German Plane Crosses Ocean to North America
Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and three crew members prepared to depart from Labrador toward Montreal on the next leg to Chicago after a 600 mile water hop from Ivigut Greenland. The flying boat landed in Independence harbor at 545 p m EST after eight hours twenty minutes, proving the feasibility of a Europe to United States route via Iceland Greenland and Labrador.
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Cartwright
Labrador
Wolfgang von Gronau
Montreal
Chicago
von Gronan
North America
Independence Harbor
Ivigut
Greenland
von Gronau
Europe
United States
Iceland
List
Isle of Salt
Germany
Smithsburg to Form Roosevelt Garnet Tydings Lewis Club
A Roosevelt Garn er Tydings Lewis Club is proposed in Smithsburg District with mailings to all Democrats this week. A meeting is planned for next week and rooms will be rented for public access. A fall picnic will feature campaign activities.
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Smithsburg
British Olympics chief says Hollywood movies curb liquor use
Sir Harold Bowden, chairman of the English Olympics committee, praised Hollywood films in Los Angeles, noting their popularity with Britishers and claiming they have substantially reduced liquor consumption.
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Los Angeles
Harold Bowden
Vassar Student Missing From Lake Forest Home
Chicago July 26 Miss Fannie Turnbull 15 a Vassar college student was reported missing from her Lake Forest home. A note said she felt she was a burden and would go away where she will not be found. She is the daughter of Henry K Turnbull a real estate dealer.
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Chicago
Fannie Turnbull
Vassar College
Lake Forest
Miss Turnbull
Henry K. Turnbull
Community garden success in Hagerstown boosts hope
A city welfare sponsored venture turns jobless men toward farming as 12 acres of city land yield a bumper potato crop and many plots along Cavetown pike produce potatoes corn beans. Men learn proper canning and farming methods from the County Farm Agent, changing attitudes and offering potential future livelihoods.
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John M. Tenney
Washington County Welfare Association
J. Harry Schueler
Welfare Association
Cavetown Pike
Insurance man slain in hallway murder in New York
New York July 26. Michael Mariconda a business agent of the Cloak and Suit Makers union was shot dead at his home. The assassin struck last night as Mariconda, who anticipated danger, had called the insurance man planning to take out extra insurance. A loaded pistol was found strapped to his waist.
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New York
Michael Mariconda
Mariconda
Cloak and Suit Makers Union
Butler Says GOP Prohibition Plank Open to Mockery Abroad
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, returned to New York on the Ma Jest ic and said the Republican prohibition plank is met with sarcasm overseas. He argued repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment must not be tied to economic aims and warned that prosperity hinges on constitutional and moral foundations. Butler cited potential state liquor control and modest taxation to save about one and a half billion dollars for the public treasury.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
America
Majestic
Republican Party
United States
Quebec
Sweden
Great Britain
Bloodhounds Find Missing Youth Near Madison River
Robert Driscoll eight year old son of a Middletown Ohio paper manufacturer was found unharmed after an all night search by 500 volunteers in the Woodland area near the Hammonasset River. He wandered from a party of children yesterday afternoon and, with bloodhounds and state police, was located three miles down the river bank following a trail.
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Madison
Conn
Robert Driscoll
Middletown
Ohio
Hammonasset River
Calmly Declares Poison Avertible Death In Hospital
Mrs Roscoe Griffith called a hospital to report her husband a veterinarian had swallowed poison. Griffith remained calm eating dinner and denied any poison intake saying he had an appointment. He was taken to the hospital where he collapsed and died en route.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Roscoe Griffith
Griffith
Grimm
Weapons Found In State Penitentiary Plot
Guards seized a loaded pistol and several knives at the state penitentiary in Baltimore. The discoveries occurred in a workshop used by about 80 prisoners, including William Niemoth, Chicago public enemy No. 18, who is serving a ten year term for a 1926 holdup.
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Baltimore
State
William Niemoth
Chicago
Niemoth
Woman shoots farm worker in home kitchen incident
Mrs. Frederick Beall, 40, of near New Market Frederick county claims improper remarks in her home kitchen in her husband’s absence. She shot Louis Du Vall, 55, a farm worker, the bullet entered his mouth and lodged in his jaw. His condition is not serious.
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Frederick Beall
New Market
Frederick County
Louis. Duvall
Duvall
Pittman to Meet Nominee Roosevelt in Nevada Tour
Albany July 26 Senator Key Pittman of Nevada carried Roosevelt momentum updates to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Nevada’s three electoral votes reflect broader support patterns for Roosevelt in smaller states. Nevada voters backed Hoover 18 300 to 14 000 for Smith. Walter Duranty of the New York Times joined Roosevelt’s advisory circle to discuss Soviet Russia.
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Albany
N. Y
Key Fittman
Nevada
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pittman
Roosevelt
Hoover
Smith
Walter Duranty
The
New York Times
Soviet Russia
Delegations Seek Road Work From County Board
Four delegations from Smithsburg district Ringgold and Leitersburg appeared before the Board of County Commissioners this morning with requests for new roads and road improvements. The Board made no promises beyond inspecting the roads. they noted a cut budget and the need to curtail new road work to reduce expenses.
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Smithsburg
Ringgold
Leitersburg
Board of County Commissioners
Distress Sale Ends With Tenant Buying In
At a distraint sale for rent of 120 dollars the household effects brought only 4 dollars and were purchased by the tenant. The proceedings and sale cost 9.50 dollars, leaving no further claim.
Thieves Fail 10 Steal from Smith Oil Storage
Five empty five gallon oil cans lay around the Smith Oil Company storage tanks near Funkstown after thieves broke the shed and rolled out one barrel of oil. Deputies received a report from an employee as passing motorists likely scared the robbers away. The site has a history of oil and gasoline thefts and once saw a night watchman injure a youth during a prior break in.
