Prisoners in County Jail Peak at Nineteen in April
Sheriff James A. Jones reports the county jail held as many as 19 prisoners on April 15 and 30, the lowest daily count being seven on the 13th. The tally lists 42 vagrancy arrests, one blackmail case, one murder inmate serving a life term, and various other charges. Also notes 20 corporate prisoners, all for disorderly conduct.
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James A. Jones
board of county commissioners
James E. Hall
Maryland
Charles H. Hill
Cecilia C. Ricketts
corporation
April drought ends with record warmth forecast
The piece notes April was the driest in twelve years except 1915, with 114 inches of precipitation across 30 days and frost events including a three tenths inch ice night. It cites record highs of 92 degrees on the 10th and a low of 26.5 degrees on the 22nd, contrasting with last year’s milder readings.
Concreting of Middletown Street Finished
The Main street Middletown project from curb to curb with concrete curbs and gutters is complete. Tourists praise the town’s new concrete sidewalks and main street. Allegany county’s school superintendent says it’s the prettiest between Cumberland and Baltimore. The town and state each funded $10,000, citizens paying for the curbs and gutters. Street width varies 30 to 32 feet.
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Middletown
Midletown
Cumberland
Baltimore
Allegany county
Woman Sues for 1000 Damages After Car Hit near Smithsburg
Dessie B. Paden sues Paul Cline in Washington County Circuit Court seeking 1000 dollars for injuries and damaged clothing after an October 2, 1921 accident on the Smithsburg road. Plaintiff claims careless driving caused her to be knocked down and dragged.
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Dessie B. Paden
Paul Cline
Smithsburg
Hartle and
Wolfinger
D. Angie Walfinger
D. Princeton Buckey
Pennsylvania
Washington county
Former Tammany Heap Leaders In Logan County Shootings
Testimony in a Logan county line shooting case places deputy sheriff John Gore and two companions as victims of a group led by Rev Jesse Wilburn. Witness Brinkman, a show man, described the Wilburn party firing after a failed password, with Munaty shot in the head as he pleaded for mercy.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
W. Va
John Gore
Jesse Wilburn
Logan county
John
Brinkman
William Buzzard
Wilburn
Gore
Munaty
Rush for Traders Licenses Begins at Clerk’s Office
The Frederick county clerk’s office reports a busy rush of merchants applying for traders licenses for the coming year. By Saturday afternoon 430 licenses had been issued, with May 1 typically the busiest day. Licenses cover cigarette stands, bowling alleys, soda fountains, moving picture houses, restaurants, soft drink stands, and grocery stores, among others, and many merchants still have time to file before month’s end.
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Frederick county
Inspectors canvass bottling plants under new health law
State Health Department inspectors begin a state wide canvass of bottling establishments to enforce sanitary operation under a law taking effect June 1. Baltimore plants already visited and proprietors warned to meet requirements to obtain licenses to stay in business after June 1.
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Bureau of Food and Drugs
State Health Department
Baltimore
Secret process may cut fertilizer costs at Muscle Shoals
W B Mayo, chief engineer for Henry Ford, told the Senate Agricultural Committee that a secret process for making cheaper fertilizer has been discovered and will be used commercially at the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama.
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Washington
government
Muscle Shoals
labama
W. B. Mayo
Henry Ford
Senate Agricultural Committee
Ford
Tide of battle for Peking swings favor of Wu's forces
Peking reports show General Wu Pei Fu's troops pressing southward toward the capital, driving Chang Taolin's forces back near Changsintien and advancing along the Hun river corridor. Rail traffic between Peking and the sea is blocked as Wu's men reach the Peking-Tientsin line, prompting a diplomatic protest from the Portuguese minister. A separate May Day clash in Mayence injures an American captain when his car is attacked by demonstrators. French gendarmes intervene.
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Associated Press
Mayence
Rheinstrasse
Peking
Wu Pei-Fu
Chang Tam Lin
Changsintien
walla
Chang ‘I'so-Lin
Chang
Mar to Pollo
Hun
Tintsin
Chang Tao-Lin
Chung- Hangchen
Cientain
Taku
Shanhainan
Maryland School for the Deaf Cadets Parade in Baltimore
The Maryland School for the Deaf battalion joined a large street parade in Baltimore marking Boys Week under the Baltimore Rotary Club. About 48 students led by August T. Wriede Horace Catsail and Harry G. Benson traveled from Frederick by a special car donated by the B and O railroad. The group rode to Baltimore and were hosted by the YMCA.
