Lonaconing Students Strike Over Coach Dismissal
Lonaconing High School students protested outside the mill district, demanding reconsideration of Melvin Henry’s removal as basketball coach. Only 26 of 293 students attended classes as the strike unfolded amid a dispute with the Allegany county Board of Education over Henry not being a faculty member.
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Lonaconing
Henry
Central High School
Board of Education
Melvin Henry
Allegany County Board of Education
Court Hears Drunken Driving and Bus Collision Appeal
A circuit court appeal questions if a truck driver could expect a bus to stop at a lane. Vernon Rhoderick testified after his soft drink truck rear ended a bus, injuring three passengers. The driver was fined for failing to stay ten feet behind the bus. Additional appeals include Wellington Rose’s drunken driving case, with judge Willard delaying verdicts amid further contested cases and scheduled hearings on automobile parts theft and other driving offenses.
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Vernon Rhoderick
East Second Street
Arthur D. Willard
Buckerstown-Urbana
Rhoderick
Roger H. Geisbert
Urbana
Fulton D. Sears
Bayard Rosencrantz
Daniel Lee
Joseph Stone
Roy L. Leatherman
Willard
Sherman P. Bowers
Holden
S. Felton
Dranken
Wellington F. Rose
ML Airy
Walter E. Sinn
Rose
Charles Blumenauer
Frank Dorsey
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Sai Ne
Wilford Dodson
Alion Y. Bennit
Franklin A. Danner
Brunswick
Harry Denter
Joseph Hayes
House of Correction
Willem HO Campbell
Loring Young
Broad Run
Lee Iferd
Litten Bros
Iferd
Bennett
Young
Leo M. Rist
Baltimore
O. Fred Ridenour
Middletown
Mr. Bennett
Jack R. Hann
Hancock
Donald Knott
Poers
George
Frederick County Fair Receipts Outpace Last Year
The Frederick County Agricultural Society Board meets November 5 to transact business for the seventy eighth annual Frederick Fair. Secretary-Treasurer Motter reports receipts about 3000 ahead of two years ago and forecasts profits near 10000 once expenses, including advertising and grandstand costs, are listed. The fair drew record attendance and reduced debt to 24500, with ongoing plans for improvements. the January meeting will present the 1938 report.
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Frederick County
Lloyd C. Culler
The
Fair Association
Motter
the Fair Society
Chinese to Continue to Resist Invaders in Wide Conflict
Washington reports indicate the administration may seek broader authority to apply the new labor standards law to specific industries. Officials say advisory opinions will guide whether particular sectors are interstate commerce and subject to the act, while workers face large-scale layoffs, especially in the south. Meanwhile, reports from Hankow and Shanghai describe Japanese forces entering Hankow, with foreign naval aid and police cooperation as Chinese troops retreat, aiming to block further Japanese advance.
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Washington
Congress
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Chiang and Wife Reported to Leave City at Night
Report states Chiang Kai-shek and his wife departed the capital under cover of darkness. Army and Navy troops reportedly entered the city as forces moved in. Infantry units were coordinating with the approach, signaling a major shift in control and security posture.
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Shanghai
Hankow
China
Yangtze River
Nanking
Wuchang
Hanyang
Wuhan
Wan
Grove sale totals heirs securities and real estate
Public sale at the court house liquidated the late William J. Grove’s estate. Twelve lots and houses sold for 87,00 0, and the old school house and other real property brought 365. Securities totaled 59,856.80, with 401 shares Potomac Edison stock and other items fetching varied sums to reach a combined total of 18,921.80, with multiple buyers named and roles listed.
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William J. Grove
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Groves
Gilmore R. Flautt
Luther B. Feaga
Potomac Edison Co
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Arthur V. Myers
Western Maryland Trust Company
William B. Catshall
First National Bank of Baltimore
Roland W. Harpaugh
New Amsterdam Casualty Co
Roland W. Harbaugh
B. & O. Railroad
Arthur VW. Myers
Frederick Hotel Co
James H. Grove, Jr
A. B. Colimus
Knights of Columbus
Baltimore
Ernest
Speaks
Braddock Heights
A. B.colimus
A. B. Collinus
Commercial Bank of Maryland
R. B. Crothers
Hagerstown Brewing Co
Assault case and driving appeals noted in county records
In Durg on June 26 Justice Albert W. Ecker and Justice Sinn presided. Norman A. Shankie faces assault and battery charges against Charles Handley with Mr. Bennett as Shankie’s attorney. Reckless driving appeals list Guy H. Adkins. Middle town updates show Emma E Lamar Braddock Heights and Lester E Beall with fines of 5 20 and Sr, lawyers Bennett H Rieffer DeLauter and Patrick M Schnaufler.
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Mr. Bennett
H. Rieffer DeLauter
Patrick M. Schnaufler
Baby Adopted by Hood College Home Economics Class
Hood college seniors in the Home Economics department are borrowing a seven month old infant named Nancy Lee Strawn from Frederick county to live at Strawn cottage until late spring. Under Miss Onica Prall supervision the students plan routines and observe the child's physical, mental, and social development marking the eighth year of this practical child care exercise.
Bolters in Both Parties Reported in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia reports claim bolters from opposing party ranks bolstered campaigns in the final two weeks of Pennsylvania politics. Democratic headquarters cited Lackawanna county support for the Democratic ticket, while other counties cited cross party backing for Governor candidate Arthur E. James and Senator James J. Davis. An Luzerne county group called Old Time Democrats endorsed Republicans down the line. Also: Bruce Palmer, not driver, misidentified in Bowers Lumber incident. a separate correction notes another Bruce Palmer resided west of the city.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Federation of Independent
Republican Clubs
Lackawanna County
Arthur E. James
James J. Davis
Luzerne County
Bruce Palmer
North Market Street
Bowers Lumber Co
East Patrick Street
G. Hunter Bowers
Frederick
Eighteen Die In Australian Airliner Crash
Sydney date Oct 25 AP reports the dominions worst airliner crash on misty Mt Dandenong southeast of Melbourne. Eighteen aboard died including C Hawker member of the House of Representatives and former Minister of Commerce. The chartered Australian National Airways flight from Adelaide to Melbourne carried four crew members and a hostess. several passengers were thrown free while others burned trapped in the wreckage.
