Census Here Progressing in Washington County
Census progress in Western Maryland stands at 64.1 percent with 1949 housing data added. Supervisor Hugh Frampton notes rugged terrain and rain hinder counting, cites long walks by enumerators, and lists Washington County enumerators from Hagerstown area towns.
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Maryland
Hugh Frampton
Sixth
Frampton
Garrett County
Hagerstown
Washington County
Gladstone Allamong
Maxing TH. Bowls
Tneonshore
Helen Busey
Ameyin Bachtel
Virginia K. Howard
Geralt G. Bowers
Foulkatown
Charles W. Beachley
Koonshbors
Clarence B. Mason
Big Pool
Howard
Miller
Boonsboro
Glen E. Messersmith
Elizabeth Payette
Mary V. Reynolds
Fred O. Sprecher
Tilghmanton
Harry MM. Statey
Percy M. Sweeney
Sharpsburg
Henry M. Smith
Boonshoro
Virgi
L. Sprecher
Ralph W. Snyder
George W. Shealey
Smithsburg
Verlin H. Smalls
C. Stevenson
William Wingert
Evelyn Yeakle
J. Hush Warrenfeltz
Jefferson P. Scott
Charles T. Kreigh
Clearapring
Cora Johnson
Maugansville
Hageratown
Blind widow earns NYU BA at 1681 commencement
Blind widow Mrs. Prudence Patleyson aged 42 will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree at NYU’s 1681 commencement in Manhattan. She works as a home teacher with the Brooklyn Board of Charities and attends NYU in evening sessions.
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Prudence Patleyson
New York University
Manhattan
Brooklyn Baren of
Chatithes
Nay.u
C.P
Program Ready For Synod Meet In Frederict Michigan
About 140 delegates from Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia are expected for the first regular session of the Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church meeting in Frederic. The merger restored the Synod of the Potomac name. Sessions run Monday through Wednesday with officers reports addresses and organizational actions. Notable speakers include Rev Dr Scott R Wagner Rev Dr Anton M Gluck Rev Gotlieb Siegenthaler Rev Dr G W Grauer and Rev Titus Lehmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederict
Maryland
Virginia
District of Golant
Potoning
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Synod of the Potomac
Hindt College
General Synod
Lancaster
Scott R. Wagner
Happretown
Anton M. Gluck
Martinsburg
W. Va
Gotlieb Siegenthaler
Baltimore
G. W. Grauer
Cincinnati
Titus Lehmann
Batimore
Lehmann
Norman L. Horo
Charles F. Kimpel, Jr
Henry W. Schuitheis
Germany Reopens Bridges Over Vistula After Bombing
Germany restores bridge crossings over the Vistula River that were destroyed in bombing early in the Polish war, enabling renewed traffic and transport connectivity.
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Germany
Vistula River
Youth Seen as Big Hope for American Democracy
R. Zarfoss of the Western Maryland Railway told the fifth annual Baerchester Junior Chamber dinner that America's future rests with youth. He urged youths to work, abandon ignorance, and prepare to meet future challenges with courage, citing historic leaders and past crises while emphasizing democracy's blessings and the need for national preparation.
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America
Zarfoss
Patrick Henry
Ethan Allen
Nathan Hate
Admiral Farragut
General Sheridan
Chicago
Frisca
Zarfogs
United States
Zurrose
Hireld N. Welm
Sunior Chamber
Odelle Leiler
Jaycees
Toasimaster
Wueh George
John V. Jamison
Marvin Kine
Odelle Tlelter
William Tosser
Christy MecEwen
Robert HB
Miller
Lewis Calls for United Negro Action in Politics
Lewis urged a broad unified political bloc of Negroes and allied groups to back a Democratic candidate only if the platform fails to satisfy their goals. He linked his break with Roosevelt to possible third party action in 1940 and pledged plans for housing, health programs, and social security payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whoahington
Tokn l L. Lewis
America
National Negro Congress
Tabor
Wberal
Okd
Tegroes
Rooswell
American Youth Congress
Labor
CIO
St. Louis
Edenton Omitted From State Map Prompting Remap
Raleigh protest over Edenton missing from North Carolina map prompts release of a revised map. The new edition places Edenton between Wanshese and Manteo on Roanoke Island about 100 miles from its true location. Mayor Jack McMullin led the protest regarding the misplacement on the Cho Wan river region.
