Murder trial of Marshall and Grant Allen in Urbana
Prosecution rests shortly before noon in the murder case of Marshall and Grant Allen both colored of Hops Hill. The defense moves to present self defense as the cause of the fatal shot at Ridgely Holland, also colored, last November 13. The courtroom remains packed with Urbana area spectators as testimony ends for today and defense begins this afternoon.
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Marshall
Grant Allen
Hops Hill
Ridgely Holland
Marshall Allen
Grant
Allen
Holland House
Holland
Urbana
Allens
William M Storm
H. Dorsey Etchison
Wit
Urner
Newman
Ellyson's Successor Is Appointed by Navy
Washington March 7 AP Commander Newton White Jr. is named to replace Commander T G Ellyson as executive officer of the aircraft carrier Lexington after Ellyson and two others vanished in a February 27 plane flight from Hampton to Annapolis. Wreckage found near Cape Charles confirms the disappearance.
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Washington
T. G. Ellyson
Navy Department
Newton White, Jr
Lexington
Ellyson
Hugo Schmidt
Roger Ransehausen
Annapolis
Hampton
Cape Charles
Virginia
Cape Charles City
Prohibition Group Backs Funding for Undercover Agents
The Anti-Saloon League southern prohibition convention in St. Petersburg Florida urged a Congressional appropriation to finance undercover agents enforcing ban laws. The vote was unanimous among about 100 attendees. The group also discussed higher compensation for federal agents and pensions for families of officers killed or injured in duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fla
Prohibition Convention
Anti-Saloon League
David Hepburn
Virginia State Organization of the League
Pleasant Farm sold at mortgagee sale in Mt Pleasant
The farm occupied by Grover N Carpenter in Mt Pleasant district was sold at a mortgagee sale in the courthouse this morning. It was bought by Mrs Winkeld G Boggs of Walkersville for 26 50 an acre. The 116 plus acre property includes a seven room frame dwelling. Jacob Rohrback served as trustee and William E Darner acted as auctioneer. Mr Holmes TP Baker has been visiting Clearwater Florida but has returned.
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MS Pleasant Farm
Grover N. Carpenter
Mt. Pleasant
Winkeld G. Boggs
Walkersville
Jacob Rohrback
William E. Darner
Mayor Walker Delays Coolidge Then Talks on Federal Building
Mayor Walker of New York kept President Coolidge and three cabinet officers waiting for about thirty minutes in Washington. A tentative plan calls for government purchase of a Civic Center site in New York for a federal court building if a suitable post office site is provided. After the conference, Walker was late to the White House and quipped that he spoke about three minutes.
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Washington
Mer
Walker
New York
Coolidge
Civic Center
City Hall
City of New York
Mellon
New
Sargent
Treasury
White House
President
Mr. Coolidge
Lindbergh rumors and varied headlines sweep capital
Washington rumors swirl around Col. Lindbergh after his return from a hurried trip to Scott Field. Reports link him with J Barr Peat and West Elizabeth inventor L Hendershot while others claim a rest cure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. officials deny contact and no confirmation is given. The piece also notes probate of Samuel Wesley Repp's will and local incidents including a hip wound from a shooting accident and a Yemen smallpox epidemic near Aden.
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Washington
Mar
Col. Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Scott Field
Bellville
Ill
Cincinnati
J. Barr Peat
L .H. Hendershot
West Elizabeth
Hendershot
Peat
Thomas G. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Mich
Lindbergh
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mrs Coolidge Back From Family Illness
Mrs Coolidge returned to the White House after a week at the bedside of her mother Mrs Lemira Goodhus in Northampton Massachusetts. Movie actor William W Crane veteran stage actor died in Hollywood at age.
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Hollewood Cal
Mar
Wiliam W. Crane
Eteran
Erring Groom Spends Wedding Night in Jail
Former Miss Ruth Rippeon marries Roy Rippeon then he is jailed on intoxication and assault charges after a car collision injures Naomi Smith. The pair face a Friday hearing as the bride reflects on a cruel wedding day fate.
