Greencastle Dairymen to Receive $17,000
Albany dispatch reports the State Milk Control Board ordered Brooklyn distributor George Kotcher to pay Greencastle dairymen $17,000 for alleged underpayments. The board charged violated minimum price rules and deducts over 6000 from checks for losses from garlic flavored milk. Kotcher supposedly operated a plant at Quaker Bridge and adjusted freight differentials on September 1.
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Albany
N. Y
State Milk Control Board
George Otcher
Brooklyn
Greencastle
Kotcher
Quaker Bridge
Cattaragss County
Youth Halts Fleeing Thief Near Pangborn Home
Quinten Halligan heard a noise and saw a thief leaving the porch ice box at Mrs J Halligan Pangborn boulevard carrying a five pound roast of cooked beef and a crock of pudding. The youth shouted causing the man to drop the meat and pudding and flee. Police followed the trail but no arrest was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinten Halligan
Gangster Sammons Remains Notorious In Indiana Prison
James Sammons, known as a gangster with a long record, has been assigned to pants pressing duties at the Indiana prison where he is serving a life sentence for habitual criminality in Michigan City Indiana.
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Michigan City
Ind
James
Fitr) Sammons
Indiana
Woman confesses to murder of socialite Dr. Siever in Pasadena
Yvonne Howard, 34, of Inglewood, Cal, admitted to police she killed Dr. Leonard Siever, a Pasadena dentist and socialite, after being overheard screaming I killed Dr. Siever. Detectives said she claimed eight years of acquaintance with Siever and earlier lived in South Pasadena. The diary and letters reportedly suggested motives linked to his romantic entanglements.
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Pasadena
Yvonne Howard
Inglewood
Cal
Leonard Siever
Siever
Inglew
Thos. Collins
Dr. Siever
South Pasadena
Calif
Passdena
Two Drowned Nine Saved in Ship Blaze
In a Halifax report two seamen drowned nine rescued and 15 missing after the burning of the American fishing schooner Eben T. Marshall near Seal Island 18 miles west of Cape Sable Nova Scotia. Radio Marine said Ellen T Marshall 22 missing after abandoning the flaming schooner off Nova Scotia four men picked up by the Steamer Lars Kruse.
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Halifax
Eben T. Marshall
Seal Island
Cape Sable
N. S
New York
Ellen T. Marshall
Nova Scotia
Radio Marine Corporation
Chatham
Mass
Lars Kruse
Meanest Thief Strips Crippled Children of Martha Washington Home
In Chicago on December 16 a thief stole Christmas presents gathered for the crippled and dependent children at the Martha Washington home. New gifts were quickly provided for the youngsters to replace the stolen ones.
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Chicago
Martha Washington
Dairies Slashing Milk Prices In Hagerstown
Three large Hagerstown dairies the Hagerstown Eldridge and Superior announce cuts from 11 to 8 cents per quart and 6 to 5 cents per pint effective today. They justify the move by noting others refuse to raise prices to aid farmers and say they will cooperate with the administration until all dealers set the same price.
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Hagerstown
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington County
Dairies
Eldridge
Superior Dairies
Cow Kills Man While Milking Near Roseville
John P. Collins a farmer near Roseville died when a cow fell on him during milking. The beast smothered him under its weight in Til, Monmouth County.
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Monmouth
Til
John P. Collins
Roseville
Collins
Flapjacks Echo Ancient Tibe Traditions in Chicago
Dr. Berthold Lanier of the Field Museum links morning flapjacks to buckwheat eating by Tibes 2,000 years ago in Chicago. The remark ties breakfast choices to ancient cultures as a light cultural note.
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Chicago
Berthold Lanier
Field Museum of Natural History
Bragg Sentenced For Assisting Jail Escape
Bragg, 52, was sentenced by Judge Frank G. Wagaman to four years in the Maryland Penitentiary after being found guilty of smuggling saws into the jail used by his son Russell Bragg and three other prisoners in an escape plot. Twenty two prisoners were told their fate this morning with Bragg receiving the heaviest term.
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Frank G. Wagaman
Jacob A. Bragg
Maryland
Bragg
Russell Bragg
Jonathan Mentzer
Samuel Charles
Pennsylvania
Charles
Carl W. Shupp
Clearspring
House of Correction
Charles Kettle
William Ricketts
Gardner Burgan
David Hammond
Sharpsburg
James Anderson
Weagley Reelected President of Washington County Farm Bureau
Roy C. F. Weagley of Beaver Creek was re elected president at the eleventh annual Washington County Farm Bureau meeting held today at Becks North Jonathan street. Officers elected include Vice presidents Simon L. Downey N V Shervin and Richard Seibert secretary J Kieffer Funk re elected treasurer C E Fahrney re elected and concilors Jacob M Ankeney Ira Downey Cecil S Haines J Mullendere and Amos E Reed. Delegates F T Fiery Ira Downey and alternates F L Funk George S Jennings named for State Convention in January Baltimore. Afternoon program to feature addresses by Dr R A Pearson Miles H Fairbanks and M D Moore.
