Frederick Fair closes with best receipts in a decade
Motorcycles, crowds, and weather boost the seventy-eighth annual Frederick Fair. Officials report admissions through Thursday total 11 300 and project the closing day gate around 3 00, signaling a profitable finale. Attendance and a cleaned-up grounds policy curb gambling and improve the fair’s image as harness races conclude and motorcycle events prep for a 2 pm lineup led by Bob Beatty and Delphey brothers.
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Frederick Fair
More Prizes And Music For Hallowe'en Affair
Roger B Wolfe president of the Chamber of Commerce and parade committee chair announces expanded plans for the Hallowe en parade with additional prizes and music. Committees include Music chaired by William B Bennett Herman Weener and G Horton Peace as judges J Marvin Hawk George S Rodock and A Hart Etchison. Parade leadership listed and detailed plans to follow meetings. date set for October 31 7 with a promise of a splendid show and urged to reserve the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Roger B. Wolfe
Chamber of Commerce
William B. Bennett
Herman Weener
G. Horton Peace
J. Marvin Hawk
George S. Rodock
Jdr
A. Hart Etchison
Francis Perrott
Guy Anders
F. Lester Smith
John W. Leonard
Elmer F. Munshower
Charles N. Staley
A. L Ellin
Wolfe
Church of God Eldership Elects Leaders at 67th Convention
Rev. S. A. Kipe of Brunswick is elected to a sixth consecutive term as president of the Church of God Eldership at Sharpsburg in a 67th annual convention. C. W. Fink named vice president and F. H. Snavely secretary. John H. Hoch of Uniontown leads afternoon sermon. committees named. Hagerstown wins next year’s convention bid. Jackson reelected financial chairman. sermons by BH. C. Gonso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Kipe
Brunswick
Church of God
Sharpsburg
Mr. Kipe
C. W. Fink
F. H. Snavely
John H. Hoch
Uniontown
William T. Jackson
H. C. Gonso
Hagerstown
Mr. Jackson
BH. C. Gonso
Methodist Preachers Meeting Set For Calvary Church
Between 100 and 125 ministers of the Methodist Episcopal and related churches will attend a United Methodist Preachers Meeting at Calvary Methodist Episcopal church on Monday. Dr. Arthur D. Wright will address the group on Inter racial Cooperation at eleven in the morning. He has held academic posts in Virginia and taught at Dartmouth, George Washington University, and Michigan State College. The Ladies Aid Society will serve luncheon at one o clock. Attendees are expected from Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur D. Wright
Anna T. Jeanes
Ladies Aid Society of the Church
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
City and County Battle Over $1600 Water Bill for Montevue
The city charges the county $1600 for eight years of water to Montevue. City officials say no written free-water agreement exists. County commissioners have not indicated whether they will pay, continuing a dispute dating to 1930 over the Prolonged Greath era aid.
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Montevue
Albert A. Schroeder
Board of County Commissioners
Open Fire Towers for Fall Season in Catoctin Area
Fire towers across the district will reopen in the coming days as part of the forest fire prevention program. Hamburg Salamander Foxville Lambs Knoll South Mountain McClelland Lookout at Red Hill near Keedysville resume operation during high risk periods. Station chiefs named: Raymond Hewitt Mountandale Hamburg Earl Huse Salamander Frey Hayes Foxville at Foxville Charles Clingan Boonsboro Lambs Knoll Clayton Phillips Yarrowsburg Red Hill.
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Herman Dtoms
Hamburg
Salamander
Foxville
Catoctin Mountain
Lamb's Knoll
South Mountain
McClelland’s Lookout
Red Hill
Keedysville
Mr. Toms
Raymond Hewitt
Mountandale
Earl Huse
Mountaindale
Frey Hayes
Charles Clingan
Boonsboro
Clayton Phillips
Yarrowsburg
Double Funeral For Pryor Couple In Ohio Crash
Mr and Mrs Ira E Pryor of Wolfsville attended the double funeral in Tiffin Ohio for Silas Pryor and his wife. They were killed when a train struck their car at a grade crossing near Tiffin on Saturday. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning. The Pryor family traces back to Benjamin Pryor of Wolfsville.
