Chief of Police Denies Kidnapping Charges in Ocean City Case
Berlin Maryland March 22 Chief Robert E Allen chief of Open City and one of two men charged by Charles W Brown with taking part in kidnapping the week ago and held for five days before later aiding federal agents in raids. Allen called the charges a fake and said he helped federal men obtain evidence leading to Brown s ten month sentence. Brown was among four men implicated after a volley of shots at the Allen home in Ocean City.
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Berlin
Robert E. Allen
Open City
Charles W. Brown
Kidre
Allen
Justice of Peace
William J. Bratten
George K. Jarvin
Brown
Ocean City
Funeral Rites Held For Late Mrs J C Eddy
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Alberta Eddy widow of James Clark Eddy were held at her home on North Loudoun Street. The Rev. Dr. S L Flickinger and Rev. Dr F T McFaden officiated with hymns and scripture. Burial was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. attendees included out of town relatives from Detroit Washington and Bethesda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Alberta Eddy
James Clark Eddy
Memorial Hospital
North Loudoun Street
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
F. T. McFaden
Loudour Street Presbyterian Church
Flickinger
McFaden
Jesus
Mount Hebron Cemetery
J. Frank Eddy
Detroit, Mich
J. Albert Houghton
Julia Houghton
Washington
Walter Bogley
Walter Bogley, Jr
Bethesda, Md
Storm Death Toll 214 as Tornado Strikes Southern States
The storm swept through 5 southern states with at least 214 dead. Reports describe dark funnel clouds, destroyed homes, and emergency hospital setups as the National Guard and nurses are mobilized. Widespread fatalities occurred in Alabama Georgia Tennessee Kentucky and South Carolina with communities tallying missing persons and extensive damage near Fairmont and Berry Shoals.
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Point Rock
Tennessee
National Guard
Northville
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alaba
Columbiana
Lineville
Bartow County
Athens
Kentucky
Pulaski
Middle Tennessee
Uniontown
Spartansburg
S. C
George Cohen
Fairmont
Berry Shoals
Police Search Clues In Death Of Scott Grant
Funeral rites for Scott Grant were held last Friday with many attendees from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland. Grant was a prominent stockman and former Stonewall district supervisor and served on the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company board of directors.
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Scott Grant
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Grant
Stonewall
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Fireman Killed in Loft Building Explosion
A West Thirty-seventh Street basement fire at a seven story loft building killed Lieut. William Kostinek Jr and lightly injured another fireman while several others suffered minor injuries. The blast occurred during efforts to fight the blaze.
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Associated Press
New York
West Thirty-seventh Street
William Kostinek, Jr
Auxiliaries Donates To Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital receives gifts from the Woman's Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary. The Junior Auxiliary donates four ice boxes for the diet kitchen and an emergency lamp with a storage battery for night operations. The Woman's Auxiliary funds landscape improvements, a limestone wall at the Stewart Street entrance, and yard leveling.
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Winchester Memorialospital
Lillian Anderson
Woman’s Auxiliary
Stewart Street
Funeral Rites For Mrs Cooper Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Louise Cooper wife of Capt Lewis F Cooper will be held from her late home 208 Fairmont avenue tomorrow Wednesday afternoon at 3 oclock. The Rev Robert B Nelson rector of Christ Episcopal Church will be assisted by the Rev Dr L A Thomas Grace Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the family lot with pallbearers Dr B Mitchell Knight Sr William Beverley W A Baker W R Talbot D F Yost J G Baetjer R Frank Barr and Dr George H Heist.
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Marie Louise Cooper
Lewis F. Cooper
Fairmont Avenue
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
B. Mitchell Knight
B. Mitchell Knight, Sr
William Beverley
W. A. Baker
W. R. Talbot
D. F. Yost
J. G. Baetjer
R. Frank Barr
George H. Heist
Wheat Market Slump Hits Wall Street
New York traders faced a wheat market slump that unsettled the stock market today. Shares in motors and American Telephone fell under light pressure while call money rose to 2 percent and British pound sterling slipped to about 3.64 dollars at the open.
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Actiated
New York
Apple Blossom and Other Historical Notes From The Era
Items from prior years include Miss Patricia D. Morton preparing to attend the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, the Blue Ridge Hunt Club closing its foxhunting season with a Mt. Airy meet, and President Hoover planning a broadcast on unemployment. Warner Brothers to advertise the festival in theatres. Also notes on Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, a death in the C. L. Robinson plant, and a golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Carper. A 15-year-ago look mentions a war declaration expectation, rising life insurance rates, Allied advances, a missionary bride, and a marriage license.
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Patricia D. Morton
Winchester
Eng
Shenandoah
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Clarke County
Mt. Airy
Hoover
Warner Brothers
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
New York
Charles D. Funk
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Company
Eugene B. Cooper
Johnstown
Winchester Fair Grounds
Joshua Carper
Grimes
Germany
America
PF. R. Crawford
China
Paxton Moffett
Mary Alice Heller
I. W. Ebert
Wet senators push repeal actions as petitions circulate
Senator Blaine urges a roll call to remove the $11.6 million city enforcement fund from the justice department appropriation. Senator Tydings circulates a judiciary committee petition urging early action on repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Bingham backs the four percent beer bill with a petition on the Republican side.
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Associated Press
Washington
Blaine
Wisconsin
Judiciary Committee
Tydings
Maryland
Bingham
Connecticut
Senate
Justice Department
Judiciary
Manufacturers’ Committee
Holy Week Services At Centenary Reformed Church
Special Holy Week services will be held at 8 o clock this evening in Centenary Reformed Church conducted by the pastor the Rev Dr S L Flickinger.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. L. Flickinger
Kidnapping of Lindbergh Baby Still a Mystery
Hopewell New Jersey March 22 Police at the Lindbergh home noted New York raid on Harry Fleisher Detroit gangster seeking questioning. Raid fruitless and no break in the case locally or in New Jersey. Schwarzkopf bulletin adds only negatives.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
New York
Harry Fleisher
Detroit
Metropolis
New Jersey
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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J. C. Eddy
Wall Street
Kenneth E. Henry & Company
Main St
General Electric
Monitor
N. B.C
Emmert’s
Moling & Cather
Leader Store
T. F. Timberlake
THE
Betty Shoppe
Boscawen St
Smart Womer
Wonder’s Apparel
North Loudoun ST
Winchester, VA
L Refrigerator
John S. Miller & Co
Atwater Kent Radio Store
Dean’s
Doan
Co. B. Smalts
National Ave
Sanitary Dairy
E. Gerrard St
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