Law and Order Meeting to Be Held Tonight
A meeting at the Y M C A tonight aims to form a Law and Order League led by laymen from churches in Washington County. Speakers include Haymond J. Funkhouser and Fr. Flock, with aims to promote law enforcement and seek pledged candidates in forthcoming primaries and elections.
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LAW and Order
Law and Order League
Haymond J. Funkhouser
Hagerstown
Washington County
FR. Flock
M Vile
Meigton Nor Rite
Frederick Meetige
Building Fund Nears Five Thousand for Centennial Memorial
The campaign to raise seven thousand dollars for the Centennial Memorial Sunday school shows progress with a grand total of four thousand two hundred sixty dollars reported at the Wednesday meeting. Wm C Roderick presided as teams led by captains including W Pickett and C E Mobory presented tallies and inspired remarks by Reno S Harp and Glenn Garber.
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Memourial United Breth
Stinesprisng
Kureeot W. Pickett
Sgam
C. E. Mobory
Hummelhaugh
Glenn Orber
Dileu Icum
Mr. Summers
Churen
Wm. C. Roderick
Reno S. Harp
Glenn O. Garber
German Ambassador and Family Stay Overnight in Frederick
Baron Ago von Mallzau the German ambassador to the United States, his wife and child with a nurse and chauffeur registered at the Francis Scott Key hotel for the night. They plan a day trip to Harpers Ferry Boonesboro Gettysburg and return for dinner before continuing to Winchester and the Luray Caverns. The Baron is described as a large middle aged man weighing about 225 pounds with light hair and a mustache. The Baroness appears sad as onlookers noted the arrival of their large black Mercedes limousine.
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Baron Ago von Mallzau
Autby Dor
United States
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Harpers’ Ferry
Boonshora
Ieserstown
Winchester
Eadle Caverns
Virginia
Groun
Wilkins And Pilot Safe Landing At Port Barrow
The North American Newspaper Alliance reports Cat. George H. Wilkins and pilot Ben Eilson landed at Port Barrow in good condition after 13 days of radio silence. They departed Fairbanks with a heavy supply load amid anxious expected contact.
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New York
Alliance
Cat
George H. Wilkins
Ben Eilson
Port Barrow
Fairbanks
Turner given term for life
William H Turner was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pike County jury for murder of two miners and insurance fraud claiming $89 000 Turner allegedly dynamited the mine while superintendent then fled after the blast with an unidentified miner’s body later claimed for the insurers The defense blamed an Austrian named Pan Tope for the fraud and Turner’s flight while the state could not locate Tope
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Pikeville
William H. Turner
Pike Country
Turner
Henry Wilson
Pan Tope
Tope
Europe
Lions Club Meeting Highlights Civic Betterment Efforts
One hundred percent attendance marked the Lions Club luncheon led by Chairman Liard Culler with Dr Charles ST Conley Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor as principal speaker. He spoke on club work value, cited Frederick improvements, and discussed park plans presented by Baltimore architect RR Maxwell. Mayor Culler urged park project support as Maxwell displayed drawings and a bulb factory film was shown.
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Lions Club Today
Charles ST. Conley
Covernor
Capitol District of Kiwanis Clubs
Liard @. Culler
Uctive
Conley
Culler
Brook Maxwell
Baltimore
Frederick
City Park
Maxwell
Matthew Robb
Potomac Edison Company
Three Negroes Convicted for Attacking 15 Year Old Girl
Trials in Madisonville Kentucky concluded with Columbus Hollis receiving twenty years in the state penitentiary while Bunyan Slemine and Mason Baril were each sentenced to death. The victim, a Mobile Alabama resident, testified and the jury deliberated briefly.
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Madisonville
Columbus Hollis
State Penitentiary
Bunyan Slemine
Mason Baril
Hollis
John Ja. Grayot
Funeral Arrangements for New York Attorney Wood
Word reached today that Roger B. Wood will not be brought to College Park until Friday night. Funeral services in New York City are set for Friday at 10 30 AM, with burial planned after return to the Wood home or All Saints church. Mr Wood died in New York Wednesday and Alban M Wood and wife remain there.
