Life saving instructor killed during demonstration in Allentown
Captain William Kieb, known for Red Cross work in Hagerstown, was shot in the back while demonstrating escape from a pistol to Allentown police. The gun contained one unspent bullet. He died an hour after reaching the hospital. He was to lead a lifesaving demonstration at a Kiwanis Club luncheon.
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William Kieb
Hagerstown
Allentown
Kiel
American Red Cross
Warren
Allentown Police Department
Kieb
Tha Hospital
Keith
Allentown Kiwanis Club
Speedy ICC decision urged on railroad control case
Thomas F. Brennan, vice president of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh, urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule quickly on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sought control over his line. Brennan said unresolved disposition of the rail joint venture hinders operation, noting the need for equipment and improvements but uncertainty over who owns the necessary assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Onto
Buffalo, Rochester
Pittsburgh
Thomas F. Brennan
Brennan
Buffalo
Rochester
Local aviator Harold Iwurich reports Virginia airfield shortage
Harold Iwurich returned after a goodwill air journey to Washington and several Virginia cities. He said most Virginia towns, many two to three times the size of Hagerstown, lack airfields. He was away ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Iwurich
Washington
Virginia
Hagerstown
Ile
Photos of Royalty Shared with Florence Cosen
Miss Florence Cosen of 24 Winter Street receives photos of King George the VI Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth from a cousin who lives a quarter mile from the royal castle.
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Florence Cosen
Winter Street
George
Elizabeth
England
Nurse Grace Heiskell Tops Pilot Training Duo
Nurse Grace Heiskell from Charles Town West Virginia has taken to flying with rapid progress at the Ha serstown airport. Trainer Robert Clohecy praises her control and style noting she handles the stick like a veteran. She is one of three girls learning aviation alongside Helen Cox and Betty Deckard.
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Lady Heath
Haserstown
Miss Grace Near
Robert Clohecy
Miss Heiskell
Helen Cox
Betty Deckard
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Flying Plane Easier Than Piloting Bus
Pat Naylor a veteran driver for Blue Ridge Transportation Company plans to learn to fly pending a license. He drives a decade on the Washington to Pittsburgh route and says piloting large buses over mountains is nerve wracking. Naylor recently began flying lessons at Hagerstown airport and would move to air service if his company adds aircraft.
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Pat Naylor
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Baylor
Sharpsburg
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
Hagerstown
Here
Armstrongs to Tour Mediterranean In Three Months
Former Attorney General Alexander Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong sailed from New York on July 2 and arrived in Modena Italy on July 9. They plan a three month Mediterranean tour visiting Europe Asia and Africa with time in Egypt and a Russia visit, returning about October 1.
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Alexander Armstrong
Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroad seeks six mile branch line
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to build a six mile branch from the new Connellsville extension at Pigeon Creek crossing to connect with the Donora Southern Railroad at Baird, Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Connellsville
Pigeon Creek Crossing
Donora Southern Railroad
Baird
Family of Seven Dies After Drinking Water From Car Radiator
Blythe Cal July 55 FP six Mexican youths told police a family of seven, Mr and Mrs Enrique Armenta and five children, drank water from their disabled car radiator in the desert 32 miles south of Blythe. Deputies found the car empty with a water-tapped radiator and pliers beneath. Father near the car, others scattered in the wasteland. mother and three children together, two small boys nearby.
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Blythe
Cal
Yfow
Here
Enrique Armenta
Sparrow Trap Kills Inventor in King City
KING CITY Mo July 25 a sparrow trap using monoxide gas killed its inventor Gus Jhrig 77. He was found dead in his garage where he had gone to see how many sparrows his trap had slain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King City
Gus Jhrig
Mr.Inrig
Fairchild Officials Make Three Way Day Trip
Fairchild Aircraft crew from Farmingdale NJ fly to Hagerstown MD for meetings. Dan Beard pilots Fairchild 71 taking Deck Williamson and Baker to Hagerstown, returning with Deckard and family. Later Squires and Harris head back in a Challenger C 4 C. Trip highlights speed of air travel over a 240 mile route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Kreider-Reisner Company
Hagerstown
Farmingdale
N. J
Dan Beard
John Deck
Jon Williamson
Clarence Baker
Fairchild
H. C. Deckard
Betty
Dottie
John Squires
Mr. Squires
A. B. Harris
Turtle Fossil Find Sparks 19th Century Mystery
Forest Ranger Elmer Hockey found a land turtle at Pine Grove furnace near Caledonia bearing the inscription Watts 1843 on its shell. The Watts family held the furnace property from 1838 and it was sold by William W. Watts in 1863. Likely carved in 1843 by a young William Watts, the turtle is believed to be a century old.