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Ira E. Pryor
Wolfsville
Stanley Pryor
Washington
Welty Gouker
Tiffin
Ohio
Mr. Pryor
Silas Pryor
Benjamin Pryor
Emmitsburg Marker Dedication by D A R for Close Graves
Carter Braxton Chapter D A R will place markers on the graves of Rev. Christian Close 1758-1325 and his wife Catharine Close at Emmitsburg cemetery on Thursday Oct 20 at 2 pm. Maryland State Regent Mrs W B Blake will accept the markers, a gift through Mrs W G Bucker, a descendant.
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Carter Braxton
Christian Close
Catharine Close
Emmitsburg
W. B. Blakeslee
Maryland
W. G. Bucker
Jewish Agency says killings won’t deter Zionist movement
Jerusalem October 14 AP The Jewish agency for Palestine rejects a warning from the Palestine Arab defense committee and says further killings will not deter the Zionist migration. The agency calls for recognition of Jewish rights and notes cooperation possible if such recognition is achieved. The conflict is reported to have caused about 1950 casualties in twelve weeks, including over 800 deaths.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Palestine Arab Defense Committee
Arab Committee
Palestine
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Police Court Tonight Sees Several Arrests and Charges
Police court cases set for tonight include a cutting affray charge against Clarence Cooper after arrest near 1 West All Saints Street. Several drunkenness arrests were listed, with John Taylor, Howard Speaks, and Chester Orme taken into custody. Speaks faced resisting arrest, while Clinton Allen was released on $2.30 collateral. Leo Summers faced charges of cooperating recklessly and operating without a license.
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All Saints Street
Clarence Cooper
Charles Blumenauer
Frank Dorsey
Real
John Taylor
Howard Speaks
Robert Staley
Speaks
Chester Orme
Ben Phebus
Clinton Allen
Staley
Allen Bartgis
Leo Summers
State Salary Cut Legality Questioned
Annapolis October 14 CAP The legality of salary reductions imposed on state employees from 1934 to 1937 by the legislature was before the Court of Appeals as it heard arguments in the appeal of the State Board of Welfare from the Baltimore Superior Court order requiring reimbursement to W Listman a state penitentiary guard for an 11 percent cut taken during the three year period Listman sued for a writ of mandamus to compel payment of 715 The Baltimore court upheld his claim that guards salaries were fixed by the 1925 legislature and in the absence of specific repeal of the 1929 law should remain fixed Listmans suit was a test case with other guards seeking reimbursement
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
State Board of Welfare
Baltimore
W. Listman
State
Listman
Lissman
Hood A A To Give Freshmen Reception At Hood College
Hood College Athletic Association will host the annual freshmen reception Saturday afternoon at the Randy recreation cabin five miles west of Frederick. Trucks depart 3 15 p.m. to transport students, with Miss Jean Golden leading a hiking party at 2 p.m. and Miss Elie H Jervey organizing a Riding Club road ride to the cabin. After arrival, refreshments and a return trip to Hood by 5 30 p.m. Miss Jean Wiltse chairs the committee with Miss Betty Bushong and Miss Jane Ferber assisting.
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Athletic Association of
Hood College
Rady
Hood
Frederick
Randy
Jean Golden
Pottsville
Elie H. Jervey
Faculty Changes Across County High Schools
W Cash Smith of Woodsboro resigns after five years at Middletown High to run Hershberger Bakery he bought in August. Beverly Feaga of Frederick, Hood College graduate, is named to succeed him. Octavia Gosnell of Frederick, Hood College graduate, to replace Ruth H Erdman at Walkersville High as Erdman resigns effective Thursday.
