Defense Hint Emerges in Koons Murder Case
Intimation that the defense of E Russell Koons 34 would rest on accidental shooting emerged as the only new angle today in the case over the death of his wife Catharine Maugans Koons 33. State officers and Koons attorney D Angle Wolfinger offered no further detail after Koons spent an hour with authorities at the county jail. Koons has repeatedly claimed the shooting was an accident and was formally arrested after the incident at his 720 Oak Hill avenue residence. Continued on Page 10.
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E. Russell Koons
Catherine Maugans Koons
Wos
Occas
J. Lloyd Harshman
D. Angle Wolfinger
Koons
Oak Hill Avenue
Wolfinger
Washington County
Fog Lifts and Ships Reach Baltimore Harbor
Four vessels fog-bound in the Chesapeake Bay area reached Baltimore as sunshine and southwest winds dispersed the fog. The City of Baltimore mail liner from City at Norfolk carried 26 passengers and had endured rough seas, including a 36 hour relay on the Elbe after leaving Hamburg.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake
Atlantic Seaboard
Baltimore Mail
Norfolk
Elbe
Hamburg
Death by own action prompts tip of week winner
A Hamilton boulevard resident won last week's first prize in the news tip contest for reporting the death by own action of a focal man in Frederick. A Bridgeport housewife took second prize for reporting a hit and run accident. Prizes await at the Daily Mail office and will be offered again this week. Continuous notice on page 4.
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Hamilton Boulevard
Frederick
Bridgeport
Daily Mail
Commission on Sewerage Appointed for Williamsport Project
The Williamsport sewerage project under the PWA moves forward with a new commission led by Dr. I M Zimmerman and including Major Joseph W Byron and David K Cushwa Jr. Mayor Miller serves ex officio. Bonds of 88000 were authorized with a 30 percent federal grant. The group will select engineers and coordinate plans at the town building.
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Williamsport
PWA
Mayor End
Sewerage Commission
I. M. Zimmerman
Joseph W. Byron
David K. Cushwa
G. A. Miller
General Assembly
Autos Crash in West End injures muffled driver reads
Miss Flora Bussard and her brother Tewis Bussard of Huyett s in Hagerstown were in a collision at Washington Square with a car driven by Leo Benner Route 2. Miss Bussard suffered a back injury but continued to work. her brother was uninjured. Both cars damaged. milk bottles broken in the Bussard vehicle.
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Flora Bussard
Tewis Bussard
Huyett's
Hagerstown
Washington Square
Leo Benner
Bussard
Forced Landing Made By Plane
A Cleveland Washington air mail plane unable to land in Washington due to dense fog made a forced landing at Frederick airport Saturday afternoon. After three hours it departed for Cleveland with mail by truck. No passengers were aboard. Another plane bound for Washington was forced to land at Rockville Saturday afternoon.
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Washington
Frederick
Cleveland
Rockville
Rivers Rise After Heavy Rains With Swollen Tributaries
The Potomac River and its tributaries are reported rising from heavy rains last week and over the weekend. The river is swollen several feet and rising slowly but officials say there is no danger of high water. The Antietam and Conococheague creeks are also swollen.
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Potomac River
Antietam
Conococheague
Frederick Fair reports profit at annual meeting
Tr Charles Conley president announces the Frederick Fair earned a net profit of 2868 dollars at the last exhibition during the organization's annual meeting.
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Frederick
Charles Conley
Society girl seeks film career in Hollywood
Virginia Penne Lehmann wife of Chicago millionaire Edward J. Lehmann Jr. reveals her bid for movie work was not private. She says she concealed her identity, and notes a separate maintenance action and divorce suit filed by her husband. She travels with staff and resides in Beverly Hills with her brother.
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Hollywood
Virginia Penne Lehmann
Edward J. Lehmann
Chicago
Adolphus Peine
Beverly Hills
Former City Man Joins Lancaster Health Board
Mayor James H. Ross of Lancaster Pennsylvania selected Dr P M Schildnecht a physician and surgeon of Lancaster as a member of the Board of Health TheIntelligencer editorial praised the merit based selections noting the physicians have distinguished themselves locally Dr Schildnecht born in Hagerstown graduating from Hagerstown High School and Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia was chief surgeon at Worcester Memorial Hospital Worcester Mass
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James H. Ross
Lancaster
Board of Health
P. M. Schildnecht
Hagerstown
Schildnecht
B. C. Schildnecht
South Potomac Street
Ross
Lancaster Intelligencer
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Worcester Memorial Hospital
Worcester
Mass
Committee for Ball Formed in Hagerstown for Roosevelt Birthday Ball
A general committee for the Roosevelt birthday ball to be held at the State armory on January 30 was announced by attorney E. Stuart Bushong The panel includes prominent men and women from Hagerstown and Washington county and leaders of civic and fraternal groups. The vice chairman is Thomas W. Pangborn and the roster lists Mayors, senators, lawyers, doctors, and clergy among others.
