Kuhn Acquitted In Embezzlement Trial Before Judge Willard
A two hour Circuit Court hearing cleared Charles B. Kuhn a $90 per week beer distributor from a $331 embezzlement charge. The jury returned a not guilty verdict based on firm records. a related larceny charge was nolle prosequied after final settlement of $724.20. Witnesses testified Kuhn kept daily reports and handled most collections while Kuhn claimed funds were retained to meet due commissions.
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Charles B. Kuhn
Hagerstown
Arthur D. Willard
Nolle Pressé
Kuhn
Amos A. Holter
Leslie N. Coblentz
Sherman P. Bowers
Hartle Company
Norman Fearnow
Lloyd K. Fearnow
Bernard F. Falk
Hartle Fim
Fearnow
Degrange Street
Sim
Charles Brooks
Oscar Gaver, Jr
Wilson Finneyfrock
Houston Ferguson
Carl W. Snook
State charges man beaten to death at Spring Grove hospital
Towson Oct 21 AP Donald Walters 21 one of three Spring Grove hospital guards on trial for murder of patient Henry Baumgartner 54 of Dundalk testified he had no instructions governing patient care The other accused Elmer Shovexiaze and Oliver Corkran were to testify next The state read statements from Walters Corkran and others about the beating Baumgartner died from acute peritonitis due to blunt abdominal trauma Doctors testified bruises covered the body and the patient died after an escape bid The guards pleaded innocent
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Towson
Donald Walters
Spring Grove Hospital
Elmer A. Shovexiaze
Oliver G. Corkran
Walters
Henry Baumgarner
Dundalk
Jub
Baumgartner
James Anderson
Loveridge
Corkran
Howard Makiéis
Weather Record Precipitation and Temp Details
Weather record shows 0.47 inch precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 3 a m. October daily totals list 3 inch to date with October normal at 2.58 inches and October 1937 total at 9.36 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to October 1 stands at 1.26 inches. Yesterday high 74, low last night 10. year-ago high 66, low 41. Sun sets 5 24 p m, rises 7 a m. moon rises 5 38 a m, sets 4 53 p m. Streams Monocacy and Potomac are clean.
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Monocacy
Potomac
Former Resident Wounded Near Arlington Shot After Dark
Dr Earl S Willard osteopath once based in Frederick was shot in the right shoulder while walking near Arlington Virginia. He gave no suspect or motive. Relatives in Frederick linked the incident to the former physician who practiced with his mother Mrs Alice Willard. He was treated in Falls Church and later at Georgetown Hospital where condition was listed not serious.
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Frederick
Earl S. Willard
Arlington
Earl Willard
Philadelphia
Washington
Doubs
Frederick Osteopath
Alice Willard
Central Trust Company
Willard
Falls Church
Georgetown Hospital
Irregular Prices Near Fourth Hour in New York Stocks
Profit taking grew insistent in today’s stock market with rails aircrafts and specialties leading. Low priced issues dominated the ticker as dealings slowed after a brief rally lull. A seasonal jump in freight loadings and hopeful business signs supported some stocks amid overall irregularity.
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New York
Not Guilty Of Drunken Driving In Peopl es Court
Raymond Cline of 115 Trail avenue was acquitted of drunken driving charge. State Officer R F Lewis testified two bottles were found. Bruce White failed to appear. A counterclaim against Franklin J Gruber led to an arrest warrant. Near Frederick New Midway and Buckeystown drivers were involved in a collision injuring Harry Hillabridle and Miss Goldie Lookingbill.
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Peoples Court
Emmett R. Bowlus
Raymond Cline
Trail Avenue
Bruce G. White
Cline
David Hemp
Leland Nusbaum
Lewis
Alban M. Wood
Justice Bowlus
Franklin J. Gruber
New Midway
Feagaville
Jefferson
Charles A. Phillips
Route 1
Frederick
Tony Howard
Buckeystown
Gruber
Harry Hillabridle
Miss Goldie Lookingbill
Frederick City Hospital
Kryl Symphony Opens Hood College Concert in Brodbeck Hall
Bohumir Kryl conducts the Kryl Symphony Orchestra before a large Hood College audience in Brodbeck Hall. Soloists Dorothy Dickerson Barbara LeBrum Burti Preston Florian Zabach. program mixed from light to lyrical works with an encore Rimsky Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee.
