Fire damages Cropper Hardware in Ocean City blaze
Fire swept through the Harry J. Cropper Hardware on Restamore Avenue in Ocean City center, threatening nearby stores. Estimated damage to store and stock about 2000 dollars. the building valued at 15000 dollars, with 20,000 brick structure planned to replace later. Firefighters from Ocean City Berlin Salisbury helped and calls were made after the alarm at about 1:30 AM.
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Bushe
Ocean City
JU Tase
Harry J. Cropper Hardware Establishment
Restamore Avenue
Berlin
Salisbury
Ocean City Company
Cropper Hardware
Tea
Dennis Hetel
United States Post Ofic
Harry J. Cropper
Mantilla Explosion Toll Grows At Sparrows Point Dry Dock
The Norwegian tanker Mantilla blew apart during dry dock work at Sparrows Point. Captain Danielsen reported 12 dead from 45 crew, with four unidentified bodies and several shipyard workers among the injured. Second mate Larsen offered a vivid account as rescue teams battled fires and oily debris.
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Ralumormw
Sparrows Point
Nils Danielsen
Amiel Petersen
Baltimore
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Lars Larsen
Marine Hospital
Baldt Steel Plant Fire Levels Major East Coast Facility
Fire at the Baldt Plant of the Penn Seaboard Steel Company in New Castle Delaware destroyed the large machine and electric shops and damaged the electric substation and drying roof. Loss estimated around 400000 dollars with many workers laid off as preparations to rebuild begin.
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Wilmington
Del
Apo
Penn-Seaboard Stel Company
Newcastle
Powler
Baldt Steel
Pean Seaboard Company
Electric J
Penn-Seaboard Steel Company
Former Naval Teacher Samuel Garner Dies in Annapolis
Samuel Garner, once a noted language instructor at the Naval Academy and later superintendent of education for Anne Arundel County, died at his home Spa View Heights Annapolis after a paralytic attack. He authored two Spanish grammars and is survived by his widow and brother George Garner of Annapolis.
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Annapolis
Samuel Garner
Spa View Heights
de Garner
St. Mary's County
Garner
Naval Academy
Anne Arundel County
George Garner
Amateurs Aid Tourist From Far Off Continents
A London to New Zealand travel tale sees amateur helpers keep in touch with a lost tourist. A J Baldwin of Portland is aided by a cooperative network spanning thousands of miles through radio and communication lines.
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Althouch
Atrin
New Zealand
J Baldwin
Portland
Kep
Fl Annes Radi Statng
French Franc Surges Amid Mixed Market Signals
The franc shows a sharp rise twice amid volatile trading as investors weigh currency stability against upcoming policy moves. Analysts note a broader push in European markets with hopes for a stronger euro and tentative rate guidance.
Peninsula Horticultural Society Holds 40th Annual Session
Dover Del Nov 20 the Peninsula Horticultural Society held its fortieth annual session with officers elected after noon proceedings. Officers elected include President Henry I Harrison Berlin Md vice president H C Richardson Wyoming Secretary Dr J F Adams Newark Des Treasurer W Lee Allen Salisbury Md and state vice presidents for Delaware New Castle Kent and Sussex counties plus Maryland Ceecil County and Virginia Accomac and Northampton counties. Executive committee named W M Dickson Woodside Del A S Cover Easton Md Henry J Harrison Berlin Md W Smith Bridgeville Del George R Cobb Salisbury Md H C Richardson Wyoming.
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Del
Peninsula
Henry I. Harrison
Ber In
H.C Richardson
J. F. Adams
Newark
Des
W Lee Allen
Salisbury
Delaware
New Castle County
N. J. Grubb
Kent
Frank M. Richardson
Sussex
WC Newton
Maryland
Ceecil County
Les H Balderston
B. F Rash
Queen Ane's
W. Irving Walker
Caroline
Otto Sanger
Dorchester
Fred Hirst
Tabot
Albert Fike
Wicomico
W. F. Alen
Worcester
J. F Dukes
Somerset
Edward Ll. Lankford
Virginia
Acomac
Benjamin F. Gunter
Northampton
W. N. Elexey
W. M. Dickson
Woodside
A. S. Cover
Easton
Henry J. Harrison
Berlin
W Smith
Bridgeville
George R. Cobb
H. C. Richardson
Wyoming
Accused Released From State Asylum Sparks Shootout
In North Carolina in November Harold Wheeler 20 who had been released from the State Infant Asylum six months earlier barricaded a Kingstree home after allegedly firing on Sheriff Henry Gamble of Williamsberg County during a bid to stop Wheeler from wrecking four Atlantic Coast Line trains. Bloodhounds traced the suspect to the house where Wheeler and his mother were later joined by Wheeler’s barricade. The sheriff wounded, Wheeler fled then returned to resume a stand.