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State Armory
E. Stuart Bushong
Hagerstown
Washington County
Thomas W. Pangborn
I. M. Wertz
Roy. Weagley
J. K. Shank
B. Leister
Mobley
Rex. Gaver
C. Walter Baker
W. P. Wachter
J. Scott Lantz
W. D. Byron
HE. Phillips
Elmer B. Carl
Park W. T. Loy
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr
W. Preston Lane
Frank Welty
W. B. Caum
John Fisher
Charles J. Powles
Crown O. Diehl
Harry Newcomer
Victor D. Miller
Harold F. Bester
Carl H. McCleary
W. B. McKinley
Harry Fiery
John D. Zentmyer
Byron J. Grimes
Charles E. Suter
Roy Danzer
Edgar
Licenses Ready and Seasonal Fishing Dates Announced
Licenses for 1934 are available at Clerk Edward Oswald’s office. The dipnet season opens February 15 with no extra license beyond angler’s license. Trout season opens April 1 and bass season on July 1. George J. Callas, owner of the Princess Candy Shop, filed a deed of trust for creditors, with C Walter Baker named trustee and ordered to post bond.
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Edward Oswald
George J. Callas
Princess
C. Walter Baker
Baker
Society Matron Charged With Poisoning Brother
Mrs. Sarah O Hobart a 54 year old Troy matron faces extradition to Philadelphia after federal indictment for sending poisoned candy to her war disabled brother Harrington Fitzgerald Jr in Coatesville Pa The box wrapper and card bore clues including a Bertha alias and a Norristown return address Heir to the Fitzgerald papers the pair are linked to a Philadelphia items family and a $60 000 life policy backdrop the case involves a six week probe and a $10 000 bail pending arraignment.
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Troy
N. Y
Sarah O. Hobart
Philadelpha
Hobart
Philadelphia
Harrington Fitzgerald Jr
Veterans’ Hospital
Coatesville
Fitzgerald
J. Edgar Hoover
Cho
Colates
Bertha
Main Street
Norristown
Fitzgeralds
Harrington Fitzgerald
Ald
Col
Thomas Fitzgerald
Samuell
Niagara-Hudson Corporation
Witherbee-Sherman Company
Fort Henry
Essex County
Batista preps for revolution as army reshuffle tightens control
In Havana Colonel Fulgencio Batista, commander in chief of the Cuban army, orders an island wide shakeup to strengthen positions. It is learned he has contracted four American pilots to instruct the government aviation force for defense against a threatened revolution.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Damage Suit Docketed in Frederick County
The $25,000 damage suit of Harry Aaronson against Laura Trumpower and Charles E. Hahn has been docketed for trial in Frederick County after a venue change. The case stems from an August 26, 1932 auto accident near Boonsboro where Aaronson, a pedestrian, was struck while fleeing a staged race near Crowl's garage. The original January 10 declaration named Trumpower. a subsequent demurrer expanded it to include Hahn.
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Harry Aaronson
This County
Laura Trumpower
This City
Charles E. Hahn
Baltimore
Frederick County
Boonsboro
Crowl
Trumpower
Hahn
Staley Given Four Months in City Court Sentence
William Staley an old offender arrested Saturday for drunkenness and panhandling was sentenced to four months in the House of Correction by Justice Richard H. Sweeney. The judge warned Staley's associates that the same fate awaits them if arrested and convicted.
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William Staley
House of Correction
Richard H. Sweeney
Sweeney
Staley
Woman Missing From Vessel at Baltimore
Officials of the Merchants and Miners Steamship Line await a full report on the disappearance of Mrs. Sadie Helen Anchor from the liner Fairfax. The ship docked in Baltimore after sailing from Savannah. Captain A. H. Brooks declined to discuss the case until reporting to superiors. A search was made when she failed to appear at breakfast.
