Growers Plan New Ad Campaign for Apples
Apple growers meet at county office led by A H Viehholler and C R Miller to discuss a four state advertising effort by Appalachian Apples Inc. with sales promotion, window displays, recipes, and consumer literature to boost apple consumption amid a 24 percent decline since 1927. Financing comes from half cent per bushel assessments and manufacturer contributions. about half of 40000 dollars needed for the first year has been subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miron D. Moore
A. H. Viehheller
Maryland State Horticultural Society
C. R. Miller
Martinsburg
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Washington County
Four Counties Cut Maryland Property Tax Rates
Maryland State Tax Commission figures show four of twenty counties reduced their 1926-27 tax levy. Caroline lowered to 1.07, Kent to 1.20, Charles dropped five cents to 2.15, and Queen Annes reduced to 0.90. Others held and some raised, with state rate of 0.22 per 100 not included. Totals listed for Carroll 1.10, Cecil 0.85, Garrett 1.00, Somerset 1.20, Worcester 0.93.
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Baltimore
Jaly
Maryland
State Tax Commission
Caroline
Kent County
Charles County
Queen Annes’ County
Carroll
Cecil
Garrett
Somerset
Worcester
Mayor fears extortion: would pay up
Mayor Brydia said a threatening letter arrived on Wednesday bearing a Wyoming Illinois postmark and a Walnut Town return address. Officials suspect the letter from Lamotyra or Camorra, a Naples origin blackhand society with extortion threats including murder or dynamite. The letter was described as well written and specific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ill
Brydia
Walnut
Prophetstown
Whiteside County
Lamotyra
Naples
Italy
Olympic Fund Shortage Leaves U S Team Hopes Alive
New York July 30 The United States Olympic treasury was $75,000 short but indications pointed to Team Berlin. A full women’s track team was expected to go, with funds likely to be raised before next Wednesday. The women proved effective at fundraising by going out to solicit support. Rumage Sale Saturday announced with Priests Willing and Great Paul’s Evangel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Berlin
Little Bungalo Stirs Neighbors
Baltimore July 10 1934 Johns Hopkins University faculty member and former Socialist gubernatorial candidate Dr Broadus Mitchell draws neighbor criticism for a new four room bungalow in an exclusive county residential area. Neighbors say the California Redwood house is out of keeping with the section and voice dissatisfaction with the design including a clothesline bay cluttering Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
iFi
Broadus Mitchell
Johns Hopkins
University
Baltimore County
Mitchell
Death of Archie C Wyand in Keedrsville at 44
Archie C Wyand died at his Keedrsville home Thursday night at age 44 from complications. He was a Salem U B Church member, survived by wife Grace Wyand and mother Susan Wyand and brothers George Elmer Pam, all of Keedrsville. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at the home officiated by Rev J B Reed Jr with burial at Fairview cemetery. pallbearers named George Miller Russell Geiting Paul Kefauver George Line Fred Scheller Foster Valentine.
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Archie C. Wyand
Keedrsville
Salem U. B. Church
Grace Wyrand
Susan Wyand
George
Elmer
Pam
Guneral
J. B. Reed, Jr
Fairview Cemetery
George Miller
Russell Geeting
Paul Kefauver
George Line
Fred Scheller
Foster Valentine
Shout Moan as Slayer of Trio Faces Execution
A Utah execution scene unfolds as Green is led to a firing squad for the murders of his wife, her mother, and her foster father in 1930. The condemned man, reprieved twice and appealing to Gov. Slead, dies by a state firing squad after a grim ritual and a dramatic final appeal. The case is noted as Utah's most prolonged murder saga with a six year legal battle and public attention surrounding the condemned man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Holbrook
Green
Holbrook
Utah
Philo T
Farnsworth
Therre
Meurtal
Henry H. Slead
Larton
James Green
Shel
Lillie Mae Alexander
Corn Pecking Champ From Logan Crowned in Phillipsburg
In Phillipsburg Kansas on July 10 a Logan rooster won a corn eating championship by pecking 410 grains. The bird finished the contest by eluting down, with the crowd applauding the upset victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
Kas
Logan
Nasi Fascist Alliance Seen As Plan To Hold New Colonies
Paris July 70 Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler forged a diplomatic partnership, sources said, as Britain and France seek Italy’s return to Locarno. They reportedly agreed on Austria’s fate and may have an understanding on Locarno while Italy demands colonies and a revised security pact before attending Brussels.
