Sewell Watts Commits Death by Own Action
Baltimore December 27 AP Sewell S Watts a banker with Baker Watts and Company shot himself in the head in a private garage at his home after telling his chauffeur he would rest The body was found minutes later by the chauffeur A coroner returned a verdict of death by own action Watts had been nervous and recently low in spirits His partner William G Baker Jr said Watts had a nervous condition and that the firm would continue The banker was a longtime figure in Baltimore finance active in church affairs and led Maryland General Hospital Board of Trustees He is survived by his widow a son and two daughters Virginia and Katherine D Watts
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Baltimore
William G. Baker, Jr
Watts
Mr. Baker
Maryland General Hospital
Baker
Waits
Sewell 5
ot Baker
Nic. Watts
Mir Watts
Mgr. Watts
Virginia
Katherine D Watts
Norris Demands Mellon Resign in Day Cleanup
Senator Norris of Nebraska and Senator Borah of Idaho demand Secretary Mellon resign as a first step in a prohibition enforcement cleanup. Norris blames politics and hints at reorganizing the enforcement service, naming Andrew W. Mellon as a target. In Maryland the week ending Dec 24 yield auto fines of 4113, with county fines surpassing city, and a minor auto skid incident near Frederick.
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NORRIS
MELLON
Melon
Nebraska
Borat
Republican
Idaho
Nebrasakan
Andrew W. Sleioa
Maryland
Recuville
Jean
Baltimore
Frederick—Cos
Columbus Weddle
New Windsor
Willimacker
Fodgevie
George W. Metcalf
Vererai
Lenaiea ene
Herbert
mystat
Prederick Junction
Worthingtons Escape Injury In Auto Skid Near West Friendship
Dr. Worthington Mrs Worthington and their young daughter escaped serious harm when their car skidded from the road into a snow filled ditch one mile from West Friendship between noon and 1 pm Thursday. The daughter suffered a severe cut on the forehead but is expected to recover. A passing Frederick physician helped summon aid and the child received stitches at Frederick. The car, lightly damaged, was removed and the family continued to their county home after the incident. The Worthingtons had been visiting Bel Air for Christmas and were returning home.
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Frank D. Worthington
West Friendship
Dr. Worthington
Belair
Frederick
Worthington
bright
cnty
Worthingtons
Belau
Court News: Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Marriage licenses issued for multiple couples including Sherman Snotterly and Evelyn Bachted, Francis Anderson and May Anderson, Elias Smith and Jean Lowman, among others. Property deed recorded transferring land from Lucy Sponseller to Lilburn Hal. An equity case involves George E. Runkles versus Runkles. An absent divorce complaint is noted, with A. M. Wood as attorney.
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Sherman Britt Snotterly
Rock Forge
Evelyn Blanche Bachted
Hagerstown
Francis L. Anderson
May Anderson
Mallinsburg
W. Va
Elias L. Smith
Jean Lowman
Furkstown
Philops Lowes
Norma war
Frederick
Grafton E. Dodson
Washington D. C
Ina Shirley Baker
Bethesda
Paul Fletcher
Willard
Cho
Daisy Vioa
Clarence L. Pavie
Unionville
Rosa A. Winters
New Windsor
Isaac W. Stotler
Genevieve Dams
Doubs Angels
Boyle
brown
Anna E Burowski
Baltimore
George C. Mendez
Kirck
Brolyn
N. Y
Antoinette HL Jem
Diack
North Bextz streat
George W. Porter
BA As
Helen Riay Myers
Mt . Henman
Edwin Burns
Lenoce McFerrin
Moéale
Iowa
Lucy E. Sponseller
Lilbumm A. Hal and rife
George E. Runkles
Runkles
A. M. Wood
Mother and Children Die in Home Fire in Farrell
A mother Rose Canson age 22 and her two children Mane 4 and Pan 2 suffocated in a Farrell Pennsylvania fire. Their bodies were found in a bath area as others escaped to safety on the roof. The mother’s parents and another relative were reportedly injured.
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Farrell
a@ bath
Rose Canson
Mane
Pan
ousir
Canson
Christmas programs at All Saints and Lutheran Sunday schools
The All Saints Church School staged a Christmas festival with a large list of participants and scenes including Carst, Techelon, recitations, duet numbers, and solos. The Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School held an evening program in the church auditorium with songs,剧 stories, and a cantata, featuring Rev Rupp and Mrs Renn.
