Youthful faces among those up in CrU court Willard
Norristown Pennsylvania details arraignments for 19 prisoners in a February term, highlighting families and youth. Roy Cook and son George Edward Cook face storehouse theft charges, while siblings Willis and Harry Burris, aged 17 and 13, contend with housebreaking. A mix of guilty pleas and not guilty pleas include Raymond Heffelfinger, Harold Williamson in a hold-up case, Percival Campbell admitting bigamy, and James Day Baker forging checks. Judge Willard presides as cases are assigned for March 10 trials with state and defense attorneys noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Willard
Ellis C. Wachter
Roy Cook
George Edward Cook
John
Lola C. Barnes
Willis Burris
Harry Burris
Raymond O. Heffelfinger
Harold J. Williamson
Norristown
Heffelfinger
Russell Keller
Middletown
Pistol Point
Williamson
Hach
Tech
Ernest Summers
Braddock Heights
Harry L. Ebert
Percival Norwood Campbell
Ethel Elizabeth Viris
Sarah Tabitha Brush
James Day Baker
Airy
Melvin G. Gilbert Woodstoro
Charles Franklin Potts
Gilbert
Frank J. Campbell
Paul Gordon
Brunswick
Willard
Mr. Campbell
Gordon
Walter Minnick
Millard
Cooley
Sherman P. Bowers
Percival N. Campbell
E. Austin James
George E. Cook
Alban M. Wood
Alfred Rh. Jones
Nelson Raymond Brown
William Griffith
Clyde Droneburg
Guy Stultz
Death of Arthur DeLashmutt Dies Of Brief Illness
Arthur DeLashmutt well known Frederick resident died at Frederick City Hospital after a heart attack Thursday. He worked 25 years at Union Manufacturings Company as stock clerk in charge of seaming and was a devoted Evangelical Reformed Church member. Survived by his mother Mrs Alvida DeLashmurt and sisters Charlotte, Elizabeth, Alvida, Mildred, and Mrs Dan M Vann of Boston. Funeral Sunday and Monday services planned. interment at Olivet Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur DeLachmutt
Frederick City Hospital
Ms. DeLashmutt
Union Manufacturings Company
DeLashmurt
Alvida Thomas DeLashmourt
Edward T. H. DeLashmurt
Buckeystown
Frederick
Heely
Evangelical Reformed Church
Charlotte T
Elizabeth
Alvida B
Mildred L
Dan M. Vann
Boston
Mass
East Patrick Street
West Third Street
Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Clinel and Son
Sentry Strikes American Woman in Shanghai Clash
U S Consul General Gauss protests Japanese army over a sentry striking Grace Brady, a St Marys Hall teacher, inside Japanese-occupied Shanghai. The incident, witnessed by a Chinese dean, followed a bag search and raised tensions over prior similar episodes at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U. S
Clarence Edward Gauss
Grace Brady
St. Mary's Hal Episcopal School
Brady
Miss Brady
China
St Mary’s
Players Suspended Coach Quits Post
Baltimore March 5 AP suspension of three players from the St Joseph's High School basketball team before the championship game with Southern High led to the resignation of Coach Pete Reynolds. Brother DePaul, athletic director, suspended the players without explanation. St Joseph's lost 34 to 26 and was eliminated from the championship run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
St Joseph's
Southern High
Pete Reynolds
Brother DePaul
Mu St Joseph's
Frostburg Store Clerks To Strike
Frostburg unit of a resell clerk union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor votes to walk out at 6 o clock and picket open stores. Frostburg and Cumberland stores have been closing at 6 p m Saturdays. Cumberland merchants say staying open longer costs them money and Cumberland recently signed a contract with higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Frostburg
American Federation of Labor
Frostsburg
Ope
British envoy heads to Rome for Italian talks
Lord Perth, British ambassador to Italy, left for Rome to initiate talks with Italy seen as a step toward a four power understanding among Britain Italy France and Germany. The report notes broader European security moves including a Hungarian $200 million rearmament loan and a Vienna University riot suppressed by authorities. Moscow's treason trial continued with Christian Rakovsky testifying he aided a plot aimed at restoring Fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Lord Perth
Italy
Rome
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Iaiy
France
Germany
Vienna University
Athens
Foreign Office
Moscow
Christian Rakovsky
Vindication in breach suit against Rev Zeis ends in $10,000
Steubenville report says Cora Burnham, 43, a divorcee, wins $10,000 damages and costs in her breach of promise claim against Rev Harold C. Zeis, Episcopal rector. Jury verdict comes after a four day federal court drama. Zeis, 38, remains with Emma Sharpe Zeis at her home. Weather outlook predicts a fair week for the North and Middle Atlantic with rain or snow midweek and a cooling trend late in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Cora Lillian Burnham
New York
Harold C. Zeis
Episcopal
Zeis
Emma Sharpe Zeis
Miss Bumham
Middle Atlantic
Chimney Fire Impacts East Church Street Morning
A chimney fire caused little damage at 336 East Church Street this morning at 6 45. The Independent Hose Company responded to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Church Street
Independent Hose Company
Maryland Adds State Income Tax To 1937 Returns
Frederick residents face a new tax in 1937 as Maryland imposes a one half of one percent state income tax. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector D R Sutton and State Comptroller field rep Walter D Hyle began duties this week. About 125 federal filings and about 35 state inquiries per day indicate awareness of the new levy. Returns for federal and state are due March 15, with penalties for late filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hyle
Sten
Maryland
Brunswick
Mt Airy
Frederick
Sutton
Hyle
Comptroller's Office
25 Attend Meeting of Farm Bureau Groups
Twenty five members from Howard Carrell Washington Montgomery and Frederick counties met at the Hotel Frederick for a luncheon and discussion. Martin L Sut ton of Baltimore represented the Maryland Farm Bureau and spoke. Alvie Etzler of near Mt Pleasant is president of Frederick County Farm Bureau. Thomas S Ja Anderson of Frederick County is secretary treasurer in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Co-operative
Howard
Carrell
Washington
Montgomery
Frederick
Farm Bureau
Martin L. Sutton
Baltimore
Maryland Farm Bureau State Office
Alvie Etzler
Near Mt Pleasant
Thomas S. Ja Anderson
Frederick County Group
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows 0.16 inch precipitation in 24 hours ending 6 am today. March to date 34 inches. normal March 3.32 inches, actual March 1937 1.38 inches. Deficiency in March precipitation to date 1938 1.16 inches. Yesterday high 27, low 25. Temperatures last year were 60 and 18. Sunset today 6.06 pm. Sunrise tomorrow 6.37 am. Moonrise 8.47 am, moonset 11.14 pm.
