Crandall to retire as Warner circuit reshapes Washington area
Washington herald reports Harry M. Crandall will retire August 1 from Stanley Crandall Circuit governing theaters in Washington Hagerstown Frederick Waynesboro Martinsburg and Baltimore. John J. Payette promoted to general manager overseeing Washington region. Payette began as an usher in the circuit in 1919.
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Washington Herald
Harry M. Crandall
Stanley-Crandall Company
Washington
Hagerstown
Frederick
Waynesboro
Martinsburg
Baltimore
Stanley-Crandall Circuit
Warner Bros
East
Maryland
Colonial
Frank M. Boucher
Mr. Crandall
Warner Bros. Theatres
John J. Payette
Crandall
Payette
Maugansville Fire Fighters Fund Drive Plan Hall
The Maugansville Good Will Volunteer Fire Company, which recently bought a pumper and chemical tanks, plans to build a new fire hall. A series of fundraising events has been held, culminating in a mammoth festival on July 27 in Maugansville to launch the building drive for equipment protection of town and surrounding territory.
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Maugansville
General Strike Looms in New Orleans After Deadlock
New Orleans on July 25. Allied unions plan a ballot tonight to authorize a general strike in sympathy with the streetcar workers who have been on strike since July 2. The city’s commission council failed to end the dispute and keeps executives on standby. Nonunion operators drive cars on some lines under U. S. marshal protection.
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New Orleans
Commission Council
U. S
Commission Frowns On Gills Boxer
In Baltimore on July 23 the State Athletic Commission denied a boxing license to Miss Bobby Burns age 48. Its doctor ruled she was not fit to compete. She is identified as Mrs. Anna May Hess, a boxer's widow.
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Baltimore
Bobby Burns
State Athletic Commission
Anna May Hess
Board of Education to Hold Meeting on Coal Situation
A Board of Education meeting is set for 7 o'clock this evening to discuss the coal situation for the year and conduct other business.
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Board of Educration
Liner Damaged After Collision With Iceberg off Grand Banks
Washington July 23 The first collision between a steamship and an iceberg in the Atlantic shipping lanes in 15 years was reported by the international ice patrol cutter Modoc to Coast Guard headquarters. The British steamer Vimeira from Glasgow struck an iceberg off Grand Banks east of Newfoundland. no injuries were reported, steering gear was disabled and damage occurred, but the ship continued toward port. It remains unclear whether assistance was sought or the destination. This is the first such accident since the ice patrol was formed after the Titanic disaster.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Modoc
International Ice Patrol
Vimeira
Glasgow
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
International Co Patrol
Bodies Found on Shore at Lake Willoughby
The bodies of Mrs Yvonne Cariveau of Lawrence Massachusetts and Miss Cecile E Counsillor of Haverhill Massachusetts were found on the shores of Lake Willoughby. Police suspect a double slaying due to marks on Mrs Cariveau s head. William F Leigher and Michael J Tierney, both with New York addresses, were detained after they were boating with the women last night. All were vacationing at the lake.
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Westmore
Yvonne Carriveau
Lawrence
Mass
Cecile E. Counsillor
Haverhill
Lake Willoughby
These Suits Will Float Two Weeks
Two Polish airmen tested unsinkable suits on Lake Maggiore near Stresa Italy. The inflated garments carry food and water pockets and are claimed to keep wearers afloat for two weeks if necessary.
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Stresa
Italy
Lake Maggiore
American Boys Bust of George Washington Sold for 250000
London reports an American, likely John D Rockefeller Jr, bought Houdon’s 1785 George Washington bust at Mount Vernon for 250000. The buyer plans to present it to an American museum. Also July 23 Yarm board seeks unification of cooperative marketing associations.