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Ruth L Rippeon
Libertytown
Roy R. Rippeon
New Windsor
Rippeon
Frederick
Rip Bean
Naom Smith
Fulmer
Buckeystown
South Market Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Ripneon
Grant's Old Church Destroyed by Fire in New York
Fire gutted the Metropolitan Temple Methodist Episcopal church in Greenwich Village, destroying three presidential stained glass windows and a McKinley memorial pipe organ. The loss is estimated at 100000. The building stood on Seventh Avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. President Grant, a former communicant, attended after his presidency. Dr S Parkes Cadman previously led the congregation before Brooklyn's Central Congregational Church.
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New York
Grant
Greenwich Village
Metropolitan Temple
Seventh ‘Avenue
Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets
S. Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
Lincoln
Roosevelt
McKinley
Ferris Declines Run and Opposes Smith for President
Detroit March 7 AP Ferris states in a letter to Democrat William M Comstock he will not seek reelection this fall and will not back Governor Alfred E Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination instead supporting Senator Walsh of Montana Dr Pearre elected to fellowship in New Orleans gatherings for physicians and clinicians in the city and abroad
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Detroit
William M. Comstock
United States
Woodridge N. Ferris
Ferris J
Alfred E Smith
Walsh
Montana
Pearre
Austin Pearre
New Grieans
American College of Phracians
New Orleans
NEA
Washington
Thomas J . Walsh
Wisconsin
South Dakota
California
Adry
Senate committee orders probe into Nicaragua withdrawal plan
Washington March 7 AP reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ordered an adverse report on the proposed withdrawal of American troops from Nicaragua prompting scrutiny of the policy and its implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hefin
Washington
Senate Foreum
Heti
Nicalaguae
Television First Links Land With Ships Far Out At Sea
Spectators aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria saw persons appear before a London studio transmitter at sea. The test lasted two hours with clear vision as Captain C G Hutchinson oversaw the televisor aboard the ship. Miss Dora Selvey,fiancée of Chief Radio Operator Stanley Brown, appeared on screen and was recognized by her distinctive profile.
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S. 5
Berengaria
Mar. T
Cunard
mid-Atlantic
London
Merengaria
C. G Hutchinson
Baird Television Development Company
Baird Companys
Hartsdale
N. Y
Dora Selvey
Stanley Brown
Brown
Selvey
Pupils Examined In Frederick County Show Defects Count
From 5984 public school pupils examined, 792 were defect free while 4199 had dental defects and 1442 throat troubles. The health office report covers 1235 schools rooms and dates from September 27 1927 to February 21 1928 with 217 children vaccinated.
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Frederick County
Health Office
Court Business Marriage Licenses and Divorces Listed
A historical court notice lists marriages and divorces in Frederick area records. Names include Martin Wachter Jr and Nellie Winpigier, and Louis Mealey with Pau line Strahman, among others, with ages and hometowns such as Frederick Junction Thurmont New Market and Washington. Several entries mention colored status and guardian actions for infants, and a sale of real estate related to John Kubn and others overseen by attorneys Schaefer and Warerti.
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Martin L. Wachter Jr
Leaie Town
Nellie F. Winpigier
Frederick Junction
Louis Henry Mealey
Pauline Estelle Strahman
Frederick
James Marshall Winpigier
Mildred Mar Tacker
Park Mills
Walter C Dixon
Ruth Geneva Baton
Charlies E. Herms
Xidoser
Nellie A. Walt
Defrost
Mich
John S. B. Stemmhaus
Thomas M. Willamson
Jeans Ho Williamson
J. Aleine Willimson
Willamson
Dernhard WO Owilliamson
Helen Mage Williamson
Jenny Ih. Williamson
Newman
Frederick W. Obenderfer
John F. Kubn
John F Kuba
Rucker
Paintiff
Schaefer T
Walter S. Hargett
George A Preatte
Peter Harrett
James Rosien
G. A Pearte Jr
Ores
Impressive West Tour By Fredericktonians Grayson Bowers Family
The Grayson Bowers family and their son Martin returned home after a seven week cross country trip. They visited Havana and Panama, saw Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, Phoenix development, and Houston ahead of the National Democratic Convention. They also met Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Filler in El Paso and their son Dr. Ralph Bowers in Cincinnati.