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Roger B. Wood
New York
Mr. Wood
New York City
Aliban M. Wood
College Park
Wood
All Saints Church
Death of Niagara Falls daredevil Bobby Leach on street incident
New Zealand reports the death of Bobby Leach the Canadian famed for walking over Niagara Falls in 1911. He died after clipping an orange peel in the street severing his leg which required amputation and led to his death at age 61. He had staged numerous death defying feats around the Falls.
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London
Evening Times
Ftdy
Christ Church
New Zealand
Bobby” Leach
Leach
Niagara Falls
Anne Edson Taylor
N.Y
Horseshoe Falls
N. J
Bobby Leach
Niagara District
William Hill
Australia
South Africa
Cornwall Wayland
Canada
Frederick Woman Missing From Frederick County
Gertrude Garee, 28, recently moved from New Jersey with her family, has been missing since Tuesday after an apparent nervous episode. She may have boarded a train to New York by mistake and was later taken to Bellevue. New York police have located her, and her family travels to confirm her welfare.
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Gertrude Garee
Furny
William Co. Zimmerman
Baltimore Pike
Frederick
New York
Johns Napkins Hospital
Balimore
Ald Sordiers
Bellevue
Pretender to French throne near death in Brussels
Prince Victor Napoleon, Bonapartist claimant to the French throne, suffered a stroke at his Brussels home and remained stationary early today. Doctors held cautious hope for recovery as his wife Princess Clementine stays at his bedside. In Paris, reports say Princess Victor Napoleon is seriously ill in Brussels, weeks after the death of the Duke of Orléans, another pretender.
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Brussels
Victor Napoleon
Princess Clementine
Paris
Trussels
Mey Duke of
Orleans
France
Frederick Building Boom Pushes City Toward Better Homes Week
Building permits totaling about 349 172 dollars mark a surge in Frederick as theatre projects lead a broader expansion. The plan includes a 250 000 dollar new theatre on West Patrick and a 35 000 dollar upgrade to the City Opera House, with private residences and garages adding further value.
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Frederick
Freerick
Emory C. Crum
thatcef-Sheas
Stanley-Crandall
West Patrick Street
Schley
City Opera House
Frederickh
Thirty Thousand Pledges Filed in Forest Week Contest
About 30 000 pledges were received by the contest committee for National Forest Week. The Frederick county drive included every city and large county school. Prizes include 320 for a colored school and 25 to a white school, with winners based on pledges per pupil as March attendance records.
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Llonns Club
Robert F. Nicodemus
John $. Reun
Edward Wentz
Frederick City
Schooly
Washington Street
Frederick Estet
Church Street
Schddr
Commandery Conclave in Salisbury Featured May 5
Jacques de Molay Commandery No 4 KK T plans to attend the Grand Commandery of Maryland meeting in Salisbury on May 5. Frederick party riders depart 6:45 a m by bus and boat to Love Point with a Salisbury banquet and ball planned. Installation of Jacques de Molay Commandery set for May at the Tesnular monthly meeting. Grand Commander Thomas J Shipley of Pennsylvania to attend.
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Jacques de Molay
KK. T
Albert M. Coblents
Grand Commandery of
Maryland
Salisbury
Frederick
Grand Commandery
Anstern Shore
Frederick Sir Knights
Baltimore
Love Point
Salisbury Commandery
Ly Naule
Hain
Jacques de Molay Commandery
Taive
Thomas J. Shipley
York
Pennsylvania
Shipley
Red Men Pick Annapolis For 827th Convention
Salisbury Md April 29 The Maryland State convention of the Order of Red Men selected Annapolis as the site for the 827th convention. Local delegates reported the decision after a brief session and announced plans to hold ceremonies in the historic capital.