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American Boys
George Washington
London
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jean Antoine Houdon
Geo. Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Yarm Board
Deaths in Boonsboro and area claim three lives
Obituaries from Boonsboro and neighboring towns note the deaths of Mrs. Carrie K. Norris wife of Homer Norris aged 15 an infant daughter Wanda four sisters and survivors including her husband and parents funeral at U B Church Boonsboro with interment there also listed were Hagerstown barber H Frank Garmony 53 died after long illness with children and relatives and Amy Parsons Newman wife of Judge John S Newman Frederick died at Johns Hopkins Hospital survivors include husband two sons Parsons and John Shaw Newman Jr the article highlights community ties and local church connections
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Carrie K. Norris
Homer Norris
Harry Smith
Boonsboro
U. B. Church
Wanda
Russell Castle
Keedysville
Lloyd
W. C. Wachter
Frank Garmony
North Locust Street
Raymond
Harold
Edwin
Beulah
Margaret
Pauline
Betty
Ordway
H. B. Cunningham
Hagerstown
Long Meadows Church
Harry Rowland
Amy Parsons Newman
John S. Newman
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Parsons Newman
John Shaw Newman
Newman
Two speedboats collide on Lake Michigan near Navy Pier
In Chicago, two taxi boats Sea King and Chris Craft collided head on in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, sinking quickly. One drowned, David Cohen is missing, 28 passengers rescued or swam ashore. Joyce Hawley helped rescue multiple passengers.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Navy Pier
Leo Suesskind
Yonkers
N. Y
David Cohen
Joyce Hawley
Earl Carroll
Sea King
Chris Craft
Oak Street Beach
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago River
Elmer Dudley
Coast
No Inquest in Dunn Death Exonerates Driver
DuBrutz Jacques of Smithsburg was cleared of all blame in the fatal accident that killed 13 year old John Dunn Jr. near Smithsburg. Acting Coroner Richard Duffey and State Policeman Claude Cubbege reviewed the case after a Saturday night investigation. Dunn was walking from Dr. G A Kobler’s home to his parents’ summer residence when blinded by another car’s lights, Jacques failed to see him and struck him. The boy died en route to the hospital.
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DuBrutz Jacques
Smithsburg
John Dunn, Jr
John Dunn
Broadway
Richard Duffey
Justice Duffey
Claude Cubbege
Young Dunn
G. A. Kobler
Smithsburg-Ringgold Road
Jacques
New Boiler for Municipal Plant
Bids for a new boiler for the Municipal Electric Light Plant will be advertised at the Board of Street Commissioners meeting tonight. The boiler, which drives pumps and turbines for electricity generation, is expected to cost about 3 000 in local currency or 4 000 dollars installed. Other routine matters and a progress report on street and sewerage construction will be discussed.
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Municipal Electric Light Plant
Board of Street Commissioners
Matilda the cat sets endurance record in Matawan
In Matawan New Jersey on July 23 a cat named Mathilda owned by Mrs. Margaret L. Terhune stayed perched five days and five nights yowling as a swarm of wasps lingered in the tree below. She finally descended after the branches were sprayed.
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Matawan
N. J
Mathilda
Margaret L. Terhune
Costly To Astor To Operate Yacht
Newport New Jersey July 23 It hosts Vincent Astor 1000 a day to run his deluxe yacht Nourmah US TQ prosecute Ying Kao Chinese ex vice consul wife and Sue Foon former consulate chancellor in 1000000 opium seizure Notice 10 day closing of all Spring and Summer Straw Hats Early prices 3 to 15 dollars now 50c to 5 dollars each Adv Burhans 45 W Washington St
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Astor
Newport
R. L
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
U. S
San Francisco
Ying Kao
Sue Foon
Bremen Sets Transatlantic Record In Maiden Voyage
The Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen arrives in Brooklyn after a record 4 days 17 hours 42 minutes from Cherbourg, beating the Mauretania. A passenger, Mrs Edward Adams, had an abdominal operation aboard during the voyage, performed by Dr William O Neill Sherman and Dr Fred Albee with ship surgeons. A seaplane delivered mail to shore, speeding letters to New York and western cities.
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New York
Bremen
Brooklyn
Cherbourg
Baron Joachim von Studnitz
Fire Island
Lloyd
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Germany
Edward Adams
William O'Neill Sherman
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Fred Albee
Sherman
Gas Spreading Device Firearm in Post Office Robbery Case
Justice Joseph L Bodine refused to sustain Francis Clemences habeas corpus, ruling a gas spreading device that resembled a fountain pen can be as effective as a revolver in disabling a victim. Clemence, with a long police record, was arrested after the July 7 Asbury Park post office robbery, his car and device found abandoned outside the city. The decision hinges on the devices potential to incapacitate as a bullet would search.
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Associated Prena
Trenton
N. J
Joseph L. Bodine
Supreme Court
Bodine
Nixon Harbor? Not relevant. (placeholder)
Captain E. D. Howard and Private Rh. K. Moody of the U.S. Marine Corps were killed in a crash during a maneuvers in Nicaragua, according to military dispatches from Washington dated July 23.
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Washington
E. D. Howard
Rh. K. Moody
Nicaragua
J C Boyd and Family Injured in Auto Crash
Baltimore July 22 J C Boyd former president of the Baltimore pork board his wife and daughter narrowly escaped serious injury when their car left a Elkton road crashed into an ice plant breaking an ammonia pipe and trapping them in fumes. The car wedged after entering the plant with Mrs H Frew Wardner rescued through a window. They were en route to Asbury Park New Jersey and a rear blow is suspected to have caused the loss of control.
