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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1938
Page
7
The forecast points to a large Frederick county turnout for the Monday statewide primary with Democrats and Republicans predicting a heavier poll than four years ago. Voters face 100 ft electioneering bans near polls and no alcohol sales from Sunday midnight to 6 am Tuesday.
Federal official orders rapid processing of Maryland highway bridge grants for Susquehanna at Havre de Grace and Potomac near Morgantown. Roosevelt urged swift action. court challenges question bond retirement provisions and toll funding. Authorities say 45 percent federal aid with state share.
Arthur E Hungerford asks Democratic supporters to give their second choice to David J Lewis over Millard E Tydings in the Maryland senatorial contest He promotes a New Deal pledge and urges voting for Lewis as the principled option while criticizing Tydings and praising the administration.
In a frontier era Washington dispatch recalls how settlers, wary of odd behavior, bolted doors at sight of a traveler who mined rocks and carried away stones, labeling him a hinatic and forcing him to seek shelter at a tavern. The anecdote centers on William Macclure, known as the father of American geology, who faced alarm in remote communities.
The race for the county judgeship is narrowed by a 70 year age limit with all candidates from Montgomery County under the authorized selection law. Democratic contenders are Stedman Prescott and William F. Prettyman, while Wilson L. Townsend faces the Republican primary unopposed.
Hood College reports 450 plus students enrolled for 1938 39 with a campus redecorate and theater opening on Campus Day October 8. Dr Esther Shaw will speak at convocation September 22 with honors for top 15 percent and city feature speakers. New faculty include Bragdon Beckhelm Kilduff Cutujian Croll Beuschau sen. local students listed from Frederick Middletown and Jam sville.
Prague Sept 14 AP President Eduard Benes issued a calm nationwide appeal urging readiness for any sacrifice in the Sudeten German crisis. He expressed belief minority troubles could be overcome and the state would endure to pursue peaceful development. He called the international situation most serious since World War I and outlined nationality proposals to guarantee rights for both minorities and majorities while seeking European compromise and cooperation with Germany, England, France, and America.
U S Housing Authority reports approval or earmark of 523 928 000 for slum clearance and low rent housing in Maryland. Earmarked for future approval added 1 403 000 for Baltimore land and 450 000 for Frederick. Manor Woods Farm sold to E Charles Benn near Adamstown for 14 012 50 at trustee's sale. part of Carrollton Manor. Weather outlook foresees showers early week with generally fair conditions later. temperatures rise Monday then cool by Wednesday.
On September 10, traders cited European war fears to justify selling. Leading issues fell about two points as offerings broadened late in the day. Transfers totaled around 400000 shares amid broad declines across most departments. Continued foreign tension offset domestic business optimism and kept many investors neutral ahead of potential weekend outbreak.
White alias Marty Davis was arrested in Salisbury by local officials on a bad check charge. He resided near Thila derptan Pennsylvania and used the alias Harry Davis. The check cashed at Cherence THuifer Broad Bear and drawn on Haverstown bank was returned as unknown in the area. He will be taken to Frederick for grand jury action.
Substitute jurors for the Septem ber term of Circuit Court, which begins September 19, were drawn, in the presence of Chief Judge Amond Urner and Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard, by districts. Freder ick-Camden J Ramsburg for Lewis A Woodward. Paul Hammond for Robert E Delaplaine. Aubrey A Nicodemus for F Ross Myers. Hanvers William T Morehead for Benjamin S Lewis. Woodsboro Charles W Hahn for Elmer J Moser. Petersville H Frank Longbrake for Norman Beck. Jefferson Henry S Keller for Henry L Biser. Jackson Welty K Grossnickte for Grover F Horiie. Johnsville Benjamin Db Blessing for Cletus I Bowman. Tuscarora Samuel H Young for Allen Harper. Burkittsville Wilmer W Maser for Lee Zeener. Braddock Edward W Poole for Lewis S Rickerd.
Washington AP reports national attention on primaries in Maryland and Georgia as the Roosevelt push to defeat Senators Millard E. Tydings and Walter F. George dominates ahead of next week’s nominating contests. Other states from Arizona to Vermont hold Senate races, with Maine's general election also scheduled.
Europe braces for war as Nazi demands for Czechoslovakia’s Sudeten German region confront Prague’s appeasement efforts. Hitler proclaims unity before 60,000 Hitler Youth. Britain’s Henderson may pressure Hitler while Paris weighs federating central European states to avert invasion.
Philadelphia dated report says Mayor S Davis Wilson, 51, facing a grand jury indictment on 49 counts of misbehavior in office. Also charged are four top police officers for failing to suppress gambling. Indictments name 142 unidentified persons and allege gambling activity across the city.
Nazi leaders declare Adolf Hitler will demand outright annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudeten Germans as Air Minister Hermann Goering hails Germany's air force as invincible. He addresses 25,000 on the labor front, boasting technical perfection, strength, and willingness to defend the Fatherland. In a separate note, President Roosevelt deflects claims that the US is morally linked to European democracies in a stop Hitler movement, saying such interpretations are about 100 percent wrong.
Weather record shows no precipitation in the 24 hours ending 7 am today and September total 2.44 inches, with September normal 3.25 inches. September 1937 actual 1.05 inches, 1938 deficiency to Sept 1 is 2.06 inches. Yesterday high 75, low 51. last year high 81, low 51. Streams: Monocacy muddy, Potomac clear above Middle Creek, cloudy on Maryland side below. Sun set 6.28 pm, sunrise 5.47 am, moonrise 7.10 pm, moonset 7.35 am.
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