Train Hit by 100 Ton Sandy Hook Boulder
A rock slide at Sandy Hook near Harper's Ferry blocked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad this morning detouring trains. Two rocks about 20 feet square weighed around 100 tons each and struck a train car, but no injuries occurred among two passengers aboard. Wrecking crew from Brunswick cleared the line and traffic was restored. Heavy rains lingered in the county with high Potomac and six foot rise in the Monocacy. two inches of rain fell over the past two days.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Sandy Hook
Harper’s Ferry
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Hagerstown
Baltimore and Ohio Hue
Weverton
Brunswick
County
Potomac
Lightning Sparks Quick Barn Fire Rescue
John Clarke of Monrovia reported a bolt struck his 75 by 45 foot barn Tuesday night. He and two men entered the structure, cut roof holes, and with a spray extinguished a blaze threatening hay and livestock as wind aided their effort and a storm disabled the telephone and lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clarke
Monrovia
Clarke
Mr. Clarke
Cumberland Flood Fears Ease As Waters Recede
Weather conditions improved as the Potomac and Wills Creek receded after March floods. Cumberland officials reported only basement flooding on North Mechanic Street and warned that tributaries above and below the city remained out of their banks. Workers on the temporary Piedmont-Westerport bridge guarded against drifting debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prensa
Cumberland
Potomac
Mechanic Street
Piedmont-Westerport Temonorary
Monocacy Club Supper in Church Parlors Tonight
The Monocacy Club of the Evangelical Reformed church will host a supper and speak tonight at 6:30 in church parlors. Rev J S Adams, new pastor of Christ Reformed church Middletown, will address the gathering. A nomination report by R S Dutrow will be read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Reformed Church
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Speer
J. S. Adams
Christ Reformed Church
Middletown
R. S. J. Dutrow
A. LeRoy McCardell
William C. Birely
Aupper
Henry B. Ramsburg
C. Edwin Kemp
Frank M. Dertzhaugh
April Scarlet Fever Surges with 79 Cases in City
City Health Officer Dr. Ira J. McCurdy reports April totals show 79 scarlet fever cases, 25 measles, with 104 total infectious disease cases. Births total 34 overpowering 21 deaths. 22 female births, 12 male births. Among deaths, 13 female and 5 male. White and colored breakdowns noted.
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Ira J. McCurdy
House Fights Break Out In District of Columbia Committee
In Washington on Thursday two Democratic House members clashed during a District of Columbia Committee meeting. Rep William C Hammer of North Carolina and Rep Thomas S Blanton of Texas exchanged insults over a water power witness procedure and then exchanged blows. Hammer reportedly wielded a folding chair, but a wrist twist by Rep Fred Nashman prevented a full strike as the altercation turned chaotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiliam C Hammer
North Carolina
Thomas S. Blanton
Texas
District of Columbia Committee of the House
Blanton
Hammer
Fred Nashiman
Maryland
Special Boys Week Service Invitation
The News-Post invites all news boys to a Presbyterian church service next Sunday at 7 30 P M marking the start of Boys Week. A boys' sermon and possibly ceremonial music will be featured. the brief service lasts about 30 minutes. Sincerely T J Gaphr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Post
Presbyterian Church
T. J, Gaphr
Lions Club Nominates Officers and Haller Elected Delegate
At the weekly Lions Club meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel nominations were made for the coming year. H Noel Haller was elected delegate to the International Convention in Omaha, with R F Simmons and C Arnel Jr. named alternates. election set for the next meeting. A Loving Cup for best attendance, the Haller Attendance Cup, will be awarded June 1 with ownership possible after three consecutive wins. The club plans out-of-town trips to Gettysburg and Gettysburg events and will attend Hagerstown’s birthday Lions party on May 20.
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Tran
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Gettysburg
Frederick Club
Blabo- Tate
Frederick Lions
Hagerstown Lions Club
Charles Appel Jr
Richard F. Simmons
Charles F. Seeger
Ernest C. Webb
H. Lavier Michael
H. Noel Haller
A. Frank Miller
G. Bruce Crist
Haller
Omaha
Nebraska
R. F. Simmons
C. Arnel Jr
Frederick Plumbers Urged to Adopt City Code by State Board
The Maryland State Board of Commissioners of Plumbing met in Frederick and issued Master and Journeyman licenses to about fourteen local plumbers. A member urged Frederick to enact a plumbing code and appoint a city inspector to ensure standards, noting Hagerstown and Cumberland already use such codes. The board then left for Hagerstown and Cumberland to issue licenses and continue their statewide visit.
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Maryland State Board of Commissioners of Plumbing
FE. H. Rogers
Charles H. Frederick August Y. Eidman
Edward Wehrhahn
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Nageratown
Dullness Spurs Short Selling Amid Tax Legislation Uncertainty
The Rcanejated Press reports early stock prices rose but dull trading spurred a resumption of short selling, giving a reactionary noon market. Brokers note traders hedge bets due to unclear tax legislation prospects while money opened at 7e per cent. Dr Aletta Jacob, a pioneering Dutch physician, is noted as the first woman in Holland authorized to practice medicine.
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Rcanejated
New York
Aletta J! Jacob
The
Idelemites
International League
Washington
Holland
Montgomery Lawyers Elect Reorganizes Bar Association
The Montgomery County Bar Association reorganized with officers led by President William F. Prattyman and Vice President John A. Garrett. Secretary-Treasurer is Robert Peter Jr. An executive board includes Albert M. Boyle and others as part of the constitutional revision committee.