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Los Angeles
Angelus
Aimee Temple McPherson
Bill Sharpe
Phoenix
Ariz
Roosevelt Dam
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Fort Bliss
G. Hunter Bowery
Houston
Bowers
Texas
Georgia
Cincinnati
Dr Bowers
General Hospital
New York
President Polk
Havana
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Filler
Conspiracy Charge Heard From John L Lewis At Senate Hearing
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, testified before a Senate committee on March 7 charging conspiracy by railroads to bust unions in central coal fields. He named Consolidation Coal Co and Pittsburgh Coal Co, linking Rockefeller Jr. and Mellon interests to anti union drives and use of police to intimidate workers.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Consolidation Coal Company
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellon Company
Pittsburgh
Fredericktown Savings Bank Celebrates Centennial
Flowers and good wishes pour in as the Fredericktown Savings Institution marks its hundredth year. Baskets of flowers decorate the interior and guests receive souvenirs and a history booklet. An anniversary banquet is set for eight this evening at the Francis Scott Key hotel with Jacob Nohrbach presiding.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
Alx
Francis Scott Koy Hotel
Jacob Nohrbach
Rush to Reclaim City Tax Accounts in Arrears
City officials report a salutary effect as delinquent tax accounts are published and settled. Hundreds remain overdue but many small debts are being paid, with several accounts dating back years and some totaling hundreds of dollars.
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City Register
City outlines improvements at tonight's meeting
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen will discuss planned city improvements at the semi monthly session. Major items include a Bentz street concrete bridge over Carroll Creek and Carroll Parkway extending from Bentz to College Avenue.
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Bentz Street
Carroll Creek
Carroll Parkway
Church Street
College Avenue
Patrick Street
Third Street
Armory
Six former road employes plead not guilty in Baltimore
Six men indicted over a $40,000 shortage in the State Roads Commission funds pleaded not guilty in Criminal Court. Jurors for trial were set for March 19 and several defendants sought jury trials. Charges include multiple counts of larceny and one count of receiving stolen money tied to horse race bets.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
George A. Solter
Thomas A. Butler
Charles L. Robins
James H. Woods
Baltimore County
Francis J. Woods
Anne Arundel County
William J. Falkenberg
John B. Griffin
State Funeral Directors Meet in Baltimore March 13
About 150 Maryland State Funeral Directors Association members are set to attend the quarterly meeting March 12 at the Francis Scott Key Nes. A dinner for members and spouses will precede a ballroom program in the hotel ballroom. The event includes a reception and a later meeting in the Rue and Grey room. Harry F Carty, a past president, chairs the planning committee.
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Maryland State Funeral Directors Association
Francis Scott Keynes
Grey
Farse
Planaing Tee
Harry F Carty
Sesectsion
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Allen Brothers
NAVY
Holmes TP Baker
Clearwater, Fla
Froder
Samuel Wesley Repp
Johnsville
Ida Virginia Repp
Ivia M. Stultz
Harry C Reese
Carroll Hartsock
Carroll Brooks
Charles Hammond Jr
Brooks
Montevue
W. C Roderick
Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Aden
Yemen
Berlin
Ludwigsdorf
Silesia
eNoris
Roy Rippe
Ferris
AL Smith
Catherine M. Snyder
New Wind
Franklin Lance
West
Grayson E. Bowers
Hear Woman Evangelist
George B. Fraley
Katie Fraser
Anna Saulinks
Gretchen Trip
KK Dewantes
Attorwarys
Harry B Coblentz
Eliza
Tionse
Merle Leather
Albert Ll. Crawford
Rudolph V. Rau
Hood Tollege
John W Snook
Robert Iu
Shipley
City
Charles M Hermann
Charles B. Groff
Oliver T Wallace
Charles P Sisley
Lizabeta D. Mathews
Alonzo
Salony No
la Petit Chapeau
Charles Houck
Independent Hose Company
West Patrick Street
Selman
Yarre Wiles
Luther K Powell
Edward 1
Grove
William Poo Lebheraz
Joe Keoniz
Henry C. Koontz
Olver T Wallace
BANK
Fredericktown — Savings Institution
Bentz ST
Reckord
American Oi Company
Court and
Patrick Streets
Roads Commission
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