Crowd at Frederick Fair May Break Records Today
Crowds gathered for the 78th Frederick County Fair on Candidates Day with Governor Harry W. Nice visiting amid ideal weather. The event drew competing candidates, county officials, and party leaders as officials projected crowd totals surpassing yesterday’s gate, while fair operations emphasized farm stock and machinery over midway attractions.
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Frederick Fair
Harry W. Nice
Oscar Leser
United States
E. Ray Jones
Court of Appeals
A. Charles Stewart
Congress
Wilson L. Townsend
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Frederick
Elmer F. Munshower
Maryland
O'Conor
Herbert R. O'Conor
Mr. O'Conor
Charles H. Conley
Dr. Conley
Guy K. Motter
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Paramount
Wilness
Montgomery County
Mary Inelda Coyle case draws police scrutiny in Larchmont
Police in Larchmont New York and New Rochelle New Jersey questioned men known to 17 year old Mary Inelda Coyle whose body was found behind a Larchmont theater. Investigators looked at hair fragments in her hand and screams reported from a parked car near the time of her death.
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Larchmont
N J
Mary Inelda Coyle
New Rochelle
N. J
Larchmont Theater
Boy 15 Is Committed After Shop Robbery Hearings
A 15 year old boy, Calvin Lidie Jr., faced a 50 minute Juvenile Court hearing with Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard, resulting in commitment to the Maryland Training School for Boys. Lidie admitted planning the robbery for two days and used a light axe to break into H. F. Shipley spare goods store six days earlier. About $12.98 was recovered by Police Chief Allen Barigis. valuables including a pistol and watches were hidden at Lidie’s North Bentz street home. Companions Bow man and Wachter reportedly shared in the loot, but Bow man’s father notified authorities. Mrs. Michael E. Pue, probation officer, requested the hearing. Judge Willard deemed the commitment justified.
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Arthur D. Willard
Calvin Lidie, Jr
H. F. Shipley
Allen Barigis
Lidie
North Bentz Street
Charles Bowman
Melvin Wachter
Bowman
Bartgis
Michael E. Pue
Juvenile Court
Barigis
Pue
Willard
Water levels drop as October rains fail
City reports Fishing Creek flow over 1,000,000 gallons weekly with a fifteen inch drop below the spillway. Lack of last winter’s snow blamed for reduced sources like Linganore and Tuscarora creeks. Dam remains stocked at 73,000,000 gallons of 77,000,000 capacity while rain elsewhere expected to ease shortages.
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City
Fishing Creek
William Davis
Davis
Singanore
Frederick Fair
Frederick
Four Hurt As Bus Hit By Truck At Ceresville
A Frederick High School Mr. Pleasant McKaty school bus was struck in the rear by a Gulf Oil Co truck at Ceresville while stopping to discharge a passenger. Driver Rodney Rippeon and his 14 year old son Glenn suffered neck injuries. Passengers Nellie Shaw 14 and Doris Hamilton 13 were treated by Dr. Easterday Walkersville.
Banker blame sparks bitterness at wage commission hearing
W Jett Lauck economist for the railway brotherhoods condemned a "small inner group" of bankers led by J P Morgan & Co as driving a proposed 15 percent wage cut and the railroads' plight. Carter Frost, railroad counsel, angrily challenged his statements in Washington.
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Washington
W. Jett Lauck
Raiway Brotherhoods
Ner
J. P. Morgan & Co
Carter Frost Railroad
Former Maryland legislator L Gassaway Molesworth Dies
Richard Gassaway Molesworth formerly of Mt Airy and a Maryland House of Delegates member from Frederick county died Wednesday at his Baltimore home after a period of declining health. He was 76, born April 1862, a past General Assembly member in 1916, later ran a Mt Airy store and worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Survived by his widow Addie Baker Molesworth, a son William, and two stepdaughters Nellie Zimmerman and Algie Keller. Funeral at 1511 Poplar Grove St Baltimore Saturday at 1 o'clock, burial in Prospect Cemetery near Mt Airy.
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Richard Gassaway Molesworth
Mt Airy
Maryland House of Delegates
Frederick County
Baltimore
Molesworth
Fuation &T
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
William and
Ruth Condon Molesworth
Woodville
Prudence Lodge
A. F
A. M
Prosperity Lodge
LO. O. F
Addie Baker Molesworth
Kemptown
William Molesworth
Nellie Zimmerman
Frederick
Algie Keller
Poplar Grove Street
Prospect Cemetery
Mt. Airy
Fire at Linden oil plant under control after massive blaze
A massive fire at a Linden New Jersey oil refinery injured over twenty firefighters and destroyed or damaged many tanks. Fire officials say eight acres of the tank farm were burned, with more than 1 million dollars in damage. The blaze began with a large tank explosion and was localized to a single 1,554,000 gallon fuel oil tank as crews cooled wreckage.
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Linden
N_ 2
Frank T. Miller
Fie
Czechs Ordered to Leave Teschen by November First
Poland directs all Czechs who settled in Teschen since November 1918 to depart by November 1. Affected workers include government staff, teachers, engineers, and factory supervisors. Some Czech teachers have already been expelled. Officials issue departure permits to those under orders. Noncompliant post-1918 settlers may be denied passports and labeled undesirable aliens.
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Teschen
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Market Leaders Hit New High Territory
New York traders rallied to new highs for the year with gains in steels motors coppers rubbers aircrafts rails and oils led by optimistic indicators. The tape lagged briefly at open then moved higher around noon and again near the fourth hour with profit taking afterward. Sterling opened at $4.7372.
