Legion Backed by U S Traditions at Memorial Day Ceremony
Fred Johnson former Alabama district official spoke at Francis Scott Key Post 13 Memorial Day ceremonies in Frederick Maryland. A large crowd attended as the First Regiment Band performed and a parade, led by the Legion Home, moved to Olivet Cemetery. Johnson invoked duty to veterans and American traditions, stressing legislation to aid service men and honoring those who died in World War I.
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American Legion
Fred Johnson
Alabama Legion
National Organization
Francis Scott Key Post
No. 13
Mr. Olivet Cemetery
Gesgek Guars
Maryland
Legion Home
John R. Webb
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans and Sons of Veterans On
Frederick
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hammond Clary
Ralph E. Shober
Church of the Brethren
James G. Conroy
Johnson
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of
Alabama
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
America
Flanders’ Fields
Flanders Fields
France
Yast
News-Post
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Francis Scott Key
Post Post
Harry E. Pettingall
Hobart Albaugh
Wilbur Baker
Charles Corbett
Thomas E. Williams
W. C. Roral
First Baptist Church
Ralph
Roy Schroeder
Slum Clearance Funding Delayed for Frederick Plan
Frederick's slum clearance program awaits a National Housing Authority loan as federal funds dwindle. A joint meeting over three weeks ago produced no word, while $257,775,000 of a $500,008,000 nationwide fund remains earmarked. National administrator Nathan Straus notes rising demand from cities with housing authorities. 147 authorities exist in 27 states, up from 46 seven months ago. A House bill seeks a $390,000,000 increase to US housing funds.
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United States Housing Authority
Frederick
National Authority
National Housing Authority
Nathan Straus
USHA
Tut Mine
Elmer Sic
Maxwell
Brought Back To Jail On Charge Of Theft
A 29 year old Pittsburgh man Thomas Conroy was arrested in Baltimore for attempting to sell stolen articles from a Brunswick store. He is jailed in Frederick County charged with larceny. Four watches were recovered. a companion fled with a camera. Sheriff Hilfner said Conroy has a long criminal record and fingerprints will be sent to the Justice Department.
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Baltimore
Brunswick
Thomas Conroy
Pittsburgh
Frederick County
Rey MM. Hilfner
Conroy
Edward L. Moore
Hiltner
Washington
Central
Department of Justice
Connors Recaptured at Cumberland to Complete Sentence
Harvey Connors, 27, who escaped from Maryland State Penal Farm at Roxbury, was recaptured in Cumberland and sent to the House of Correction to finish a one year robbery sentence after reportedly being made a trusty and walking away. Meanwhile the British Army borrowed a “super” cock from London County Council for a year to brighten meals for troops.
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Cumberland
Harvey Connors
Maryland
Roxbury
House of Correction
E. B. Carl
Penal Farm
Connors
London County Council
Former Local Man Ends Life in Baltimore Suburb
A 78 year old man, Austin L. Houff, was found dead in a parked car on Overbrook road in a Baltimore suburb. Carbon monoxide poisoning, inferred from an exhaust pipe and hose into the car window, was ruled self-inflicted. Police and coroner proceedings listed Houff as a married resident of Willow avenue, with surviving parents and two brothers in Baltimore.
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Overbrues Road
Baltimore
AU & Hose Ec Co
Austin L. Houff
Trnck
Overbrook Road
William Elserode
Elserode
Towson
Sergi Miller
George Bull
Joseph Sedelback
Houff
Igeil
Willow Avenue
Old York Road
Young Houff
South Market Street
Diil Avenue
Meredith
Charles Houff
Levine Boy May Have Been Garroting Victim
In New Rochelle on May 30 Dr. Amos O. Squire the West Chester county medical examiner suggested garroting might have been the primary cause of kidnapped Peter Levine though he cautioned the conclusion may never be established. Federal and local investigators face many unanswered questions in the ongoing tragedy.
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New Rochelle
Peter Levine
Amos O. Squire
West Chester County
Hood Farm Sold to Col Davidson Amid Murder Charge
The 229 acre Hood farm along the N Design road south of Frederick sold to Col and Mrs Howard C Davidson of Washington for 33549. William F Moran and John E Moran executors of Mrs Jona F Moran estate handled the sale. Arnold Johnson and William S Brown of the Minneapolis General Drivers Union face murder charges with Brown shot in his car during a dispute over union funds. Johnson allegedly confessed. The property includes a colonial mansion and a seven room tenant house. possession will transfer to the purchasers soon.
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William S. Brown
Minneapolis General Drivers’ Union
Arnold Johnson
Johnson
Brown
N. Design Road
Frederick
Howard C. Davidson
Washington
William F. Moran
John E Moran
Jona F. Moran
Margaret E. Schott Hood
Hood College
Moran
Col. Davidson
Be G
St Mary's County
Noah E. Cramer and Son
Three Are Hurt In Automobile Crash Near Westminster
Three Baltimoreans escaped serious injuries when two cars collided at a highway intersection about three miles east of Westminster Maryland on May 30. Drivers were T. Vincent O Connell and Edna R Brown both charged with reckless driving. O Connell's mother in law Mrs T R Pennington was treated for face cuts and bruises.
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Westminster
Here
T. Vincent O'Connell
Edna R. Brown
T. R. Pennington
O'Connell
Military Service For Czechs Is Proclaimed
Praha May 30 Czechoslovakia decreed military or defense service for all residents aged 16 to 60. The three decrees impose compulsory training under a strict defense law, with girls required to complete hours in first aid and air defense, and older men and women to provide civil and air defense training annually.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Germany
Answers and names on a historical quiz list
A compact entry lists respondent Henry L Hess and mentions France and Russia as topics. It cites a British air minister and Bela Umredt, then marks a statement as false. The fragment hints at a quiz or trivia item with mixed figures and country names.
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Henry L. Hess
France
Russia
Bela Umredt
False
Miami child kidnapped in Princeton abduction case
A paneled note demanded ten thousand dollars for the safe return of Svean James Bailey Cash. The FBI reported the pajama dressed boy was taken from his bed near Miami, and the kidnapper threatened to kill if police were alerted. The father, a grocer and station operator, began a ransom trip with ten thousand dollars. The note directed the father to his brother's home in Princeton. The entry to the Cash home was by slitting a screen and unlatching a back door. The incident coincides with a separate historical note on the Declaration of Independence adopted July 2, 1776, though July 4 is cited.
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Svean James Bailey Cash
Princeton
Miami
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Housing Authority
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Pig Line
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Levine Boy
Hood Farm
Hendrickson
Father
Evinrude
Tanabe Key
J. Paul Delphey
West Patrick St
Sofia
A. C. Carty
East Patrick St. Frederick
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