Five Years For Two Filling Station Bandits
James Daily and Richard Rogers received five year sentences in the Maryland penitentiary after being convicted of robbing the Gem Service Station near Frederick. They pleaded innocence at trial and again on sentencing, while being identified by the station manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
James Daily
Richard Rogers
Frederick
John 5. Newman
George Alger
W. C. Roderick
Daily
Rogers
Alger
Winebrenner and Sinn
Stock market interest divides as gains and grain slip
In New York on May 5 the market showed split interest with stocks rising to new highs on broad demand while wheat and cotton futures fell. Trading surged after the 4 percent rediscount rate was held by the New York Federal Reserve. Key moves centered on Motor and Public Utility shares amid merger hopes and special dividends, with New York Tractions hitting records before a sharp sell off after the Interborough Rapid Transit fare increase was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Industral
New York Federal Bank
New York Stock Exchange
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Stock Exchange
New York Tractions
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Syndicate Used Girls to Pass Bogus Checks
Philadelphia May 5 AP Two Foupgs women arrested here said they were used by a syndicate employing girls to pass fraudulent checks. They named operatives in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh and said eight others came here with two supervisors who oversaw the scheme. Checks were drawn against city accounts to buy items then returned with one third kept as payoff while the banks were quickly closed making the checks worthless. Two adjacent land tracts totaling over 92 acres were sold at Merigacee sale in court house to Willam H Babrian for 25 an acre. The land lies along the state highway northeast of Emmitsburg and was secured by mortgage from John M Warrenfeltz and Annie O Warrenfeltz to Mr Rabasion Frank JL Stoner acted as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Foupgs
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Betty Todd
Indianapolis
Doris Ramsar
Martinsville
Ind
Merigacee
Court House
Willam H. Babrion
Willamsport
Washington County
Emmitsburg
Brauch
John M. Warrenfeltz
Annie O. Warrenfeltz
Rabsion
Frank JL. Stoner
Record Heat Reaches 95 Degrees Sets May Day Benchmark
The afternoon warm spell pushed the thermometer to 95 degrees at two o clock, surpassing Fray by two degrees. It marked the warmest May day so far this month, setting a regional heat record for the date.
Hope 10 Save Carolina Dam Near Greenville
In Greenville South Carolina May AP engineers opened the flood pipe at Table Rock Cove dam 31 miles north easing pressure from late yesterday. Water seepage and fissures widened the dam as 20 000 residents fled to hills with warnings of possible collapse. Authorities noted the dam held back 5 billion gallons for the city waterworks and feared other Saluda dams might be threatened if the dam breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Table Rock Cove
Here
Saluda River
Saluda
Columbia
Seaplane PN-12 sets new endurance record
Philadelphia May 5 AP says the PN-12 surpassed the world flight endurance record by 7 hours 25 minutes 46 seconds with a 36 hour 1 minute 13 4 5 second flight landing at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Lieutenants Arthur Gavin and Zeus Soucek piloted the two crew plane after a Thursday takeoff, breaking the May 12 1925 PN-9 record set by Lieutenants Schildhauer and Kylie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Arthur Gavin
Zeus Soucek
C. H. Schildhauer
J. R. Kylie
Favorable Report on Bill for 50000 Monocacy Memorial Park
A subcommittee on Military Affairs will send a favorable report next week to the full House on the 50000 appropriation for the Monocacy Battlefield Memorial Park development. Col D John Markey, a local battlefield committee member, relayed the update. The fall committee is expected to present to the House via acting Chairman Reese with Judge Wurzbach presently in Texas. Returns From Blossom Fete Miss Katharine Kieffer of Frederick county, Apple Blossom Festival princess at Winchester, returned home after two days of festivities. In Winchester she was hosted by Mr and Mrs W R Talbott. Frederick attendees Thursday included Mrs John Francis Smith, Mrs D Charles Winebrewer, Mrs Thomas B Harvard, Mrs E D McCain, and Mrs Frank A Hedres. Friday visitors included Rev Dr and Mrs H L G Kieffer and Col and Mrs D John Marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Monocacy Battlefield Memorial Park
D. John Markey
House of Representatives
Reese
Wurzbach
Texas
Katharine Kieffer
Frederick County
Winchester
Kieffer
W. R. Talbott
Frederick
John
Francis Smith
HL. G Kieffer
D. John Marker
Twin Sons Born to Mr and Mrs Charles A Reese
Mr and Mrs Charles A Reese of Philadelphia announce the birth of twin sons Robert Warren and Donald Wiles on April 18. Mrs Reese is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Waltey 3 Wiles of Thurmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A Reese
Philadelphia
Robert Warren
Donald Wiles
Reese
Waltey
Wiles
Thurmont
Chest Clinic to be Held at Court House May 28
A chest clinic will be held in the Court House on May 28, announced by the focal public health office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Focal Public Health Office
Belgian Millionaire Narrowly Survives Plane Escape
Philadelphia May 5 AP Al fred Lowenstein Belgian millionaire had a close call when he leaped between the spinning propellers after disembarking from a New York flight. A hat was knocked away by one blade and a bystander yelled Duck as the dying blades whizzed past his head, narrowly sparing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alfred Lowenstein
New York
Lowenstein
Marriages Licensed in Westminster and Hagerstown
A marriage license was issued at Westminster to James E. Pentz and Grace E. Ward both of Emmitsburg. A license was issued at Hagerstown to James A Brown age 20 of Sahillassille and Lilie M. Triesler age 27 of Fairfield Pennsylvania.
