Local Man Faces Beer Charge in Frederick County
Joseph B. Coons of this city will be one of three men to face charges under Frederick county’s new beer law for importing beer into the county for sale without a license. He will stand trial Friday morning, free on $1,000 bond. Two Baltimore men, Milton E. Langhirp and Adolph M. Shapiro, also face similar charges and will have hearings Monday. The county has seen recent complaints about illicit beer importation, with wholesalers’ licenses costing $1,000. Officials say licensed firms cannot compete with illicit prices, and penalties include up to $1,000 fine and two years imprisonment or both.
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Joseph BE. Coons
Frederick County
General Assembly
Coons
Baltimore
Milton E. Langhirp
Adolph M. Shapiro
Youth Hurt In Mishap Near Shippensburg
Chalm es Baker of Shippensburg Pa, 22, was seriously injured when his car crashed into a culvert on Mollie Pitcher highway one mile south of Shippensburg. He told hospital attendants he recalled nothing after leaving Chambersburg, possibly due to falling asleep at the wheel. Baker, who attended the Walkathon dance the prior night, was found in his wrecked car and brought to Chambersburg at 6 o clock this morning with facial and hand injuries but remained conscious.
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Tome
Chalmes Baker
Shippensburg
Mollie Pitcher Highway
Baker
Chambersarg Hospital
Chambersburg
Oroken
Earth tremors in India kill 112. Patna hit hard
Calcutta dispatch reports 112 dead from yesterday’s quake with higher final toll expected. Damage stretches north of the Ganges with 41,000 homes destroyed near Patna where casualties rose to 56. Temples fell in Turnea and Bibar. 13 aftershocks felt overnight and into noon in Patna region.
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Calcutta
India
Ganges
Turnea
Bibar
Patna
First Hanging Last He Quits in Vienna
Austria’s hangman Johann Lang resigns after his first and only execution on January 11 when he hanged a vagrant named Peter Strauss. He says the experience was so terrible it will be his first and last hanging.
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Vienna
Austria
Johann Lang
Lang
Peter Strauss
Girl Balks at Love. Man Kills Self in Cumberland Car
William H. Miller, 37, of Cumberland, shot himself in a car on a Cumberland street after an unrequited love for a younger girl. The girl refused to leave her home last night. officers had been seeking Miller due to his odd actions. In another note, Communist Stephen Kaptur hanged himself in a German prison after being sentenced for killing a Nazi storm trooper.
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William H. Miller
Cumberland
Cumberland Street
Miller
Dortmund
Germany
Stephen Kaptur
Hindu astrologers forecast major Indian quake with signs observed
In Bombay on January 16, priests and scholars across north India lit fires and performed yogayas to avert a predicted big quake said linked to seven planets aligning in Capricorn. The quake, reported yesterday, follows Hindu beliefs that such celestial signs foretell doom and involves myths of the world balanced on bull horns or a thousand-headed serpent.
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Bombay
India
North India
All India
Man Marries Exit Driver as Car Burns Outside
Harold Connaughton, 21, rushed the Chicago marriage bureau chief clerk Sidney Summerfield for a license claiming his car was on fire. He wed Miss Marie M. Edgar, 21, in record time while the automobile burned outside. firefighters limited damage, allowing him to drive away.
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Chicago
Harold Connaughton
Sidney Summerfield
Connaughton
Marie M. Edgar
Fire Department
Fines Pile Up on Violator in Chicago Court
Jack Perskey, a salesman, faced forty four traffic code charges when brought to court. He denied trying to mock the police and paid a dollar plus costs, totaling eighty eight dollars. A chimney fire at the Smith property on West Side Avenue caused minor damage with fire crews responding before 1 PM.
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Chicago
Jack Perskey
Perskey
Smith
West Side Avenue
Outo
What Happens to Your Dollar Under Money Plan
Washington reports that devaluing the dollar would change gold worth and prices. Experts say present impact is minimal. future effects include possible price rises and government profits from the altered gold value. Per dollar, gold backing would shrink but dollars stay usable in ordinary exchanges.
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Washington
John Doe
Roosevelt
Mr. Doe
Plans to Stabilize Currency Face Congressional Hurdles
Washington January 16 A new government gold price cut the dollar to 60 percent of its legal value as legislation to let the President adjust gold content within 50 to 60 percent undergoes a lengthy Senate and House review. Secretary Morgenthau testified before the Senate Banking Committee while a $2.5 billion stabilization fund was outlined. Prominent figures including Senator Glass and Frank Vanderlip weighed in as Congress begins a protracted debate on monetary reform.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthal
Senate Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senator Glass
Senate
House
Frank Vanderlip
Charles FE. Coughlin
Detroit
Capitol Hill
Desperado Clyde Barrow ambushes guards at Texas prison farm
In Huntsville Texas on January 16 two Eastham state prison farm guards Major Crowson and Olen Bosman were wounded when a machine gunner identified as Clyde Barrow opened fire from a ditch as a convict squad passed. Barrow and Bonnie Parker allegedly aided by a gunman fled in a sedan with Raymond Hamilton and four other inmates. Sheriff C L Mitchell and Warden Ward led a posse in pursuit.
