Biggest Crowd At Frederick Fair Thrills Week
The Frederick Fair drew an estimated 15 000 on the grounds by noon with a twelve-race card and improved weather. Trucks and autos crowded the track while ferris wheel and side show attractions hummed. Patrons enjoyed contests, food stalls, farm displays, and stunts as officials anticipated strong profits despite Wednesday’s washout.
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Frederick Fair
Seeger
Blue Ribbon Clover Seed
Page
News-Post
Frederick Fair Grounds
Runaway Boys Captured After Weekend Escape
Curtis J. Cornell from Drake, Oklahoma John P. Robinson of Newton, North Carolina and William Barnett of Charleston, West Virginia, inmates at the National Training School for Boys, were recaptured Sunday in the Brunswick terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Lieut. W. Axe, head of the local police.
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Curtis J. Cornell
Drake
Okla
John P. Robinson
Newton
N. C
William Barnett
Charleston
W. Va
National Training School For Boys
Brunswick
Lieut. W. Axeline
France Adopts Last Chance Plan on Spanish Civil War Withdrawal
Paris reports the French cabinet approves a three point plan to submit the withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain to the non intervention committee. The move aims to secure Italy's consent and keeps potential positive action if Italy refuses. Madrid details: insurgent shelling kills or wounds 91 as bombardment devastates the city, hitting the telephone building and Gran Via, with 30 dead and 70 hurt in Campo de Casa air raid.
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Paris
Italy
Spain
France
Mediterranean
Madrid
Gran Via
Campo de Casa
Infiesto
DaJhover Taken West By G-Men Aboard Plane
Brady gangster James Darhover is moved by federal agents from a Maine jail to a plane heading west. Officials say he may be taken to Indianapolis or Chicago to face trial for multiple charges after the gang killings of three police officers in Indiana.
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Bangor
Maine
Brady
James Darhover
G-men
City
Indianapolis
Chicago
Calhover
G- Men
Dalhover
Brady Gang
Indiana
Hood College Invites Three for Mt St Marys Inauguration
Three Hood College faculty members receive inauguration invitations for Rev Fr Lawrence Sheridan at Mt St Marys College. Dr Joseph W W Apple, Hood President Emeritus, is Hood's representative. Ruth W Pope Hood Dean represents George Washington University. Grace E Lippy Hood zoology assistant professor represents Wilson College.
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Hood College
Lawrence Sheridan
Mt. St. Mary's College
Joseph WW. Apple
Hood
Ruth W. Pope
George Washington University
Grace E. Lippy
Wilson College
Thalians Massacred by Ethiopian Rebels In Rome
Rome October 14 AP Italian officials announced that 41 Italian officers and 17 soldiers were killed in attacks by Ethiopian bandits. The statement aimed to counter rumors of Ethiopian massacres and did not specify total deaths, though informed sources suspected a large toll.
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Rome
Chew Resigns as Brunswick Chief Amid Capitol Move
Chief Joseph E. Chew resigns as Brunswick police chief to join the Washington capitol police, citing desire to avoid punishing the innocent for others actions. He quotes Shakespeare on authority and thanks Mayor Mace, noting likely multiple applicants for his successor.
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Brunswick
Joseph E. Chew
Capitol
Washington
Chew
Harry R. Mace
Mace
Bill on anti lynching may delay presidential program
Washington reports that Senate rules could block quick action on a five point program at a special session. The anti lynching measure may delay priority items including wage hour legislation and farm policy while the government reorganization TVA style plan and anti trust strengthening face obstacles.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
TVA
House
Market Indifferent To Many Of Its Leaders
Stock market activity showed speculative indifference among leaders on October 14 with gains near intraday highs but overall volume below the previous day. Bonds mixed, utilities and rail shares improved, commodities offered little direction, and sterling rose 1-16 to $4.96.
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New York
Opposition to interstate branch banking by bankers group
The American Bankers Association, at its 63rd annual convention in Boston, declared firm opposition to extending branch banking beyond state lines. New president Orval W. Adams urged bankers to push deficit consciousness, while calling for a balanced federal budget with lower expenditures and broader tax base.
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Boston
American Bankers Association
Orval W. Adams
Association
Hoover Attends Last Rites For Ogden Mills
Former President Herbert Hoover headed the list of honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Ogden L. Mills former Secretary of the Treasury. The service was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church after Mills died on Monday with a funeral cortege from his residence. Rev Dr Samuel S Drury and Rev Dr R H Brooks conducted the rites. Burial followed at St James churchyard near Stantsburg New York.
