Washington county High School graduations set for June
Superintendent H J Grimes announced the week of June 5 for commencements across Washington county. Belington and elementary ceremonies follow with joint high and elementary programs and schedules for Bmichsburg Hancock Hagerstown Williamsport Boonsboro and Clear Spring.
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Washington County
H. J.grimes
Bmichsburg
Hancock
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Clear Spring
Women rally to defend prohibition in Washington convention
Women supporters of prohibition gathered in Washington to form an organized push to retain the eighteenth amendment and overturn the new beer law. Mrs Henry W Peabody chaired the national committee on law enforcement directing a three day convention with Senator Capper as the first day speaker and Senator Sheppard slated for tomorrow.
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Washington
Henry W. Peabody
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Capper
R. Kan
Sheppard
Tex
Mussolini names Jung finance minister for world talks
Rome reports Premier Mussolini appoints Guido Jung as minister of finance to represent Italy at a preliminary world economic conference in Washington. Jung will be accompanied by experts as negotiations begin.
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Jung
Rome
Mussolini
Guido Jung
Italy
Washington
Paroles for Liquor Law Violators Declared by Governor
Lansing April 12 Governor William A Comstock said all liquor law violators without other crime records have been paroled from state prisons. He noted many convicted under prohibition stay jailed for other crimes. He has no plan to release them before term expiry. Over 200 paroles granted for liquor law offenses with clean records.
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Lansing
Mich
William A. Comstock
Shooting of Robins in West End Under Probe
Reports say several West End families killed and ate robins in potpies and stews. U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger advised notifying federal authorities as the act may violate federal law. Blackbirds too are mentioned as being shot.
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U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
Couple Held In Woman's Death in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on April 12 police held C. E. White and his assistant Miss Ann Aeberli on suspicion of murder after the death of 31 year old Mrs. Aline Farnum following a face rejuvenating treatment. Investigators said two drugs including an anesthetic were given to Mrs. Farnum, wife of policeman Oscar S. Farnum, leaving facial scarring from acid burns.
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Los Angeles
C. E. White
Ann Aeberli
Aline Farnum
White
Robert
Farnum
Mills Human Sacrifice case ends in Kentucky verdict
John H. Mills Batlard Mills and Blaine McGinnis are convicted of murder and conspiracy in the Mills murder case in Inez Kentucky. Mills is sentenced to life, Mills and McGinnis get 21 years each. Mollie McGinnis Ora Moore are acquitted. The court found no emotion as verdicts were read.
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Fred Mills
Tommie Boyd
F. Bailey
Lucinda Mills
Tomahawk
Feruary
Probe Arrest Of Pair With Beer
Virginia Attorney General John R. Saunders announced a full inquiry into the arrest of two Tennessee men fined 16 dollars and 10 cents for carrying a bottle of beer across the southwest tip of Virginia on the route home from Kentucky. Prohibition agent C. H. Redman, involved in the case, was praised as a good officer by Saunders who cannot understand the actions.
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Richmond
John R. Saunders
Virginia
Kentucky
C. H. Redman
Showers Delay Spring Planting Across Local Farms
Last night’s .80 inch rain brought monthly total to 1.35 inches near normal per Keedysville weather observer J A Miller. Occasional showers slowed cultivation and pushed back early vegetable planting, though gardeners say there is still time. Stream levels remained largely unchanged with only slight Potomac rise.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Potomac
Wage dispute ends unofficial strike on Great Southern Rail
In Dublin on April 2 the Great Southern Railway in the Irish Free State reached a settlement ending an unofficial strike by about 4,000 employees. The agreement ends a conflict over wages and restores normal service.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Great Southern Railway
Free State
Changed Mind on Way Down in Pittsburgh
Mike Kopkitel, 46, leaped from the Manchester bridge into the Ohio River then turned back and swam to shore. A policeman pulled him from the water and he was arraigned for disorderly conduct. He recalled a $68 bank deposit from five years earlier.
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Pittsburgh
Mike Kopkitel
Manchester
Ohio River
Mike
Akron search hampered by galey sea off Jersey coast
High seas and a furious gale off the Jersey coast hindered the continuing search for the Akron disaster. Officials said 67 crew members remained unrecovered as the bodies of those aboard were not yet found eight days after the airship crashed.
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Pontland At
Jersey
Akron
The
Screw
Britisher Pleads Guilty In Soviet Espionage Case
MOSCOW April 12 W M MacDonald a British employee of Metropolitan Vickers and 11 Russian colleagues pleaded guilty to espionage sabotage and bribery charges. Five other British workers pleaded not guilty. The case centers on MacDonald alleged military espionage at Zlatoust electrical station and alleged meetings with Richards head of the export department and a British intelligence officer.
