Aged Woman Recites Ambush Attack in Court
Miss Fannie O. Beck, 79, testified at the February term circuit court about a night assault in Adamstown. The accused, Charles Ambush, 25, faced charges of assault and battery and assault with intent to rob as witnesses described a brutal home invasion and a crude mask left at the scene.
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Adamstown
Fannie O. Beck
Charles Ambush
Arthur D. Willard
Charles W. Woodward
Miss Beck
Guy Anders
Oficer Reno
Ambush
LeRoy Timpson
Sigmund R. Nowak
Parthenia Dutrow
Miss Dutrow
Anders
R Lee Dutrow
Beck
Shi
Alton Y. Bennett
Insurgents Press Greatest Offensive in Civil War
From Zaragoza Spain March 108 AP report notes Spanish insurgents mounting their largest offensive yet with the biggest concentration of infantry cavalry and aviation. They claim battlefield gains including strategic points and mountains as they drive east from the Aragon salient toward the Mediterranean. The aim is to split the government-held seaboard between Valencia and Barcelona and deliver a decisive war blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaragoza
Spain
Aragon
Mediterranean
Franco
Teruel
Apparenty
Valencia
Barcelona
Two Inch Snow Drifts Halt Homes In Frederick County
A two inch snowfall this morning created heavy drifts in parts of Frederick County, closing back roads toward High Knob and delaying a farmer Millard C. ONeal planned sale. State Roads crews deployed plows to Myersville and Point of Rocks as northeast winds reached 26 miles per hour at Frederick airport.
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Frederick Hitle
Middletown
Myersville
Edgewood
High Knob
Millard C. O'Neal
State Roads Commission
Myerssville
Point of Rocks
Frederick
Report Bill For Additional Judges
A Senate Judiciary sub committee reported a revised omnibus bill for appointment of additional judges. The bill would add one district judge in Northern Ohio Kansas southern Florida Massachusetts New Jersey eastern Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary
Ohio
Kansas
Florida
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
B and O Seeks RFC Funds For March April Maintenance
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to use 2 233 000 dollars of Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for maintenance during March and April. The move aims to sustain a maintenance employment schedule totaling about 3 000 000 man hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Girl seeks long-lost father after 13 years apart
Velma Young of Burkittsville, 20, travels toward St Louis to meet August Carl Herber, a local manufacturer, after discovering a birth certificate and timberville records that link him as her father. Friends hosted a farewell dinner as she departed, following years of searching tied to the Orphans Home at Timberville and the Burkittsville school.
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St. Louis
Burkittsville
Thelma Louise Herber
Velma Florence Young
St Louis
Lawrence Guyton
Miss Young
Church of the Brethren Orphans Home
Timberville
Frederick County
Catherine
Broadway
Ruth
Velma
Willam
Guyton
Boonsboro High School
Ickes Charges Willkie With TVA Conspiracy
Secretary Ickes releases a letter charging Wendell Willkie chief of Commonwealth and Southern Power with seeking PWA cooperation to block a 150 million municipal power project in the Tennessee Valley. Ickes replies to Memphis Mayor Watkins Overton after a request about possible construction delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Power Co
Public Works Administration
PWA
Tennessee Valley
Watkins Overton
Memphis, Tenn
Earle Non-Committal On Kennedy Candidacy
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania declined to comment on the reported candidacy of Thomas Kennedy for Pennsylvania governor. He said the telegram announcement arrived but avoided stating support or opposition, calling the Pennsylvania situation a "family argument" while in Kansas City en route east.
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Kansas City
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
The
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
Earle
Police Still Hands Off In Levine Case
In New Rochelle New York on March 10 the disappearance of 12 year old Peter Levine entered its third week as police maintained a hands off policy. Murray Levine the boy's father remained at home hoping kidnapers would seek him to collect the $30 000 ransom he has announced he would pay. A 1935 Moscow restaurant owner faced trial for failing to vary his oil of fate.
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New Rochelle
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
Moscow
291 CCC Camps To Be Eliminated By Fechner
Washington March 19 AP Fechner CCC director ordered a reduction to fit the 1938- budget. About 1210 camps remain with ten closed by October 31 and 3,000 camp officers dismissed. Abandonment likely starts May 31. Closed camps include Snow Hill Berlin Beltsville Indian Head Harwood Fort Meade Fort Hoyse Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and Worthington Matthisburg Renovo Cedars Run Somerset Ridgeway Philipsburg Ferrandsville Elimsport and Sprankle Malls in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Fechner
Cavilion Conservation Corps
Maryland
Snow Hill
Berlin
Beltsville
Indian Head
Harwood
Fort George G. Meade
Fort Hoyse
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Penney Yoria
Matfisnburg
Renovo
Cedars Run
Somerset RF. D
Ridgeway
Philipsburg
Ferrandsville
Elimsport
Sprankle Malls
Treasury Seeks New Means To Raise Taxes
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Treasury plans alternate revenue raising proposals to fill the $41,000,000 gap in the new tax bill after the House defeated a special tax on closely held corporations. He declined to comment on the House action, saying losses should be made up, as administration leaders in Congress showed little hope of overturning yesterday’s vote.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Congress
Whitney Crash Probe Opens by U S Attorney and DA
The Criminal Division of the U S attorney's office and District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey began an investigation into the collapse of Richard Whitney and Co., Wall Street brokerage led by Whitney, a five time NYSE president. Attorney General Bennett's office rejects Whitney's offer to come forward, instead directing assistants to build a skeleton of facts through witnesses.