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Westminster
James E. Pentz
Grace E. Ward
Emmitsburg
Hagerstown
James A Brown
Sahillassille
Lilie M. Triesler
Fairfield
Frick Couple Welcome Son at Wayneshero Women’s Infirmary
Mr and Mrs Pan F Frick of Wayneshero celebrate the birth of a son on April 24 at the Women's Infirmary Wayneshero. Mrs Frick, formerly Mary Colletta O Toole of Thorment, is the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan F. Frick
Wayneshero
Women’s Infirmary
Frick
Mary Colletta O'Toole
Thorment
State primary election to be held Monday
Unexpected interest centers on the state wide primary scheduled for Monday. Democrats vote on a two name ballot for U S Senator William Cabell Bruce and Mrs Virginia Peters Parkhurst while Republicans cast a Hoover presidential ballot with delegates to the state convention and support for Goldsborough and Zthiman. Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m with local Republican delegate contests and declared endorsements amid factional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cabell Bruce
U. S
Virginia Peters Parkhurst
Herbert Hoover
California
United States
UT. G. Bourne
S. Elmer Brown
Thomas A. Chapline
Joseph W. Darner
William B. Doty
Albert W. Ecker
Thomas H. Haller
Lowis
PF. Kefauver
Edwin C. Markell
William C Roderick
Edward H. Sharpe
George Marshall Wachter
Messrs. Markell
Haller
Brown
Doty
Chapline
Bourne
Hoover
Messrs. Darner
Ecker
Kefauver
Roderick
Sharpe
Wachier
Lowden
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Frederick N. Zthiman
E. L. Coblentz
W. J. Grove
C. A. Conley
David C. Winebrenner
L. ©. Barrick
A. LeRoy McCardell
Wheat Traders Await Government Crop Report
Wheat traders focus on the upcoming government crop report due next Wednesday. If official figures confirm private estimates, the market could rise. if not, it may slide. Current prices show modest declines from a week earlier as traders eye Washington estimates and spring wheat prospects in the Northwest.
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Chicago
Washington
Northwest
Brother Says He Got None of Knapp Checks
Albany reports testimony from a hospitalized man in a hotel as part of a land larcent charge case involving Mrs. Florence ER Knapp, former Secretary of State. The brother, Charles Hubtell Smith, testified that many census payroll checks drawn in Knapp’s favor appeared to not pass through his hands and were endorsed by Mrs Knapp, with authorization for any checks to be issued to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Llorence
S. Knapp
Hero
Charles Hubtell Smith
Judes
Knapp
Japy
Eimars
Jury call possible in Montgomery murder case
Rockville May 6 AP Plans for a special Montgomery county grand jury session to hear the case of Samuel T. Robertson Bethesda farmhand held in connection with the murder of Edward L. Mills near here last July were considered by authorities. Robertson was held without bail after preliminary proceedings ended when defense urged grand jury consideration for new evidence. If no special session is convened Robertson faces remaining in jail until a November inquest. Major Calvin Goddard ballistic testimony linked shells and guns to Robertson, but the defendant denies ownership of one pistol and says he turned it over to police.
