Frederick City Bonds Sell At Low Rates In Bid Parade
Frederick city sold 800000 in four bonds issues after 17 bids opened at City Hall. Alexander Brown and Sons won Airport and Street Improvement issues with low rates, Baker Watts and Company took Sewerage and Water bonds. results praised by Mayor Ward Culler as funds to be invested in government bonds. Attending attorney Carlyle Barton assisted in preparing the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Alexander Brown and Sons
Baker, Watts and Company
Baltimore
City Hall
Halsey, Stuart and Co. Inc
Blair and Company, Inc
Hornblower and Eeks
New York
Bakes, Watts and Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Stein Bros. and Boyce
Sing
Ward C. Culler
Fredrick
Carlyle Barton
Nilesies Morrow and Yost
Demands Halt Of Campaign In Bulgaria
The United States calls for a joint review with Britain and Russia of Bulgaria's repressive campaign against the Agrarian Union and its leader Nukole Petkov who faces a death sentence. Washington labels the conviction a miscarriage of justice and seeks to avert execution through diplomatic moves announced by Under Secretary Lovett.
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Washington
United States
Russia
America
Britain
Bulgaria
Agrarian Union
Nukole Petkov
Petkov
United Sites
Lovett
Bedell Smith
European crisis rapid and possible U S action
Secretary Lovett warned the European economic crisis is developing faster than expected and hinted that some American action before year’s end may be necessary. He refused to say a special congressional session would be needed, though strongly implying one might be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lovett
Marshall
Piar
Congress
Wood Alcohol in Coffee Kills Six Prisoners in Belle Glade
Belle Glade Florida September 3 reports say six prisoners died after drinking wood alcohol in coffee at a state prison camp near town. About 13 inmates may have consumed the poison. One man reportedly obtained the alcohol from the prison paint shop and superintendent W B Granger said questions should be directed to prison headquarters in Tallahassee as no cement was available immediately.
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Belle Glade
Fla
Cohol
W. B. Granger
Tallaassee
Baltimore extended forecast for Maryland
The Weather Bureau issued a forecast for Maryland with Thursday mostly sunny and cool, highs 75 to 85, lows in the 60s and mountains in the 50s. Friday expected in the 80s, Saturday with light showers, Sunday fair and warm. Winds NW to W, moderate to gentle, rainfall under 0.5 inch.
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Baltimore
Eathier Bureau
Maryland
Ie Mountains
Dies at 65 R A Sindall led Maryland licensing bodies
Robert Alison Sindall of Baltimore died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a stroke. A former chairman of the State Athletic Commission and of the Baltimore Liquor License Board, he began leading the athletic body in 1931 and later headed the liquor agency until May. Born June 9 1882 he ran A K Robbins and Company and helped found the canning machinery industry. he also held Masonic and industry posts.
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Baltimore
Robert Alison Sindall
State Athletic Commission
Baltimore Laquor License Board
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sindall
Hot Springs
Ark
Lindal Frst
Athletic Commission
Albert C. Ritchie
Herbert R. O'Conor
A. K. Robbins and Company
Samuel Sindall
Canning Machinery and Supplies Association of North America
Masonic
Maryland
Fishing Creek Road Gets County Macadam Stretch
Labor Day visitors found the Mountaindale bridge to watershed road smoother after the County Roads Board macadamized six tenths of a mile. The roughest remaining section is a two tenths mile stretch on municipal property past the caretaker’s house.
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Fishing Creek
Labor Day
Mountaindale
County Roads Board
Sales Tax Receipts Pass Expectations in Baltimore
Baltimore records July sales tax receipts totaling 1,683,862 dollars. Comptroller James J. Lacy said the results indicate a larger annual return than initially estimated, with Walter E Kennedy noting the retail sales tax division’s positive figures as the levy operates this month.
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Baltimore
State
James J. Lacy
Walter E Kennedy
Man Near Mt. Airy Ends Life By Hanging
Eldridge M. Browning is reported to have died by hanging near Mt. Airy. The death was investigated by Sheriff Guy Anders, State Trooper B. C. Hammersmith, and county medical examiner Dr. R. W. Baer. In a separate item, Westover Field hosts Major Alan D. Clark refueling for the Atlantic airlift of 31 B-29s to Europe.