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Kryl Symphony
Bohumir Kryl
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Kryl
Dorothy Dickerson
Barbara le Brum
Burti Preston
Florian Zabach
Smetana
Adelaide
Goldmark
Rimsky-Korsakov
Niccoli
Rossini
Guion
Schubert
Percy Grainger
Captain Stratton
Deems Taylor
Ravel
John Powell
Rimsky-Kersokov
Stoun
Slot Machine Alumnae Events Case Continued
The case is continued at Hood to be heard by magistrate on October 28 at 10 30 in Coblentz Hall First Before Grand Jury.
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Hood
Defend ant Says It Was 10 To Be Dismantled Day
The defendant asserts the plan was to dismantle on the tenth day, claiming a staged removal schedule and timeline dispute. No further details available.
Slot machine cases delay hearings and new devices seen
City officers Swomley and Marks secured continuances for Oscar H. Miller and W Edward Silance as prosecutors plan to present evidence before the grand jury. A slot machine found at Miller’s shop and a cash register claim in another store trigger charges, with bonds set at 500 dollars. Authorities note a broader crackdown spreads to Maryland counties with pinball devices rising in scattered shops. Meanwhile Hood College invites alumnae for the third annual Alumnae Weekend October 28 to 30 featuring lectures, a fashion show, and a Hood Marionettes performance.
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Daniel E Swomley
James D. Marks
Oscar H. Miller
South Market Street
W. Edward Silance
Magnolia Avenue
Emmett R. Bowlus
Miller
Alion Y. Bennett Adnote
Silance
Cash Register
Jesse L. Hann
Frederick County
Baltimore City
Maryland
Prince Georges County
Hood College
Coblentz
Katharine E Dutrow
Henry L Stahr
Helen Bragdon
Donnell B. Young
George Washington University
Brodbeck Hall
Ruth E. Perry
Hood
Young
East Brodbeck
Warne C. Neely
Mary Louise Meyer
Simone Langlois
Mabel E. Stewart
Coblentz Hall
Alumnae Hall
Meyran Hall
Miriam BR. Apple
Alumnae Association
Marion Gates
Dorothy M. Anderson
Grace N Brown
Mary Grace Helfenstein
E. Louise Leonard
3238 May Be Dropped From Election Books
Registration officials in Montgomery county said 3238 persons were cited to appear next Tuesday to show why their names should not be stricken from the voters list. They reported 1839 Democrats and 1399 Republicans, noting many had died or moved since 1919. Both parties have been active in clearing dead wood before the November 8 election.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Pope Rebukes Nazis in Vatican Discourse
Vatican sources report Pope Pius spoke to hundreds at the Christian Archaeological Congress in Castel Gandolfo, warning of grave repercussions from events in Germany and Austria. Official text was not released, but the pontiff denounced Nazi attitude toward the church.
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Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
Pius
Christian Archeological Congress
R Evenis
Germany
Austria
Nice and OConor Campaigns Move Through Maryland Counties
Governor Nice continued his re election bid touring Harford County with his running mates and a Bel Air rally planned for tonight. Opponent Herbert R O Conor moved into Frederick County to campaign as the race shapes up.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Harford County
Herbert R. O Conor
Frederick County
Nice
Belair
Hood Students To See Navy Princeton Game
One hundred eight Hood students will attend the Navy Princeton football game in Baltimore Saturday. They depart Coblentz Hall at 10 a.m. for a 1 30 p.m. parade and return by 6 30 p.m. Mr and Mrs Paul Beckhelm will chaperone the group.
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Hood
Navy
Japs Capture Canton as Tanks Reach City
Japanese tank corps rumbled into Canton this afternoon, followed by South China expeditionary forces landings at Bias Bay. Canton fell into confusion as authorities fled north, Chinese troops retreating in a long line while Japanese spokesman claimed success.
