Memorial Day Observed With Parades At Mt Olivet Cemetery
Memorial Day observances will be held tomorrow in Braddock Heights with a parade from the State Armory at 1 30 pm to Mt Olivet Cemetery for services at 2 pm. The American Legion led activities include wreaths, prayers, memorial address by Justice Alton Bennett, and a Grand Army of the Republic service.
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Pbs State Armory
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
American Legion
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Grand Army of the Republic
Company Aa
First Regiment
Maryland National Guard
Mt. Olivet
Justice Alton Bennett
Company A
P. M. Bader
James E Duvall
Reuben C. Hann
George Young
Charles Poole
G. Ernest Lippe
Legion and Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Howerg
G. A R
Legson
Mr. Lipps
Gtave
Emmitsburgs
Thurmont
Lewistown
Vernon Ross Ohler
Robert B. Reifsnider
Francis Edward Rowe
Arthur H. Bentzel
Mountain View
Emmitsburg
Francis X. Elder
St. Joseph’s
Chas Francis Gelwicks
Catholic
Benamini Cline
Jame S. Waters
Stanley M. “Oms
Clifford Stitely
Thurmonth
Claggett E. Ramsburg
Auxiliary Heights
Braddock Heights
E. E. Kern
Farko Cials
Coolidge Signs New Tax Reduction Bill
President Coolidge signed a tax reduction bill in Washington on May 29, making it law and promising an estimated annual savings of 222.495 million dollars. Corporations are the primary beneficiaries, while individual income tax rates see virtually no changes.
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Washington
Cooli
Methodist Conference Affirms Ban On Women Clergy
Kansas City May 29 AP The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted by nearly two to one to exclude women from official church ministry roles. Fulton resigns from Health Dept post Gov Ritchie names Dr Robert Riley as assistant director to succeed him effective immediately.
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General Conference of the
Methods Episcopal Church
Fulton
Ritchie
Pr. John & Fulton
State Department of Health
Robert i. Riley
State Board of Health
Department
Congress To Adjourn At 5 30 Today
Washington May 29 Congress definite decision to quit work at 530 p m today with the House and Senate approving a resolution setting that time as the adjournment hour.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nye Denounces Il Conspiracy In Teapot Dome Saga
Washington reports reveal Nye and Walsh denouncing the Teapot Dome Elk Hills and Continental Trading Company deal as a vast conspiracy. The Senate investigation cites fraud, bribery, and corruption with leases valued at not less than 500 million dollars.
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Washington
Continental Trading Company
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Robert W. Steward
Harry F. Sinclair
H. M. Blackmer
James E. O'Neil
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Supreme Court of the United States
Astor Estate Suit Filed By Emerick Heirs In New York
A group claiming rich Emerick estate heirs seeks two thirds of John Jacob Astor fortune. Heirs from across the U S allege Astor aided Emerick in fur business and became trustee to share trust funds. William Shoemaker of East South Street is among potential heirs amid investigations in St Louis and New York court filings. In a separate item, Rev Kurtz Miller is elected to succeed himself as pastor of the Church of the Brethren for three years commencing September 1.
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East South Street
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Montana
South
Selzer
New Jersey
Northeast
Wood
New York- Pennsylvania
Lowden
Minois
Johnson
Nicholas Murray Butler
West Expert In Political Football Too
West experts argue that the West dominates political power, intertwining with Hoover’s nomination path as Eastern leaders fail to unite. The article notes key figures like Butler Hilles Mellon and Hughes, compares regional influence, and highlights the circus crowd in a separate brief on Walter L Main performances and circus acts including a French tightrope walker and clowns.
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Larze Crowda
Walter L Main
TTL
Legislators and Guests to Gather for Frederic Dinner
Final plans set for a Frederick banquet at the Francis Scott Key hotel on Wednesday at 7 pm to honor Governor Albert C. Ritchie and Maryland legislators. Attendees include 24 local citizens hosting, with remarks by Joseph D. Baker and responses from Governor Ritchie, Senator David G. McIntosh Jr., and E. Brooke Lee. The group will travel via private cars and motor buses, visiting several sites Thursday before a theater outing in Washington. The guest list spans state and local officials from Baltimore, Frederick, and surrounding counties, plus prominent civic leaders.
