Baker Park TD to Open for Season at Baker Park
Special meeting of city officials decides to formally open Baker Park for summer on Saturday at noon. Bath house and pool to be readied, water to flow tonight, pool to fill in about a day, and park paths and embankments to be repaired after recent rains. City crews to assign staff including ticket seller William Schmidt and guards H Clifford Gilbert Elmer Weidenhoff and Richard Jo nace named as lifeguards. Mayor Lloyd Culler to announce further appointments at tonight's semi monthly meeting.
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Baker Park
West Second Street
Board of Aldermen
Lloyd
Five Miners Die in West Virginia Mine Explosion
Five miners were killed and seven seriously injured in an explosion at the National Fuel Company mine near Morgantown West Virginia early today. The blast in No 5 butt may have been triggered by a shot in No 8 room in an open lamp operation. Four bodies were recovered, others escaped or were rescued with burns. The mine, owned by Davis Elkins of New York City, had no prior blasts in its history.
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Morgantown
National Fuel Company
Pear
Davis Elkins
New York City
New Road and Camp Facilities Open at Army Camp
A road graded from Camp Ritchie to Blue Ridge Summit nears completion with oiling and final stone coating due by July. The new stone clubhouse at the camp has officially opened for soldier recreation. Deputies arrested two men locally on assault and check charge matters, with one sentenced to suspension and another held for further hearing. Clock mechanisms at Trinity Reformed chapel showed time discrepancies due to a slipped gear and were being corrected.
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Camp Ritchie
Blue Radge
Weber
Wile Fulton
Point of Rocks
Sherif Willoon F. Steiner
Aseult
John Keller
Buckesstown
Mervin Heine
Steiner
Alton ¥. Bennett
Trinity Reformed Chapel
Complaints On Market Street Intersections And Herringbone Parking
Residents report increased traffic and narrow intersections at Market and South streets and Market and Fifth streets, with drivers forcing curbs and long wheelbase vehicles struggling to turn. They demand suspending signals and oppose herringbone parking on East Church street between Market and Middle Alley, citing jams and past abolition on West Church street.
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Market
South Streets
Market and
Fifth Streets
South Street
Market Street
East Church Street
Middle Alley
West Church Street
Missionary Conference at Hood College July 2 to 9
About 200 people from the Potomac Synod area of the Reformed church are scheduled to attend the Young People's Missionary Conference at Hood College from July 2 through July 9. Leaders include Rev. Dr. A V Casselman and Rev. Dr Alien R Bartholomew with speakers across the denomination and study groups planned for mornings and afternoons.
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Potomac Synod
The
Reformed Church
Young Poogle’s
Hood College
Young People’s Conference
Presbyterian Church
Tom
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
A. V. Casselman
Philadelphia
Brodbeck Hall
J. M
Death of Mrs. Cabell in Brooklyn Heights
Kate Cavell a divorcee from Woodstock Virginia was found dead in a Brooklyn Heights suite bathed in scalding water. Police and medicals consider either scalding or heart attack. autopsy ordered. Cavell involved in Virginia charity work since moving to Brocklin ten years ago.
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New York
Kate Cavell
Woodstock
William Connors
Brooklyn Heights
Couros
Cabell
Pole
Virginia
Brocklin i
Government Reform Plan In Virginia Upheld
Virginia voters backed the Byrd administration's five amendments in unofficial returns. The omnibus amendment would overhaul the constitution and alter voter qualification, courts, officers’ pay, and rights. Proposal No. 2 enshrines the taxation segregation principle in the constitution. Proposals 3 through 5 pertain to a shorter ballot and appointive officers, including the treasurer and the superintendent of public instruction, with legislative confirmation.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Frederick Rotary holds open forum at regular meeting
At the Francis Scott Key hotel the Frederick Rotary club held an open forum to discuss dues payments and fiscal year changes. District Engineer W F Childs Jr presided. Maj Gen James E Fechat, slated speaker, could not attend.
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Frederick
U. S. Air Service
West
Paul L Payne
Herbert Clark
Watertown
WN. Y
P. Y. K. Howatt
Baltimore
George Mincemeyer
Harrisburg
C. C. van Winkle
Philadelphia
W. Lloyd Fisher
Thomas
Miss Earhart Wears Borrowed Clothing in London
Amelia Earhart arrives in London with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon for the flight of the monoplane Friendship. She jokes that all she has to wear is borrowed and begins filling her engagement book after a restful night at the hotel.
