Federal aided building program ready in Frederick area
Traveling engineer for the Public Works Administration said Frederick will serve as the field office for PWA projects across Allegany Garrett Washington Frederick Carroll Howard and Montgomery counties. The plan includes fourteen schools a new fire hall and a county wide sanitary sewerage system with PWA funding and minor city contracts moving forward.
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Frederick
Maryland
Ralph Hutchins
Public Works Adminitration
Allegany
Garrett
Washington
Carroll
Howard
Montgomery
Hutchins
Schiors
Allegany County
Lawrence B. Ritter
PWA
Frederick City
Eugene W. Pruitt
Lloyd C. Culler
Court of Appeals
Peace League Urges Czechs To Stand Firm
Baltimore chapter of the American League of Peace and Democracy cabled Edward Benes of Czechoslovakia urging him to stand firm against partition and rally Wednesday night urging the United States to join in using moral and economic resources to prevent Nazi aggression.
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Baltimore
American League of Peace and Democracy
Edward Benes
Czechoslovakia
Ormo
United States
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Summary
Weather report shows 24 hour precipitation of .38 inch ending 7am. September totals reach 3.18 inches vs .35 normal, with September 1937 at 1.05 inches. Notes include yesterday high 69, low last night 66, and sun and moon events for tomorrow. Streams Monocacy muddy and Potomac cloudy.
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Potomac
Mussolini Rallies Italy in Udine Speech
Premier Mussolini told an Udine crowd that the world must meet a new, warlike Italy. He contrasted today with 15 years ago, recalling the Rome march and declaring that no one will stop Italy as it presses forward.
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Udi
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
I! Duce
Hood College Welcomes 1350 Freshmen For Orientation
Puzzled freshmen seek advisers as about 1350 new students gather at Alumnae Hall for registration. Big Sisters offer guidance while tours, talks by President Henry Starr and Dean Bragdon, and screenings of moving pictures mark a multi day orientation unfolding through Thursday with housing meetings and a convocation service.
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Hood College
Henry Starr
Helen D. Bragdon
Ruth E. Perry
Daisy Darner
Perry
Miriam Apple
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Katherine Stevens
Ravenna
Cablentz Hall
Anne KK
Rudy
Laura Lamberton
Philadelphia
Frederick and Vicinity
Hood
Edna Alice Cramer
Middletown
Constance Temple England
Ijamsville
Doris Eugenia Hemp
Montongua Avenue
Ada Elizabeth Hildebrand
E. Church Street
Mary Jane Michael
West College Terrace
Margate
Elizabeth Rice
W. Third Street
E. Elizabeth Sponseller
Upper College Terrace
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas
Box
Alice Myra Zeiler
Elm Street
Bradley Barrick
Woodsboro
Rosanne Haffner
Route 1
Virginia Shaver
Jefferson Street
Millam
Juliz
Braddock Heights
Lillian Thomas
Marion Burail
Monrovia
Jeanne Feaga
Jeanne Gosnell
East Second Street
Thelma Graham
Walkersville
Helen Hamm
North Market Street
Margaret Kennnedy
East Church Street
Rachel Kepler
Margaret Kieffer
West Church Street
Jeannette Koons
Eileen Leonard
Mary Jane Lund
Linganore Hills Farms
Esisie McCutcheon
Alice Moser
Myersville
Josephine Routzaha
Emily &. Thomas
Ethel Wiil
Hide
Thur
Park Avenue
Elizabeth Haller
Sunnymeade
Louise Stahr
Ycill
Mary Lowe- Smith
Dentists Close Two Day Maryland Convention
About 150 members of the Maryland State Dentists Association ended a two day convention in Annapolis with social events and a golf tournament. The gathering included routine business and discussions of technical papers presented during the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dentists
Annapolis
Maryland State Dentists Association
Pythian Knights and Sisters Convene in Frederick Banquet Honors Conveners
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias and Grand Temple Pythian Sisters meet in Frederick for their Maryland convention. About two hundred members attend from across the state with a joint banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Rain cancels an afternoon city tour. memorial service set for Evangelical Lutheran church Wednesday morning.
