Quenstedt Loses Case In Maryland Prison Scandal
Judge Eugene O'Dunne refused Walter E. Quenstedt's bid for mandamus to restore him as warden of the Maryland House of Correction. The ruling brands the prison era as corrupt, citing alleged bribe talks over the jail chauffeur job and political conspiracy claims. Witnesses described payoffs and attempts to buy positions. Quenstedt was ousted after the misconduct allegations emerged.
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Baltimore
Eugene O’dunne
Common Pleas Court
State Board of Welfare
Walter , E. Quenstedt
Maryland House of Correction
O’dunne
Quenstedt
House of Correction
House of Corruption
Annapolis
William A. Parker
Parker
Thomas Linton
Linton
William P. Lawson
Edward L. Linton
Eugene O'Dunne
Charles J. Butterworth
Board of Welfare
Harold E. Donnell
Charlies E. Schramm
Maryland Penitentiary
Woman Hurt in Auto Mishap Near Morrisonburg Virginia
Mrs. Robert Miller of Cartersville Georgia and formerly of Hagerstown was injured in an automobile crash near Morrisonburg Virginia last Saturday evening. She fractured a ankle and crushed her foot while Mr. Miller was uninjured. She was taken to Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg and is slowly recovering.
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Williamsport
Robert 5. Miller
Cartersville
Hagerstown
Morrisonburg
Man Held On Larceny Charge In Franklin County
Walter Sprenkle of Hagerstown, formerly of Waynesboro, was committed to the Franklin county jail in default of $1000 bond to await a Friday hearing before Justice Elmer E. Smith on charges of breaking and entering and larceny. He was arrested Monday after allegedly stealing two woolen blankets, napkins, and other articles valued at $17 from the Cunningham Shiels Stoner cottage on the Ferguson farm south of Warngsboro.
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Walter Sprenkle
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Franklin County
Justice of the Peace
Elmer E. Smith
Sprenkle
Cunningham-Shiels Stoner
Ferguson Farm
Warngsboro
Smithsburg School Trustees Meet on Repairs and Additions
Smithsburg district trustees led by Lancelot Jacques conferred with the Board of Education yesterday afternoon. They urged a new vestibule at the west end of the school and painting, while noting the Clearspring addition is finished and several installations at Downsville, South Potomac Junior High, and Williamsport High near completion. Minor changes at Boonsboro wings were discussed. Bus contracts were awarded for Walnut Point Rock Hill to Huyetts and Pec tonville Indian Springs to Clearspring. Storm insurance policies for three county schools were renewed.
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Smithsburg
Lancelot Jacques
Board of Education
Downsville
South Potomac Junior High School
Williamsport High School
Boonsboro
Walnut Point
Rock Hill
Huyetts School
Fred M. Drury
Pectonville
Indian Springs
Clearspring
Boyd Michael
Visit boosts Polish hopes in wartime talks
Major General Sir Edmund Ironside began coordinating Polish and British military strength in talks with Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz and War Minister General Tadeusz Kasprzycki. He will also confer with Foreign Minister Col. Joseph Beck on political and military aspects, as Polish press says his visit could influence Germany and coordinate Allied effort.
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Warsaw
Edmund Ironside
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Tadeusz Kasprizycki
Ironside
Joseph Beck
Europe
England
Germany
Czas
General Ironside
Britain
France
Man resumes trip after severe head injuries
Iron Man Greenup reports John Holley, a Rush merchant, was thrown through a car windshield in an accident. He suffered severe head cuts, required 15 stitches from Dr H H Holbrook, and after a two hour repair he continued home Father Holley refused to let a little trial needlework stop him.
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Greenup
John Holley
Holley
H. H. Holbrook
Rush, Ky
Naval Academy Band to attend World's Fair on Maryland Day
Washington July 18 The Senate Naval Committee recommended passing a bill by Senator Radcliffe authorizing the Naval Academy Band to travel to the New York World's Fair on Maryland Day July 28. Heads Hoboes Pittsburgh July 18 Jefft Davis king of hoboes disclosed that George Siebert Pittsburgh had been named international secretary of the League of Hoboes of the World and of the Hoboes of America.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
Radcliffe
D Md
Naval Academy
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Hollywood license filed for Durro and Wr. wedding set
Film actor Franklin Durro, 21, formerly a boy star, and his childhood sweetheart Aloha Wr., 28, applied for a marriage license on Tuesday in Hollywood California. The wedding was set for July 21.
