New Yorker Identified in Baltimore Bank Robbery
A New York man was identified as one of five armed robbers who seized $14,100 from the Calvert Bank in West Baltimore. Police link the gang to a Washington Baltimore ring and recent thefts at local firms. one suspect was briefly detained, and the getaway car stolen in Washington was abandoned later.
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Baltimore
New York
Simon J. Kemp
West Baltimore
Calvert Bank
John Mintiens
Maryland Biscuit Company
Globe Brewery
United Railway
Washington
Suspect in Hold Up Detained for Baltimore Bank Robbery
A Philadelphia man who gave the name Theodore Conley was detained by police for examination in connection with a Baltimore bank robbery. Officers found him driving a car with Maryland plates. he denied involvement and said he had not left Philadelphia recently. A hearing will be held later.
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Philadelphia
Theodora Conley
Baltimore
Maryland
Conley
Roosevelt Eyes Hybrid Silver Stabilization Plan Across Media
President Roosevelt advances a mixed bimetallic commodity dollar idea aiming to lift prices. He seeks to extend silver stabilization to other media, hoping depreciation of the dollar in silver using nations and similar effects from gold purchases. World support signals potential new international currency base linking the dollar to commodities through metal price adjustments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Bank Replaces Night Depository Safe With Modern Burglary-Proof Model
Nicodemus National Bank announced after last Sunday’s burglary that its overnight depository safe has been replaced. The new York Safe and Lock Company unit was installed yesterday and will be ready for use tonight, featuring updated burglar-proof features not present in the old safe.
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Nicodemus National Bank
York
Insull Appeals Greek Expulsion Decision
Samuel Insull filed an appeal with Greece’s supreme state council against a January 31 expulsion order. The government denied further extensions of his police residence permit. The United States has not indicated its next move on extradition related to charges over his utilities holdings.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Supreme State Council
Ingall
United States
Insull
Sheriff Plans Christmas Turkey for Prison Inmates
Sheriff Downin announces on Christmas Day he will serve turkey and all the trimmings to about 27 prisoners at his North Jonathan street jail. He hopes visitors outside will behave, making the holiday a calmer event inside the cellblock.
Joyous Christmas Planned for Needy Children in City
Plans for a county wide Christmas for needy families and their kids are complete. Boy Scouts have repaired and prepared 3000 toys for distribution at the Maryland Theatre on Christmas morning. Girl and Boy Scouts with the Smile Club organized the event, doors open at 8 and tickets issued to children on welfare. Parents should bring children six and under.
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Maryland Theatre
Boy Scouts
Smile Club
Earl Mentzer
Rosenwald Reports Extortion Threats Targeting Sears Chairman
Philadelphia police detained a man after Lessing J. Rosenwald, chairman of Sears Roebuck, received a letter demanding 30 000 and threatening harm. This followed a prior extortion case last April when Charles Weil, a 29 year old bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to demanding 100 000. A new suspect, William Schultze, 34, was arrested near the designated drop location and faces charges of threats and extortion.
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Philadelphia
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck, and Company
City Hall
Rosenwald
Olney Avenue
American Street
Charles Weil
Weil
William Schultze
Christmas Treat At Courthouse Draws Large Crowd
The annual courthouse Christmas treat for children drew about seven hundred visitors yesterday and is expected to exceed that today. Attendees included Kate and Duplicate and Pete and Repeat, with both white and colored children taking part. The event is funded by contributions from attorneys and others and organized by clerks who decorate the tree.
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Clerk of Court
Kate
Pete
Break In Strike In Philly Narrows After Bakery Wins
Philadelphia workers faced a shifting strike as bakery wagon drivers returned to work after a National Labor Board ruling granting pay increases and unionization rights. Railway Express Drivers kept to existing contracts, limiting overall impact as unions warned actions would be largely finished by nightfall.
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Philadelphia
National Labor Board
Railway Express Drivers
Court orders return of bank assets after merger
The court requires the receiver of Central Trust Company Frederick to return to Washington Trust Company Ellicott City assets worth 399 647 taken during the 1931 merger. It rescinds the merger and orders the transfer of notes mortgages judgments stocks and bonds back to Ellicott City.
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Central Trust Company
Frederick
Washington Trust Company
Ellicott City
Crowds Toiled For Last Minute Christmas Buyers
Huge crowds packed the business section as stores opened. Dealers reported strong demand for high priced gifts and a sellout on electrical devices. Merchants hailed the brisk pace, expecting the year’s largest day of shopping since the downturn. Railroads paid out wages boosting Civil Works payrolls, aiding a happier Christmas after three lean years.
