Bogus money ring smashed with arrests
Secret Service raided a York Pennsylvania engraving plant in a nine month probe into fake ten dollar notes. Charles and Nelson Horn and Theodore Hertzog of York were arrested for producing more than 5000 counterfeit bills. Four others and a woman tied to the ring were also jailed as investigators traced notes passed in Uniontown and Crowe City. Authorities say plates were found on Frank C. Collier and a large payment funded the operation.
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Hagerstown
York
Secret Service
Charles
Nelson ‘Horn
Theodore Hertzog
Horn
Hegerstown
Penrod Spangler
Pittsburgh
York Trio
David C. Moore
Uniontown
Richard Breese
Crowe City
Frank C. Collier
Fred W. Gruh
Federal Reserve’ Bank
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Grub
Change Made In Place Of Meeting At Downsville Friday
Wheat control meetings shift venues from community hall to school house in Downsville and Robbrersville and Clear Spring tonight. Women of the Christian church will use the hall for an entertainment. Meetings explain the government wheat control plan including farmer compensation. Deadline to apply set for Monday September 25. Many applications received last week.
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Downsville
Ladies of the Christian Church
Robbrersville
Clear Spring
Brainard Warner Dies At His Chevy Chase Home
Brainard E. Warner Jr a prominent lawyer and former Republican candidate in Maryland’s Sixth District died at his Chevy Chase home after a yearlong illness. He leaves widow Mary G. Warner daughters Rebecca and Mary Warner son Brainard H. Warner a brother and three sisters.
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Rockville
Levi.Cooke
Rebecca P
Anna P. Warner
Washington
Warner
Four years for murder in Tokyo army court martial
After dawn prayers at a national shrine, a Tokyo army court martial sentenced 11 cadets to four years each for involvement in the assassination of Premier Junkai in May 1932 and related terror acts.
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Tokyo
Junkai
Unrecognized Grade of Third Lieutenant in U.S. Military
A historical note states that the grade of third lieutenant is not currently recognized within United States military service. The record implies outdated or disputed rank status in official policy.
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United States
Cearfoss Visitors Fill Walter Myers Home List
Cearfoss Sept 18 Visitors in the home of Walter Myers and family included many neighbors and relatives from Hagerstown Nova Pa and nearby towns. The social call roster featured Mr. and Mrs. Andy Stevens Mrs. Alvey Casey and families and a string of autres with multiple Eris and kinships.
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Walter Myers
Andy Stevens
Susie
Alvey Casey
Wilbur Barnhart
Charles
Harry Showalter
Junior
Mike Baise
Julia
Widner
Harold Myers
Otho Barnhart
Fannie Myers
A. H. Hose
John Keller
Mildred Jones
Albert Miller
Hagerstown
Russell Rowe
Wilbur Snyder
Chalmer Myers
M. Carbaugh
Ethel McLanathan
Cora Carbaugh
Mary Dayley
Harry Myers
Nova, Pa
Walter Cunningham
D. W. Cunningham
Paul Wilhide
Maugansville
A. Clifford Angle
Harvey Myers
No Arrests Reported in Annapolis Weekend
Annapolis report shows no arrests for drunkenness traffic violations automobile accidents or related offenses during the past weekend marking a rare period without police action. The absence of incidents reflects a calm city stretch despite typical weekend activity and ongoing enforcement.
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Annapolis
Local families visit in Hagerstown and area
Daniel Sprecher and extended family from Hagerstown dine with the Beachleys. Annie Oberholzer and Amos Lehman visit the Dillers in Maugansville. Schoolmates Guy Cook and Robert Hartle head to Frostburg Normal for studies. Lloyd Martin welcomes a baby boy. James Adams family visits Boward home. Kennel and son from Waynesboro visit Troupes. Yessler Poet Warren and Erma Warren visit the Cook family. Morris and Eugene Morris visit Lease family.
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Daniel Sprecher
Huyett
Charles Sprecher
Kathryn
Ralph
Omen Sprecher
Daniel
Grover Sprecher
Elizabeth
Hagerstown
W. H. Beachley
Annie Oberholzer
Amos Lehman
Samuel Diller
Maugansville
Guy Cook
Robert Hartle
Frostburg State Normal School
Lloyd Martin
James Adams
Earl and James
Cumberland
Daniel Boward
Hubert Kennel
Waynesboro
H. M. Troupe
Charles Yessler
Violet Poet
Emmett Warrenfeltz
Erma
Alvey Cook
Att'y General Will Speak At Kiwanis Lunch
Attorney General William Preston Lane Jr. will speak on the Constitution at a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Hotel Alexander during Constitution Week. Edgar Jones will introduce him, with A. H. Warne presiding. the program will be broadcast. Joshua L. Johns of Appleton, Wisconsin, Kiwanis International president, urges participation.
