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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1938
Page
6
City, county and state today paid final tribute to Joseph Dill Baker Frederick's First Citizen and eminent Marylander who died Thursday. Funeral at All Saints Episcopal Church at 3 30 PM conducted by Bishop Helfenstein and Rev Taylor. City business suspended for five minutes.
A frosty morning brings the season’s fourth heavy frost with a low of 29, the coldest since spring. Frost covers the pumpkin and thin ice caps dot many places while the full moon signals another cold night. Clear skies favor football over baseball as radio listeners weigh their choices.
Mondorff, backfield star for the University of Maryland, entered Maryland University Hospital Baltimore for an appendectomy. The operation occurred today and his condition was not announced. Coach Frank Dobson faces replacing Jim Meade, sidelined for the season with a broken ankle. Mondorff is expected to miss the rest of the year and is noted as the team's best kicker.
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am none. October to date 16 inches. normal October 2.58 inches, actual 9.36 inches for 1937. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to October 1.26 inches. Yesterday high 13, year ago 6. Low last night 29, year ago 40. Sunsets 3.44 pm, sunrise 6.13 am. Moon rises 5.44 pm, moon set 1.26 am. Streams Monocacy and Potomac clear.
Miss Mary Claire Conley daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Conley of Guilford near Frederick married Clinton Paine Pitts son of Mr. and Mrs. Tilghman G. Pitts at St Johns Catholic Church. The ceremony was followed by a reception at Guilford with chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. The bride wore an ivory satin gown, heirloom lace, and a family diamond. Attendants included Martha Larrick Conley, maid of honor, and bridesmaids Agnes Wise Josephine Lee Charard and others. The couple planned a two week trip then will reside in Baltimore.
Democratic nominee Attorney General Herbert R. OConor accused Republican governor Harry W Nice of disregarding sound business methods in his administration. He pledged a day-by-day approach to governance and promised no new tobacco tax during his term. OConor urged fair funds distribution for southern Maryland and vowed to address alleged discrimination by the State Roads Committee.
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday with cool conditions. Rain possible Tuesday or Wednesday and again near the end of the week. A swarmer Tuesday, followed by colder conditions Thursday and warmer temperatures later in the week.
A tiny pistol wielding robber held up filling station operator Clifford Larman near Clarksburg Friday night, forcing about $5 from him before fleeing in a grey Dodge with red stripe. Two accomplices remained in the car. license tag first digits seen as Pennsylvania. Police, including T A Short and W M Bohler, investigated near Frederick but found no matching vehicle.
A fragment reports the Shipley Store Cubs being robbed during a third game with a Window. Break cash register, steal sum of honey. Bryant mentioned with hopes fading this week.
Early morning robbery at H F Shipley Sporting Goods, 103 North Market Street, netted a German made .380 revolver with loading clips, about $20, a leather gun bag, BB shots, hunting knives, and two BB guns. Police report two breakages in two nights with one escape via window cutting and a ladder from Evangelical Reformed church.
The Cubs led by Clai borne Henry Bryant face Marcellus Pearson in a damp chill at Yankee Stadium as 70,000 fans expect a pitching duel in the 1938 World Series. Bryant, a Virginia mountaineer, and Pearson, the Oaklan d hurler who no hit Cleveland last August, battle for the Cubs against New York. The crowd lines formed early with John Green and June Lee among the first in line as police track revolver serials in a separate incident.
Berlin October 8 AP All German passports held by Jews inside the Reich have been invalidated by Interior Ministry decree. Jews must surrender within two weeks. Traveling abroad may be allowed again with a special amendment if approved. US consulates face thousands of voided visas and ongoing visa issuances at Berlin rate of about 30 daily.
Stock market extended gains on optimism about business and easing foreign worries. Despite end of week profit taking, steels rails and other issues led a fast ticker move with around 1,000,000 shares traded in two hours. Freight loadings rose as carriers attracted by improved mill operations and potential rail wage settlement. A new fur animal disease laboratory is a joint project of the U S Biological Survey and Washington State.
Berlin reports a Foreign Office spokesman called today’s international talk and tapes on possible disarmament plans for Adolf Hitler decidedly premature. He said top officials face urgent issues, leaving the armaments question in the background.
Hood College celebrated Campus Day with a procession to the new Hudson Memorial Theater east of Coblentz Hall. The Hodson Trust funded the project, and Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox spoke on the theater as an educational asset and the growth of American drama.
Mercury the pick-a-back seaplane, Britain's long range project, landed in Capetown, South Africa after running low on fuel while attempting to set a world distance record from Dundee, Scotland. The emergency landing came about 360 miles short of the destination.
The 14 acre Greenwald farm and frame dwelling on the Jefferson pike about 2.5 miles from Frederick sold at a trustees sale at the courthouse this morning. George W. Young of west of Frederick bought it for 52050. William M. Storm and Alban M. Wood were trustees and Emmett R. Bowhbus was the auctioneer.
The Hood College board held its fall meeting Friday in the Y hut. Treasurer Emory L. Coblentz presented the finance report and President Henry I Stahr gave the president’s annual address. Reports from executive buildings and grounds finance instruction and new board member Rev E Roy Corman were also offered. The directors faculty and staff enjoyed a Meyton Hall social with speaker Dr William Chalmers Covert LL D.
Albert Taylor of Middleburg Virginia pleaded guilty to larceny of two shirts from the McCrory Five and Dime store. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Justice Walter E. Linn in a Police Court session Friday night. Marshall Murray arrested him Friday afternoon after a store employee observed shoplifting. The only other case was Matthew J. White, CCC enrollee at Boonsboro camp, who failed to appear on a charge of speeding 45 miles per hour and forfeited $10 collateral.
Rome announces that Italian troops with more than 18 months in Spain will be repatriated to Italy. The move affects about 10,000 men, including units from the Malaga and Guadalajara offensives, as Franco’s headquarters issue a communique via Stefani. The withdrawal shapes Italo British talks and prompts questions on the Mediterranean accord.
City police learned that £. W. Pierce, local representative of a Salem Virginia shoe concern, was arrested in Waynesboro Pennsylvania on charges of false pretense forgery and passing bad checks. A warrant for his Frederick trial was sent by Chief Allen Bartgis and a detainer would be lodged if he is tried in Waynesboro. Frederick residents had complained they paid for shoes but did not receive them.
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