Holidays Marred By Auto Crashes Near Frederick
A 69 year old man, Henry L. O'Hara, was killed and eight year old Ira Rippeon seriously hurt when struck by a fast car near Frederick Junction. Marshall Grayson faces manslaughter charges after a crash that left Grayson’s car skidding 160 feet. The incident occurred as O'Hara and Rippeon walked toward Frederick. another driver, Charles Whiten, was involved in a separate collision but not charged. Numerous minor accidents followed on the wet misty roads, with law enforcement reporting several arrests and incidents along the Frederick to Washington corridor.
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Henry L. O'Hara
Frederick Junction
Ira Rippeon
Frederick
O'Hara
Frederick City
Marshall Grayson
Adamstown
O’hara
Rippean
Grayson
R. Rush Lewis
R. Ransom Lewis, Jr
R. A. Atkinson
Malas
Chevrolet
Charles Whiten
Whiten
William F. Miller
Miller
Mary Jane Ragan
Pearl
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchisen and Son
Reginald E. Laskey
Cumberland
Atkinson
Laskey
Main
Middletown
Baltimore Pike
Whippoorwill Hollow
Studebaker
Leonard W. Porter
Catonsville
Henry F. Shaw
Stricker Street
Baltimore
Frederick-Washington Highway
Impostor Poses as Valentino Doctor in Funeral Reports
New York reporters reveal "Dr Sterling C Wyman" as Stephen Weinberg an impersonator known for posing as prominent figures. He admits changing his name to conceal past crimes while aiding Valentino funeral preparations for George Ullman who distanced the scheme. Ullman travels to Hollywood with Valentino's body. Wyman produced a diploma but hid its college. Ullman arranged to distribute 57 copies of Meeker's Valentino diagnosis reports to newspapers. In Warnesboro Pa, Hood College president Dr J H Apple and educator Prof G Nevin Robert head the Teachers Institute teaching psychology and math and high school curriculum.
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New York
Sterling C. Wyman
Rudolph Valentino
Stephen Weinberg
Wyman
Weinberg
George Ullman
Valentino
S. George Ullman
el Paso
Ullman
Hollywood
Harold E
Teachers’ Institute
J. H. Apple
Hood College
Nevin Robert
Lducation
City Teachers’ Institute
Warnesboro
Apple
Robert
Morning Results In Big Leagues Cubs Defeat Reds
In Cincinnati Ohio on September 6 AP reports the Chicago Nationals winning a high scoring morning game against the Reds. In Pittsburgh the Nationals beat the Pirates as Rhem allowed four hits while his teammates backed him with strong hitting in the doubleheader opener.
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Cubs
Reds
Cincinati
Ohio
Chicago Nationals
Liebt
Cincinnati
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Rhem
Pittsburgh Nationals
Baron von Krupp waives hearing held in bail
Baron von Krupp, arrested in Albuquerque, was arraigned in Wilmington Municipal Court on two bad checks for just over 100 dollars. He waived a hearing and is held on 1500 dollars bail pending grand jury action. He pleaded not guilty. Police deny confirming a confession about an assumed title.
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Wilmington
Del
von Krupp
Albuquerque
N. M
DuPont
Baron von Krupp
George Vabor
Topcoats Follow Drop in Temperature
Chicago reports a 58 degree day as topcoats return with the cooler weather. Fair skies over most of the central and northwestern states aid drying cornfields and permit repairs to damaged highways and buildings partially inundated by last week’s floods and heavy rains. The temperature fell 13 degrees in 23 hours.
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Chicago
Middle West
Prisoners Escape During Jail Break Sparks Fourth Notice
In Bristol Virginia on September 8 two more inmates slipped from Blountville jail after a search for others who fled the Sullivan County Jail in Tennessee. Authorities reported a red alert for one, another was taken into custody this morning.
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Bristol
Sulivan Coun Tenn
Bluntville
Bootleg In Tire? That's What They Say
A motorcycle crashed into a parked Ford on West All Saints Street near Brewers Alley on a Sunday. Witnesses say bootleg liquor spilled from shattered bottles, leaving an alcohol odor but causing no road damage, and no police were alerted.
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West All Saints Street
Brewers’ Alley
Ford
One Room School lauded by Dr. Tigert in Brad dock Heights
Dr. John J. Tigert United States Commissioner of Education spoke on Education urging consolidation of one room schools. He noted 150000 such schools in the United States and cited North Carolina’s education program as fiscally significant. The event drew several hundred despite bad weather with music by Brad dock Heights Concert Band and a solo by Mrs. Joseph T. Pyles. Hotel Ker shows high occupancy with 260 overnight and 295 Sunday guests.
