Presbyterian Synod Opens in Maryland
Frederick Maryland June 22 delegates to the Baltimore Synod of the Presbyterian church devoted services with Rev Dr Charles T Leber secretary of foreign missions delivering the principal address and Rev Dr Peter F Shih honorary president of the Chinese Christian Conference in America and Mrs W W Duff of the Punjab mission in India were speakers on the program Today the 150th anniversary of the general assembly will be observed in a special session with Rev Dr D R Frederick W Loetscher speaking on Our Heritage The synod meets at Hood College and continues through Friday The women's synodical society for missions is meeting at the college and partook in today’s conference sessions Special daily conferences for laymen ruling elders and ministers are scheduled Rev Dr Hugh T Kerr is in charge of Bible exposition The Rev Bruce McDonald was elected Moderator last night The 225 synod and synodical delegates elected Rev J Hayden Lauter vice moderator Rev Robert M Campbell temporary clerk Barrett McBee and Ralph Montgomery Martin were licensed to preach
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D. R. Frederick W. Loetscher
Princeton Theological Seminary
Hood College
Women's Synodical Society For Missions
Hugh T. Kerr
Shadyside Church
Pittsburgh
Bruce McDonald
Westminster Church
Halti
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J. Hayden Lauter
Aberdeen
Robert M. Campbell
Randallstown
Barrett McBee
Brown Memorial Church
Baltimore
Ralph Montgomery Martin
Abbott Memorial Church
Newark woman wins photography contest prize
Miss Martha Harvey Gelbach of Newark New Jersey is announced winner of a contest conducted by Lightning Electric Company combustion engineers. She is a noted amateur photographer famous for Historic Maryland prints and is active in WA Camera Club Schly Photographic Society and several lineage societies. She will fly to Buffalo New York for a week courtesy of American Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Harvey Gelbach
Newark
N.J
Lightning Electric Company
Combustion Engineers
Miss Gelbach
George Gelbach
Herald-Mail Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Mrs Menefee Candidate For Clerk of Appeals in Md
Baltimore June 22 Mrs Elizabeth R Menefee Cumberland Democratic National Committeewoman for Maryland announced she would seek the party's nomination for Clerk of the Court of Appeals She backed Attorney General Herbert R OConor in the gubernatorial campaign and acted after James A Young announced a run with Mayor Howard W Jackson opposing faction.
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Baltimore
Elizabeth R. Menefee
Cumberland
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Herbert R. O’conor
Former Jurist Wil lis Van Devanter Improves
Ellicott City Md June 22 Former Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter 79 was reported much better and out of bed after a run down condition since March 1. He retired from the Court June 2 1937 and became ill after a trip to New York. A spokesman at his Oakland estate said he has been under a physician care since then and cannot speak before the Pennsylvania Bar Association at Bedford Springs Pa on Thursday.
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Ellicott City
Supreme Court
Willis van Devanter
New York
Oakland
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Bedford Springs
Still at large as escapees hunted near Roxbury
Superintendent E B Carl of the State Penal Farm at Roxbury said one of the four escapees from Monday night had been captured. He noted officers were following new information and believed arrests would come soon as clues were pursued.
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E. B. Carl
Roxbury
Octopus Hunter in Oregon Keeps Aquarium Stocked
Arden Howard of De Pop Bay Oregon dives into octopus catching with bare hands. He pins the octopus between the eyes to paralyze it, or turns it inside out to kill it when needed. He notes the tentacles’ suction wounds are painful yet manageable. He says wolf fish pose greater danger to his hands.
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DE Pop Bay
Ore
Arden
Howard
Church censures champaign at Roosevelt Clark wedding
The General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Russellville Arkansas censured the serving of champagne after the Roosevelt Clark wedding citing the exemplary conduct of the Chief Executive. The report by the committee on temperance and law enforcement was adopted unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Ark
General Assembly
The
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Champaign
Roosevelt-Clark
Committee On Temperance and Law Enforcement
Cut Proposed to Aid Railroads in Financial Strife
Washington reports Sen. Borah proposes drastic cuts in railroad bondholder interest rates to ease carriers through current financial difficulties. New York dispatch notes Attorney General Bennett announces candidacy for Democratic governor as Gov. Lehman enters the race for the Senate seat left by the late Dr. Copeland.
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Washington
Sen. Borah
Idaho
Bennett
New York
John J. Bennett, Jr
Herbert Lehman
Doctor Royal
Copeland
Nazi Marriages Redefined as State Ceremony Across Germany
Berlin reports detail new civil wedding rites under Wilhelm Frick aimed at elevating dignity with music and pomp. A model ceremony in Halle featured a Hitler youth couple under swastika banners, exchanging rings as drums and a hymn proclaimed marching toward the sun. The regime links matrimony to birth and nation. Nearby Turkish census notes 6,241 centenarians and 110,412 widowers.
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Jawohl
Hitler
Halle
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Presbyterian Synod
Frederick
Icodemus
Betholine
Naary Elie Sas
Lov 2
Menefee
Nscahe
Canton
China
Arden Moward
Hagerstown
R.M. Hays & Bros., Inc
R. D. McKee
Cauffman
Waebtenten
Heil Hitler
Berlin
Harth
Heaven
Wilhelm Frick
Turkey
Hamburg
Scholl
Bentz & Dunn
Eople’s Store
W. Wash
Dulux
Montgomer x W. Washington St. Hagertown
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