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Eldorado
Kan
May
Owen Oberst
Burns
Stanley Taylor
Oberst
Florence
William F. Oberst
Herbert
Hugh
Ralph
Edith
Dorothy
Rooe
Rockville
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Samuel T. Robertson
Bethesda
Edward L. Mills
Here
Robertson
Calvin Goddard
Mills
Major Goddard
Plan for Music Week observance in city
Music Week will be observed in service clubs and by a Baker Park concert next week. Mrs J H Apple chairs the week as events open Sunday with several performances already planned. Henry T Wade secures soloists for service clubs and a concert by the First Regiment Band, with further notices to follow. Local residents George G Whitney and family reside on West Second Street, with Bertha Trail returning from Atlantic City and others facing health issues or home confinement. A single pound of the finest spider webs would reach round the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
J. H. Apple
Henry T. Wade
Hood College
First Regiment Bana
George G. Whitney
Scout
West Second Street
Bertha Trail
Galen Hall
Atlantic City
Controversial Portraits Stir European Society
A photograph scandal involves Princess Marguerite Watson and Prince Charles Philippe de Nemours, son of Duc Nemours, amid a marriage proposal bid in London. The event sparks chatter about aristocratic alliances and French Texas lineage in high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcuerite Watson
Aml
Charles Philippe Vorlans
Duc de
Cigarette Smoking Discussed at MES Conference
At the MES church quadriennial meeting in Kansas City in May, a floor discussion on rising cigarette use by women was refused and sent to the Prohibition and Public Morals committee. Rev. David H. Hargis urged action, calling cigarettes a travesty on Christian womanhood and noting observed smoking on trains. He cited aviators in Philadelphia earning high pay to promote cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
MES Church
David H. Hargis
Philadelphia
Delawara
De Molay May Ball Held at Braddock Heights
The Frederick Chapter Order of De Molay held its annual May ball from 9 to 1 Friday night at Viada Bona Braddock Heights with about 125 attendees. Guests included Oliver Warehime and Samuel Duvall, Miss Dorothy Warehime, and H O Schroeder. music by Bell's orchestra and refreshments provided. Ralph Marsh chaired the event as the fifth anniversary of the organization will be noted in July. Many attendees are listed, including Roseallene Hoffman, Anne Slagen, Edith Windiger, and numerous others. A separate Emmitsburg registration report shows Democratic voters leading with 7 to 1 over Republicans and one independent in precinct results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Order of de Molay
Viada Bona
Braddock Heights
Oliver C. Warehime l
Samuel G. Duvall
Dorothy Warehime
H. O. Schroeder
Bell
Ralph W. Marsh
Roseallene Hoffman
Anne Slagen
Edith Windigier
Alice Staley
Mary Louise Lochner
Charles T. Butcher
Ruth Coward
Grace Fahrey
Evelyn Keyser
Nellie N. Mullinix
Estelle Chesley
Ruth Howard
Effie Moore
Margaret Paxson
Dorothy Strasberger
Thelma Havermale
Viola
Gladys Wagner
Dorothy Schildtknecht
Mary Elizabeth Chaplin
Ouver Keefer
Virginia Bare
Dorothy Howard
Eleanor Ramsbert
Catherine Geisbert
Beatrice Cronise
Edna Kefauver
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
Ralph ’. Marsh
David M. Kemp
James D. Mobtry
John H. Young
Willard Markey
Robert Winger
Cafford Gilbert
Richard Kline
John H. Bert
Ned S Zoller
Russell Sir Michael
Frank Griffin
Eurene McClintic
Stewart H Brown
Edward Farnesworth
Brown Harwood Watson
George Free
Eugene Saunders
Edward Hamilton
Charles Troxell
William Warhter
Walter Kline
William Carter
Robert le Saum
W William Weeble
Robert Dudley
Harve Smith
Harold Helm
Howard J. Rohr
Robert Miller
John Paul Jones
Harold Sehelthare
CL Stauffer
Richard Hismnener
Charles Houck
George Keene
Word Winebraner
Rosene Redrick
Lewis Boxer
John Prin Engelbrecht
Eric Summers
William Barteis
Howary Kelly
Oliver Keeler
Nuccell Hamilton
Guy Xusz
Eurens Thomas
Franklin Cramer
