Miss Derr's Will Leaves Estate to Family Members
The will of Miss Alice V. Derr of Frederick county probated in the Orphans' Court details extensive bequests to relatives. It sets up trusts for nephews and great-nephews, designates farms and personal items, and provides for church pew rent and cemetery maintenance. Executors are named as John Sebastian Derr V and Edward Derr Shriner. The will is dated July 1, 1924, with value not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice V. Derr
Frederick County
Orphans’ Court
Ezra Z. Derr
Edward Derr Shriner
Edward Derr Shriner, Jr
Frances Elizabeth Derr
Willie May Derr
John Sebastian Derr
Kate Norman Perrot
Miss Derr
Ezra 2. Derr
Mahogan
Anl
Lillie May Derr
Franceszabeth Derr
Edward RR. Shriner
Evangelical Reformer Church
Frederick
John Derr
Frederick County National Bank
Mt. Olivet
Ezra
Derr
Edward Dere Shriner
D. W. Fetterole
Charlotte B.S. Fetterole
Assistants Appointed At Hood College Endowment Drive
Rev A R Tosh is named assistant to Dr Joseph E Apple at Hood College Frederick and will focus on linking the church with the college as the endowment and building fund work continues. The drive has raised about 300 000 of the 500 000 goal, with 200 000 still unsubscribed from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Tosh
Roanoke
Joseph E. Apple
Iood College
Frederick
Tosh
Mt. Pleasant
N. C
Hood College
Frederick City
Potomac
Pittsburgh
Apple
Hood
Tosa Lega
Pronsylvania
Reading
Mercersburg Academy
Catawba College
Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Montgomery Sheriff Nomination Might Favor Marty Willard
Republican leaders in Montgomery County weigh a nomination for sheriff with Marty T. Willard of Poolesville as a favored candidate. Willard previously ran four years ago but lost narrowly to Democrat Alvie A. Mosley in the primary.
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Montgomery
Montgomery County
Marty T. Willard
Poolesville
Ife
Alvie A. Mosley
Buckner Tells Of Graft In New York Federal Building
Senate hearing heard Emery Buckner describe an atmosphere of collusion in the New York federal building. He detailed a seething mix of liners liquor runners waiters and others in the building when he took office thirteen months ago. He cited bribery then and says conditions are improving as courts check dockets with alcohol diversion estimated at about sixty million gallons nationwide.
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Buckner
New York
Federal
Washington
Capi
Senate Committee
Emery
Metropolis
Laut
Buchner
Sulcer girl placed in home by juvenile court
Linda Sulcer a 15 year old state witness in grand jury actions against Leonard Allison and Richard Hemp was committed this morning to the Exeter Street Home Baltimore for an indefinite period. The girl, mother to a three month old daughter, had admitted morals with men on several occasions and her case was handled by the Juvenile Court due to her youth. Alma Summers 16 daughter of Charles Summers near Braddock was committed to the Children’s Aid Society for an indefinite period and will work at George Wiles residence. Neglect and improper living conditions were cited. father and grandfather testified that the other was not capable of raising her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Sulcer
Leonard Allison
Richard Hemp
Exeter Street
Baltimore
Suleer
Allison
Hemp
Planche Sulcer
Jefferson
Alma Summers
Charles Summers
Braddock
Children’s Aid Society
George Wiles
Alma
SECRET SENATE SESSION IS A FEAT OF IMAGINATION
Washington reports on the secrecy of Senate executive sessions. The piece speculates why the Woodlock confirmation vote was kept hidden and who voted for or against him. The author argues regular Republicans backed Woodlock while Norris and radicals opposed, with some Democrats uncertain.