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New York
Herbert Woaver
Lst
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury
Mills
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Fifth Avenue
Samuel S. Drury
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
R. H. Brooks
St. Thomas Church
St. James Churchyard
Stantsburg
N. Y
C I O Backs Move To Stabilize Farm Prices
Atlantic City October 14. The C I O pledged support for legislation to stabilize farm prices at not less than the cost of production. Leaders of 32 unions affiliated with John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization adopted a resolution recognizing the community of economic interest between industrial workers and farmers.
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Atlantic City
N. I
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Miss Mary Weybright Dies at 56 in Sabillasville
Miss Mary Rinehart Weybright longtime nurse and church worker died at the State Sanatorium Sabillasville after complications She was 56 and had served 18 years as a registered nurse She chaired Memorial Home for the Aged at San Mar and was a member of the Church of the Brethren Survived by brothers John Weybright Jesse Weybright and Samuel Weybright sister Annie Royer and Mrs Challice Baker Funeral from Taneytown to Detour then Monocacy Church of the Brethren Rocky Ridge burial in Fahrney Memorial church ties noted
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Mary Rinehart Weybright
Samuel and
Mary Ann Snader Weybright
Sabillasville
Miss Weybright
Memorial Home For the
San Mar
Church of the Brethren
Juniata Callene
Blue Ridge College
John 5. Weybright
Thurmont
Jesse P. Weybright
Detour
Samuel R. Weybright
Annie M. Royer
Westminster
Challice W. Baker
Waynesboro
Taneytown
Jesse PL. Weyhbright
Weybright
Monocacy Church of the Brethren
Rocky Ridge
E. P. Schildt
E. C. Woodie
Ler
Fahrney Memorial Home
Samuel Ausherman
Walter EB. Burall
Brunswick Post Office Move Sparks Political Clash and Local Protest
Residents and business interests in Brunswick object to moving the post office from the Dr. JG Smith building to the East Potomac street Jones building. Mayor Howard W. Jackson sought intervention, but the Post Office Department stands by a binding contract. Equipment has been moved and the new site is planned to open soon amid concerns of inconvenience and parking.
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Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore
Brunswick
PostaMce Department
David J. Lewis
David C. Winebrenner
Jones
Jackson
Lewis
James A. Farfey
Smith W. Purdum
Post Office Department
Inquest Pending In Death Of Boy
An inquest was pending today in the death of a Frederick High School student John Bernard King 16 fatally injured when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Arthur Stern Braddock Heights on West Patrick street extended He died within four hours Edward L Norwood 60 a well known auctioneer of Myalistown was struck by a neuron bound automobile driven by Francis J Cook Washington D C Norwood was unconscious at Frederick City Hospital Blinded by auto lights Stern said he was blinded by the headlights of a string of cars along the pike He was released on his own recognizance pending coroner’s inquest.
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Frederick City Hospital
John Bernard King
Frederick High School
Arthur Stern
Braddock Heights
West Patrick Street
King
Edward L. Norwood
Myilistown
Facis J. Cook
Washington, D.C
Rwood
Conk
Sixteenth Street
Washington
Schmidt
J. J.thompson
Norwood
Stern
Young King
Thompson
Bombardment of Shanghai Worst Since War Began
In Shanghai a heavy bombardment hit the International Settlement with intensifying fire from Japanese guns and air attacks. Over 190 Chinese killed or wounded. a U S Marine Mil ton Hiatt wounded in a machine gun defense area. American property damaged as six western district houses owned by an American firm were destroyed while tenants were Germans and Brushers away.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
United States
Milton Hiatt
Augusta
J. P. McMichael
Whangpoo River
AFL asks Senate probe of United Mine Workers
The American Federation of Labor votes to urge the Senate Civil Liberties Committee to investigate the United Mine Workers of America. Joe Ozaniec, president of the Progressive Miners of America, alleges a reign of terror in Illinois coal fields with twenty one Progressive Miner members killed in five years.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor Convention
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Joe Ozaniec
Progressive Miners of America
Illinois
Ozanic
Senate Committee
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation at 0.13 inch ending 5 pm yesterday. October to date precipitation 1.71 inches, with 1937 excess to Oct 1 at 7.42 inches. Normal October 2.58 inches. October 1936 actual 5.23 inches. Yesterday high 49, low 47. Comparisons: year-ago high 74, year-ago low 48. Sun sets 5.34 pm, rises 6.20 am. Moon rises 2.55 pm, sets 1.34 am. Streams Potomac and Monocacy clear.
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F.D. R
Hoover
Ogden Mills
C.I. O
Fahrney
Tere Guymon
Oklo
Guymon
Brethren
John T. Fogle
James I. Renner
William Bowers
Emory L. Warner
C. ©. Fuss and Son
Funeral Directo
Auto
John Bernard King King
Boy
E. L. Norwood
Nantono
U.S. Marine
Tientsin
Yasuke Matsuoka
South Manchuria Railway Company
Japan
China
Russia
Nanking
United Miners
Niewsva Predu
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