Remarc Davis
Elkins Roverick
Ralph Royer
David Yoncer
Legion Offers Minstrel Show at Middletown Memorial Hall
Approximately 500 people attended the Everhart Post American Legion minstrel at Memorial Hall Middletown as part of an eight anniversary three day program raising funds for hall decoration and equipment. The parade featured a full program with opening chorus and a comedy skit lineup led by Leslie N Coblentz and included musician and actor participants, while Friday night music and a Saturday weather outlook followed. organizers noted the proceeds support Legion projects and the event mirrored earlier Memorial Day and Armistice Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Memorial Hall
Middletown
Everhart Post
No. 61
American Legion
Japs Capture Munitions In China Clash
Reports from Peking May 5 state Nationalists and Japanese troops formed a tight cordon around Tsipan. Firing ended by 7 p.m. Japanese reportedly seized two mounted guns, 20,000 shells, 2,000,000 rifle rounds and 5,000 grenades. Casualties listed 10 dead and 32 wounded for Japan. over 300 Japanese residents reported killed in looting at Tientsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Taiwan
Chinese Nationalia
Shanghai
Tsiwan
Tsipan
Tsinan
Hood College Dedication Shacks Opens On Mountain Plot
The Athletic Association of Hood College informal dedication of a new shack on land donated by Dr. R. M. Rau was held. The log cabin near Rocky Springs road five miles from Frederick will house at least twenty five and host weekend stays for students. The shack name remains secret to be announced on Track Day May 19. Funds came from all four college classes and individual donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Rocky Springs
Ground Breaking Planned for Epworth Hall Ceremony
A ground breaking for Epworth Hall, a unit of the Southern Methodist Home for the sick, will be held Sunday at 3 PM in Galthersburg. About 2,400 Epworth League members are expected. Rev. J J Ringer, former Trinity ME Church pastor and current Home superintendent, will welcome attendees. Rev. Howard J Wells, board president, will deliver the principal address. Invocations and benediction will be offered by Rev J W Ralthis and Rev V Rexester. Local and Flint Hill church representatives will attend. The project has been in planning for six years. Firemen’s Meeting at Thurmont to discuss department issues. Miss Clara Landerg has returned home to Thurmont after wintering with relatives in Ridgler, Maryland and Brooklyn, New York.
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Epworth Hall
Southern Methodist Home
Isc
Galthersburg
Epworth League
J.J. Ringer
Trinity M. E. Church
South
Howard J. Wells
Board of Trustees
J. HW. Ralthis
V. Rexester
Carl Maxwell
Flint Hil
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Newman
Syndicate
HOPE
Carolina Dam
Japan
Brad. Lidie
HL MM. Spahr
D. T. Dutrow
Rosemont
Lindy’s New Sea
Canada
Green“Lands
T. Johns
Land
Isles
Ondon
NEA
Cleveland Bureau
June Fleht
Col Caamles AL Lindbergh
Thomas G. Lauphier
Detroit
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Landy
Fght
Ford
Asia
DE Molay
Mountain Top
Registrafinn
Everhart
Leslie N. Coblentz
Roy Gaver
Charles Remsberg
Henry R. Shoemaker
F. Grove White
Circle
Martin
Beachley
Albert M. Coblentz
Byron G. Coblentz
Manville Coblentz
A. Glenn Cramer
G. Harlan Dinterman
Virgil W. Doub
Cecil K. Holter
Edward F. Holter
Legion Jauartet
Arthur R. Remsberg
J. Homer Remsberg
Harry T. Holter
iHenry R. Shoemaker
Willie Hauver
Emmett Bowjlus
Safety Razors
Grapefrat, Creosote and Company
Claude Plush
Grak
Richard Kieens
Nomubey Sones
Fred Hutzell
Creosote
Harold Kefauver
Emecure
J. Willard Harley
Aaron Gas
Mac Palmer
Josh
Roland Gaver
Arthur BR. Remssere
Homer Remsberg
J. Homer Remsbers
Lenore Rudy
Leslie N Coblents
Virgin Daan
George C. Rhoderick
Martin Beachley
Earl M. Kepler
Wahagon Mayor
Tokyo
China
Tientsin
Tsinap
Shack
Hood
Mountains
Methodist Home
Thurmort
Animen
Seurg
Toan Hall
Clara Landerg
Ter Sigiets
Ridgler, Md
Brooklyn
N.Y
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