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W. Cash Smith
Woodsboro
Middletown High School
Hershberger Bakery
Iast
Beverly Feaga
Frederick
Hood College
EB. W. Pruitt
Smith
Octavia Gosnell
Ruth H. Erdman
Walkersville High School
Civilians Flee Canton as Japs Advance Into South China
Civilians flee toward safety as Japanese forces push farther into South China, with reports confirming advancing lines around Canton and heightened civilian displacements amid the conflict.
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South
China
Waichow Reported Burning as Invasion Presses South China
Japanese forces push toward Canton cutting the Canton Kowloon railway while refugees flee en route to interior. Canton evacuates 400,000 women and children as Waichow is reported burning and ground operations near Bias Bay intensify.
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Hongkong
South China
Canton
Waichow
China
Tomorow
Kwangsi Province
Tamshui
Bias Bay
Canton-Kowloon
Neto Study Of U. S. Defense Needs Made
President Roosevelt announced an entirely new study of the nation's defense needs and said the next year's budget could not be estimated until the assessment is completed. He cited new information from world events and noted the reassessment began about a year ago, driven by nontechnical factors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bard Barred Second Time From Probe Lead
Philadelphia Oct. 14 AP The Pennsylvania Supreme Court barred Attorney General Guy K Bard for a second time from directing a grand jury investigation of campaign charges against Governor George H Earle and 13 others and sent back to Dauphin county court who should lead the inquiry The court refused Bard's appeal to step in as directing head citing the attorney general is an appointee of Governor Earle and one of those charged with vote coercion blackmail and conspiracy to defraud the commonwealth
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Guy K. Bard
George H. Earle
Dauphin County
High Court
Bard
Carl B. Shelter
Supreme Court
Earle
Commonwealth
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperature Summary
Weather record notes 24 hour precipitation ending 3 a m 12 inches. October to date 3B inch, normal October 2.5 inches, actual October 1937 3.36 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to October 1 1.26 inches. Yesterday high 74, last year 52. Low last night 33, year ago 41. Sun sets 4 34 p m, rises 6 20 a m. Moon rises 10 56 p m, moon sets 12 32 p m. Streams Monocacy and Potomac remain clear.
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Inca
Monocacy
Potomac
Guilty Plea In Spy Case Across Two Continents
Reports from Bulgaria and New York describe a sweeping crackdown after a revolutionary plot. In Bulgaria dozens jailed as police vow to crack the case within 24 hours, while overseas Guenther Gustav Rumeich pleads guilty to espionage on the verge of a major trial for a spy ring. Co-defendants include Johanna Hoffman Otto Herman Voss and Eric Glaser, all tied to selling U.S. military secrets.
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New York
Oct I
Guenther
Gustav Rumeich
United States Army
Rumeich
Chicago
John C. Knox
United States
Knox
Rumrich
Johanna Hoffman
Otto Herman Voss
Long Island
Eric Glaser 2
Recent Enlistments In U S Army Announced
Frederick county youths enlist in various branches with canvassed postings. Harold L Beach Langley Field Hawaii Norman Beacht Brunswick for Infantry Hawaii David W LaMar Middletown Coast Artillery Hawaiian Islands Garrett J Green Mt Airy Fifth Engineers Ft Belvoir Va Robert E Rice Fr George Meade Md enlistee in Medical Department Howard L Myers Knoxville Medical Department Langley Field Va Donald E Younkins Burkittsville Quartermaster Corps Ft Myers Va Douglass C Williams 18th Infantry Ft Wadsworth N Y address 226 East Fifth Street Army Recruiting in Hagerstown seeks more applicants for local or overseas service Sgt John Chop announces hours.