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All Saints Church School
Church School of All Saints
church
Techelon
Margaret Baer
redmas Fairy
Beny Rubee
Jumane Gube
Aich Jeu Birthdus r
Geraldine Baker
Long
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Jane Abendsche
Margaret
Holmes
Joseph D. B. Uy
Mary Ellen Nustron
Bethlehem
Munme Roxnon
King
Geraldine Bat
Joyson
Edith Orth
Betty Gra
Juanita Blumesaur
John D. Hendrickson
Eleanor Gambrill
waker
Richard Reese
Kathleen Barnes
Matt Fenton, Jr
Primary department
Afr
Matvell
Mary Florence Selby
Ann Louise Marxwell
Santa
Visser Shane
Margareth Rubeck
Evangelical Lutheran Sunday school
enurc? auditorum
Joan 5. Bern, Jr
Simone
Lavta
Rupp
Ruth Ebien Lenhart
childer
Paul Enzelbrecht
LeRoy Renn
The Angels
Ann Rhoedes
Constance Keil
Betty Baumeardeer
gatn S. Renn
Jesus
OFering
Frances Ann Schroeder
Claggett Ramsburg
Dr. Rupp
Sigafoose Sentenced for Wife Support Nonpayment
In East Street case James Sigafoose was charged with non support of his wife. He pleaded employment as his excuse, had been ordered to pay 250 dollars weekly, and was sentenced by Joe Auane Bennett to serve six months in a state house of correction. He admitted spending his wife savings of 169 dollars after paying prior support. The magistrate noted his pattern of unreliable support despite her ill health and his promises to pay.
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East street
People’s Court
Joe Auane Bennett
si mont
motre House
ater
Steafoose
Pen site decision due soon for Maryland prison
Baltimore December 27 Stuart S. Janney chairman of the board of welfare says a site for a new Maryland penitentiary will be chosen soon. He declines to discuss specific locations or a timeline but notes no agreement has been reached. The favored sites remain a Frederick County site and a Loreley tract on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad miles from Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Stuart S. Janney
board of welfare
Janney
Ritchie
Fredenck county
Loreley
Baltimore & Ohio
Maryland Penitentiary Annual Census and Earnings Report
Baltimore reports an average daily population of 1,200 for the Maryland penitentiary, up 54 from last year. On September 1 the inmate count included 481 white men, 655 colored men, and one colored woman, with whites and a Negros decreased from year end. Total earnings were $401,718, down about $49,000 due to a shift from per diem to piecework in time industries driven by federal law on interstate transport of convict-made goods, reducing pay from $1 to roughly 32 cents.
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Baltimore
Maryland penitentiary
pris
Secret Foch Warning On Evacuation Sparks Storm
In Paris, a secret warning by Marshal Foch against evacuating the Rhineland prematurely was disclosed in the French Chamber of Deputies. Aristide Briand expressed astonishment at known details, noting the note was sent to President Doumergue and Premier Poincare in October 1926. Briand criticized former official Reibel for reading the note, calling the situation regrettable.
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Jats
Foch
Rhineland
Chamber of Deputes
Aristide Briand
Doumergue
Poincare
M. Briand
M . Reibel
formsr
stait
Twelve Miners Escape After Local Mine Explosion
Twelve miners escaped safely from a mine blast at the Stotesbury section of the CCE Smokeless Coal Co in West Virginia. The incident occurred hours after an explosion damaged engines and halted operations. no injuries reported as crews assessed the scene and secured the area.
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Re. W. Va
Stotesbury
CCE
Sunday School Gift Exchange At Quincr Pa Event
In Quincr Pennsylvania the Sunday School held an event where S Biter and others were recognized. The group received gifts and a pastor addressed the attendees, celebrating fellowship at the home of Grahanage.
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Quincr
S. Biter
Charles Jones Dies in South Orange. Noted Broker
Charles Jones, 63, longtime broker prominent in rail and investment circles, died in South Orange New Jersey. He served as special partner at Charles H. Jones Company of New York, led roles with Southern Railway interests, Baltimore firms, and the Suffolk and Carolina Railway, and was mayor of Baltimore division of Sundard On Company. He is survived by his widow, a son, and several granddaughters.
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South Orange N. J
Charies Jones
Charles H. Jones Company
New York city
York Southern Railroad
Balmote and
Ohro
South Baltimore Car Works
Suffolk and Carolina Railway
Baltimore Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Baltimore
Sundard
turer
Lindberghs Hop to Columbus for Weekend Stay
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh depart from Curtiss-Wright field at 1 15 p m heading to Columbus Ohio for a weekend visit. They plan a single hop to the Pacific coast with Colonel Lindbergh to inspect the Transcontinental Air Transport route in the westward flight. In San Francisco he will accept delivery of a new airplane pane being built for him there.
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Valley Stream
N.Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Curtiss-Wright field
Columbus
Pacific coast
San Francisco
Lindbergh
Burleigh Grimes Sues Wife for Divorce in Ohio
Canton, Ohio, Dec. 27 AP Burleigh A Grimes pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates files for divorce from Florence Ruth Grimes whom he married in Chattanooga Tenn in 1913 He accuses her of interference with his work and extravagant spending including jewelry purchases totaling 6000 to 7000 dollars over recent years.
