Baby Nabbed From Virginia Home Found in Maryland Cabin
Nelson Booth, eight months old, vanished from Porters Mountain Virginia and surfaced in a Quince Orchard Maryland cabin. Three suspects, Harry Esteppe and wife Elizabeth, and Elizabeths mother Mary Lee, were held as Virginia police issued kidnapping warrants. Lynchburg police prepared to serve warrants as details emerged of a possible exchange near Gordonsville.
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Rockville
Nelson Booth
Porters Mountain
Quince Orchard
Roy Bodmer
Virginia
Harry C. Esteppe
Gordonsville
Elizabeth
Mary Lee
Danville
Lynchburg
Lorrie Booth
Lorine Atkins
Esteppe
Tabler Addresses Rotary Club on Auto Accident Causes
Dr Homer E Tabler chairman of the State Roads Commission spoke before the Rotary Club in Frostburg Maine February 2. He blamed selfishness by drivers and pedestrians as the chief problem in automobile accidents and urged self control education policing and personal interest to curb the issue. He outlined brief plans for reconstructing hazards on arterial highways.
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Frostburg
Homer E. Tabler
State Roads Commission
Rotary Club
Tabler
Divorcee Is Given Long Prison Term
In Olympia Washington Mrs Dorothy Bardo a former Ft Wayne Indiana divorcee was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years for second degree murder of her father EH A Dillon 63 last October The State Parole Board will fix the minimum sentence if her appearance fails She said she stabbed him after he attacked her Bill passes House in Washington sending to Senate a measure to legalize mailing small wine and liquor samples
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Olympia
Wash
Dorothy Bardo
Ft. Warne
Ind
EH. A. Dillon
State Parole Board
Alsatia Show Acclaimed At Academy Theatre Headline Revue
The Alsatia Club presented Headlines Revue of 1938 at the Academy Theatre to a full house with two parts including a modern minstrel segment. The show features two sections, bold specialty acts, a magazine satire, and blackface numbers led by Lehr Knowles with a large cast and orchestra.
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Alsatia Club
Academy Theatre
Alsatia
Lehr Knowles
John B. Rogers Co
Antietam
Oscar Raup
Vivian Ramsey
Kelso Spielman
Phylis Cameron
Doris Evans
Karin Hamren
Eleanor Shue
Maurice Domenici
S Jr
Pete Shilling
Beatrice Morris
Mary Ann Morris
Peggy Finfrock
Pat Payette
Mrs. Prune
Hagerstown
Pete Badrich
Oscar
Dorcas Channel
Mary Kneisley
Margaret Pax
Octavia Miller
Fred Mowen
Amos Harper
Elgin
Count Stouffer
Claude Crawford
Frank Hull
Shorty Helm
Gene Schneider
Stanley Schmuck
John McHale
Eddie Maugans
Don Schaffer
Knowles
Malcolm Hutlo
Downsville Social Roundup Plus House Fire Replacement
In Downsville on February 19 Mrs. Lewis Izer attended the funeral of her aged uncle John Castle of Middletown. The text lists numerous local residents and visitors, noting illness and guest arrangements, along with word that the late Dellinger homestead, destroyed by fire two weeks ago, will be replaced by a modern home.
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Downsville
Lewis Izer
John Castle
Middletown
Viola Burns
Showe
Hagerstown
Donald Braden
Washington
Edward Williamson
Charles Slick
Mamie Long
E. O. Flock
George Downey
Ethel
Katie Bitner
William
Howard Smith
Page
Charlton
Charles Elridge
Jos. Wolf
Edward Dellinger
Earl Spielman
Clarence Stickell
William Downey
A. L. Bloom
Arthur Mellott
Leroy Fockler
Shirley Mellott
John Cline
Lillie Long Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Goodland
Kansig
Bruce Scott
Martinsburg
Emory Scott
Beaver Creek
Daniel Scott
Dellinger
Walter Metz
Walter Green
Lappans
Lester Martin
Carolyn
George Weaver
Edward Wilkinson
Spielmans
Preston Martin
Eleven Veterinarians Sentenced to Death in Moscow Case
In Moscow on February 22 eleven veterinarians were sentenced to death on charges of spreading epidemics that killed more than 50,000 head of livestock over five years. The defendants allegedly inoculated 200 cows with paratyphoid germs.
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Moscow
Men Attend Mission Services at St Marys Church
Last night the number of men attending the Mission services at St Marys Roman Catholic Church, led by Jesuit Fathers John F. Cox and John J. McGrath, far exceeded Sunday evening attendance. Congregational singing delighted the crowd as they mastered the Latin hymns of the Benedictus service, and Father McGrath emphasized the Sacrament of Penace as a grace instituted by Jesus Christ.
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St. Mary's
John F. Cox
John J. McGrath
Father McGrath
Jesus Christ
Night Policemen Get New Orders
Night policemen of the Hagerstown police department must appear in court the day after making arrests and swear to warrants. The order aims to standardize procedures, noting officers have previously testified as prosecuting witnesses against drunks.
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Hagerstown
Devalued Tickets Spark Poisoning Scare Across Iowa
In Des Moines a church devalued 100 green tickets and replaced them with 100 red tickets causing widespread disruption. The mix up led to many soldiers and workers being poisoned. Two Dagestan packing house workers were sentenced to death for sabotaging meat supplies and spreading disease in the army.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dagestan
Truck overturns near Mont Alto injures no one
A Forsythe Storage Company tractor-trailer overturned on the highway near Mont Alto yesterday around 2 30 in the afternoon. The vehicle carried paper and the driver Casper Hosfeld escaped injury.
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Forsythe Storage Company
Mont Alto
Casper Hosfeld
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Hoboken
Lloyd Ritter
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Lynwood Rowe
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Waynesboro
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AML
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New York City
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Cavetown
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