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Sydney
Australia
Dominion
Mt. Dandenong
Melbourne
C. Hawker
House of Representatives
Adelaide
Australian National Airways
Hallowe'en Parade Judges Appointed
Francis Perrott named the judges for Frederick Chamber of Commerce Hallowe en parade next Monday night. Comic class judges are Mrs Charles W Ross Mrs Robert E Clapp and Prof Henry T Wade Original class judges are Mrs Ignatius Bjornee Henry R Shoemaker and John Francis Fischer Artistic entries judged by Miss Helen Smith Mrs J Harry Brandenburg and Marshall L Etchison Original group judges are Miss Miriam Apple Mrs Ruth Jones Miller and Miss Elizabeth Wolfe.
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Hallowe'en
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Francis Perrott
Charles W. Ross
Robert E. Clapp
Henry T. Wade
Ignatius Bjornee
Henry R. Shoemaker
John Francis Fischer
Helen Smith
J. Harry Brandenburg
Marshall L. Etchison
Miriam Apple
Ruth Jones Miller
Elizabeth Wolfe
First District Board Meets in Hagerstown
The Federation of Women’s Clubs of Maryland First District directors met at the Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown to plan the year ahead and set dates for the April 1939 meeting. Frederick representatives included six women led by Mrs. C. W. Gregory, with others from Frostburg Westminster Sykesville Lonaconing Cumberland and Frederick.
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Federation of Women's Clubs of Maryland
Alexander
Hangerstown
Hotel Alexander
Frostburg
Westminster
Sykesville
Lonaconing
Cumberland
Frederick
C. W. Gregory
William E. Kisch
Emma French
Elmer E. Dixon
M. R. Etchison
Calvin Schildknecht
Gregory
Old Age Pensioners Giving To Campaigns
Chairman Sheppard of Texas asked the Senate Campaign Expenditures committee to rule on whether recipients of federal old age pensions may legally contribute to senatorial campaigns. He cited a California complaint alleging funds from pensioners to candidates supporting higher pensions, naming Sheridan Downey as a Democratic nominee.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
California
Sheridan Downey
Two Price System Faces Questions for Farm Surpluses
Washington debate on a proposed two-price method to move farm surpluses to low income families at reduced prices. Officials discuss subsidies, distribution, legality, and scale, with critics wary of socialistic implications and cost.
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NEA Service, Inc
Hungary Lowers Demands in Czechoslovak Talks
Diplomatic sources say Germany Italy and Poland pressured Hungary into a 30 percent cut in territorial claims in a new note to Czechoslovakia. Premier Bela Imredi called the proposals conciliatory while Prague was told to respond by tomorrow. If rejected, Hungary vowed to enforce its justice by any means.
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Budapest
Germany
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Bela Imredi
Hungary
Munich
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Ho Owas i
Imredi
ENOCH CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS AT CONVOCATION
Enock Chapter No. 33 elected officers for the coming year at a Monday convocation in the Masonic Temple. John P. Engelbrecht was chosen Most Excellent High Priest with G. Hunter Bowers as Excellent King and alien W. Nicodemus as Excellent Scribe. Installation is planned for January. The present High Priest is John H. Lentz.
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Enoch Chapter
Enoch
Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
John P. Engelbrecht
G. Hunter Bowers
Alien W. Nicodemus
Harry O. Schroeder
Ira L. Miller
James N. Dubel
John H. Lentz
Pirow to visit Berlin on Nazi colonial talks
Oswald Pirow defense minister of the Union of South Africa said he would visit Berlin soon to discuss Germanys colonial demands in Africa. He spoke at Marseilles while en route to Lisbon to confer with the Portuguese government before flying to London. Chamberlain met inner cabinet to seek friendship with Hitler and implement an Easter accord with Mussolini.
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London
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Berlin
Germany
Africa
Pirow
Marseilles
France
Lisbon
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Profit Taking Cools Tendency To Advance New York
Fur ther profit taking cooled some of the advancing tendencies in today's stock market but headers on the whole offered plenty of resistance to selling. Overnight buying orders taxed brokerage facilities before the op ening and the ticker tape fell be hind for a brief interval after the Star. Gains ran to two or more points in aircrafts, utilities, steels, motors, rails and specialties. Many new highs for more than a year were recorded. The pace slowed later and top marks were whittled down substantially in most cases near the fourth hour. The ability of the list to absorb offerings without any great un settlement seemed to encourage re covery proponents who were still under the influence of continued business optimism. Sterling opened it up at $4.76%.
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New York
Sterling
Weather Record For 24 Hours Ended 8 A M
Recitation shows 7 inch precipitation for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Total October precipitation to date 197 inches with October normal 258 inches Actual October 1937 rainfall 9.36 inches Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to October 1 1.26 inches High yesterday 61 degrees High a year ago 37 Low last night 38 Low a year ago 20 Sun sets 5 19 p m Sun rises 6 32 p m Moon rises 9 40 a m Moon sets 7 31 p m Tomorrow Condition of streams Monocacy and Potomac clear
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Monocacy
Potomac
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Luzon
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Wuhsuoh
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Home Economics Dept
Nancy Lee “Strawn
Hood College
Hallowe’en Parade
First District
Old Age Pensioners
Rodney Dutcher
Department of Agriculture
AAA
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