Police Court Dispositions by Judge John Rice in Frederick
Cases from Frederick Spotwood court list multiple defendants with charges including assault and battery drunk driving speeding and vagrancy. Defendants include Arthur Watkins Front Royal Richard Porter Stepheny City Robert Martin Winchester and Charles Silvius Bruce Town among others with fines ranging from 9.25 to 17.25 dollars and disorderly conduct noted in several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Watkins
Front Royal
William Wymer
Papermill Road
Howard James
W. Piccadilly St
Richard Porter
Stepheny City
Richard Galloway
New York City
John William Owens
W. Boscawen Sr
T. C
Treasury Eyes Farm Mortgage Corp Surplus
The Federal Farm Mortgage Corp now in liquidation has a 105 million dollar surplus the Treasury would like to move to the general fund. Directors have not acted two months after authority to operate expired. The agency was created in 1935 to back loans by Federal Land Banks to farmers amid 1930s farm distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
Treasury
Federal
Farm Mortgage Corp
Trial Justice Court Dispositions List and 1780 Quote
Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards disposed cases including Leo Carson Sours assault and battery with suspended sentence and stay away from his father’s premises. Pauline B. Combs, Dayton W. Smith, Selvig Fry, Bobby Miller, and Paul Propps received suspended or fixed fines for reckless driving and speeding. The document also cites J M B’s author and the quote "I choose to be found doing my duty" from the New England Dark Day of May 19 1780 when Davenport called for candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Carson Sours
Stephens City
Monroe Sours
W. Fred Hiett
Frederick County
J. B. Chamberlain
Pauline B. Combs
Dayton W. Smith
Strasburg
Selvi
J.M.B
New England
Connecticut House of Representatives
Davenport
New Movie Projector Uses Ultraviolet Light
Ultraviolet rays power a projector to show images in a lighted room onto a glowing fluorescent screen. A negative electric charge on furniture could repel dust particles, reducing dust buildup.
Rainfall Averages and Totals From Winchester Lab Data
Report covers 72 hour rainfall to August 14 1947 totaling 2.83 inches with year to date 25.00 inches and 24 year average 36.30 inches. Monthly means for 1913 1946 period are listed from January to December with figures for each month. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Police Cp
John Rice
Frederick Spotwood Taper
Ardelf Nicholson
Rhodes Drug CO
Braddock
Boscawen
Trial Justice Court
W. Erle Edwards
Miller & Anderson
General Electric
Stewart - Warner Emerson
Anderson
I Appliances
Winchester
Aarne
CIA
HiaShan
Co Kan Willa
Winchester Research Laboratory
Rass
Glamor Girls
Don “Flowers
Blondie
U. S. Patent Office
Chec Young
Henry
U. S
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
BY Mel Grafe
Slantz
Big Sister
Etta Kett
U.S. Patent Office
BY Les Forgrave
Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Keeter
Sonny
BY Wally Bishop
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