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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
9
Robbers blasted the general store of Kapp and Selbert near the high school in Dillsburg early Sunday, taking only 37 cents from a tin box and leaving a damaged window frame. Neighbors heard a blast and a nitroglycerin charge, while investigators found an automobile axle used as a pry tool and noted missing insurance policies and deeds but no negotiable papers or valuable stock.
Walter S Ward of Westminster was arrested by Patrolman W S Roberts for operating a truck with an 18 inch overwidth load. He paid a $10 fine plus costs before Justice of the Peace John G C Shearer after claiming he did not know the load violated state vehicle code. About 30 Christmas trees were on the truck.
James R. McConaghie Adams county civil works administrator called a meeting with school directors councilmen and township supervisors from McSherrys town Berwick Oxford Conewago and Mt. Pleasant townships. The session will be held at the fire engine house Mc Sherrytown Wednesday at 8 p m.
Gettysburg Boy Scouts completed repairing and repainting more than 400 toys for deserving children of Gettysburg and the surrounding community before Christmas. The Oil Reserves also repaired about 75 dolls as part of the effort.
Adams county jurors for the January term were drawn with 24 grand jurors and a panel of petit jurors named. The case of Charles Meade, 43, charged with the slaying of Willie Boxley, 28, was set for trial at the Littlestown jail note, with Crum and Stover assisting the process and Judge McPherson presiding.
Melvin Showers of Biglerville lost control of his car while trying to close an open door on the Lincoln highway one mile west of Gettysburg and plunged into Willoughby Run. The Saturday 7:46 p m crash left the vehicle badly damaged but Showers unhurt. Patrolman J G Warren filed reckless driving charges before Justice John C Shearer.
The will of the Rev. F. L. Lindaman of Littlestown was entered for probate by executors F. L. Lindaman and Mrs. Florence E. Miller at the office of Robert K. Fisher register and recorder. The estate is valued at 1325 dollars.
Pennsylvania's 1934 license plates appeared Friday with numeral designs by Elwood Myers of the state highway department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers of Gettysburg. The numerals show more flare than the 1933 plates.
Two thousand eighty men and women have been registered at the employment office according to official records. This figure reflects a broad enrollment across local job programs and workforce initiatives.
The re employment office on the second floor of the Murphy building Gettysburg under manager William Van Cleve announced that 1213 people were placed on Civil Works Administration projects in Gettysburg and Adams county. One hundred fifty four persons registered on Friday and 117 were employed that day.
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