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Elmer Hockey
Pine Grove Furnace
Caledonia
Watts
Wiliam W. Watts
William Watts
Avon Foreman Sits 22-Foot Flagpole For Juvenile Record
Avon Foreman 21 began his sixth day atop a 22-foot sapling in Baltimore to set a juvenile flagpole sitting record. He reported 120 hours completed and requested his daily papers after a ham and eyes breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Avon Foreman
Daily Papers
Divorce Bill Filed by Mary J. Dorsey for Neal R. Dorsey
Mary J. Dorsey through attorney John F. Wagaman filed for divorce from Neal R. Dorsey alleging cruelty. The couple married October 8, 1920, and reside in Chambersburg. She seeks guardianship of their two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Dorsey
John FE. Wagaman
Neal R. Dorsey
Chambersburg
St Louis Robins reach 300 hours aloft in endurance flight
Flight remains airborne toward the 300 hour goal as Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine circle Lambert Field. At 6 17 a m they passed 287 hours, aiming to descend only when the motor wears out. The pair broke the previous endurance record of 246 hours set by the Angeleno. Flight fatigue expected to shed weight. Jackson about 20 pounds, O Brine about 10. The effort costs surpass 10 000 dollars with 2 400 gallons of gasoline and 110 gallons of oil, covering some 17 000 miles.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Dale
Red’ Jackson
Forest O
Patry
Angeleno
A. C. Lesgat
Jackson
Obrine
Youths Found Guilty for Loitering at Potomac Street Soft Drink Stand
Two of sixteen youths charged with obstructing sidewalks in front of a South Potomac soft drink emporium were found guilty by Magistrate Richard Duffer. Sentence suspended after warnings that street loafing will not be tolerated. Further cases may be charged under a stricter state offense for unlawful assemblage, risking jail.
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South Potomac Street
Richard Duffer
Duffey
Endurance Fliers Prepare to Battle Gulf Storms
Royston Tex July 25 Endurance monoplane Bilton Dollar Cive readies to battle expected thunderstorm on the Gulf Coast. The ship weathered a slight storm two days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royston
Tex
Bilton, Dollar Cive
Gulf Coast
Temperance Gets Praise in United States
Dr. William Mayo of the Mayo Clinic says the temperance movement is thriving in America. Speaking at the National Temperance League breakfast he notes the middle class no longer drinks from the top or bottom, the saloon is gone, liquor is scarce and unsafe.
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Manchester
Eng
William Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
United States
National Temperance League
America
Not Willing To Walk To Hanging In Wattson Case
Sam Watson, 69, confessed to killing a man at Folsom New Mexico in 1893. He said he would not walk 2,000 miles to stand trial again as New Mexico authorities would not finance his return. Sheriff A W Tanner reported no funds to transport Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Quartet fined for sale of intoxicants in raids
Mr and Mrs Carl Gehr of 409 West Washington and Clyde Anderson were fined 150 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to sale of intoxicants before Magistrate Joan H Bitner. Seven hundred bottles of homebrew were seized at 409 and a pint of whisky found at 419 West Washington. Maggie Cramer of Jefferson Street also pleaded guilty and was fined 150 dollars. All three were remanded to jail until payment. The Gehr raid sparked excitement as bottles were broken and several people were present.
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Carl Gehr
West Washington Street
Clyde Anderson
Andersen
Joan H. Bitner
Gehr
Anderson
Maggie Cramer
Jefferson Street
Bitner
Gehr Establishment
Gehr Place
Two Held For Federal Court
Charles B. Deeds of Clearspring was arrested by prohibition officers and given a hearing before a U S Commissioner. Angie Woltzinger of unknown place is charged with manufacture of liquor and held in $1000 bail. Harry Volker of Hagerstown faced continued proceedings for possession of liquor. Mary Lehr of Woodpoint is charged with manufacture and possession of home brew beer and held in $1000 bail, while her husband Ralph Lehr was dismissed.
