Four Inches of Rain Fells in Twelve Hours
Severe storm batters Frederick County with four inches of rain in twelve hours. Roads washed out, bridges damaged, and Middletown valley floods strand traffic. Horses and cattle drowned, crops damaged, and power lines and telephone service disrupted. Local officials report record rainfall and widespread inundation across Keedysville Sharpsburg Williamsport and Boonsboro areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
Frederick County
Boonsboro
Weverton
Middletown
Burkittsville
State Roads Commission
Middle Creek
Walter Delauter
Summit Avenue
Potomac, Edison. Company
Williamsport
Dani No
Middletown Valley
Catoctin
Potomac River Club House
Drink Water With Meals Good For Stomach
Water with meals aids digestion and stomach juices. If bloated with gas a spoonful of Adler-ike cleans out the bowels and washes both upper and lower bowels. Courtman and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caurtman and Company
Floods Ravage Keedysville Area After Heavy Rain
A powerful storm inundated Scott F Minnick’s clubhouse and John Howard’s horse, with the abandoned canal overflowing. Autos along Antietam Furnace were washed away and recovered damaged. Keedysville saw a 2.45 inch hourly rainfall, lightning struck but caused no fire, and fences and feudal posts were torn. Roads, bridges, and culverts suffered washouts, mountainside torrents created dangerous gullies, and river resorts including clubhouses faced heavy flood damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackford
Keedysville
Sharpsburg
J. A. Miller
D. Paul Oswald
Chenaville
Antietam
Maryland
Gettysburg
Hagerstown
Fred. Stull
Richard Brashears
Scott F Minnick
John Howard
Antietam Furnace
E. L. Eavey
Keadysville
Albert C. Hoover
Banda Mer Ins
East Franklin Street
Mercury
Mondel
Potomac
Bishop Held On Assault Charge Near Fairview
Lester Bishop eighteen from Hancock section was arrested by Constable Charles Barnhart and jailed for a magistrate hearing after being named among five men accused of assaulting Oswald Ritz near Fairview. Ritz reported five armed men beat him and robbed a metal box valued around 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bishop
Hancock Section
Oswald Ritz
Fairview
Charles Barnhart
Hancock
Washington County
Ross Rite
Walter Bishop
Prerston
Ritz
Summer Training Starts With Maryland Guard Movement
Captain William T. Terry supply officer from Baltimore will arrive at Camp Ritchie Cascade Ma to prepare the camp for summer training. On Saturday 1 100 officers and men of the Fifth Regiment Maryland National Guard depart Baltimore for camp led by Col Washington Bowie Jr with 100 attendance expected. The Attic departs after two weeks and the First Regiment under Col D John Markey moves into camp July 22 including Company B. Additional moves include 29th Division staff state staff and Headquarters Co and the First Separate Co.
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William T. Terry
Baltimore
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Maryland National Guard
Washington Bowie
D. John Markey
Child Dies After Taking Sedative Capsules
Five year old Bie Ridge Summit girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Geisler, died at Waynesboro hospital after mistaking sodium Amytal capsules for candy at her grandparents home. Capsules kept in the Weaver bathroom, she is believed to have swallowed six before failing to awaken from sleep.
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Edward T. Weaver
Bie Ridge Summit
Trene
Alfred Geisler
Waynesboro Hospital
Weaver
Cumberland Plans Sewerage System
Cumberland officials plan a complete transformation of the city sewage system at an estimated cost of 300000. The proposal will be submitted to the Maryland Public Works committee meeting in Cumberland on July 10. Work would be done mainly by hand and take about a year, using a 30 acre site four miles west of Cumberland for the disposal plant.
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Cumberland
Maryland Public Works Committee
Dog Shot and Killed After Attacks on Pedestrians
A dog was shot and killed by Patrolman Roy Stoner after it snapped at several pedestrians on South Potomac street Saturday afternoon and darted into the Central Garage.
