Blue laws feud ushers in Sunday baseball rift in Hagerstown
Hagerstown faces a Sunday baseball showdown as State's Attorney Ellsworth R Roulette vows arrests under the Lords Day ban. He cites 1924 code and court rulings as grounds, prompting political overtones in his primary bid. The Hagerstown Baseball Association weighs canceling the game against Frederick, with a meeting set to decide.
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R Roulette
Frederick
Blue Eidge League
Roulette
Harry E. Bester
Hagerstown Baseball Association
Pareball
Rester
The
Baseball Association
Bester
Hall Mills Murder Reopened Witnesses Targeted
Alleged new tips and vanished witnesses fuel a reopened investigation into the 1922 Hall Mills murder. A hoax trunk report is dismissed while police monitor six witnesses including former servants as state authorities weigh arrests and actions.
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Bound Brook
N J
Edward W Hall
Eleanor Mile
John Merlett
Arzirish Beckman
Mer Hucbead
Ralph V. Corshine
Dr. Hall
Simpson
Mr. Gorssine
Frmer
Hall
Ederle Tackles English Channel Swim Amid Fair Conditions
American swimmer Gertrude Ederle began her English Channel attempt from Cape Gris Nez at dawn. By 10:00 AM she was four miles north by west of the cape, making steady progress despite a rising wind and warmer water as she pressed toward the opposite coast.
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France
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Mias Ederle
Camera Ner
Gri
Outlaw Tri Dies in Duel With Agents Reported
Three men rode from Everglades to Miami after liquor raids and fought federal agents. In the skirmish all three were killed, with one autopsy noting the crash into the swamps as the gang's end. The Ashey gang, long a feared group in the region, apparently met its match as officers surrounded them on the road.
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Fla
Everglades
Miami
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Evergl
Torinson
Legion Meeting Move Considered Over Paris Convention
Bernhard F Schlegel Post of West Chester Pa proposes reviewing the 1927 Paris convention amid reported anti American sentiment in Europe. Major John A Farrell and Samuel W Long had resolutions denied asking the next national Legion convention in Philadelphia to decide after a full report on conditions.
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Del
Bernhard F Schlegel
American Legion
West Chester
Paris
John A Farrell
Samuel W Long
the Legion
Philadelphia
Two Workers Die As Gas Car Explodes
An explosion in a gas car incident claimed the lives of two workers. The blast occurred amid handling operations, and investigators are assessing cause and safety breaches. Local authorities reported no survivors among those on site.
Harry Eds Named Member of Crack Sesqui Army Unit
Philadelphia August 6 Harry Eds of Salisbury Maryland was selected by his organisation commander as a member of the crack detachment representing the Regular Army at the Philadelphia Sesqui Exhibition. Eds, a member of Company K Twelfth Infantry stationed at Fort Washington Maryland, was chosen for his exceptional qualifications.
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Crack Sesqui Army
Philadelphia
Harry E. Ems
Salisbury
Maryland
Emil
Co. K
Fort Washington
Peay Leads in Tennessee in Democratic Nomination Race
Unofficial returns from 1,633 precincts show Governor Austin Peay leading Hill McAllister by 1,218 votes for the Democratic renomination. Peay has 75,017 to McAllister 73,529, with Dr John R. Neal far behind. Finish J Garrett was renominated. RaLuston vs Darr in 16th district shows Darr ahead by a small margin.
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A. P
Austin Peay
Hill McAllater
Peay
McAllister
John R. Neal
Garrett
1&H
John T Raulston
Scopes
Dayton
Leslie Darr
Darr
Family of Fourteen: Mother Dated 197 Years Old
In Hollister California on August 6 Mrs. Joseph Churchill aged 197 performs housework and cooks for her 89 year old husband after forty nine years of marriage. She sews without glasses. Only one of fourteen children from a previous marriage survives and all were born before she was twenty six. The article notes Chinese use of natural gas for light and fuel in earlier times.
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Hollister
Cal
Joseph Churchill
Late News Bulletins From various cities
Reports from Aug 6 cover Gertrede Ederle near mid channel under adverse seas and southwest wind. Other items note Newark Deress, 16, dying at home with dog refusing to eat after his death. Hakimere reports a bankruptcy petition by Bath Crimenm’s nurse instructor with liabilities and assets disclosed. New York reports French francs at 3 cents to dollar amid market tremors. Army plane crash near Manteel injures cadet Wilson. war casualty tallies and weather figures accompany the brief dispatches.
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Wilmington. del
Neward Deress
Atrichen
Bayard Warns Amendment Threatens Liberty and Supersedes States
Senator Thomas F Bayard warns at the Virginia Bar Association meeting that proposed amendments such as the Eighteenth Amendment and labor changes would create a centralised super government in Washington. He argues such moves threaten individual liberty and the spirit of the American Revolution, urging preservation of the original ten amendments.
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Washington
Thomas F Bayard
Delaware
Virginia Bar Association
Auper
Sitageniste Ams
Sunday Sagas Claim Necessity of Weekends in Philadelphia
Fragmented OCR text notes Sunday sagas and necessity claims in Philadelphia with garbled phrases. The readable parts reference dates and places but lack clear events or outcomes. The piece appears to be a damaged column or notice with no coherent report.
Witness in Whittemore case moved from pen to House of Correction
Babine Vue and John Thomas Reese, trusted witnesses against Richard Whittemore, were relocated from the Maryland Penitentiary to the House of Correction. Warden Patrick J. Brady said Whittemore faces death by scaffold for the murder of guard Robert Holtman, with Bowie the trusty at risk after testifying.
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Babine Vue &A
John Thomas Reese
Negro Trusty
Witnes Aganst
Richard Reese
Whittemore
Maryland
Houre of Correction
Patrick J. Brady
Toha Whittemore
Robert If Holtman
Bowie
House of Correction
Bown
Stock Prices Rise as Trading Firms Lift Markets
News brief notes stock prices moved upward led by trading firms and industrial shares on August 6. Remington Typewriter, American Smelting, and Associated Equipment shares reached new highs as investors showed brisk buying amid general market strength and rail stock activity.
West Suffering in Throes of Tropical Heat
Heat wave grips the western and southwestern states with many areas exceeding 100 degrees. Scattered thunder showers and cooling breezes were forecast as tentative relief while authorities report deaths linked to extreme heat and humidity.
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Kansas City
Kansapointe
Ptem Oklahowm
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