Fire devastates Odd Fellows Temple in Hagerstown blaze
A massive overnight fire tore through the Odd Fellows Temple in Hagerstown, destroying the lodge's records and regalia while threatening adjacent buildings. Firefighters from multiple departments battled in high winds, saving parts of nearby residences as walls collapsed and flames soared, with losses estimated around ninety thousand dollars.
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Cada
Hospital
Williamsport
Funkstown
Hagerstown
Richard G Hawken
Seymour
James Ray
Fred Holden
Potomac Lodge
Odd Fellows Drum Corps
Lewis Blenard
Hagerstown R. F
John Beard
Board of
Odd Fellows Lodge
Beard
Odd Fellows Temple
Gilead
Mary Young Rebecca Lodge
Golden Rule Rebecca Lodge
Drum Corps
William Peters
Roessner
Gilmore
Mt. Vernon
Colonial Hotel
Frank Massack
H. E. Keedy
Ron
South Potomac Street
Lindy
Ernest W. Miller
W. Lee Elgin
Max Hoover
Warren Seymour
Richard Hawken
Nettie Hoffman
Leola Lohr
Mary Bright
Robert. Higman
West End
Smith
Eavey
Sioux Tribe
Order of Red Men
Norman
Reso
Inte Councils
AL MG Reyal
America
O Conor Retreats On Roads Reorganization Plan
Governor O Conor signals retreat on state roads reorganization amid opposition from Isa ish Bowman committeemen and Senators. He suggests legislature may follow budget based action, with three paid commissioners or elimination of two positions. Assembly reconvenes to debate major reorganization, a $95 million biennial budget, and an $8.56 million revenue plan.
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O’conor
Annapolis
Roads Commission
Isaiah) Bowman
Dr. Bowman
State Roads Commission
Bowman
O'Conor
General Assembly
Fleet Is Ready For War Games At Guantanamo
United States fleet at Guantanamo Cuba prepares for a three week test of Panama Canal defenses. An attacking white force under Admiral E C Kalbfus will sail tomorrow for a rendezvous at sea. The maneuvers, first in the Atlantic in five years, come amid broad national defense moves and hemispheric solidarity efforts led by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
United States
Guantanamo
Cuba
Panama Canal
E. C. Kalbfus
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Hemisphere
Lima
Caribbean
Society Buys Battle Site at Antietam
The Historical Society reports the purchase of 186 acres at Antietam for preservation and future development after Burnside’s bridge action, with plans to present the tract to the National Government. A hoped for modernized driveway to Ohio's McKinley monument is noted, and previous attempts to acquire the Dunkard Church site are cited as prohibitive. The article references 3975 counties in the United States.
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Lee
Bloody Lane
Burnside
Antietam
Ohio
McKinley
Historical Society
Dunkard
Jews Offered Emigration Plan At Nazi Talks In Berlin
George Rublee, head of the International Refugee Committee, told officials that Hitler promised to ease anti Jewish bars in German trade if the committee accepts a plan to remove Jews from Germany. Representatives of 32 governments meet to discuss the emigration scheme amid claims of a 15 percent capital allowance for Jews. The committee may seek a large loan to fund the exodus of about 75 000 young Jews over the next year.
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London
George Rublee
International Refugee Committee
Hitler
Germany
Rublee
Berlin
Myron Taylor
United States
Fuehrer
Helmuth Wohlthal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Inmtergovernmental Committee
Hijalmar Schacht
Woman Injured After Route 40 Auto Collision Near Clearspring
Mrs. Lettie BE. Shives of Hancock was slightly injured when her car collided head on with a westbound vehicle driven by H. Robinson of Clearspring on a sharp curve about a mile east of Clearspring on Route 40. Both cars suffered damage and Shives felt shock after the Saturday night crash. Deputy Leister Seanogla summoned the operators before Magistrate J. Clayton Horine. In a separate note, J. Clayton Horine reported a five inch leg spread tarantula killed at Myeraville.
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Lettie BE. Shives
Hancock
Clearspring
J. Clayton Horine
Myeraville
Fires near homes and cemetery quickly put out
A chimney fire on West Franklin street and a grass fire at Rower Hill cemetery property were quickly extinguished by firemen yesterday afternoon. The article notes the first United States national forests were created in 1891.
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West Franklin Street
Rower Hill Cemetery
United States National Forests
Earth A Dead World Without Carbon Dioxide
A historical note describes carbon dioxide as vital for life and outlines its small atmospheric fraction. It cites figures on atmospheric mass, ocean mass, rainfall ratios, and geological processes that cycle CO2 into rocks and seawater, highlighting the long term carbon cycle and the role of weathering in forming limestone and dolomite.
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Earth
Henry Norris Russell
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BE. Dorn
Joseph Weiderhold
City
Edgar A. Firey
H. R. Eavey
T. C. Firey
Edgar Hoover
William Paulsgrove
Russell Ambrose
First Hose Co
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co
Williamsport Company
Temple
Funkstown Company
Martinsburg
William Krohberger
Krohberger
Barcelona
Spain
Society
Battle Site
Hasement
Everly
Pope
St. Peter’s
Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
Martha Washington
Public Square
M.P. Moller Music Store
Steinway
Lohmer
Gulbransen & Winter
Federal
Musette
Herrington Pianos
Sir Reginald
New
Polaire Coating
Springs Coast
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