Girls High School Alumnae Banquet Set For June 18
The Girls High School Alumnae Association names committees and plans the annual meeting and banquet on Monday night June 18 at Hotel Braddock. Mrs W Bartgis Storm chairs the program, Miss Helen L Smith decorates, Mrs Paul Rhoads leads officer nominations, and Miss Naomi Holdcraft oversees tickets. Officiants include Miss Eileen Cubitt as president, Mrs Rufus Odes as vice president, Miss Naomi Holdcraft as secretary, and Miss Mildred Kefauver as treasurer.
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Girls’ High School
Hotel Braddock
W. Bartgis Storm
Helen L. Smith
Paul Rhoads
Convention Planned for Two Days at Braddock Heights
Plans announced for the annual Frederick County Council of Religious Education convention at Braddock Heights June 18 and 19 with a Sunday service June 17 led by Emory L. Coblentz. Speakers include Miss Lillian McCormick and Dr. Robert Davids.
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Council of Religious Education
Heights
Frederick County
Camp Schley Inn
Lillian McCormick
Baltimore
Children’s Division
Maryland State Council of Religious Education
Robert Davids
Joseph H. Cudlipp
Lewis Lamar
Middletown
Pre‘siding
Sheikh Dewairy
India
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William C. Royal
John S. Adam
Elizabeth Poole
Margaret Holter
Virginia Doub
Kathleen Kolb
J. Fred Main
John S. Renn
J. S. Adam
W. C. Royal
U. S. G. Rupp
Charles W. Lough
George E. Castle
Eleanor D. Abbott
G. Ellis Williams
Margaret Rodrick
Douglass Hooff
Christ Reformed Church, Middletown
R. C. Sorrick
Woodsboro
Frederick County Sunday School Association
Editor Lains Gazette Editor Jailed for Contempt
William Lewis news editor of the Lancaster Gazette was sentenced to ten days in jail and fined 20 for contempt of court for refusing to retract an editorial. Justice E W Boechier announced the sentence after Lewis declined to retract or publish a retraction statement.
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Wiliam Lewis
Lancaster Gazette
Ieday
Fusal
Lewis
Justice of the Peace
E.W. Boechier
Oman
Certificates of candidacy filed by Republicans
City election filings show Aubrey A. Nicodemus unopposed for City Register with no mayoral candidate. Aldermen named include Elmer Munshower and four others. Buckey placed to fill Zimmerman’s vacancy. State convention set for Baltimore at Maryland Theater Friday at 12 30 pm with local delegates listed and caucus efforts noted. Campaign expense details cite $500 to Marylanders Alexander and Parran for Lowden survey work.
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Board of City Election Supervisors
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
City Register
Elmer F. Munshower
Charles B. Groff
C. Edwin Kemp
G. Hunter Bowers
Thomas G. Buckey
Buckey
Republican City Executive Committee
D. Ralph Zimmerman
South Market Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas H. Haller
Thomas A. Chapline
William B. Doty
Edwin &. Markell
S. Elmer Brown
A. G. Bourne
W. Harry Haller
Charles McC. Mathias
Reno S. Harp
EB. Austin James
W. B. James
John Keller
Lowden
E. A. Alexander
Frederick
Thomas Parran
Frank O. Lowden
Clarence F. Buck
Senate Committee
Buck
Indiana Senators Out As Convention Delegates
Indianapolis May 24 AP Neither of Indiana's United States Senators James E Watson and Arthur R Robinson were included in the seven delegates at large chosen by the State Republican convention to attend the national convention in Kansas City. The two had agreed to forego places when opponents urged the state executive be left off the big seven. Governor Ed Jackson will attend as delegate from the seventh district. The convention adopted a platform calling for repeal of the statewide primary and endorsed President Coolidge and the national administration.
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Ind
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United States
James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Kansas City
Ed Jackson
Jackson
Coolidge
National Administration
Wal Cacilidse
Resolutions Call for Adjournment on May 29
Washington reports Rep. Tilson Connecticut Republican floor leader urged the House to adopt a resolution for Congress adjournment at 5 p m on May 29. Also announced is the engagement of Margaret Shipley to Dr. W L Lee with details of both families and educational backgrounds.
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Entative Tilson
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House
Congress
Dismissal urged in charges against two Methodist bishops
Kansas City May 24 AP The episcopacy committees of the Quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church recommended dismissing heresy charges filed by Rev George A Cooke Wilmington Delaware against Bishops W F McDowell Washington DC and Francis McConnell Pittsburgh The committees found no evidence to support the charges that the bishops violated Methodist teachings in their writings
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Kansas City
The
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
George A. Cooke
Wilmington
Hotel Braddock Opens Saturday Season
Hotel Braddock announced opening for the 1928 season on Saturday with M. J. Croghan as manager and a large staff. Chef J. T. Thompson will lead the culinary department for the seventh consecutive season. Banquets for June exceed prior years and former Washington guests are booked for July and August.
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Washington
Braddock Heatghts Resort Association
Braddock
Hotel Frederick
Mather mine disaster prompts mass funerals and aid
In Mather Pennsylvania on May 24 AP reports scores of funerals for more than 190 mine victims. Rescue work paused as relief focuses on widows and orphans. About 30 bodies remain unrecovered beneath slate. Ventilation begun for Monday bias investigation. Pickands-Mathers Collieries Co. to cover funeral expenses and expedite state compensation awards to families.
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Mather
Pickands-Mathers Collieries Co
Mime
State Compensation Board
Health center for colored infants started in Frederick county
The New York World reports on a National Treads Circle initiative with four nurses sent to Maryland. The Frederick county center began in 1926 after a white physician requested care for colored children, with $300 raised and contributions from two colored physicians. A church basement hosts the center led by Alice E. Sichtler, paid by the national body. The will of Harriet Eleanor Quran probated in Orphans Court names her husband Charles and others as executors.