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Braddock
Heights
John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
Braddock Heights
Joseph T. Pyles
Fenton Harris Way
Tigert
United States
North Carolina
G. Lloyd Palmer
Slain Jurist Case Ties to Alabama Arrests
The Wetampha murder of Judge Lammar Smith led to the arrest of Clyde Resse Bachelor, a wealthy jurist’s kin, and farm hand Leonard Thenezron. Allegations describe a motive tied to a debt and a violent confrontation. Ratheior confessed involvement.
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Lamarr Smith
Wetampha
Ala
Alabama
Clyde Resse Bachelor
Ron
Leonard Thenezron
Ratheior
Labor Day Holiday Traffic Suffered On Wet Roads
Heavy weekend traffic due to Labor Day brought numerous accidents and one fatality as motorists from Baltimore and beyond traversed routes toward Harper's Ferry Gettysburg and the Antietam battlefield. Frederick's post office and shops closed for the holiday while patrols urged caution on crowded highways.
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Sou H
Baltimore
Washington
Harper's Ferry
Gettysburg
Antietam Battlefield
McCurdy Field
Frederick
Brunswick
Trafic
Forty Die In Irish Movie Theatre Fire Near Limerick
A wooden building in Dromcollagher near Limerick burned as a film show plunged into flames. Up to forty killed and ten seriously hurt as patrons fled through a blocked exit. many trampled or trapped in the hall. Reports add forty-nine dead in Cronical logher later dispatches.
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Limerick
Ireland
Dromcollagher
Here
Dublin
Seriou
Cronicailogher
Train Kills Six at Grade Crossing Near Puente
Six people were killed and two injured when the westbound S17 set Limited struck an automobile at a Southern Pacific grade crossing near Puente, 22 miles south of Los Angeles. The dead include W. H. Hreag, 63. Mrs. Mary Hoaz, 37. Mrs. R. B. Smith, 45. Donald Smith, 7. Rev. Daniel O Apperman, 65. and Grace Hoe, 21. A motor trip to Canada Sunday was mentioned in accompanying notes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Puente
W. H. Hreag
Mary Hoaz
R. B. Smith
Donald Smith
Slr
Baldwin Park
Daniel O Apperman
Americans Well Treated by French During Europe Tour
Miss Miriam Apple of Appleton, after a two month tour across Scotland England Ireland Germany France Switzerland and Italy aboard the U S California, reports French hosts were courteous and welcoming despite franc devaluation. She notes English hospitality in London and Mussolini’s strong influence in Italy, with fascist control over labor. The group observed Paris shopping practices and the wartime mood faded in Nice Monte Carlo and Paris, while English women appeared less fashionable than men and German social life appeared lively under postwar norms.
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Europe
Paris
France
Miriam Ti
Apple
Miss Apple
Scotland
England
Ielland
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Naples
U. S
California
America
Bertha Trall
London
Mussolini
Nice
Monte Carlo
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Globe Trotters
World Christian Endeavor Union
George
Queen Mary
Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
Germa
Rhi
Holand
Revolutions in Spain Report Said Ended in London
London dispatch reports Madrid telegram saying normalcy may be re established and Alfonso will return to San Sebastian soon. Premier Primo de Rivera announced first bloodshed in Pamplona as a lieutenant and a private were killed. two sergeants and a private wounded during refusals to surrender. Movement centered in Segovia and Valladolid. Crown to chair ministers meeting to settle the affair.
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London
Madrid
Alphonso
San Sebastian
Spain
Pamplona
Artilery
Segovia
Valladolid
Primo de Rivera
Council of Ministers
Camplona
Cerbere
France
Chicago Stage Workers Strike Over Orchestra Size
Chicago faced a strike by the Chicago Federation of Musicians affecting 3000 musicians in 45 leading vaudeville and motion picture houses. The dispute centers on a 4.50 weekly wage increase and four piece orchestras in small theatres, with plans to broaden to 300 smaller venues and about 5000 workers.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Miss Browne to Turn Tennis Professional
New York reports Miss Mary R. Browne of California will turn professional and face Suzanne Lenglen as part of her American invasion tour. Manager Charles C. Pyle announced the move, noting Browne’s rising status in the sport.
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Miss Browne
New York
Mary RK. Browne
California
Ajs Star
Suzanne Lenden
Charles C. Pyle
Frederick Reaches Blue Ridge playoff by beating Chambersburg
Frederick clinched the Blue Ridge League second half pennant with a 6 4 victory over Chambersburg this morning as the Hagerstown Slubs fell 7 6 to Waynesboro. Playoff series between Frederick and Hagerstown slated to start Tuesday with potential neutral site decisions pending from President Jamison.
