Two men linked to nighttime break in Waynesboro home
W H Truett aged resident of Waynesboro Pa was jailed Friday night after a felonious entry at the home of W H Knock a South Market Street furniture dealer. A second man was seen entering the Knock residence from a rear window and a lookout was suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Truett
Waynesboro
Jessa Schell
Troett Ma
Wian H. Knock
South Markettree
Schely
Truett
Rovolvet
Tenett
Mrs Apple Hosts Contemp Club at Hood College Campus
Mrs Joseph H Apple entertained about thirty Contemporary club members Friday evening May 15 at Hood College campus. She described her trip to the Bermuda Isles noting island beauty, culture, and education, with remarks on native English and morality. Dr Baldwin, head of History, attended as honorary club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Apple
Hood College
England
America
Touchatone
Rose Hill Manor
Touchstone
Kathryn T. Abbey
Hood
Abbey
Northwestern University
Ohio
Rebecca Wubbel
Claxy
Sarah Till
Frances Hersey
the Touchstone
Jane
Frederick
Mood
Poolesville Woman Dies After Washington Auto Crash
Misa Cellier Hersperger, 35, daughter of the late Aaron B. Hersperger of Poolesville, Montgomery county, died in a Washington hospital Friday from injuries from an automobile crash the previous Sunday. She suffered a skull fracture and did not regain consciousness. a postcrash operation failed. She leaves two sisters and four brothers, with funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday from the Chiswell home in Dickerson and burial in Monocacy cemetery Bealisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Cellier Hersperger
Aaron B. Hersperger
Poolesville
Montgomery County
Washington
Miss Hemperger
Lawrence A. Chiswell
A. Hemptoner
Griffith
Chiswell
Dickerson
Monocacy Cemetery
Bealisville
Baltimore schools to cost $10 000 000 in ’28
Baltimore in 1928 faces a ten million dollar public school budget as City Council President and Acting Mayor Howard Imant outlined plans. A forecast predicts raising about 15 million dollars annually for Baltimore public schools. A second item notes Soviet Russia buying large quantities of rat poison in Tokyo with an expected mass poisoning campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Howard Imsant
Jackson
Breant
Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Brotherhood of Lutheran Church Set to Meet May 25
Plans for the fifth annual convention of the Lutheran Brotherhood of the Maryland Synod of the United Lutheran Church to America are completed. The Evang elical Lutheran church hosts events May 23 with a devotional service, officer reports, a talk on Its Function and Its Plan, sessions on evangelism and church support, a wage conference, a lecture by Dr C Shatzer, and a dinner for delegates and visitors followed by an illustrated lecture on activities of the United Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jeme Hi. Michael
the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church
W. W. Doub
George 3. Yost, Esq
W. C. LeGore
LL. D. Hayes
DO. D
J. M. Cronenburg
FE. W. Young
Maryland Synod
WL Roy Strock
Our Union
C. Shatzer
United Lutheran Church
Urge Proper Care for Park at Court House
Readers are urged to protect the park in front of the court house as spring arrives. Benches recently painted attract many users but are sometimes damaged by walkers and debris is thrown into the fountain. Caretakers request visitors preserve the area’s beauty and stay on sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehrl F. Moberly
Walter Baker
Zreon
Frederick Leads Potomac Edison Campaign In Eight Districts
In a district drive to add consumers, Frederick under Superintendent William C. Hamm posted the highest engagement with about 85 percent of a 600 consumer quota. The plan renewed in 1924 aimed to add 2,800 new customers systemwide, with Frederick set to 450. A competitive tally ranked Frederick first followed by Martinsburg Winchester Hagerstown Berkeley Springs Waynesboro Frostburg and Cumberland. Hamm received a prize from M. F. Riley, company president. In Jerusalem eight British armored cars arrived for Lord Finch’s visit and the Jewish university dedication amid Arab demonstrations feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Willam C. Hamm
Het. Frederick
Martinsburg
Winchester
Hagerstown
Berkeey Springs
Waynesboro
Frostburg
Cumberland
Maly City
Jerusalem
Lord Fin
Dorothea Wilson to wed James Hare ris in fall
Miss Dorothea Alwilda Wilson engages to Mr James Heinlein Harris son of Mrs James Harris The announcement came at a Rose Hill Manor bridge party with sweet peas and May pole centerpieces Guests included Mrs Richard Nemp Mrs Francis X Staley Mrs G Els Williams and many other named attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Wilson
