Italian Air Armada Off for Chicago
General Italo Balbo led 24 seaplanes of the Italian air armada from Montreal toward Chicago with Augusto Rossini aboard in Balbo's plane. The 750 mile leg passed Lake Ontario and Lake Erie amid cheering crowds as weather warned of possible thunderstorms along the route.
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Montreal
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Augusto Rossd
United States
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Italy
Dominion Observatory
Toronto
Quarrel Over Crash Blamed For Shooting
Philadelphia reports a quarrel over damages from a recent automobile accident led to a fatal shooting. Isaac Hetzell is dying from gunshot wounds to the back and head, and Harry Maupay, who wounded himself, is dead. Maupay and Hetzell were injured in the earlier crash.
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Philadelphia
Isaac D. Hetzell
Harry Maupay
Maupay
Hetzell
Divorce Suit Ends 33 Years of Marriage in Court
Mary L. Wilson files divorce suit against Charles W. Wilson claiming abandonment after a 33 year marriage. The suit was filed in the local divorce court today and cites marital breakdown as the basis for the action.
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Mary L. Wilson
Charles W. Wilson
President plans broad wage rise push aboard Roosevelt yacht
On the Potomac the plan would have all U S business voluntarily raise wages and cut hours without awaiting fair competition codes. Hugh S. Johnson reports to the President as industries back the move. Some sectors seek 36 hour minimums while awaiting codes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac River
Hugh 8
Johnson
The
Recovery Administration
Indicted in Washington post blast case for Roosevelt letter
Joseph Dodo, 18, of Watertown was indicted in Federal court for mailing non-mailable material and sending a threatening letter to President Roosevelt. The crude explosive was intercepted at the Washington post office last winter.
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Malone
N. Y
Joseph Dodo
Watertown
Roosevelt
Washington Post Office
Rockefeller pays half of North Tarrytown taxes
John D. Rockefeller sent a $10,000 check to the North Tarrytown tax collector representing half of the taxes due on his Pocantico Hills estate. Previously he paid taxes in full in one payment, and no explanation was given for this partial payment. Rockefeller remains the town’s largest taxpayer within the village limits.
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NORTH_TARRYTOWN
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
North Tarrytown
Rockefeller
Kidnap Plot Foiled Two Held in Brooklyn
New York July 15 Police foiled a kidnapping for 10000 dollars targeting Dr Jacob Wachsman of Brooklyn. The suspects Michael Discolo and Vincent Mosci fired on officers, then surrendered after a pursuit ending near Sixth Avenue and 47th Street.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Fourth Avenue
Jacob Wachsman
Michael Discolo
Vincent Mosci
Wachsman
Sixth Avenue
47Th Street
Local Furniture Makers See Better Days Ahead Here
Hagerstown's furniture industry, hit by depression and cheap southern competition, eyes revival as a new industrial code plans a minimum wage to stabilize the market. Local plants, still employing skilled workers, hope the code will remove southern price pressure and lift profits, with details to be submitted to government agencies.
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Hagerstown
Tsee
Southern
Bexterstown
Lithuanian fliers depart for distant non stop flight
The Lithuanians Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas launched the Lithuanca monoplane from Floyd Bennett field for a 4900 mile non stop trip to Lithuania. They flew without full American government approval amid dispute over overflight permits and cable costs. Authorities warned they risk a spanking if they land in hostile countries. The Bellanca monoplane carried 779 gallons of fuel.
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New York
Lithuanica
Lithuania
Floyd Bennett Field
Stephen Darius
Wiley Post
Field
Darius
Girenas
Washington
America
Commerce Department
Spotted Fever Case Reported in Brunswick
A Rocky Mountain spotted fever case was reported today in Brunswick involving William Mullen seven, son of Edward Mullen forty nine. Since May there have been 29 state cases and five deaths with no Washington county cases. Symptoms include fever prostration rash and joint pain, treated with serum from the Public Health Service. The Brunswick patient is improving and expected to recover.
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Brunswick
William Mullen
Edward Mullen
Washington County
U.S. Public Health Service
World’s Fair subs for Cupid at Chicago exposition
The Century of Progress World’s Fair reports about 150 marriages per month linked to the event. Among the matches is Louis C Pelliser from Cape Town Africa and Miss Jeanns Alaerre from France, pairing under the fair’s romance atmosphere.
