Three Years In Penitentiary For Auto Larceny
Frank Purifold a colored Frederick resident was sentenced to three years in the Maryland Penitentiary for larceny of Dr E P Thomas’s automobile. Judges Newman and Peter presided. Purifold traced to Virginia, arrested, brought back to Frederick, and jailed pending trial. The sentencing marked the first penitentiary term of the current criminal court session as jail crowding forces removals to state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Purifold
Maryland
John S. Newman
Robert B. Peter
Purifold
A. Y. Bennett
E. P. Thomas
Virginia
Frederick
Pursfold
Criminal Court
William C. Roderick
House Correction
Roderick
Unfeld
Grant
Marshall’ Allen
Hope Dill
Quotas Raised by Woodsboro Lutheran Campaign Leaders
The Woodsboro Lutheran church has surpassed its $1,152 quota in the United Lutheran Church in America Ministerial Pension Campaign, pledging $1,325 so far. Other parish contrerations Zion and Rocky Hill report $1,134 and $344 toward a parish target of $3,354, with more funds possible. Lenten services drew a large crowd at Evangelical Reformed church with an organ recital and performances by soloists and the Junior choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro
Rocky Hill
Union Chapel
Guy Creager
FE. M. Hamilton
Evangelical Reformed Church
Nampers Hr Griez
Prof. Smith
Jerusalem
Howard Hankey
Fire causes $500000 loss in Lorain business district
Fire in a three story brick building used by firms and professionals in Lorain’s business district caused an estimated loss of $500000. The blaze began in the Riv home of Dr. starting from overheated electrical equipment. Several firms and professionals were located in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain, OQ. Mar
Riv
SOO Tory
Protesinnal Wen
Corps Showdown In State Department Fight
Washington dispatch reports rising dissension within the State Department as diplomats and consuls clash over a plan to create new Junior State Department Officers at 1860 yearly. Critics say the scheme serves a wealthy, insular clique, sidelining experienced consuls and promoting a rich few. The Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee probes Rogers Foreign Service Act administration amid allegations of favoritism and class bias. In a separate note, Leo B. Peck, 20, gets 90 days for common assault connected to a February 1 shooting with railroad trespass arrests involving Roger Boone, 28, and Leander Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Department of State
Department
Foreign Relations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rogers Foreign Service Act
Publc
State Department
Civil Service Commission
Alexander Kirk
Personnel Efficiency Board
Lves
Congress
Leo B. Peck
Roger T. Boone
Western Maryland Railway
House of Correction
Boone
Peck
Leander
Charles Graftoritha
Hilton Farm Sold to Dr. Hargett at Public Sale
The Hilton farm near Washington with 11 acres and a seven room house sold at public sale to Dr. Walter S. Hargett of Philadelphia for 172 dollars per acre. Executors of Peter L. Harceett, George ALT Jr., and W EB. Darner handled the auction duties as improvements were noted around the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
James R. Hilton
Washington-Frede
Walter S. Hargett
Philadelphia
Schaeffer T. Waraki
Gett
George A. Pear
Peter L. Harcett
George Alt Re. Jr
W EB. Darner
Los Angeles Dirigible Lands Safely After Night Storm
Los Angeles completes a 4000 mile round trip from Panama to Guantanamo Bay and returns to Lakehurst hangar after a night in a blizzard. Four sailors were pulled inside the cabin from the rails as a snowstorm forced an abortive landing. one ground crewman was only mildly hurt. The crew of 43 faced high winds and heavy snow as they fought to moor the airship before it rose again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. C
Los Angeles
Panama
Germany
C. E. Rosendahl
Guacanarabo Bay
Cuba
Bible Society Meets in Frederick County Y M C A
Frederick county Bible Society directors met at the Y M C A with President R. Ames Hendrickson presiding. They discussed replacing missing or worn Bibles in public schools and noted Bible reading in schools is often optional. A committee was named to address the issue with Superintendent G Liord Palmer and a Departures committee was appointed for future work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Bible Society
Frederick County
R. Amcs Hendrickson
G. Liord Palmer
A. W. Nicodemus
HH. Kieffer Delauter
Afr. Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Charles W. Louch
A. Atlee Radcliff
John
Renn
Delparteur
Roy Patters
Socret
Jacob Rohrback
Charles W. Lough
Lewis A. Rice
Henry RB. Ramesbure
Evangelical Reformed Church
R. Ames Hendrickson
A. Atlee Radelit
Biethodist Episcopal Church
Johan S Renn
Jacob L. Rare
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Robert L. Smith
Grace Teforme
Nice
Qeryye
Vet Projretant Church
Burhesete
Kieter Deloerter
Eens
Middietown
McAdoo Leads California Push for Walsh in Montana