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Mt. Airy
Eldridge M. Browning
Guy Anders
B. C. Hammersmith
R. W. Baer
Westover Field
Mass
Alan D. Clark
Atlantic
Europe
Corn Canning Plants Run Overtime Over Labor Day
Heavy rush of sugar corn reached local canneries over the Labor Day weekend forcing Sunday and holiday operations and ongoing night shifts at several plants. Jenkins Brothers in Frederick faced peak canning, Colt and Dixon kept late Saturday and Labor Day, Monocacy Valley saw worm beetle and borers, with a two week longer run expected at that plant.
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Jenkins Brothers
Frederick City
Colt and Dixon Packing House
Monocacy Valley
Maryland Road Plans Ready for Governor Review
Chairman Robert M. Reindollar of the State Roads Commission said he is ready to discuss with Governor Lane specific highway projects for Maryland. A new survey shows fewer than 500 miles meet required standards, mainly around Baltimore and Washington, with a lone Eastern Shore road eligible for upgrades. total upgrades could cost about 250 million dollars.
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Baltimore
Robert M. Reindollar
State Roads Commission
Lane
Maryland
General Assembly
Saa
Tmaust
ReindeLar
Washington
Frederick
Pennsylvania Line
Hagerstown
Reindollar
Of Gestapo Given Death
Hamburg Germany Sept 3 British military court sentenced 14 Gestapo operatives to death for killing 50 Allied fiying officers on Hitler orders. Two others got life terms and two 10 year terms. Victims had escaped from Sagan prison camp in 1944 and were recaptured and shot. Erich Zacharias among those sentenced to die.
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Hamburg
Germany
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Sagan
Silesia
Erich Zacharias
G. A. Kidder
Meet Opposition in New York Stock Market Today
In New York on September 3 the recovery shift in the stock market faces opposition as overall sentiment wavers but some individual shares push modest gains and advance slightly.
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New York
British Teacher Begins Frederick Assignment In Local School
Lucy Wilde from Manchester arrives in Frederick to join Elim Street School as eighth grade core teacher under the reciprocal exchange of 126 British and 126 American instructors. She notes England's different school system, mentions age of compulsory attendance, and describes wartime evacuation, rationing, and life in postwar Britain while observing Frederick’s parks and heat.
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Frederick
Lucy Wilde
Miss Wilde
Manchester
Wallasey
Liverpool
Fredericks
Toronto
New York City
America
England
British Isles
Ripon College
Yorkshire
Elim Street School
Eighth Grace
Wilde
Wilds
Maryland
Britain
United States
Fashion Decree Shrinks Men’s Trousers Across New Era
Fashion arbiters trumpet shorter male trousers with cuffs. Designers say the ankle will show two inches shorter hems, while shop spokesmen note campus styles will barely meet the sock. Celebrities react with humor and skepticism as the era of slimmer silhouettes unfolds. Separately, Eddie E Hall arrested on false pretense charges, released on $1,500 bond awaiting September grand jury action.
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New York
Septa
Jongex
Tony Williams
Sam
Claire McCardell
Tina Lesser
Srst
Jimmy Stewart
George Burns
Burns and
Brian Aherne
Eddie E. Hall
Ceresville
Guy Anders
Hall
3066 Enter City Schools On First Day
Frederick city opens with about 3066 students, up 150 from last September. Elementary and junior high enrollments rise. Elm Street and North Market Street see gains. eight grade transfers reshape Frederick High. Weather clear, late arrivals expected. daylight saving times differ by area.