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Frederick County
United States Army
Harold L. Beach
Mary E. Beacht
East Seventh Street
Air Corps
Langley Field
Norman Beacht
Freda Beacht
Brunswick
Hawaii
David W. LaMar
Lena E. LaMar
Middletown
Artillery Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Garrett J. Green
Emma Baker
Mt. Airy
Fifth Engineers
Ft. Belvoir
Robert E. Rice
Helen, Rice
West Fourth Street
George G. Meade
Howard L. Myers
Edith Myers
Knoxville
Washington
Donald E. Younkins
Jasper P. Younkins
Burkittsville
Quartermaster Corps
Ft. Myers
Coast Artillery
Douglass C. Williams
Alma Williams
18Th Infantry
Ft. Wadsworth
East Fifth Street
Army Recruiting Office
Hagerstown
U.S. A
John Chop
Alsace-Lorraine Pledges Loyalty to France
Paris October 14 The Alsace-Lorraine loyalty to France was affirmed in a letter from Alsatian deputy Edouard Fuchs to Premier Daladier. He protested against comparing Alsatians to Sudeten Germans and said most of the region’s 2,000,000 inhabitants speak German while remaining faithful during partial mobilization. He added there is no Nazi propaganda in the area.
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Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Edouard Fuchs
Daladier
Fuchs
Alsace
Germany
Irregular Quotation Slump Near Fourth Hour On Wall Street
New York stock market sagged with profit taking and nervous traders as industrials, utilities, copper and specialty shares slipped while bonds showed selective strength. Commodities moved narrowly as European markets remained unsettled and the British pound rose to about 4.74 dollars.
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New York
Wall Street
Egypt's envoy presents credentials to President Roosevelt
Mahmoud Hassan Bey, Egypt's new minister to the United States, is pictured in Washington presenting his credentials to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he begins his diplomatic posting.
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Egypt
U. S
Mahmoud Hassan Bey
Washington
Roosevelt
Czechs pledge loyal attitude toward Germany in Munich talks
Frantisek Chvalkovsky met Adolf Hitler in the Fuehrerhaus and pledged Czechoslovakia will adopt a loyal attitude toward Germany while Hitler urged an amicable settlement of the Hungarian border issue. The Komarom conference ended without accord, Hungary promising to take the dispute to the four powers. Hungary sought 4349 square miles with 2,120,000 people. Czechoslovakia offered 2182 square miles with 378,000 people.
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Munich
Frantisck Chvalkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Chvalkovsky
Prague
Hungary
Slovakia
Mobilization Postponed Amid Budapest Berlin Talks
Hungarian authorities postponed planned army mobilization at the request of major powers led by Germany to aid European peace. A Hungarian delegation flew to Berlin for talks with Adolf Hitler on possible territorial demands related to Czechoslovakia. In Berlin, Hitler also met former Hungarian premier Kálmán Daranyi to discuss racial policy in Czechoslovakia.
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Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Koloman Daranyi
Munich
Old Trolley Crossings Grading Planned By State
State Roads Commission announced a contract to grade and drain four miles of trolley crossings along the new highway in Frederick and Washington counties. Bids due by October 25. project includes grading concrete surfacing and bridge work. H and F Railway abandoned Frederick to Hagerstown service after last run last week.
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Gual Highway
Frederick
Washington
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
H. and F. Railway Company
Myersville
Funkstown
Clara E. Fox
Irving S. Fox
Foxville
Washington County
Sparks Property Sold at Public Sale in City
The two story frame building once owned by the late Ann Elizabeth Sparks at 310 Klinehart's alley was bought this morning at public sale at the courthouse by Gilmore R. Flantz of this city for $255. Francis B. Sappington served as substitute executor. Leslie N. Cobblentz acted as attorney and A Grant Hooper was auctioneer.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Francis Petroit
O Conor
Harford County
Fins
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Stedman Prescott
Rockville
Prescott
Albanis
Perrimiers
Jumbo
J. Paul Delphey
Delphey Brothers
Nova
Fat Brooks
Chester Delphey
Bob Beatty
Wilkinsburg
New Orleans
Church of God Eldership
Methodist Preachers
Tevue
Austcer Arab Defense Committee
Palest
Piin
Neto
Ane
Naler
Caston
Mili
Vallow
Hanghai
East
Hina
Amoy
IAG Bay
Japa Ree Pel
Hongkong- Canton
Far East
Bulgaria
Soha
Boris
Yordan Peyeff
U.S. Army
Ister
Fuehrer
Four Powers
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