Ambassa dor Bowers Believed Prisoner as Battle Rages
Loyal Spaniards, with 2000 miners and a mountain battery, storm San Sebastian to oust rebels. The U S ambassador Claude G Bowers is believed held in the summer embassy as wires to contact him are cut. Rebels control the city briefly, then the civil governor returns to lead miners against insurgents. Col Luis De Villaneuva says a rebel column nears Madrid, aiming to capture it in days.
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Hendaye
France
Biscay Bay
San Sebastian
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Paris
Guadalupe
Asturias
Popular Front
Vera
Luis de Villaneuva
Camplona
Madrid
Colonel de Villaneu
U S envoy unreachable after San Sebastian revolt
Paris dispatch reports US embassy unable to contact Ambassador Claude Bowers in San Sebastian Spain where rebels seized the town and communications lines were cut. Bowers and staff reportedly traveled for a diplomatic holiday on July 15 and remain isolated as fighting continues.
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Paris
United States
Claude G. Bowers
San Sebastian
Spain
Bowers
Diplomatic Corps
Merle Burger Is Sentenced To Two Years
Merle Burger aged about 27 faced Judge Frank G Wagaman in circuit court for violating a parole and was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction He began yelling and struggled with Sheriff Max Malott as officers quieted him Lieut E J Chapman helped restrain him after Burger was arrested near Rows Park He had been sought since June and repeatedly escaped by swimming the Conococheague or outrunning deputies He pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods at the November 1934 term and was sentenced to two years the sentence later suspended for behavior He had not supported his wife and three children since last fall and was arraigned this morning for that reason
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Merle Burger
Frank G. Wagaman
House of Correction
Wagaman
Burger
Max Malott
E. J. Chapman
Western Maryland Police Force
Row’s Park
Leister Isanogle
Train Kills Man On Tracks Near Weston West Virginia
West Virginia July 22 A Baltimore and Ohio train fatally struck William Shaffer 38 of Tiltonville Ohio last night. Engineer Ralph Smith said he did not see the man on the rail in time to stop, authorities reported.
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Weston
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
William Shaffer
Tiltonville
Ralph Smith
Weather Forecast for Maryland to Chesapeake Bay
Weather outlook shows fair skies tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures. North winds along Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras ease to south or southwest by Thursday. Chesapeake Bay region expects partly cloudy to clear skies and moderate south and southwest winds with warmer Thursday conditions.
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U. 3
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Robbery Foiled by Car Owner's Plea in Chicago
In Chicago on July 22, 28 year old Jack Mille tried to argue with a robber to spare his car and $50. Mille appealed that he could not lose the money but the thief replied he must live too and took the cash.
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Chicago
Jack Mille
Mille
No Water Famine Ever Likely In Hagerstown
Superintendent Albert Heard assured residents that Hagerstown will not face water famine unless the Williamsport pumping plant collapses and an unprecedented drought dries mountain reservoirs. He noted the Potomac River can supply at least 120 million gallons daily, enough for about 250000 people, and that even if the river dries in spots, Hagerstown would still have ample water.
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Hagerstown
Albert Heard
Williamsport
Potomac River
Potomac
US Warships Ordered to Evacuate Americans From Spain Route
The Oklahoma and Quincy were dispatched to Spain and Gibraltar to evacuate Americans if needed as civil conflict rages in Spain. No Americans in the country reported harmed. State Department officials disclosed the orders and the ships’ movements.
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Washington
United States
Spain
France
Oklahoma
Quincy
State Department
Midshipmen Transfer From Oklahoma to Arkansas Wyoming
At the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland 380 Midshipmen aboard the battleship Oklahoma will be transferred to the battleships Arkansas and Wyoming at Cherbourg France before the Oklahoma sails to Spanish waters. The transfer is expected to occur during the day.
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Annapolis
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wyoming
Cherbourg
France
Spanish Waters
Naval Academy
Convicted Spy Off To Prison
LOS ANGELES July 22 Harry Thomas Thompson former rayy yeeman was en route to McNeil Island prison to begin a 15 year Federal sentence for conspiring to sell naval secrets to a Japanese officer. Thompson said he was glad it was all over.
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Los Angeles
Harry Thomas Thompson
Rayy Yeeman
McNeil Island
United States
Thompson
Nottingha m Theft of Dairy Goods Reported
Leroy Dunkin of Nottingham Road reported a theft early today involving ten young chickens a pound of butter and a quart of milk. The milk and butter were taken from a rear porch and appear to have been left by a dairyman.
