Investigation of Washington to Pittsburgh Air Route Plans
An authorized Frederick and Hagerstown group will send Col. John Jouett to Washington to study the proposed Washington Pittsburgh air route. They seek continued government maintenance of Frederick and Hagerstown airports and plan a follow up meeting after his report. Local leaders warn that losing upkeep could harm future air service and economic prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington- Pittsburgh
Col. Jouett
Washington-Pittsburgh
Frederick
Roger B. Wolfe
State Youths Going To World Poultry Meet
Forty Maryland youths from 4-H clubs FFA home economics classes and Boy Scouts will be selected to attend the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland next July. The delegation, organized by the Maryland State Poultry Council and Maryland Poultry Congress committee, will be funded by selling $2 memberships with 30 cents for expenses. County agents and University of Maryland Extension Service poultry specialists will train delegates, who will attend the congress as a group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Cleveland
Maryland
Maryland State Poultry Council
Maryland Poultry Congress Committee
Future Farmers of America
Congress
Poultry Congress and
Council
University of Maryland Extension Service
Nanchang Bombed From Air By Japs Planes
Shanghai reports a Japanese air raid on Nanchang capital of Kiangsi Province yesterday. Sixty three killed and eighty three wounded as 200 houses were destroyed. Military targets near the city were hit. Chinese claims of halted river advances and 6000 enemy casualties accompany admission of heavy Chinese losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanchang
Kiangsi
China
Yangtze River
Hankow
Lindberghs Land After Flight From Le Bourget
Lindberghs landed at Lympne airport England after a flight from Paris Le Bourget. They passed customs and proceeded to Reading where the colonel’s airplane was built for repairs and alterations. A brief stop was made in France at St Inglevers.
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Lympne
England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Paris
Hier
Reading
Lindberghs
France
St Inglevers
Hazel Krenzer Receives Thirty Day Jail Sentence
Police Court Monday issued 30 days in jail to Hazel Krenzer for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after she pleaded guilty to cursing on the street. Other defendants faced varying fines and jail terms for drunkenness and related charges, including Harvey Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick MM. iSehnauffer
Hazel Krenzer
Ben Phebus
Roosevelt Nearing End Of His Cruise
President Roosevelt, aboard the U S S Houston, nears the end of his vacation cruise after July 1 and plans two speeches in Georgia. The ship has about 250 miles left of its 5888 mile voyage, ending tomorrow at Pensacola. He will speak at Athens to receive an honorary degree from the University of Georgia and at Barnesville to dedicate a rural electrification project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Houston
Naval Radio
Roosevelt
Houston
Georgia
Pensacola
Fla
Measles Cases Rise in Madison This Summer
Madison reports a sharp rise in measles with state board data showing tripled illness among children during the early vacation period. Health officials note three times as many youngsters confined to bed as in previous years.
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Madison, Wis
APE
State Board of Health
Local Elks Parade Run Through Hagerstown Event
Drum corps from Francis Scott Key Post together with Frederick Lodge No 684 Elks will march in Hagerstown for the eighteenth annual Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks convention closing parade. Delegates listed, prizes total 1000 dollars, parade at 7 pm, attire specified.
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Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Frederick Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Maryland, Delaware
District of Columbia
Hagerstown Fair Grounds
Charles W. Smith
George F. Abrecht
Leonard Shuff
Albert Scott
John Miller
Emmett Bowlus
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Manuel Weinberg
Edward J. McCormick
Toledo
Ohio
McCormick
Hagerstown
Farmers' Picnic Set For Wednesday At Merryland Tract
The 18th annual Farmers' picnic at Merryland Tract Farmers Park near Brunswick will run all day. The Farm Bureau Local, Petersville Farmers Club and Women’s Club co operate for games starting at 10 AM with speedball matches between Lander and the Farm Bureau. Afternoon features speeches by Wilbert L. Smith, Henry RK Shoemaker, and Republican candidate Patrick TM Schnauffier, followed by a dance with Al Danner's orchestra. The Jr. O. U. A. M. 88 piece band from Tanertown provides music. Dinner and supper served by Merryland Tract Women’s Club. Stanier Zecher is general chairman.
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Merryland Tract
Brunswick
Farm Bureau Local
Petersville
Wilbert L. Smith
Farm Bureau
Henry RK
Patrick ™. Schnauffier
Danner
Tanertown
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
Sage is a starch. Gordon was a British general. Cocaine derives from coca. Romania lies on the Black Sea.
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Gordon
Rumania
Black Sea
Train Crash Damages Sin Clair Refining Warehouse
A boxcar from H and FP B and O Railroad derailed at the South and Wisner intersection Monday around noon, slamming into the Sinclair Refining warehouse. An electric streetcar and a spur train collided, buckling the building side. Guilford Krepps narrowly escaped injury as grease and oil fell. Railroad crews cleared wreckage for over two hours.
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H. and
FP. B. and
South
Wisner
Sinclair Refining Company
South Street
B. and O
Guilford
Krepps
Montgomery Man Will Be Lashed
Brown C. Turner a 42 year old farmer and father of six was sentenced to ten lashes at the whipping post for wife beating and to a year in the House of Correction for assault with a knife. The punishment marked the first whipping post sentence in Montgomery County in memory. The lashes will be given at the county jail on a date set by State’s Attorney James Pugh. Magistrate Harold C. Smith had warned Turner he faced the whipping post on the next complaint. Turner’s arrest followed his wife Mrs Bertie Turner reporting bruises from a beating at Smiths former home. Police guard remained at the home as Turner grabbed a knife and threatened to cut his heart out before deputies arrived.
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Rockville
House of Correction
Montgomery County
James Pugh
Harold C. Smith
Turner
Bertie Turner
Smith
William Crawford
Joseph Nolte
Crawford
Nulte
Defeat Enemies Urged at PWA Worker Meeting in Laurel
Miles Sweenr of Delaware C I O urged PWA workers to elect friends and defeat enemies. He pressed unionizing wage equity amid unequal pay in Sussex and New Castle counties and outlined aims of the Nonpartisan League to unite PWA workers. John Newell called farmers to organize. William J. McClafferty boasted rising upper Delaware membership and voting power. The note recalls Oregon's 1919 gasoline tax adoption and its spread.
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Laurel
Del
PWA
Miles Sweenr
Delaware C. I. 0
Sussex County
New Castle County
Pennsylvania
Joseph Dabrowska
John Newell
Upper
Delaware
William J. McClafferty
Corrigan's Crate Reaches New York After Ireland Flight
Douglas Corrigan arrives in New York aboard the Oriole Line cargo crate flown back from Ireland. The improvised craft, stripped of wings and lashed down, is transported to Roosevelt Field for assembly. Corrigan, still in a rough leather windbreaker, plans next a flight to Boston then Washington, as crowds cheer his feat and preparations for a Baltimore welcome begin.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
Divine and Clan Visit Krum Elbow on the Hudson
Father Divine leads about 2000 followers on two excursion boats to inspect a 500 acre estate below Krum Elbow in New York as part of a plan for a self-supporting colony of over three thousand disciples. The arrival was marked by cheers of Peace and Thanks to Father.
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Krum
Elbow-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
Father Divine
Milton “Heaven
Harlem
Divine
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Austin Young
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Millard C. Dern
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Douglas
City Hall
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Krum Elbow
Shelby
Delphey’s
BIRE
West Patrick St
The
Fur Shop
E. Washington Hagerstown
C. E. Cline & Son
Commerce Department
Fubes
Burall’s
C. C. Carty
S. E. Pai
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
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Scranton
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