19 Apr 1929
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
1
National Guardsmen and authorities sought clues after masked assailants wrecked the National Textile Workers Union local headquarters in Gastonia North Carolina with sledgehammers and crowbars during the Loray Textile Mill strike. The incident followed a tense day of quiet.
Dr Edward F Buchner dean of education at Johns Hopkins called the American system the finest globally at a Current Events club meeting. He praised free high school education in the United States and contrasted it with continental systems noting class divisions in education from aristocracy to masses. He traced origins from monastic days to Luther and discussed limits on changing tracks before finishing primary grades.
Dr Buchner notes 55 percent exam pass rate with only 45 percent allowed to pass due to limited places. England lacks a systematic approach due to strong individualism. Public schools enroll children by family choice, akin to private US schools, with long waiting lists. Universities thrive on large endowments and independence from government funding.
Mr Herman Rober and Guy Suffa attended the Pentecostal meeting at Mercersburg Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Marvin Rober and children visited with Mr and Mrs Edward Repp. Nellie Carbaugh and William Sport spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ward Carbaugh. Mr and Mrs Jesse Sword visited Mr and Mrs TC Sword Sunday afternoon. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sword were noted.
Mrs Samuel Roher and Miss Mary Sword called on Saturday evening at Mrs David Cloppers home. Mrs Harvey Hull and Mrs Barney Williams, who had been ill with mumps, are now able to be out again.
Miss Catherine M Moran the only Pennsylvania student pilot visited Martinsburg after delivering a message from Governor Fisher to Governor Byrd at Shenandoah Hotel. She took off from Gettysburg airport and was forced down by winds, then traveled by auto escorted by two motor patrolmen. She will fly to Winchester today to attend the Apple Blossom Festival at the invitation of Governor Byrd.
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