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Montgomery
Montgomery County Bar Association
Willam FP. Prattyman
John A. Garrett
Robert Peter, Jr
Albert M. Boyle
Clifford H. Robertson
William T. Talbott
F. Barnard Welsh
Rowley Waters
Daugherty’s Son Draper Daugherty Joins Hollywood Ranks
Harry M. Daugherty’s son Draper Daugherty has joined Hollywood as a movie extra. Clara Bow, famed Wampus Ready Star of 1924, mentors him in the craft of screen acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Hollywood
Clara Bow
Ordination of Women Approved as Local Pastors
Springfield Mass May 9 The Methodist Episcopal general conference approved the ordination of women as local pastors by a decisive majority. The move grants admission to itinerancy and annual conferences though it narrowly defeated broader rights to administer sacraments.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Gillett Seeks Republican Nomination for Massachusetts Senate
Speaker Frederick H. Gillett of the House declares candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts now held by Democrat Walsh. The formal statement was prepared after a White House visit, signaling his bid for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Frederick H. Gillett
House
Massachusetts
Gilent
White House
Walsh
York planting survey directed for York suburbs
The York Pa planting commission at its monthly meeting directed engineer C. S Davidson to conduct a topographic survey of York and its suburbs. The project will cover York and Hanover areas, with Davidson previously based in this city.
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York
York Pa
C. S Davidson
Offteen
Hanover
Wid
Six Murderers Hanged In Louisiana Story
Six men convicted of murder in Tangipahoa Parish faced the death penalty for the year old bank robbery murder of Dallag Calmos of Independence. The executions occurred around noon with Leona, Deamore, Lamantia, Bocchio, Rinti, and Giglio on the scaffold, one man stabbing himself and others showing varying reactions as the traps were sprung.
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Tangipahon Parish
Amite
Dallag Calmos
Independence
Joseph Rocchio
Andrea Lamantla
Chicago
Joseph Gillio
Roy Jeann
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Deamore
Leona
Bocchio
Lamantia
Rint
Ciglia
Boechio
Boechia
Tamannia
Giglo
Revenue bill heads to final passage in Senate
In Washington on May 1 the Senate moved the revenue bill toward final passage amid rapid discussion of pending amendments. The only woman master mosaic worker in Denland is Miss Gertrude Martin, with work to be seen at Westminster Cathedral.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Fneland
Gertrude Martin
Westminister Cathedral
Burns resigns as head of probe bureau
William J Burns resigns as chief of the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation. The world famous detective, appointed three years ago by Attorney General Daugherty, has faced heavy criticism amid Senate investigations and follows the administration into retirement.
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Associated Prear
Washington
William J. Burns
Senate
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Dugherty
Auto Crash Shatters Plate Glass Window in Frederick Store
A Ford truck with a North Carolina license crashed into the plate glass display window of C. Thomas Kemp’s goods store on East Patrick Street near the square. The impact bent the car’s wishbone, sent the vehicle through the pavement, and caused over $100 in damage. The driver, a son of Aaron Young of New York, was traveling with his family returning home after wintering in North Carolina, having previously passed through Frederick last fall.
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C. Thomas Kemp
North Carolina
Aaron Young
New York State
Young
East Patrick Street
Eaugh
Carlracs
Frederick Jast
Six Miller family drowned in Potomac flood near Martinsburg
High waters along the Potomac swept an automobile with William Miller and his family from a bridge ten miles from Martinsburg. Six members of the Miller family died, four children among them, as floodwaters carried the vehicle away. Bodies were recovered today after heavy rain and rising streams damaged lowlands and halted trains near Harper's Ferry.
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Treas
Martinsburg
W. Va
William Miler
Mi. Miller
Berkeley County
W.va
Miller
Snow
Potomac River
Harper's Perry
Maaty
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Carbide Case Taken From Jury By Judge
The Milburn Company sues Union Carbide and others for 2,270,000 alleging conspiracy to violate the Sherman Act. Judge Morris A. Soper directed the jury to return a verdict for the defense and Kamp Bartlett announced an appeal to the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia on grounds of excluded evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prose
Baltimore
Cardinc
United States District Court
Morris A. Soper
Alexander Milburn Company
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
New York
Davis Bournandville Company
Kamp Bartlett
Nilboro Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Soper
Ontario Steamship on Fire Off Block Island En Route to Boston
The Merchants and Mineta steamship Ontario bound from Baltimore via Norfolk reported by wireless a cargo fire off Block Island. The ship continued under her own power toward Boston and expected to arrive today. Fire confined to cargo and under control with no damage to the vessel. Ontario had 4% passengers aboard. Another ship of the line stood by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Ontario
Merchants and Mineta Line
Norfolk
Wireless
Block Island
Boston
Dore
Forfeit Collateral in Court For Alleged Disturbance
John Doe white of this city arrested at 8 tonight for drunk and disorderly conduct held in $5 collateral for a police court hearing at 7. Gustave Schalliver Raymond Harmon Eldridge Palmer Samuel Hiddegg and Millard Temple held in $5 collateral each for a Wednesday arrest in an alleged crap game, all forfeited their collateral before Justice Gur K Motter.
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Gustave Schalliver
Raymond Harmon
Eldridge Palmer
Samuel Hiddeg
Millard Temple
Hilter
Justice Gur K
Motter
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Brunswick Wrecking
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Laytonsville
Louis D. Bell
Louis W. Barber
Howard A. Plummer
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George W. Mobley
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Iyi
City
Zihlman
State Commission
Daugherty
M. E
Gillett
United States
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Louisiana
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