Washington March 3 AP William G McAdoo said he will head a California effort for Senator Walsh Montana for President and that Walsh will have the California delegation He confirmed he will be on California's slate but did not address campaign issues or influence in other states He stated the progressive Democrats of California will enthusiastically support Walsh and that he is confident Walsh will receive the state delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William G. McAdoo
California
Walsh
Montana
Treasury
Thomas J. Walsh
Bank Clearings Show Increase in Frederick and Hagerstown
Bank clearings reveal a rise in Frederick with February 1925 at 1,782,349.04 compared to 1,712,038.21 in February 1927, an increase of 70,310.33. Hagerstown February clearings reached 3,352,261.82 versus 3,109,344.59 in 1927, with January 1925 at 2,042,197.08 and January 1927 at 1,881,313.48, signaling improved business conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
HE. C. Markell
Frederick Clearing House Association
Hagerstown
Three One Act Plays at Hood College Tonight
Three student written and directed one act plays presented in Brodbeck Hall at 8:20 PM by Hood College drama department. The historical When The Stars Begin to Fall features John Brown and Miss Frances Wotring with a Harper's Ferry setting under Miss Holaine Todd. Poor Papa a comedy about a conservative father and three modern daughters directed by Miss Marie Simpson features Tran Jim Per and Mrs Virginia Hickok with a large student cast. Dream Poppies a fantasy about a convalescent girl visited by poppy children presented under Miss Dorothy Nichola with Iva Keller Moira and Helen May Hart in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic Association of Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Department of Dramatics
Lucy Warner
Harper's Ferry
Holaine Todd
John Brown
Frances Wotring
Colonel Harwood
Weltha Horsman
Jim
Theora Bishop
Per
Mery Smit Smiley
Virginia Hickok
Natalie Fleck
Susanna Wood
Poppy
Dorothy Nichola
Iva Keller
Moira
Helen May Hart
Elizabeth Dunn
de Shawn
Mar-garet Yerrick
Marjorie Ruzicka
Helen Shriver
Alice Duser
Lost Flyers Lived On Raw Walrus Meat
Ottawa reports three Canarian airmen stranded at sea in the North Atlantic for two weeks. They subsisted on raw walrus meat aided by a native guide and reached Port Burwell after a harrowing voyage. A Navy air patrol unit and army transport were involved in the relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
North Atlantic
Port Burwell
Ireins
Rhi Tilots
Delinquent City Taxpayers to Be Advertised Soon
Frederick city plans to publish the names of delinquent taxpayers and their properties after the March deadline. The 1927 law requires notices by March 10 and weekly publications for two weeks, with costs added to the due amount if unpaid, and collection by distress or suit if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick City
Pederick City
Frederick
City Register
Frederick County
Girl Found Bond and Gagged in Ashland Basement
Ashland Kentucky March 3 AP Miss Virginia Coburn eighteen daughter of Frank Coburn was found bound and gagged in the basement of her south Ashland home this morning unconscious from a narcotic condition. She showed no outward signs of attack and was found by her stepmother across baskets of clothes. A window above her head was pushed in indicating she had been forced through it into the basement. Putty is made of powdered chalk and boiled linseed oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Virginia Coburn
Frank Coburn
South Ashland
Stepmother
Thurmont Accepts New Mack Pumping Engine
Thurmont residents and the Gonilian Howe Company approved a Mack pumping engine. Demonstrations were conducted, with representatives from the company and local officials in attendance. The apparatus, shipped via Prodedehk, arrived for display and will be housed in the Pharmont town hall after alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
MACK
Thurmount
Gonilian Howe
Oita
Che
Represtative
Thurnonl
Prodedehk
Dugo Aiuto
Dem Yetradatis
Wiam Z. Braner
Cydon
Reisterstown
Pharmont Town Hall
Parts of missing plane found near Cape Charles
Norfold Va Marela 5 AP The horizontal stabilizer and rudder of a missing plane identified by naval air station officers as from the craft carrying Commander Ellyson Lieutenant Commander Hugo Schmidt and Lieutenant Roger Ransehausen. The parts were found four miles south of Cape Charles City by L E Willis and brought to the air station. A wide search for the remainder of the plane and the bodies will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfalk
Marela 5
Chesapeake Hay
Cape Charles City
Naval Air Station
Ellyson
L. E. Willis
A. C. Read
Hugo Schmidt
Roger Ransehausen
Mildred
Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Army
Willis
Mothers Weekend Observance at Hood College
Hood College marks a Mothers weekend with tea in Coblentz Hall from 3 to 5. Miss Marjorie Stouchton and Mrs. Mattie C. Carson supervise. Music by Emily McCabe Emmane Gabel and Esther Hottenstein. Receiving line includes Mrs. Joseph Ho Apple Sara Lovejoy Anna Kate Rudy and Kathrine Trundle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Marjorie Stouchton
Mattie C. Carson
Coblentz Hall
Emily McCabe
Emmane Gabel
Esther Hottenstein
Joseph Ho Apple
Sara C. Lovejoy
Anna Kate Rudy
