County Man Foreman Of Grand Jury
George P. Devilbiss of Walkersville was named foreman as the September term opened in the circuit court. Judge Schnauffer briefed the grand jury and the state’s attorney predicted a short session. The article lists the grand and petit juries and outlines the duty to indict only with probable guilt while preserving secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Devilbiss
Walkersville
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Samuel W. Barrick
Esli S. Conway
N. Gertrude Boyer
Philip O. Coblentz
Harry W. Baugher
Joseph &. Stephens
Albert M. Coblentz
Charles E. Troxell
Robert K
Helen A. Rudy
Keefer R. Crampton
Ernest R. Kuhn
Roy K. Schwartz
Marshall Miller
Pauline Hawkins
Lester G. Dutrow
Garl D. Sunday
Clarence H. Arvin
Charles W Wood
Hattie K. Fisher
Chester Sparging
Opal Stoue
Wayne S. Harp
Louise E. Umberger
Elgie M. Renn
Floyd J, Altman
Oscar W. Fisher
James A. Lawson
William R. Zentz
Bernard T. Davis
Lewis H. Alexander
Eugene C. Mercer
Schnauffer
Gui
Nourdwig
Mindy
Ariel Ot
Maryland
Court House History Given At Dedication Ceremonies
Frederick attorney Parsons Newman traced the county court house history from 1750 deeded plots to the present dedication of the new second floor courtroom. Judges and officers of the Sixth Circuit and Maryland Court of Appeals praised the public improvement and described reconstruction after the 1861 fire and later renovations including space expansion and a modern elevator. The talk covered the original 1785 structure, wartime destruction, subsequent rebuild plans, and ongoing modernization under Charles F. Bowers designs and Lloyd C. Culler contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Court House
Parsons
Newman
Frederick
Stedman Prescott
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Prescott
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Thomas M. Anderson
Kathryn Lawlor
Sixth Circuit
Edward S. Delaplaine
Maryland Court of Appeals
Charles W. Woodward
Daniel Dulany
Frederick County
Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Maryland
General Assembly
Annapolis
Court House
Ste.l
Kemp Hall
North ‘Market
East Church Streets
Andrew MecCleery
Mr. Newman
Register of Wills
Church and
Record Streets
Sioners
Messrs
Thomas
James M Dison
Baltimore
Court Square
Taring
Thomas Dison
Samuel H Adams
John F. Adams
JF. Adams
J Edward Sifford
John Sifford
Sifford and Company
Assembly
Adams
Dixon
Sifford
Thomas Johnson
John Hansen
Roger Brooke Taney
Board of County Commissioners
Charles F. Bowers
Lloyd C. Culler
American Baptist missionary crosses border on birthday
Rev. Levi A. Lovegren of Cherry Grove Oregon, held by Chinese Communists nearly five years, crosses the Hong Kong border on his 67th birthday to freedom. He is reunited with wife Ida and daughter Mildred as reporters and priests note the moments. He says he was not tortured but pressured to admit false charges and denies spying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Levi A. Lovegren
Cherry Grove
Ore
United States
Geneva
China
Lovegren
Ida
Mildred
Frederick A Gordon
Somerset
Ohio
Joseph F. Hyde
Lowell
Mass
James G. Joyce
Red Canton
Father Gordon
Father Hyde
Father Joyce
Mr Love Shore
Chungking
Fre Pears
Storm Jane Predicted To Hit Delmar Peninsula Tonight
Maryland's Eastern Shore and Delaware face Hurricane Jane expected to reach Delmar Peninsula east of Baltimore tonight as the Weather Bureau forecasts a continued northward movement at high speed. The center could come ashore on the Delmar area, the 9 a.m. bulletin said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Delaware
Jane
Delmar Peninsula
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Heavy Rains Forecast for Virginia and Maryland
The Weather Bureau at 9 a.m. EST forecast 3 to 6 inches of rain in eastern Virginia and Maryland within 24 hours. A bulletin warned that near 6 inches could raise small coastal streams and Potomac tributaries, prompting precautions for low lying areas. Potomac tides in the Washington reach are expected 3 to 4 feet above normal over the next 18 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Maryland
Potomac River
Potomac
Hurricane Ione Threat Prompts Bay Coast Warnings
The Weather Bureau issued 10 am warnings for Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast as Hurricane Ione approaches, with winds up to hurricane force and tides 4 to 7 feet higher than normal. Rain to hit Baltimore area around noon, heavy by afternoon. advisories target Maryland and Delaware coasts. Schools in Virginia counties closed. reports show gusts over 100 mph at land stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Bay
Crigfield
Maryland
Delaware
Baltimore
Tate
Chesapeake
Hay
Salisbury
Ocean City
Atlantic Ocean Resort
Oquean City
Northhampton
Adomark
Virginia
Eastreme
North Carolina
Chevy Point
Sal
Wight Center
Allay
Sinage Paver
Fulan G. Patriex
Bombardment Reported Near Mar del Plata by Rebel Fleet
A shortwave broadcast from an amateur radio transmitter claimed Mar del Plata in Argentina was shelled by a rebel warship. The report said fighting raged in the city 400 miles southeast of Buenos Aires and that port and oil installations were hit. No independent confirmation was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
River Plate
City Workers Put On Alert For Hurricane
City workers go on stand by as a hurricane warning looms in eastern Virginia and possibly Maryland. Mayor John A. Derr ordered crews on alert, with police and utility workers ready to respond to power outages and downed trees. Civil Defense tracks the storm, with county and state road shops prepared for emergency duty if winds strike tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tone
Virginia
Maryland
John A. Derr
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay Area
Bay Area
Frederick County
Derr
Fishing Creek Dam
Ceck
Chesapeake and Potomac Teleiphone Company
Potomac ‘Edison Company
