European picture supported the mood. Sterling opened 35 cents higher at 4.812 dollars.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Hitler Gets Another Slice of Czech Lands
Prague reports that the International Sudetenland Commission in Berlin has designated a fifth zone for immediate German occupation, potentially stripping Bohemia and Moravia of vital coal regions and severing rail links. Berlin also noted Germany may extend through plebiscites after Munich terms, with occupation to begin October 10. The Czech delegation to the League of Nations condemned the new German demands for rapid occupation of Czech heartlands.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Adolf Hitter
Berlin
Husarek
J Army
Bohemian
Bohemia
Moravia
International Sudetenland Commission
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hitler
International Commission
German Reich
Supreme Army Command
Goerlitz
Geneva
League of Nations
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Washington Building Lime Company
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frederick City
Richard Johnson
Cumberland
Robert Bridges
Hancock
California
Paris
Brain Corps Compete
Los Angeles
Hollywood Bowl
Ihen
Joe E. Brown
Bob Hops
Eddie Cantor
Mcluding Shirly Temple
Bobby Breen
Warren Am
Bob Burns
Wendy Bar
Niagara Falls
Italy
Arthur D. Willard
Russell
Golf
Bessie Poole
Goff
H. Goff
Mary E. Medd
Frank J. Campbell
Sherman P. Bowers
Poole
Paul
Michael Earl Ramsburg
Charles W. Smith
Howard M. Albaugh
Clarence E. Long
Roger D. Breckinridge
Bayard C. Grabill
John C. Main
Walter S. Graham
H. Frank Longbrake
J. Wesley Duble
Luther E. Feaga
Byron E. Free
Charles E. Eckenrode
Henry D. Lakin
Howard W. Cantwell
Ernest D. Lloyd
Daniel Loughran Co. Inc
East Patrick Street
Lloyd
Hagerstown
Allen Bartgis
Manuel M. Weinberg
Willard
Harry Lines
C. E
al Graceham
Britain
Dean and Gomez
Lutheran Church School
Czech
Fuehrer
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