Chesapeake Bridge urged by Del Mar Va Agricultural Council
The Agricultural Council of the Del Mar Va urged Governor Ritchie and the Maryland General Assembly to advance the Chesapeake bridge project funded by private capital. The telegram, signed by C. C. Gelder of Princess Anne, cites 6008 square miles of rich territory seeking better access to Baltimore and surrounding areas. A March 16 Del Mar Va Congress meeting is noted, with 100 local leaders pledging support.
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Maryland
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General Assembly
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Senate
Moore
Arty
Cellation
Ritchie
Maryland Assembly
Chesapeake Bridge
Quereel
Del-Mar-Va Association
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Peninsua
C. C. Gelder
Princess Anne
Agricultural Council
Baseball Hearings Hint at $75,000 Salaries for Speakers and Cobls
NY gossip among baseball men says Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb will each receive $75,000 for the coming season. Rumors also place Cork Griffith negotiating terms with Speaker and note John McGraw and Babe Ruth as top earners, with Ruth reportedly seeking $52,000 yearly.
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New York
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobl
Cork. Griffith
Senators
Ued
John McGraw
New York Giants
Babe Ruth
Roger Hursby
Glan
Ruth
Vantee
Abs
Bassearls
Epting
Bank of Manhattan Company
Ford
NYSE Extends Supervision Over Lake Ere and Wheline Stocks
The New York Stock Exchange announces continued close oversight of market dealings in Lake Ere and Wheline Railroad securities as 16 railroads reach record high levels under scrutiny.
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New York Stock Exchange
Lake Ere
Wheline
Writer Harry L. Wien faces divorce suit in Los Angeles
Novelist Harry Leon Wien is charged with desertion and failure to support his wife Helen Genk Wien and their two children Harry Leon Jr. and Helen. Mrs Wien seeks custody and temporary alimony of 9808 2 per month and a receiver for community property. The couple, married in San Francisco June 15 1912, separated February 1 1926.
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Los Angeles
Harry Leon Wien
Helen Genk
Wilson
Kentucky's wealthiest widow weds again in January
Mrs. Kentucky Musick, famed for multiple marriages, announces her sixth marriage to Rev. Alien J. Maynard of Zebulon Kentucky. The bride, now widowed after outliving five husbands, delayed disclosure due to the Big Nandy Valley weather. Maynard, much younger, esteems a new life without children.
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Pikeville
Kentucky
Kentucky Musick
Alien J. Maynard
Zebulon
Ben
Nandy
Maynard
U. S. Musick
West Virginia
Anes
Mick
Musick
Railroad seeks 222056 shares stock to ease shortage
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad applied today to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue 222056 shares of new common stock. The move aims to relieve a stock shortage that has caused a disturbance on the New York Exchange.
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Washington
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commissinn
New York Exchange
Byrd to Pilot Fokker Monoplane From New York to Paris
Commander Richard E. Byrd plans a solo air duel for a $25,800 prize offered by Raymond Arteig. His pilot Bennet will join the expedition along with Norwegian Lt. Bernt Balchen. A new three-engine Fokker monoplane of the Josephine type is under construction for the attempt, with takeoff date still undecided.
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Air Connector
North Pole
Raymond Arteig
New York
Paris
New York Times
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
the Times
Norfolk Warden Held Responsible in Back Bay Duck Killings
State Game Warden Floyd Mercer was found responsible by Coroner McDonald for the deaths of Allen Waterfield and James Bonney during a December arrest attempt at Back Bay. Mercer, with two other wardens, fired buckshot after a duck hunting charge, with over twenty five shots fired. Mercer used an automatic shotgun while others used revolvers. Mercer faces grand jury action on $10,000 bond. fellow wardens also bound over on related charges as friends and supporters gathered at Princess Anne county.
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Norfolk
Floyd Mercer
McDonald
Allen Lee Waterfield
James Lee Bonney
Back Bay
Mercer
Watergeld
J. T. Cuppe
Princess Anne County
Mlo Bond
World News Fragments Include Gasoline Rise In New Jersey
Miscellaneous late news briefs report gasoline prices rising in New Jersey and Washington D C by one cent per gallon. Other items note heat waves in Argentina reaching 104 degrees and 96 in shade. International topics mention Britain and China, plus political commentary on government actions in Asia.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Marlend
District of Colombia
Cambridge to extend city limits to include new property
Cambridge plans to enlarge city limits along the Choptank river and newly accessible fronts. A special board session formed a committee to draft a tax law for assessable property within the expansion, targeting residential districts and crossing areas. The project ties to river dredging and bulkheading funded with federal aid and a $1500 appropriation.
