Escaped Prisoners Use Rope and Ladder to Flee Yard
Three inmates Claude Countee 27 Paul Sides 25 and Stephen Allen escaped from a Frederick jail last night by sawing from cells, breaking a doorway, and climbing a 20 foot wall aided by a wooden ladder and improvised rope. Authorities say accomplices retrieved them from outside while Counts had recent state penitentary release.
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Gelven
Moana
Wade
Sides
York
Frederick
Alien
Charles W. Crum
Fea
Fugitive Pair Sought After Store Breakdowns
Years after serving a term for entering a Frederick clothing store a man was arrested in Philadelphia and returned here. Local officers are aiding in the search for the fugitives.
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Frederick
Philadelphia
Sunday School and Services at Beaver Creek Church
Sunday school gathered at Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren at 10 30 in the morning with preaching by the pastor Rev H G Early. Bruce Moser and wife visited Mr and Mrs Ebner Bowman at Mt Lena. Mrs Ned Keadle and daughter Jane visited Mrs Elizabeth Boutvain near Myersville. Emmett Shyler spent Sunday with Misses Poffenberg er at Keedysyville. Mrs Shifler, recovering, drove with relatives. L H Stouffer of Boonsboro and Henry Dick of Hagerstown visited E S Kennedy. George Cline and family hosted Christian Cline and family in Hagerstown.
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Beaver Creek
Keedysyville
Shifler
L. H. Stouffer
Boonsboro
Henry Dick
Hagerstown
Kennedy
Christian Cline
George. Cline
Ned. Keadle
Opposition Arises Over Bonner Complaint To Senate Panel
Interstate commerce committee receives complaint against Frank E. Bonner head of the Federal Power Commission. Senator Brockhart of Iowa leads the attack naming Sundey Fayette Harp and mother and Mrs Armelia Harp. Mrs Charles Keadle also listed. Also notes a Baltimore visit by several locals and a hog butchery detail involving Jonas Moser weighing 352 and 308 pounds.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Frank E. Bonner
Federal Power Commission
Brockhart
Iowa
Bonner
Sundey
Fayette Harp
Armelia Harp
Charles Keadle
Nick
T. EB. Gross
R. E. Cross
Ernest, Stotler and
Baltimore
Jonas Moser
Monady
Mr. Moser
Prices Paid Farmers at Hagerstown Grain and Feed Co
The Hagerstown Grain and Feed Co lists prices for farm staples including Wheat at 1.26 per bushel, Shelled Corn at 1.00 and Dairy products like Buttermilk at 0.50. Various animal feeds such as Hog Fatteners Pig Chow Omolene and Rabbit Chow appear with quoted rates.
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Hagerstown Grain and Feed Co
County Market Report Prices Paid by Farmers
Prices for eggs butter and meat products are listed by category including eggs at 25 to 30 cents per dozen, butter 60 to 65 cents, country bacon 16 cents per pound, country hams 28 cents, potatoes 1.00 to 1.25 per bushel, flour 1.85, and various dried and farm goods. The report notes William Rouzer returned home to East Franklin Street from Washington County Hospital after a period there.
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Ernest W. Miller
Perth
Wavereve
William Rouzer
East
Franklin Street
Washington County Hospital
Alleged safe cracker held after Baltimore and Ohio station loot
Guy Retz was held under $1000 bond by Justice John Bitner after a February Grand Jury hearing on looting at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station in Keedysville. Walter Baker remains at large. Sylvia Cook, a Martinsburg girl, was held on $300 bond as a material witness. Mrs Margaret Rotz was released on her own recognizance. Rotz allegedly confessed to cracking the safe.
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Guy Retz
John H. Bitner
Baltimore and Ohio
Keedysville
Walter Baker
Rotz
Sylvia Cook
Martinsburg
Margaret Rotz
Man Falls From Porch. Serious Injuries Reported
Charles Smyre of 133 Bay Street suffered a fractured skull and broken jaw after falling from the porch roof of his brother George Tinyre on the Sharpsburg Pike. He was listed in serious condition and admitted to Washington County Hospital around noon yesterday.
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Sharpsburg Pike
Charles Smyre
Bay Street
Tinyre
Big Brother
George Tinyre
Washington County Hospital
Judge Lindsey's Trial Delayed to December 17
Former Judge Ben B Lindsey faces charges of disorderly conduct and disturbance of a religious service at the Cathedral of St John the Divine. Attorney Arthur Garfield Hays moved to dismiss on a technicality, and Magistrate August Dreyer continued the case to December 17 for further consideration.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Cathedral of St John
Lindsey
Arthur Garfield Hays
August Dreyer
Children’s Court
Bank 16 Closed in Tyrone as Deposits Decline
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Tyrone Pennsylvania closed today after reporting deposits over $1,000,000 in 1922 and annual declines since. A Federal receiver from Washington is expected to take over the business early next week.
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BANK
Tyrone
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Washington
First Woman Receives Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Medal
Mrs. Hilsworth Richardson of Albia Iowa becomes the first woman to receive the Distinguished Service Medal from the American Farm Bureau Federation setting a historic milestone for the organization and farming leadership.
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Hilsworth Richardson
Albia
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Parole violator Elwood Thompson arrested locally
Elwood Thompson was arrested by Patrolman O C Ambrose for breaking parole and was yesterday turned over to the chief inspector of the State Parole Board.
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Elwood Thompson
O. C. Ambrose
State Parole Board
Tom Mix sued for divorce by Victoria Mix in Los Angeles
Film star Tom Mix and former circus performer Victoria Mix filed divorce complaints in Los Angeles on December 12. The suits allege cruelty as the grounds for dissolution of their marriage.
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Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Victoria Mix
State charity fund increase eyed in proposed budget
Governor Frickle to ask Legislature next month for nearly 1 million dollars for social service programs by the Board of State and Charities. An additional forty thousand dollars for charity organizations is planned, though the full program is not yet finalized or public.
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William J. Ogden
Three Masked Men Rob Winnipeg Bank
Three masked gunmen raided the Logan avenue branch of the Bank of Montreal in Winnipeg and looted between 8000 and 15000 dollars. The leader shouted threats as they forced the manager staff and two customers into the vault and fled within five minutes.
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Winnipeg
UPI
Logan Avenue
Bank of Montreal
Giants sign Bender as pitching instructor for 1941 season
New York Giants owner Roy Parmo signs veteran pitcher Bender as a special pitching instructor for the Giants next spring. The move keeps Bender with the club in a coaching role rather than as a pitcher.
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New York
Pines Bender
New York Giants
Roy Parmaso
Permales
Yo Malee
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Louis Cappola
Walter C. Kolm
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Carle Place
Roosevelt Field
Cappola
Kolm
Mapleville Letter
Slick’s
Frederick St
Mechanics Loan & Savings Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Hagertons Bank & Trist Co
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Letternburs
Maugensville
Danzer Metal Works
W. Lee
Hoffman's Style Shop
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E. Franklin
Hagerstown Paint and Glass Company
W. Franklin
John D. Myer & Co
Lindsay
Kayser
Gotham
Blue Moon
Liles Goothers
R.M. Hays & Bros
W. Washington Street
Schindel-Rohrer & Co
Ines Os
Potomac St
Gall
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Edger C. Jones
Arcade
Winnipeg Bank
Bender
Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co
Franklin and Jonaee Streats
Guernsey
Holsteen Nursery
C. L. Rowell
Phonz
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