Roger Fisher
Maryland CD
Harry Kessler Dies At Home On West Second Street
Harry Kessler a well known haberdasher with a South Market street store died at his home 605 West Second street at nine this morning after a brief illness. Surviving are his widow Mrs Ray Small Kessler and two sons Richard and Edward at home and a sister Mrs Herman Stern. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced tomorrow by Sol Levinson and Sons Baltimore. Twenty people have been subpoenaed to appear at today’s hearing for Mr and Mrs Miton Schwarty on charges they performed the abortion that caused the death of Foot Fair Stasee hejrese Myre, Dams Qreich er.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kessler
South Market Street
West Second Street
Ray Small Kessler
Richard
Edward
Herman Stern
Sol Levinson and Sons
Baltimore
Funeral di- TeCtin's
Miton Schwarty
Foot Fair Stasee Hejrese Myre
Dams Qereicher
Schooner Edward Ro Raid er Sinks Near Crisfield
The three masted schooner Edward Ro Raid er sank near Tangier Sound off Crisfield Maryland after its crew was rescued by a Coast Guard patrol vessel prior to the sinking. The incident left no reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Tangier
Crisfield
Coast Guard
Peron Forces Open Attack On Rebels
MONTEVIDEO Uruguay reports Argentina's government says it has launched an attack on the rebel stronghold of Puerto Belgrano as rebel broadcasts claim key army units joined the revolt. Buenos Aires faced blackouts while rival claims about control of Cordoba Mendoza San Juan and San Luis persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguaya
Juan Feron
Puerto Belgrano
Cordoba
Buenos Aires
2Nd Army
Contol
Mendoza
San Juan
San Luis
Peron
Argentina
Ain Central
Becauec
Saci Ft
Taucuman
Ie Gore
Tucuman
Maryland Braces for Strongest Hurricane In Years
The Associated Press reports a powerful hurricane, called the strongest and largest to affect the Middle Atlantic in years, is expected to pass Maryland tonight bringing abnormal rains high tides and hurricane force winds. The Weather Bureau compares its potential impact to Hazel last October with similar conditions over the Chesapeake Bay and along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Middle Atlantic
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay
Hilda Strikes Tampico Port in Major Mexican Hurricane
Hurricane Hilda pounded Tampico with center winds near 725 miles an hour and caused widespread flooding. Buildings toppled, power failed, and communications worried. heavy rain spread into extreme south Texas with squalls and high tides threatening the Rio Grande Valley and Pecos area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Mexico
Hilda
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Gladys
Wage Cer TC Ldge
Brownville
Tex
Corpus Christi
Pecos Valley
Edwards Plateau
Mrs. L. V. Roughan Dies After Yearlong Illness
Mrs. Nettie Henrietta Roughan 61 of 800 Rosemont avenue, wife of Lawrence V. Roughan, dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a year long illness. She was a director of Price Electric Co and active with St. John's Church, Catholic Daughters, Red Cross in WWII, and local historical groups. Survived by husband, three children, siblings in Ohio and Michigan, two grandchildren. Funeral set at St. John's with high requiem mass. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Henrietta Roughan
Rosemont Avenue
Price Electric Company
Lawrence V. Roughan
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Roughan
Edward and Eliza Couteher Dubry
St. John’s Catholic Church
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Daughters of America
Frederick Civiedo
Frederick County
Richard Hoeftler
Toledo
Fore Butler
Temperance
Mich Arthur Aline
Earl
Franklin G Pubis
Detroit
Nophe
East Church
Etchisco and
Center Near Cherry Point, Report Says
Hatteras NC hurricane Tone swept inland along the North Carolina coast and moved northward. Cherry Point Marine Air Station logged 107 mph gusts as the storm passed nearby. Warnings extended from Wilmington to Atlantic City and along the East Coast to Provincetown. Torrential rains flooded streets and cut communications lines amid high tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatteras
N.C
North Carolina
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Virginia
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic City
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Warning Issued As Hurricane Threatens Atlantic Coast
The Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings from Wilmington North Carolina to Block Island and along the inland waters of Long Island Sound and nearby bays. Center near Cherry Point moved northwest at 12 to 15 mph, expected to veer north then northeast toward the Virginia line by this afternoon. Winds near the center reached 120 mph with heavy rain spreading into southeastern Virginia and up to six inches forecast, while tides and waves surge along the North Carolina beaches already damaged by prior storms. Residents sought shelter as power lines fell and dunes were washed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
N. C
Block Island
Long Island Sound
Delaware
Chesapeake Bays
North Carolina
Jane
Morehead City
N. Y
Cherry Point
Virginia Line
Norfolk
Sareau
Virginia
Connie
Diane
Cape Hatteras
Man Drowns After Trying to Save Brother on Potomac
Raymond Forest Kile, 28, of Cumberland, fell into the Potomac while helping his brother and a friend pole a boat across to the West Virginia side. He sacrificed himself to rescue his brother, who could not swim well. The two others reached shore. Search for Kile’s body, a Danseom resident, was to resume today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Ih
Raymond Forest
Kile
Potomac River
West Virginia
Danseom
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Queen Anne's Hospital
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