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Charles B. Deeds
Clearspring
Prohibition
U. S
Angie Woltzinger
Harry Volker
Hagerstown
Volker
Mary Lehr
Woodpoint
Ralph Lehr
Youth Falls from Thresher Injuring Boy in Greencastle
Mayrale aged , son of Myr, 2nd Mrs. M. W. Stover, Greencastle, fell from a ring machine on the Monroe Sellers farm along Leitersburg Road. He and other children had been playing in a stream when he climbed the thresher and suffered a double skull fracture. The operator did not know he was on the machine.
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Mayrale
Myr
M. W. Stover
Greencastle
Monroe Sellers
Leitersburg Road
You’ll Serve 112 Days For Slapping Mother
In Chicago on July 25, Judge Francis Allegretti ordered John Marsh to serve 112 days in the House of Correction after a sheriff’s report that he slapped his 65 year old mother. The mother pleaded for leniency citing his drinking, but the judge affirmed the sentence, noting no sympathy for a man who harms his mother.
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Chicago
John Marsh
Francis Allegretti
Death by own action shuts Lancaster bank
The First Bank and Trust Company in Lancaster, D C, was closed after its president Charles D. Jones shot himself yesterday. Albert Fant, State Bank Examiner, ordered the bank not to reopen until a staff member could visit. Friends cite ill health as the cause.
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Lancaster
D. C
First Bank and Trust Company
Charles D. Jones
Albert
Fant
State Bank Examiner
Jones
Baby Beef Club On Annual Tour Moves Through County
Members of the Baby Beef Club of Washington County are on the annual tour today guided by K A Clark animal husbandry specialist and County Agent Milton D Moore. The bones of each member will be visited and the baby beef there inspected. A picnic luncheon was served at noon at Rows Park.
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Baby Beef Club
Washington County
K. A. Clark
Milton D Moore
Rows Park
Speeder Hangs Up New Record At St Louis
Dr Louis Leroys speedboat the Bogie docked in St Louis at 6 35 a m today after beating the 59 year old Robert 4 Lee record by 2 hours 43 minutes for the New Orleans to St Louis voyage.
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ST. Louis
Dr. Louis Leroys
Robert 4. Lee
New Orleans
Weekly debits rise in Hagerstown figures
Debits reported by the Hagerstown Clearing House Association for the week ending July 24 show $2,900,000. For the week ending July 25 the debits were $2,248,020. This marks an increase over last year of $738,000, or about 32.45 percent.
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Hagerstown Clearing House Association
Two Banks Close In Florida Amid Massive Withdrawals
Jacksonville July 26 two banks St Augustine First National Bank and Phiefer State Bank of Gainesville with deposits totaling 3 million dollars closed due to excessive withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine First National Bank
Phiefer State Bank of
Gainesville
Pope Pius XI Emerges for Historic Vatican Procession
Vatican City July 25 Pope Pius XI the first pope to come from the Vatican since 1870 stepped from St Peter's Basilica amid great public awe. The ceremony mirrored pre fall Corpus Christi processions with a full guard, heralds, trumpets, church bells, and a reverent crowd in Rome.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilicia
Merry del Val
St. Peter’s
Sistine Choir
St. Peter's
Pontifical
Palatine Guard
Rome
Snook Jury Lacks Four as Deliberations Continue
Exhaustive questioning of prospective jurors resumed in Columbus as lawyers work toward selecting 12 members to decide the fate of Dr. James H. Snook, former Ohio State professor accused in the hammer murder of his coed mistress Theora Bix. Eight tentative jurors seated. Elfiott Rexford, 26, a chemical analyst, added to panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Im Danelling
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Bix
Elfiott P. Rexford
Youth Who Killed Father Gets 5 Years In School
Piggott Ark July 25 A plea of guilty of second degree murder was entered for George Parker 15 as his trial on a charge of murdering his father neared completion in circuit court. He was sentenced to five years in the State Industrial School and ten years in the penitentiary thereafter. He testified he killed his father after severe mistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piggott
Ark
George Parker
Thim
Lost River Flows Into Potomac Basin Near Wardensville
U S engineers surveying the Potomac basin report the Lost River in West Virginia, a branch of the Great Cacapon, disappears into a dry bed six miles above Wardensville and resurges after several miles, suggesting an underground passage of limited capacity during freshets. The finding aids flood control and hydro development studies by the War Department in Washington.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Lost River
West Virginia
Major Somerall
U.S. Engineer Office
Washington District
War Department
Wardensville
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