Hauptmann defense aims to prove Fisch wrote ransom notes
In Flemington New Jersey Jan 12 AP defense counsel say they will prove Isador Fisch, dead partner, wrote the Lindbergh ransom notes and aided the kidnap murder. State experts dispute the claim noting handwriting differences. Baltimore experts Samuel Malone and Arthur P. lie, brought in to testify, join defense witnesses as the trial unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memington
N. J
Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Ness
Hauptmann
Kipping
Edward J. Reilly
Tate
Fisch
Forc
Baltimore
Ltimore
Flemington
Pear Es
Muel C. Malone
Arthur P.ie
Brunchard Hauptmann
Malone
Yers
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
Newark
P E Asks More Time on Potomac Edison Rate Cut
Potomac Edison seeks a seven day extension from the State Public Service Commission to respond to a 10 percent rate cut order. Attorneys Piper Carey and Hall say the 10 day period is too short to reach considered decisions. Commission officials have the request under advisement and expect a favorable action. AP report dated January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
State
Public Tvice Commission
Piper
Carey
Hall
Attorns
Carbon monoxide kills bank examiner in Baltimore
Baltimore January 12 AP A senior bank examiner with 14 years service Khor C Merriam Jr 43 died of carbon monoxide poisoning His mother in law Mrs Mary Durbin found his body in his air mobile after Merriam's wife raised the alarm The coroner ruled accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Khor C. Merriam, Jr
Fay
Merriam
Mary Durbin
Beme
Electric rate cuts in Maryland state 1934 report
Baltimore January 12 AP Electric rate reductions were reported across Maryland in 1934 by the Public Service Commission. Negotiations for further reductions were under way in certain areas of the state. A Frederick delegation was expected at the Maryland Children's Aid Society annual meeting in Utimoore on Friday at 3 o clock at Alumnae Lodge. An attendance prize would be awarded to the branch with the largest representation. Charles McC Mathias, a member of the Executive Committee, and 15 residents of the local society were mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Public Service Commission
Frederick Unly
Maryland Chilen's Aid Society
Aldren's Aid Society
Utlmore
24Th Street
Charles McC. Mathias
Glavis Glavis
Burlew
Louis
Ickes
Robert Moses
New York
Jim Farley
Supreme Court
NEA Service, Inc
Peoples Gourk Tala
Bennett Mortis Winpigler
Bowers
Armis
Ben Lowe
James W. Lowe
Lowe
Weather Summary for Today and January Report
Daily precipitation shows none in the past 24 hours. January total reaches 83 units, above the normal 3.2. The day’s high was 45, yesterday’s 45, and the low last night 27, with lunar events noted for moonrise and moonset tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomoorrow
Ste
Samarian Rebekahs Observe Fifteenth Anniversary
Final arrangements were made for the fifteenth anniversary of Samarian Rebekah Lodge No. 61 I O F at a Friday meeting with large attendance. The trench will be January 24 at 6 30 p m at Ebert ice cream parlors near the Odd Fellows Home followed by an entertainment. Installation of officers was conducted by District Deputy President Miss Thomas with several deputies and officers named. Remarks praised the lodge as past noble grand Mrs Angioberger received a jewel and a gift. Refreshments followed. Weather outlook for Monday through Friday notes rain or snow in the north with generally fair conditions elsewhere. warmer Sunday night and much colder by Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samaritafi Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Miss Thomas
Sadie Ogle
Mollie Harrington
Hulda Woodward
Katherine Ridenour
Bertha Elkin
Mollie Haugh
Jane Houck
Wm. H. Houck
Jacob L Engelbrecht
Lawrence ©. Willard
S Elmer Brown
Franklin N. Shipley
Esther B. Steiner
Mary B. Engelbrecht
Ethel M. Beard
Pauline R. Koontz
Elsie Stone
Rebekah Zimmerman
Jessie Webster
Edith Stammar
Pelle McDevitt
Eleanor Conrad
Celeste Shipley
May Smith
Guardian
Edna Oden
Ruth Cronise
Angieberger
Koontz
Thomas
Rebekah Assembly
North
Middle Atlantic
Jews Ordered to Quit Saar During Voting
Nazi authorities issued expulsion notices targeting Jewish residents during the Saar voting period. The action, framed as a security measure, prompted deportation threats and heightened tension as Europeans prepared for the plebiscite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saar
Saar Territory Jews Afraid After Plebiscite Guidance
Jews in the Saar Territory report being told by Nazis to flee to Germany tonight and return with stamped passports after abstaining in the plebiscite. They fear reprisals if the Saar stays in Germany, while Nazis count the vote as a test of their policies in a free election amid Communist and Socialist resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Saar