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New York
United States Attorney's Office
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard Whitney and Co
Wall Street
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
John J. Bennett, Jr
Whitney
Frame Dwelling At New Market Burned
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a six room frame dwelling of Frank Sewell in New Market shortly after 2 am. Sewell, a widower living alone, lost furniture in the blaze. Mt Airy firemen arrived to find the house past saving. The residence stood on a lane off the National highway at the town’s eastern edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sewell
New Market
Sewell
Mt Airy
Dealings Slow as Early Rally Fails to Draw Buyers
In New York on March 10, early rallying gestures failed to attract many buyers and most leaders pared gains. Dealings were slow from the opening and the ticker moved sluggishly near the fourth hour. The pound sterling held at $5.01%.
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New York
Two Billion Dollar Plan Outlined for Water Resources
Washington March 10 AP reports the National Resources committee endorsed a comprehensive plan totaling 2.111 billion dollars for federal and nonfederal water resource projects. The plan aims to conserve and develop national water resources and calls for broad federal participation. Darwin's early life as a naturalist and his Pacific and Atlantic surveys are noted as context for scientific advancements.
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Washington
National Resources Committee
Weather Record Show Snow and March Precipitation Totals
Weather report notes 22 hours of precipitation ending at 7 am with slight snow melt. March to date 36 inches of precipitation, March normal 332 inches, actual 1983 7 138 inches. deficiency 216 inches. Yesterday high 54, low last night 32. Sun set 6.12 pm, sunrise 6:30 am, moon rises 1:20 pm, in moonset 3:08 am.
Liberty League Sinks Into Quiescent Coma
The American Liberty League, active since 1934, has fallen into a quiescent state with only 123.29 on hand in treasury and about 15 staff inside a downtown office. Despite its coma, incorporation remains, with 150,000 members still on the books and ongoing bulletins, while a small cadre funds the organization. Duponts and J. Howard Pew top contributors, with Stayton and Shouse maintaining leadership roles as the group stands ready to revive if circumstances allow.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
American Liberty League
Itl
Duponts
Duponts of Delaware
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Arthur W. Crawford
League
Joint probe launched into radio interference in Frederick
Potomac Edison Company and City of Frederick call a two hour conference at City Hall to address chronic radio noise complaints. Mayor Lloyd Culler, Edison officials, and 225 residents signed petitions for Public Service Commission and FCC investigations. Actions include enforcing an anti radio noise ordinance, inspecting power lines, painting insulators, and a citywide survey of noise makers.
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Potomac Edison Co
City Launch
Frederick
C. Cuoier
Marlin Thurmond
Hagerstown
Robert J. Smith
Culler
Elmer Stc. _Maxwell
Edward J. Smit
Public “Service Commission of Maryland
Federal Communications | ‘Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Potomac Edison
Japanese Break Through Rail Line Across Sunghai Railway
Shanghai dispatch reports a Japanese spearhead force crossed the Yellow River and halted traffic on the Sunghai railway. The seizure targets central China lifeline and boosts a drive since Nanking fell. Chinese say fighting continues and reinforcements rise. Observers estimate 70,000 troops arrived in two weeks.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Sunghai
China
Nanking
Hobby Displays At C Burr Artz Library Coin Exhibit
Local interest grows for the C Burr Artz Library hobby displays. The Frederick Stamp and Coin Club presents coins including United States commemoratives and Edward VIII stamps, with references on Colon ial and Confederate currencies. Display runs two weeks with additional displays expected. collectors including Mrs. Claude N. Clary and others contributed.
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C. Burr Artz
Frederick Stamp and Coin Club
Herod
United States
Edward VIII
Frederick
Mimbass
Cameroons
Africa
Chieng States
Siam
Japan
Claude N. Clary
Robert F. Nicodemus
Byron JA. Winebrewer
David M. Kemp
Bank call seeks condition of all national banks
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call today for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Monday March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Blum Returns to Form New French Cabinet
Leon Blum accepted Lebrun's mandate to form a new French cabinet replacing Chautemps, backed by his Socialist party with conditional Communist support after Chautemps resigned over lack of parliamentary decree powers. In Vienna, street clashes left over a dozen injured and arrests as Nazis and Fatherland Front campaigned for the Sunday plebiscite amid mounting tension.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Blum
First Peoples Front
Socialist Party
Vienna
Austria
Fatherland Front
Schuschnige
York Fair Leader Implicated in Dictatorship Charge
York March 9 A signed statement by Eugene D Frey former treasurer and resigning manager accuses the York County Agricultural Society board of being a one man affair under a dictatorship He blames president Samuel S Penis a Republican leader and asserts faulty financial policies caused his resignation He calls for prudent finance and proposes a 25000 reserve fund to guard against a rainy fall week and revenue loss.
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York, Fa
York County Agricultural Society
Eugene D. Frey
Frey
Samuel Ss. Penis
York County
The
Fair Association
Ar. Frey
Fair Society
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Keller
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Harold J. ‘Williamson
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Hufselfinger
Williamon
Chambers
RFC
Burg
Bartgis
W_E_ Miller
Reno
Huffelfinger
Willard and Woodward
Alfred R. Jones
Percival N. Campbell
Campbell
E. Austin James
Traverse
Father
Willkie
TVA
Levine
Fechner
Firhi
Marymdsiaiea Fo
Whitney Crash
Darwin
Liberty League
NEA Service, Inc
Conference of Officials
von Ribbentrop
Graz
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Britain
Germany
York Fair
D. Eugene Frey
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