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Hollywood
Calif
Frankin Durro
Sweethen Aloha
Tly
Editor Dies in Martins Ferry Daily Times
Martins Ferry Ohio July 19 T M Aldredge editor of the Martins Ferry Daily Times died Tuesday after a week long illness aged 47.
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Martins Ferry
T. M. Aldredge
Farmers Plan for Meeting at Boonsboro High School
The Southern States Patrons meeting for Boonsboro will be held at Boonsboro High School on Wednesday July 26. Advisory board members include Amos Reeder William H Hovermale John Rohrer Charles Green Russell Eigenbrode and Fayette Harp. A news reel in technicolor will be shown and a discussion What Farmers Expect of Their Cooperative will be led by S J Mullendore. Two board seats will be filled and a report given by a Southern States representative. Contests, prizes and refreshments will follow.
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Southern States Patrons
Boonsboro
Amos Reeder
William H. Hovermale
John Rohrer
Charles Green
Russell Eigenbrode
Fayette Harp
Southern States
J Mullendore
Mt Carmel United Brethren Church Rededication Sunday
Mt Carmel United Brethren Church near Boonsboro to Rohrersville invites all to a rededication service next Sunday with 9 20 am and 12 30 pm worships following improvements including new floor refinish carpet and pulpit furniture A unified 9 30 am service and a 2 pm good cheer hour with music and messages by former pastors are planned The church founded 1846 sits on the Boonsboro Rohrersville road and recalls its 1882 rebuild during John Browns Harper's Ferry era
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Mt. Carmel
Boonsboro
Rohrersville
Snyder
K. Statton
Bishop Statton
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Brown
Mechanic Thomas C Burrell Dies After Truck Crash
Thomas C Burrell a mechanic for Engineers Equipment and Supply Co of College Park died at Washington County Hospital from injuries after a truck overturned on South Mountain last Wednesday. He suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. autopsy ordered by Medical Examiner R Wells.
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Thomas C. Burrell
Engineers Equipment and Supply Company
College Park
Washington County Hospital
South Mountain
Burrell
Cumberland
R. Wells
Chief Executive Scores Proposal On Wage Hour Exemption
President Roosevelt warned that Representative Barden's plan to exempt various worker classes from the wage hour law would effectively single out about 2,000,000 of the lowest paid employees as main beneficiaries. Barden would exclude some small scale farm related operations and certain white collar workers and small telephone exchange employees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Barden
D-Nc
Monarch Machine Tool reports earnings for six months ended June 30 1939
Sidney Ohio July 19 Monarch Machine Tool Co reports six months ended June 30 1939 net profit 173183.67 after depreciation and provision for Federal income taxes equal to 1.16 per share. For the same period in 1935 earnings were 157582.95 or 1.05 per share.
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Sidney
Monarch Machine Tool Co
Roosevelt Afraid to Comment on Stock Market Rise
President Roosevelt, in Washington, July 19, said he would be afraid to comment on current business conditions due to the stock market's rapid rise. He noted it was all right for him to remark since he was neither short nor long in the market.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woman fined for assault in city court case
Mrs Gene Penniss 38 Garlinger avenue was fined 10 dollars and costs after being found guilty of assaulting Miss Gene Knepper in city court Tuesday Magistrate M W B Bas setter presided Knepper was found not guilty. The accusation stated Penniss struck Knepper over the head with a small hammer wrapped in paper.
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Gene Penniss
Garlinger Avenue
Gene Knepper
M. W. B. Bastetter
Miss Knepper
Pennis
Body found in shed near Earl Bane property
Charles Town West Virginia July 19 50 year old J W Largent thresh er from Winchester Virginia was found Monday in a shed on the Earl Bane property Coroner G P Morrison said an inquest would not be necessary
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Charles Town
W. Va
J. W. Largent
Winchester
G. P. Morrison
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