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Huntsville
Tex
Eastham State Prison
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Major Crowson
Olen Bosman
Crowson
Bosman
Hamilton
C. L. Mitchell
Clyde Burrow
Ward
State Prison
Needle threading feats stir Tacoma camp tale
Tacoma report says M W Ryder of Rainbow Cabin camp threaded 75 threads through the eye of a sewing needle claiming steady nerves and sharp eyesight. He contrasts with Phil H Kinbiner of Denver said to have threaded 18 threads through the same eye in an amateur display.
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Tacoma
Wash
M. W. Ryder
Rainbow Cabin
Hag
Phil H. Kinbiner
Denver
Fred Leiter Dies at Washington County Hospital
Frederick L. Leiter longtime Leiter Bros. merchant died suddenly at 7 a m in Washington County Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage aged 56 He had been in declining health after a two year illness and recently appeared better He was a well known figure in Hagerstown attendance at his store and on the first floor He leaves widow Pauline Eppley Leiter and siblings Mrs Charles E Johnston Mrs Walter M Wolfe Mrs Luther Minnick Roy A Frank 8 and Max R of Hagerstown and Edward of Waynesboro Pa Funeral date to be announced Trinity Lutheran Church member The firm years of service and his friendly presence noted
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Frederick L. Leiter
Leiter Bros
Washington County Hospital
Mr. Leiter
Leiter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Pauline Eppley Leiter
Charles E., Johnston
Walter M. Wolfe
Luther Minnick
Roy A
Frank 8
Max R
Hagerstown
Edward
Waynesboro
Deputy Tells Of Attack And Fatal Mishap
Deputy Renner described the crash that killed Orval M Oliver and Clyde O Mellette after a confrontation with Oliver in the vehicle. He said Oliver struck the blow with a jack handle, causing him to lose control and crash into a fence along Western Pike.
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Orval M. Oliver
Richard Renner
Oliver
Clyde O. Mellotte
Renner
Mellette
Huyett’s
Hagerstown
Ohio
Mysterious animal terrorizes Harburg community
In South Pittsburgh Tennessee January 16 a mysterious animal described as fast as lightning and like a giant kangaroo is spreading fear. It has killed and partially devoured several German police dogs then killed more dogs and some geese and ducks. Witnesses Rev W J Hancock and Frank Cobb describe a kangaroo like creature leaping across fields. Farmers arm themselves as searches track the beast toward a mountainside cave.
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Pittsburgh
Tenn
Harburg
W. J. Hancock
Frank Cobb
Germany Not To Return To League Meet
In Cleveland, a general cloak and salt industry strike threatens about 1,806 workers after a 1,000‑member last night vote aligned with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Negotiations with generators broke down per board manager Abraham Katoveky. In Berlin, Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter says Germany will not attend Geneva preparations for the Saar plebiscite.
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Leveland
Cleveland
Cleveland Joint Board
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Abraham Katoveky
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Reobachter
Jhhat
Germany
Geneva
League of Nations
Saar Basin
League of Nations Council
Hidden Face Revealed in Arts of Will Contest
In Los Angeles a court contest over Margaret Keith's will, valued at about 1 million dollars, disclosed the first public image of the wealthy recluse who wore a heavy veil. The bulk of the estate goes to her nephew Albert C. Allen Jr. of Medford, Oregon.
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Margaret Keith
Los Angeles
Miss Keith
Albert C. Allen, Jr
Medford
Ore
Associated Press
Plan Probe in Jobless Fraud Here
Brewer L Stouffer, manager of the local Federal Re-employment Bureau, considers hiring investigators like Allegany County to verify registrations. Allegany County flagged eleven registrants with a Cumberland barbershop address who actually lived in West Virginia. Locally, some registrants quit jobs to seek better ones, while others registered without entitlement.
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Brewer L. Stouffer
Federal Re-employment Bureau
Allegany County
Federal Bureau
Cumberland
West Virginia
Oil code suit targets Standard Oil over premiums
The federal government sued Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in DC federal court alleging violation of the oil code by running a boys club contest and offering prizes for coupon collections. The action seeks an injunction and cites interstate impact with contests advertised by radio since January 3. Court set for January 30.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Ickes
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Oil
Standard By Radio
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Interior Department
Standard Company
Paderewski's Wife Helena Dies In Morges Villa
Madame Helena Paderewski wife of famed pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski died at their villa in Morges Switzerland after a illness of more than two years. She was 7 years old. Paderewski was with her at the time of death.
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Morges
Switzerland
Helena Paderewski
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Paderewski
Garbo and director vanish after rumored wedding
Greta Garbo and director Mamoulian travel incognito as Mary Jones and Robert Bonji leaving Holbrook and Grand Canyon areas. Officials and locals report they registered at El Tovar as from Santa Fe but no marriage license found. The pair then fled toward California, evading questions about a possible marriage.
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Williams
Ariz
Greta Garbo
Reuben Mamou- Han
Mary Jones
Robert Bonji
Arizona
Hollywood
el Tovar
Grand Canyon
California
Robert Bon
Santa Fe
N. M
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Fay
Wis
Mary Nebal
Bill May
Walkathon
Self
Doe
John
Desperado
Herbert Wright
Fred Leiter
Vider
Nation
Garbo
Director
Miss Garbo
Mamoulian
National Park
Fiirting
Holbrook, Ariz
Joe Gerwitz
Holbrook Hotel
Gerwitz
Immora
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