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Maryland State School for the Deaf
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Y. M. C. A. Baltimore
Protestants Ordered to Leave Templemore
The Protestants of Templemore in County Londonderry and a number of regular Irish Republican Army troops were ordered to depart. Railroad tracks were torn up, bridges destroyed, and roads blocked in several locations as disorder escalated.
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Associated Press
Templemore
County
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Basin Flood Reaches Parishes Across Louisiana
Flood waters from the Mississippi River rapidly fill a basin formed by Concordia Tallahoula and parts of Avoyelles and La Salle parishes. Ferriday and nearby towns report three to five feet depths with rise rates of about three inches per day. Residents, including men and a few children, endure living conditions under tents as the water nears the main river level.
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Associated Press
Natchez, Miss
Louisiana
Concordia
Tallahoula
Pensus
Avoyelles
La Salle
Mississippi River
crevasse
pear Ferriday
Shaw
Black Hawk
Bougere thu
Ferriday
Marchers Ordered to Disperse in Vintondale Clash
In Vintondale Cambria County on May 1 Sheriff Keller ordered a marching group on the town outskirts to disband and return home.When the crowd resisted state police and special officers dispersed them Several men were hurt and two were arrested.
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Associated Press
Vintondale
Sherrif Keller
Cambria
Drunken Autoist Fined $100 By Magistrate Here
Harold Dawson of Staunton Virginia was arrested Friday afternoon by Officer Staley for driving a car while under the influence. He was jailed overnight and to face Judge J Grahame Johnson on Saturday at 2 o clock where he was fined $100 and costs were paid.
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Associated Press
Harold Dawson
Staunton
Virginia
Staley
J. Grahame Johnson
Hearings Tonight for Randolph Norris and Mike Burke
Randolph Norris arrested for disorderly conduct remanded to jail for a 7:30 hearing before Judge J. Grahame Johnson. Mike Burke arrested for being drunk and disorderly on Hood College grounds released on $2.50 collateral for a 7:30 hearing. Roseina Yancaloff and Louise Abney, about 14 and 15, held after being picked up on the streets and claimed to be from Baltimore, under investigation.
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Randolph Norris
Winpigler
J. Grahame Johnson
Mike” Burke
Theodore Alexander
Hood College
Roseina Yancaloff
Louise Abney
Staley
Baltimore
Rails Lag in Market Amid Oil and Steel Gains
At The Associated Press New York May 1 rails were the only laggards in the stock market this morning aside from higher prices for Illinois Central and New York. Chicago and St. Louis food specialties were strong. Oils and independent steels added substantially to last Saturday's gains especially the California division. Coppers were in further demand. Call mower opened at 4 percent versus East Friar's final quotation of five percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Ilinois Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Callifornia
East Friar
British Income Tax Rate Reduced Shilling
The Accrated Green Belfast reports that Irish Republican Army irregulars raided banks across Ireland South, claiming over one hundred thousand pounds sterling. A separate item notes Frank For, a Middletown contractor, fractured his leg when a motorcycle was attacked by a bull dog, throwing him into the street during a Saturday noon ride.
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Belfast
Ireland
Frank For
Middletown
John Keller
Ministers Resign at Rockville Church
Rev. John Henderson resigns as Rockville pastor after about ten years of service. Rev. O. C. Barnes, longtime pastor, has accepted a call elsewhere and will leave Rockville July 1 as approved by the Washington Presbytery.
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John Henderson
Rockville
Henderson
O. C. Barnes
Presbyterian
Washington
Tax Cut Amid War Budget Sparks Debate in Commons
London on May 1 reports a budget presentation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining a one shilling reduction in the British income tax to five shillings per pound. The current rate stood at six shillings, with the government framing the move as a relief measure during wartime finance. The text notes a separate claim of five hundred thousand dollars taken by irregular troops, reflecting broader wartime disruptions.
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Associated Press
London
Bzchequer
House of Commons
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