Man Cuts His Own Trees Led to Hearing for Watershed Custodian
Aldermen to hold a hearing for Alton Bare, watershed caretaker dismissed for neglect after officials believed 446 city trees were cut. City engineer says the trees were cut from John Linton’s land, not the city’s, though Linton’s property abuts the watershed. Schroeder supported Bare’s right to defend himself. the hearing date will be set next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Tuscarora
Board of Aldermen
Alton Bare
Herbert S. Schroeder
Schroeder
Farmers Find Winter Has Been Generally Favorable For Them
Frederick county farmers report a mild winter with little wheat damage and deeper effects on alfalfa and clover. Surface freezing hurt young clover and alfalfa roots. WPA labor aid remains steady with efforts to place men on farms. farm wages cited between 1.50 and 2.50 a day with board. WPA rolls have risen from 260 to 738 locally, and 2,200 regionally, reflecting increased requests for spring farm labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
WPA
Fred W. Springer
Mr. Springer
Springer
Farm Bureau
Farmers State
Farmers Co-operative Association, Inc
Maryland
Boy Stabbed Mother To Death With Bread Knife
In Chicago on March 5 AP reports an 11-year-old boy Theodore Danielsen Jr. faced moves to stand trial for killing his crippled mother with a ten inch bread knife. Prosecutor Morris Myers quoted the youth confessing that after her scolding about school absence he grabbed the knife and stabbed her then washed it and returned to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Morrise
Myers
Theodore Danielsen, Jr
Hsmother
Mother
Scouts Back Chest Plans In Frederick District Meeting
The Francis Scott Key District Boy Scouts met in the Savoy Dining Room with Rev. W C Royal presiding. Dr Ignatius Bjorlee outlined a forthcoming Community Chest and the group unanimously supported the Chest and pledged aid. Royal and Dr Bjorlee were elected as official representatives on the Chest board. The district reported 200 Scouts in Frederick across ten troops, with 52 Cubs in three packs and plans for new troops in Walkersville Jefferson Thurmont and Emmitsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key District Committee
Boy Scouts
Savoy
W. C. Royal
Linn C. Drake
George C. Freeman
National Capitol Area Council
Washington, D. C
Ignatius Bjorlee
Boy Scouts of
Frederick
Boy Scouts of America
Royal
Bierlee
Boy Scout Organization
Community Chest
Frederick City
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Carroll H. Hendrickson
L. L. Wilson
Drake
Norman F. Ford
Ford
Grace Reformed Church
Calvary Methodist Church
Church of the Brethren
Brookhill Union Church
Yellow Springs
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Asbury Methodist
First Baptist Church
North Market Street
Toll of dead in Los Angeles area passes 200 mark
Southern California reels from record floods as death toll tops 200 with 104 bodies found and 77 identified. More than 100 still missing, property losses exceed $50 million. Highways reopen and transit slowly resumes as officials assess damage and plan relief efforts.
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Los Angeles
Maren 5
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
San Diego
Dealings Small Many Issues Stand Still
New York March 3 AP reports a ragged market with extremely small dealings and minor fraction changes. Some steels and coppers rallied briefly while utilities rails rubbers mail orders and aircrafts were largely at a standstill. The pound fell to 5.02 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Crisfield Barber Invents Prune Flakes
Crisfield Maryland March 5 AP A new cereal prune flakes is produced experimentally on Moesylend's eastern shore. Mitchell Purcell of Crisfield who invented the dish says friends hailed it as delightful and palatable. Purcell, a barber by trade, is a hobby food chemist with a home laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisfeld
Mitchell Purcell
Crisfield
Purcell
Business Agent Of Union Shot To Death
Leo W. Quick a 37 year old business agent of the Boiler Makers and Laundry Workers union was found shot to death in his back yard during a thunder storm in East St. Louis. The incident occurred early today per AP reporting from Ma. on March 3.
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East St. Louis
Leo W. Quick
The
Boiler Makers and Laundry Workers Union
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Norristown, PA
Han
Arthur DeLashmutt
Reformed Church
U.S
IAP
Federal
State
Representa
Greece
Rus
Sia
Venice
Los Anuecles
State's Attorney
Fied
Crisfield Barber
Union
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