Blast Kills Twenty Miners at Sullivan Indiana Mine
An explosion at the Glendora Coal Baker mine near Sullivan Indiana kills twenty miners and injures nine others with many bodies recovered from gas filled shafts. Rescue crews battle carbon monoxide fumes as relatives gather at the mine entrance awaiting word on missing men.
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Sullivan
Ind
Glendora Coal Company
Baker
Jack Ogilvie
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Wesley Bond
Man Confesses to Killing Wife and Dumping Body in River
Police say the suspect dragged the victim from a car on a bridge. He struck her with a hammer and pushed the body into the river near Louisiana, Missouri. Officers report the killer had access to funds and gave money to an adopted daughter before arrest.
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Louisiana
Kelsleys
Newton
Youth Kidnapped by Three Desperadoes Near Atwood Okla
Oklahoma City July 15 According to officers Pete Traxler a southwestern desperado and two fellow fugitives from a Texas prison farm kidnapped a youth named Baird Markham son of Gen Baird Markham president of the American Petroleum Institute near Atwood Oklahoma Baird Neville cousin of Markham Jr identified the captive from available descriptions The 21 year old Markham is on location for field experience as a scout for the Delaney Company Neville reported Officers said Traxler and the others fled the scene
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Oklahoma City
Pete Traxler
Texas
Baird Markham
American Petroleum Institute
Atwood
Okla
Baird Neville
Markham, Jr
Markham
Delaney Company
Neville
Traxler
Bie
Prison Farm Escape Crew Robs Markham on Highway Near Atwood
A group fled a Texas prison farm days ago and hijacked a vehicle on a highway near Atwood, diverting after holding up Markham. Authorities pursue leads as details remain scarce about suspects and exact location.
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Texas
Markham
Atwood
Scholarships Open for Engineering Students 1937 38
The School of Engineering announces multiple scholarships for 1937 38 spanning all counties and legislative districts except five. Scholarships provide free tuition and fees plus a $200 grant in most districts. grants available to graduates of Loyola College St Johns Washington College and others. Apply via the Registrar Johns Hopkins University with forms details and exam information. deadline approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyola College
St. John's College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
Mount St. Mary's
Rock Hill College
Johns Hopkins University
Oceeer
Police Fire On Memorial Day Rioters In Chicago Inquest Hears
Testimony at an inquest into Memorial Day riot deaths describes police opening fire on strikers and sympathizers near Republic Steel in South Chicago. Jeremiah Ingersoll said shots came from close range as demonstrators regrouped, while union leaders admitted plans for a strong picket line and camouflaged banners.
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Chicago
Jeremiah Ingersoll
Amherst College
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corp
Ingersoll
Republic Steel Corporation
Grand Crossing
Louis Selinek
Republic
Washington
Bridget
R N. H
Senate
Postofice
Department
Republic Steel
Bridges
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Flat Glass Workers Union
American Newspaper Guild
Cincinnati
John T. McNicholas
Detroit
John Schipper
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
United States Supreme Court
Henry Ford
Automobile Concern
Lutheran reunion crowds dampened by rain at Pen Mar Park
The fifty first annual Lutheran Church reunion at Pen Mar Park drew many attendees despite heavy rains and a thunderstorm after 1 PM. St Johns Sunday School picnic joined the event with special trains from Baltimore and the city. Rev Joseph D Baker opened with a 1:30 PM address as sessions continued, featuring Pen Mar Park orchestra and Trinity Lutheran Choir.
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Pen Mar Park
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Baltimore
Joseph D. Baker
D. D
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
York
Convention Hall
Park
Trinity Lutheran Church
Plans Mapped for Housing of Antietam Visitors
Concrete plans for housing 250 000 out of town visitors for the September National Antietam Commemoration in Hagerstown and Washington county were outlined by the Housing Committee. A hotel rate list within twenty five miles of Hagerstown including Frederick and Chambersburg is being compiled, and forms for rooming houses tourist homes trailer camps and home owners are prepared at headquarters 45 East Washington Street. Renters may call 2111 or mail their details so blanks can be sent.
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Hage'stown
Washington County
Antietam
L. Stouffer
Hegerstown
Hagerstown
Frederick
Warnesboro
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
East
Washington Street
Fairney Family Reunion Planned for Hagerstown Park
Plans are rapidly completed for the Fairney family reunion to be held in Hagerstown City Park on Sunday August 8. A packet lunch will be served and the program starts at 2 o clock. Members relatives and friends are invited to attend.
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Fairney
Hagerstown
Rehearsal Schedule On Wings of Time
YMCA schedule lists rehearsals at the gym. Friday 2 PM for junior and senior high girls. Monday 1 15 PM for elementary girls. Monday 2 PM for junior and senior high girls.
