Lighting Work Awarded for Washington Pittsburgh Air Route
A Western contractor wins the lighting contract for the Washington to Pittsburgh division of the Washington Cleveland airway. Major work to be completed in 130 days, with 90 days to finish major items, and the project must be finished within the year. Frederick airport lights and runway markers described. plans include floodlights around the field and obstruction markers.
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David C. Wirebrenner
City
F. ©. Hingsbury
Airways Division
Department of Commerce
Baltimore
Airways Bureau
Culler
Winebrenner
Washington-Pittsburgh
Frederick
Frederick Airport
Labor Day Celebration Draws Thousands in Jarrett City
K O P celebration led by Grand Lodge officials with Grand Keeper A Elwood Mark, Baltimore, addressing the crowd at Oakland hall. The event featured parades by fire and knight orders, a 2 pm program in the picnic woods, and hundreds of participants from the district, including guests from nearby lodges.
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C. Thomas Summers
Grand Lodge of Marrland
Knights of Prihias
Oakland
A. Elwood Martak
Baltinore
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Ngs
Othe Grand Mers
Fravernaiam
Disa
Picape Oe Lodge
Thi Uty
Historic Jug Bridge Footings Re-encased By Commission
Work on the Jug Bridge aims to encase footings and strengthen the structure. The project covers the two end piers and one emer pennant pier, with bids due September 16. Additional work includes reinforcing the Ceresile bridge over the Monocacy using provided timber as inspectors review county structures.
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Bor
Summers Farm Fire Controlled Near Barth Jolows
A fire at Jonas V. Summers farm near Barth Jolows damaged straw and wheat land and some machinery and about a dozen chickens. Thresher Oliver Baavis spotted sparks and moved the machine, firemen contained the blaze with help from a city engine. Loss estimated at about 2500 dollars. outbuildings and house were saved.
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Jonas V. Summers
Barthjolows
Summers
Oliver Baavis
Carroll County
Maryland Drought Strains Crops Across State
Weather review by John R. Weeks reports a tenth week of drought in Maryland and Delaware with very warm, sunny days and little benefit from light showers. Crops remain poor and pastures dry, wells low, and harvests slow. Only some Eastern Shore crops and late potatoes show marginal local gains while overall vegetation suffers.
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Mayland
John R. Weeks
Maryland and
Delaware
Alesheny
Si - Com
Sacco
Maryland
Market Mearr Sept 4 AP New Vo nge
Market report notes stocks advancing after the opening then drifting, with trading sluggish in late forenoon. Values around 1400 shares traded, while morning activity showed limited gains before turning downward later in the day.
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TatTov
S Regilar
Ecimeta
Fire destroys barn and outbuildings in Ellerton blaze
A fire on John W. renfeltz property near Ellerton destroyed a strawstack, the adjoining barn, garage and wagonshed, plus oats, barley and 30 tons of hay. The blaze spread through pasture into woods, threatening a wider area before neighbors fought it with bucket brigades and local water supply authorities. Five horses were driven to safety. two cars saved. Warerfeldz home unaffected.
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John W.renfeltz
Elerton
Mgr. Wattenfeltz
Edegar
Warrerfeldz
Luey
Middletown
Woman Runs for U S Senate Opposing McCormick
Downers Grove Illinois September 4 AP Lottie Holman ONeill first woman legislator in Illinois announces independent bid for the U S Senate opposing Ruth Hanna McCormick and James Hamilton Lewis amid protest over Republican convention issues. Also notes of Samuel E Tritapee estate across various beneficiaries and dates.
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Downers Grove
Lottie Holman O'Neill
Ilinois
United States
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James “Hamilton Lewis
New Voter Registration Surges in Frederick County
Democrats gain in county counts as 1562 new voters registered Tuesday. District totals split with Democrats 908 and Republicans 584 outside Frederick. Frederick district figures 392 Democrats 730 Republicans. Several precincts unreported this morning and party-affiliated shifts noted, with misc. local anecdotes and jokey reference at article end.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Buckeystown
Middletown
Createrstown
Emmitsburg
Catoctin zUrbana
Liberty
Haurers Woodsver
Pleasant
Black Jr undecided about attitude to will
Baltimore states Van Lear Black Jr cut off from a $50 000 trust in his father’s will. He said he would not say whether he would contest it. The will was submitted to probate after testimony from the captain, steward, and Black’s valet that the publisher disappeared from his yacht on August 18. The estate is valued in the millions and the widow, Jessie Gary Black, and three of the five children share the residuary estate.
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Baltimore
van Lear Black, Jr
World Flyer
Lancaster
Wifl
New York
Black
Jessie Gary Black
Lin
Veterans ill after Annapolis trip sparks picnic blame
More than 100 members of the VFW were treated after returning from a trip to Annapolis. Officials blamed a combination of crabs and ice cream for ptomaine poisoning. Paul Wolman of Baltimore was among those affected as the encampment stayed in the area and veterans visited the Naval Academy.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Paul ©. Wolman
Baltimore
Burglars Break Into Room Prompting Poet’s Fractured Line
Fragmentary OCR notes show a burglar entry to a room and a poet voice reacting with jumbled lines. The readable bits hint at a tense intrusion and a disrupted night, but concrete names, places, or dates are absent.
Orchard Owner Takes Own Life in Maryland Farm
Westminster Maryland Sept 4 AP Hermat R Dosie owner of the Carroll Borchards near Westminster was found dead in a meadow on his farm with his throat cut and two shotgun wounds to the head. A razor shotgun and a possible poison were found nearby. A note in the kitchen claimed the death was by his own action and no inquest was warranted. His family cited health and financial troubles. Doyle was 34 years old.
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Westminster
Hermat R. Dosie
Gener
the Carroll
Borchards
Doyle
Peace talks in India collapse amid floods and quake chaos
Fragmented dispatches report peace negotiations in India breaking down as floods force mass displacements and an earthquake devastates villages near Rangoon Burma. The notes mix casualty and price data with unclear figures and disrupted lines from AP wires.
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Rangoon
Burma
Appeals for U S aid as hunger grows after Caribbean hurricane
Reports from Santo Domingo and surrounding areas describe devastation from a hurricane that struck the city and eastern Haiti, with hundreds killed or injured, widespread destruction of homes, and pleas for relief. The Red Cross pledged funds and aid, while the State Department pressed for food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
New World
Haiti
Blasky
United States
Munger
Nueva Villa
Duarte
San Carlos
Washington
State Department
Red Cross
Curtis
Hoover
Republic
Coste Heads to Dallas on Flight Route
The report details Coste departing for Dallas from New York with intermediary stopovers and plans to attend a forthcoming event in the Eastern wood region. It notes Coste's American associate Rem Racover traveling with him and mentions connections through Cincinnati as part of the itinerary.
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New York
Scariel Gata
Coste
Aserisan Seo Sefiahre
Damaged car in Sunday night state highway crash
A Chr isier sport roadster driven by J A Godbee vice president of the Terminal Company suffered severe damage in a collision on a North Carolina state route. Mrs Godbee and another passenger were thrown from the seat. The car was badly smashed with fenders torn and the windshield intact. The incident occurred as the couple traveled from their former home to Yo. Rene Racores reported the scene as a witness.
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N.C
J. A. Godbee
Ann. Godbee
Frederick
Godber
Dicken Laway
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John W. Warrenfeltz
Ellerton
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Maurice Bellonte
Syers
Bellonte
Grover Whalen
Aberdeen
County Farm
Frederick County Realty Company
Emma Wlicagrant
William T. . Yam
Mt. Pleasant
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Herman R. Doyle
India
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Shitons
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