21 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1925
Page
1
City officials plan spring civic improvements across several town sections including curb and guttering on Madison Street and around Memorial Ground. Attention will focus on paving conditions and safety as new concrete raises above brick surfaces, with discussions likely on improvements urged by residents.
The St Martin’s Parochial School Building in Gaithersburg will cost about 879000 and be a two story brick cement and steel structure. It will house six classrooms two offices and a corridor with a planned September opening and a staff of five teachers led by Father Joan S Cuddy. The site at the corner of Suaimi and Frederick avenues sits on four and a half acres. Plans also call for a new church with a 75900 price tag and a rectory and convent around 100 each.
The morning stock market is unsettled by heavy selling in motor shares after a brief display of strength. The news mentions steel common stock price fixed at 125 dollars a share and a renewed three per cent rise in Calvogene.
Lawyers argue that press coverage turns trials into theater. The piece cites George Norris and Harry Wolfe cases, plus Chicago Bar Association proposals to ban courtroom photography and enforce solemnity in reporting judicial proceedings.
In Chicage on January 21 the former director of the Veterans Bureau will not testify in his defense in the Veterans Bureau conspiracy trial. The defense neared its end as Thompson, co defendant, faced charges of defrauding the government through hospital contracts.
The Senate today accepted an amendment to a paralegal request urging President Coolidge to convene another arms conference. Senator Gray H. Brackett, of Delaware, supported the move as part of the Associated Press report from Washington.
Weather conditions eased snow cover across the state with depths of one to five inches in most areas and none in the northeast. Mild temperatures and light rain slowed farming work though some houses and harvesting continue. Ice in western Maryland measured ten to twelve inches. Prize winners announced but unclear results and officials undecided. A Buick car was purchased by commissioners. previous auto traded in. The nation’s largest sheep barn is located at the Denver stockyards.
In Jersey City today Senator Edward L Edwards of New Jersey did not appear as a witness in the trial of ten Weehawken policemen and two civilians charged with conspiring to violate prohibition laws. New York agent Lionel Wilson testified and admitted a prior petty larceny conviction, while defense chief George Cutler alleged a frame-up authored by Samuel Wilson of the Anti Saloon League of New Jersey.
The Senate adopted a resolution of inquiry urging Secretary Hughes to provide a copy of the Paris agreement and all information necessary to fully understand its terms. Senator Johnson of California led the motion, part of the irreconcilables group.
The Catoctin Club Inc met at Way side Inn for its regular monthly gathering. Officers were installed, and President Roscoe B. Rhoads and Richard F. Simmons spoke. A Past President jewel was presented to Byron A. Wirebrewer. A Valentine dance was planned by a committee led by Collimus Brentson and Shires.
A June 20 1780 letter from George Scott of Frederick Town to Gov Lee details Maryland’s loan drive and lists local subscribers and amounts. The document shows patriotic Frederick men who advanced funds, with totals including 85 630 dollars routed via Wr Gaunt and various local benefactors.
Mr Votaw has resigned from government service after being appointed by Attorney General Daugherty in April. He is currently in local san mar and underwent an appendectomy. His departure, with Prohibition Commissioner Haynes’ imminent return, marks the departure of President Harding's close associate circle. Previously he was superintendent of prisons and a minister.
Newton trustee of Union Finance Company found guilty of conspiracy by a jury. Sentencing postponed pending new trial motions. Second trial for Newton in a blind pool scheme. five years in the penitentiary. Court of Appeals had reversed a lower court verdict. Gillespie and Dickey convicted. Gillespie one year, Dickey four months, reprieved by Governor Ritchie.
About seventy five members and guests attended King David Lodge No. 60 I O F where three candidates from Frederick City Lodge No. 109 and Adamstown Lodge No. 151 received the degree of Love under Captain Robert A. Bennett. Remarks praised the degree staff and future plans to confer the degree of Truth next Tuesday.
Announcement today states the jewelry business once run by C Xi Maione will be taken over by Dr A R Remshberg who will manage the shop. Mr Maione will stay on initially with Remshberg, a dentist, assuming control after a completed sale.
Xenora Turman, 27, president of Young Judex in Brooklyn social circles, confessed to forgeries totaling 1.3 million pounds in the Equity Finance and Service Company. Prosecutors say his scheme resembled a Ponzi, with $2 million in worthless securities. He disappeared a week earlier after investigators began probing the company.
The Frederick County National Bank directors held their annual examination on Tuesday afternoon and hosted a banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Toastmaster Noah E. Cramer spoke of trips to Texas and praised the bank’s progress, noting decades of resource growth and annual increases in recent years. The gathering included numerous directors and officers who discussed the bank’s performance and expansion. The article also notes a committee of arrangements and mentions aviation statistics from Great Britain over five years.
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