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Paris
Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Germany
Austria
France
Great Britain
North Africa
Locarno
The
Rhine
Genevieve Tabonis
Il Duce
der Fuehrer
Brussels
Belgium
Navy cites bravery in rescue at San Pedro Bay
Saved Admiral Charles Emrick of the United States Navy Freeman was cited for bravery by the Navy department for rescuing Rear Admiral Harry L. Brinser from drowning in San Pedro bay. Emrick dived into rough seas to save the admiral who had been swept overboard, as shown in the Associated Press photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emrick
United States Navy
Freeman
Navy Department
Harry L. Brinser
San Pedro Bay
Emirick
le S&¥ E
Associated Press
Perfect Hands In Bridge Game At Prince Rupert
In Prince Rupert British Columbia on July 10 a light crowd gathered as F MacCallum manager of the Bank of Montreal dealt at a private table in the home of Mr and Mrs J A Hinton. Four players all bid clubs and revealed single suit hands. One of the players noted a rare four perfect hands as the game concluded.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
F. MacCallum
Bank of Montreal
J. A. Hinton
Destructive Forest Fires Hit Several Regions
The report outlines major fires in the Black Hills near Sundance Wyoming and upper Michigan bogging down crews. It notes thousands of acres burned, wildlife losses, and evacuation efforts plus forest conditions across Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Black Hills Forest
Sundance
Wyo
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin
Menominee
Mitchell
S. D
George Fredericks
South Dakota
Minnesota
Elmer A. Benson
Washington
National
Roosevelt
Rexford Tugwell
Works Progress
Aubrey Williams
North Central
Carolinas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Northwest
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
New England
New York
Peter Ten Eyck
Albany
Midwest
North Dakota
North Central States
Lucky Baby Narrowly Escapes Train Tracks Tragedy
Nancy Carol Freeward a 16 month old girl crawled onto the Green Bay and Western Railroad right of way in Green Bay Wisconsin. A locomotive and three cars passed over her before the engineer could stop. Doctors found her uninjured and the child had been between the rails the entire time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Nancy Carol Freeward
Green
Bank strike turmoil as homes report stone damage
Middletown Conn July 10 Two Remington Bank Typewriter factory workers say their homes were stoned early today as Governor Wilbur L. Cross prepared to seek a settlement to the strike now nearing its seventh week at the plant.
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Middletown
Conn
Remington Bank
Wilbur Tu. Cross
Tarzans of North Winona
A woman phoned police about men climbing trees claiming wildlife harvestors from a service nursery. Officers clarified the scene showed workers collecting tree seed for conservation.
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Winona
Minn
Jilly
Soi
Conservation “Service Nursery
Complete Course In Journalism In Scout Press Club
Fourteen Bar Scout Press Club members became eligible for journalism merit badges after completing a two month course led by Herald Mail staff. Names include David Bloom Malcolm Burhans Robert King Robert Statton Robert Voris Edward Harms Henry Triesler Richard Wallace Roland Hebb Emory Wolfe Richard Phillips Edward Brown Harold Wibberly and William Pennington. The club plans a weekly scout news column in a local paper starting September with Emory Wolfe president and Emory Wolfe editor. The group will resume meetings September 10 after vacation activities and Nabers.
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Bar Scout Press Club
Herald-Mail
David Bloom
Malcolm Burhans
Robert King
Robert Statton
Robert Voris
Edward Harms
Henry Triesler
Richard Wallace
Roland Hebb
Emory Wolfe
Richard Phillips
Edward Brown
Harold Wibberly
Wiliam Pennington
Washington County Council
Nautonal
Emory Wolf
Scout News
Emory ‘Outa
Five More Dionne Quints Born to Noted Family
The Dionne family welcomes a new infant quintuplet as a week long christening plan unfolds. The mother rests after birth while father guards the newborn, with siblings Pauline aged 3 and Ernest 9 among the brood. The five eldest children include Rose Theresa 7, and Daniel 4, all born of God’s will. The father, famed for his earlier remark about being shot, keeps details guarded as the nursery yard basks in sunshine.
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Pauline
Ernest
Rose
Theresa
Daniel
Mama Dionne
Papa Dionne
Razing Planned for Queen City Hotel in Cumberland
The Queen City hotel, landmark since 1872, may be razed to make way for a new railway station. Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1872 at a cost of $300,000, its offices occupied the north wing and center annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Queen City
Baltimore and Quio Railroad Company
Eddie Risko to defend crown against Freddie Steele in Seattle
Seattle boxing fans await a 15 round title bout as middleweight champion Eddie Babe Risko defends his crown against Freddie Steele of Tacoma in a long anticipated meeting. Steele returns to the ring after a four year absence.
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Seattle
Wash
Eddie
Babe) Risko
Freddie Steele
Tacoma
Chicago grain market quotations by Stein brothers and allies
Chicago grain market report from Stein brothers and McComas Armstrong Building offers quoted prices and market movements for corn, wheat, oats, and rye. It records bid and ask levels, buyer and seller interests, and notes on supply and demand conditions in the trading floor alongside brief commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Building
Unions May Fight Ouster From AFL in Court
Washington March 10 Prominent members of John L. Lewis band of rebels within the American Federation of Labor weigh a court challenge to stop the AFL executive council from suspending them. A decision to oust the unions is expected next Tuesday as the council considers action against groups aiding Lewis’s committee for industrial organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jusr
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
A. F. Ot L. Executive Council
Executive Council
AFL of L
Lewis
Committee For
CIO
Heatwave Bakes Maryland As Cities Tie Highs
Mercury soared across Maryland with Baltimore at 103 degrees and Cumberland reaching 108 at 5 p m the hottest in 22 years. Officials warned of danger as 18 prostrations were reported and Governor Nice allowed department heads to dismiss workers during peak heat.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Cumberland
Harry W. Nice
Lewis Favored To Beat Marek In Chicago Outdoor Show
John Henry Lewis of Phoenix the world light heavyweight challenger is favored to defeat Max Marek of Chicago in a 10 round non title bout headlining Chicago's first major outdoor boxing show of the season. Lester Brothers Shoe Sale advertised with substantial reductions.
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Lewis
Chicago
John Henry Lewis
Phoenix
Ariz
Max Marek
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