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Frederick
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
al Cherry
Hustlers
Trustlers
Waynesboro
Many From Here Prepare To Return To School
A Frederick County survey lists Fredericktonians attending 50 institutions nationwide and abroad. Names span Yale to the University of Virginia, with students at Princeton, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Dickinson, and many more. The roll includes M J Grove, Kenneth Hatler, Ellen Mensell, Walker Jol)iliffe, Dorothy Job Life, and numerous others.
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Fredericktonian
Frederick Countian
Yale University
M. J. Grove
Wilbur LeGore
Princeton University
Robert Tyson
Jack Claggett
William Norris
Princeton Graduate College
Gayford Harnwell
Paul Kelbaugh
Princeton Theological Seminary
Minor Simpson
University of Pennsylvania
Paul Willard
Willis N. Mills
Walker Carty
Richard Ramsburg
Franklin and Marshall College
Nevin Smith
William Brish
Harry C. Hull
Charles Trail
Harold Clem
Dickinson College
James Etchigan
Germantown Hospital
Edith Miller
Philadelphia General Hospital
Lorraine Cubitt
Charlotte Aumen
University of Maryland Hospital
Vivian Moore
Anne Hoffman
Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth Hatler
Clarke Wisotzki
Casper BE. Cline
Carlton Smith
Thomas Mohler
Gettysburg College
Paul DeLau ‘Ter
Leonard Zimmerman
Union Theological Seminary
Reno
Harp, Jr
Drew Theological Seminary
Louie Henck
Harry Henck
Columbia University
Howard Tall
Sargent School
Susan Condon
Helma Hann
St. Joseph's College
Ellen Mensell
Regena Mundertt
Georgiana Allnutt
Mary Allnoutt
Western Maryland College
George Salter, Jr
Blue Ridge College
Charles Utz
United States Naval Academy
Anapolis
Richard P. Ross, Jr
Sweet Briar College
Dorothy Job
Washington and Lee
Walker Jolliffe
Adrian McCardell
Robert Clapp
University of Virginia
John Wood
Charles H. Conley
Edgar English
Charles Smith
University of Richmond
James Goodman
Helen Goodman
Charles
Schroeder
Union Memorial Hospital
Nuress
Margaret Fout
Caroline Rogers
Towson Normal
Mary Alice Mobley
Antoinette Gale
Ritchie Benson
Elsie Sommerfield
May Mercer
Mary Ryan
Mary Howard
Loretta Harvey
Ruth Cramer
Lillian Comer
Rail Derailment Tragedy Claims Dozens in Colorado
The Scene Limited derailed nine miles below Granite Colorado on a sharp curve, plunging into the Arkansas River. Dozens killed and many more injured, with victims from Colorado and beyond. Hospitals in Salida and Denver report 38 wounded, four of whom later died. Rescue workers battled icy water to recover bodies as motorists offered aid.
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Salida
Cal
Denver and Rio Grande
Granite
Orier
Pereens
Arkansas River
Corinne Lockman
Clarkeburg
W. Va
Colorado
Ling
Pikes Pank Ocean
Toocean
Denver
Hilda Everest
Avon. Col
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Mexico
Goimma
Benito Garcia
Colima
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Francis Scott Ker
Ruth Gale
Tmore
Marion Wier
Rhoades
Canada
Hand of Mussolini
King Alphonso
Summer Palace
Ao oLink
Plimmer
Cmt
Stresaa
George Bernard Shaw
Guesia
St John’s College
Annapolis
F. Lester Smith, Jr
Richard Hauver
Martin Luther Bowers
Strayer
Dorsey Boyle
J. Ruiz
LeRoy Baker
Carroll Elder
Ralph Lipps
Fork Union Military Academy
Edward D. Grove
Gardner School For Girls
N. Y
Annabel Lundgren
Stuart Hall
Katharine Kieffer
St. Hildah‘s Hall
Miriam Rowe
Barbara Dennis
Colorado School of Mines
Smith Cramer
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mary Wills
Maryland Institute of Girls
Latherville
Mary Pitzer
Temple University
Madeline Harp
Philadelphia School of Fine Arts
Dorothy Biser
University of Chicago
John Moran
Charles Sant-Angela
Calvert Hall
Allen F. Sherald
University of Maryland
Albert Dean
Howard Flook
Philip Wertheimer
Ross Smith
Carroll James
J. Brooke Boyle
James Walter
Harold Boost
Nelson Snouffer
Roger Snouffer
Frank Witter
Amos Beachley
Miel Burgee
Eugene Creed
George W. Abrecht
John Leatherman
Jack Markey
J. Alliene Williamson
Denver and
Rio Grande
Col
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Yesterfern
Marine
Leadille
Fay
Denter
Tacmser
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