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N. C
Kingstree
Harold Wheeler
Henry
Gamble
Williamsberg
Wheeler
Atlantic Coast Line
Lake City
Pirates Seize Japanese Steamer and Take Hostages
The Japanese steamer Sin Maru was seized near Nev by Chinese pirates who looted 13000 and held the captain for ransom. Other brief items note royal party travel pace, a U S destroyer escort, a tragic personal crisis incident, ship safeties, and a prison witness in a deputy warden murder case.
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Manhew
Nine Men Saved From Lake Grogan After Rocks Stranding
A Coast Guard crew rescued nine sailors from the Lake Grogan after it ran aground near Morgan's Point off Buffalo during a snowstorm. The vessel, built for scrap and en route to Detroit, broke apart as a breeches buoy carried the men to safety. The stormy Great Lakes conditions continued to hamper other ships with several vessels reported overdue or sheltering near Beaver Islands and Manitous.
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S. Y
Buffalo Coast Guardsmen
Shipping Board
Lake Grogan
Morgan's Point
Port Culborne
Detroit
Hog Island
Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Michigan
Superior
Vieleme
Uhl
Bog Gerald
Milwaukee Harter
Othr
Monrice C. Smith
David Norton
William H. Fitzgerald
Sam Mitchell
British Coal Strikers Plan New Meeting After Conference
London reports a delegates conference directing district bodies to await guidance before a final settlement with miners. The move follows belief that the recent twelve month strike is near an end and miners may return to work next week.
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London
Steamboat Service Restored Between Chester and Baltimore
Chestertown Md Nov 20 After a year and a half Chester resumes steamboat service to Baltimore. The Southern Maryland Steamboat Company assigns a two day schedule with departures from Chester on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 7 oclock and arrivals in Baltimore on Tuesday and Thursday at noon. Wharves along the Pennsyl vania Railroad route are revived as traffic grows. The new line will aid shippers in Kent and Queen Annes counties with improved harbor access.
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Chestertown
Baltimore
Southern Maryl and Steamboat Company
Chester
Owick
Pensylvania Railroad
Kent
Queen Annes Counties
Dual role ends as bond forger traps self
Earl A Pran a 26 year old Denver advertising man confessed to posing as head of a brokerage firm. He forged 600 thousand dollars in Denver Municipal Water Works bonds and sold 210 thousand dollars to eastern firms under names A Coe and Company and others. He was arrested after investigators traced accounts.
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A Coe and Company
Wat Puserat Atturney Foster Chine
Rey Neleun
Atatrict Post Office Inspecta
Owerth
The
Henry Stevens denies murder in New Jersey hearing
Henry Stevens on his birthday testified he was at his Lavallette home over the murder date of Mrs. Eleanor Mills. He claimed he spent morning downtown and fished in the afternoon and evening, with his wife in New York and himself at home for dinner. He denied related testimony and questioned the parentage of Willie Stevens, insisting on his brother status while acknowledging unknowns about Willie’s birth records.
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N. J
AOP
Henry Stevens
Eleanor RB. Mills
Lavallette
Stevens
New Brunswick
Mary Demarest
Anna Huag
Henry L. Dickman
Florida
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor R. Mill
Simpson
Willie Stevens
Willie
Aiken St
Listener Sends 25 Dollar Gift to KGW Station
A listener from Port Lad Ore praised KGW programs and sent a 25 check to the Ration to fund a dinner for the artists and announcer.
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KGW
Port Lad Ore
Repeal Automobile Tax Faces White House Clash
Washington dispatch reports Congress members returning home with tax reform ideas while President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon resist drastic changes. A proposed $75 million automobile tax repeal is opposed as highway spending rises and broader tax relief debates continue amid Democratic Republican lines.
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Treasury
Considze
Mellon
Capitol Hill
Hudson
Michigan
Simm Ce
North Carolina
Representate Garner
Texas
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