Policeman Indicted For Shooting Public Enemy Nitti
CHICAGO April 8 A police man was indicted on an assault to kill charge for the December shooting of Frank Nitti former Enforcer for the Capone gang in a downtown raid. Detective Harry Lang fired four bullets at Nitti while he stood unarmed with hands at his sides. Lang bonded at $10 000 capias issued. Nitti was wounded and hospitalized for weeks. Lang also faces perjury charges for grand jury testimony. Nitti was freed after Lang declined to accuse him in court.
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Chicago
Frank Nitti
Harry Lang
Nitti
Capone
Lang
Capias
Roosevelt Takes 15 Percent Pay Cut For President
President Roosevelt reduces his own salary by 15 percent effective March 4. He cashed his first reduced installment on Friday, writing a Treasury check for 15 percent of a 75,000 dollar annual pay. The initial self imposed deduction totaled 43.75 dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Police Testimony on Nitti Shootout Belief
Detective Lang handed two pistols to Chief Shoemaker after a shooting claiming one was his and the other belonged to Nitti. The policeman stated Nitti had no gun.
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Nitti
Lang
William H. Shoemaker
Juvenile Lodge Instituted At Blue Mountain Lodge No 213
The Fraternal organization formed a Juvenile Lodge in Blue Mountain Lodge rooms. J J Borzager oversaw the ceremony with S L Shrader assisting. Officers include Hull Piper Getridge Bar lup Carper Hines Gossard Shilling Mose Verovsky Hines Barlup and Mary Ruth Gossard was pianist.
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Blue Mountain
J. J. Borzager
Waynesboro
S. L. Shrader
Borzager
C. Cecil Hull
Frances E. Piper
Harold 9. Getridge
Merle G. Barlup
Rosalee ¥. Hull
Max Lee Kent Sauls
June Louise Carper
Jevanita O. Hines
Catherine E. Grable
Howard KR. Shilling
Ernest LeRoy Mose
Abram Verovsky
Mary M. Hines
Pauline M Barlup
Mary Ruth Gossard
Margaret KK. Getridge
West
Roy L. Kendall
Elizabeth F. Carper
Juveniel Lodge
O. Cecil Full
J. Herbert Hines
New Lodge
Cora V. Munson
Nelle L. Rhodes
Blue Mountain Lodge
Shippensburg
Pistol Wound Fatal to Bank Head in Baltimore Office
Clinton QC Richardson 68 former Park Bank chairman died after a pistol wound in his office as judges began deliberations in a conspiracy trial against him and Webster Bell. He left a note envelope and was despondent all morning. Coroner ruled suicide. funeral planned for Edward J. Richardson III.
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Baltimore
Clinton
Richardson
the Park Bank
Webster Bell
Robert F. Stanton
Samuel K. Dennis
Eli Frank
Park Bank
James M. Fenton
Richarddson
E. J. Richardson
C. G. Richardson
Fenton
Edward J. Richardson
Louden Park Cemetery
Janet Gaynor Wins Divorce from Lydell Peck
Janet Gaynor won a divorce from screenwriter Lydell Peck in a Los Angeles Superior Court proceeding. The actress testified Peck verbally abused her at parties and during film work, and drank to excess. A property agreement was reached waiving earnings from each other. Mississippi 4-H clubs enrolled 40,187 youths in 2,084 communities in 1932.
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Los Angeles
Janet Gaynor
Lydell Peck
Peck
Laura Gaynor
Mississippi
Maryland Counties Win Reconstruction Finance Loans
Governor Albert Ritchie approved loans totaling 208000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for relief in seven Maryland counties Alegany Anne Arundel Cecil Dorchester Garrett Montgomery and Washington. Some counties consider aid while others see no need to apply now. Ritchie signed the application after a conference with Walter N. Kirkman following unemployment commission reports and a banking crisis.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Albert ©. Ritchie
Alegany
Anne Arundel
Cecil
Dorchester
Garrett
Montgomery
Washington
Ritchie
Walter N. Kirkman
Advisory Unemployment Commission
Reconstruction Corporation
King of Jungle at the Maryland Today
The Maryland Today presents Paramount's The King of the Jungle starring Buster Crabbe as the Lion Man. Also featuring Laurel and Hardy, Maryland Movietone News, and the love drama The Keyhole with Kay Francis and George Brent. Eddie Cantor in Getting Ticket and Bingo Crosby in The Blue of the Night headline the added specials.
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Paramount
Maryland
Lion Man
Buster Crabbe
Maryland Movietone
Supreme Entertainment
Kay Francis
George Brent
Miss Francis
Eddie Cantor
Bingo Crosby
Whispering Shadow thrills debut at Colonial Theatre
New serial thriller The Whispering Shadow draws a large local audience at the Colonial Theatre debut. Bela Lugosi stars as Professor Strang with a gang murdering truck drivers after radio disconnections. Bud Foster is killed and brother Jack pursues the shadow amid a big cast and pulp-style danger. Norman Jenkins and his Lost Ramblers perform at the Boys and Girls Club.
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Colonial Theatre
Bela
Dracula) Lugost
Empire Transport and Storage Company
Professor Strang
Bela Lugosi
Empire Warehouse
Bud Foster
Jack
Norman “Jenkins
Norma Shearer Stars in Smilin Through at Henry's
Norma Shearer appears in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Smilin Through at Henry's Theatre Monday and Tuesday. The film marks a softer, sentimental turn for Shearer away from earlier sophisticated roles, with a pathos driven plot stemming from the stage hit.
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Norma Shearer
Henry’s
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Henry's Theatre
Miss Shearer
Jane Coch
New York
Fatality at Brunswick Meeting Claims 61-Year-Old
A 61 year old woman identified as Meg Barrier of Frederick died at Brunswick while attending a mid year auxiliary meeting. A physician arrived too late to save her.
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Rhage
Brunswick
Mide-Lacy
Meg
Barrier
Frederick
Rice rupture treatment experts visit Hagerstown
Rice Triss Experts representing William H Rice Inc appear at the Colonial Hotel inviting all with rupture to learn the Rice Method for Hernia. Demonstrations are free with a fitted appliance offered on approval and no charge unless retained. Sessions listed 10 to 12 a.m. 2 to 4 p.m. or 7 p.m. evenings.
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Rice Triss
William
Rice, Inc
Adams, N
Theolonial
Hagerstown
Houts
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Oliceman
Fraternal Home Insurance Society
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Cu. Ft
Ino
Hagerstown, Md
C. O. Richardson
Secreen
Tristate Electrical Supply Co., Inc
Thamas
Leo Carrillo
Dickie Moore
Finance Corporation
King OF Jungle
THE
Maryland Today
R. M. Hays & Bros
W. Washington Street
Hit
Hite
Frances Dee
Garamount
Warts
Bar Francia George Breat
the Keyhole
Bing Crosby
Hardy
King Kong
Warner Bros
Warfler Eads
Buck Jones
Norman Jenkins
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