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Albert C. Ritchie
General Assembly
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
State Normal School
Towson
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Frederick
Joseph D. Baker
Ritchie
David G. McIntosh, Jr
State Senate
E. Brooke Lee
House of Delegates
Odd Fellows Home
Hood College
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Barbara Fritchie
Rockville
Washington
Frederick N. Zihlman
David C. Winebrenner
John M. Dennis
Kenneth Burns
Thomas H. Robinson
Col. E. Austin Baughman
Oliver C. Short
Harold E. West
Robert H. Cart
Fred N. Zihlman
William P. Cole
C. John Beeuwkes
Harrison Rider
Baltimore County
Frank Given
Robert Clark
Thomas Flaherty
James Lindsey
Clarence Wolf
Albert Almany
Albert Cook
Elegates
Allegany County
George F. 5
Jeffrey
John M. MacFarlane
Jonathan Sheeman
J. M. Patterson
Anne Arundel County
William In. McGre
Cecil County
William Z. Vin, Singer
Dorchester County
Charles N Spence
Frederick County
Anderson H. Etzler
D. Charles Flook
Lewis F. Kefauver
Grayson E. Palmer
Harford County
J_. Wilmer Cronin
Marshall T. Heaps
Robert R. Lawder
Howard County
Roger V. Larner
Sandy T. Mullinix
Kent County
Ellsworth C. Bowlers
Ten Years of Maryland School Work Outlined at Meeting
The Maryland State School for the Deaf summarized a decade of progress led by Superintendent Ignatius Bjorlee. The annual report details improvements costing 12500 to upgrade barracks, gym facilities, finishes, a swimming pool, and domestic science equipment, plus a new academic building valued at 82418.66 and athletic field work. Two teaching staff changes were announced, with vacancies filled by Mrs Virginia Shultz and Miss Nellie Shawen.
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Ignatius Bjorlee
Board of Visitors
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Bjorlea
Margaret Lurber
Helen Stonebraker
Virginia Shultz
Virginia
Nellie Shawén
West Virginia
Bjorlee
South Market Street
Kidnapping and murder shocks Toledo residents
A man abducted seven year old Dorothy Stelagowski from her bed in Toledo, attacked and killed her, then tossed the body on her grandparents porch. Police pursued a suspect seen fleeing in a black-suited man, while officials describe the brutal daytime crime and subsequent investigation.
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Stelagowski
Stella
Dorothy
Dobrzaniis
Georgia Negro Sutswitted White Georgia Campaign Feud
Washington May 29 AP The story of how the negro national committeeman for Georgia resisted white control of Hoover campaign activities was told before the Senate elections committee. N J Davis testified that Clark Greer tried to run the campaign, then Davis received 2200 from Rush L Holland for expenses and to fund the state committee.
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Washington
Georgia
Herbert Hoover
N. J. Davis
Senate Elections Committee
Davis
Clark Greer
Rush L. Holland
Hoover
New
Perry W. Howard
Mississippi
Holyland
Atlanta Independent
State Committee
J. H. Watson
Greer
State Commissioner of Hygiene Herring Dead
Dr. Arthur P. Herring Maryland State Commissioner of Mental Hygiene died in Baltimore after recent surgery. A longtime advocate for insane care, he led state efforts for 20 years and previously served as secretary of the State Lunacy Commission since 1908. He served as a major in the Army Medical Corps during the war and later worked at Fort McHenry Veterans' Bureau Hospital.
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Baltimore
Arthur P. Herring
Maryland
Prices Turn Upward in New York Stocks May 29
Prices for motor shares rose on favorable second quarter earnings expectations. Early declines of five points in many issues were erased as more than six dozen issues gained one to nearly fifteen points. Cave Money rates stood at six percent. Total market volume reached about 3,500,000 shares.
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New York
Unconfirmed reports hover as Italia search widens
In harsh cold and heavy snow at King's Bay Spitzbergen a relief expedition for the missing dirigible Italia is planned. Oslo confirms unverified sightings of Italia near Amsterdam Island and a Norwegian air reconnaissance is set to operate from Spitzbergen using the Hobby sealer.
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Citta di Milano
Italia
Oslo
Norway
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Thant
Amsterdam Island
Spitt
Bergen
Ruser-Laren
Spitzbargen Sooa
Luetzow
Holm
Troimsee
Hobby
Spitzbergen
Riser-Larsen
Spitebergen
Oslohan
Francis Scott Key Auto Club to sponsor Decoration Day event
The Francis Scott Key Automobile Club of Maryland will stage a patriotic Decoration Day program at Keysville birthplace of Francis Scott Key. Governor Ritchie places a wreath on the Key monument, with Rev. Guy B. Bready delivering a sketch. The afternoon includes speeches by George P. B. Enslar War Cabell Bruce and Wm. P. Cole, a picnic and festival to fund a macadam road from Detour to Rersville, supper, a band concert, and public speaking. The event promotes a Francis Scott Key national highway through southern Pennsylvania into Maryland and to Frederick.
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Automobile Club of Maryland
Keysville
Kay Monument
Albert C. Ritchie
The
Reformed Church
Guy B. Bready
Stonesifer’s Grove
George P. B. Enslar
Carrell County
Ritchie
War Cabell Bruce
Wm. P. Cole
Francis Scot
Key Automobile Club
Detour
Rersville
Odd Fellows’ Band of
Tanertown
Francis Scott Key Automobile Club
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Frederick
Francis Levig Key
Peter Baumgaré
Art Farm
Kersville
Patriotic Order
Sonus of Amerita
Washington Negro Die in Electric Chair for Assault
Phillip Jackson, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair for a criminal assault on a telephone operator on the Capitol grounds on February 18 1927. The case sparked indignation in Washington and in Congress as demands for swift punishment grew. The electric chair had replaced the gallows earlier.
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Washington
Columbia
Phillip Jackson
Capitol
Congress
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