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London
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Atlantic
Lindabergh
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Miss Earhart
Property loss eyed after Antietam valley floods
Washington County reports property damage from rain and a reservoir breach. A nine foot section failed at Edgemont reservoir causing Beaver Creek overflow while nearby creeks subsided and the Potomac rose briefly. Residents retreated to higher ground then returned as danger passed. Local Lutheran Sunday School picnic held at Braddock Heights.
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Hagerstown
Antietam Valley
Edgemont
Beaver Creek
Nobile Party Located by Italian Aviator Drops Supplies
General Umberto Nobile and five companions from the North Pole dirigible squad have been found off North East Land by Major Maddalena. An Italian aviator dropped provisions and reported the group appeared well as the Citta di Milano base ship maintained radio contact at King's Bay.
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Associated Preas
King's Bay
Splitbergen
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
North East Land
Mddalena
Citta di Milano
King’s Bay
Maddalena
Montgomery Approves First Million Dollar County Budget
Montgomery county commissioners in Rockville approve a 1928 budget totaling 1 050 650 27 with a 1 50 tax rate. The reassessed basis shows real property up to 70 516 710 and suburban areas rise little. School and road projects drive the increases while a 25 000 election cost is planned for 1928. A Boy Scouts Jamboree runs June 22 23 at Camp Baker Braddock Heights with 150 scouts from Virginia Maryland the District of Columbia and eastern Pennsylvania.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Montgommery County
Bethesda
Chevy Chase
Glen Echo
Cabin John
Wheaton
Silver Spring
Takoma Park
Kensington
County Board of Education
Edwin W. Broome
Somerset
Jones
State House of Delegates
Washington
Generial
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Camp Baker
Braddock Heights
William Wessell
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
RK. F. Seymour
D. B. Vanderboe
Philadelphia
Charles E. Wood
Charles L. Weaver
Richmond
Baker
Francis Scott Key Council
Francis Scott Key Council of Boy Scouts
Frederick
Carroll
George G. Whitney
Carroll County
One Killed and Two Arrested In Old Crime Case
Elkton Maryland June 20 Edward Cox 22 of a farmer family was shot and killed on a road near Rising Sun while Edward Howry rode with him in the truck and was arrested. Charles Young and Carroll Rakes were arrested on related murder charges from five months ago and Oscar Johnson was killed years earlier in the same case. Money Rates Rally and other items follow with market movement and state budget notes.
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Elkton
Edward Cox
Rising Sun
Edward Howry
Charles Young
Oscar Johnson
Carroll Rakes
New York
Storm Damage Reports Multiply After Tuesday Downpour
Tuesday’s cloudburst flooded streams and damaged infrastructure across the county. The Monocacy river left its banks, roads and rail bridges were affected, and mail carrier W P Bartholow waded to safety after his car stalled in a swollen stream. Cellars flooded in Frederick city as crews pumped water. county engineers surveyed damaged bridges and roads.
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Buckeyatown
Middle Creek
Myeraville
Frederick
Hagerstown
Troleys
Priday
W. Presley Bartholow
Route
Bethel
Bartholow
Frederick City
Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
Standard Ol Company
Punepe
Independent Automobile
East Church Street
North Market Street
Park Avenue
Enepec
Eight Injured In Wreck On W B and A Railway
Eight persons were injured when a two car W B A electric line train jumped the track and overturned near Springer's curve by Chesapeake Beach station at about 1 30 this morning. Jacob Karboulbeck of Baltimore suffered a compound fracture of the right leg and severe bruises. Five of the injured, including two women, were Negroes and were taken to hospitals in Washington.
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Washington
Springer’s Curve
Chesapeake Beach
Jacob Karboulbeck
Baltimore
Frederick High Alumnae Association Plans Fifth Annual Meeting
About 200 members are expected at the Frederick High School Alumnae Association fifth annual reunion and banquet at Hotel Braddock. The program features guests of honor and several toasts, with officers to be elected and music by Stephens Braddock Heights Orchestra. Members meet at Square Corner then ride to the venue with transportation arranged for those lacking cars.