Three Held in Robbery
Dave Knode George Baker and William Ebersole, all 31, were arrested yesterday for breaking into railway freight cars and stealing 100 pairs of pants. Capt. Carl McCleary and Det. William Peters led an police investigation with Lieut. E. J. Chapman and Sgt. C. A. Richardson. Pants were found in a hiding place on North Prospect street. The three have long police records.
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Dave Knode
West Church Street
George Baker
Jefferson Street
William Ebersole
Chestnut Street
Carl McCleary
William Peters
E. J. Chapman
Western Mand
C. A Richardson
Pennsylvania Railway
Jack
North Prospect Street
Signal Light Survey Asked for Keedysville Road Traffic
Delegation members Charles E. Pound and C. C. Young outlined heavy traffic from the Potomac River ferry at Shepherdstown. Burgess Miller proposed raising the town tax to hire two traffic light attendants or install an automatic light on the National Pike to manage Keedysville road traffic. Mitler raised rights to curb double parking and diagonal parking on Main Street, with the issue referred to the Attorney General to define Commission authority on Boonsboro right of way.
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Keedysville Road
Shepherdstown
Charles E. Pound
C. C. Young
Burgess Miller
Mitler
Local Social Notes From Bridgeport Area
Bridgeport and surrounding towns report numerous visits and travels. Malcolm Magaha family moved into a newly purchased home in Hagerstown. George Gustafson and family plan a Colorado motor trip to see his mother. Janice Price Peggy Plummer and Coy Price returned home after a week with Mrs. Ernest Fiedler in Baltimore.
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Anna Mae
Betty Lou
Wilmer Price
Palmer Dawson
Nellie Imeyer
Erma Imeyer
Jane Zimmerman
California
Two Injured In Truck Collision In Washington County
Two men were injured yesterday afternoon when a parked truck was struck by another vehicle on South Walnut. Richard Gilbert of 400 Black West Antietam Street and Roy Poper of 100 Black Bethel Street suffered injuries with Poper more seriously hurt and treated at Washington County Hospital. Driver Robert W. Fleagle of 690 Highland Way said his truck skidded on a wet street near Antietam Street as he rounded the curve. Patrolman L V Crist investigated the crash.
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Walnut’ Street
Richard Gilbert
Black West Antietam Street
Roy Poper
Black Bethel Street
Poper
Washington County Hospital
Gilbert
Robert W. Fleagle
Highland Way
Antietam Street
L. V. Crist
Beamer and Ingram In Court War Over Assault Case
Mary Beamer 25 colored was a defendant in police court yesterday morning and will be a prosecuting witness. Maryland Beamer accused Henry George Ingram 26 of drowning a revolver on Hemry Georgia Boy Ingram, released on self defense by Magistrate C E Heard. Ingram was arrested last night on assault charges.
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Mary Beamer
Broomcourt
Hemry
Georgia
Ingram
C. E. Heard
Brown
Max Rickard
Beamer
Convicts Free Youth Sought by Possemen
A driver tells how three escaping Texas prison farm convicts forced him to drive as they fled toward Sapulpa Oklahoma. Traxler was wounded in the arm and Chapman in the shoulder as they blocked roads and discussed life outside prison while planning further evasion of police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Traxler
Chapman
Seminole
Broston
Sapulpa
War On Mosquitoes Opened By Farmers
Farmers in Pemiscot and nearby Southeast Missouri counties armed with spray guns and smudge pots combat heavy swarms of mosquitoes. Recent near cloudburst rains filled drainage ditches and holes, increasing pest numbers and threatening workers and livestock. Farm families keep homes ringed with smudge fires while motorists carry spray guns on trips.
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Hayt
Pemiscot
Missouri
Let the Classified Ads Reduce the Flow of Money
A brief plea echoes in classified pages urging readers to use ads to save funds. The note frames ads as a frugal lifestyle choice and hints at economic impact in everyday commerce.
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Harry Keenan
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Rollie Sair
Poess
Curt Milel
James James
Pam Hinghes
Walter Goodman
Oscar Ritchie
AL Jen Zoyers
Clayton Settles
James Burch
Hallie Neighammer
George Gallagher
Harry Manners
John Walters
Charles Kennedy
Claude Reynolds
Warren Hildebrand
Earl McDaniels
Lester Allen
Mutual
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Cabby
Naney Hoyt Curtis
Washington Society
Bar Harbor
Maine
James Baker
The
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland
School of Engineering
Baliiore
Calvert
Caroline
Harford
Howard
St. Mary's
Whcormite
Brewer L. Stouffer
Important Group
Fairney Reunion
Washington St. Hagerstown, Md
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Xame
Bridgeport
Dodge
Diorists
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Columbia Network
Cenemo
Edward N. Smith
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