East Second Street
Dorothea Alwilda
James Heinlein Hareris
James Hatria
Rose Hill Manor
Mra
Richard Nemp
Francis X. Staley
G. Els Williams
KL. Sager
Mra. K. Kirk
Ja Ta
Wilton
Miriam Apple
Eliabeth Harris
Emay Apple
Elizabeth Kuhn
Pauline *Nole
Dorothy Gale
Margarete Pi
Rum Blockade Regarded as Entirely Successful
A seaborne observation cruise off the New Jersey area reported only 21 rum-carrying vessels in the vicinity and virtually no contraband being smuggled. Coast Guard officials called the blockade in that zone entirely successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Napraganset
Bay
Atant
Lipsy
Coast Guard
Monas
Pointa
Stephen 8. Veandle
F. C. Billard
Adamstown Club Entertainment At Federation Meeting
The Adamstown Club hosted a joint Federation of Women’s Clubs gathering at Adamstown School this afternoon. Mrs Aller Bell presided as the Adamstown club entertained with short addresses and songs while many of the twenty federation clubs were represented. The text notes a sun brightness estimate of 800000 candela per square inch versus 100000 for the electric arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamstown Club
Rural Federation of Women's Club
Adamstown
Mise Aller Bell
Kentucky Derby Day At Churchill Downs Forecast Crowd Over 80,000
Track condition reported excellent as Derby Day at Louisville approaches. Twenty-one two year old fillies entered the Debutante Stakes while the Kentucky Derby field narrows to around twenty from twenty four starters. Quatrain named the favorite with a purse of fifty three thousand four hundred seventy five for the winner if twenty horses run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loulaville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky Jockey Club
Louisville
Sint
Earty
A Horns
Quatrain
Missionary Societies Stage Entertainment at Buckeystown
The Missionary Societies of Tharkeystown M. O. church staged an evening in Buckeystown attracting locals and city residents. The program featured two plays, The Time of A Missionary Specially and Sewing for the Heathen, with a large cast led by Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Nichols, under stage manager Mrs. Nicodemus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tharkeystown M. 0
Buckeystown
Cine
Nozitt
Karl Remsburg
Trvett
Trego McKlneney
Mary Stallings
Annona Hartman
Cheesty
John Kall
J. 2. Powers
Grandma Gibbe
F. D. Mohler
Luetla Huggins
Strang
Mra
WLNL
Grimes
Moerker
Gentle
Goold
George Pfifers
Das
Mre
William = Keller
Mesley
F. 1
Mrers
A. W. Nicodemus
Plare
Improvements to Police Headquarters in City Hall
Renovation of the room housing police headquarters and the police court at City Hall includes repapering and general repairs. The effort, ordered by the mayor and aldermen, aims to improve appearance and upgrade woodwork and equipment in the first major upgrade since Mayor Fraley’s administration. An upcoming tuberculosis clinic event is noted for Monday May 25 at 10 30 a m at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Nayor
Fraley
Court House
Maryland Penal System Reforms Move Adopted
Maryland board of welfare proposes sweeping changes including a new superintendent of state institutions at an annual salary, retention of Patrick Viradyan as penitentiary warden and Dames Delaney at the House of Correction. The plan cuts the chairman salary, awaits governor Ritche’s approval, and could raise state costs. Col. Charles R. Sweeney is not a candidate for the superintendent post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Patrick Viradyan
Dames Delaney
Howe of Correction
Ritchle
Board of Welfare
Stuart S. Janney
Rearnt of Welfare
Ritelle
Col
Clamies ‘R. Sweeney
Sweeter
Season’s Opener and Warm Weather Forecastes
The article notes early season warmth with Friday reaching 77 degrees and a 52 degree low, then predicts a showery weekend. It covers police convention briefings, a new state purchasing agent appointment, and a water project set to begin near June with pumping stations and pipelines. It also mentions a half day holiday for a tree planting event in Frederick and opening ceremonies for the Wye Ridge season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mieyd C. Cullee
Frederick
Tomberr
Hagerstown
Wadi Y
Tome
Tesdas
Famous Players Lasky Purchases 38 Theatres
New York Mary 16 The Famous Players Lasky Corporation announces the purchase of 28 theatres in New England by Olympia Theatres. Control of the theatres will transfer to the buyers on July 15. Also: Rome reports the world's largest chestnut tree on Mt. Etna's slopes, sheltering Joan of Arago and 100 horsemen during a storm, with a trunk circumference over 160 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary 16