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Baltimore
Merchants and Miners Steamship Line
Fairfax
Sadie Helen Anchor
A. H. Brooks
Anchor
Savannah
Steamship Line
Rice Leaves Senators After 19 Seasons
Washington Senators released veteran outfielder Sam Rice today. Rice spent 19 seasons with the club, was a regular in the lineup from 1916 to 1930, and since 1930 served as a pinch hitter and utility outfielder.
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Rice
Washington
Washington Senators
Sam Rice
Senators
Carey Grant to wed Virginia Cherrill in London registry
Hollywood stars Carey Grant and Virginia Cherrill will marry in a London registry office, a Justice of the Peace in the United States confirms. Grant has recovered from a recent operation and the couple plan a formal ceremony abroad.
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London
Jan. S
Carey Grant
Hollywood
Virginia Cherrill
Justices of the Peace
United States
Quota filled for project at Camp Ritchie
The National Reemployment Office reports a 100 man quota filled for a federal project at Camp Ritchie led by Brewer L. Stouffer. About 700 registered workers have found recent jobs, with screening to exclude those with other means of support or permanent employment.
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Camp Ritchie
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
CWA
Stouffer
Two Slayers Go to Chair in Wilkes-Barre Case
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on January 8 Frank Stabinski aged 22 and Anthony P Tetrosky aged 21 were electrocuted for the murder of 18 year old Mary Malinowski during a home robbery near Wilkes-Barre. The men faced multiple holdup and killing charges tied to a spree across several towns.
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Bellefonte
Frank Stabinski
Anthony P .Tetrosky
Mary Malinowski
Wilkes-Barre
Stabinsky
Tetrosky
Hazleton
Allentown
Philadelphia
Miss Malinowski
Emil Malinowski
Luzerne County
Malinowski
Peter Cutler
Susquehanna Threatens Homes After Ice Jam
The Susquehanna River, swollen by a seven mile ice jam from Safe Harbor to Wrightsville, threatens homes along the river. Residents kept vigil and moved furniture to higher ground as river levels shifted despite dam releases. River men warn outcomes remain uncertain after the first movement of the gorge.
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York
Susquehanna
Safe Harbor
Wrightsville
Safe ‘Harbor
Herzog's Son Faces Charge In Local Robbery Case
Charles Arthur Herzog 22 of Baltimore son of Buck Herzog former New York Giants infielder faced a recorder court in Durnam North Carolina on a hold up at a local filling station netting $28. He was identified by victim Y C Bailey and also linked to a year old theater hold up. He was released on $500 bond pending the hearing.
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Durnam
N. C
Charles Arthur Herzog
Baltimore
Buck Herzog
New York Giants
Recorder’s Court
Herzog
Y. C. Bailey
Fire destroys B and O Burns Warehouse at Adamstown
A large frame warehouse at Adamstown in Frederick county owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company burned early yesterday morning. The Willard family living on the second floor escaped but lost all furniture and personal effects after Mrs. Willard woke the others to the smoke.
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Adamstown
Frederick County
Baltimore and Tho Reilroad Company
Elmer E. Willard
Roosevelt seen likely to push St Lawrence seaway pact
Senate watchers expect a presidential message urging ratification of the St Lawrence waterway treaty. A heated fight is anticipated as Congress opens its second week and liquor legislation dominates committee work. Analysts note possible forthcoming requests for government guarantees, home loan refinancing bonds, reciprocal tariff measures, and RFC renewal.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence
Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
RFC
House
Roose
Students cause a near panic at NYC Nemo Theatre
A group of Columbia undergraduates rushed the Nemo Theatre on Upper Broadway after the Rose Bowl victory celebration. They shouted fire inside a nearly filled hall, triggering a panic with about twenty injuries and a dozen arrests for disorderly conduct as crowds fled exits.
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New York
Columbia University
Broadway
Nemo
Self-Elected Mayor of Brooklyn Indiana Dies at 76
Isaac J. Miller known as Jap Miller and friend of James Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye died at 76 in Brooklyn Indiana. A self styled mayor, he moved there four years ago and wrote to President McKinley, proclaiming his unbeatability and proclaiming himself mayor.
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Brooklyn
Ind
Isaac J
Jap) Miller
James Whitcomb Riley
Bill Nye
Riley
Miller
McKinley
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse
Associated Press
Commission ON Sewerage
West End
Society
Cascade
MT. Rainier
Prince George's County
Wynekoop
John van Pelt
B. & O. Burns
St. Lawrence Waterway
ST. Louis
National Shoe Retailers Association
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