Bootleggers Face Drive Against Illicit Liquor
Washington July 4 The Treasury Department begins a tighter drive to enforce liquor laws and boost tax collections for the 1937 fiscal year. The Internal Revenue Service adds 185 investigators inspectors and storekeeper gagers, aiming for 260 inspectors 125 storekeeper gagers and 100 investigators for a total of 4500 staff. New York district receives 25 of the 80 new investigators with others spread to 15 districts. Tasks include pursuing bootleggers moonshiners and tax evaders and examining industrial alcohol to prevent diversion to illegal channels. The bureau oversees 267 distilleries 175 bonded warehouses 800 wineries 400 rectifying plants 4300 manufacturers and dealers in industrial alcohol and 6000 hospitals and laboratories using alcohol.
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Large Crowd Expected at Baptist Summer Assembly
Frederick July leaders of the Baptist Summer Assembly at Braddock Heights announced they expect attendance to surpass last year’s 680 as five units begin conferences this week. R Paul Smith president of Potomac Edison welcomed attendees and Rev Harver E Fesperman of Hagerstown led prayers.
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Frederick County House Sells for $10 in Public Sale
Sheriff Roy M. Hiitner sold a three room log house on a mountain road near Knox ville for 10 dollars at a public sale. Davis H. Rockley, creditor of former owner Charles Clifford Norris, was the only bidder and bought the claim to the house and 817 square feet of land.
Fiorita Held After Barrelville Gunfight at Cumberland Hospital
In Cumberland Maryland a deputy sheriff guards Raymond Fiorita 26 of Barrelville at a hospital bedside after he was charged with slaving a married man found with Fiorita's estranged wife Rosella. A coroner's jury ordered Fiorita held for the October Grand Jury following accounts of a Barrelville gunfight in which Albert Hasselrode 36 of Stringtown Pa was killed. Fiorita had a flesh wound to the abdomen.
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Albert L. Hasselrode
Stringtown
Pinesburg News Notes and Social Visits on July Fourth
July activities and visits around Pinesburg and Williamsport include Little Donald Hili from Hagerstown staying with Mr and Mrs William Teach, Mr and Mrs Russell Bryan visiting near Kemps, and several families from Williamsport hosting or visiting relatives. Other social calls involve Miss Beulah Teach, Miss Pearl Charlton, Miss Dolores Fowler, and numerous Shank and Higgins families sharing time with relatives.
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Hagerstown
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Russell Bryan
Harry Beckiey
Kemps
Fred Banzhoff
Willamsport
Edward Staley
Beulah Teach
Pearl Charlton
Carrie Hose
Dolores Fowler
Scholarship Awarded to Kermit Bevard at Western Maryland College
Senator Ernest W. Miller announced a free scholarship for the year 3436-37 to Kermit Bevard of Summit Avenue. Bevard achieved the highest marks in exams conducted by School Superintendent Byvic Grimmety and colleagues, with the senator stressing the choice was based on merit, not politics or friendship.
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Kermit Bevard
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Baltimore Mayor Adds Norris as Executive Secretary
Mayor Howard W. Jackson recruited former East Baltimore leader William S. Norris as executive secretary at a $4,500 annual salary. Norris joins Heugh Welter BR, raising the number of executive aides to two. The change accompanies the ongoing administration staff adjustments.
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William S. Norris
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Style Whimsies A Tircle Of Small Perforations
A quirky description of a new Tanner for tootaara ed silk can and paste. The tone evokes a travel teaser as sections are fastened with clips sliding along a slim chain. Ideal for packing into a Nandbagar suit case.
Cambridge to elect mayor in first popular vote history
Cambridge Maryland residents vote tomorrow for mayor between incumbent Charles E. Brohawn and challenger Irving B. Jackson. The quiet campaign has drawn notable interest as the city marks its first use of a popular vote for the office. The United States Bureau of Biological Survey notes 106 wildlife refuges, including six big game preserves.
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Charles E. Brohawn
Irving B. Jackson
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United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Borah to Announce Re-Election Bid From Idaho
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho will announce Thursday his plan to seek a sixth term in the Senate. Ray McKaig of Boise, Borah’s campaign field agent, said Borah recently backed the Republican ticket and platform, while Borah declined further comment on McKaig’s statement. The report also notes Icelandic language purity linked to sagas spanning over a millennium.
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Idaho
William E. Borah
Ray McKaig
Boise
McKaig
Flies Slow Traffic in Evanston Patrolmen
July 7 report from Evanston notes swarms of sand flies clogging streets and forcing motorcycle patrols off the roads as bodies cover pavements, leaving riders unable to keep their bikes upright.
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