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Francis Scott Key
Ngs
Grand Lodge Knights of As
Grand Tempe Pythian Sisters
Maryland
Frederick
Knights
Grand Lodge
Grand Temple
Cheveront
Cumberland
Berkmyer
Baltimore
Townsend
Oakland
Anna Robinette
Supreme
Reno S. Harp
Joseph C. Parker
Annapolis
Exchequer
West Virginia
A. J. Schmidt
West Virrginia
J. Gibson van Meter
George F. Skinper
Hilda Judd
Charles Town
W. Va
Temple
Sam Kramer
Orchestra
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Amos J. Traver
Eleanor Eichselberger
Dr. Traver
I Karl Harner
William C. Royal
Southern Pacific Wreck Kills Seven in California Collision
A head on crash near Tortuga California involved three Southern Pacific trans continental trains. The Argonaut from New Orleans to Los Angeles struck the Californian bound for Chicago on a siding. At least seven people died and three were missing, including three engineers and four passengers.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Trans-Continental
Tortuga
California
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Chicago
Jackson Loses Five Votes In Allegany
The recount of tally sheets from 12 polling places in Allegany at noon shows Democratic gubernatorial nominee candidates Herbert R. O Conor and Major Howard W. Jackson. Jackson lost five votes in the day's tally but had gained four votes last night. today he dropped nine. Mr and Mrs William Hobbs announce the birth of a son in Trenton New Jersey.
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Cumberland
Herbert R. O Conor
Howard W. Jackson
Jackson
Ave. Jackson
Tost
William Hobbs
Union Bridge
Trenton, N. J
Northeast storm warnings posted in Norfolk area
A tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic curved away from Norfolk but prompted warnings. Government meteorologist John Murphy said the storm would not strike the Norfolk area as residents stocked up on fes and drinking water, boarded up doors, and removed billboards in preparation.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Seaboard
John Murphy
Jacksonville
Fis
Hast
Uuteeta
O Connor Attacks Roosevelt Policy in Primary Battle
New York reports Rep John O Connors bitter critique of Roosevelt foreign policy as he campaigns in two major party primaries. He accuses the President of usurping Congress powers over pledges of support to Canada amid looming war clouds in Europe. His Democratic opponent James H Fay accuses O Connor of injecting a religious issue to sway votes.
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New York
John O'Connor
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Tammany
Congress
Europe
O'Connor
New Deal
James H. Fay
Bald
Internal Revenue
Fay
O’connor
Oconnors
Equinoctial Rains Damp Frederick Area Weather
Light showers and a three tenths inch total rainfall raised the Monocacy by a foot by noon with no alarm, while five years of higher floods and the March 1936 melt are recalled. Visibility two miles at Frederick airport, light traffic, Easterly winds, and a brief Monday rainbow marked the day.
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Frederick
Ievery
Here
Government
Washington
Virginia
RIF AND RUN VICTIM
Harry Robertson aged 43 an itinerant farm hand died in Elkton hospital from injuries caused by a fit and iron driver near Rising Sun.
