Burglary Report and Local Party Details
A home break in involved pryed jewel case and missing diamonds followed by a hurried house visit by Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith. No trace of a third man found. Separately Miss Nora Walters hosted a party at 11 McMurray Street with games dancing and refreshments attended by a list of local residents.
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Reed
Schafer Sharsll
Roy M Hiltner
Kate
Charles W. S. Smith
Nora Vet Walters
McMurray Street
Eunice Boxwell
Nora
Yg Walters
Roe Walters
Eileen “Les Hann
Peggy Solt
Evelyn Boon
Margaret Solt
Violet Fischer
Audry Grove
Nora Walters
Johnny Williams
Bille McKee
Stanleyert King
John Fischer
Earnest Spang- Wohler
Robert Walters
Witherow Found Guilty in Adams County Robbery Case
John G Witherow 35 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a fatal shooting during a drinking spree and was sentenced to one to three years. He and two accomplices robbed the Schaffer home near Saint Anthony’s, tying Mrs Schaffer and the maid, and fled with nearly $1000. Authorities say a detainer will be issued and he will be moved to Frederick County for the robbery charge.
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J .Arthur Schaffer
St Anthons
Mra Clark Schaffer
Rain
Pheecopert
John G Watherow
Gettysburg
Wathesoy
Frederick County
Schaffer
Witherow
Adams Coun
Pao Grand
Fred Bollinger
Trieal
Defenee Crmuna
Actin
W.C Sheely
Bolinger
Fimmiesbure
Freedom Township
Witheraw
Hollinger
Ballinger
Arnathan McAfee
Schafer Hom
Grand Jury
Amicus
Arthur Schaffer
St Anthony's
Dr Martin
Baltimore Junior League Follies Attacked and Defended
William F Marratt of New York criticized the leg tick ing of the show’s chorus and attire. Reuben Ross Holloway, director, defended the production saying the chorus legs were uniformly styled and better than typical for such shows. Meg Tulluwary condemned the designers for military look and work in patriotic societies.
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Baltimore
William F Marratt
New York
League Follies
Reuben Ross Holloway
Marlatt
Follies
Mee Holloway
Wash County Objections Sought on Shepherdstown Bridge Plans
War Department asked Washington county to file objections to the new Shepherdstown bridge over the Potomac before February. Plans and bids were received recently, detailing a 1020 foot span with clearances and a revised approach, and noting a bid excess of 55 000 over the allotted construction funds amid cross state funding negotiations.
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Hagerstown
War Department
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Shepherdstown
Potomac River
Last Marcel
Maryland
West Virginia
Hancock
West
South Carolina Farm Values Estimated for 1938
Estimated cash value of principal field and commercial crops harvested in South Carolina in 1938, reported by UA and Department of Agriculture statisticians.
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South Carolina
Department of Agriculture Statistletans
Cairo at Critical Point as Flood Devastates Ohio River Valley
The flood threatened Cairo at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi with tens of thousands evacuated or warned, 400 dead and about one million homeless regionwide. Levee walls held while tugboats and flood gates prepared, Paducah and Cincinnati faced rising waters and relief efforts intensified.
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Ohio Eiver Valley
Cairoll
Mississippi
Bessie Tenn
Mississippi River
Valra
Saint Cairo
Ohio
Paducah
Federal Commission
Works Progress
Hf. L. Hopkins
Cairo
Cinccinnati
Louisville
Extradition Refused For Montgomery Co
Justice Department officials refused to extradite William B Reed 25 of Montgomery County from Ruston Louisiana on a national automobile theft act warrant. James H Pugh said West Virginia and Pennsylvania murders tied to Reed may prompt further action. West Virginia police were informed of the decision and Reed may face Dollman murder proceedings there or in Maryland.
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Rockville
Justice Department
William B Reed
Montgomery County
Ruston
James H Pugh
Washington
Reed
Pugh
West Virginia
Lawrence Gingell
Kensington
W. Joseph Kirby
Scranton
Elwood Matthews
Montgomery Farmer
Earl Dollman
Charleston
W. Va
Sutton A Pugh
Gin
Fillinger
Matthews
Street breaks warn Louisville motorists
Red Cross contributions for the Isteicken rose further with New York City reaching about 1069 000. The evacuation of the Mississippi Valley force proceeded alongside a systematic army evacuation of each refugee.
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Louisville
Red Cross
New York City
Mississippi Valley
Reed arrested in Abduction and Robbery Case in Virginia
Reed, arrested in West Virginia at Ruston, is linked to the kidnapping and robbery of a taxicab driver in the District of Columbia. He used the alias George Morgan from Garden City Texas and was identified by FBI fingerprints. The case also mentions a 28-pound gold nugget found in North Carolina as part of related news.
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Ing
West Virgina
Reed
Ruston
George Morgan
Garden City
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pugh
District of Columbia
Richmond
Melborn Reed
Elwood Robertson
Richard Proctor Stockton
Boston
Willan Reedeveral
Meander in distress as mid Atlantic storm drifts northeast of Azores
The American freighter Meander sent a distress call from the mid Atlantic during a severe storm. It was reported drifting in heavy seas northeast of the Azores with two lifeboats swept away. The Dutch steamer Edain and two other ships rushed to aid.
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New York
Meander
Radio Marine Corporation
Azores
Edain
Troublesome Problems In Congress This Week
Congress this week will tackle two troublesome issues with a bill and a resolution. A controversial rider is attached to the measure. Tuesday opens hearings on neutrality legislation before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Congress
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Comitee
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Ziegfeld
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George White
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Ratory Eden
Elett Foek Fund
Misara
Montgomery Co
Alttor
North Carolina
Bennett’s
Bigelow
Nantasket
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