Jinx follows farm as large barn burns in Jefferson scene
A large frame barn on the old Rizer farm on Jefferson Street burned early this morning, with fire likely incendiary. The dwelling on the same property had a fatal prior owner’s death during construction, and a nearby lynching site is noted in the area. Water access was poor, hindering firefighting efforts, and nearby fires also scorched Bernie Winkle’s office building.
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Rizer
Jefferson Street
Butler
Lfe
Frederick County
Harry A
Hoppy" Grove
United Company
Jesse Sciell
Bernie Winkle
West Patrick Street
Uniteds
Cumberland
Jim Bowings
Nelto
Couny
Ilbur Main
I Third Street
Local Tourists Lose Effects In Train Fire Near Cairo
Mr and Mrs John H Baker of Buckeystown and Baltimore and Rev and Mrs C B E Dryden of Buckeystown escaped a burning train on the Luxor to Cairo route with little injury. Eastman of Kodak suffered loss of Africa film, others lost valuables as the blaze spread. The Bakers and Drydens, on a second Mediterranean trip, expect to return April 24 sailing from New York. Rev Dryden pastors Buckeystown Methodist Protestant church.
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Avard
John H. Baker
Buckeystown
Baltimore
C. BE. Dryden
Frederick
Luxor
Cairo
Egypt
Eastman
Kodak Company
Africa
Bakers
Drydens
Baker Park Opens For Summer Preparations Amid Election Hype
Baker Park prepares for summer with shrubbery care, building renovations, and a planned swimming pool opening around mid June. Mayor Culler warns against vandalism as Aldermen race narrows. party conventions expected mid May with Democratic and Republican candidates and registration plans underway.
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Baker Park
Lloyd C. Culler
City Hall
Chinese Reds Massacre Residents of Weunchun
report from Canton area describes a massacre by red forces in Weunchun and Weungkong districts 140 miles south of Canton. three thousand extremists seized the cities and burned them. all males over forty were killed, women harmed, infants burned. Canton troops reportedly did not move to reinforce.
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Canton
China
Weunchun
Weungkong
Gas main explosion kills one man in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids April 7 AP One man reported missing believed burned to death six other laborers seriously injured and damage estimated at 3300,008 from a gas main explosion at the Grand Rapids Gas and Electric Company plant. Of the injured, three were in critical condition.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Grand Rapids Gas and Electric Company
Billy Barton to Enter 1929 Grand National
London April 7 AP Billy Bar ton runner up in the March Grand National plans a return to England for autumn training and the 1929 Grand National. Owner Howard Brace of Baltimore will have the horse depart April 21 for the summer and Aquitania will convey him home for next season. The Rizer farm history is noted with ownership changes and recent vacancy after sale and subdivision.
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London
Billy Barton
Howard Brace
Baltimore
Billy
England
Rilir
Hood College to host four summer church conferences
Four conferences of denominations will be held at Hood College from June 18 to July 21. The events include the Baltimore Synod of the Presbyterian church, the Presbyterian Church Young People’s Conference, the Reformed Church Young People’s Missionary Conference, and the Blue Mountain Conference of the Episcopal church. Attendees range from about 150 to 400 participants, with faculty and leadership named.
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Hood College
Baltimore
The
Presbyterian Church
Blue Mountain
Epicopal Church
Presbyterica
Washington
Newcastle
Del
Bruce H
Donald
Francis Scott Key
Casselman
Henry R. Stahr
Hanover
H. L. G Kieffer
Joseph H. Apple
J. M. DeChant
Margaret R. Motter
DeChant
Episcopal Church
Wellesly College
M. H. Groton
White Marsh
J. H. Apple
Apple
Philadelphia
Hood Club
Hood
George L. Omwake
Ursinus College
Pittsbore
Pittsburgh Hood Ci B
Wagslington memo on broadcasting and Congress clash
Rodney Dutcher reports a Southern broadcaster capped at 1000 watts uses his station to blast enemies including the Federal Radio Commission and Congress. The piece contrasts noisy radio excess with a Capitol debate over Nicaragua policy and five minute rule protests in the Senate.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Wagslington
Federal Radio Commission
Congress
Ben
Commission
Ole Ehain
Xecusitg
Army
Washington
South Mountain Fire Now Under Control in West Virginia
South Mountain fire near Black Rock Hotel in Maryland area was brought under control after shifting winds saved villages Bageytown Jugtown and Pondsville. Forest warden Tra Glenn led efforts aided by backfires as rain extinguished 160 fires statewide.
