Night Walk to the Chalet and a Web of Clues
In a moonlit countryside, the narrator learns from Jean-Franfois about René Geiss, a hidden revolver, and a suspect tied to Lumsden. A mad, muttering stranger in the lane and Noah More’s tune surface as possible threads. Hugo arrives with overseas tips, and the pair plan covert sleuthing toward the 30th broderie amid a seaside town.
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Finis
Grst
Monsieur
Jean-Frangois
Haive
Geiss
Jon
Noah
Jean-Francois
Monsieur Geiss
Hugo
Caves Des Muettes
Nice
Mel Scimarsh
Man Arrested After Stealing Supper From Stove
A man entered a residence on East South street Friday evening and stole a supper cooking on the kitchen stove. He was arrested at 5:30 near Chief Allen Bartgis and jailed on vagrancy, drunkenness, and larceny charges. The intruder, who gave the name M. Brashears of Woodsboro, faces a Police Court hearing Monday. Mrs Brightwell, preparing dinner, hid when she saw him. Brashears fled with most of the meal but was captured and the food recovered.
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Monsieur le Juge
René
Monsieur Geiss
Lumsden
the Five
Ember
Monsieur Stahl
Jean-Fran
Monsieur
Eest South
Allen S. Bartgis
Brashears
Woodsboro
Sunlit water bottle ignites wooden wall in California
In 1931 a bottle of water left near a California house focused sunlight onto a wooden wall, causing a blaze. The incident highlights how improvised solar concentration can start fires and the era's concerns about home safety with daily objects.
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California
Radio Day By Day Radio Day By Day
The tenth year of the American School of the Air resumes on CBS next month with five half hour programs weekly. Topics vary each broadcast and NEA assists in preparation. The October 10 first episode is Frontiers of Democracy. Overseas previews of the 1940 Olympics begin on WEAF NBC from Copenhagen and follow with stops in Czechoslovakia and Italy.
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New York
American School of the Air
CBS
Fve
National Education Association
Frontiers of Democracy
Weaf-Nbc
Copenhagen
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Dick Himber
Red Nerve
Mildred Bailey
Wiz-Nbc
al Donahue
Leo Reisman
WEAF
NBC
Marion Talley
Hobby Lobby
Charlie McCarthy
Don Ameche
Chicago
Grant Park
Abe Lyman
Dynamite Fire Near Hayward Sees No Explosion
Two hundred cases of dynamite and the truck carrying them burned on a highway near Hayward California. Spectators kept their distance in fear of an explosion but no blast occurred as the dynamite burned up.
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Hayward
Calif
Sept
Waiting For Dixie To Hang Himself
An attentive listener to the sensational testimony of ex lawyer J Richard Dixie Davis at the New York numbers racket trial of James J Hines is Charles J Ranney district attorney of Rensselaer county NY Ranney hopes to hear Davis drop some evidence to prosecute the disbarred lawyer as an accessory to the 1935 murder of Jules Martin restaurant racketeer Davis has admitted he was present when Dutch Schultz killed Martin.
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J. Richard
Dixie
Greensboro Firm Wins Low Bid On Frederick Post Office Upgrade
A Greensboro firm submitted the low bid of 31750 for improvements and alterations to the Frederick post office, bid opening in Washington handled by the Treasury Department. John K. Ruff Co. of Baltimore bid 33769 and Seymer Ruff and Son Co. of Baltimore 34690. local bidders unclear. Project covers rear improvements, added floor space, loading platform, and interior remodeling including new offices for the assistant Postmaster and superintendent of mails.
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Greensboro
N. C
Frederick
United States Treasury Department
Washington
James I. Barnes Construction Company
John K. Ruff Company
Baltimore
Seymer Ruff and Son Company
Deadline Extended For Maryland Wheat Crop Insurance
Farmers in Maryland have until September 30 to apply for wheat crop insurance policies guaranteeing 75 percent of an average crop for 1939. A V Krewsatech, assistant state crop insurance supervisor, announced the extended deadline to county AAA offices due to late harvests. Forms are available from county crop insurance representatives, with premiums quoted when applications are filled.
