Carter Receives Life Term For Hallowe'en Attack On Girl
William Carter, 22, a local Black man, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the assault with intent to rape on Miss Geraldine Kreh, 22, the City Playground instructor beaten in Baker Park. The trial in Circuit Court was conducted quietly with guards. details recount the struggle, threats, and broken jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
William Carter
Hammond Urner
Arthur D. Willard
Charles W. Woodward
Geraldine Kreh
Hallowe'en
Baker Park
Carter
Ain
Allen Barigis
Frederick
Walter E. Sinn
Baltimore City
Guy K. Motter
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Mahammitt
James William Mahammittt
Miss Kreh
Cc. C. Sparks
Patrick
Bentz Street
State Armory
Park
College Avenue
B. O. Thomas
James Mar Ione
Lotis Rowe
Mussolini Demands Apology and Indemnity
Rome December 17 Benito Mussolini demanded an apology and indemnity in Italy's dispute with Ethiopia. In a League report he alleged Ethiopian forces and not Italian troops in Italian Somaliland caused a border clash that killed nearly 150 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Il Ouce
Italan Somelaland
Denver Lawyer Held in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Denver attorney Ben Laska, indicted with James C. Mathers of Oklahoma City, is accused of illegally participating in dividing Urschel ransom money with Albert Bates. Bates, Harvey Bailey, and George Kelly are in Alcatraz for the $200,000 Urschel kidnapping. Laska previously represented Bates and later a Denver kidnapping suspect group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Ben Laska
Charles F. Urschel
Harold Nathan
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Dlaska
Nathan
James C. Mathers
Oklahoma City
Urschel
Albert Bates
Bates
Harvey Bailey
Charles Boettcher
Hallowe'en Scuffle Leads to Confessions in Court
Neighbors heard the struggle near College Avenue as Carter and Mahammitt faced a court trial. Carter confessed after investigators linked his hat to the suspect and identified him with the crime. Witnesses, including Miss Kreh, described differing identifications as the case unfolded, with testimonies from lawmen and a cabaret keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Seeger
Charles F. Seeger
West Patrick Street
College Avenue
Hallowe'en
Ben Phebus
Carter
Col
Elmer F. Munshower
Miss Kreh
Fred Straley
Bartgis
Phobus
Mahammitt
Col. Munshower
Leonard B. Kreh
Chief Bartels
Charles W. Crum
Baltimore
Frederick
Samuel Jenkins
Anna Brown
Hallowe
Ceresville
Linn
Christmas ministerial conference sermon on Is Jesus Wanted Today
The Frederick County Ministerial Association held its annual Christmas service at Evangelical Reformed church with Rev. C. E. Dryden delivering the sermon Is Jesus Wanted Today. He urged ministers to influence civic leaders and homes to adopt Jesus teachings noting many doubt its practicality. A luncheon at the Francis Scott Key hotel honored Joseph C. Baker with over 120 ministers and wives in attendance.
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Jesus
C. E. Dryden
Buckeystown
Mr. Dryden
Bethlehem
God
Capernaum
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Samaria
America
Mr Dryden
Christ
Matthew
John W. Fisher
Walkersville
M. W. Dittmar
A H. McKinley
P. E. Heimer
Ralph M. Sharpe
Dorothy L. Partington
Ralph E Hertman
Charles D. Shaffer
Robert Sherry
B. C. Morris
Robert Boit
A. R. Snedegar
G. Ellis Williams
James B
Anna M. Schantz
D. Bright
F. R. Seibel
Melson C. Brown
Alvill Conner
H. C. Erdman
P. H. Williams
Everett W. Culp
Carl
Tucker Hall Destroyed in Fire at Washington and Lee
Fire swept Tucker Hall the Washington and Lee University law building in Lexington Virginia early Sunday morning destroying the hall and its law library. Loss estimated at 85000 with damages partly insured. Three students and a Lexington resident injured. Chief Justice John Marshall portrait and bust among items lost. Dean Moreland says destroyed volumes can be replaced. LYNCH LODGE ELECTS officers for the year including Crothers and Cramer. Joint service planned at Fengaville Lutheran church for St John’s Day. An unrelated case notes a furniture truck driver detained for lacking a certificate of habilty insurance. certificate later provided and driver released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Tucker Hall
Washington and Lee
University
John Marshall
John Randolph Tucker
W. H. Moreland
Law School
Lynch Lodge
Robert B. Crothers
George T. Cramer
Harry P. Seeger
Eli G. Haugh
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Lewis Bayer
Lynch
Columbia
Fengaville Lutheran Church
George H. Seiler
J. E. Rose
Johnstown
Harry Almine
Rose
Indian Head
Charles County
A. F. Anderson
Christmas Vespers at Hood College in Brodbeck Hall
Hood College held two Christmas Vesper services in Brodbeck Hall, afternoon and evening, with Rev Dr H L G Kieffer and President Henry I Stahr delivering reflections. Music featured the Hood College choir and orchestra under Miss Catherine Williams, with solos by Mrs Dove and violin by Miss Dorothy Wiseman, plus trumpets from four local players and carols such as The First Noel, Bring a Torch Jeanne d Arc, and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Brodbeck Tall
H. L. G. Kieffer
Evangelical Reformed Church
Henry I. Stahr
Joseph H Apple
Henry T. Wade
Helen Datuglass Dove
Frederick
Jeanette
Isabella
Walsall
Handel
Adophe Adam
Duve
Dorothy Wiseman
Thurmont
Roy Schroeder
Irving Kefauver
Rodney Willard
Osborne Fagan
Corell
Catherine Willliams
Reserve Bank orders cut in interest rates nationwide