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Roy C. F. Weagley
Beaver Creek
Washington County Farm Bureau
Bureau
Beck
North Jonathan Street
Simon L. Downey
N. V. Shervin
Richard Seibert
J. Kieffer Funk
C. E. Fahrney
Jacob M. Ankeney
Ira Downey
Cecil S. Haines
J. Mullendere
Amos E. Reed
F. T. Fiery
F. L. Funk
George
R. A.pearson
University of Maryland
Miles H. Fairbanks
Maryland Farm Bureau
M. D. Moore
Fire damages St. John's High School in Rox borough
Dense smoke hindered firefighters as flames swept St. John's Catholic High School Rox borough Philadelphia early today. The blaze likely began in a furnace room and roared up an open stairway spreading through four floors damaging a chemical laboratory, a library with thousands of volumes, and a fourth floor cafeteria before containment.
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Philadelphia
St. John’s Catholic High School
Roxborough
Unknown Wins Pancake Eating Championship in Portage County
In Garrettsville on December 16, Charles Barholt a 22 year old truck driver from Hiram won the northeastern Ohio pancake eating championship with 42 five inch buckwheat cakes. Ed ward Ziska a 28 year old farmer from Freedom earned second place with 41 cakes before the hall’s dance began. Barholt stayed for the event’s postcontest festivities and did not go to bed.
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Garrettsville
Portage County
Ohio
Charles Barholt
Hiram
Barhold
Edward Ziska
Freedom
Ziska
Expressman Missing With Money In Chicago Heist
Police search for Albert R. Hammel ex Brinks Express driver who vanished with $39,000 in cash and a pistol after leaving an armored truck at a Joop bank in Chicago. A note claiming he stepped out was found. kidnapping theories lack evidence. Wife describes him as sober and worn by dizzy spells. Also report of Mrs Hattie Fisher breaking her leg on icy fall.
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Chicago
Express
Albert R. Hammel
Brinks Express Company
Joop Bank
Hammel
First National Bank
Hairs Of Dog Solves Murder
Chicago police solved a printer's murder after finding dog hair on a muffler around his neck. They traced the fur to a dog, then to residents of the area and arrested four inmates, two men and two women. The men confessed to the slaying.
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Chicago
Robert Frank
Lindberghs Headed For Mian Fla From Dominican Leg
The Lindberghs arrived in Santo Domingo and prepared to fly toward Miami. Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh expected to reach Miami by about 1 P M, with options to stop in Havana. They traveled from San Juan and were greeted by H F Arthur Schoenfeld, US minister, at the Pan American Airways harbor.
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San Pedro
Lindbergh
United States
Miami
Fla
Pan-American Airways
Havana
San Juan
P. R
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
Santo Domingo
Dress Model Leaps To Death in Greenwich Village
Edith Babson a 25 year old dress model described as attractive and once a show girl leaped five stories from a Greenwich Village apartment building after telling friends she lost her job for sending out for cocktails during work hours Witnesses heard her cry she was cold and hungry Her mother Helen Birney collapsed from shock Babson had married Lester Baden in 1928 and Baden was reported to be in Hollywood where Rudy Vallee was making a picture.
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New York
Edith Babson
Greenwich Village
Miss Babson
Helen Birney
Lester Baden
Rudy Vallee
Baden
Hollywood
Vallee
Oakland Girl 11 Survives Fractured Skull After Sled Incident
Mary Comrten of Oakland, age 11, suffered a fractured skull when sleds were shoved into her path yesterday in Cumberland. Doctors performed an operation and expect a full recovery for the injured girl.
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Cumberland
Mary Comrten
Oakland
Need Equipment for Re-employment Work Ad Full Ad
With 1338 men reported employed by the Administration Re-employment office this area an advertisement in The Mail announces the need of contractors equipment to aid the work.
Local Mill Removes NRA Emblem Under Recovery Board Order
The Merchants Milling Company on Bowman Mill Road, led by A. E. Bowman and John H. Dayhoff, today removed the NRA Blue Eagle after a National Recovery Administration order citing alleged wage and hour violations. Dayhoff said wages ranged from $9 to $12 weekly with hours cut from 60 to 48 during NRA participation, and that they could not see a way to pay more. Washington reported the company paid $9.36 for a 52 hour week, violating the pact, and despite notices and a hearing, the employer did not comply or cooperate, leading to the Blue Eagle withdrawal.