New Eng
Olympia Theatres, Inc
Players-Lasky Corporation
Rome
Mt. Etea
Joan
Arago
Whipping Post Authorized for Embezzlers in Dover
Dover voters approve a law allowing embezzlers to be sentenced to the whipping post. The statute joins earlier provisions that punished petty thieves and wife batterers by corporal punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Two Mine Workers Arrested After Wobbly Fire Probe
Fairmont West Virginia May 16 Two men linked to the United Mine Workers were arrested in Grafton as part of a probe into a mine tipple fire at Wee del a few weeks ago Prosecuting Attorney W Merle Watkins named Irving Tate recording secretary of the Cambria local and Forr Kidder scandal secretary among those arrested The arrests follow the alleged confession of John Tilly who said he and another man set the fire and obtained glycerin and rifles at others direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Grafton
Weedel
W. Merle Watkins
Attories
Taylor County
Irving Tate
Cambria
Forr Kidder
John Tilly
Two More Bodies Recovered From Mississippi River
Memphis reports two additional bodies from the Norman disaster eight days ago were pulled from the Mississippi River eighteen miles downstream. The steamer capsizing cost twenty three lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Showers and cool spell forecast for early next week
Washington reports a weather outlook for the week starting Monday with showers at the start and again midweek. Temperatures are expected near or below normal most days with a chance of frosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlante
French Outpost Relieved by Colombat Forces
Rabat May 16 AP reports the French outpost at Rowley, where 50 men had been surrounded for two weeks by Abd-El-Krim’s Rifians, was relieved today by General Colombat’s forces according to an official communique. Mammoth-era ballads are being shaped in England from a ton of mammoth tasks, thought to be 70,000 years old, found in Sitetian la eler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
Peach
Morocco
Rowley
Abd-El-Krim
Colombat
England
Laeler
Washington urges definite wartime debt settlements with European nations
The United States tells France Italy Belgium Roumania Greece Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Latvia and others that a settlement of war debts should be reached without delay. Washington hopes debtors put promises to pay into definite agreements as the post war period shifts from construction to settlement. Australia and Russia are not included due to nonrecognized government status. The nations owe about 200 million dollars to Australia and 7.1 billion dollars in total including interest.
Governor weighs transfer of teen mother to Virginia home
A Montgomery County delegation urged Governor Ritchie to move Elizabeth M. King, jailed for murdering two infants, to Florence Crittenton Home in Virginia. He ordered Mental Health officials to assess her condition and consult Circuit Court judges on the transfer, citing her low mental caliber and potential rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Elizabeth M. King
Ritchie
Florence Crittenton
Virginia
Arthur P. Herring
Herring
Ivakota Farm
Fairfax County
Circuit Court
Montgomery
Mra
John Rosle, Jr
Chevy Chase
W. W. Shearer
Mes. Shearer
Thomas Kh. Noabertson
James Abbott
A.B. McManus
James E. Freeman
Washington
Market rises as utilities lead stock gains
In New York trading on May 14, speculative buying pushed the market higher with American Waterworks common Utah securities and Virginia Railway and Power among top gainers. Motors, electrical equipment, and merchandise issues showed strong advances while copper and molybdenum lagged. total volume around 700000 shares. A separate note from Hall Letcenter reports a cafe owner banning bobbed hair for waitresses drawing business reaction.
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New York
A.P
American Waterworks Common
Utah Securities
Vir Klola
Cnd
Frisco Common
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W. H. Knock
Mrs. Apple
Bermuda
Migs Hersperger
Drew
Brotherhood OF Lutheran Church
Erty
P. E
Ixer
Russell Davis
Johusihan
Davis
Kansas
Carl J. Peterson
Young Davis
Fred W. Pullman
Miss Wilson
MR. Harris
Atlantic
Missionary Societies
M. P. Church Organiza
Tion
U.S
Baughman
Austin Baughman
Walter N. Kirkman
Eugene G. Connor
Adamantreat
Connor
Kirkman
Interocean Oil Company
Harpers Ferry W. Va
Bolivar Water Company
Famous Players-Lasky
Americcan
France
Italy
China
Belgium
Roumania
Greece
Caecho-Blovakia
Jugoslavia
Bethon
Latvia
King Girl
Letcenter
Eng
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