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Senate
Coolidge
Thomas F. Woodlock
Norris
George
Pat Wee van
Woodlark
New School Rouse Asked of Board
The Frederick County Board of Education met in the courthouse this morning to discuss the coming year's building program and routine business. A petition signed by about 50 residents from Sabillasville requesting a brick schoolhouse was presented by County Commissioner Roscoe P. Brown but not acted upon. It was announced that portable school houses will be erected next year at New Midway and Phillips Delight. All board members were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Son of Asst Navy Secretary Missing at Harvard
Cambridge Mass April 7 AP Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Douglass Robinson son of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy a Harvard College sophomore. Sources say he was last seen at his Linden Street rooming house with information scarce while the university awaits his father's arrival in Washington to aid inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Douglass Robinson
New York
Washington
Lost Air Mail Flyer Search From Boise Flight
After a festive day marking a Northwestern air inauguration, an aviator Franklin Rose and a flotilla of cars left Boise at dawn to search for the air mail flyer. Rose, who had been heard from last near Deep Creek Nevada after a forced landing, was en route from Elko to Boise with 150 pounds of mail when a storm forced a landing. Local reports say he resumed his flight toward the Duck Valley area on the Nevada Idaho border, with authorities fearing a landing in the rugged Owyhee landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Northwestern Air
Franklin Rose
Deep Creek
Nevada
Elko
Duck Valley
Navada-Idaho
Rose
Oynhee County
Vague Deductions Rise From Senate Voting Noise
The text implies Democratic senators McKellar and Glasa faced confusion or opposition over their votes. It hints at loud protest and uncertainty about how Narvis voted, but provides no firm conclusions or confirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKellar
Glasa
Narvis
Mencken Cleared in Boston Obscenity Trial
Mencken editor of the American Mercury was acquitted in municipal court of presenting and selling obscene literature. The arrest followed suppression of the April issue at Boston Commons prompted by the New England Watch and Ward Society. The judge praised the editors for their character and international reputations including a famed journalist family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Mencken
American Mercury
Municpal
Boston Commons
J. Frank Chase
New England Watch and Ward Society
Wilkins Lands Safely After Missing Flight
Captain George H. Wilkins and Pilot Ben Eielson completed a northward flight from Point Barrow to 73 degrees 30 minutes north without sighting land. The journey, about 700 miles beyond previous routes, ended safely near Chere City with 1540 miles yet to Fairbanks, Alaska. The expedition planned to explore Arctic regions in summer.
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New York
George H. Wilkins
Ben Eielson
Point Barrow
Alliance
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arm 7
Aliance Today
George W W. Wilkins
Dion Hielson
Chere City
Ayers
Asa
Wilkins
Arctic
Degrees Sold in Capital Schools
Washington April 7 Nine shows chartered in the District of Columbia are pledged in the chain of selling degrees. William Tifts, chairman of a committee preparing a pamphlet on the capital's educational institutions, reported to the local Chamber of Commerce board. The nine names, which are advertising correspondences worldwide, will be omitted. Critics say the schemes reflect abuses in American education abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Columbia
William
Tifts
Chamber of Commerce
B J Jamison 80 Dies At His Home In Walkersville
Brooke Ignatius Jamison, 80, died at his residence in the Wallin Apartments on West Second Street. He was a longtime Urbana merchant, later running a coal and lumber business at Walkersville until retirement. Survived by four sons, one sister, one sister-in-law, and four grandchildren. funeral from the St. Johns Catholic Church with Interment at Mt. Olivet cemetery.
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Brooke Ignatius Jamison
Wallin
Liu
Mr. Jamison
John J Jamison
Jane Emily Jones Jamison
Suzay Hebecca Tillery
Merryland Tract
Wimo Vicent Jamison
Frederick
John Shery Jamison
Walkoraville
Dybrooke
Jamison
Jemimitsburg
Julian Waters Jamison
Baltimore
Sophia Fitzalmmons
Ida
Hillery
Urbana
Walkersville
Holy Name Society
St. Johns
Columbus
Steoling Catholic Church
Frid
Mt. Olivet
Carey
Finerut
Investment Turns Out to Be Gold Mine for Them
Fifteen or twenty prominent business men of Hagerstown each invested $259 in a New York State land venture. Years later the land, once thought worthless, has flourished as Buffalo area development expands. Some shareholders sold small stakes to others to avoid taxes, and an attorney recently offered to buy their shares at a high price, prompting plans to send a representative to Buffalo to assess the deal.
