February grand jury charged to pursue thorough investigations
Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard instructed the February grand jury to pursue diligent investigations into alleged criminal offenses. Roger R. Rice was named foreman of the investigating body as twenty two other members and a petit jury panel were drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Willard
Willard
Rice
Roger R. Rice
Elias A. Summers
Keifer
Mariz
John L. Smith
John E. Brady
C. Vermon Rahoderick
Charles H. Wenzel
Alvey M. Dinkerman
Hamilton Linthicum
Glenn L. Putman
Earl E. Zeigler
Elmer ¥. Dixon
M. Luther Kugler
George H. Nusbaum
Wilbur F. Hammaker
Philip E. Grove
Andrew L. Bissett
J. William Gaver
William H Motter
G. Foster Angleberger
Luther O. Derr
John A. Colbert
Charles D. Metz
Herbert W. Duvall
John W. Brewer
Curtis E. Compher
Robert L. Smith
Charles A. Gross
Emmons C. E. Lanner
William D. L. Hume
Paul 5. Rudy
David T. Gaver
Harvey R. Grossnickle
Walter D. Remsberg
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Joseph E. Gouker
Frederick County
Stocks Start Rough, Then Climb In Late Trading
New York Feb 21 AP stocks opened poorly but recovered to end with gains across most issues. The market showed forward movement with a generally sluggish tape and mild profit selling near the fourth hour. Early foreign exchange saw the British pound slip to 5.013-16 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Banks And Post Office Closed On Washington Birthday
Banks will close and the postoffice will cancel rural and city deliveries and window service for the legal holiday marking George Washington birthday observances. Stores do not observe the holiday and math business lines are unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Math Business 2
King resigns as Plummer named to Montgomery board
The resignation of Commissioner Charles E. King of Montgomery County dated February 18 is accepted by Gov. Harm W. Nice whoappoints Clay Plummer of Gaithersburg to replace him. Plummer, a Fusion Democrat, may shift the county board toward a solid front against the Democratic organization, altering patronage and control in county government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. King
Montgomery County
Sligo Valley Park
Harm W. Nice
King
Clay Plummer
Gaithersburg
Brooke Lee
Washington Grove
Nice
Plummer
Republican State Central Committee
Fusion Party
Board of
Republican Committee
Lee Prescott
Frank H. Karn
Paul M. Coughlan
Fusion
Board of County Commissioners and
Sixth
David J. Lewis
Silver Spring
Washington
Infant linked to Virginia family in kidnapping case
Montgomery county police sought ties between three suspects arrested near Quince Orchard and a Dickerson post office robbery. An 18 month old boy identified as Nelson Henry Booth was found with the Esteppe trio, claimed by his mother Loreen Booth to be missing from Gordonsville Virginia. Police traced the suspects via a distinctive license plate, while Dickerson merchant Samuel C. Jones reported the post office theft and a store break in occurred around 8:30 am Sunday. Police held the trio in Rockville jail with about $70 taken in the robbery. A Swiss committee plans a university in the high Alps to offer winter sports to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Quince Orchard
Dickerson Post Office
H. C. Esteppe
Booth
Esteppes
Gaithersburg
Sergt
Roy Bodmer
Dayhoff and
Payne
Dickerson
Frederick
Samuel C. Jones
Mr. Jones
Merchant Guise
Evelyn White
Virginia
Esteppe
Rockville
Rome and Capitals React to Eden Ouster and Hitler Address
World capitals react with alarm and celebration as Eden resigns as British foreign secretary and Hitler hails Manchukuo recognition. Paris fears Britain shifts toward conciliation with Italy and Germany, Hankow protests the move, Tokyo and Rome cheer, while Berlin, Vienna and London speculate. Rome hopes for new British Italian ties following Eden’s forced exit.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hankow
Rome
Berlin
Tokyo
London
Vienna
Hitler
Anthony Eden
Britain
Italy
Nazi Germany
China
Manchukuo
Japan
Austria
Eden
Drunken Driver Pleads Guilty in Highways Crash
Wilbur L. Ford of Water Street pleaded guilty to drunken and reckless driving after his car crashed into a fence beside the National highway Sunday night. He received a 35 day jail term in lieu of $105 in fines, imposed by Justice Emmett Bowlus in Peoples Court. Ford, a truck driver and brother of Raymond Ford, offered no testimony and said lights from an approaching vehicle blinded him. State Officer W. K. May witnessed the incident near Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur L. Ford
Water Street
Emmett 3. Bowlus
Peoples Court
Ford
W. K. May
Frederick
Raymond Ford
Mehrl V. Smith
Jefferson
J. J. Thompson
Jodes
Walter Ur Orock
Baltimore
Worman’s Mill State Highway
King Concedes Mistake and Moves to Reconsider Rezoning
Grove’s group urged reconsideration, King admitted a mistake and pledged to seek reconsideration and vote against the rezoning. His resignation date was cited as last Friday, as civic leaders cheered. Observers expect Plummer to likely oppose the rezoning when put to a vote at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
King
Plummer
Phimmer
The Great Question Mark Map of Central Europe
The map shows Nazi Germany and Italy forming a bloc from the Baltic to the Black Sea, threatening a Fascist aligned crescent across Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia. Austria is described as a diminished remnant of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with its previous territories shaded as part of the loss after 1914.