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Moscow
W. #. MacDonald
Metropolitan-Vicker Electrical Co
Allan Monkhouse
Metropolitan-Vickers Company
Charles Nordwell
L. C. Thornton
A. W. Gregory
John Cushey
Trades Unions
MacDonald
Thornton
Zlatoust
Vv. A. Gusev
Monkhouse
Cushy
Richards
Metropolitan-Vickers
Russia
Archangel
Kutuzova
Roosevelt condemns warfare in Americas on Pan American Day
President Roosevelt denounces existing warfare in South American countries as a backward step and urges immediate steps by American governments to remove trade barriers. He addresses the Pan American Union board near the White House and extols unity and cooperation among the republics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pan American Union
White House
Roosevelt backs 30 hour week plan with flexible rule
President Roosevelt favors the 30 hour week bill passed by the Senate but says elasticity is needed in its provisions for practical administration. He supports spreading work to more people while preventing long hours for any single worker.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Movie Actress Gets Divorce in Los Angeles
Eleanor Boardman, motion picture actress, divorced director King Vidor amid alleged infidelity. Testimony described Vidor in pajamas with a woman in an apartment. Court granted $500 monthly child support for Antonia 5 and Belinda 2, a property settlement of stocks and bonds over $200,000, and use of the Beverly Hills home until sale or remarriage.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Boardman
King Vidor
Miss Boardman
Victor
Antonia
Belindas
Heverly Hills
Youth dies by own action in Maryland home
John Mitchell Walters Sr is 25 and died after a pump gun wrapped in cloth was found by his bed. He was last with his fiancée Miss Mary Bertha Jenkins. No reason given for the self inflicted death.
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Longconing
John Mitchell Walters, Sr
J. M. Walters
Young Walters
Mary Bertha Jenkins
Many Apply to New Forest Conservation Corps
Welfare Federation workers at the Hotel Alexander HQ in Hagerstown collected names ages and occupations from youths 18 to 25 applying to join the new forest conservation corps. City recruits already in camp and the next group will come from six Maryland cities. Selected youths with dependents may be examined for army camp conditioning before forest work.
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Welfare Federation
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore City
Maryland
Meyer Resigns as Federal Reserve Board Governor
Eugene Meyer resigns as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board and plans to return to private business. President Roosevelt asks him to remain until a successor is named and a decision is made.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Missionary Ned Nielsen Kidnapped in Manchuria
Dr Niles Nielsen an American medical missionary for the Danish Lutheran mission at Hetuyen south of Mukden was kidnapped by Chinese brigands yesterday a telegram from his wife to the American consulate said details were unavailable. Nielsen is a Minneapolis native and stationed 110 miles south of Mukden.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Niles Nielsen
Nielsen
Minneapolis
Minn
Daniah Lutheran
Hetuyen
Here
Heavy frost threatens peach blooms in Maryland orchards
Weather Bureau forecast light to heavy frost for tomorrow morning alarms peach growers in Keedysville and nearby areas. Government observer J A Miller notes frost indications with north winds and temperatures near 40s to mid 40s, requiring sub 30 for damage. Plum trees in blossom also at risk as growers fear April frosts.
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Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Soap Conscious Charleroi Distress Causes Worker Exit
Houston Monogahela riverman Jeff quits his job on the U S Collier over discomfort with a new soap causing sharp edges. He protests he cannot stand washing his hands. The note appears in an April 12 publication from Charleroi Fa.
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Charleroi
Jeff
Houston
Monogahela
U. S
Collier
Community garden for jobless to operate again this summer
The Washington County Welfare Federation approved a summer garden program for Hagerstown jobless. Mayor Wertz promised more city farm land for plots, with Councilmen Keller Nigh and Herbert Cost as agricultural overseers. Ten acres yielded 1 450 bushels of potatoes last year, aiding about 1 125 families, aided by King’s Daughters seed support.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Welfare Federation
M. Wertz
Federation
Wertz
Keller Nigh
Herbert Cost
Welfare Federation
John M. Tenney
Cavetown Pike
Ola
King's Daughters
Jury Called To Pass Upon Ruth Judd Insanity Question
In Florence Arizona on April 12 a jury will decide if Ruth Judd the so called trunk murderess should be deemed insane while in State prison. If found insane she would be sent to the state hospital for the insane instead of execution. Her attorneys plan to seek a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court. Warden Walker notes Judd has grown more nervous and the plan is to bring a 12 member jury for the sanity inquiry. Prior clemency efforts failed including appeals to the Arizona Supreme Court and state pardons board.
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Plorence
Ariz
Supreme Court
Walker
Yeate
Tory
Auc
Mra. Judd
Arizona Supreme Court
Pébtiong
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Pri At
Maryland seeks RF C loans for unemployment relief
Nine Maryland counties and the city of Cumberland request Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to relieve unemployment. Walter N. Kirkman says approvals were granted by state officials and await RFC action for two months of funds to aid counties and Cumberland.
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Baltimore
Reconstriction Finance Corporation
Maryland
Walter N. Kirkman
Washington
Cumberland
Washington Montgomery
Garrett
Frederick
Cecil
Anne Arund
Allegany
Kirkman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Will of Greenly S Hahn Promises Bequest for Dancers
Cincinnati April 13 Greenly S Hahn dry crusader leaves a will valuing an estate around 40 000 dollars to five children who abstain from intoxicants tobacco and dancing before 21. One daughter forfeits 600 for loving to dance. Woman Laura Beall injures right hand in fall at Shoe and Legging Company and may be confined for weeks. City offices will be closed Friday per citation.
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Cincinnati
Greenly
Hahn
Lorin Greely, & Son
Laura Beall
Shoe & Legging Company
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Great Wall of China
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Strange Cult
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Peck
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Board
Francis W.peck
St. Paul
Cooperative Loan
Farm Credit Administration
Catro
Egypt
L. Robiano
Lymppne
England
Australia
Lympne
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Syria
Jaak
Persia
Meyer
Francesco Angello
Desenzano
Noose
Steead
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