Three Overnight Robberies Linked In Frederick County
Three robberies in Frederick, Adams Town and Point of Rocks early today netted about $40. The same crowbar used at the Texaco on East Patrick Street may have opened the Gochnauer store at Adamstown and the Wright & Co. store at Point of Rocks. Loot included pennies from a cash register, vending machines, a pay phone, and a small amount of cash from a safe. Detectives collected fingerprints. lights were seen near the Adamstown store at 2:29 AM.
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Frederick
Adamstown
Point of Rocks
Texaco
East Patrick Street
C. O. Gochnauer
Wright & Co
Gochnauer
Guy Anders
Breckenridge Lane
Anders
W. K. May
Roy M. Hillmer
L. E. Sigafoose
George Hoffman
HM. Barrier
Goudnauer
John Kubrick
Godnaver
A&a
Crawford
Pennsylvania Political Battle Heats Up in Harrisburg
March 3 AP. Pennsylvania’s fast moving campaign accelerates as John L. Lewis’s forces push. Lt Gov Thomas Kennedy vows an affirmative decision on entering the Democratic gubernatorial race. Washington reports Kennedy will announce in Harrisburg tomorrow.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Yale Professor Thurman Arnold Nominated to Antitrust Post
Thurman W. Arnold, 47 year old Yale law professor, is offered the job of Assistant Attorney General in charge of the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, recently vacated by Robert H. Jackson. Known for his iccrinque of business and poesies and his 1934 bestseller The Folklore of Capitalism, Arnold is described as tougher than Jackson.
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Thurman W. Arnold
Yale
Department of Justice
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Arnold
Behind the Scenes in Washington and Moscow Headlines
Washington reports note the Soviet jail of American Ruth Marc Rubens amid a broader spy scare and stalled U S ambassador appointment as Joe Davies moves to Belgium. The piece links Rubens’ fate to her husband’s alleged espionage and cites limited embassy access under Roosevelt-Litvinov terms and unclear prospects for her release.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Russia
Ruth Marc Rubens
Joe Davies
Belgium
State Department
White House
Moscow
Lou Henderson
Mrs. Rubens
Rubens
Bassador
Naval farm bureau bill debate starts in state House
Washington reports the Rules Committee cleared the way for 12 1 2 hours of general debate Thursday on the administration’s naval expansion bill authorizing 46 ships 22 auxiliaries and 950 airplanes. The measure gained special status after warnings of national peril if ships are not built. A separate tax bill amendment reducing debt payments for corporations was defeated 120 to 50. In Baltimore Western Maryland farmers formed a $150 000 cooperative Farm Bureau Cooperative Services with incorporators Roy C F Weagly Alvie M Etzler George B John J W Jones and Roby Mullinix. C E Wise serves as resident agent. The venture aims to operate petroleum and related products on a nonprofit basis, with broad potential extensions.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Vinson
Dem. Gay
House Naval Committee
Baltimore
Maryland
State Farm Bureau
State Tax Commission
Farm Bureau Co-operative Services
Roy C. F. Weagly
Hagerstown
Alvie M. Etzler
Frederick
George B. John
Union Bridge
J. W. Jones
Olney
Roby Mullinix
Mt. Airy
E. Wise
Farm Bureau
Wise
Midwest
Former Secret Police Chief Yagoda Recasts Confession Part
Moscow March 8 AP Genrikh G Yagoda once head of the Russian secret police today partially retracted his pre trial confession of treason and murder. He admitted ordering the deaths of Maxim Gorky and Vallerian Kubishek but denied ordering the medical killings of Gorky’s son and a former secret police chief. Previously all four deaths had been deemed natural.
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Moscow
Genrikh G. Yagoda
Secret Police
Mostow
Yagoda
Maxim Gorky
Vallerian Hkubishek
Russia
Gorky
Doylestown Students Continue Strike Over Dean Goodling
Doylestown Pennsylvania March 8 AP most students at the National Farm School did not report for classes. Of 175 students, all but ten remain on strike against the retention of Cle tus L Goodling as dean. The walkout began after their demand for ouster on grounds of inhuman treatment and incompetence was refused.
