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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
6
England calls out anti aircraft and coast defense units as Parliament is summoned to meet Wednesday amid a tense peace outlook. Roosevelt moves cabinet meeting to Tuesday to address the European crisis and pleads with Hitler and Benes to avoid war, urging peaceful settlement through ongoing negotiations.
Paris officials urged civilians ready to leave to evacuate by railway as the Ministry of Public Works announced guaranteed rail facilities. The communique said measures are in place to evacuate the civilian population of the capital if the European crisis escalates into war and to manage the growing outflow to the provinces.
Hagerstown reported about 50 food poisoning cases traced to a tainted corn meal and pork pudding mixture sold at four stores. Whole families fell ill as doctors' offices filled and police helped locate physicians. Health officer Dr. W. Ross Cameron said most patients were seriously ill but he did not expect fatalities.
Dr Theodore Manny head of Maryland sociology since 1935 died in a Washington hospital from streptococcus meningitis at age 41. He had been ill only a short time, in College Park.
Martin Miller’s Hudson sedan burned on Gettysburg road about a mile north of Harmony Grove. He said a carburetor started the fire while he tried to drive home, and a passing motorist could not save the interior. The car was uninsured and only the frame remained after firefighters and police were alerted.
September 1937 reports 1.09 inches of precipitation. Yesterday high 75F, 8 3F last year. Last night low 32F, 16F last year. Sun sets 6:02 PM, rises 6:01 AM. Moon rises 9:00 AM, sets 7:36 PM. Monocacy streams muddy, Potomac suitable for fishing at Hass.
Oscar F. Coonrad, a 4 year old Baltimorean, awaited trial in Reading for obtaining money under false pretenses. A detainer was sent from Sheriff Roy M. Hiltner. Coonrad was arrested in Hornell after suspicions arose from a local editor’s recall of similar swindles. He allegedly embezzled 3000 dollars in Harrisburg and sought deposits on unfilled printing equipment sale.
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler vowed to stand with Germany and Italy to defend a solid bloc if conflict arises. He called Czechoslovakia his final territorial claim but warned it would not be given up, and he framed the Sudeten crisis as the last major problem to be solved. He also criticized Britain’s 1936 naval treaty as unsatisfactory and claimed Germany has an unmatched armed force.
Frost whitened low areas across the countryside marking the first frost of the season. Temperatures tumbled from 88 Saturday to 38 last night, with 75 Sunday high and early indicators of an extended cool period. Residents noted light frost left flowers unscathed and dew lingered, while leaves and black walnuts hint at an earlier winter. Sunrise and sunset times show daylight shortening to twelve hours tomorrow.
The first two of Frederick county's 59 precincts in Buckeystown District were recounted with no vote changes. Five Buckeystown Precinct 3 ballots were rejected for O'Conor and Jackson, final first-choice tallies shown. one Jackson ballot rejected in Precinct 2. Recount began at 10 a.m. in the court room as the process moved toward all precincts, amid an agreement allowing watchers and staff at each box.
Washington reports Secretary Ickes agrees to allow current users of Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company land to stay on their sites temporarily after government assumes the Kingston to Cumberland way for park purposes. Leaseholders will receive permits through their remaining lease periods, with consideration for extensions or renewals. Receivers will turn over property to the government before January 1 under a $2 million sale contract.
Boston reports Barry L. Hopkins of the National Works Progress Administration says identified dead exceed 450 after storm recovery efforts. He indicates emergency federal action and waivers of normal rules, with damage estimates around 200 million dollars across Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont and New Hampshire. The death toll by state rises Rhode Island 239 Massachusetts 128 Connecticut 68 New Hampshire 13 Vermont 4.
British wartime actions headline a tense Europe as Parliament is summoned and troops mobilize for precaution. France and Czechoslovakia resist Hitler while Roosevelt and Chamberlain press for peace. Mussolini urges ceding Czechoslovakia, and plans shift with Allied conferences ongoing.
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