Seven Years For Ambush In Adamstown Assault
Twelve defendants faced sentences ranging from 60 days to eight years in Maryland Penitentiary as Associate Judges Willard and Woodward closed a term. Notable rulings included Charles A. Ambush of Adamstown sentenced to seven years for a masked assault on Fannie Beck of Adamstown, with the court rejecting intoxication as a defense and citing a trail of blood. Alonzo G. Miller received the maximum one year in the House of Correction for wife beating. testimony described extensive abuse over years.
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Maryland Penitentary
Arthur D Willard
Charles W. Woodward
Charles A. Ambush
Adamstown
House of Correction
Fannie O. Beck
Woodward
Beck
Alton
Alton ¥_ Bennett
Willard
Alonzo G. Miller
Frederick Blumber
Miller
Amiiller
F. J Campbell
Lester Miller
Traverser
Tria
Raymond O. Huffelanger
Arizona Rodeo Non
Russel Keller
Middletown
Hoffelfinger
Banquet Planned for Montgomery 4-H Members in Gaithersburg
Rockville Md March 13 arrangements are under way to entertain about 125 club members and guests at the Montgomery County Senior 4 H Council banquet at Grace M E church South Gaithersburg on March 26 Rufus B King assistant county agricultural agent in general charge Prof Allan Bogue University of Maryland animal husbandry specialist will be principal speaker Miss Pearl Messer will be toastmistress
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Gaithersburg
Rockville
Montgomery County
Miss Herbert Finds Father After Long Search
Thelma Louie Herber, formerly Velma Florence Young of Burkittsville, found her birth father August Carl Herber in St. Louis after a yearlong search using birth certificates and orphan records. She telegraphed her foster parents and plans to live with her father and bring her two sisters Ruth and Catherine to join them.
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Thelma
Louie Herber
Velma Florence Young
Burkittsville
Lawrence Guyton
St. Louis Mo
August Carl Herber
Herbert
Ruth
Church of the Brethren
Timberville
Catherine
Broadway
Herber
St. Louis
Distribution Of AAA Checks Begun In Frederick County
Agricultural Conservation checks for 1937 began in Frederick County on Monday with about 300 paid to qualifying farmers in Emmitsburg Thurmont and Lewistown districts. Total disbursement expected to reach roughly 140000 dollars this week. Delays due to Washington office check writing. recipients notified by card as checks arrive.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Lewistown
Edith Winpigler
Agrcultural Conservation Association
Liberty
Urbana
Adamstown Bank
Walkersville
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Dollar Still World’s Strongest Currency Says Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau announced the American dollar remains the strongest currency in the world despite Europe’s turmoil. He noted the stabilizing agreement among United States, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland is functioning well, even with the French franc in crisis.
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Washington
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Europe
United States
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Frenzied throng welcomes Hitler in Vienna
Report from Vienna describes Adolf Hitler returning to the city as massive crowds cheered from Kingstrasse and the Sperl Hotel balcony. Police report Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg held at Belvedere Palace while many followers arrested. Nazification accelerates as Jews face violence and shuttered professions.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Speral
Germany
Kingstrasse
Kurt Schuschnigs
Austria
Belvedere
Schuschnige
Wilhelm Mik- Nas
von Werkman
Neath
Karl von Werkman
Karl
Army Sergeant Is Sentenced To Jail
Woodrow J. Griffin of Boonsboro, a U S Army sergeant stationed at Fort Meade, was arrested for drunken driving after a chase on Route 40 toward Frederick by State Officer A R Chambers. Convicted of drunken driving and reckless driving, Griffin was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to three months in jail, with custody for nonpayment. his prior traffic record, including 1931 drunken driving and 1933 reckless driving, influenced the sentence.
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Woodrow J. Griffin
Boonsboro
United States Army
Fort George G. Meade
A. R. Chambers
Griffin
Frederick
Chambers
Braddock Mountain
O. Fred Ridenour
Middlestown
Alonday
Griffin J
Justice Ridenour
Six Months Term For Theft Of 22 Cents
Rockville Maryland March 14 For the theft of 22 cents Charles Edwards aged 30 faced a choice of serving six months on county roads or paying a 525 dollar fine. He pleaded guilty in Police Court after a grocer accused him of substituting a nickel for a quarter in a small purchase. Justice Department records show he had previously tried the same trick in California Georgia New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Rockville
Charles Edwards
Justice Department
Edwards
California
Georgia
New Jerse
Connecticut
Notable names and rates from 1930s transport data
The excerpt cites Bernard M. Baruch and Herbert Hoover with historical notes. It states no separate Atlantic fleet plan and mentions islands possibly becoming air hubs. It then discusses 1935 passenger fare on American Class 1 railroads at 3. Winner rate 11835 cents per passenger mile vs 3.086 cents in 1922, the peak year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard M. Baruch
Herbert Hoover
Poison term in life policy case cited by court
The court interprets the word poison in the Equitable Life Assurance Society v Hemenover decision as a commonly accepted dangerous substance. It rejects extending the policy exception to cover the drug in this case, noting poison implies a substance that destroys in small doses.
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Opinor Sn Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hemenover ‘Colorado
Weare
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Portner
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James D. Baker
Guy Stultz
Stultz
Clyde Droneburg
Droneburg
House To Correction
Roy Cook
Mr. Bennett
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William Grif Ath
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James Wills
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Frank ©. Lowery
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Albert A. Smith
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Smith
Charles H. Stone
B. O Thomas
Chester Roberts
R. M. Hiltner
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Roy Gardner
D. Princeton Bugkey
Ernest Summers
Braddock
Harry L. Ebert
Braddock Heights
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Michael E Pue
Rosewood Training School
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Potomac Edison Company
Clarence Freed
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Mussolini
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Main
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St Margrethen
Lake Constance
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Patrick St
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