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Baltimore
J. Cookman Boyd
Baltimore Pork Board
Elkton
Amonia
Boyd
H. Frew Wardner
Asbury Park
M. J
Thea
Manchurian front tension eases amid pledges to Kellogg pact
Soviet troops patrol the Amur River and capture a Chinese river steamer Ilan taking prisoner the wife and baby daughter of Ray Talbot American official reports say Talbot and family are “comfortable and being treated studiously.” Harbin consul George C. Hanson reports friends say Mrs Talbot is of Russian birth.
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China
Russia
Moscow
Briand
Paris
Adatchi
League of Na- Hons Council
Shanghai
Peiping
Amur
Manchuria
Ilan
Ray Talbot
Talbot
Tahei-Ho
Dlagoveshchensk
George C. Hanson
Harbin
Pajama Wearer Praised By Mayor In Public Proclamation
Elizabeth City editor W C Saunders was arrested for wearing big pajamas then praised by Mayor Jerome B Flora in a proclamation. The mayor defended the light blue rayon slumber suit as a citizen’s right to dress as they please with no indecent exposure.
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Associated
Frexs
Elizabeth City
N. J
W. C. Saunders
Elizabeth City Independent
National
Jerome B. Flora
Patrol routs smugglers in border battle
Grande scene as border patrol soldiers exchange fire with run runners. Two smugglers fell, Lt. Worsley says. Five men captured after a truck seized near El Paso carrying 160 gallons of liquor. Three more luxury cars confiscated to be used as evidence against participating local businessmen.
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Grande
H. C. Worsley
Border Patrol
el Paso
Horsley
Stock Prices Rise Across Broad Range in New York
New York July 23 stock prices moved higher after yesterday's decline while grain prices fell. The rally lifted nearly twenty issues, led by utilities, to fresh highs with active gains from 1 to 6 points across a broad list. Call money held at 7 percent, time money firmer at around 7.5 percent, and loan calls were moderate.
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New York
Ultra smart set unhappy says Morley in Hoboken revival
New York July 23 Christopher Morley, dramatic producer, says New Yorks ultra smart set lead unhappy empty and fatuous lives in a lecture. He denounces them as noisy and rowdy during his revival of the melodrama After Dark or Neither Maid Wife nor Widow. Amsterdam July 23 former Crown Prince of Germany goes to Doorn to see his father ex Kaiser Wilhelm. Natchez July 23 cruiser yacht Martha Jane quits N Orleans St Louis race after motor breakdown.
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New York
Christopher Morley
Hoboken
Father
Amsterdam
Holland
Crown Prince
Germany
Doorn
Kaiser Wilhelm
Natchez, Miss
Martha Jane
New Orleans-St. Louis
Bingo Game Ady at Yor Sons and Daughters of Liberty
A bingo game is scheduled by Yor Sons and Daughters of Liberty at 301 North Locust Street on Wednesday July 24 with doors opening at an unspecified time. Ady hosted event details are limited in the provided text.
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Sons and Daughters of Liberty
North Locust Street
Wife of Camp Ritchie man fatally hurt
Baltimore July 2012 two autombile deaths around the city. Mrs George T Way 30 struck by a car at Edgewood Road and Edmondson Avenue taken to hospital pronounced dead driver Harry Korrell arrested. Way's husband was with the Fifth Regiment at Camp Ritchie. A second victim, Richard Mille 29 of Baltimore, died when his truck overturned near a curve between Cockeysville and Glyndon. Mille was found in the wreckage critically injured.
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Baltimore
George T. Way
Edgewood Road
Edmondson Avenue
Harry Korrell
Cockeysville
Glyndon
Richard Mille
In Memoriam for Evelyn Mauspeaker One Year On
In loving remembrance of baby Evelyn Mauspeaker who left home and never returned. Parents Mr and Mrs M J Mauspeaker express grief and praise the Saviour as she rests in peace. Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Wm Mayhugh for kindness, flowers, cars after daughter Elsia P Mayhugh’s death. Also a notice from Mr W A Jacobs thanking friends for sympathy and flowers after his wife’s illness and death.
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Evelyn
Mrs. M. J. Mauspeaker
Adv
Elsia P. Maybugh
Wm. Mayhugh
W. A
Jacobs
Live Bait 24 Hour Service Ad by Delphey Bros
Delphey Bros announces twenty four hour live bait service at 116 West Franklin Street. Phone contact listed for orders and inquiries. Local fishing supply business advertises round-the-clock availability to attract customers.
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Delphey Bros
W. Franklin St
Ady
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