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Leroy Dunkin
Nottingham Road
Recreation area work advances near Foxville in Catoctin
Administration headquarters for the Catoctin Recreational area is set near Foxville as 10 000 acre project gains pace. First public picnic grounds nearing completion with 400 WPA and relief workers employed. A sawmill operates near Foxville, timber cut for future group area camps to be built. Camps will serve youths families and overnight workers. Access to Hagerstown improves once road section from administration to Smithsburg is finished, about 11 miles away. Picnic grounds feature rustic log benches shaded by chestnut tables and a stone fireplace per group.
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Catoctin
Washington County
Foxville
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace
Brewster and
Richey
Ill-Omened Elements Back G O P Nominee
Washington July 22 Republican lieutenant governors predicted a sweep as Topeka awaited Governor Alf Landons acceptance speech tomorrow night. Democratic Governor Paul V. McNutt of Indiana claimed ill-omened elements back Landon, citing the Du Pont Liberty League and Hearst as influential backers in a Indianapolis speech to the Democratic national committee.
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Washington
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
London
Kansas
Indianapolis
Democratic National Committee
McNutt
du Pont Liberty League
William Randolph Hearst
Landon
Roosevelt sails Sewanna for Bay of Fundy fishing
President Roosevelt left Lower Wood Harbor Nova Scotia on the vacation schooner Sewanna heading toward Yarmouth with a southeast wind filling the sails. He missed deep sea fishing off Shelburne last weekend and hopes for clearer waters in the sheltered Bay of Fundy as the vessel moves north from the lower Bay.
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Liberty
Lower Wood Harbor
N. S
President Roosevelt
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
Bay of Fundy
Shelburne
Roosevelt
Garrett county men arraigned on distillery charges
Fred Huston William Brady and Leslie Paugh all of Garrett county were arraigned before U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger and released on 500 bond each for hearings next Monday Charges state they operated an unregistered still conducted distilling business without bond and with untaxed spirits alleged liquor and still were seized in a raid.
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Fred Huston
William Brady
Leslie Paugh
Garrett County
U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
Nick Bessner fires two aces in one day at Wentworth
Montreal reporter notes Nick Bessner bagged two holes in one in a single day at Wentworth Golf Club. Morning 125 yard fifth hole ace with a No 7 iron followed by another ace in the afternoon round after a confident remark.
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Montreal
Nick Bessner
Nick
Wentworth Golf Club
Confession of Negro Murder Is Confirmed
Five Black Legionnaires face murder and kidnapping charges after confessions linked to the shooting of Silas Coleman near Pinckney, Michigan. Dayton Dean testified to the killings, with corroboration from James Roy Lorance naming Harvey Davis, John Bannerman, Ervin Lee, and Charles Rouse as participants. The case coincides with delays in the Poole execution trial of the Black Legion group.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Duncan C. McCrea
Dean
James Roy Lorance
Harvey Davis
Black Legion
John Bannerman
Ervin D. Lee
Charles Rouse
Silas Coleman
Veteron
Pinckney
Mich
Davis
Lee
Bannerman
Scattered Rain Benefits Corn in County
Light to heavy showers affected the county with notable gains for corn in the south and north while Keedysville saw only a trace. Weather observer J A Miller noted ongoing crop damage at five percent daily due to drought conditions near Keedysville.
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Frederick County
South Mountain
Burkitsville
Hagerstown
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Strike Spreads To French Farms Near Paris
Paris July 22 The French strike movement widens as farms near Paris join the nationwide labor action. Auto plants and metal works in the north also join, marking a three month old wave of industrial stoppages.
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Paris
France
Plum twig with 24 sweet plums presented to Daily Mail
Earl Huntzberry of Funkstown brought a plum twig bearing 24 well developed sweet plums to the Daily Mail office today, the fruit described as the sweet variety.
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Earl Huntzberry
Funkstown
Daily Mail
Two Firemen Die As Truck Strikes Tree Near Fayetteville
Franklin Hose Company volunteers were en route to a barn fire when their pumper truck failed to navigate a curve and crashed into a tree near the Lincoln highway by the Conococheague Creek. David Gabler, 19, died instantly. Harold Snider, 30, died at Chambersburg hospital an hour later. Driver Bard Miller, Sr. was severely injured and internals suspected. Bard Miller Jr. among the injured. 15 total men aboard.
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Franklin Hose Company
Chambersburg
Lincoln Highway
Fayetteville
David Gabler
Harold Snider
Bard Miller, Sr
Franklin Company
Conococheague Creek
Bard Miller, Jr
George Raft to Marry Actress in Mexico
Hollywood, July 22. Friends say film star George Raft plans to wed actress Virginia Pine in Mexico within three weeks. Pine left England to return to America, Raft had planned a London movie engagement that collapsed, and a Mexican divorce will be pursued after a financial settlement with his existing wife.