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Doylestown
National Farm School
Cletus L. Goodling
Goodling
Two Labor Leaders Guilty of Extortion
Cleveland report states Donald A. Campbell and John E. McGee, labor leaders, were convicted of extorting 31 200 from Vernon Stouffer head of a restaurant chain. The Trial lasted three weeks as the first of four union leaders charged. They face one to five years in prison and fines up to 1000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
Donald A. Campbell
John E. McGee
Vernon Stouffer
Campbell
McGee
Ohio
Hunt On Two Fronts For Lost Plane Hunt Fresno Airliner Mystery
The missing giant airliner and its nine occupants were being hunted on two separated fronts after reports of a storm-buffeted plane near Fresno. Residents claimed sightings as authorities pursued clues and delayed explanations, while public discourse speculated on motives and leadership, framed against the era's political backdrop.
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Hunt
Fresno
Calif
Family Home Accepted To Settle Obligations
A Clicnts Court order allows the Peoples Liquidating Corporation to take the East Main Street family home in Middletown as full payment to settle debts of the Doub family. Judge Hammond Urner and Judge Arthur D. Willard signed the order after petition by John S. Newman for Central Trust Company. Values range from 4000 to about 4765 with schedules showing 4765 and notes totaling several thousand dollars. The corporation’s president W Clinton McSherry attests to the offer, and the receiver endorses it.
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Doub
East Main Street
Middletown
Peupies
W. Clinton McSherry
Belair Banker Wylie Hopkins Dies After Illness
Belair Md March 8 AP Wylie Hopkins 58 president of the First National Bank of Belair died at his home after a lingering illness of high blood pressure and kidney disease. Survived by widow and three children Annabelle 21 W Wilie Jr 16 and Harry 12. He also led Hartford Finance Co Fireside Building Assn and helped organize Belair Fire Company serving as its president until retirement a year ago.
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Belair, Md
W. Wylie Hopkins
First National Bank of
Belair
Annabelle
W.wilie, Jr
Harry
Harford Finance Co
Fireside Building Assn
Belair Fire Company
Tobacco for Poultry in Corsicana Farms
Mrs. Ruth Mitchell of the Farm Security Administration reports Corsicana poultry stocks are learning to chew tobacco as a remedy for blue bugs. Two doses, given on an empty craw two weeks apart, usually cure the infestation.
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Corsicana
Tex
Mer
Ruth Mitchell
Farm Security Administration
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows no precipitation in the 24 hours ending 7 am today. March precipitation 0 date 36 inches. normal 322 inches. March 1937 actual 38 inches with 2.16-inch deficiency to date. Yesterday high 31, low 36, night low 36. Sunsets 6:03 pm, sunrise tomorrow 8:33 am. Moon rises 1:26 am, sets 12:21 am tomorrow.
What It Means Spying On America's Defense Secrets
Washington insight on espionage debunking myths about spies. The piece argues most so called secrets come from public reports, notes low threat from amateurs, and explains espionage dynamics in wartime, including limited prosecutions under the espionage act and historic cases.
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America
Alexander R. George
Washington
Sam
Europe
Secret Service
Feared Morgan Would Throw Case Says Norris
Senator Norris told the Senate TVA authorities blocked A E Morgan from testifying in a federal suit against TVA fearing he would throw the case. Norris alleged Morgan acted from jealousy in a feud with TVA defectors. The case involved 19 private power firms seeking an injunction. a Knoxville three judge court ruled for the power companies.
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Washington
Norris
Senate Today
TVA
A. E. Morgan
Power Agency
Morgan
Knoxville
Stock Market Falls Under Depressing News
New York reports a drop as depressing news factors weigh on trading. Leaders slipped by two points or more, with volume small at the open and activity picking up later before noon. Declines eased but gains faded as dealings dried up near the fourth hour. The pound sterling rises to $5.01.