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Frederick City
Elm Street
Frederick
Brunswick
Frederick High School
North Market Street
Parkway
Washington Street
James Myers
Grayson Barkier
Paul Fillion
Velma Smith
Dorothy Beachley
Natalie Parton
L. K. Lawson
Virginia Parton
Audrey Pressler
Susie Siffrin
Louise Doty
Mary Cornproost
Eleanor Barnhart
Heisely Coran
Perry Darner
Flossie Cain
Ethel Beachley
Ada Poole
Warren Smith
Catherine Cronise
Eva Thomas
Charlotte DeLahmutt
Alice Dodd
Reba Sutely
Preston Zimmerman
Margaret Hatcher
Magaha
Nelle Carlin
Mary Burger
Agnes Tanner
Parkway School
Marian Davis
Helen Everhart
Kathryn Snook
Louise Myers
Beattie Stauffer
Margaret Abrecht
Edna Culler
Marie Michael
Mildred Nicodemus
Hattie Willet
Dora Ma Zaha
Alice Love
Nettie Miller
Charlotte Motter
Beulah D. Moberly
Brown
Brown, 34; Kirs. Hilda Greene, 32, Mrs. Ruth Staley
S. Price Young
Minnie Cockerly
Sara E. Bowlus
Mattie C. Henderson
Chester G. Clem
L. Irene Price
Homberson
Gosnell
LincsIn Elementary
Elizabeth Brown
Ann Simmons
Edna Schaeffer
Edyther Sigmund
Isabel Robert
Marion Rogers
Helen Jane Wood Woodley
Elora Smith
Louise Linpy
Kitty! Day
Alvida Delashmutt
Ruth Smith
Fairing
Canate
Smith
Marion
Moser
Beatty
Morris
Kay Fagan
FM Radio Boom Shifts Industry Toward FM Era
The Nation Today notes a rapid move into FM broadcasting after years of delay. FM offers little static, better music reproduction, and more station capacity, but requires new gear. About 1.0 million FM sets are in use with 1.5 million more expected. 269 commercial FM stations operate now with 700 more authorized. Standard and FM will co exist for years, with some rural reach remaining for standard stations.
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Washington
Edwin Armstrong
Columbia
Federal Communications Commission
FAI
Radio Manufacturers Association
Standard Broadcasting
Standard Radio
FM Association
New York
Twin Tragedy Missed As George Stump Drowns Near Lander
George William Stump and his brother Gilbert fished from a boat near Lander when George slipped, went under, and drowned. Gilbert was pulled from the Potomac by Ellis Schildt and Claude Johnson, two Walkersville fishermen who reported the rescue. Deputies recovered George's body about five hours after he vanished, while Gilbert survived.
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George William Stump
Cumberland
Potomac River
Lander
Tony
Stump
Gilbert
Walkersville
Gilbert Stump
Ellis Schildt
Claude Johnson
George
George Crouser
Robert Nikirk
George Stump
Frankenstein To Induce Haircut Shocks Local Sheriff Help
Deputies Austin Murray and George Crouse were considered to frighten a reluctant man into a barber chair. George Crouse was favored for the televised stunt as part of a quirky community production. A list of names and ages ends with a large total count.
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Austin Murray
George Crouse
Bevin Calls for Redistributing Fort Knox Gold
Foreign Secretary Bevin urged the United States to redistribute Fort Knox gold to ease world balance of payments chaos. He spoke to the British Trade Union Congress in Southport, citing $21.8 billion in U.S. gold holdings and $12.5 billion at Fort Knox, while linking the idea to Britain's economic crisis and production push. He pledged a tougher Labor government stance to spur output, warned against accepting restrictive policies, and favored a customs union within the empire with open doors to Russia. He also touched on the Marshall plan, Europe’s recovery, and the UN Security Council’s role.
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Southport
England
Ernest Bevin
United States
Fort Knox
British Trade Union Congress
Kentucky
Bevin
Marshall
Europe
Britain
British Empire
Commonwealth
Fort Nox
W. d
TUC
Tit
Russia
Germany
Security Council
United Nations
Sy God
Red on Penny Baffles City Coin Collector
A penny passed through the hands of Parking Meter Collector Elgin Hemp bears a glued inscription asking Who’s Red and hints at a Russian warning. The collector and locals are unsure of the meaning behind the mark and its origin on the copper.
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Red
Elgin Hemp
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Highways Out of
Frank J. Keefer
Betty Sullivan
Max Hall
James Marlow
Miss Kopfinger
Betty Winebrewer
Mabel Hoyser
Charlotte Holter
K. Stefan Petrilla
Fort ‘Knox
Lester H. Fogle
Yellow Springs
Eddie Hall
E. Austin James
Fogie
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