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New York World
New York
Marylan
Frederick
Frederick County
E. C. Kefauver
Alice E. Sichtler
Quynn
Harriet Eleanor Quran
Orphans’ Court
Princeton Tarkey
Anes Edith EL Wickham
Charles Wlvin
Estranged Husband Kills Daughter Wounds Wife Then Surrenders
Philadelphia soffice report says John Alsock, an estranged husband, shot and killed his 27 year old daughter Jennie as she slept, seriously wounded his wife Florence Olsock and then called himself. Another daughter was spared. Florence is hospitalized with stomach and left shoulder wounds.
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Philadelphia
John Alsock
Jennie
Florence Olsock
Olsock
Cool wave ends quick as Frederickton sees 26 degree drop
The temperature slid from a Wednesday high of 75 to 49 this morning, prompting residents to seek shelter. Weather forecast says a warmer trend will begin tonight and Friday should bring fair skies and higher temperatures as outdoor activities resume and park and pool renovations near completion.
Committee Decides to Remain in Washington
The Senate presidential campaign investigations committee will stay in Washington until Congress adjourns, likely by June 2, and will not return to New York to probe the Alfred E. Smith campaign group or the Herbert Hoover backers. Washington will host witness questioning while Ohio and Indiana trips follow after adjournment before the Republican National Convention. The Ohio inquiry targets district expenditures for Hoover and anti Hoover groups. Indiana probes campaign financing in Allen County for both Hoover supporters and Senator Watson.
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Washington
Senate Presidential Campaign Investigating Committee
Congress
New York
Alfred B. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas City
Hoover
Allen County
James E. Watson
Hood Teams Take Baseball And Tennis Domination
Hood College clubs defeated a Frederick doctors team 24 to 17 in baseball and beat George Washington University 3 to 2 in tennis on the college field. The GWU tennis clash featured three singles and two doubles, with Hood taking two singles and one doubles. GWU had not lost to Hood in six years. The baseball win came against a doctors squad from Frederick by 16 to 4 after Hood pitchers held the dorm squad scoreless through four innings. Umpire was Alvin Quinn.
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Frederick
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
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Hoad
George Washingon
Lete
Sonrce
Cotege
Bennett EB
Thomas Schaefer
Warfield
Everhart
Sackert
Yea
To Lay Cornerstone and Dedicate Local Civic Center
A ceremony marks the laying of a cornerstone for a new civic project in Veraard County. Officials including J M Sheridan Smith and H Sivcktass participate, with local dignitaries invited to attend the dedication in Rockville.
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Connel M.pochaweh
Veraard
Rockville
J. M. Sheridansmith
Fol
Ward
Dirigible Italia Returns From North Pole Flight
The Italia halves its distance toward home at noon as General Umberto Nobile guides the ship back to King's Bay Spitsbergen after a pole ascent. A six foot cross with Pope Pius IX’s Latin message was dropped on the Pole, with Vatican confirmation received in Rome.
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King's Hay
Spitzbergen
FAI
King’s Bay
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Spitabergen
Pope Pius
Italia
Citta di Milano
Pole
Here
Italin
King's Bay
Vatican
Rome
Halla
Injuries From Auto Crash Near Funkstown Reported
Mrs. Charles S. Hobbs of South Market street suffered three fractured ribs and a knee injury after a collision near Funkstown last week. She was moved from Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown to Frederick City Hospital as her condition allowed, with details of the accident still unclear.
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Funkstown
Charles S. Hobbs
South Market Street
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Frederick City
Hobbs
Lions See Printing Film at Weekly Club Meeting
A Frederick Lions club event screened a motion picture showing the evolution of printing, including TV and modern equipment, at noon today in the club’s meeting room. Members from local business and civic groups attended, including Repard Foam and Howard Tearstag, among others.
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Que 'Tv
Jooderm
Frewrick Lions Lab
Dhesrap
Markey and
Teeliet
Taocassis
Myril Kilenlapt
Elih and
Howard
Tearstag
Plaiprare
Marsian
Vare Turns Up As President Maker
Washington dispatch notes William Scott Vare of Philadelphia emerges as a political kingmaker in 1928. Vare leveraged influence with the Mellon machine to push Hoover toward nomination, despite tense relations with Mellon allies. The piece credits Vare with shaping a pivotal Pennsylvania convention outcome and notes Hoover’s eventual nomination may owe much to Vare’s backing.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
William Scott Vare
Philadelphia
Woman found guilty of manslaughter in husband stabbing
In Baltimore on May 24 AP reports Isabelle Stewart was found guilty of manslaughter for stabbing her husband Thomas R. Stewart during a quarrel at their home. Sentencing was withheld to give the defense two days to file for a new trial if desired. Stewart claimed self defense after her husband knocked her down.
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Isabelle Stewart
Thomas R. Stewart
William Curran
Fle Atien
Senate Overturns Four Coolidge Vetoes in Quick Session
The Senate and House moved rapidly to override President Coolidge on four bills including increases for postal workers, postmaster allowances, and an Oddie bill authorizing $10.5 million for road construction on public lands. A Steck bill to abolish the army bandmaster position failed.
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Senate
Coolidge
Whits House
Tyson
Oddie
Steck
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Jace
Maryland
Congress
Master Clock Installed for City Timepieces
The master clock to govern the dif clocks for Trinity re formed Chapel and St. John's church was installed at the City Hall in a six by two and a half foot cabinet. It is electrically generated and linked with wires to the two churches, City Hall, and will control the steeple clocks once connected. The system eliminates haze weights and work should finish in about two weeks. Built by Price Bros.
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St. John‘s Church
City Registers Office
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