Stitely Given 6 to 12 Years For Embezzlement
Washington Jan 21 Reno E Stitely a Woodsboro native and former Interior Department voucher clerk was sentenced to six to twelve years and ordered to repay about 36 000 on charges of embezzling nearly 85 dollars of federal funds. He pled guilty to six of nine indictments after forging payroll certificates and providing fake War Department payrolls tied to CCC workers.
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Washington
Reno E Stitely
Woodsboro
Department of the Interior
Stitely
CCC
National Park Service
War Department
Sutely
Joseph W. Cox
U. S. Court
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
Senate
Park Service
General Accounting Office
The
Senate Committee
Suitely
Jap Reinforcements Move To Shantung Front
Shanghai dispatch reports twenty thousand Japanese cavalry and artillery moving from Peiping-Hankow and Shansi fronts to bolster an offensive stalled by weather and Chinese resistance. The push aims to cut the Lunghai Railway near Suchow as a 400,000 strong Chinese force faces the two Lunghai fronts.
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Shanghai
Lower
Shantung Province
Peiping-Hankow
Shansi Province
Lunghai
China
Suchow
Tientsin-Pukow
Truck Robbed While It Stands On Street
Two Montgomery County robberies were reported as a Cat's restaurant in Gaithersburg lost two pinball machines cigarettes and food. In Silver Spring two men in a black coupe stole cigarettes from a Standard Cigar truck parked on Georgia Avenue as driver William Page delivered an order.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Silver Spring
Georgia
Standard Cigar and Tobacco Co
Anacostia
D.C
William Page
Cals Testaurant
Keller Weds Miss Williamson In Baltimore Ceremony
Baltimore January 21 Charlie Keller batting champion of the International Baseball League married Miss Marthe Lee Williamson athletic instructor at Friends School. The couple met at the University of Maryland three years ago Keller left for Newark last spring to play baseball but returned this winter to finish his degree. They will reside here.
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Baltimore
Charlie
Keller
Marthe Lee Williamson
Friends School
University of Maryland
Newark
Chis
Kellers
Go P Club Holds Annual Election in Winchester Hall
The G O P Club of Frederick County elected a complete slate at its annual meeting in Winchester Hall. Dr Arlington D Flory was named president. Officers include Carsoni Frailey first vice president Susie L Ramsburg second vice president Benjamin L Shuff executive secretary Paul Zimmermann corresponding secretary Ruth Moberly treasurer and directors Elmer Munshower Ida Trexier Naom Remsburg Joseph Payne and Merle Ecker. The group planned a Washingtons Birthday dinner dance at the Key Hotel February 22 and a card party for January 28. Delegations came from most districts with broad county participation.
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G. O. P. Club
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Arlington D. Flory
Thurmont
Carsoni Frailey
Emmitsburg
Susie L Ramsburg
Frederick
Benjamin L. Shuff
This City
Paul Zimmerman
New Market
Ruth Moberly
Elmer F. Munshower
Ida M. Trexier
Naom
Remsburg
Middletown
Joseph B. Payne
Brunswick
AL Merle Ecker
Russell H. McCain
Walter E. Sinn
Nannie Zimmerman
Eugene A. Alexander
Francis Scott Key
Emmett R. Bowlus
Harry W. LeGore
D. G. Everhart
Elmer F. Munshow
Two Woodsboro Men Charged In Calf Theft Case
Deputy Sheriff Denver J. Shook led an investigation resulting in the arrest of Charles Franklin Potts and Melvin Gilbert for the theft of two calves from Ogle near Creagerstown and Daugherty near Detour. Potts was freed on 5300 pending grand jury action. Gilbert remains jailed. Evidence linked prints from a car believed owned by Potts and hair from calves found on the back seat. Both men deny the charges.
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Denver J. Shook
Woodsboro
Charles Franklin Potts
Melvin Gilbert
Potts
Gilbert
Shook
Roy M. Hiltner
Hiltner
Harvey BH. Ogle
Creagerstown
Daugherty
Detour
Ogle
WPA sewer project at Montevue approved
WPA administration moves to install sewer pipes from Montevue hospital to connect with the city system. County commissioners have not budgeted funds this year and may decide to proceed with federal aid. Estimated total cost about 160,000 with county share around 3,000 to 4,000. Route would require digging to Swastika road in Rosemont addition. Rights of way under review with city officials. An earthquake travels slowly statement appears unrelated.