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Annapolis
Salisbury
Maryland
The
Order of Red Men
Best Ages For Couples To Wed In Richmond
In Richmond on April 29 cap e the best age for women to marry is between 21 and 27 and for men between 25 and 23 according to Prof Wernell Hlatt of Bryn Mawr College. The discussion at the National Episcopal Congress covered causes of marital failure including mismating sexual conflict and immaturity with emphasis on the last factor as leading to bankrupt marriages. Rev Charles N Lathrop urged churches to help engaged couples obtain authoritative books of instruction. He noted the church can avoid marrying non communicants and should not pressure complex cases without clergy input.
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Richmond
Wernell Hlatt
Bradwate
Bryn Mawr College
National Episcopal Congress
Sesafon Jiere
Sact
Tle
Charles N. Lathrop
New York
Lathrop
Ims
Commencement at Hood College Announces 78 Degree Candidates
Hood College lists 78 graduates to receive Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees on the June Commencement morning. The class includes 17 women from Frederick city and county, with a campus events schedule leading up to June 4, including alumnae activities and a May 14 performance in Brodbeck Hall. Distinguished speakers are expected. dates and venues for events such as the Barber of Seville presentation and various receptions are outlined.
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Hood College
Frederick City
J. J. Apple
Drst
Glenn Frank
The
Century Magazine
University of Wisconsin
Stademts
Brodbeck Hall
Devereans
Antart
Winchester Hall
Coblents Wall
Dinener
Francis Scote
Apple
Alunmue
Julia Elizabeth Abbott
Frederic
Yvonne Yvilyian Elser
Frederick
Mary Sarhh Books
Altoona
Tia
Sun Grace Brent
Greenyburg
Elbe Hain Brighthill
Hamisoure
Talh
Joseovia Bubeck
Schuylkill Draven
Catherine Fitza Burgee
Marion Suplee Cadwallader
West Fairview
Pac
Susan Barnard Carson
Vonore
Enn
Ruth Maynard Cline
Rederi
Alice Catherine Dean
Francis Dern
Hive Ion Ruth Ditto
Maverstown
Josce Phine Pearre Etchison
Ruth Anne Fat
Auburn
Pai
Elizabeth Pox
New Doomfield
Pay
Lorraine Frenet
Woodstock
Var
Edith May Jagan
Catherine Alberta Eleys
Winburns
Mary Elizabeth Holand
Tussell
Esterly
Beatrice Ma Jone
Shelby
Ohio
Maury Luc i McCusky
Pine Grove
W. Va
Adele Melenna
Painesville
Mary Catherine Moyer
Greenville
Mary Thel Shaver
Cis Mayshaute
Columbia
Eleanor Marie Trinkle
Shenandosh
Jelen Brewer
Unger
Foltz
Olive Lyle Wagner
Duancannen
Daly
Margaret Dean Weller
Gertrude AL Oc
William
Frostburs
Lours
Wright
Prestan
Thryn Irene Zeigler
New Whensington
la Mabel Zumdabk
Mt. Morels
Florence Margaret Ewing
New Wellsington
Marionton Bassier
Wilkinsbure
Elsie Alberta Beech
Wilkinsburg
Blanche Trene Behrens
St. Clair
Wilzaberth Esther Bush
Royersford
Cen
Gerhard Cox
Gr Va
Helen Spangler
Delfart
Risburg
Jay
Milzabeth Naomi Beat Porkasie
Mary Mendent
Morrisburg
Pal
Helen Short Gery
East Greenville
Fen Hess Hoover
Meahanicsburg
Catherine LeRue Hostettes
Hanover
Mary Eleanor Lowther
Bellwood
Hazel Mrnestine Lucas
York
Lena Bela Michael
Mmina Isabell
Rankin
Clarion
Isabel John von Roberts
Shenanidaan
Mlivgabeth Samuels
Bethlehem
I Hwimmbert Shiffer
Saravire
Uuckeystown
Whittemore Moves Toward New York Trial on Murder Case
Immigrant bank guard killer Whittemore heads to New York amid custody transfers as District Attorney Moore signals possible New York prosecution. Jury here failed to convict last Tuesday. fate of remaining charges unclear.
