Roosevelt to Speak in Midwest First Campaign Spur
New York dispatch notes Franklin D Roosevelt will make his first political address since the Democratic nomination in Chicago, then Albany. Farley reveals tentative plans to start a Midwest tour after Hoover accepts the Republican nomination, with the New Jersey push slated for August 3 at Seagirt. The party aims to concentrate speeches in the Midwest while hoping solid regions remain Democratic.
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New York
Goergraor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Albany
Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Solid South
West
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Seagit
Windjammer Niobe Sinks With German Cadets Aboard
Kiel Germany July 27 21 A group of buoys mark the site where six German naval cadets drowned when the three masted Niobe training ship went down in 11 fathoms. Thirty seven crew saved including the captain. The Niobe, a former prize, was commanded by Count Feliz Von Luckner, The Sea Devil, for two years.
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Kiel
Germany
Emselves
Unt. Is
Isene
Therese Russ
Meuthy
Niobe
Count Feliz von Luckner
County Couple In Bankruptcy Secrest File Voluntary Petitions
Daniel Elmer Secrest and Anna May Secrest of Clearspring filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in federal court. Attorney E. B. Hartle listed assets and liabilities for both spouses, with totals of 11,078 assets and 19,516.96 liabilities for the husband and 10,075 assets and 18,598.13 liabilities for the wife. Orders were signed and the case referred to Omer T. Kaylor, local referee.
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Daniel Elmer Secrest
Anna May Secrest
Clearspring
E. B. Hartle
Io Omer T. Kaylor
Derailment ties up Pennsy tracks near Trenton
A freight train near Trenton derailed loading 21 cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad main line between New York and Philadelphia. Traffic on all four tracks was halted for over three hours. no injuries were reported.
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Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Grass Fire Near Jay Gower Home Extinguished
A grass fire burned in a field near Jay Gower's home along the Williamsport pike near Halfway yesterday afternoon. First Hose Company and Williamsport firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
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Jay Gower
Williamsport Pike
First Hose Company
Williamsport
Death of Elizabeth Van Lear Ragan
Elizabeth Van Lear Ragan daughter of the late Dr. William and Sarah Ragan died suddenly at her home 151 West Washington street at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon from heart trouble. She was a member of St Johns Episcopal church. Surviving are one brother Dr. O H W Ragan and three nieces. Funeral tomorrow at 11 from St Johns Episcopal church with services by Rev Dr Walter Byron Stehl. Interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
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William and
Sarah (Sargent) Ragan
West
Washington Street
St. John’s Episcopal Church
O. H. W. Ragan
Walter Byron Stehl
Rose Hill Cemetery
CHAS WAGNER DIES AT 66 IN WAGNER CROSSROADS
Charlie B Wagner longtime resident of Wagner's Crossroads Beaver Creek died at 132 East Antietam Street at 6 45 am after complications He was 66 a Republican who served in the 1911 House of Delegates and later sought the State Senate He was a director of the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company His widow Minnie survives Funeral set Friday at 2 pm from his home with services at 245 pm at Boonsboro mausoleum officiated by Charles Funk Interment in mausoleum Viewing Friday morning at home
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B. Wagner
Wagner's
Beaver Creek
Antietam Street
Christan Church
Seaver Creek
Wagner
Railw
House of Delegates
Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company
Minnie Sr
Boonsboro Mausoleum
New
Charles Funk
Heirlooms of Hager Shown in Maryland Museum
The article recounts the Hager family links to Hagerstown dating to 1592, noting sermons from Germany brought by Jonathan Hager, the founder, and artifacts like his watch worn when he died in 1775. It traces descendants through Elizabeth Kershner and mentions the Brents, Clarks, and Bruces as direct lines, with a museum exhibit drawing many visitors.
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Germany
Jonathan Hager
Proyer
Robert Brent
Baltimore
Geyler L. Clark
Hagerstown
Elizabeth Kershner
Rosina
Jonathan
Elizabeth
Hagers
Brents and Clarks
Bruces
Connecticut Chamber Reports June Economic Improvements
Hartford July 27 The Connecticut chamber of commerce released its June survey of the state's 16 largest cities showing gains in seven key economic fields. Postal receipts bank debits electricity consumption cotton consumed automobile sales and life insurance indexes rose while bankruptcies fell in both number and gross value.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
German Fli er in Montreal
Montreal July 27 Wolt is von Gronau who arrived after a trans Atlantic flight from Germany via the Arctic route. He plans to go to Detroit Chicago Milwaukee and the Pacific coast. He has no plan to fly around the world the author notes his flights aim to chart a speedy Europe to Pacific air service.
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Wolt
von Gronau
Germany
Arctic
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Lindbergh
Europe
Pacific
Curiosity Will Cost Freedom in Railroad Track Incident
In Flagstaff on July 27 Billy John a Navajo faces five to seven years for attempting to see what would happen by piling stone on a railroad track. He was not in a wreck. Pyroil is liquified graphite. Firemen's Square Dance set for Thursday July 28 in Smithsboro with a free chicken lunch. Admission 35.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Billy John
Smithsboro
Toy Pistol Gets Him In Trouble
Phillip Cintura bought a cap pistol for his children on July 4 in Newark New Jersey. On July 27 he was jailed for attempted robbery after using the cap pistol to threaten a storekeeper and discovering a real pistol pointed at him when he dropped the gun.
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Newark
WN. J
Phillip Cintura
Cost of Living Drops in Labor Department Study
Washington report shows a 7 percent decrease in living costs from December to June. June costs were 6.9 percent lower than December for workers, 9.7 percent below June 1931, and 4.7 percent under 1817 levels.
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Washington
Juy
Labor Department
Prince Tong-Yai Rejects Prince Title at Cornell
Prince M. R. Chakratong Tong-Yai, cousin of the Siamese king, arrived to study at Cornell and said he prefers democracy and dislikes being burdened by a title. He hopes to set an example for others. A separate Chicago survey estimates federal highway aid of 126 million dollars could employ about 250,000 men at 3 hours weekly for 11 months.
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San Francisco
M. R. Chakratong Tong-Yai
Siam
Cornell
Chicago
Silver dollar payment prank lands cashier in jail
Morrison Illinois July 27 Glenn Graddock a bank cashier was jailed for an hour after offering a silver dollar for gasoline. The filling station attendant, never having seen a silver dollar, believed he was being fleeced.
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Morrison
Glenn Graddock
Plane completes dry flight after removing lubricating oil
In Winona Minnesota a 35 minute test flight was completed with the oil removed from the engine. Pilot Gerald Kohner flew a radial air cooled motor plane performing two loops after prior conditioning in a 100 hour flight with a new lubricating fluid.
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Winona
Minn
Gerald Kohner
W. W. Kidder
la Crosse
Wis
Will Rogers School Professor Dominates Oklahoma Primary
Will Rogers the schoolmaster swept the Democratic nomination for congress at large in Oklahoma City July 27. He overwhelmed rival Mrs Mabel Bassett while actor-writer Will Rogers endorsed the winner. The new post follows the 1930 census population gain and is effectively the election.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
New York
Mabel Bassett
Rogers
Three Bonus Army Leaders Fined for Parade Permitting
Washington July 27. Three leaders of the radical wing of the Bonus Army were fined for permitting a parade. The day’s reports include an advertisement claiming payroll friction reductions of 70 percent.
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Washington
Bonus Army
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