Contracts Awarded For Maryland County Road Work
The State Roads Commission awarded contracts totaling 180 605 dollars for Ave projects. The Empire Construction Company of Baltimore won the largest bid at 141 576 for concrete surfacing and bridge work along 1.39 miles of the Isberry road. Frederick county awarded projects include 8 of a mile of Buffalo Road from Mt. Airy toward West Falls to MT J Grove Lumber Company for 5 222 and one mile of Annapolis road surfacing to Harry T Campbell and Sons for 4 253. Reddington and Sons secured 11 404 to pave 8 of Montgomery Avenue in Rockville. The Thomas Bennett and Hunter Company of Westminster won 73 924 for surfacing 274 miles of the Libertytown Woodsboro road from east of Woodsboro to Libertytown.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Isberry Road
North Peanch
Eldersburg
Empire Construction Company of
Frederick County
Buffalo Road
Mt. Airy
Westfalls
Annapolis Road
MT J. Grove Lame Company
Harry T. Campbell and Sons
Reddington and Sons
Montgomery Avenue
Rockville
Thomas Bennett and Hunter Company
Westminster
Last Registration In City Was Light
Final pre election registrations in Frederick show a near even split between Republicans and Democrats based on 12 of 19 precincts. Unofficial tallies list 88 Republicans and 81 Democrats. figures exclude some transfers and affiliation changes.
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Frederick
Board of Election Supervisors
Annan guests return from Longport and local notes
Emmitsburg residents report Mr and Mrs J M Annan and Miss Helen Annan returning from Longport New Jersey where they stayed with Mrs Rodney Burton. The Sodality of St Josephs church plans a card party in St Euphemias hall on October 25. Harry Hoke brother of Joseph R Howe has been ill from pneumonia in Baltimore. Leo Whitey Kuhn a Mt St Marys college student appeared in Boys Town scenes after spending two years at Father Flanagans. Mr and Mrs Murray Hardman Jr moved from Tokar property to Ludwig house. St Josephs Catholic church interior repairs cost 7000 dollars including repainting ceiling and roof work.
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Emmitsburg
J M. Annan
Helen Annan
Longport
Rodney Burton
the Sodality of
St Joseph's Church
St. Euphemia’s Hall
Harry Hoke
Joseph R. Howe
Pneutonia
Baltimore
Leo “Whitey” Kuhn
Boys Town
Mt St. Mary's College
Kuhn
Father Flanagan
Institution For Boys
Murray Hardman, Jr
Tokar
Ludwig House
Roosevelt and Hitler analysis hints at peace appeal
Washington dispatch outlines State Department psychoanalysis of Adolf Hitler as a godlike, potentially idealistic figure who could be wooed away from war. The piece notes Roosevelt’s second cablegram and hints at Wallace as a possible 1940 Democratic candidate, with speculation on internal New Deal dynamics and political futures.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Adolf Hitler
State Department
Hitler
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Nietzsche
Bettt
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Bewa
Mr Roosevelt
F D. R
Wallace
Trade Pact Route Aims Hitlers Eastward Drive
European experts predict Hitler will push east via trade agreements rather than war. Germany economics minister We Pier Funk is shown in the Balkans building trade links as a precursor to such a program.
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Hitler
Germany
We Pier Funk
Balkans
Colonel Gorgas’s firefly bottle night operation
During the Spanish American War Colonel Gorgas conducted a covert night operation using a bottle of fireflies to illuminate a strategic objective. The improvised light source aided reconnaissance and timing without revealing position to the enemy.
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Gorgas
Lewis calls Lewis offer a fraud in AFL CIO split
In Houston on October 11 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor denounced John L. Lewis offer to resign as a fraud aimed at misleading the public. Green warned Lewis would still control the CIO even if he resigned as its chairman. Green, unopposed, faced re election Friday as AFL held swift debate over labor peace and a split in the movement.
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Houston
Tex
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Green
AF of
Lewis
CIO
Washington
A. F
L. Conver
Labor
Unseasonable Warm Spell Baffles Forecasters
A high pressure system brought unseasonably warm weather with a 31 degree high on Tuesday and a reported 81 degree yesterday. Forecasters say this does not signal Indian Summer, noting squaw winter has not occurred and expect continued fair to partly cloudy conditions with night showers.
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United States
West Virginia
Local Social Notes From Copperville Area
Copperville news records weekend visits among residents. Mrs Emory Bowers and daughter from Johnstown Pa visited Mr and Mrs Chas Bowers. Mrs John Frock and Rhoda Frock visited Mr and Mrs Bruce Shirk near Taneytown. The Deberry and Booker families spent Sunday at De tour. Mrs Wilbur Fair and family called on Mrs Ollie Deberry and on Mrs Lloyd Lambert and children.
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Copperville
Emory Bowers
Johnstown
Chas. Bowers
John Frock
Rhoda Frock
Bruce Shirk
Taneytown
Chas. Deberry
Franklin Booker
Wilbur Fair
Ollie Deberry
Mirs
Lloyd Lambert
Chil
Supreme Court study says NLRB acts pro CIO advocate
The Supreme Court notes that the National Labor Relations Board has brazenly and by official act declared itself a proponent of the CIO, framing the board as taking sides in labor union conflict.
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Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Act
CIO
Local Social Notes From Frederick Area
Mrs John Sauble hosted a visit with the Young family. Mrs Chas Young spent a day with her daughter in Baltimore. Lawrence Fouts and family visited Emma Layman near Thurecont and with Mr and Mrs Harry Mount and Mr and Mrs Frank Cameron near Monrovia. Gee Hensey, longtime caretaker of the Claireaugs Estate Taneytown, moves to Gamber to oversee Bar Orphans Home next summer. Mr Chas Young, previously sick, resumes work. Jono Shriser, patient at Frederick City Hospital, expected to return home soon. Mrs Hull near Travemon improving nicely.
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Dren
John Sauble
Chas. Young
Baltimore
Lawrence Fouts
Emma Layman
Thurecont
Lawrence Foutz
Harry Mount
Frank Cameron
Monrovia
Gee. Hensey
Whg
Claireaugs
Taneytown
Gamber
Bar
Chas Young
Jono Shriser
Frederick City Hospital
Hull
Travemon
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Geo. S. Rodock
Sudetenland
Asch
Sudeten
Konrad Hentlein
Maedchens
Henry Wallace
New Deal
Robert H. Jackson
Harry Hopkins
New York
White House
Otha Wearin
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Dio Head
NLEB
The
Hamilton Prestige
Hamilton Watch
Hamilton
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
North Market St
Philco Mystery Control
Mystery Centre
New
Philcos
Kemp’s
Save Thrifties
Mba Sore Een Oe
Europe
Louis XIV
King
Budweiser
Betholine
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