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Merchants Milling Company
Bowman Mill Road
A. E. Bowman
John H. Dayhoff
NRA
National Recovery Board
Washington
Blue Eagle
Dayhoff
Daily Mail Today
Washington Dispatch
NEA
Robt. W. Chambers Dies at 68 in New York Hospital
Noted author and artist Robert W. Chambers died at Doctors Hospital in New York after an operation for an intestinal ailment. He was 68, had been ill for months, and will be buried in Broadalbin, New York. He is survived by his widow, a brother, and a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers. Born in Brooklyn, he studied at Julian Academy and L Ecole des Beaux Arts and did illustrations for Life Vogue and Trust.
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New York
Robert W. Chambers
Doctors Hospital
Chambers
Broadalbin
N. Y
Detroit man revived from gas inhalation then commits suicide
At 10 o'clock Friday night police found Andrew Sroka unconscious from gas fumes inhaled through a hose to a stove. Rescue squads revived him but officials later turned off the gas and left him. At 10:36 police were notified that a man had shot himself to death. it was Andrew Sroka.
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Detroit
Andrew Sroka
Sroka
Vance the Author Dies in New York Apartment Fire
Louis Joseph Vance, 54, a well known author, died in a New York East Side apartment fire believed caused by a lighted cigarette in his hand. He was found seated in a chair with burns on his hands and face as smoke drew an employee to the scene. the fire was extinguished quickly but he did not survive.
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New York
Louis Joseph Vance
East Side
Vance
Four youths charged in warrants after morning arrests
Four local youths confessed in part to charges in warrants issued after arrests early today and were held on bonds for February court action. Guy Snyder aged 17 faces embezzlement with a $400 bond while Guy Cosgrove 19 Tad Lewis 22 and Willard Canfield 25 are charged with receiving stolen goods and held on $300 bonds each. Snyder allegedly took $298 in cash and about $160 in checks earlier, instead of making a deposit, and met Barnhart and Cosgrove by appointment in a local taxi.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Guy Snyder
Ruby Jackson
North Potomac Street
Guy Cosgrove
Tad Lewis
Barnhart
Willard
Red) Canfield
Canfield
Snyder
Guy
Martinsburg
Barnhart and
Cosgrove
Astor Engaged to Miss Gillespie in New York Romance
John Jacob Astor sixth bearing the name becomes engaged to Miss Hileen S S Gillespie daughter of Lawrence L. Gillespie of New York and Newport. No wedding date set. Astor inherited a 3 060 000 trust last August at age 21. His mother is Madeline Dick now married to Enzo Fiermonte. Gillespie lineage traces to Roger Williams who founded Rhode Island in 1640.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Hileen S.S. Gillespie
Miss Gillespie
Lawrence L. Gillespie
Newport
Madeline Dick
Enzo Fiermonte
Miss. Gillespie
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Move for peace in Cha co conference aids Brazil nations
In Montevideo on December 16 the Pan American peace committee voted to offer the conference services to Paraguay Uruguay and Bolivia. The three countries have waged war over the Chaco for about fifty years.
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Montevideo
Chaco
Pan-American Conference Peace Committee
Para
Suay
Bolivia
Dispensary Opens Brightens Liquor Sale in County
Salisbury reports the opening of a county operated dispensary by WiComico county officials. This marks the first legal liquor sale in the county since 1904, ending a long period of illegal sale in the region.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
Democratic Club Christmas Party Plans Set
Final plans for the annual Christmas party by the Democratic Organization Club were outlined at a meeting led by President George Reed. Members donated turkeys and hams with Allen Mumma chairing the committee seeking more items. Santa Claus returns this year. Joseph D. Mish, Annapolis Washington county delegation chair, summarized legislation from the recent special session. The Board of Governors will meet during the party to elect officers for the next year.
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Democratic Organization Club
George #4
Reed
Allen Mumma
Joseph D. Mish
Washington County
Annapolis
Driver Bailey to Face Unauthorized Use Charge After Crash
Gardner Bailey of 765 Spruce Street sustained injuries when his vehicle crashed into a white way post at Locust Point. Police say he will be charged with unauthorized use on discharge from the hospital after George A. Burke of 216 North Jonathan Street swore to a warrant alleging Bailey used his car without consent. Bailey was hurled forty feet by the impact though injuries were not deemed serious.
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Gardner Bailey
Spruce Street
Locust Point
George A. Burke
Jonathan Street
Bailey
Weekly Weather Outlook and Temperature Swing
Weather outlook for a period starting Monday. North and Middle Atlantic states expect rains in the south and scattered showers in northern areas. Temperatures will be moderate early in the week, drop to colder midweek, then rise again Friday with a much colder trend into the weekend.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
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Ernest T. Weir
Weirton Steel Company
Associated Press
Greencastle Dairymen
New York Milk Control Board
Arif
Roy Weagley
Farm Bureau
Philly School
Expressman
Hattie Fisher
Keedysville
Lindberghs
Mian Fla
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Robt. Chambers
Democratic Organization
Will
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