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Carroll L. Vuil
Board of Commissioners of
Emerson C. Harrington
T. Seaghton Iassey
Jenkins Creek
Cambridge Fair Grounds
Eatey Wire Works
Shoal Creek
Choptank
Bevievard
Cambridge Creek
Dorchester County
Cambrdge
Aid
BR. Pettis
United States Corpe of Engineer
Earle W. Oren
Congress
Plane mas bridge scandal highlights new seaplane design
Fragmentary report describes a fledgling seaplane tied to London with concerns about passenger comfort and cabin conditions resembling ocean liners. Details unclear but mentions bridge context and safety questions.
Mystery aviator believed lost over Lake Erie
Toledo reports a radio plea for help suggesting an aviator is lost in Lake Erie. A disjointed message received by M O W Hensel near shirt field Michigan described distress and a possible location fifteen miles north of Toledo ten miles north of Toledo with a voice saying going into the water and a hundred feet above the water.
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Toledo
Hax
Lake Erie
M. OW. Hensel
Shirt Field
Mich
Petition Filed To Oust Directors Of Ins Petroleum Co
Alten G Oliphant of Tulsa files in Wilmington Chancery to elect new directors and remove current ones of the Ins Petroleum Company Incorporated. The suit, on behalf of stockholders who swapped for Southern States stock, involves Plains and Southern corporations in receivership. Receivers Tumulty and Glass hold both estates and related entities.
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Del
Court of Chancery
Ins Petruleum Company, Inc
Alten G
Oliphant of
Tulsa
Oefa
Th Plains Corporation
Southern Corporation
Courts of
New York
Dnevh 2
Doorph Glass
Chi Corporation
Ociphant
Middle St.ter Corporation
Wolcott
Widdle States of Company
Unclear OCR: Government forces advance after capitulation
Fragmentary report from Lisbon about clashes and casualties as government forces push forward. Officials in London confirm no American or British injuries and emphasize ongoing turmoil in Portugal after recent capitulations.
State Senate Passes Large Number of Bills
Maryland state senate approves numerous measures including liquor traffic curb in Somerset County. The bills cover commissions to regulate laws, appoint promotions, and set salaries for Allegany County commissioners with several items referred to page 4 for continuation.
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State Senate
Five Sailors Rescued After Barge Becomes Sinking Fire
A barge named Marie Beasley with five Norfolk crew members caught fire and sank ten miles south of Fenwick Island Light. The tug Balienss of New York rescued the crew as Coast Guard alerted from base 9 at Larson piers.
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Ocean City
Mark C. Beasley
Norfolk
New York
Kena
Proposal to cut school bill denied by county board
A Wicomico County delegation urged splitting a 500000 school bond into 308080 for schools and 200008 for roads. The Board of County Commissioners refused, saying the school need is strong and favored keeping bonds separate, backed by local PTAs alumni and chamber groups.
Fire Drives Family From Maryland Home
Hagerstown Md Feb 9 AP Iteary Cleusman his invalid wife and young daughter were driven from their Wingerton home by a night fire that destroyed the house and two outbuildings. The blaze, starting in the attic, was discovered as the family retired. Cleusman carried his wife and child to an auto and summoned aid. A Hagerstown fire company prevented spread to other structures.
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Hagerstown
Apiteary Cleusman
Wingerton
Cleusman
Senator Norbreck Involved In North Dakota Crash
AP dispatch reports Senator Norbreck of South Dakota injured in an automobile accident at Union Station Plaza Washington. Preliminary notes indicate two rib fractures and a badly wrenched shoulder. He is resting comfortably at Sibley Hospital. In other news Mexican government says it foiled another Catholic plot aiming to spark rebellion in Guanajuato and Queretaro.
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Norbreck
South Dakota
Union Station
Plazs
Sibley Hospital
Guszjuato
Queretaro
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