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Raleigh
N. C
Pyp
Jack McMullin
Edenton
Chowan River
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Wanshese
Manteo
Roanoke Island
Maryland Block and Bridle Club Hosts Novel Contests
The University of Maryland Block and Bridle Club marks its sixteenth annual flitting and showing contest with seven sororities entering milking contests and a greased pig catching event. Other features include dairy cattle beef cattle horses sheep and swimming exhibitions with judges led by Dean White and others to classify the Jersey herd. A later note mentions a 1937 baseball trade involving Oral Hildebrand and others to Cleveland and then to the National League.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Dean
C. White
Connecticut University
Alan Bogue
Baltimore
R. A. Rucker
Mechanicsville
Z. Russell
Chevy Chase
Wills Hunt
Professor White
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
Ivy Paul Andrews
Jims Solters
Cleveland
Oral Hildebrand
Bill Knickerbacker
Joe Vosmik
Indians
The
National
Principled stance ends with jail risk in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids Mrs. E J Meade refused a judge's order to pay a total of 2.50 for overtime parking after a suspension conditional on payment. Judge Thomas B Powell revoked the suspension and ordered payment or a day in jail. She allegedly demanded the handcuffs as she was led to the women's Quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
E. J. Meade
Thomas B. Powell
Helen Camp Decorge Named Superintendent at Jessups Prison
Miss Helen Camp Decorge was chosen for a $3 000 a year post as superintendent of the new women's prison at Jessups Maryland effective May 15. The appointment ends a dispute between Willis R Jones Board of Correction Chairman and State Employment Commissioner Harry C Jones over whether out of state applicants should be considered when Maryland had no qualified residents.
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Baltimore
Helen Camp Decorge
Jessups
Willis R. Jones
Board of Correction
Harry C. Jones
Harry Jones
Maryland
Willig Jones
Memorial Service Planned for City Firemen
Preliminary arrangements for the annual memorial services were made by the memorial committee led by Sigmund Andrews. The event will be outdoors at 5 30 Sunday evening May 19 in the City Park bandshell with the Hagerstown Municipal Band and the A Capella Choir. A prominent speaker is sought and John B Gentrum may be invited. Future memorial committee meeting is scheduled for Friday May 3 at 7 30 in the Junior Fire Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Andrews
Hagerstown
John B. Gentrum
Chinese Victories Reported in World War II Battles
Chinese dispatches claim rapid gains against Japanese forces including retaking Kaifeng in Henan and seizing outer defense posts around Nanchang. The reports say Riang Province’s capital is effectively isolated as Chinese forces advance in April.
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Hong Kong
Kaifeng
Henan
Nanchang
Riangs
Concert Director Plunges to Death in New York
Paul Taylor 24, director for the Community Concert Service of the Columbia Concert Corporation, died after plunging from a 16th floor hotel window. He had been in ill health and only recently returned to New York from West Virginia with his parents to seek medical treatment. The organization supplies musical programs to the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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New York
Paul Taylor
Community Concert Service
Columbia Concert Corporation
Mire
W. T. Taylor
Buckhannon
Corporation
West Virginia
The
Concert Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Fuller Speaks On Friday Evening At Maidstone Studio
Miss Margaret Fuller associate editor of House Beautiful spoke at the Maidstone Studio on Summit avenue opening a model home. She urged good taste and sense in decorating, outlined past furniture styles and advised average earners to furnish with definite ideas and individual pieces. She stressed color, practical arrangements, and the helpful role of magazines in homemaking. The event drew a large crowd and the host Mrs Philn Statton praised the model home. In Washington President Roosevelt sent postmaster nominations to the Senate for confirmation, including Kathryn T Schaefer Chesapeake City and Ernest A Styeless Clinton Maryland, Victor P Cullen State Sanatorium Virginia Dinwiddie Hattie Barrow Sweetbriar Ross V Martindale.