Katherine Trundle
Frederick
WL. G. AL
The
Athletic Association
Bradbeck Hall
Dean Lovejoy
Cohjeniz! Wal
Cnilece
Trai
Edward Ifermann
Kenrt L. Kieffer
Charles Louch
Charles Remsburg
Thomas Trondie
Chahamas Walck
Heiress to Fortune Wife of Cowboy in New York Case
An heiress married to Kenneth Wilson Glaze, a cowboy and harness maker, living in New York, becomes central to a volatile dispute beginning after she visits a small harness shop to buy a muzzle for Worley during an epidemic. The tale involves family ties, regional frictions, and unresolved tensions in a provincial setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowboy
Tolayida Springs
Collar
Wiehess
Juurbura Manel
York -Eoidty
H&ppr
Kenneth Wilson Glaze
Ginae
Ambrhse Monell
New York
Smal
Worley
Commissioners To Review Entire Frederick City Assessments
The Board of County Commissioners will review every Frederick city property assessment regardless of protests. Formal action follows broad dissatisfaction with the recent reassessment and aims to equalize taxes so each taxpayer pays a fair share for county government. By order of the Board, John W. Holter president and R B Murdoch clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Board of County Commissioners
Islando Dake
Sirederick City
State Tax Commission
Board of County Commissioners of
Frederick County
John W. Holter
R. BE. Murdoch
Manfeld After Bodies Found In Indian Harbor
Indiana Harbor March 3 AP George Kavach alias George Smith held for questioning after his landlord identified two boys from the ship canal as Kavach's sons. Kavach, Hungarian, has three children including twins seven and a nine year old. The mother died, Kavach remarried, custody disputes arose, children sent to Canada orphanage, then brought back. One twin and older boy disappeared weeks earlier. Landlord Joseph Dura and surviving twin identified the recovered bodies as Kavach's sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor
Ind
George Kavach
George Smith
Kavach
Indian Harbor Ship Canal
Young Peoples Meeting at Pleasant Hill Church
The regular monthly gathering of the Young Peoples Society of Pleasant will be held Sunday at 7:30 PM. Program includes songs, readings, officer elections, and musical numbers by Eloise Outrow, Miss Courtney Hooper, Wil ford Blank, Raymond Zimmerman, the Staleys' orchestra, Miss Margaret Motter, Miss Doroth Free, Miss Leona Palmer, and Catherine Staley. Lord's Prayer and announcements to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples’ Meeting
Young Peoples’ Society of Pleasant
Pleasant Hill Church
Sunshine
Eloise Outrow
Raymond Zimmerman
Mrs. Zimmerman
Miss Margaret Motter
Miss Doroth Free
Leona Palmer
Mary Margaret Staley
Catherine Staley
Fire destroys Riverside Drive home. paintings valued at 200000
In a Riverside Drive residence of R J Forhan toothpaste maker, a March fire destroyed belongings valued at 200000. Mrs Forhan and two servants escaped with firemen guiding them from a balcony and roof. A passerby alerted responders who helped evacuate the staff to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
March
Riverside Drive
R. J. Forhan
Forhan
Trip To Monastery Planned By Calvary M E Church
After discussion of monastery funds at a business meeting of Christian Workers of Calvary M E church, Frida night, the girls planned a trip to a monastery in Washington on March 18. The program included a Bible passage by Catharine, prayers by Thelma, hymns by Margaret, and refreshments by Mrs. Kancie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christan Workers of Calvary M. EL Church
Frida
Ning 1
Washingston
Cath
Margaret Ba
Kancie EU
Cavierines
Man with mental illness fatally shot by Montgomery officer in Rockville
A Black man, Guy Hogan, fleeing Crownsville State Hospital escaped custody and was fatally shot Friday by a Montgomery County policeman near a Rockville farm after Hogan fired on officers. Hogan died at an ambulance door. $543.34 and two 100 bills were found in his pocket. A coroner's jury cleared the officer of blame in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hogan
Virginia
Maryland
Crownsville State Hospital
Anne Arundel County
Montgomery County
Hogan
Harry Hoskinson
Rockville
Harry Merson
Roy Bodner
Robert Darby
Merson
John Jones
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Aute Logal
Dr. E. P. Thomas
Edgar Streams
Grace Carty
LeGore
Shankle
Streams
Harry J. Leichert
Michael E. Pue
Childrens Aid Society
Aid Society
Irvin Shankle
City
Lutheran Churches For Ministerial Pension Fund
Kir
Kellogg
Geos
Qdocada
Dee Jones
Bible Society Meets
Superintendent of Education
Fara — Femille Gdlk
Tain
Sundas T Ta
Ceer Tren
Fips
Femap
Artort de We Saann Oer Ste van Thaeedras Condep Ae
M’adoo
Hood
Schenutetada
Evangeline Tendhereh
Nia Teiret Na
Yiane
Athen Z. Heagenbereet
Sehenettady
Companions
Chesapeake
Tomder Tady, Noy
Erle Bopidar
Aed
Wallaey
Manfeld
Canal
Vaasa
Omar Price
Tome
Tnt
Darmer
Montgomery
Crownsville
James Dubel
Chris
Smeavor
Wistian Endravor
Rocnureh
Trey Nersane
J. W
Neute 5
Ind Iodar
Siahr
Penry Z. Stehr
Immanuel Reformed Church
Hanvet
Volar
Brod- Sally
Stehr
Newspapere RC Hiy Fe
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