Stoll Kidnapping Heroic Rescue Sets City Ablaze
Mrs Alice Speed Stoll, wife of oilman Berry V Stoll, was seized by a former insane asylum inmate and brought to Scottsburg Indiana where FBI agents found her and returned her to Louisville. Kidnapper Thomas H Robinson Jr of Nashville Tenn was identified with Robinsions wife aiding. Federal agents pursued across Indiana to Indianapolis then Scottsburg and freed Mrs Stoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alice Speedstoll
Department of Justice
Berry V. Stoll
Scottsburg
Ind
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Justice Department
Stoll
Robinson
Dees
Railway Express
Indianapolis
Parkway PTA Meeting Highlights Child Testing Talk
About 150 attendees filled Parkway school auditorium for the monthly PTA. Miss Helen Jane Waadley spoke on Testing Our Children and the Schools. Charles McMathias introduced the program, with Irving Landauer presiding. Bundle Day runs a week for clothing donations. A games party on November 23 replaces the regular meeting. School officials and Frederick High guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association of Parkway School
Helen Jane Waadley
Charles McC Mathias
Irving M. Landauer
A& Games Party
Schesis
Eupense Ome Deeeth
Taner Pincipal
Frederick High School
Huey P Long orders parishes to remove insane inmates
In Baton Rouge on October 14 Huey P Long directed sheriffs to call on 22 parishes to move inmates declared insane or mentally incompetent from jails to wards at Jackson State Hospital. He claimed 74 such persons were officially cared for, aligning with his earlier proposal to govern the state in the governor's absence. Political observers saw the move as Long fulfilling his plan to run the state in his own right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Laem
Jackson
Miners Indignant Over Mass Death At Hungarian Mine
In Pecs Hungary 1200 exhausted miners denounced the wreck and demanded wage gains after five days of hunger strikes ending with a dangerous underground incident. Officials report 118 survivors rushed to hospitals. Meanwhile Dr Louis Hamberger spoke at a Baltimore event with Dr Charles H Couler Jr among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecs
Hungary
Hamberger Spears
Louis Hamberger
Baltymore
Frederic Cowie
Fire danger averted at Market Street store
A fire in the basement coal bin at John D Hendrickson’s Market Street store was stopped by quick action from R Ames Hendrickson who used three hand extinguishers and a water hose. The blaze, likely started from coals in ashes, could have caused major damage before it was contained to the coal bin. Minor smoke seepage reached the first floor. In a separate incident, Mrs. Lucretia Rail fractured her right arm at the Taney home on South Bentz Street when a rope snapped while she was helping raise a flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D Hendrickson
North Market Street
R. Ames Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Tadse
Taney
South
Bentz Street
Lucretia Rail
Ira
Frederick County
Coal blaze caps crew response at Cowl Bin site
Report notes a cowl bin incident where a fracture was reduced and a large amount of coal caught fire. A person was transported to her home after the blaze, with the scene described in fragmented detail.
KNEW CHILD WAS ALIVE AS HE CREMATED HER
Lawrence Stone of Mount Vernon admits knowing 1 year old Nancy Jean Costigan was alive when he threw her into an apartment furnace. Police say he confessed but disputes remain about the furnace being out. He alleges the girl fell while playing and died, and he provided claimed proof the furnace burned all day.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
Lawrence Stone
Nancy Jean Costigan
Frank H. Coyne
Stone
Michael I. Silverstein
Mt. Verson
Fie
Hauptmann Is Refused Writ In Lindbergh Case
New York Supreme Court denied Bruno Hauptmann's writ of habeas corpus delaying extradition to New Jersey for the Lindbergh baby murder case. Judge set execution delay to 4 PM October 19. Key testimony included Jersey farmer Millard Whitehead identifying Hauptmann near the Lindbergh home and handwriting expert Osborn confirming the ransom notes' authorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Coun
Ernest L. Hammer Wanight
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Uni
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindvergh
James M. Fawcett
Tse
Millard Whitehead
Jersey
Bronx Supreme Court
Hopewell
Charles A. Eindbergh
Dave T. Wilentz
Weise
Teal Tls S
Whitehead
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Albert D. Osborn
Wilentz
Fawcett
Germany
France Strives to Avert Balkan Powder Keg Flare
Paris reports France aims to prevent a Sarajevo style crisis amid attempts to curb a plotted murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Police in Melun catch a suspect who admits being sent to Marseille to kill the king. France presses Hungary to dismantle the terrorist ring while keeping tempers calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Jomeht
Marseilles
Sarajevo
Melun
Bau Akidy
Glu Lea Tu
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Kiwanis Convention Review Highlights District Activities
Parsons Newman reports on the Capital District Kiwanis convention held in Richmond, detailing attendance by Fredericktonians, district growth, and welfare work for underprivileged children. Walter Cole was elected district governor, with Danville selected as next meeting site, and invitations extended for future club events in Hagerstown and Berkeley Springs. A note on a joint Frederick Kiwanis-Rotary-Lions meeting and a separate report of a boy treated for a snake bite near New Market are also included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital District of Kiwanis Clubs
Richmond
Parsons Newman
Theetrict
Richmond Kivanans
Do. Walter Cole
Towson
Danville
Newman
Harry O. Schroeder
Frederick Club
Carroll H. Hendrickson
Hagerstown
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Frederick Ki- Wanians
Rotarians
Lions
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Charles W. Woodward
Rockville
Four tagged for breaking law in early parking crackdown
Police in an early evening crackdown tagged multiple violators for over two hour parking on Market Street near Bentz to Carroll. Donald Bayton pleaded for mitigation, a magistrate delayed ruling after questioning Officer James Maris. Collateral forfeitures ranged from 1 to 2 50 dollars for various offenders and one New York motorist, name unavailable, was cited. Separate report notes two shotgun shots frightened chicken thieves at Paul Fritz’s farm last Saturday.
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Ren
Four Motorss
Alout
Sherman P. Bowers
Donald Bayton
Eity
Hos
Bayton
Omicer
Jame Maris
Paul Kennedy
Daniel Swomley
Bluce
Bentz
Carroll Street
Double Park Ang
Frey
Oficer
Allan McHenry
Motors
Paul Fritz
Fritz
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New York Munt Grededie Wieuivel School
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Them
Impos
Tures
Bennett
Honduras
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Flemington, N. J
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Clare
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Joseph Yeager
New Market
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