Will of Joseph D. Baker Probated in Orphans' Court
The will of Joseph D. Baker of Frederick, known as Frederick's "First Citizen," was probated in the Orphans' Court. It establishes a twenty year trust with power to terminate earlier, funds for Buckingham School For Boys at Buckeystown, and distributions to the Baker family with specific conditions and guiding directives for charitable use and governance. The estate is valued around 1,250,600 dollars, with the residue split among Holmes D. Baker, Mrs. Virginia M. Baker, and Charlotte J. B. King, under various income provisions and life estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Baker
Frederick
Orphans Court
Buckingham School For Boys
Buckeystown
Holmes BD. Baker
John H. Baker
William G. Baker
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
Baker
Buckingham
Frederick County
Maryland
Burckingham School
Marland
Sach School
Buckingham School
Wm G Baker
Dane Baker
Ane
Gsid
Charlotte
B. King
John T. King, Jr
Holmes D Baker
King
Holmes D. Baker
John T. King
Pleasant Campaign Hope Of Gov Nice
Governor Harry W Nice appeals for a pleasant campaign after accusing his Democratic rival of intemperate language He toured Anne Arundel County with a caravan of twenty cars greeting voters in crossroads towns and collecting delegates Mrs Frankie Wilson distributed striped Christmas candy during the tour Nice did not name his opponent but referenced a recent statement and noted the cost of the nomination and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Armory
Anne Arundel County
Gov Nice
Frankie Wilson
House of Delegates
Nice
Herbert RB. O'Conor
Maryland
Gigantic Cleanup To Stop Fires Urged In Takoma Park
Irving W. Johnson, chairman of the State Firemens Association, urged a nationwide fire prevention week with a proclamation by Gove Nice calling citizens to discover and correct existing fire hazards. The document also notes a will from February 25 1936 detailing estate distribution in kind and the witnesses Joseph McDivit and John S. Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takoma Park
Irving W. Johnson
State Firemens Association
Gove Nice
Baker
Joseph McDivit
John S. Newman
O Connor Charged With Violating Maryland Campaign Law
Baltimore Oct 10 A petition filed in Superior Court by Herbert M Brune Independent candidate for Governor charges Attorney General Herbert R O Conor Democrat with violating the corrupt practices act seeking inquiry and relief. Brune claims expenditures exceeded the legal limit by about 65000 while the law sets a cap near 4250 and asks O Conor to show cause why relief should not be granted. Judge Eli Frank delays action until O Conor returns from campaign tour to Southern Maryland.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O’conor
Herbert M. Brune
Brune
O'Conor
O Conor
Eli Frank
Maryland
Tenant Farmers Apply For Loans In Maryland Counties
College Park Md Oct 10 Tenant farmers in four Maryland counties are applying for loans to buy farms. E I Oswald of the University of Maryland Extension Service said today $158 110 had been allocated for loans to farmers in Frederick Charles Worcester and Queen Annes counties.
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College Park
Maryland
E. I. Oswald
University of Maryland Extension Service
Oswald
State Farm Security Advisory Committee
Frederick
Charles
Worcester
Queen Anne's
Foreign Government Registrations Filed in Washington
Washington Oct 10 Former ambassadors British baronets a congressman and prominent businessmen registered with the State Department as agents of foreign principals A total of 106 registrations have been received under the new law British principals listed in 39 Japanese 12 German 10 Italian 7 French and Spanish six each Among registrants were former ambassadors to Italy Henry P Fletcher and to Chile Wm S Culbertson Fletcher registered by Italy American Society of New York which receives 6600 a year from the Italian government and hosts luncheons films and scholarships Rep Bruce Barton Advertising firm registered for accounts of three American companies largely owned by British concerns Of the six registrants mentioning Spain one served the Loyalist government and five the Franco government
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Washington
State Department
Halian
Italy
Henry P. Fletcher
Chile
Wm. S. Culbertson
Fletcher
Italy-American Society of New York
Rep
Bruce Barton
Spain
Gleichmans to sail from New York on Normandie
Rev and Mrs Paul Gleichman of this city sail tomorrow at 9 am from New York harbor aboard the French liner Normandie. Their first leg heads to France en route to India where they have been appointed for missionary work. They left Frederick this afternoon for Baltimore to catch the train.
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Paul H. Gleichman
New York Harbor
Normandie
France
India
Frederick
Baltimore
New York
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
Leopold I is described as king of the Belgians who ascended after his father Albert's death in 1934. The note also says he was born in 1901 and references the year McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, N Y.
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Leopold I
Albert
McKinley
Buffalo
Helping Board Probe Rail Wage Dispute Reveals Stakes
Economic groups warn of impoverished conditions for U S railroads as the emergency wage board in Washington hears testimony from Dr Julius Parmele of the Association of American Railroads and Tom Davis for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. M W Clement of the Pennsylvania Railroad cites a 1929 salary disparity while the board sets a 30 day report deadline and a subsequent 30 day period before wage cuts or strikes may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Julius Parmelee
Bureau of Railway Economics Association of American Railroads
Washington
Tom Davis
Brotherhood of Railroad
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Germany presses Czechoslovakia for vassal status
Reports from Prague and Berlin outline a Nazi driven campaign to weaken Czechoslovakia. Germany seeks end of alliances with Russia and France, plus a customs union and anti Jewish policies, with troop transit through Czech lands. Czech leaders vow resistance despite fear of further occupation.
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Prague
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Russia
France
Communist Party
Czech
Europe
Nancy Currie Returns Home After Surgery Recovery
Nancy Jean Currie, four, returned home in Bethesda, Maryland, reporting a hopeful recovery after doctors said she had only a one in ten chance to survive following a skull fracture from an automobile accident near Thurmont. She played with dolls and no longer needed constant medical care.
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Bethesda
Nancy Jean Currie
Nercy
Thurmont
Early anti gambling laws in England aimed at archery
The fragmented report notes Nancy recovering from a ruptured kidney after surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It mentions plans for Nancy to return to school and briefly cites England's anti gambling laws designed to encourage archery.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Nancy
England
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Orphans’ Court
Mr. Baker
Gov. Nice
O’conor
iForeign
U. S
A. F. Cleveland
Association of American Railroads
Komarom
Hungary
Vienna
Joseph Buerckel
Adolf
Duce
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Soviet
Balloom
Mount’s
Park Ave
High Scheel
C.E. Cline & Son
Etel
Carload Sale
Ladies’ Household
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Delphey
HMI
Hendrickson
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