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Canton
Tank
South China Expeditionary Force
Bias Bay
South China
Hongkong
China
Sungyun
Typhoon hits Tokyo area with heavy loss of life
A severe typhoon struck Tokyo and surrounding districts on Oct 21, causing at least 226 deaths and more than 590 injuries. About 230 people were missing, 3,500 homeless, and over 24,000 homes flooded. Communications and transit were disrupted. Yokohama sailings were suspended as schools closed and workers stayed home.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo-Yokonama
Yokohama
Dorothy Hale Falls To Death In New York Hotel
New York October 21 AP Dorothy Hale motion picture actress widow of Gardner Hale plummeted from a sixteenth floor window at the Hampshire House overlooking Central Park Detective James Leech said she may have fallen while opening the window around 620 am Engaged to WPA administrator Harry L Hopkins reports denied last summer The victim wore a black dinner dress with gold ornaments and a tea rose corsage remains were removed from the scene for investigation
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New York
Dorothy Hale
Hampshire House
Central Park
Americans Hold Half Sweepstakes Tickets At Irish Draw
Dublin October 21 AP More than half the luck went to Americans in the silver anniversary Irish hospital sweepstakes draw. At luncheon recess Americans held 370 of the 700 tickets drawn on 50 horses entered in the Cesar witch to run October 26 at New Market England. They held 20 of 56 tickets drawn on four of the five leading favorites. Tickets on the fifth and 32 other horses were to be drawn this afternoon. Each holder of a ticket on a runner in the race stands to win 150000 if the horse wins first place. Tickets on non runners and horses which fail to win place or show will pay. 192.
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Dublin
New Market
England
Laguardia Withholds Support for Lehman in NY Race
Mayor LaGuardia said after a Roosevelt conference he would withhold backing for Governor Lehman unless the Democrat publicly backed the New Deal. In Boulder, Ill, a tombstone reads Alice Philip, wife of Thomas, said to be talked to death by friends.
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Hyde Park
LaGuardia
New York City
Roosevelt
New Yorks
Lehman
Alice Centratia
Boulder
Ill
Alice
Thos
Philip
Czechoslovakia offers Hungary land settlement proposal
Prague reports that the Czechoslovak government has submitted a fourth settlement proposal to Hungary on cross border minority issues. It offers about 7,300 square kilometers but excludes many towns Hungary seeks. If rejected, Hungary may appeal to Germany, Italy, and Poland to press Czechoslovakia to accept the original demand by month’s end. Prague cancels its 20th birthday celebration and urges citizens to rebuild the republic instead.
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Budapest
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Italy
Poland
Prague
Sikora Tells Of His Wife Love Affair During Vault Tryst
Ruisslt Sikora, dubbed the perfect husband, testifies at his murder trial that his wife Margaret fell for rival Edward Solomon during a tor tid office vault tryst. He cites a March confession detailing Solomon’s greeting, embrace, and kiss before the August 22 slaying on a street corner.
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Rudolph Sikora
Chicago
Margaret Sikora
Brunet
Edward Solomon
Rudolph
Margaret
Solomon
Ruisslt Sikora
Sikera
May Raise Income Tax To Pay For Armaments
Washington October 21 AP congressional tax experts study proposals to finance a larger armament program. Joint committee on internal revenue staff will suggest tax legislation next session. An emergency 18 percent income tax increase is under consideration. It would apply to individuals and corporations and could yield about 200 million dollars, lasting one or two years and ending automatically.
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Washington
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue
Congress
Police Lieutenant Held For Grand Larceny
Police Commissioner announces the arrest of Police Lieutenant Cuthbert J. Behan on grand larceny and destroying public records related to theft of arrest records from a Brooklyn station. Stolen pages cover seven police books with about 7,200 Brooklyn arrests. linked to broader Brooklyn irregularities probe.
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New York
Cuthbert J. Behan
Brooklyn
Lewis J. Valentine
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Telis
Guenther
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Party
Sikora
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