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New York
Cartwheel Town aims to be silver money haven
Lander Wye March 8 AP Lander bankers shipped 6100 paper dollars for replacement with silver cart wheels hoping travelers return as the hard money town out west. Easterners receiving silver dollars in change will recall Lander as the silver money town led by a movement leader.
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Lander, Wye
Mar
Lander
Register at Artz Library records February activity
The C Burr Artz Library reports 1553 total registrations from opening day January 10 to end of February. February saw 541 registrations. February circulation reached 4180 books, including 3322 adult and 858 children. Average daily circulation 1192, daily registrations 21. Fines brought in 1256 dollars, reserves 1.35 dollars, gifts totaled 4 dollars. A recent gift, Volume 2 of Maryland Women, came from Mrs Edmind Boone Luckett at Governor Nice’s order. Volume I was given by former Governor Albert Ritchie to the Frederick County Free Library. A feature includes life of Mrs Francis Marketl.
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C. Burr Artz Library
Josephine Etchison
Maryland
Edjmond Boone Luckett
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Frederick County
Parker and Son Named in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury indicted Ellis H. Parker Sr. and Ellis Parker Jr. of Burlington County New Jersey and three others for kidnapping Paul H. Wendel from New York to Mount Holly on February 24, 1936 under the Lindbergh law. The case cites a faked confession signed by Wendel claiming he had abducted Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., a scheme tied to Hauptmann’s murder trial.
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New York
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
N. J
Ellis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Parkers
Mt Holly
Wendel
Charles A.lindbergh, Jr
pBaone
Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
High School Teachers Group to Meet in Frederick
Members of the Frederick County Teachers Association will convene Thursday at 2 30 in Frederick High School auditorium to discuss professional matters. James E Spitznas state supervisor of high schools will speak and an executive meeting will follow. Paul J Hoffmaster Myersville principal serves as association president.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
James E. Spitznas
Paul J. Hoffmaster
Myersville
Richard Whitney and Co Suspended by NYSE
The New York Stock Exchange suspended Richard Whitney and Co from membership for failing to meet its obligations. Richard Whitney, senior partner, had served as exchange president for several years until about two years ago.
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Richard Whitney & Co
New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Richard Whitney
Exchange
Heavy snow halts Japanese advance in central China
Severe snow blankets central China as guerilla actions disrupt Japanese lines. Hangchow barricades, rail and telegraph cuts hamper commands. Shansi railway workers dynamited 80 locomotives and about 500 cars, with lines damaged while Chinese forces recaptured towns in Anhwei and threatened further Japanese garrisons.
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Shanghai
China
Hangchow
Shansi
Anwhei
Church Repair Favored Use Of Grove Fund
Archbishop Michael J. Curley asked a circuit court to authorize repairs to St. Joseph's Catholic church and rectory at Carrollton Manor near Buckeystown as the best use of William J. Grove's $4,000 trust fund. An order directed Farmers and Mechanics National Bank to pay $2,179.75 of the balance for repainting masonry, belfry reconstruction, heating, lighting, and other improvements, unless a contrary claim is filed by March 12.
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St. Joseph's Catholic
Carrolton Manor
Buckeystown
William J. Grove
Michael J. Curley
Baltimore
Arthur D. Willard
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Grove
Curley
St .Joseph's Church
Blanor
Adamstown
St John's Catholic
Frederick
New Lighting System In Commissioners Office Visited By Admirers
The county commissioners office recently installed four hanging lights to replace old fixtures. Admirers from other offices toured the space. Clerk of Court Ellis C Wachter asked the commission to replace the lights in the Clerk’s office, and the commissioners said they would discuss the proposal.
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Ellis C. Wachter
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Rooseveltt
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Wadsworth
Rep
Incor
NEA Service, Inc
Tokyo
Nippon
Siren
Belle Boyd
Confederacy
Ispy
U. S
Harry Thomas Thompson
John S Farnsworth
U.S
Cartwheel
Mintia Dekker
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Artz
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Assn
Invaders
Stroy Locomotives
Archbishop Curley
W. J. Grave
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