World Bank Moves to Finance German Reparations Bonds
World Bank for International Settlements, acting as trustee for a 3 000 000 000 mark bond issue, begins preparing to fund Germany’s reparations settlement. Premier Herriot of France says final solution hinges on the United States and notes the gentleman's agreement may be bypassed if no US deal is reached. World Bank officials dismiss the agreement, insisting the Young Plan is dead and Europe must act on that basis.
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Basil
Switzerland
World Bank For International Settlements
Germany
World Bank
Lausanne
United States
Premier Herriot
France
Paris
Europe
America
Tip on Gas Thieves Wins News Tip Contest
A Clearspringer won first prize in a weekly news tip contest for a complete tip on three New York gas thieves. Second prize was split between a North Mulberry Street man who reported a Washington woman injured in a car crash and an Em Street house wife who reported an infant ill from kerosene.
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New York
North Mulberry Street
Washington
Em Street
Tragedy in West Virginia Flood Drowns Eleven
Heavy rains flood Paint and Armstrong Creeks near Charleston flood stage within minutes. Eleven people drowned. eight bodies recovered. Koppers Company houses on Armstrong Creek washed out. Paint Creek lands owned by Paint Creek Land Company suffered about 100 destroyed houses. Magistrate Hastings toured the flood area and warned of more possible deaths. Damage reported also from Fayetteville MacDonald Whipple in Fayette County.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paint
Armstrong Creeks
Koppers Company
Armstrong Creek
Paint Creek
Paint Creek Land Company
S. B. Hastings
Montgomery
Fayette County
Fayetteville
MacDonojald
Whipple
League Supports Norman Thomas for President
The League for Independent Political Action declared support for Socialist candidate Norman Thomas in the upcoming election. It aims to unite minor parties by 1933 and urges members to vote for Thomas as a protest against the Republican and Democratic parties, while not endorsing every Socialist program feature.
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Cleveland
League For Independent Political Action
Norman Thomas
League
Thomas
Socialist Party
Agents Pose As Delegates in Frostburg Raids
Cumberland July 11 Undercover agents posing as delegates raided evidence from a Maryland firemen meeting in Frostburg. Bernard Hashes a former Frostburg fire chief and parade judge pleaded guilty and was released on $1000 bond after two cases of beer and a gallon of whiskey were seized. Agents seized ten pints of alleged whiskey from a shoeshining stand run by Tony and Frank Arnone using an axe to break a sofa. Elmer Dumire is described as a third offender by the raiding officers.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Frostburg
Bernard Hashes
Tony
Frank Arnone
Elmer Dumire
Hitler Denounces New Reparations Agreement
BERLIN July 11 The new reparations agreement prepared at Lausanne last week requires Germany to pay 3 billion marks a claim that her currency will not be worth three marks within six months said Adolf Hitler Germany's national socialist line emphasizes the economic strain of the deal and questions its sustainability.
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Berlin
Lausanne
Germany
Rkga
Adolf Hitler
Murder Suspect Under Arrest in South Bend Escape
James Storey sought for the slaying of Marshal J. N. Davis in North Baltimore Quebec last Friday was seriously wounded while escaping police in South Bend Indiana. He was arrested in a telegraph office, drew a gun when seized but was disarmed. Storey fled through main streets, jumped Colfax bridge, and dived into the St. Joseph river before being pulled from the water and taken to a hospital for examination.
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South Bend
Ind
James Storey
J. N. Davis
North Baltimore
Storey
Colfax
St. Joseph
Lewis Kish
Hoover vetoes Wagner-Garner relief bill in Washington
President Hoover vetoed the $2.422 billion Wagner-Garner relief measure in Washington, following through on an earlier threat. The move limits government relief funding amid economic strain as lawmakers weighed alternative aid options.
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Washington
Hoover
Everything O K But Beef Stew
Chicago recall of a locked residence ends with a baby unharmed. Nurse Florence Jacobs returns to a house where six month old Miles Schlapik was alone. Firemen gain entry via a rear window to find the crib empty and a ruined beef stew as rescuers rush to the scene.
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Chicago
Florence Jacobs
Daniel Schlapik
Miles Schlapik
Bernard Dorris
Man Slays Three Relatives Then Kills Self After Wagon Dispute
In Mishawaka Indiana Joseph Hannack 45 killed his wife his brother and his nephew with a shotgun during a quarrel over a farm wagon. He then shot at a car before fatally turning the gun on himself. Jr. B. J. Boika St. Joseph county coroner said Hannack had served in Austria’s army. A sister-in-law narrowly escaped as neighbors rescued her. The man died after a futile car chase.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Joseph Hannack
Hannack
B. J. Boika
St. Joseph County
George Hannack
Stephen Hannack
Stephen
George
Beetle Infestation in Hagerstown Triggers War on Pests
Japanese beetles have surged in Hagerstown with traps catching dozens in the 600 block of West Washington Street. Residents urged to join the fight as the pest, first seen in New Jersey in 1916, roams grape, berry, corn and many other plants from June to September. parasites are being developed to curb the invasion.