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South Mountain
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Black Rock
New York
Asa Stottlemeyer
Bageytown
Jugtown
Pondsville
Thhe
Tra Glenn
Charleston
W. Va
T. M. Browning
Eight Die in Cisco Fire Then Slaying of Jackson Family
Eight members of Boss Jackson's family, two adults and six children, were found dead in or near their burning Cisco farmhouse late last night. Officials suspect some children were slain before the blaze. the house could not be saved and neighbors watched as flames raged.
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Cisco
Texas
Boss Jackson
Farmer
Sherif Hart
Eastland Country
R. L. Wilson
Jackson
Twits
Neigbors
Acacia Sofice Xe Lodge Honors Longtime Member Mr L R Waesche
Presented Jewel at the Acacia Sofice Xe 155 ALF and A M Thurmont lodge meeting on April 2. George R Gehr of Door to Virtu Lodge Westminster pinned the jewel on Waesche, a 38 year member. His son Clinton assisted as Waesche received the Master Mason degree. Waesche is a surviving charter member of Ar A tia Lodge.
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Alf
A. M
Thurmont
L R Waesche
George R. Gehr
Westminster
Clinton
Wasehe
Aratia
Breaks Arm Again In City Youth
Master Harry Baumgardner son of Mr and Mrs Harry D Baumgardner Jr fell on Friday and broke both bones in his right arm He had just recovered from a previous fracture and the arm was rebroken in the same places as before Mr Filter's Condition Critical The condition of William E Filter of Each Third Street who became ill on Wednesday with pneumonia is reported critical this afternoon Virtually no hope for recovery Mrs Filers daughters Mrs Robert Al Jen Quincy Mass and Miss Dorothy Filler assistant superintendent of Johns Hopkins Hospital are at his bedside.
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John S. Renn
Charles T. Butcher
G. William Shipley
Democratic City Committee
Charles F. Seeger
Jesse W. Kolh
August T. Brust
Board of Aldermen
Elmer F Mun ‘Ower
Daniel T. Dutrow
Pr. J. A Radcliff
Lloyd C. Culler
City Register
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
United States
Nicaragua
Borah
Heflin
Hefiln
Senate
Mr. Heflin
Harry Baumgardner
Harry D. Baumgardner, Jr
Tormeriy
Filter
William E. Filter
Bremen Might Be Delayed Leaving Baldennes Air Field
Dublin reports that an early start for the German plane Bremen from Baldennes was uncertain as favorable weather gave way to reports suggesting departure could be delayed.
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Dublin
Bremen
Baldennes
New York
Maggie Smith and Others Face Court in Peoniess Court Session
Three cases before Justice Guy K Motter included two disposed and one held for grand jury action. Marsie Smith was jailed three months for carrying concealed weapons. A woman described as a police court habitual offender intoxicated with an open razor threatened a colored man. William Brightwell, drunk on the street, fined five dollars or 13 days in jail. Harry Baker, linked to a horse theft near Harmony, held in five hundred dollars bond pending grand jury action after identification at Spring Grove Hospital premises.
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Guy K. Motter
Marsie Smith
West Patrick Street
House of Correction
Wiliam Brightwell
Harry Baker
Harmony
Baker
Spring Grove Hospital
Catonsville
Allen Bartgis
Baltimore Pike
Fair Grounds
Notable Milwaukee double suicide plot ends marriage
In Milwaukee on April 7 AP reports Oscar Haggin and his wife Pearl planned their deaths as a joint crisis. Notes blamed life finances and gas exposure, with pets spared in a staged final scene. Police found the couple dead together, while a brother in Chicago retrieved notes and a key to the home.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Oscar Haggin
Pearl
Joseph Haggin
Chicago
Haggin
Miss Cawker
Humane Society
Weather forecast hints mixed rain near capital Easter
Washington April 7 AP The Middle Atlantic states will enjoy milder weather but rain threatens Easter finery north of Washington toward Lake Region. New England may see intermittent showers all day Sunday. The South remains fair and sunny and the Far West reports plentiful sunshine.
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Washington
Staten
Lake Region
Weather Bureau
New England
South
Ten Inches of Snow Paralyzes Eastern Nebraska
An April snowstorm dumped ten inches on Lincoln and seven inches on Omaha, halting streetcars and crippling telephones and telegraphs. Workers labored overnight to restore service as radio provided the only outside contact for hours. Temperatures fell to near freezing with continued cold in the region.
