Sudeten Crisis Deepens as Nations Press Demands
Czechoslovakia faces military government as Hodza cabinet resigns amid anger over Sudeten cession to Britain France and Germany. Prague signals possible general to head new regime while border clashes erupt between Czechs and Poles. Chamberlain and Hitler meet for a second time as Europe braces for price increases and a tense peace process.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Jan Syrovy
Prague
Lttle
Britain
France
Germany
Hodza
DND
Chamberlain
George VI
Baldwin
Anthony Eden
Milan Hodza
Eduard Benes
Paris
Daladier
Hitler
Berlin
Benes
Budapest
Hungary
Poland
Warsaw
Ezger
Sudetenland
Sudeten German “Free Corps
Northeast Storm Leaves Millions In Loss And Missing
A tropical hurricane swept from the south into the northeast, leaving hundreds of miles of farmland destroyed and property losses in the millions. Coast Guard reports 500 to 700 small craft sunk or driven ashore as rescue efforts race to reach isolated communities and missing residents.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Esterday
Canada
Long Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Vermont
New Hampshire
Red Cross
Coastguard
Washington
Coast Guard
Florida
New York City
Cape Cod
Jong Sandy
Rad
Factory Payrolls In State On Increase
Aug unemployment in Maryland rose behind payrolls, with state labor data showing employment up six percent from July and payrolls up five and a half percent. Both measures stayed below August of last year, indicating lower annual levels despite the monthly gains, as the state labor department reported.
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Maryland
Hood College opens forty sixth academic year with convocation
Hood College begins its 46th academic year tonight after final registrations. A capacity enrollment of more than 450 is expected as convocation honors are awarded to the top 15 percent of each class. The evening program features Bach, hymn, scripture, solos, and a dignified address by Dr. Esther Elizabeth Shaw with President Henry Stahr presiding.
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Hood College
Esther Elizabeth Shaw
Henry Stahr
J. Sebastian Bach
Wm. Croft
Israel
Elijah
Anna Marie Budde
James Montgomery
Meyran Hall
Harriette Bowers
Harrisburg
Jahr
Helen D. Bragdan
Ruth E. Perry
E. Louise Leonard
William R. Barnhart
Laura Lamberston
Philadelphia
Roosevelt approves bridge grant for Havre de Grace
President Roosevelt approved a 2 167 000 Public Works grant for a 4 815 000 bridge across the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace Maryland. Ickes said bankers held back without interlocking revenue from three proposed bridges including the Havre de Grace span and others near Baltimore and Morgantown.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Ickes
Baltimore
Potomac
Morgantown
Market Holds Gains As Dealings Shrink On York Market
The stock market gave up some gains as trading slowed to the smallest level in weeks while investors waited for European developments. Most shares declined only modestly and prices drifted near the close. Trading ran about 500,000 shares for the session as markets awaited Hitler-Chamberlain talks and the British French plan affecting Czechoslovakia. Bonds and commodities showed subdued activity amid the cautious stance.
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York
Hitler
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Denies He Said Bills Were Sold for $150,000
Representative Charles Melchiorre testified before a Harrisburg legislative investigating committee that he did not tell former attorney general Charles J Margiotti that movie and beer bills sold for 150000 and that he did not receive 5009 of the sum. He contradicted a former attorney general and two other witnesses in a blanket denial of the alleged statement from 1935.
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Harrisburg
Charles Melchiorre
Melchiorre
Philadelphia
Legislative
Charles J. Margiotti
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Snapshot
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am none. September to date 2.22 inches, normal 3.25 inches, actual September 1937 1.05 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to September 1 2.05 inches. Yesterday high 7, last year 79. Low last night 4, year ago 33. Sun sets 6.09 pm, rises tomorrow 6.35 am. Moon rises 2.42 am, sets 2.47 pm. Streams Monocacy and Potomac mudd yy.