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Canton
Ohio
Burleigh A. Grimes
Pittsburgh Pirates
Florence Ruth Grimes
Chattanooga
Tenn
rookiyal
Baltimore reports rise in marriages and divorces
Baltimore courts have granted 1,531 divorces since the year's start while the marriage license bureau issued 6,644 licenses. The licenses to divorces ratio remains about the same despite more licenses this year. Officials say 1928’s license total will be surpassed before year end with only 41 more licenses needed.
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Baltimore
marriage license bureau
clarks
Sixty Communists Arrested At West 76th Street Picket
New York reports fifty communists were arrested in a West 76th street demonstration targeting a shoe company on the tenth floor. Among the 50, 28 were women. Police dispersed the crowd after they blocked the street and sang communistic songs. They were charged with disorderly conduct.
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New York
West 76th street
Rubio Places Wreath on Grave Unknown Soldier
President elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio visited Arlington Cemetery with Ambassador Telles and aides to lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb. The procession included White House cars and officials from the State Department along with embassy spouses and attachés.
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RUBIO
Washington
Der
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Metco
Telles
For
Arlington cemetery
Soholer
White House
State department
Campbell resigns from Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnston B. Campbell, ICC member since 1921, resigns to President Hoover and will leave office once a successor is chosen. The report notes a Spokane based commissioner Tarmipbeil leaving to practice law and mentions local fraternal lodge activities and Calvary Methodist Church services with Masons attending a Sunday event.
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Johnston B. Campbell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
wil
Tarmipbeil
Spokane
Waen
totur
isasonic
Locer
Calaumbia Lodge
A. F
evertme sey
Calvary Methodist Eo
Potomac River To Be National Waterway Plan Revealed
Maj Brehow Somervell disclosed plans to link the Potomac with Maryland and Pennsylvania coal regions and the coastal waterway network, making Washington connected to major rivers and enabling federal barge traffic. The study awaits final review and congressional action early next year.
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Okie Valley river
Mississippi
Potomac
Washington
United States Engineer Office
Rivers and Harbors committee
Washinigton Board of Trade
Maj
Brehow Somervell
District United States Enginer
Msgs
Somerve
Washington Channel
Corgrees
Maj. Somervell
Somervell
George Washington
Congress
Meg. Somervell
National Capital
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Jai Somervell
Great Falls
Washngton channel
Maryland couple beaten during robbery attack
In Ghestertown Maryland Mr and Mrs Nathan Liberman an elderly couple running a store were beaten by ten attackers one with a pistol and another with a club both escaped Mrs Liberman suffered a head injury and a broken nose while trying to defend herself and a neighbor doctor treated them. The incident is linked to a prior robbery at S B Dorf store in Chesterton and authorities seek suspects.
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Ghestertown
Nathan Liberman
meglio
Liberman
Libermen
phy T
Hadaray
S B Dorf
Chesterton
Tunney Given Judgment In Suit Filed By Woman
Bridgeport Min Dec 27 AP James P Gere Tunney boxing champion of the world won a $50,000 breach of promise suit in the Evsenor Court today Mrs Katherine Fogarty had sued him. Both sides had agreed to a signed release against the Fort Worth divorce action but no action was taken.
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Bridgeport
James P
Gere) Tunn
heairaeignt
boxing chammos
Evsenor
Katherine Ki. Fogarty
Fort Worth
ins
State Policeman Killed in Battle with Robbers
A state policeman died in a confrontation with robbers after an attempted theft. The officer and a second worker were wounded in the exchange before the assailants fled with a car and an office machine. Police say the incident occurred amid a broader assault in the area and an investigation is underway.
Lowman Defends Coast Guard Action in Rum Runner Shooting
Assistant Secretary Seymour Lamar declares under tariff law the coast guard may stop ships at will. He defends a guard firing on a boat on Lake Erie after it failed to halt, noting no hquer found but warning shots fired. One man killed, another wounded, crew fled to a pier before authorities found them.
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Dee
coast guard
Lake Erie
Downey, Jr
Buillah
Seymour Lamar
the Treasury
Lewran
governie ofsial
Downer
Lowman
Saturn as Reigning Planet for 1930 Almanac Notes
An almanac predicts Saturn will be the reigning planet in 1930 with a dull, heavy, and gloomy temperament. It forecasts a cold humid year, late spring and early summer, and notes Easter on April 20. The piece lists fixed holidays and their weekdays, noting eclipses mid and late year and expected visibility in the United States.
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Saturn
United States
Washington
St. Patrick’s Day
Memorial Dar
Independence Dar
Columbus Dar
Hallowe'en
Collins Seeks Ring Return for Shires Clash
Rochester International League star Catlins announced he started training to enter the ring for a match against Are Indians White Sox first baseman. Details from manager and club sources outline hopes for a possible boxing bout amid baseball season notes.
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Rochester
Colins
Are iShares
White Sox
pasebal
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