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Sand
Leweny
Tuffalo
Tin
Hagerstown
Eagerstown
Aars
Diss Land Development Company
Tatefalo Toe
Waives Hearing in Cedar Grove Case
Bethson of Cedar Grove Montgomery county waved a preliminary hearing when arraigned before Judge Samuel Riggs in Rockville Police Court on a charge from Beatrice Oden of Clarksburg. He was required to give bond of 2800 to await the November grand jury action.
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War Bethson
Cedar Grove
Montgomery Canty
Judes Samuel Riggs
Polies
Italy And London Shocked By Act Mussolini Shot In Rome
An attempted assassination of Premier Mussolini occurred as he left a Congress session in the Palace dei Capitole. A British subject, Violet Albina Gibson, age 50, fired a pistol at him and was arrested. Mussolini sustained a nose wound but remained composed and received medical care.
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Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Albina Gibson
Ife
Ofivial Stefani
Giuseppe Bastianelli
Italy
Capitole
Inone
Tondon
Viollet Albina Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
Violet Albina Gibson
Press Association
London
Anniversary Observed at Jefferson Bank 10th Opening Anniversary
The Jefferson Bank, a branch of Commercial State Bank Frederick, celebrated its 10th anniversary of opening on April 1, 1926. Directors and guests attended the board meeting, with talks on progress and a commemorative gift. A bridge luncheon and shower for Miss Elizabeth Staley preceded the reception, honoring her upcoming marriage to C Morris Lincell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Bak
Jefferson Bank
Commercial State Bank
Frederick
McCintoric
Albert T. Dussard
John G. Shaft
C2 Cline
T. SS. F. Tutraw
B. Albert Thraster
TJ Mullinix
M. R. Etchison
Thaser 1
Dede
Charles A. Hemp
Maurice J. Dade
Roger Tt. Dade
Lemuel J. Keller
MI. RR
Itchison
Allert A. Boyer
Albert LE. Bussard
Noy Remsberg
C. Fawley
Ernest Wo Pry
C. EL Cline
K. EL Mullinix
J. Dutrow
Bridge
Virginia James
East Church Street
Elizabeth Staley
C. Morris Lincell
Oakland
Charles Hiteshew
Cora Staley
Asinla Flandine
Washington
Crop and weather conditions in state report
Washington April 7 crop and weather conditions summarize slow progress in southern states with farm work advancing, wheat growing slowly overall with gains in some areas, rye and clover doing fairly well, plowing for cotton underway. Maryland vegetable planting modest, potatoes and gardens in south and east, Virginia reports good progress with winter grains, pastures, meadows favorable, potatoes sprouting retarded, early tobacco up and bloom prospects improving.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
New Buying Orders Lift Prices Higher in New York Open
New buying orders appeared in the stock market today responding to favorable industrial news. Prices edged higher at the opening as investors built long positions or covered shorts, with gains of a point or more across popular groups. Large orders moved in low priced motors while call loans fell to 4 percent.
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New York
Mussolini Opponent Amendola Dies After Wounds
Giovanni Amendola former Italian war minister and minister of the colonies died in France at age 45 after sustaining long injuries from a July attack at Montecatini. A noted opponent of Mussolini his death closes a turbulent political career marked by prior government roles.
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France
Giovanni Amendola
Italy
Signor Amendola
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A. A. Tosh
Endowment
University of Maryland
I Ou. Patterson
State Experiment Station
Sulcer
Charles P. Stewart
United States Senate
Steenth
Woodlock
Titman
NEW School
ROUSE
Sabillasville
NAVY
Tromen
Norway
Arete
Richard BH. Byrd
Fohker
Winelt
North Pole
Singulx
Benito Mussolini
B. J. Jamison
Palace
Jefferson Branch of Commercial
State Bank
Montecatini
Reta
Acsothytian
Stott
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