Hen Thieves Still Active In Maryland Countryside
William Easterday reports 98 fat hens stolen from his Keedysville Sharpsburg area farm. John Holmes Garland says thieves broke into his dance hall Monday night but fled before looting. Beaver Creek school windows damaged by Hagerstown youths on a hike last Saturday in khaki outfits.
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William Easterday
Keedysville
Sharpsburg
Sheriff's Office
John Holmes Garland
Hagerstown
Beaver Creek
Revival of business aims to coordinate federal lending
Roosevelt ordered a cabinet committee to coordinate all government lending to speed recovery. Secretary Morgenthau will lead the group as the administration moves to consolidate emergency units. Officials expect major decisions on the program by early next year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
White House
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Jesse Jones
RFC
Congress
Warm winter forecast for Prospect and nation
Washington dispatch reports Weather Bureau forecasters say a warmer than normal winter is likely across the United States if current trends continue, with a split pattern in the northeast. Separate item: Michael Maximoff, 59, of Halethorpe, was killed and his wife severely injured when struck by a car in Halethorpe last night.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Baltimore
Michel Maximoff
Halethorpe
Congressman David J. Lewis Returns to Washington for Social Security Push
Representative David J. Lewis resumes duties after a brief rest with his brother in Brisbin Pa. He plans bold social legislation when Congress convenes January 3 including unemployment insurance old age pensions and the annuity system. He targets insurance discrimination against workers over 45 arguing for a flat rate and equal treatment across ages.
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David J. Lewis
D. W. Lewis
Brisbin
Congress
Washington
Lewis
Hagerstown
Roosevelt
United States
Evangelist Acquitted in Kidnap Hoax Case
U S. district court in Raleigh directs verdict of acquittal for R H Askew the four square gospel evangelist of Goldsboro charged with a kidnaping hoax and ransom attempt. Defense presented medical witnesses on his mental capacity while government witnesses testified he used mail phone and telegraph to seek money from his wife and from Aimee Semple McPherson.
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N.C
I. M. Meekins
Federal District Court
R. H. Askew
Four-Square Gospel
Goldsboro
Meekins
Askew
Aimee Semple McPherson
California Evangelst
Majority Of Lewis Wins Re-election In Sixth District
Official returns from five counties show Representative David Lewis re-elected to Congress with a majority of 1,522. The five other districts elected Democrats: T Alan Goldsborough in the first, William P. Cole Jr. in the second, Vincent L. Palmisano in the third, Ambrose J. Kennedy in the fourth, and Stephen W. Gambrill in the fifth.
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David Lewis
Congress
T. Alan Goldsborough
William P. Cole
Vincent L
Palmisano
Ambrose J. Kennedy
Stephen W. Gambrill
Fire destroys rear frame building in Williamsport
A frame building behind Denton M. Shupp’s home on West Potomac street Williamsport was virtually destroyed by a fire at 11 this morning. Firemen prevented spread as the workmen in town for sewer system work occupied the building. The blaze is thought to have started from an overheated flue.
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Denton M. Shupp
Hagerstown Claims Nation's Youngest Great Grandparents
Hagerstown asserts the nation’s youngest great grandparents with Mr and Mrs H B Jones of 13 North Locust street aged 60 and their son William R Jones who is 39 as a grandfather and Russell Jones age 18 the father of a baby born last February.
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Hagerstown
Warren Mosse
West Warren
Mass
H. B. Jones
North Locust Street
William R. Jones
Russell Jones
Baltimore Gas War Ends With 4.5 Cents Rise
Baltimore ends its gasoline price war as the typical price jumps from 18 to 23.5 cents a gallon after hours of talks. The 34 cent wholesale boost is cited by H. A. Crouthamel of the Independent Gasoline Dealers Association of Maryland as restoring funds lost during weeks of price cuts and shifting away from wildcat sellers who sold "hot oil" from Texas.
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Baltimore
H. A. Crouthamel
Independent Gasoline Dealers Association of
Maryland
Crouthamel
Texas
Federal Petroleum Code Authority
Standard
Bones found in box near Crystal Lake cottage
In Frankfort Michigan on November 14 a wooden box containing human bones was found in dunes by Raymond Schneider and Harry Herion near Lake Michigan. The bones, believed to belong to a person about 50 years old, were linked to the Dr. Alice Wynekoop murder case under county investigation.