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Hollywood
Calif
George Raft
Virginia Pine
Mexico
Miss Pine
England
America
Raft
London
Miss. Pine
Lindberghs Arrive in Cologne En Route to Berlin
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh reached Cologne Germany aboard their new cabin monoplane. They met with state and city officials at lunch before continuing to Berlin.
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Cologne
Germany
Charles A. Lindbergh
Man Struck by Fall Breaks Leg at North Jonathan Store
Guy Harbaugh of Fairground Avenue slipped and broke his leg in a North Jonathan Street shop this morning. He was rushed to the hospital in Suter's ambulance for treatment.
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Guy Harbaugh
Fairground Avenue
Jonathan Street
Suter
Hotel Employees Questioned In Girl's Murder
Asheville North Carolina July 22 Authorities followed a new lead in the slaying of 18 year old Helen Clevenger of New York questioning three hotel staff members at the fashionable hotel where she was shot to death Sheriff Laurence Brown named Daniel Gandy 28 night watchman as the key to the case Edward Fleming bellboy and L D Roddy elevator operator about 25 were also detained Brown said when Gaddy talks the case will unfold and he believes the murder was an inside job
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York
Laurence Brown
Daniel Gandy
Edward Fleming
L. D. Roddy
Gaddy
Clevenger
Confesses To Killing Wife In Bellevue Woods
Joseph Perryman a 42 year old real estate operator confessed to shooting his wife Margaret 53 to death in a lonely woods July 14 to be free to run around. Prosecutor Paul Flynn said Seneca county sheriff Verne Deats and Bellevue attorney Ralph Parkhurst represent the slain woman's family and found the body five miles northeast of Bellevue.
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Tiffin
Joseph Perryman
Bellevue
Paul A. Flynn
Margaret
Flynn
Seneca County
Verne F. Deats
Ralph Parkhurst
Steers Lead Dealer A Merry Chase
Roy Reeder of Reedysville hunts a band of eleven steer from drought plains that escaped to Red Hill. Four steers have been shot, one hit four times. seven remain at large as locals report sightings and relief efforts continue amid a nationwide betting mood on the chase.
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Steers
Roy Reeder
Reedysville
Reeder
Red Hill
Red group formed at Madrid
Pitched battles mark Spain's bloody civil war as government fights rebellion amid widespread violence in northern Catalonia. A violent anarchist attack on Catalona's semi autonomous government from Barcelona radio station hints Luis Companys may be deposed. Loyalists seize Almeria from Rabat bound rebels. Ceuta reports heavy bombardment. US consulate reports all Americans safe. War framed as fascists versus Marxists in a fight for supremacy. In Barcelona, the cathedral and
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Spain
Catalonia
Luis Companys
Catalona
Barcelona
Rabat
French Morocco
le Pante
Almeria
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
United States
Cousins to Get Miser's Estate
Chicago July 22 Special Probate Commissioner Irwin N. Walker to recommend that 18 cousins of James Thomas Kelly, a flophouse miser who left 140000 when he died last year, be named heirs. Each cousin could receive about 2000 after tax liens and fees.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Irwin N. Walker
James Thomas Kelly
Waste Pollutes W. M. Streams
Baltimore July 22 George L Hall acting chief engineer of the State Health Department says waste from 180 active mines 326000 pounds daily and 250000 pounds from abandoned mines threaten Chesapeake watershed. He favors sealing marginal or abandoned shafts to prevent acid inflows and keep mines usable for possible reopening.
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Baltimore
Garrett
Allegany County
George L. Hall
State Health Department
Hall
Mrs Eliza R Miller Held After DWI Reckless Driving Charged
Eliza R Miller of near Frederick Junction is detained on charges of driving while intoxicated reckless driving and failing to stay right of center after the car of former Sheriff B Frank Doll of Frederick was forced from the Buckeystows pike last night Doll escaped injury.
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Eliza R. Miller
Frederick Junction
B. Frank Doll
Frederick
Buckeystows Pike
Doll
Lawsuit filed over car injury claim for 600 dollars
Mabel Hammond acting through her father Charles E Hammond filed a damage suit today against Lester Boat Lloyd Fisher seeking 600 dollars. The navy was not involved and the incident relates to a May car ride where Hammond allegedly was injured in a vehicle driven by Lester Datel and owned by Lieyé Fishan.
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Mabel Hammond
Charles E. Hammond
Lester Boat
Lloyd Fisher
Navy
May
Lester Datel
Lieyé Fishan
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