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Maryland
A. V. Krewsatech
AAA
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Farmer applications urged to pay premium before wheat seeding
Krewalch calls on farmers to submit applications early as the premium must be paid prior to seeding wheat this fall, stressing timely action to ensure coverage.
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Krewalch
Pomona Grange Guests From Carroll Unit Arrive Saturday
Pomona Grange led by Edward F. Holter of Middletown will visit the Carroll county Pomona body at Wakefield on Saturday September 10. The event forces postponement of the Pomona regular quarterly meeting to the next session. The invitation was accepted at a Pomona executive committee meeting in the city Thursday night with Ernest Warner absent and Elizabeth Geisbert appointed to arrange a morning program.
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Pomona Grange
Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Carroll County
Pomona
Wakefield
Holter
Ernest Warner
Elizabeth Geisbert
Woodsboro
Notices Order Nisi On Audit No 13773 Equity
In Frederick County Circuit Court sitting in Equity July term 1938 the auditor’s report filed September 3 1933 in the matter of William M Storm assignee of Rudolph M Rau mortgagee of Lewis A H Knock and Paulie Knock on petition ordered that on September 15 1938 the court will act on the auditor’s report to ratify and confirm unless cause to the contrary be shown before that date a copy of this order to be published in a Frederick County newspaper at least seven days prior dated September 3 1938
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NISI
Circuit Court
Frederick County
William M. Storm
Rudolph M. Rau
Lewis AH Knock
Paulie Knock
NISS
M. L. Creager
Haymond D. Creager
Pomona event led by Carroll and Frederick counties
John J. John of Union Bridge leads the Carroll county Pomona body with a noon lunch prepared by the home grange. An afternoon social program follows under the Frederick county body, recalling last September when Carroll county Pomona visited Frederick county Pomona.
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John J. John
Union Bridge
Carroll County
Pomona
Home Grange
Frederick County
Carroll County Pomona
Frederick
Maryland Sealed Bids Sought for Frederick County Road Work
Maryland state officials publish a call for sealed proposals to lay bituminous surface course on Urbana Pike near Frederick. bids due September 13, 1938. labor wages set. bidders must file cash bid and certified check. commission reserves right to reject all bids.
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Frederick County
Urbana Pike
Hyattstoun
Maryland State Employment Service
Winchester Hall
Frederick
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
Calvert and
Lexington Sts
Baltimore
Commission
State Roads Commission of Maryland
General Assembly of Maryland
Grange Plans October Elimination Contests
The executive committee discussed a county elimination play among granges for late October. A committee of lecturers led by Bliss Geisbert was appointed to organize the tests with final contests at the August convention in Baltimore. A highway safety drive pushed a state wide bus stopping law now in effect in eight counties.
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Tion
Wakefield
Bliss Geisbert
Willis E. Derr
Ballenger
Ethel Kranz
Braddock
Beulah Stull
Creagerstown
Raymond Roderick
Middletown
Lucy Carl
Jefferson
Mass
Margaret Albaugh
Mt Pleasant
Sarah Royston
New Market
Ernest B. Stoner
Lewistown
Baltimore
Lowry
Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles Ofice
The
Grange
Lester Fisher
Ida Hoffmaster
Betty Stull
Vernon Fisher
Millard Stull
Safety Meeting By Creagerstown Grange Highlights Highway Safety
The Creagerstown Grange held an open parish hall meeting on Friday night with Highway Safety as the theme. P J Lowry from the Baltimore Office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles showed the film Safety for Maryland School Children and spoke on a three year safety drive and the uniform color of school buses.
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Creagerstown
Lowry
An Eye to Christmas Gift Jars and Preservation
Begin making jams jellies pickles and fyelishes for Christmas gifts. Use fancy-shaped jars saved for this purpose and save wrapping until the holiday period. Fresh shipments will be ready in 30 days.
Sauce for Rice with Olives and Pasta
A simple tomato sauce enhanced with chopped ripe olives pairs with hot boiled rice, hominy, macaroni, or spaghetti. Suitable for lunch or supper. The public safety department notes Texas highways and roads total about 199000 miles.
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The
Public Safety Department
Texas
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