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Maidstone
Summit Avenue
Margaret Fuller
House Beautiful
Philn Statton
Miss Fuller
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Maryland
Chesapeake City
Kathryn T. Schaefer
Clinton
Ernest A. Styeless
State Sanatorium
Virginia
Dinwiddie
Hattie A Barrow
Sweetbriar
Ross V. Martindale
Italy Ready to Enter War Signals in Rome Chamber
In Rome on April 27, Mussolini's aide Guido Buffarino Guidi told the Chamber of Fasces and Guilds that Italy would not stay out of the conflict, citing unsettled claims from 1915 and implying Italy may join Germany against its former allies. The remark followed hints of distant war involvement.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
London
Britain
France
Mussolini
Guido Buffarino-Guidi
Duce
Germany
Buffarini-Guidi
Youth Conference Opens Two Day Maryland Delaware Session
In Frederick Maryland the Maryland Delaware Youth Conference began with a supper at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Delegates planned a discussion program after a worship service and heard from leaders detailing county youth work. Rev Dr Roy A Burlhart of Columbus Ohio will summarize tonight's reports for panel discussions tomorrow. The conference will conclude with a banquet tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Maryland-Delaware
Roy A. Burlhart
Community Church
Collumbus
Ohio
Committee named in Nice campaign in Baltimore
A Baltimore city committee led by Attorney Emil Bodnitz was formed to run former Governor Harry W. Nice's campaign for the Republican Senatorial nomination. The move follows control of the regular Republican city committee by Nice’s primary opponent, former Mayor William F. Broening.
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Baltimore
Emil Bodnitz
Harry W. Nice
Nice
Republican City Committee
William F. Broening
Washington County Primary Polling Places Listed in Detail
The notice lists polling locations by precinct across Washington County Maryland for Democratic and Republican primaries. It enumerates 26 precincts with specific halls, schools, and venues in Sharpsburg Williamsport Hagerstown Hancock Boonsboro Clear Spring and other towns, naming building types and street addresses. The document finalizes by the Board officers signatures.
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Washington County
Maryland
United States
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Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Barney Oldfield
Los Angeles
Ee AS
C. R. Zarfoss
Lewis
National Congress
Triangle Food Stores
Kiruna
Sweden
Narvik
Norway
Central Press
Penelope
Alvin, Schneider
Sea Clrf
Sea CM
Schneiders
Mrs. Schneider
George
John
Helen Camp
EEE Bentz and Dunn
North
Potomac St
Kelvinator
Kelvinator Bohman-Warne, Inc
Franklin ST
Hagerstown, Md
Reaton's Hall
Public la
Old Power House
Tmmaport
Bid
Hal
Community Fire
Adi
Williamsport
Antleiam
Summit Ave
Hor
U. A. M. Hall
Lettersburg
Red Man's' Hall
Furkstown
Sandy Hook
3Rd
Walter
Lee Cabin
Dargan
Ant School
Yanan
John W. Cable
S. M. Bloom and Co
North Potomac St
Woodland Way School
Middlehaut
Potomac Ave
Rand L
Hoffman Chess
Locust St
Fairgrounds
N. Mulberry St
Islae
Wilson's State
Switson
W. Wash. St
Western Enterprise Fire Hall
Wash
Weil
N. Prospect
W. Franklin Sts
Middieauft
Salem Ave
Hay
Winter St
Halfway
Richard Rauth
Chas
W. Boyer
Samuel
Strite
Cony
Teat
S. G. Hartle
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