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United States
William Preston Lane, S Jr
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Edgar Jones
A. H. Warne
Kiwanis
Joshua L. Johns
Appleton
Wisconsin
Kiwanis , International
Nolan Elected Association Head
Charles E. Nolan was elected president of the Automobile Dealers Association of Washington County at a meeting at Hotel Hamilton yesterday afternoon. He succeeds J. C. Grice, who resigned September 5. Nolan represents Nolan Motors and is the local Ford dealer. The group works with the Automotive Trade Association of Maryland and the National Automobile Dealers Association. a code before the NRA in Washington could make the local body the governing authority in the county for new and used car sales and service.
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Charles E. Nolan
Automobile Dealers’ Association
Washington County
Hotel Hamilton
Nolan
J. C. Grice
Nolan Motorsorp
Ford
Automobile Trade Association of Maryland
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
NRA
Washington
Confessions to Be Introduced in Kidnapping Trial
Edwardsville Sept 19 The State won permission to introduce alleged confessions of six defendants in the kidnapping of August Luer banker of Alton. In a juryless proceedings Percy FitzGerald the Dice Box Kid testified about his part in the abduction and linked Randol Norvell Mike Mantala Christ Nicoa Gitchs Lillian Chessen and her husband Charles Chessen to the case.
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Edwardsville, II
August Luer
Alton
Percy M. Fitzgerald
St. Louis
Fitzgeraldere Randol Eugene Norvell
Mike Mantala
Christ Nicoa Gitchs
Lillian Chessen
Charles Chessen
Huabanc
Charlton Social Notes Round Up Local Visits
Charlton Sept 17 notes list residents and visitors including Rory Huffman Mary Virginia Huffman Leona Forsythe Regena Needy Richard Boppe Bonnie Shank Roy Myers and others. It also records funeral attendance for Rudolph Palmer at Williamsport and a Colorado School of Mines tug of war debut where 1533 freshmen defeated sophomores.
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Rory
J .Wade Huffman
Mary Virginia
Howard Ankeney
Roy Myers
Harry Shupp
Clearspring
Annie Shupp
Laurel
Christian Shupp
Leslie Burkett
Charles
Fairview
Richard Boppe
Leona
Forsythe
Hagerstown
Regena Needy
Bonnie
Grace Burkett
Ida Hawbaker
Funkstown
Edna Shank
Thomas Shank
Charlton Road
Guy Ebersole
Roy Ebersole
Colorado School of Mines
Broadway to Hollywood vaude troupe stars at Maryland Theatre
Generations of vaudeville performers and screen greats are featured in Broadway to Hollywood a MGM spectacle touring to the Maryland Theatre tomorrow. The program traces vaudeville from Tony Pastor’s era through the talkie period with stars like Alice Brady Jackie Cooper Jimmy Durante Frank Morgan Madge Evans Eddie Quillan May Robson and Russell Hardie leading a three generation tribute to stage and screen legends.
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Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tony Pastor
Tomorrow
Maryland Theatre
Alice, Brady
Jackie Cooper
Jimmy Durante
Frank Morgan
Madge Evans
Eddie’ Quillan
Pay Templeton
May Robson
Russell Hardie
Lillian Russell
Jim’ Brady
Alice” Brady
Cooper
Jimmy
Durante
Eddie Quillan
Jean Harlow to Leave Henry's Theatre After Matinee
Jean Harlow and her film Platinum Blonde depart Henry's Theatre after performances this afternoon at 1:48 and 3:30. The current Hollywood engagement ends after a brief 2 1/2 day run to make way for a holiday break. Henry's closes tonight and tomorrow afternoon, reopening tomorrow night with Sally Blane and James Murray in The Reckoning.
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Jean Harlow
Henry's
Sally Blane
James Murray
Robert Williams
Loretta Young
Marlene Sings in The Song of Songs at Maryland Theatre
Marlene Dietrich performs the torch song Johnny in the Paramount film The Song of Songs. The picture ends its Maryland Theatre engagement today. The American lyric was written by Leo Robin, composer of Please One Hour With You and I ll Take an Option on You.
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Marlene
Marlene Dietrich
Johnny
Germany
Paramount
Maryland Theatre
Leo Robin
Lesser Evil in Bunkie Ends with Injury
Pipeline worker Jesse Tillman faced a choice between a venomous rattle snake or stepping into traffic. He Jumped into the highway in front of a moving car and sustained a broken arm and minor injuries. The incident occurred in Bunkie on September 19.
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Bunkie
Jesse Tillman
Broadway Apartment Building Near Devils Lake ND
The Broadway Apartment building is a multi unit structure with eight rooms per apartment. The geographic center of North America is identified by the U S Geological Survey a few miles west of Devils Lake in Pierce County North Dakota.
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North America
U. S, Geological Survey
Devils Lake
Pierce County
North Dakota
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