The Federal Reserve Board and FDIC announce a reduction of the maximum interest rate on time and savings deposits from 3 1/4 to 2 1/2 percent, effective February 1, 1935. The move targets all insured nonmember banks and FDIC insured institutions, excluding few mutual savings banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance
Kennamer Held for Trial for Murder in Tulsa
Phil Kennamer a 19 year old son of a Federal judge is bound over for district court trial in January on a murder charge in Tulsa. He will be held without bond. The story also notes a PTA meeting schedule change and an agricultural report about Canary Islands crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrel
Kennamer
Canary Islands
Fire at Toronto track kills 21 race horses at Thorncliffe
In Toronto on December 17, a fire at Thorncliffe race track killed 21 thoroughbreds including Ladder and White Thorn. Six fires were reported in various stalls, with two unoccupied stables first extinguished. Total loss estimated at $50,000 for stables and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ladder
Frantic E. Selke
White Thorn
Selke
Don Smythe
Thornclffe
Lindbergh Law Charge Against Lipman Filed
Federal authorities filed a Lindbergh extortion charge against Sidney Lipman a 39 year old City College student held in Baltimore City Jail. U S District Attorney Bernard Flynn secured the warrant and Lipman is accused of writing a note demanding $50 from Mrs Anita Anthony with a threat of an automobile accident if unpaid. Lipman was arrested Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sidney Lipman
City College
Market Shows Signs Of Leaving The Rut
New York reports a mixed stock market with selective strength in certain specialties and metals. Some amilines and a few grains show better tone after weeks of stagnation, while most items move moderately or dip. Foreign exchanges are mixed and call money stands at one percent with the pound sterling opening around 4.9 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Library asks county help in 1905 budget
Frederick County Free Library directors appealed to the County Commissioners for a 1905 budget appropriation to sustain services until the G Burr Artz Library opens next October. Directors cited limited funds, dwindling public contributions, and requested 240 for six months and 250 for the rest of the year, or at least 400 if full 500 cannot be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Free Library
G. Burr
W. Harry Haller
M. Louise Johnson
Lbrary Board
C. Burr Arta Library
427000 Robbery Solution Near in Brooklyn Case
Chicago December 17 AP Chief Postal Inspector Walter Johnson predicted the solution of the 427000 armored car robbery in Brooklyn last August following the arrest of Joseph Burns Dillinger gangster Burns, one of ten convicts who escaped Michigan City prison with guns smuggled by Dillinger, will be turned over to Indiana officers soon Burns was captured yesterday and held incommunicado after an all night questioning with John Hamilton and Joseph Pax still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brooklyn
Walter Johnson
Joseph Burns
Dillinger
Burns
Michigan City
Int
John Dillinger
Indiana
John Hamilton
Joseph Pax
Naval Parley in London Prepares to Break Up Soon
London reports indicate the United States will leave future talks to Britain and Japan as the three delegations study the adjournment declaration. Washington talks may not resume until conditions favor an agreement, with neutrality policy changes seen as easing the path to an accord. Japan threatens to abrogate the Washington treaty, signaling a possible naval race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Hirosi Saito
State Department
Friction in Saar Brings Tensions to a Head
In Saarbruecken the clash between a crowd and a British captain of Saar civil police left a Saarfinder shot and a German girl beaten. Geoffrey K. Knox ordered a personal inquiry as foreigners fear a transfer of control to international troops amid rising hostility to English officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Saar
James Justus
Geoffrey K. Knox
Weather summary for today and month data
Weather report shows 24 hour precipitation none and year to date 151 inches through December. December normal is 311 inches with 1933 December at 196 inches. Yesterday high 43 and low 41. compared to last year 48 and 43. Sun sets at 4 49 pm. rises 7 25 am. moon rises 2 53 pm and sets at 6 26 pm.
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Ernoon
Urner
Miss Geraldine Kreh
Mussolini
Glergyman
J. B. Baker
Guest of
Springs
White Sulphur Springs
Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the
Washington and Lee University Law
A. S. Peeler
John S Bowlus
J. M. Burall
Mary McGoderick
A. F. Tabler
Raymond L. 7Oderick
A. G. Null
John ©. Stuff
George K. Ely
W. Biggs Eliott
H. S. Shue
R. Kresge
John S Adam
Clarence R. Bowman
Thomas M. Dickey
W E. Nelson
J. Frank Fife
H. E. Crone
J. W. Fisher
T. W. Lieyd
C. M. Hudde
Ells H. Wagoner
C. H. Corbett
FE. D. Bender
L. A. Lowance
Henry Craft
W. C Reval
L. J. Moore
Russel C. Oyer
Stalin
Sergei Kirov
High Council
The
Soviet Party
Joseph Stalin
Red Square
Moscow
Kirov
V. M. Molov
K. E. Voroshilov
Hood
Dr. Kieffer
Stahr
Margaret Albaugh
Kieffer
Evangelist
Malachi
Kleffer
Reserve Bank
P. T. A. of Washington Street
Watcher
Miss Blentinger
Miss DeLashmutt
Miss Michael
Lindbergh Law
County
Frederick County Welfare Board
Woelfare Board
Frederic City
U. S
Britain
Tokyo
North Pacific
Pacific
Navy
California
Alaska-Hawaii
Naval Department
English Cause Row
Dhuhive
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