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New York
Sterling
Japanese Open Savage Attack On Shihchaishan Railways
Heavy Chinese reinforcements rush to Bias Bay as Japanese land and naval forces press near Shihhaishan and along the Peiping-Hankow railway. Shanghai dispatch notes a 35,000-strong expeditionary force aiming toward Canton, Hankow, and Tamshi with Liuling fighting intensifying.
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Shihchaishan
Shanghai
Shihhaishan
Hankow
South China
Canton
China
Linyang
Peiping-Hankow
Rairoad
Sinyang
Chengchow
Henan Province
Yellow River
Liuling
Peiping-Han
Kow Raihway
Lichai
Hongkong
East River District
Bias Bay
Waichow
Tamshi
Striking Miners Receive Emergency Relief Aid in Cambria
Johnstown Pa October 13 AP Striking Cambria county coal miners got emergency relief grants after the county assistance board reversed a prior ruling. Investigators were sent to Bakerton as the board authorized aid for 60 Bakerton families and 350 miners who walked out last week from the emergency fund.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Assistance Board
Bakerton
State Department of Assistance
Catholics Report New Incidents By Nazis
Vienna report lists three new Catholic incidents amid a Nazi drive against Theodore Cardinal Innitzer and clerical agitators. Windows of two convents were stoned and a priest knocked down in the street as Nazis push propaganda against the archbishop. Vienna’s Nazi movement plans a mass rally with 160000 supporters urged to attend.
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Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Cardinal Innitzer
Potomac Bridge Grant Is Made
Baltimore October 13 AP State PWA headquarters announced a grant of 1 766 700 for construction of a bridge across the Potomac near Morgantown. President Roosevelt approved the 3 926 000 project in the recent primary campaign. The grant assures construction of two major bridges in Maryland a 30 million bridge and highway program. The Susquehanna Havre de Grace span had been approved. other Patapsco and Chesapeake Bay bridges remained doubtful.
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Baltimore
PWA
Potomac River
Morgantown
Roosevelt
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Patapsco River
Chesapeake Bay
Razor Blades And Toy Watches Are Stolen
A thief broke into a parked car in New York City overnight and stole items valued over $100. The haul included 1000 razor blades a case of toy watches a cleaning outfit and other goods. Jack Gilbert and family were staying in the 200 block of East Third Street near St Johns Cemetery when the break in occurred.
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Jack Gilbert
New York City
Gilbert
East Third Street
St. John’s Cemetery
East Fourth Street
Bard petition challenges court ruling over grand jury probe
Philadelphia Oct 13 AP Attorney General Gur K Bard asserts in a petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that a recent ruling infringes the rights and powers of the executive branch by disqualifying him from directing a grand jury investigation into campaign charges against Governor George H Earle and 12 others He asks to reargue his appeal to supersede District Attorney Carl B Shetlex of Dauphin County Bard says the court erred in disqualifying him and notes he was appointed by Governor Earle who is among those charged with coercion blackmail and conspiracy to defraud the commonwealth.
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Philadelphia
Gur K. Bard
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
George H. Earle
Carl B. Shetlex
Dauphins County
Bard
Shelley
Earle
Farley Seen Dropping Presidential Bid In 1940
Washington reports Jim Farley, Democratic National Committee chair, may have slipped from serious consideration for the 1940 presidency. He missed a New York governor bid, believes Lehman or Wagner could beat Dewey, and has kept his public remarks notably cautious during primaries. Farley’s popularity rose after not joining the purge, and he remains popular with reporters who know his off the record confidences.
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Robney Dutcher
Washington
Jan Farley
New York
Lehman
Farley
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Wagner
Dewey
Tydings
Maryland
Democratic National Committee
Jim
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Joe Guffey
Dan O'Connell
Valley Forge
Lord Jim
Copyight
NEA Service, Inc
Hood College Glee Club and Choir Merge with Substitutes Named
Hood College merges its glee club and choir into a single group that will rehearse twice weekly and has no vacancies. Several substitutes from Frederick and nearby areas were chosen Miss Rosanne Haffner Doris Hemp Margaret Thomas of Frederick and Brunswick and Miss Jeanette Roelke of Brunswick. A preparatory choir for interested students without vacancies is formed to train singers for future senior retirements under Prof Paul Beckhelm.
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Hood College
Frederick and
Rosanne Haffner
Doris Hemp
Margaret Thomas
Frederick
Jeanette Roelke
Brunswick
Mary Jane Michael
Paul Beckhelm
Department of
Reinforcements Move to Border Front amid Troop Deployments
Soldiers, horses, cannons, and trucks flood village roads as reinforcements arrive along the border. The dispatch broadens military presence and signals intensified security measures in the frontier region.
Hungary And Czechoslovakia Clash Near Komarom
Hungarian ultimatum on territorial demands to Czechoslovakia expired at 6 p.m. and Hungarian troops mobilized readiness, border schools closed to serve as barracks, and Czechoslovak forces held positions 250 feet apart as Danube crossings prepared for response.
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Komaron
Hungary
Koloman von Kanya
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
I P.m
Komorom
Nizht
Danube
Czechperlovak
Koloman von Kanvra
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O’conor
Culler
Board of Managers
DIE Boy
Shipley
Shack
Linganore
L Gassaway Molesworth
Refining Company
Severing
Railways
Great Britain
Jerusalem
Edward Keith-Roach
Rockefeller Museum
Potomac Bridge
Morgantown Fund
Paris
Hayes
Prague
Mukaceva
Ruthenia
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