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Omaha
Neb
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lincoln
Farmer Claims Body Of Kansas City Daughter
Jerry Black a tall Missouri farmer traveled to Kansas City to collect the body of his daughter Opal Black 20 found dying in a street. Police suspect a blow to the head and her being dumped from a speeding motor. Black suspects a married St Louis man involved in a divorce seeking to marry her. He believes the man may have brought Opal to Kansas City ten days earlier.
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Kansas City
Jerry Black
Llank Point
Opal Black
Black
St. Louis
Chile offers aid to Byrd in polar trip
Boston April 7 AP Chile has offered Commander Richard E Byrd the cooperation of that government to forward the work of his South Pole expedition. Byrd expressed appreciation noting the Chilean Navy wireless communications could be of great importance and naval ships might assist in maintaining communications.
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Boston
Chile
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Byrd
Duke de Nemours to wed Peggy Watson in London soon
London April 7 AP says Prince Charles Philippe, the Duke De Nemours, will marry Margaret Watson of Washington DC in London within a week or two. The 23 year old prince is an airman who has traveled widely. He is from the Bourbon Orleans line. his mother, the Duchess of Vendome, is King Albert of Belgium’s sister.
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London
Evening News
Charles Philipe
Duke de Nemours
Margaret “Pagry” Watson
Washington, D. Cc
Bourbon-Orleans
Duchess of Vendome
Albert
Belgium
Three Men Seized in Kidnapper's Lair
Chicago reports three men seized in Wisconsin by six Chicago detective squads while seeking Thomas Gaynor a 40 year old wealthy automobile dealer held for 109 990 ransom The week’s weather outlook notes fair days with showers late week Arbor Day declared in Maryland forest preservation urged Child health conferences announced for April in Miersville and the Evangelical Lutheran church
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Thomas Gaynor
Miersville
Luthstan Church
Otcr
Country Club Dance Plans for Post Lent Season
Entertainment committees plan a Friday night dance at the Catarta Course Club to kick off the post Lent season. Details include a 9 to 2 gathering with music and dancing for members in the Area.
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Catarta Coumre
Easter Parade in Frederick Weather Forecast Casts Doubt
Weather forecast for Frederick hints at rain tonight and Sunday with decidedly colder conditions Sunday. Easter fashion parade may be deferred though local hopefuls expect the event. Maryland forecast notes cloudy skies and possible rain, with south winds shifting to west as temperatures rise from a balmy 61 degrees overnight.
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Frederick
Jodd
W. C
Maryland
Taft to Lecture on April 24 at Hood College
Loren Taft renowned sculptor and author will give a lecture in Brodbeck Hall Hood College on April 24. Taft, professor of art history at the University of Chicago and long affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago, is known for Lincoln statue and works Blackhawk Oregon Indian statue Winolds Fountain of Time. He holds titles at several institutions and is a noted member of major art bodies.
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Lorado Taft
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Taft
Lincoln
Mr. Taft
Blackhawk
Oregon
Winols
Washington Park
Midway
Chicago
University of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
University of Whnots
National Academy of Design, Art
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Commission of Fine Arts
Washington, D. C
Antitrust Proceedings Target Lake Carriers on Great Lakes
Cleveland April 7 AP Antitrust filings accuse most grain carriers on the Great Lakes of entering a December agreement with Lake Carriers Association and independent owners to delay spring contracts until May 1 court action seeks an injunction to halt the unlawful restraint on interstate commerce. The suit names vessel operators and related parties amid claims of coordinated restraint and conspiracy.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
United Sates District Atorney A. B. Bernsteer
Bernsteen
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Wilton
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William F. Schmidt
Flower Mission
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Ira Riser
W. C. Staley
Monterue
Schmidt
Grafton
Bolington
Kikins
Ellamore
Adolph
Elkins
Albany
N. Y
New York State Department of Conservation
Chimbla
Rensselaer
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Luzerne County
Maggie Smith
Searchera
Gettysburg
To &O
Priscilla Carter
L. Stitely
Emmitsburg
Penneyitania State Police
Mamie Allison
Allison
Peggy” Watson
Darin
Fetchie
Weather Man
C H. Kehne
Nelson Hotel
Ridgeville
Mortgaree
Merune
Anbel
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