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Works Progress Administration
Montevue Hospital
WPA
Swastika Road
Rosemont
Addition
Damage Suits Before Court Are Disposed Of
Damage suits set for trial in Circuit Court were settled or non pressed on Friday. A bus accident case remains for Wednesday. The County Commissioners suit against Alfred W. Gaver was deferred again. The John Phillips suit against EC Valentine and Nellie Mehrling will enter a non pros. Joan T Harley suit against Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 50000 damages was settled. Harley alleges a 1935 injury while transferring newspapers damaged his left foot.
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Alfred W. Gaver
John Phillips
Valentine
Nellie Mehrling
Phillips
Miss Mehrling
Levin and
Hendelberg
William D. MacMillan
William M. Storm
Joan T. Harley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harley
One-Sided Vote Of Confidence For Chautemps Regime
Paris voters in the Chamber of Deputies backed Camille Chautemps with a 501 to 1 confidence vote after the Radical-Socialist premier announced a wartime style defense reorganization and pledged to defend the franc while pursuing the People's Front social reform program. Conservatives and leftists offered no guarantees on continued support.
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Paris
People's Front
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
France
People’s Front
Chautemps
Lawyers and witnesses in $5,000 Anglesbee case
Oscar Angleshee of Ridgeville sues Martin L. Nicodemus over a bus crash that upset a school load after Nicodemus allegedly operated his automobile. About 25 witnesses已 listed for summons in the hearing set for Wednesday, with 18 plaintiffs and 7 defense witnesses named. The case, moved from Carroll county on a venue change, names J E McCabe and William M Storm for Harley and John S Newman and Parsons Newman for the railroad company.
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Harley
J. E McCabe
William M. Storm
John S. Newman
Parsons Newman
Oscar Angleshee
Ridgeville
Martin L. Nicodemus
Anglesbee
Nicodemus
Carroll County
Don't Speed Economic Machine Too Much Says Washington
Washington notes the nation in recession risks triggering another boom and deeper depression if recovery is artificial. John D Biggers urges a national employment committee to plan job reemployment, citing business caution after 1929 and reduced buying to “put their houses in order.”
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Washington
John D Buggers
Federal
Senate
Biggers
Wder
Britain Probes Jap Naval Program Over 35000-Ton Ships
Britain ordered its Tokyo ambassador to confirm reports that Japan is secretly building or planning 43000-ton battleships with 18 inch guns. If true, London treaty limits could be breached, potentially freeing Britain, the United States, and France from 1936 caps.
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London
Great Britain
Tokyo
Japan
Admiralty
Britain
Foreign Office
United States
France
Elementary education cost 41 per capita in Maryland
Hagerstown January 21 1937 Maryland Washington county spent 41 per capita on elementary education the lowest in the state the county ranks 20th in per capita high school costs at 74 with a high of 115 in Calvert county and a state average of 80 total education disbursements reached 778 927 including 127 398 for new buildings and alterations teachers salaries totaled 485 999 and enrollment was 14 738 with 2 459 high school students the county owns several school buildings and rents five
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland
Board of Education
Calvert County
Anders Ruthless killer described by Hoover in Ross case
J Edgar Hoover called Peter Anders the most cold blooded killer seen by the FBI after Anders and James Atwood Gray killed Charles S Ross in Chicago and Gray in Spooner Wisconsin. Anders was captured near Los Angeles after a failed escape from federal agents.
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St. Paul
Minn
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Bureau
Hoover
Los Angeles
Anders
James Atwood Gray
Ross
Gray
Spooner
Wis
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
A compact reader item listing the Cranium Crackers answers. Includes Greek theater origins, prescription abbreviations, US land area, long animal lifespans, and credited inventors Gatling Bessemer Nobel. Names, places, and numbers drawn from the quiz notes.
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United States
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Georgia
Great Lakes
Gatling
Bessemer
Nobel
Assistance Cases Gain In December In Maryland
The Board of State Aid and Charities reports an 18.6 percent rise in general public assistance cases in Maryland for December, with 22 258 people aided and 3 784 applications pending. Total aid expenditures reached 3659912. December 31 total cases 26296 versus 25051 in November.
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Baltimore
Board of State Aid and
Chariies
Maryland
TVA Competition Is Upheld In U S Court
A three judge Federal Court in Chattanooga Tennessee upheld the Tennessee Valley Authority competition with private power companies as lawful. It dismissed an injunction suit by eighteen utilities challenging the TVA act claiming low rates would destroy them and reduce property value without just compensation.
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TVA
U. S
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Authority
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Buddy
HeRgiort
GO. P. Club
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Athens
Frederica
Margarita
Reces
Hague
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
John Milton
Moore
Milton
Port of New York Authority
Frank Hague
Jersey City
G-Men
Delphey’s
West Patrick ST
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick
Frederick, Md
Nafkins
Damask
Kosema
Soop Housereering
Aio
Hendrickson
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