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Smith Oil Company
Funkstown
Needy Come For Spuds In Autos At Bonnder Springs
Bonnder Springs Kansas July 26 Jason Penrod a regular guy disposed of a potato crop by inviting the needy to "come and get them" and they arrived in motorcars to take the crop rather than harvest it himself.
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Bonnder Springs
Kas
Jason Penrod
Grocer Sees Credit Scheme In New Neighbors
A Hamilton Boulevard grocer was duped by a moving couple. A woman falsely claimed she lived nearby and would pay later, while a later pair bought groceries, paid cash, and claimed to have moved to the next house. The grocer seeks the first woman as the perpetrator.
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Hagerstown
North End
Hamilton Boulevard
He Went Just Little Too Far
Des Moines Iowa July 26 A man named Bill Roberts kept driving after a tire rim and wheel fell off. Police stopped him and charged him with operating an automobile while intoxicated and without a permit.
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Des Moines
Bill Roberts
Body of Hopkins Professor Found in Pyramid Lake
Berkeley reports the recovery of Dr. Roger Miller Jones, Johns Hopkins professor of Greek philosophy, from Pyramid Lake Nevada. He and Muriel Thoma, lately seen at a Nevada dude ranch, planned marriage after her Reno divorce. Mrs Thoma remains missing. Jones knew Fern Jones in 1926.
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Berkeley
Calif
Roger Miller Jones
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Pyramid Lake
Nevada
J. E. Allison
Muriel Thoma
Jones
Allison
Thoma
Reno
Dr. Jones
Fern Jones
League Aims to End Veteran Benefit Abuse in National Meeting
The National Economy league reached the organization stage in New York to curb what sponsors call legalized abuse by non disabled veterans receiving at least 450 million dollars yearly from the government. Major General James G. Harbord was chosen president for the first national meeting with delegates from over 20 states. The group, formed last May by Clark Roosevelt and other ex service men, petitioned Hoover and Congress about non disabled veteran benefits.
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New York
National Economy League
Uncle Sam
James G. Harboard
Clark
Roosevelt
Hoover
Congress
Trades Cow For Flying Lessons
PAWTUCKET R I July 26 f A farmer traded a surplus cow to What Cheer airport officials. The cow now supplies milk to aviators and keeps the grass on runways trimmed. The farmer receives six weeks of daily tree lessons on flying.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Fair Board Drives Improvements at State Fair Grounds
With over fifty workers, the Fair Board advances improvements at the grounds under Directors supervision. Mutuel booths are nearly rebuilt. roofing and concrete work remain. The horticultural hall will display Maryland fish and game in new permanent tanks and wire cages, guided by Charles H. Rinehart. Flowers and barberry line the inside rail of the race track as the Board plans a September 13 fair with new features. President Harry E. Bester says the exhibition will be worth while.
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Horticultural
Charles H. Rinehart
Maryland
Harry E. Bester
Gene Tunney to Get Vote in Connecticut
Stamford, July 26. Gene Tunney, resident of Stamford for three years, plans to become a voter in time to vote in November for Governor Franklin D Roosevelt and Governor Wilbur L Cross. He has never voted in the state before but will aid the Democratic party's cause in Connecticut.
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Stamford
Conn
Gene Tunney
Connecticut
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilbur L. Cross
Former A's star Chief Bender ousted as Erie manager
Erie Pennsylvania July 26 Chief Bender the renowned pitcher of the world champion Athletics twenty years ago was released from his role as manager of the Erie Club of the Central Baseball League after a dispute with club officials.
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Erie
Chief Bender
Athletics
Central Baseball League
Armed Pair Rob Bank In White Hall Escape With Cash
Two gunmen robbed the White Hall bank as it opened, fleeing in a waiting car with about $2,500. Bank manager Harold Ensor and bookkeeper Misa Lida Slade aided the alert, as in a prior privateized 1900s style heist, no customers were present. The crime follows a similar October robbery of $4,000 and a later Birmingham capture.
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White Hall
Harold Ensor
Misa Lida Slade
Birmingham
Ala
Ensor
Miss Slade
Robbery at Paint Lick Bank Stuns Town
In Paint Lick Kentucky on July 26 a robbery at The People's Bank of Paint Lick netted between 32,000 and 2,500 dollars from four masked men who fled in a car after locking three bank employees in a vault.
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Paint Lick
People’s Bank of
Depositors Can Get Checks At Any Time
Ellsworth Roulette, attorney for the First National Bank, says the first installment checks may be cashed at any time after the initial distribution. The bank is open daily and local banks are redeeming the checks drawn on the Riggs National Bank in Washington. The turnout today was smaller than day one, with hundreds of depositors waiting for the rest. Approximately twice the amount paid out in the first installment will be distributed within the next 60 to 90 days.
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First National Bank
Ellsworth Roulette
Rigs National Bank
Washington
Investment Corp Is Incorporated With Stock Classes
The Bond Investment Corporation in this city received articles of incorporation yesterday from the State Tax Commission authorizing it to deal in stocks and bonds. It may issue 10,000 shares of Class A common stock and 1,000 shares of Class B common stock at $1 par value. Incorporators are Edwin C. Hook, D Kenneth Mc Laughlin and Rufus K. Edwards.
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Bond Investment Corporation
State Tax Commission
Edwin C. Hook
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
Rufus K. Edwards
Small bootleggers steal market from big operatives in Italy
Washington reports acting Federal prohibition director Howard Jones says small scale bootleggers are gaining ground on large outfits. Agents observe lower prices in the southern corn belt and reduced profits for big operators as competition tightens margins.
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Washington
Italy
Howard Jones
Amoz W. W. Woodcock
Jones
Bureau
Jeneq
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