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Antual
Potomac
iTwo More Bridges Will Be Painted
The State Roads Commission extended its bridge painting program in this county and sought bids for repainting two Monocacy river structures. One is a three-span bridge at Furnace Ford near Detour on the Frederick Dickerson Rockville pike, 450 feet long. the other is a 225-foot span on Thurmont Union Bridge Road. Bids are due October 4, with labor provided by the State Employment Service. Previous bids were received two weeks ago for the Ceresville bridge, 326 feet, and the Frederick Junction bridge, 329 feet.
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State Roads Commission
Furnace Ford
Detour
Frederick-Dickerson
Rockville Pike
Thurmont-Union Bridge
Roads Commission
State Employment Service
Ceresville
Frederick Junction
Baltimore Protest Telegram Urges U.S. Action on Czechoslovakia
The Baltimore chapter of the American League for Peace and Democracy sent a telegram to President Roosevelt Secretary Hull and the Czechoslovakian embassy urging the United States to protest the invasion of Democratic Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. About 205 of nearly 500 rally attendees signed the message.
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Baltimore
America
Czechoslovakia
American League For Peace and Democracy
Roosevelt
Hull
Washington
United States
Nazi Germany
League
Vandals Fire Kerosene on Meat Truck Freight
Police blamed labor trouble for vandals who poured kerosene on part of a meat load being sent by truck from a Baltimore packing plant to Richmond. Passersby alerted the driver, John Righter, who found meat doused at the open rear doors.
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Baltimore
Richmond
John Righter
Righter
Autoist Fined $100 After Child's Death
In Round Bay Maryland on September 22 magistrate Harrison M Sandrock fined Joseph W Gant $100 and costs for operating a motor vehicle with an expired instructor's card. The case followed a fatal accident in which Dolores Passett 7 was killed when struck while stepping from behind a school bus.
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Round Bay
APY
Harrison M. Sandrock
Joseph W. Gant
Dolores Pasett
Wags
License Fee Payment Is Unconstitutional
Baltimore reports a challenge to a license fee paid by the Maryland Jockey Club, operator of Pimlico race track, which has settled daily payments to Baltimore County for about two decades. The 1918 annexation of a county area is noted in the background.
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Baltimore
Tod
Uel K. Dena
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico
Baltimore County
First Fall Meeting of Evangelical Lutheran Teachers Assn
The Teachers Association of Evangelical Lutheran church Sunday school held its first fall gathering in the chapel at 6 30 with dinner followed by a brief business session led by Sunday school superintendent James H Falk. Rev Dr Charles E Wehler spoke on A New Broom Sweeps Clean and was introduced by Rev Dr Amos J Traver. The meeting featured numerous attendees listed by name.
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Teachers Association of Evangelical Lutheran Church
James H. Falk
Herbert L. Schludeberg
Baltimore
Amos J. Traver
Charles E. Wehler
Presbyterian
Wehler
William G. Zimmerman
Sadie Ogle
Philip Seeger
Frank Wa. T Cole
Jacob L. Engelbrecht
Carl Hildebrand
W. C. Staley
Johns
Renn
Katie Seeger
Mary L. Seeger
Maude E. Davis
Clara Muller
Clara V. Kepler
Tempie Culter
William Hemp
George
Baker Foot
Glenn O. Garber
Frank Suman
William E. Darner
W. Bartgis Storm
A. H
Byron A. Winebrewer
Ira W. Beall
Katherine M. Wiener
Oliver Englebrecht
Thelma Harrison
C. Cyril Klein
Bessie Hahn
Grayson S. Abrecht
James Leather
Franklin Smith
Sadie Hahn
Guy Blackston
Anna J. Wastler
Elizabeth C. Martin
Henry K. C. Fox
George L Mobley
Russell Fogle
C.H. Shhull
Isaac Hankey, Jr
Ada Derr
Grace E. Schleigh
Miriam Rhoderick
Calvin Schildtknecht
Helen Mercer
William D. Zimmerman
Helen Mack
Margaret Falk
Leona Mercer
Edna R. Himbury
Roy Schroeder
Ralph A. Putman
Rodney Willard
Lewis M. Sponseiler
William Kiine
Ralph Schroeder
Henrys Lachner
Thelma Culler
Florence G Schroeder
Clarence Bussard
William S. Lambdin
Charles Boone
Marshall Green
Tylee B Engle
Little Kurrie Child Undergoes Operation
Baltimore Sept 22 AP reports four year old Nancy Jean Kornes wheeled to day surgery at Johns Hopkins after an automobile crash left her with a kidney condition. The life or death operation hinges on the delicate procedure to correct the ailment.