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Hitler
Austria
Germany
Italy
Baltic
Black Sea
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Poland
Jaroslavia
Haly
France
Evangelism Change Stresses Self Efforts In Local Church
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of the Washington area Methodist Episcopal church told the Frederick County Ministerial Association that evangelism has shifted from outstanding leaders to individual ministers and lay members. He urged renewed emphasis on penalties and a more emotional gospel as liberalism fades in evangelism, noting no clear successor to historic evangelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington Area
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick County
Hughes
John S. Bowlus
Jefferson
A. S. Peeler
Lovettsville
Benjamin W. Meeks
D. D
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlies Ely
Brunswick
W. C. Royal
First Baptist Church
J. Sheldon
Deed Set Aside Over Fraudulent Transfer Case
Circuit Court voids deeds of Mrs. Julia E. Hummer due to constructive fraud and exploitative transfers to James I. Renner and Denda I. Renner. The actions involve Walkersville home property and a Lewistown farm backed by a bank loan, with executors Whitmore and Julia Smith connected to the will. The decision cites prior concealment of the Hummer estate plans and unauthorized entry by Renner and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Archer.d. Willard
Julia E. Hummer
Walkersville
James I. Renner
Denda I. Renner
Lewistown
Renner
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Hummer
Carolyn Dudrow
Charles M. Whitmore
Mire
Julia E. Smith
Whitmore
Renners
Manuel M. Weinberg
W. Clinton McSherry
William M. Storm
Willard
Susan F. Gaver
Middletown
Phoebus to be tried by Governor Nice in Baltimore
Annapolis Feb 21 State Senator Harry T Phoebus Republican Somerset county will face trial for alleged misconduct in office as State Labor Commissioner before Governor Harry W Nice in Baltimore on February 28 The governor said the report by Brigadier General Amos W W Woodcock prompted either resignation or trial Phoebus refused resignation and chose trial The report has not been made public
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Harry T. Phoebus
Republican
Somerset County
Loffice
Harry W. Nice
Baltimore
Robert E. Kimble
Alegany
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Nice
Woodcock
Phoebus
Britain Seeks Pact Against War Assails Propaganda
Britain proposes an immediate pact to curb aggression and unite Allies as pressure mounts against Mussolini. The government denounces what it calls rife hostile propaganda shaping public opinion for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Chamberlain Goes Ahead With Meeting In Rome
London february 21 ap prime minister neville chamberlain announced in the commons that britain would begin negotiations for a new anglo italian understanding immediately in rome. he warned that refusing italy could push europe toward war and cited four powers germany italy france and britain as the peace deciders. eden resigned as foreign secretary over policy toward italy saying agreements worth having are not made on threats and that strong convictions must override. Eden charged that italy's propaganda and victors in spain tainted the issue and challenged chamberlains approach after meeting mussolini's envoy count dino grandi.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Rome
Chamberlain
Italy
Eden
Europe
Germany
France
Anthony
Mussolini
Spain
Dino Grandi
Weather Record Shows Mixed Precipitation Totals
The report lists dated measurements with 24 hour precipitation of 1.02 inches to 5 p m yesterday and none from 5 p m yesterday to 7 a m today. It notes temperatures yesterday and a year ago, plus sunrise and sunset times and moon phases, reflecting a historic weather log.
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High Alps
Commons
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World's Capitals
Fuehrer
Manchoukuo
Paul
Staley
Jug Bridge
Sialey
North Market Street
Arthur H. Culler
Hen Barigis
Kitty Forsythe
Central
Coe
Swit
Baltic Sea
Ushi
Hubgary
Bulgaria
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Hlduas
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