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South Potomac Street
Roy Stoner
Large Brunswick Train Dispatches Beef Cars to Baltimore
The railway reported one of the largest trains ever dispatched from Brunswick, carrying 197 cattle cars of beef. The consist was handled at the yards last Friday and was on the Baltimore and Ohio route from Chicago to Baltimore.
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Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Baltimore
Bank cashier Archie W Souder Fatally Wounded Found Dead
Archie W Souder51? age 50? cashier at the Bank of Damascus Montgomery county died Saturday after being found in a barn near his home with a bullet wound to the head a pistol was found beside him Souder had been named a Montgomery county commissioner last Wednesday and had served as bank cashier since its organization eleven years ago He had been ill for months survived by his widow and five daughters
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Archie
W. Souder
Damascus
Montgomery County
Souder
Montgomery
Annual Stickell Reunion Held at Rhodes Grove
The Stickell Reunion Association held its annual meeting at Rhodes Grove near Kauffman's Station with several hundred members and friends. Charles H. Stickell of Waynesboro led sessions, Judge Davison gave the principal address, and R L Stickell of Winchester and C A Stickell of Hagerstown participated. Also present were D A Stickell and family, Charles Young, William Eakle and his sisters. Meanwhile, a ten day old abandoned baby from the Lincoln highway west of McConnellsburg drew interest from about twenty people including a minister, with state police coordinating, and the infant is in care with the Fulton county poor supervisor.
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Stickell
Rhodes’ Grove
Kauffman
D. A. Stickell
City
Charles Young
William Fakle
Eakle
Lincoln Highway
McConnelsburg
Fulton County
Chickens Stolen From Local Farm Major Larceny Reported
W. V. Boward Mason Dixon reported to police a theft of 110 black giant chicks from his farm late Saturday night. The incident was recorded yesterday as a larceny at the rural property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Boward
Mason Dixon
Rent Relief Funds For Maryland Families
Baltimore officials say Federal unemployment relief may pay rents for families of the unemployed in Maryland. Communities must have an approved rental program and meet Federal standards to continue receiving aid after August 1. Funds may also cover food clothing social workers' salaries and medical care. Washington County already meets requirements. others must adjust programs to conform.
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Baltimore
Board of State Aid and Charities
Maryland
State Relief Association
Anita Featz
Federal Relief Administration
Washington County
Longstreet on Columbia Chain with Eddie Orchestra
Radio fans heard Bob Longstreet announce a program of the Eddie Orchestra on the Dixie Chain of the Columbia Network Sunday at 5 PM. He is remembered as the first chief announcer at the local station. Tidmore helped bring him to the unit. He will be heard again this afternoon from 6:15 to 6:45.
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Bob Longstreet
Eddie Orchestra
Dixie Chain
Columbia
Longstreet
A. ¥. Tidmore
Prizes Divided As Tips Tout Fourth of July News
A continuation highlights a copperhead near a baby in a crib and a Gay Street tip about storm damage near Halfway. It lists tips from a Washington DC resident, a near accident with a copperhead workman, a child at a fish pond, and a forgotten pocketbook in an oven. Tips must be phoned 7:30 am to 3 pm on weekdays and not on Sundays.
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Gay Street
Washington
D. C
Hallany
Hold Me Tight Leads Colonial Theatre Romantic Pairing
Colonial Theatre presents Fox romance Hold Me Tight starring James Dunn and Sally Eilers as modern youth overcoming barriers. The one day show features Silk Express and a Charlie Chaplin comedy The Vagabond alongside The Sky Express for Independence Day entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
James Dunn
Baliy Eilers
Fox
Val
Sally Boilers
Below the Sea opens at Henry's with Bellamy and Wray
The new film Below the Sea debuts at Henry's offering tense melodrama and a starry cast led by Ralph Bellamy as the diver and Fay Wray as the spoiled heiress. The production promises action and excitement not seen since earlier sea thrillers.
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Henry's
Ralph Bellamy
Fay Wray
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