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Baltimore
Nancy Jean Kornes
Johns Hopkins
Fire Plug Damage Suit Hears First Civil Appeal
The Middletown town case against Roland Huffer and Malcolm Nikurk over a broken fire plug from a January crash was the first of two civil appeals at the September term. Judge Hammond Urner and Associate Judge Arthur Willard presided as Burgess and Commissioners of Middletown pursued the claim for $62.63 damages plus costs. The defendants’ attorney H Kieffer DeLauter noted the appeal. Arguments also covered an amended declaration seeking $2,000 in damages by William A. Wiles in a separate incident involving a truck and a minor in his custody.
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Circuit Court
Jindge Hammond Urner
Arthur D. Willard
Middletown
O. Fred Ridenour
Roland Huffer
Malcolm Nikurk
Faust
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Leslie N. Coblentz
Edgar Castle
Harmon Kline
Maynard C. Thomas
John B. Thomas
Patrick M. Schnaufler
Urner and
Willard
William A. Wiles
Point of Rocks
George Stunkle
Lawrence E. Sigafoose
Tunkle
George William Green
Wiles
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Alban M. Wood
Holden S. Felton
Ausband
Carrie. Pleasant
George C. Grove
la Howard County
Miss Feaster Bride In Welkersville Wedding
The wedding of Maes Mazel Feaster daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar W Peaster of Walker took place Wednesday in Welkersville with a satin gown and elbow veil. Attendants included Mrs George Olson Jr and Miss Martha Feister. Best man was Mr George Tolson Jr ushers Glenn Garber Jr and Walter Bussard. Reception followed at the Feaster home with guests from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. The couple will reside in Cleveland after October 1.
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Maes Mazel
Edgar W. Peaster
Walker
Wallany
Atry Rathira Te Everetter
George Olson, Jr
Washington, D.C
Martha Feister
Tolson
Ier
George Tolson, Jr
Glenn O. Garber, Jr
Walter Bussard
Washington
Paul Dinterman
Aun. Walkersville
Work Day And Night On New Power Plant In West Virginia
Workers toil day and night to restore Shenandoah river power generation at Millville after August 10 fire destroyed the brick hydro plant. Potomac Edison and Sanderson Porter crews coordinate design and repair with about 40 men on site. A new brick and steel building, similar in size to the old, will replace the destroyed plant as materials for switchboards are ordered and wiring proceeds at the Hagestown repair shop.
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Millville
W_ Va
Potomac-Edison Company
Sanderson and Porter
Hagerstown
Conor Holds To Second Choice Votes
A recount of ten of thirty seven ballot boxes in Yicambo County shifts second choice results for R O Conor in Democratic subversion race. Net change gives Jackson seven more second choice votes, still short of overcoming Conor.
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Conor
Yicambo County
al Herper
R O Conor
I Domoeretic
Tes
Jackson
Legion To Meet In Chicago Next Year
Thousands of legionnaires bid farewell in Detroit as they begin to depart from the 1938 convention city. The business session continued with officers elected while the main body prepared to travel.
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Legion
Chicago
Certificates Gone He Sues For 150000
LeRoy Abbott of Washington files in Rockville circuit court a $150,000 suit against Takoma Park Bank alleging $50,000 in golf certificates were missing from a safe deposit box. He says funds disappeared in 1937.
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Rockville
Aleroy Abbott
Washington
Takoma Park Bank
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