Two brothers arrested in Harwich kidnapping case
A Boston area kidnapping case ends with Margaret MacMath being returned to her father after a ransom of about $80,000. State officials led the operation with Daniel Needham and DA C. Crossley guiding questioning and transport. Local residents and relatives described the tense three days ending with the coast guard securing the return on a boat near Woods Hole.
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Harwich
Lee
MacMath
Daniel Needham
Public Safe
C. Crossley
Harold Sawyer
MacMaths
Detroit
Francis C. MacMath
Steelan R. Kales
Strue
Olen
Snow
Ince
Boston
Trent Macgrath
Margaret
Harwichport
Mass
Peggy” McMath
William Lee
McMath
Coast Guard
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Needham
Merchants National Bank of Boston
Capt. Birch
State House
Bligh
Sergt. Delaney
Delaney
Bacon
A. Sherlock
Mr. McMath
Cyril Buck
Harald Sawyer
Bob
Woods Hole
R. S. Hatch
Peggy
Cape Cod
Trent McMath
Kidnapped Girl in Happier Days Photo
A 10 year old Peggy McMath, granddaughter of Detroit industrialist Francis C Mc Math, is shown with her 7 year old brother Francis Charles II aboard their sailboat at their Harwichport home after being lured from school. The image dates from before the Neil McMath family moved to New England, reflecting a happier period prior to the kidnapping incident.
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Peggy McMath
Francis C. McMath
Detroit
Harwichport
Mass
Francis Charles II
Neil McMath
New England
Harriman Bank Collapse Probed In Senate Hearings
During a Senate session in Washington F G Awalt acting comptroller and Henry E Cooper conservator of the closed Harriman National Bank discussed options to seek reimbursement for depositors. Cooper outlined misappropriation tied to an allegedly illegal loan by Joseph Harriman to buy bank stock and a pool in which most directors were said to participate.
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Senate
Washington
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company of
New York
F. G. Awalt
Henry E. Cooper
Awalt
Clearing House
Harriman
Cooper
Joseph Harriman
Harriman National
Fechner to Lead Federal Forestrys New Camps Plan
Robert Fechner director of Roosevelt’s forest conservation program stands at his Boston home with Mrs Fechner. He will head an army of 250000 unemployed stationed in federal camps nationwide, a longtime labor leader stepping into a major New Deal role.
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Robert Fechner
Roosevelt
Boston
United States
Fechner
Mike McTige Targeted in Extortion Threat
Former light heavyweight champ Michael McTige his wife and five children are under guard as a blackmailer demands money with the threat of kidnapping one of the McTige children. Authorities report the case unfolding in New York on May 6.
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New York
Michael
Mike”) McTige
McTige
Smoky Mountain Park Becomes Federal Preserve in 1930
The Smoky Mountain area was previously supported by North Carolina Tennessee and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. It was deeded to the federal government in February 1930.
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Smoky Mountain National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
PLAN NEW CAPITAL BONUS MARCH
A committee in Washington completes plans for a new bonus march on the national capital after the Senate rejected the soldiers' bonus drive. Organizers Manuel Levin Edward Williams and Albert G Sellers are shown at headquarters. The American Legion says it has no connection with the march.
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U. S. Senate
Washington
National Capital
Manuel Levin
Edward Williams
Albert G. Sellers
American Legion
Charter Night Observed By The Boy Scouts
The Boy Scout Troop Aes at Refon Church Gymnasium celebrated the third year charter with Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 Am erican Legion representatives in attendance. Col. B. M. Roszel urged scouts to set goals and persist. Remarks were given by Dr. Ralph B. Snapp Scoutmaster Ivan Vannoy and others.
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Aes
Refon Church
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
National Council
Col
B. M. Roszel
Ralph B. Sapp
Twy
Stouting
Harry Deshon
Thomas Edwards
Carl Lewis
Hetzel Lewis
Marsha!lora Jason Swinson
Cart Eer
Maryland Fire Fighters Face Financial Rift in Easton
The executive committee of the State Firemen's Association orders the Easton Fire Department, Inc. to show cause why it should not be dropped from the state. The action follows financial disputes and internal questions within the Maryland fire service.
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Associated Press
Easton
State Firemen's Association
Easton Fire Department, Inc
Organization asks convention to drop member over accounting dispute
The state organization executive committee notified him that he must show cause why he should not be dropped at the state convention in Westminster next month. He cited a fight to compel George R. Lindsay to account for about $28,000 from sold program space over three conventions. Judge Wagaman overruled a demurrer and ordered Lindsay to provide a full accounting within 15 days.
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I Cal Tgantum
Sod Orga
Eet Wes Company
Westminster
George R. Lindsay
State Organization
Frank G. Wagaman
Circuit Court of
Washington County
Hagerstown
Easton Company
Lindsay
Closing Wheat Market Prices
Closing quotations in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are reported. Chicago values show May 73, July 74 1 2, September 74, December 76. Baltimore spot wheat and Winchester spot wheat are listed with prices 9 11 and 8 8 respectively.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Sta
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Sergeant's Sale At Court House In Winchester May Sixth 1933
By distress warrant I will sell at public auction at the Court House Winchester on Saturday May 6 1933 at 10 a m. Three book cases one Remington type writer one large desk one small desk four-drawer steel cabinet etc. Terms cash. 25 101 Lee Barr City Sergeant. The forgotten man has become a joke but not to the job seeker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Flood perils Ford estate in Dearborn river surge
Exclusive image shows Henry Ford’s Dearborn home as River Rouge floods its gardens. A photographer’s boat capsized. he grasps a tree branch to rescue the camera and himself from a soaking.
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Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
River Rouge
Ford
Reign of Terror Spreads in Iowa Farmland Violence Threats
Des Moines May 5 A reign of terror tied to violence threats spread over Northwest Iowa farms as National Guardsmen were deployed. Attorney General Edward L O'Connor accused Farm Holiday Association leaders of racketeering and urged farm strike plans by Milo Reno and the National Holiday Association despite denials.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edward L. O’connor
O'Connor
Holiday Association
Oconnor
National Guard
Milo Reno
National Holiday Association
O'Connors
U. S. Sulphur in Demand Across Canada Trade
Canada has imported about 7 million dollars of United States sulphur annually over the last twelve years indicating steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Canada
United States
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Robert Reinhart
Stage Relief Fund
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E. Piccadilly Street
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Loudoun Street
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Roanoke
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