Dual Highway Work Resumes Near Frederick and Harmony
Work on the dual highway to Hagerstown resumes as grading and drainage move toward a junction with Route 40 opposite Catoctin Country Club. The Wertheimer farm's land and damages were settled for 2900 dollars after a court action. Equipment shifts occur as relocations proceed on Liberty Road near the Baltimore county line.
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Hagerstown
Harry T. Campbell Company
Towson
Wertheimer
Frederick
Catoctin Country Club
Wertheimer Farm
Campbell Company
Frederick County
Harmony
Catoctin Mountain
Washington County
Liberty Road
Baltimore County Line
The
Roads Commission
North Branch
Patapsco
Baltimore County
Britain Launches Drive Against Arabs in Palestine
Britain declares a forceful new campaign to break Arab resistance in Palestine led by Sir Harold MacMichael after arriving in the Holy Land. The move follows meetings with Malcolm MacDonald and aims to quell ongoing violence, with provisional tolls reported in the hundreds.
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Jerusalem
Grest
Britain
Palestine
Harold Ald
Mac Michael Mzh
Jordana
Holy Land
London
England
Malcolm MacDonald
Harold
Sight Seeing Planes Collide Five Killed
Detroit dispatch reports two sightseeing planes collided mid air on the city outskirts killing five people including a three year old boy. Victims named include William Stanislaw 25 pilot, Robert Lee 26 and his son Robert Jr., Walter Paulk 40 pilot, and Frank Rebs 24 passenger. Witness Bareld Frey said one pilot appeared blinded by sun glare and the other tried to climb away to avoid the crash.
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Detroit
William Stanislaw
Robertt Lee
Lee
Robert Jr
Walter Paulk
Frank Rebs
Bareld Frey
Shio
Frer
Plane Noses Over In Emmitsburg Field
An airplane piloted by Albert J. Mace of Rossville and carrying Megiet A. Firpe of Johns Hopkins University nosed over while landing at St Joseph's College farm near Emmitsburg. Both escaped injuries as the craft, after landing and taxying, tipped when brakes locked at speed. only a bent propeller and buckled fuselage reported. A crowd gathered and Deputy Sheriff Albert Adelsberger provided protection to prevent further damage.
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St Joseph's College Farm
Emmitsburg
Albert J. Mace
Rossville
Baltimore
Megiet A. Firpe
Johns Hopkins University
Mace
Firpe
St. Joseph's College
Albert Adelsberger
British King And Queen To Stay At White House
London reports a potential state visit by King George VI to the United States next spring. A provisional program coordinated by the Irish Embassy in Washington and the U S State Department envisions a three day stay at the White House and a naval review off the Potomac to culminate the visit, contingent on approval in Parliament.
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London
Day Herald
George VI
England
United States
Herald
Washington
US State Department
Roosevelt
White Ho
Potomac
Compromise Reached In Bank Suit In Charles Town
In Charles Town West Virginia a compromise between depositor Emido Galli and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation over Farmers Bank and Trust Co assets liquidation was reached in circuit court. Galli claimed 255 dollars of which 2000 was deposited and allegedly withdrawn with disputed signatures. former assistant cashier Richard Russell implicated in embezzlement, FBI examined signatures. The accord settles most of the alleged 25 million mapie gar trees noted in the report.
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Charles Town
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Emido Galli
FDIC
Galli
PDIC
Richard Russell
Fo Howims
FBI
Washington
Roosevelt Returns to Hudson House After Washington Trip
President Roosevelt arrived at his Hudson river estate in Hyde Park after a seven and a half hour train journey from Washington. He will stay a week and on Tuesday confer with Governor Herbert Lehman on strategy for the State Democratic campaign. Hopkins accompanied the president and planned to spend the night at the home.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Washington
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Hopkins
Churchill warns all democracies arm against dictators
London Oct 16 Winston Churchill urged world democracies including the United States to form a united front against moral and military aggression by dictators. He said the preponderant world forces were on the ally side and must be united to be obeyed. The speech was broadcast to the United States via BBC shortwave.
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London
Winston Church
Adolf Hitler
United States
Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Chevehall
Anthony Eden
Alfred Duff Cooper
Hiter
Saarbrucken
Eden
Duff Cooper
Neville Chamberlain
British Broadcasting Company
BBC
Feast of Christ the King Planned at Mount St Mary's
Arrangements for Christ the King ceremonies at Mount St Marys College Emmitsburg were set at the Central Maryland Holy Name Society meeting. Parishes from Hagerstown Frederick Brunswick Emmitsburg Gaithersburg Barnesville Petersville and Liberty Town attended. A 4 PM campus procession sermon and benediction will be led by Monsignor Sheridan and Father Thorn. Similar rites will occur across the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Baltimore Washington and Cumberland. William N Collins attended as guest. John McE Wilson presided.
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Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Maryland
Holy Name Society
St. John's High School
Hagerstown
Frederick
Brunswick
Gaithersburg
Barnesville
Petersville
Libertytown
John L Sheridan
Mount St Mary's
Joseph F. Thornimg
Balimore
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
William N. Collins
Answers to Cranium Crackers and Typos Revealed
The page lists Cranium Crackers answers noting Ben Turpin as the comedian known for a cross eyed caricature born in New Orleans in 1874. It also identifies the English highwayman as Richard Turpin.
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Ben Turpin
New Orleans
Richard Turpin
Maryland Farm Wages Highest In Eight States
Washington reports Maryland led eight South Atlantic states in farm wage rates for harvest season with monthly wages of 27 dollars with board and 38 dollars without. Day rates were 1.50 with board and 1.95 without. Delaware followed closely with 52550 monthly with board and 37 without. day rates 1.55 with board and 2 without. Virginia weekly figures showed 21 with board and 50 without. daily 1.05 with board and 1.40 without. Bureau notes wages fell seasonally due to lower demand for farm labor while supply remained ample. crop correspondents say supply exceeded demand at 111 percent of need on Oct 1, up from 109 on July 1 and 88 in 1937.
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Washington
Maryland
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Delaware
Virginia
Trial On Tuesday For Rippeon In Shunting Case
The trial of Harvey Rippeon of Unionville, arrested recently for shunting without a license, will be held Tuesday night in Police Court according to district game warden Benjamin F. Phebus.
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Harvey Rippeon
Unionville
Benjamin F. Phebus
Japs Move Fast in Canton Drive
Japanese forces pressed toward Canton through South China, cutting the Canton Kowloon railroad and isolating the city from the coast. Communications between Canton and Hongkong were cut, with reports of a Japanese column near Waichow threatening the delta. Chinese officials contested full capture, while Red Cross Geneva convention note is mentioned.
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Canton
Hongkong
Canton-Kowloon
South China
China
Pearl River Delta
Canton- Kowloon
Portuguese Slacao
Delta
Honskors Horgkongs
Philppine Islands
Inez
Manila
Waichow
Camon
East
Kwangtung
Trev
the International Red Cross
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Mary Ellen Reardon
Chicago
Mary Ellen
Canada
Province
Quebec
Delphey
Doc McCarthy
New York Varkees
Egen
Parcy Sammon
MacDonald
Texas
C.E. Cline & Son
Ione 355
Aly
Hudson
Lord Stanley
Dominions
Chamberlain
Munich
Christ the King
Mount
Bennett
Bourjois
Anude
Bennett’s
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Koloman von Kanya
Wathite Ceevio
Colson
Mount's
Park Ave
High School
America
Hong Kong
Lane Cedar Chests
Christmas Club Now
C. C. Carty, Inc
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Frederick, Md
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