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Chicago
Cupid
Louis C. Pelliser
Cape Town
Africa
MissyJeanns Alaerre
France
Drowning of Captain Sears and crew on Cities Service Petrel
Captain F L Sears perished with his burning tanker Cities Service Petrel off Wilmington New Jersey waters as two sailors died aboard. Gulf Gem saved 24 Petrel crew members and Tri Mountain 10 others in a heavy sea. Survivors were taken to Charleston by Gulf Gem and possibly Tri Mountain while rescue ships stood by.
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New York
F. L. Sears
Cities Service Petrol
Atlantic
Wilmington
N. C
Sears
George Binninger
Gulf Gem
Tri- Mountain
Tri-Mountain
Charles‘ton
Radio Marine Corporation
Petrel
Weekly Weather Outlook and Divorce Claim Hit Superior Court
Weather outlook for the North and Middle Atlantic States notes generally fair conditions with showers midweek and near normal temperatures. In Chicago, Mrs. Ethel Bulmash told Judge Jos Sabath that her husband Nathan insisted on keeping lights burning all night to ward off ghosts, leading her to seek a divorce as the court set a date for January.
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North and
Middle Atlantic States
Chicago
Ethel
Bulmash
Jos Sabath
Nathan
Jatar
Stowaways Should Not Fall Asleep
Fourteen year old Harold Wohlforth Jr. slept aboard a produce truck while en route to a swimming hole after hopping aboard near Chester Pa. The truck headed toward Baltimore and, five hours later, the boy woke up as it rumbled in the dark. The driver stopped and the police later took him to headquarters. Harold said he was lucky the truck was not bound for North Carolina.
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Baltimore
Harold Wohlforth, Jr
Chester
Harold
North Carolina
Big Small Mouth Bass Lands In Williamsport River
William Ardinger of Williamsport landed a large smallmouth bass weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces using a stonecat bait. He fished above Williamsport and weighed the catch last night at a local sporting goods store. River conditions remain oddly muddy and cloudy throughout the week, puzzling longtime anglers.
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William Ardinger
Williamsport
Col. Dallas Ward Stricken After Relapse
Col Dallas Ward a prominent member of the Board of County Commissioners is seriously ill at his home on the Western Pike near Huyetts after a heart attack two weeks ago. He had rallied and visited Hagerstown daily until Thursday when weakness forced him to stay home.
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Dallas Ward
Board of County Commissioners
Western Pike
Huyetts
Farmers Make a Fatal Error in Field Fire
In Franklin on July 15 a fire in a field drew three farmers. One man mistakenly poured gasoline from a bucket into the flames, causing fatal injuries to William Nichols. Arthur van Ginkle and Tan Bergschneider were hurt, with van Winkle possibly fatally injured.
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Franklin
Fire In & Field
William Nichols
Arthur van Ginkle
Tan Bergschneider
van Winkle
Prominent Chicago Men Under Guard After Kidnap Plot
Chicago residents wealthy enough to be targets were placed under guard as state troopers and police patrol homes to deter abduction. The action followed John Factor’s testimony about a kidnaping network and a book of prospects. Arthur Cutten and John Hertz were named among those guarded, with Hertz noting he did not request protection but would cooperate.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
John Factor
Arthur Cutten
John Hertz
Hertz
St Swithin’s Day Weather Folklore and Forecast
The passage recalls St Swithin the English bishop who died in 82 A D and the forty day rain legend. It notes a modern weather forecast predicting showers by evening and references a long standing superstition about rain if it rains on St Swithin’s Day.
Attempting to Better Own Record in World Flight
New Germany Nova Scotia July 15 A large airplane flew over the town at 820s m EST heading eastward possibly Wiley Post who left New York this morning on a world flight attempt. Post hopes to beat his 1931 record of 8 days 15 hours 1 min. Winnie Mae carries a robot assistant pilot to aid the solo journey across the Atlantic toward Berlin amid favorable tail winds and forecasted weather.
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Wiley Post
Floyd-Bennett Field
Harold Gatty
Gatty
Post
Associated Press
New Germany
Nova Scotia
New York
Stephen Dai Fus
Stanley ‘Thomas
Givens
Lithuania
Wil Post
Oklahom
Floyd Bennett
Atlantic Ocean
Harvy
Amin
Berlin
Atlantic
Ireland
Winnie: Mae
Winnie Mac
Architect to Study Hospital Project in Hagerstown
An expert hospital architect will visit Monday for a conference with the Washington County Hospital board of trustees to discuss steps toward securing government cooperation for a new hospital in Hagerstown. The board formed a committee to study the proposal and report soon as sentiment grows after Chamber of Commerce backing and women’s groups push for a new facility. A PT A member says the present building was not designed as a hospital and cannot meet future needs, urging timely action to secure government support.
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Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Women’s Club
Gaye
Conte
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