Concerns Are Found Guilty In Antitrust Case
In Lexington on October 28, prosecutors secured convictions against the three largest tobacco firms R J Reynolds Liggett and Myers and American Tobacco Companies plus American Suppliers Inc a subsidiary. Executives named include George Washington Hill Paul M Hahn Vincent Riggio of American Tobacco Reynolds William N Reynolds Clay Williams James A Gray Edward A Carr James W Glenn and James W Andrews of the listed companies.
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Lexington
Int
United States District Court
R. J. Reynolis
Liggett and Myers
American Tobacco Companies
American Suppliers, Inc
American Tobacco
George Washington Hill
Paul M. Hahn
Vincent Riggio
New York
Reynolds
William N. Reynolds
Clay Williams
James A. Gray
Edward A. Carr
James W. Glenn
Winston-Salem
N. C
Tobacco company executives face fines and prison terms
McWilliams arrests include A Blount 43 and George W Whitaker 60 both New York Ed ward H Thurston 65 St Louis vice presidents of American Suppliers James E Lipscomb Jr president Louisville Ky Those acquitted American Cigarette and Cigar Company a subsidiary of American Tobacco Company George Washington Hill Jr of American Tobacco Robert B Lasater John C Whitaker of R J Reynolds William D Carmichael Ben Carroll Benjamin F Few of Ligg ett and Myers charged with penalties up to 26000 per defendant company and executives face up to 20000 fine and four years imprisonment per count
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A. Blount
George W. Whitaker
New York
Edward H. Thurston
St. Louis
James E. Lipscomb, Jr
Louisville
American Cigarette and Cigar Company
American Tobacco Company
George Washington Hill, Jr
American Tobacco
John C. Whitaker
R. J. Reynolds
William D. Carmichael
Ben Carroll
Benjamin F. Few
Liggett and Myers
Frederick County Store Robbed in Maryland
Robbers broke into Ralph Miller’s general store and post office in Lantz Maryland stealing about $15 in change on Sunday night. Officials said the post office drawer was opened and stamps scattered but none missing. A Yukon River salmon run note appears, noting a 2250 mile journey to spawn.
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Lantz
Ralph
Miller
U. S
Frederick County
Local M. C. G. A. drive nears goal with $1300 short
Final report shows $14,700.21 raised to date toward a $16,600 goal in subscriptions and memberships for the year. A mop up group will press the balance this week. Leaders praised workers including George Bohman and Omer T. Kaylor for their efforts.
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M. CG. A
Mopup
George Bohman
Omer T. Kaylor
Yes
Eric Summers
Startaman
Startzman
Stone
Burhans
Martin
Wolf
Joe Ward
Humelsine
Ridenour
Beyard
Alvord
Barey
Mrs. Dutton
Megiey
Copley
Bohman
Nigh
Hoffman
Hutson
Wright
Third Month With No Raid Warning
London reports its third consecutive month without an air raid warning amid scarce alerts. Since June 22 Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the city has seen one alert in four months and only three total in that period, with sirens activated 152 times this year and 269 hours in alert.
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London
Germany
Soviet Russia
Navy to buy 386000 pounds of chicken feathers for pillows
Washington reports the Navy plans a feather purchase of 386000 pounds this fiscal year for pillows. The note mentions Hopewell Village near Birdsboro Pennsylvania as a historic site on the original William Penn land grant.
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Washington
Navy
Hopewell Village
Birdsboro
William Penn
Army Surgeon Fatally Hurt After Train Collision
Baltimore October 28 Army Surgeon Col Michael A Dailey 59 chief surgeon of the Army Third Corps Area was killed instantly when the car he rode in was struck by the Royal Blue Streamliner at a crossing near Tessups His assistant Col Howard E Ashbury of Dickeyville suffered chest wounds and head and hand lacerations They were returning from a visit to Fort Meade to Baltimore Meade hospital officials said Dailey a Harvard Medical School graduate 1907 had been on active duty since August and held the rank of colonel
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Baltimore
Michael A. Dailey
Army
Third Corps
Baltimore and Ohio
Tessups
Howard E. Ashbury
Dickeyville
Fort George Ci. Meade Cantonment
Ballimore
Fort. Meade Bose Hospital
Col. Dalley
Northeastern
Mass
Harvard University
Tul
Third Corns
Local Doctor Joins Army Reserves, 1911 Career Change
Boston City Hospital ship records note a physician quitting private practice in 1911 to join the Army Reserves. Survived by his widow and three children, including a Georgia Tech sophomore son.
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Boston City Hospital
Georgia Tech
Verdict Set Aside in Damage Suit Over Crossing Accident
A $500 verdict for N. Harrison Grove, a Chambersburg druggist, against Western Maryland Railway was set aside by Judge Watson R. Davison Franklin County Court. The crossing accident at Chambersburg involved Grove’s auto being damaged and centered on whether a watchman signaled him to proceed. Grove testified a watchman signaled to go, but the judge noted it was the autoist duty to stop look and listen regardless.
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N. Harrison Grove
Chambersburg
Western Maryland Railway
Watson R. Davison
Franklin County
Grove
Davison
Driver Narrowly Escapes Injury in Park Lane Crossing Crash
Clarence Burger of State Line Pennsylvania escaped injury when his auto crossed into a Western Maryland bank at the Park Lane crossing. He veered to avoid a locomotive, but a wheel caught a crosstie and the car struck the embankment. Several tires were blown and the vehicle damaged. No injuries were reported in a separate collision on South Prospect Street at Key Street involving an automobile and a bus.
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Clarence Burger
State Line
Park Lane
Maryland
Burger
Pennsylvania Avenue
South Prospect Street
Key Street
British May Help Defend Oil Fields
British aid to defend the Donets basin and Kharkov was discussed as German forces advanced. Reports from Moscow and London described heavy fighting around Kharkov and Mozhaisk while German claims touted tank factory losses and a push toward Moscow amid worsening weather. Prisons and morale were noted as exhausted German troops faced stiff Soviet resistance.
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Rostov
Donets River
London
Moscow Radio
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Kramatorsk
Donets
Soviet Union
Red Army
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Maloyaroslavets
U.S.S.R
Taganrog
Kuibyshev
Gregory K. Khukov
Leningrad
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Reddy Hilowaty
McWilliams
Joseph E. McWilliams
Right
American Destiny Party
Criminal Alien Squad
Yukon River
Caribou Cross
Hades
Rudy's
Rexall Pharmacy
JUST
Torridaire
Everly
RAND
Cushwa
Dus
Clanton
Ala
W. P Alton
Pamela Hollingworth
Joseph Hollingworth
Lowell
Dunstable
Col
Michael Dailey
Omega Oil
Hagerstown
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
1St Street
B. & O.R.R. Hagerstown
Kentucky
Schenley Distillers Corp
New York City
Bur
Nash
America
Herb Motor CO
Virginia Ave
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