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Frederick High School
Hotel Braddock
Lloyd B. Winebrewer
Lonstiast
W. K Klingaman
Fredenck High School
A. L. Leary
Predenck High School
America
Thomas J. Shaeffer
Russell L. Michael
E Bernard Davis
James Mitchison
Eleanor Eichelberger
Ralph W. Marsh
William T. Fisher
Lloyd
BH. Winebrewer
Sara Quinn
Thomas J. Schaeffer
Alton
Medical and Dental Societies Hold Joint Frederick Meeting
A joint meeting and dinner of the Frederick County Medical and Dental Societies was held at the Catoctin Country Club. Dr. W Hayes Brown presided. Dr. N Tuntstall Taylor spoke on Fractures with Kernan Hospital images, and Dr Merle Dixon discussed Oral Diagnosis. An open discussion followed.
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Frederick County Medical and Dental Societies
Catoctin Country Club
Baltimore
W. Hayes Brown
Jefferson
County Medical Society
N. Tuntstall Taylor
Ker~n&gn Hospital
Merle Dixon
Kernan Hospital
Dixon
William &. Trail
J. G. Kearfott
Brunswick
The
Dental Society
Frank K. Worthington
Medical Society
Taylor
A A. Radcliff
Frederick County Dental Society
Orrison
Gaithersburg
J. Marrone
J. T. Pyles
Noah E. Kefauver
Ralph Campbell
W. E Trail
This City
J. Kearfott
W. B. Watson
James A. Long
Frank D. Worthington
B. O. Thomas
R. W. Baer
Robert S. Tyson
Edward P. Thomas
O. B. Stone
Liberty
Mocris Birely
Thurmont
H. J. Blusher
William ©. Johnson
W. Meredith Smith
R. Cadie
Emmitsburg
J. Messier
Johnsville
Lansdale
Gettysburg
Frederick High School Alumni Reunion Planned at Hotel Braddock
The Frederick Boys High School Alumni Association schedules its thirty third annual banquet Thursday night at Hotel Braddock with G Hunter Bowers as toastmaster. The program includes Quarette J H Harris13 A E Rhoads 1 A Hart Etchison H B Michael 09 Tripieta David Ralph Zimmerman 09 The Sixth Sense song The Love’s Sweet Song Til We Meet Again and remarks by president elect. Officers listed: Lesis Ho Knock vice president D Thomas Summers secretary Austin W Howard treasurer. Also notes a motor trip by Joseph D Baker Dr Joseph Apple and Judge John S Newman to Philadelphia Atlantic City and other cities with stops in Washington Harrisburg Watneraville Wilmington Baltimore and a Baltimore Rotary luncheon including Clara Kimball Young. A demonstration of the aerial ladder truck by Citizens’ Truck Company at the Brerk Building North Market Street is reported.
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Frederick Boys’ High School Alumni Association
Hotel Braddock
G. Hunter Bowers
Quarette
J. H. Harris
A. E. Rhoads
Hart Etchison
Michael
David Ralph Zimmerman
Quartette
the Sixth Sense
Joseph D Baker
Joseph Apple
John
Newman Furmed
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Washington
Harrisburg
Watneraville
Willam M. Hardt
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Clara Kimball Young
Remus Wins Fight for Freedom from Insanity Verdict
George Remus the Cincinnati bootleg king who killed his wife Imogene last October was freed by a four to three Supreme Court ruling upholding an insanity acquittal. The court ordered his release from the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after a sanity hearing found him not dangerous.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Remus
Cincinnati
Imogene
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
Remus
Lim
Btate Hospital
Lima
Supe
Body of Powell Found After Abduction in Houston
The 24 year old Robert Powell, jailed for the Davis shooting, was abducted from Jefferson Davis Hospital by masked men who hanged him with a rope and beat him. Powell’s body was found with a head wound and a pistol butt injury. Governor Moody ordered four state officials to Houston to aid the investigation. Powell had been accused of killing Cig Detective Davis after a gunfight.
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Houston
Texas
Robert Powell
Mag ‘Gro
Jeferson Davia Hospital
Tives
Ted
Moody
Powell
Cig
Righ
W. Davis
Deputy Clerk of U S Supreme Court Is Dead
Washington June 20 AP reports lander R. Stansbury longtime deputy clerk of the United States Supreme Court has died. The notice notes his long service shaping court procedures and practices.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Lander R. Stansbury
Cmt
United States Supreme
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