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Daily Mail
Williamsport CWA approves high school field project
Local and State departments approve an athletic field behind Williamsport High School. Work starts next Tuesday with a small Recovery Administration crew, expanding as progress continues. Plans by landscape artist C William Hetzer guide the field to serve school athletics and other sports.
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CWA
Williamsport High School
Recovery Administration
C. William Hetzer
Whder
Williamsport
No Paper Monday Christmas Day
The Daily Mail will not be issued next Monday Christmas Day. A Merry Christmas to all.
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The
Daily Mail
Stockholders Nominate Officers at Hagerstown Fair Association
The annual meeting of the Hagerstown Fair Association stockholders convenes this afternoon at the basement offices of the Second National Bank building to nominate officers and directors. Incumbents are expected to face no opposition, with one or two directors possibly replaced as others resign or do not seek re election. A vacancy remains on the board from the death of Frank R. Brewer several months ago.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
Second National Bank
Frank R. Brewer
Four Hurt In Elevator Fall In Baltimore
Four people suffered serious injuries when an apartment house elevator fell into the basement in Baltimore. Victims include Rev. James C. Walker a 52 year old blind minister from Frederick and his wife Beulah Walker with leg fractures. Mrs. E. Walker 72 and Mrs. Clara Warfield also sustained multiple fractures. Police say a metal bracket supporting the cable at the base appeared to have parted.
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Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital
James C. Walker
Frederick
Beulah Walker
E. Walker
Clara Warfield
Mr. Walker
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic
Weather outlook for the period starts Monday with snow or rain in the north and rain in the south. Colder air moves in Monday night into Tuesday with slow moderation by Wednesday night or Thursday, and another cold spell Friday.
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North and
Middle Atlantic States
South
Byrd's Antarctic Flight Indicates Open Water Ahead
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew from his flagship over the Ross Sea and returned after four hours with evidence that heavy ice packs may not extend as far as expected toward Little America. The surprise flight challenged the belief in an impenetrable ice pack and suggested he could push farther inland.
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Byrd
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Ross Sea
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
150Th Meridian
Acquittals in Reichstag Fire Trial Highlight Turbulent Verdict
Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch bricklayer, was sentenced to death for the Reichstag fire. Four other defendants Ernst Torgler George Dimitroff Blagov Ponett and Wassil Taneff were acquitted as the trial ended after lengthy sessions at the fire site and in the courtroom. Van der Lubbe stood alone claiming he started the blaze solo while the others protested innocence. The judge’s meticulous process left him depicted as a grotesque figure awaiting execution.
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Leipzig
Germany
Dee
Marinus van der Lubbe
Reichstag
Ernst Torgler
George Dimitroff
Blagol
Ponett
Wassil Taneff
Supreme Court
van der Lubbe
Dimitroff
Seek Lease of Building on Public Square Corner
Negotiations near closure for leasing the southwest corner of the Public Square room formerly used by Farmers and Merchants Bank. D Ramacciotti owns the building. Plan to remodel the former bank room and perhaps an adjacent storeroom, with a drug store to occupy the new quarters.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
D. Ramacciotti
Five Sons Each Get a Store as Christmas Gift
In Oklahoma City on December 23, L. Jones founder of a retail grocery chain will retire and give each of his five sons Roy Ralph Troy Lloyd and George a store as a Christmas present. The sons currently manage the stores.
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Oklahoma City
L. Jones
Roy
Ralph
Troy
Lloyd
George
Tones
Probing Cruelty Claims at Blind Babies Home in Summit
An inquiry in Summit investigates alleged cruel discipline at the Arthur Sunshine Home for Blind Babies. Officials examine charges against superintendent Mrs Gladys Kraeuter, including binding mouths and lashing with a wet towel. New York and Albany officials report removals and nurse resignations amid the allegations.
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Board of
Gladys Kraeuter
Albany
N. Y
James H. Foster
New York State Commissioner of Welfare
Kraeuter
Kathleen E. Hunt
Ellie
Edna Ennis
International Sunshine Society
New Jersey
Sis
Ebdhiran
Vericud Ataive
Anak
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Carl Meteling
Cleveland
Britton Young
Baltimore Bank
F.D.R
U.S. Reserve Board
Nicodemus
Umberto Giusti
Emilia da Prata
San Francisco
Associated Press
Turkey
Philly
W’msport
Earth
Frances Marsalis
Helen Hickey
Miami, Fla
Annual Fair Association
Antarctic
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