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Whittemore
New York
Buffalon
Jary
Richard Reese Whittemore
Irft Buffel
New York Today
Moore
Whittmore
Warmer Weather Forecast Amid Cool Spring Breezes
Forecasters predict warmer conditions today and Friday after a cool spell. Wed high reached 66 with temps near freezing Wednesday night. warmth may come but hasn’t yet appeared. Court grounds benches were repaired in winter and placed this morning by Marshall Grumbine. fountain water to be turned on Saturday and goldfish to be added soon.
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Marshall Grumbine
Court House
Director injured in destructive storm near film camp
James Townsend, production manager for Metro Coldwyn Mayer, was severely injured when a wind and electrical storm struck a film camp 15 miles west. A tent collapsed and several hundred people narrowly escaped injury. Rudolph Valenting and another actor left the camp for Los Angeles. Townsend was struck by Cyris Thaber as weather worsened after days of heavy rain.
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Yuna
Avi
James Townsend
Metro-Coldwyn- Mayer Motion Picture
Gy Movie
Here
Rudolph Valenting
Los Angeles
Cyris Thaber
Diplomas Awarded To List Of Recipients Inhampton Area
A diploma and several certificates are to be awarded to multiple individuals including Evangeline Mitchell of Painesville Ohio Elsie Alberta Beech of Wilkinsburg and Nola Irene Mooleric City, with additional attendances from Dor lothy Elizabeth Warner Russellville Ky and others.
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Evangeline Mitchell
Painesville
Ohio
Elsie Alberta Beech
Wilkinsburg T
Ma Constance Staline
Bacheystown
Nola Irene Moo
Chicago Gang War Deepens After Doherty Slaying
Investigators traced the motive to rival alcohol interests in Cicero as the Doherty, McSwiggin, and Doty killings are linked to a machine gun massacre. A police raid sweep seeks the weapon’s origin with a hardware store salesman under scrutiny.
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Chicago
Heer
Machine Sun
Wham If McSwigain
Staf
James J Doherty
Thomas Doty
Uivero
Conk County
Doherty
Alky
Tfrou
Cicero
McSwiggin
Dully
Deloyers
Cook County
Enoch Council to Confer Degrees Tonight at Hagerstown
The Super Excellent Master's Degree will be conferred by Waoda Council No 1 I and S Masters of Frederick on Hag erstown candidates at the Masonic Temple Hagerstown A long list of participants is named for the ceremony and a luncheon for visitors will follow at 6 to 7 15 p m Also announced are Democratic primary candidates for Montgomery County fourth district County Commissioner Dr Benjamin A Perry and Hugh Rabbitt of Trayvilla will run in September Rab bitt is a farmer and Navy veteran in World War I.
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de Gree
Waoda Council
Frederick
Hagerstown
Masonic Temple
Lom
Wilbur A. Kolb
Arthur Tf. Doll
Connell
Guy ©. Roser
Oliver C. Warellime
J. Marvy Brandenbwr
Temple
Oscar CC. Sponseller
Thomas Steamsburg
Dame
Kings Guardd
Howard Grost
Foster Remsbers
Julables MB Loehner
F. Ve Taecingtan
Piol
Georg Milward Smith
Wnebuznr
Adan
G. Tatuy Bowers
A. Seeger Yoole
Ieval
Charles A. Goel
Austin Oy Rhoads
Austin S. Renan
Cliford M. Yinger
Arthur Thbb
Seeger Toole
Mercy TL Fumes
Montgomery County
Othlett
Bethesda
Rockyle
Potomac
Darnestown
Benjamin A. Perry
Board of Commissioners
Hugh Rabbitt
Trayvilah
Tr. Penry
Marry Junt
Mr. Rabbitt
Isaac II. Rabbitt
Pipe Creek to Host 1927 Church of the Brethren District Meeting
Pipe Creek in Carroll county was chosen Wednesday as the site for the 1927 district meeting of the Church of the Brethren Dunkards. The international convention is set for June 9 to 16, 1927 in Washington.
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Pipe Creek
Carroll County
Astern Distriet 'Church of the Brethren
Dunkards
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