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Elkton
Harry Robertson
Elkton Hospital
Rising Sun
Plans drawn for Frederick County high school project
Frederick County Board of Education awaits the September 28 bid opening on a 300000 bond issue for a new high school in Frederick and a colored elementary school plus county building improvements. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt said funds must be in hand before construction. Architects have drafted preliminary plans and Lloyd C. Cutler won the first contract at 50999, pending money. Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court decree upholding the bond legality, clearing the way for local projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritter
Lloyd C. Culler
Lincoln Colored High School
Board of Education
United Engine House
South Market Street
L. J. Keller and Sons
Jefferson
Citizens Truck Company
PWA
Frederick City
Public Works Administration
Elmer 5I.c. Maxwell
Frederick County
Lloyd C. Cutler
Maryland Court of Appeals
More Efficient Church Organization Is Urged
Rev L Ralph Tabor former Zion Lutheran pastor Middletown urged stronger unity among masculine church members at a Frederick county rally. About 100 Lutheran men heard him compare church organization with the efficient systems of business and politics. The rally supported the eleventh biennial convention of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church in America in Baltimore October 2 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ralph Tabor
Zion
Lutheran Church
Middletown
Frederick County
Young Peoples
Sipmen
The
Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church In America
Baltimore
Church School
George H. Seiler
Jefferson
A. G. Null
Doubs
John Insley
Julia Bell Hann
Martin A. McGrory
Washington
Maryland Synodical Brotherhood
Tor
Maryland
Philip Bower
Emmitsburg
John HL Lentz
33 Years Old Today Mrs Fannie Lease Birthday
Mrs Fannie D Lease 33 years old today is joined by family at 713 North Market to celebrate with a birthday dinner She widow of Millard F Lease native of Middletown and longtime resident of the city Daughters and a son plan to attend including Mrs Matthew Staley Baltimore Mrs Ray Gardner Hagerstown and Miss Mary and Katharine Lease and Millard Lease Jr all residents of this city
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Fannie D. Lease
North Market Street
Lease
Millard F. Lease
Middletown
Matthew Staley
Baltimore
Ray Gardner
Hagerstown
Mary and
Katherine Lease
Millard i ¥. Lease. Jr
Slot Machines in County Go Missing Under Grand Jury Threat
The county reports a usual disappearance of slot machines as a new grand jury term begins. Violators of the anti gambling law face fines from 250 dollars. The Maryland Court of Appeals limited pinball licenses, prompting operators to wary of indictment. About 300 licensed machines exist in the county, with 275 nickel per play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Hammond Urner
Frederick County
Urner
Sherman P. Bowers
Ellis C. Wachter
Big Steel Lowers Rails Price By Five Dollars A Ton
Pittsburgh Sept 29 AP Big Steel cut prices for rails and accessories by 2 to 5 dollars per ton in a bid to win back railroads as customers. The move comes as employment and production rise slowly and is seen as stabilizing wages and prices across the industry.
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Pittsburgh
Freshmen Enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg September 20 More than three state were enrolled yesterday and a total enrollment of 350 in the four classes was expected with 86 young men enrolled in the Seminary Upper classmen will report Wednesday and the 130th session of the college will open Thursday with a solemn service at the Malley church celebrated by Rev Msgr John president of the college Washington September 20 An aide to Representative Lewis Md said today the congressman had recommended appointment of Thomas M Simpson as acting postmaster at Hagerstown Md A vacancy was created by a recent death
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Emmitsburg
St. Mary's College
Mallee
Msgr
John
Washington
Lewis
Dem
Thomas M. Simpson
Hagerstown
Stocks March Ahead As War Fears Fade
New York on September 20 AP reports war alarms diminished as stocks risen briefly, mirroring gains in London, Amsterdam and Paris before Wall Street open. Cotton futures led with strong advances while trading slowed near session end. Observers note renewed confidence for European peace and reduced flight of capital to the U.S. Harpers Ferry sale: Hotel Conner, a large frame relic, to be wrecked. Charles Wilt to raze it and reuse materials in Bolivar.
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New York
Briekly
London
Amsterdam
Paris
Wall Street
Cotten
United States
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Conner
Harpers Ferys
Shenandoah Street
Charles Wilt
Bolivar
Nazis Threaten War Over Border Fights and Surrender Offer
Czechoslovakia seeks Soviet support as border clashes flare along the German Czechoslovak frontier. Hungary and Poland push for territorial concessions while Britain and France weigh a possible expedient surrender to Hitler. Chamberlain plans to present the plan to Hitler as tensions rise.
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Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Hungary
Poland
Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Geneva
Russia
Germany
DND
Berlin
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Warsaw
Bamford Named Auxiliary Vice President at Legion Convention
Mrs. George F. Bamford of Sparrows Point Maryland was elected a national vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Los Angeles convention. She serves as national executive committee woman and is a three time past president of the Maryland Department.
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Baltimore
George F. Bamford
Sparrows Point
American Legion Auxiliary
Los Angeles
Bamford
Maryland Department
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Peace League
Mussoline
Udine
Grand Lodge OF Pythian Knights
Pythian Sisters
Southern Pacific
Cali
Fornia
Cape
Cape Marteras
U.S
Rev. L. Ralph Tabor
Czech
Pilsen
Brunn
Mount St. Mary’s
Hotel Conner
Prague
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Romania
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