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eing outhas been ttioiis as ;o in the i number i couples heir plan s time.* hey have ier action je money3lients to; of testi-1 of com*money for cigars-FIREMEN’S CONVENTION CLIMAXED BY RAIDSInvestigator Harvey “Cracks” Safe To Get Liquor. Three Seizures MadeEHELDUTUREjghraan jits—~—ark--Col. E. Commis-;oday ex-results oftoday, rote good Maryland, .ds of the and mo-muai af-so as toyAssuming the' role of a safecracker yesterday evening, Federal Investigator William R. Harvey, armed with a :double-bttted axe, seized ten pints of whiskey, locked in a steel vault in the shoeshine parlor and alleged speakeasy of Tony and Frank Arnone, 7 Broadway, Frostburg.According to Federal authorities here the raid was one of three made by Investigators Harvey, Leon Poore and David H. Walker, as a “fitting climax'' to the Volunteer Firemens' convention. During the convention Investigator Walker and two under-caver men worked in Frostburg. and made a number of “buys.Frank Amone, according to Harvey, refused to open the safe after the place had been entered on a search warrant. The officer stated he obtained an axe and worked lor half an hour, amid the encouraging cheers of . several score spectators gathered outside the building, before he ' succeeded in breaking through the double steel door. „ while- he was working, he statedsame j the-telephone rang and when answered by DSicer Poore, he was informed by a mysterious voice that the. prohibition agents were in town. Officer Poore thanked the informer for his information and stated, “Yes, I hear ‘they are.’’ Arnone was charged with sales, possession and operating a nuisance, and a citation was left for his brother Tony who was absent at the time of the raid. Frank Ar-none was released under bond of 51,000 lor a bearing July 19.Road,An immediate begun by State : authorities. Acc Ward stepped frc ed car and was proaching macft said a test of thefaulty brakes. Atiered by the cc will be held Mon Mr. Ward is su ow, Ida Clara WC. Ward, Jr„ daughters, Mrs. Johnstown; Mrs Washington; Mr this city and on Ward, Miami, Hi ber of Pride of No. 121, Junior C lean Mechanics, of the Golden. Ei The body was pending complet meats. Interrne family plot in tery.said, the .jor and illy from ind there city and,n eucmi.igAPPLE GRO PICKINGShipping TraRed Varietie And Hu Mtfile acei-over the motorists ad there accidentsrt Johu-ho died wne, 325 held at Chapel, 11 Ceme-tor Cen-will offi-Rold Ex-Fire ChiefBennett,ipper, D.hell andnown in onductor i R. R-9 .—John :s., drop-lis home ■terooon. inding a : ill. He II on theer mar-“Barney'' Hughes, formerly fire chief and a judge in the fireman's parade Fridaj'. who operates an alleged saloon at 135 Main street was also arrested by the officers. Two cases of beer and a gallon of whiskey were seized. Hughes Tvas arraigned before Commissioner Thomas J. Anderson., pleaded guilty and was released under bond of $1,000 for United' States District Court.Apple growers Romney belt h2 and shipping TrJ. Andrew Col ports . that whii year is excellen ship ment fr amount to abou when there was both apples andThe scab and get in some ‘ d£ season, but wll laboratory of th of Agriculture damage done I checked.This year th« pect to see the taking away so: the growers stcomes to quan railroads are own.Dutchess and will be the vai week and the a export situation ers to some c?on shipmentsmade quite seve tity of Americai overseas. The.)Arrest Third OffenderElmer Bumire, 100 Mechanic street, Frostburg,. operator of a restaurant and alleged speakeasy was arrested charged with sales, possession and operating a nuisance. He plealt;ied not guilty before Commissioner Anderson, and was held in default of $1,000 bond for a hearing Thursday.- The officers stated when they visited his place there were several intoxicated persons there, and they assisted city police, j in taking one drunken woman to’nail.- They seized, a case of beerrs, A. V. af Rom-torm. will be rm Strn-Lhe body e of Ills tr Rom-s will bein. theJr.s. GraceRobert i in bedand tw,o gallons of whiskey.Dumire is. an alleged third offender, Federal authorities say, having been arrested shortly after the advent of prohibition for operating' a still. He was sentenced to six months confinement at that time. In 1922 he was arrested on a charge of possession, of intoxicants aud upon, recommendation, of authorities was fined only twenty-five cents and costs.It • is believed ■ the officers have made a number of purchases In Frostburg and have “spotted1' a number of alleged saloons. The un~x street,!dercover men working in Frostburgwas a Isabelle ey, West born on she was : Robert ided. inalso be about 1 year.J. Kedffer Fur Co-operative Jfruit grower, re; crop in the Washington co 40 per cent oJ means that wl barrels last ye this year. Th crop last year.The quality lt;to be excellent sibility of high the fruit grow badly.Insects are r erous and in 1 a few years ag-the fact that an increase inIndications t will be light, a bumper crop apples and a h lows such heav BlackberrIn addition t of berries, espei to the Pitfcsbi have been a nu ing through Cu erstown with bduring the convention assumed the role of volunteer firemen, an-d fed-j These are brir eral authorities hero were pleased ^tsburgh^a with the work done by them.pared to form lows the .move in the last ten smaller than la
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Jul 10, 1932
Page 17
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