Germany
Tomar
Adolf Hitler
Gold Clause Influences Market. Sentiment Edges Up
New York January 12 The stock market remained swayed by the gold clause issue though the tone improved after early declines. Rail stocks led losses then recovered. total transfers about 670,000 shares. Government and prime corporate bonds rose while grains pared losses. call money held at 1 percent and the pound sterling opened near $4.91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Securities
Prime Corporation
Four Million Trees to Be Planted in Shelter Belt
Washington reports a large shelter belt plan with 4,000,000 trees to be planted next spring. The American Tree Association names 23 of 30 planting areas across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas, with about 139,000 trees per strip five miles long ten rods wide. Also notes December 1934 health stats for Carroll County and the Hindenburg Cup winner Karl Schwabe for 1934 flights to Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forest Service
Canada
Texas Panhandle
American Tree Association
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansans
Oklahoma
Texas
Karl Schwabe
Africa
Turmoil in New Deal agencies sparks White House tension
Washington dispatch reports strain within the Roosevelt administration as Ickes Burlew and Glavis face internal clashes over leaks and personnel. Burlew's grip at PWA and Interior grows, while questions swirl about Mrs Roosevelt and aides. Mentzer named district deputy for Burkittsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Deal
NRA
AAA
Ickes
Burlew
Emer
White House
Iokes
Wberb K. Burlew
Louis R. Glavis
Glavis
PWA
Interior
Ieries
Threat to Beal’s Son Puts Six-Year-Old Under Guard
In Newton Massachusetts a threat to destroy six year old Thomas Beal III, the son of Boston banker Thomas P Beal, Jr., demanded 25000 dollars and warned of harm unless paid. State and Newton police guard the child. federal agents and postal inspectors have been on the case for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Thomas P. Beal
Second National Bank of Boston
Thomas P. Beal, Jr
Beal
Bend
Office Equipment Sold at Large City Sale
The Peoples Fire Insurance Company furnishings were sold today under receivership at the building west of West Church and Court streets. Articles ranged from a $650 safe sold for $6250 to a large wall map at 10 cents. Typewriters, filing cabinets, desks, book cases, rugs and a framed Theodore Roosevelt picture also sold. Proceeds estimated near $1000. William Walsh receiver. David G. Winebrenner III and A Kemp Bartlett Jr. attorneys. A Grant Hooper auctioneer. William Z. Deter clerk. The building is now with Commerce Building and Securities Corp with upcoming office leasing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Fire Insurance Company
Eat West Church
Court Streets
Theodore Roosevelt
William ©. Walsh
David GC. Winebrenner
A. Kemp Bartlett, Jr
A. Grant Hooper
William Z. Deter
Peoples Fire Insurance
Commerce Building and Securities Corporation
Virginia teacher sent to Maryland House of Correction
Miss Catherine Bauserman, a Virginia schoolteacher, was transferred from the hospital to the Maryland House of Correction to begin a three year sentence after pleading guilty to twelve bad check charges. Authorities said she obtained about $200 in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Catherine Bauserman
Virginia
Maryland House of Correction
Band Elects Officers At Yellow Springs Convert Band Meeting
The Yellow Springs Convert Band elected officers including President George L. Twentey and Vice President Theodore Sundergill. Recording secretary George C Stull and corresponding secretary Prof Charles C T Stull named. Treasurer Francis Staley and director Prof Stull. assistant director Wilson Fisher and property man Francis Staley. Two new members Gilmore Leseafleet Jr and Wilson Fisher joined. The band plans regular engagements and music instruction by Prof Stull with recruits progressing well. Previously the band performed at Braddock Heights concerts during summer and early fall as the New Braddock Heights Concert Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
George L. Twentey
Theodore Sundergill
George C. Stull
Charles C T. Stull
Francis Staley
Prof Stull
Wilson Fisher
Gilmore Leseafleet, Jr
Stull
Braddock Heights
New Braddock
Hess Held for Grand Jury Over Alleged Assault Near Emmitsburg
Alvin Joe Hess faces February Frederick County grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to kill after a Christmas party fight over $20 ended with a single barrel shotgun shot at neighbor Edward Wetzel. Hess posted 500 bond via Bernard Walter Emmitsburg. Wetzel survived with headaches and resumed work. A hearing occurred before Justice William J Stoner Thurmont in Brunisburg absence of Magistrate George C Thompson. An extensive lighting system upgrade is noted for Tacoma municipal airport with about 25 miles of heavy electrical cable underground for new illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Joe" Hess
Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Hess
Bernard
Walter
William J. Stoner
Thurmont
George C Thompson
Brniusburg
Hiss
Edward Wetzel
Wetzel
Paris Crackdown on Communist Demonstrators in Snowstorm
Twelve hundred Communist marchers clashed with police in Paris during the season's first snowstorm as guards dispersed the crowd near city gates. West-side columns entered in groups while smaller lines faced barriers from other directions. The day also covered a murder trial in Pottsville and Kelayres politics, with courtroom tensions over witness behavior and non-support cases at local courthouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pottsville
Joseph J Bruno
Kelayres
Mary Wernsavage
Franc Brune
Bruno
Concert by Franklin and Marshall Symphony Orchestra
A large audience attended the Franklin and Marshall Symphony Orchestra concert at Brad beck Hall Hood College Friday evening conducted by Prof Fred erick Shriver Klein guest violinist Florence Haenie of the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Philadelphia appeared. The Hood College Orchestra sponsored the event and a dinner in Coblentz Hall followed the concert with a reception in Migran Hall. OBSERVE 60TH ANNIVERSARY Mr and Mrs Edmund F Moberly celebrate their sixty years of marriage. Mr Moberly, ia years old, has been bedbound months, but Mid Moberly remains active. He was a city mail carrier for 20 years and recalls Civil War days, including the raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry. The couple were married by Rev Dr George Diener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin and Marshall Symphony Orchestra
Brad
Edmund F Moberly
Fast Fourth Street
Mr Moberly
Mid Moberly
Moberly
John Brown
Harpers
Charles
Wiliam Moberly
Stamew
Earhart Nears End of Pacific Hop Toward Oakland
Amelia Earhart Putnam propels her solo Honolulu to California flight toward Oakland with radio reports saying all is well. Commander Clarence Williams tracks course and pace as airport preparations in Oakland begin for her arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Wheeler Field
Monolulu
Territory of Hawaii
Oakland
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Burbank
Cal
Honolulu
California
Poo
Clarence Williams
Miss Earhart
Department of Commerce
O. K
Williams
Bam
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Bay
San Francisco
Housing meeting held to promote Federal Housing Act in Frederick County
Frederick county executive committee of the Federal Housing Administration met Friday night in the Western Maryland Trust Co. building to plan contacting property owners about the housing act. Donald Linville, with Maryland administrator Arthur Hungerford, discussed financing via local business subscriptions as done elsewhere. The group, led by G. Hunter Bowers, aims to resume active campaign in city and county, with Linville praising progress. The committee includes Nestor, Rankin, Bentz, Fisher, Muller, Schmidt, Seeger, Smith, Summers, Wilcox, and Linville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Frederick County
Joseph H. J. Nestor
Maaryland
Harper Rankin
Linvile
Bowers
Nestor
Rankin
Edward Bentz
Archie E. Fish
L. Homer Muller
J. J. Schmidt
Chas
F. Seeger
Rob't L. Smith
C. Thomas Summers
George E. Wilcoxton
Linville
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Thor
Lindbergh
Huy
P.E
Samaritan Rebekahs
Hitler
W. C. Stone
Carroll County
Thomas JL Popp
House of Delegates
Mensoer
Allegany County
Barlew
Gravis
Roosevelts
By Rodney Dutcher
Lckes
Harold
Bugglew
F. R
Roosevelt
Congress
King Burlew
John W. Mentzer
Hiltner
Burkittsville
Bart M Inwell
Mr. Mentzer
Coniansum
Last Fell
Boston
Nate
Federal Agents and Postal In
Spectors
House OF Correction
Tacoma, Wash
America
William Dudderar
Unioniie
Naomi Dudderar
Dudderar
Miss Dudderar
Lucille Etzier
Madge Bury
Isabel Bury
Dorothy Nicodemus
Elizabeth Nicodemus
Katherine Biddinger
Pauline Biddinger
Sara Ecker
Ruth Dudderar
Maybelle Dudderar
Thomas Whipp
Irving Joy
James Ecker
Wilfred Koentz
Donald Ecker
Henry Bury
Len Buchinin
Ralph Buchman
Allen Dudderir
Howard Cantwell
Hany Eoentz
Acacia Lodge
Josepph Haas
Hivatisville
Ernest P. Ianumaker
Estee B. Fenty
Lloyd Mackey
S. B Bennett
Geo. E. Black
Ross
F. and
M. Symphony Orchestra
Hood College
News-Post
Fredrick
Baltimore Sun
Frederick News
Frederick
Calif
Alo
W Steck
Bartholows
Mr. Steele
John Kelly
New Market
Uude
James Barnes
Glendon Avenue
Steele
Camden Station
Wills
Melvin
Shepley
Myersville
Office of Register of Wills
Charles ©. Goodell
Edgar Bittle
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