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Hagerstown
West Washington Street
Department of Agriculture
Daily Mail
New Jersey
Baltimore and Ohio Named Defendant in $10,000 Suit
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad is named as defendant in a $10,000 suit filed in Winchester by the administrator of Page Ashby killed in a crossing accident last July 11. The declaration alleges the crew failed to sound the whistle or ring the bell and that the train was operated at a high and dangerous speed.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Page Ashby
Roosevelt Goes To Sea For Week's Vacation
Governor Roosevelt sails from Port Jefferson with sons James Franklin and Joan aboard the Roosevelt for a coastal voyage to New Haven Bellport Buzzard's Bay and Cape Cod waters. He spurned a Washington meeting over the St Lawrence waterway and kept to his sea duty with no comment on Hoover's program.
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Port Jefferson
N. Y
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Hooved
Washington
St. Lawrence
Canara
Hoover
New England
New York State
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Rhodes Island
Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Massachusetts
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
James
Franklin
Joan
Elliott
Thanks Cost Gil Her Life McDonough Airfield Tragedy
An 18 year old woman Misa Ruth Ellis James died at an airport dedication ceremony in McDonough Georgia after performing several flights in an airplane and was fatally struck by the propeller as she turned to thank the pilot.
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Mcdonough
Misa Ruth Ellis James
Democrats 10 Start Early On Campaign
The Democratic Organization Club in Washington County announces immediate action on the presidential campaign. Plans for an active, vigorous effort are under way with the club endorsing the party platform and pledging support to Roosevelt and Garner. Campaign HQ will open in Grice building. The annual club picnic in September is slated as a major event with a nationally prominent speaker, plus U. S. Senator Millard E. Tydings and Congressman David J. Lewis seeking reelection.
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Democratic Organization
Washington County
Roosevelt
Garner
Grice Building
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Berries Bring In Much Cash
Raspberry pickers in the Keedysville to Robrersville area earned about $1,000 in wages this summer after roughly 28,000 bushels of berries were shipped. The yield was fair and brought in around $100,000 to the community though not as large as last year. Markets improved slightly with new buyers, but growers seek additional markets to secure better prices.
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Keedysville
Robrersville
Picket Killed In Mine Outbreak
BELLAIRE OH July 11 One picket is dead a miner wounded probably fatally and three alleged reporters of New York communist newspapers were arrested in fresh outbreaks of trouble in the Ohio bituminous coal strike over the weekend. The Board of County Commissioners again calls attention to farmers along county pikes to weed law. High weeds menace traffic and cause accidents.
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Bellaire, O
New York
Ohio
Board of County Commissioners
Muddy Potomac Waters Delay Bass Fishing
Recent rains have discolored the Potomac River and the Conococheague Creek causing bass fishing delays of several days or through the week. Turbid water stems from a stream feeding into the river and creek above Whilliamaport.
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Potomac River
Areek
Whillamaport
Convention of AHEPA Ends With Election
The Order of Ahepa holds its annual two day convention in Blue Ridge Chapter territory city. Officers to be elected and convention city for next year named. A banquet at Hotel Colonial drew over 200 Ahepans and guests as mayors of four cities offered welcomes.
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Order of Ahepa
W. O. W. Hall
Hotel Colonial
Blue Ridge
Achilles Catsonis
Sea Nettles Appear Again Off Baltimore Bay
Baltimore July 1. Sea nettles reappear in Chesapeake Bay waters as the advance guard of the jellyfish parade, troubling bathers and threatening northern travel. Conservation chief Swepson Earle attributes pest halts to trash water. fishermen earlier year abandoned nets due to dense swarms. Also notes Lloyd W Rhodes and wife buying Elmer Corderman’s brick dwelling on Virginia Avenue and Margaret F Snyder of Fairplay granted divorce from William H Snyder.
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Baltimore
Swepson Earle
Lloyd W. Rhodes
Elmer A. Corderman
Virginia Avenue
Curtis Fined and Appeals Mark Lindbergh Kidnap Case
John Hughes Curtis, convicted of hindering the Lindbergh baby kidnapers, is sentenced in Flemington New Jersey to one year in jail and a $1006 fine. The jury had faced possible three year terms and $1000 fines. Defense moves to arrest judgment, arguing prior attempts to halt proceedings. Judge Robbins denies. Curtis claimed he never contacted the kidnapers, calling his earlier confession a hoax. The case next proceeds with continued coverage.
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Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Curtis
Adam O. Robbins
Lloyd C. Fisher
Cholera Toll Rises Across China Amid Heat Wave
An epidemic sweeping from Canton to Peiping intensifies with hundreds of new cases daily and many deaths. Heat accelerates spread. Honan province suffers the worst impact with near total lack of medical aid and an estimated 100 percent fatality in rural areas. Large cities report widespread infections and mass injections of anti cholera serum.
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Shangwal
Canton
Peiping
China
Honan
Cream Company Safe Cracked at Winchester Office
The Hershey Creamery subsidiary Garber Manufacturing in Winchester Virginia reported its office safe cracked overnight. The raid yielded little money and no obvious valuables. Police were notified after an explosion was avoided and suspects escaped.
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Hershey Creamery Company
Garber Manufacturing Company
Winchester
Garber Company
Hershey Company
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