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Frankfort
Mich
Crystal Lake
Alice Wynekoop
Chicago
Benzie County
Lake Michigan
Raymond Schneider
Harry Herion
Scent Arson Strikes Haines Home in Rural Fire
The Sheriff’s office probes a deliberate fire at Edward Haines’s brick house between Robbersville and Trego. A porch was badly damaged after kerosene was poured and ignited. Mrs Easton woke the family of eight at midnight. investigators found evidence of arson and no motive known.
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Sheriff’s Office
Edward Haines
Robbersville
Trego
Easton
Haines
Baton
Six Indicted for Larceny in Western County
Millard Carriers and Charles Wol ford confessed to a string of robberies in the county’s western section after arrests weeks ago and were indicted by the November grand jury Carrier on four charges and Wal ford on three The Sheriff’s office also reported indictments of John Stevenson William Rice and Charles Watts all colored for larceny and John Faith for chicken theft The grand jury checked Bellevue and the jail and will likely conclude work and adjourn this afternoon.
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Millard Carriers
Charles Wolford
Dry Run
Carrier
Walford
John Stevenson
William Rice
Charles Watts
John Faith
Bellevue
Grand Jury Resumes Probe as Sheriff Is Jailed in Ala
Dekalb county grand jury, pressed by threats of dismissal if it acts, restarts a probe into alleged irregularities in the November 6 election. Sheriff S. W Pope, a Republican, is held in jail for contempt after defying orders to withhold canvassing official returns until absentee votes were counted. Deputy sheriff commissions were canceled as part of the action.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Dekalb County
A. E. Hawkins
S. Wpon
Pope
Othr
Election Board
Man loses foot after shotgun cartridge discharge in car
Dallas November 14. E R Smith 42 said a mosquito bite while driving caused him to grab an automatic shotgun on the seat. He began scratching the bite with a maxale and a forgotten cartridge discharged, shattering his foot. Physicians amputated it.
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Dallas
Tex
E. R. Smith
Prayed As News Of Death Came
Mrs. Lucy Willett a 76 year old blind woman prayed for her husband Lawrence 73recover from his injuries after a fall A policeman waiting outside delivered the news that Lawrence had died Recalled troops.
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Chicago
Lucy Willett
Lawrence
Typhoon damages islands of the Philippines
A third typhoon in a month slammed the eastern Philippine islands causing heavy property damage and possible loss of life. Samar Lyte and Sorsogon provinces were isolated as communications failed. Winds reached 306 miles per hour and rose, with heavy rains damaging coconuts, bananas, hemp and other crops.
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Mantla
P. I
Philippines
Manila
Samar Lyte
Sorsogon
Pistol Gift Sent Him To End His Life At Sixty
Henry Hoffer of Glendale Long Island killed himself on his sixtieth birthday using a pistol given as a present twenty years earlier. He faced unemployment poor health and worry as factors. The pistol gift was framed by a friend who said you may need it some day. The death occurred after he questioned the gift and its meaning, a grim reflection on late life. Hartford hosts National Grange gathering amid festive lights and rural delegates.
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New York
Henry Hoffer
Glendale
Long Island
Hoffer
Child Dies in Suspected Murder at State Hospital Grounds
Nashville dispatch reports the body of Dorothy Ann Distelhurst was positively identified and believed murdered. Pathologists confirm the dented skull and rag gag, with authorities from sheriffs to the Department of Justice pursuing motive as the case unfolds.
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Nashville, Tenn
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
Distelhurst
Nashville
Tenn
State Tuberculosis Hospital
J. Carlton. Loser
J. Carltom Loser
Distellhurst
Loser
Daveidson County Tuberculosis Hospital
Dorothy Distelhurst
Herman Spitz
Leonard F. Pouge
Department of Justice
Father Rushes Back By Plane
Alfred E. Distelhurst left New York by plane after a Nashville report that a found child resembled his missing six year old daughter Dorothy Ann. He travels alone and will connect to a Nashville flight scheduled to reach there by 4 20 this afternoon.
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A. HL Distelhurst
Dorothy Ann
New York
Alfred E. Distelhurst
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Distelhurst
Christmas Saving Checks to be Mailed by Local Banks
Approximately $60,000 in Christmas Saving Club checks will be mailed around December 1 by two local banks. Nicodemus National will distribute about $40,000, with Farmers and Merchants paying the remainder. county banks also will mail club checks on the same date.
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Nicodemus National
Charges Facts In Hauptmann Case Withheld
In Flemington New Jersey the defense renewed demands for a full bill of particulars in the Lindbergh kidnapping murder case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Attorney Lloyd Fisher charged the state with delaying or distorting facts that would favor Hauptmann.
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Hauptmann
Flemington
X. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Lloyd Fisher
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