Reparations delay stalls Belgium Germany talks in Paris
In Paris on June 1 a single sticking point blocks final settlement of the Belgian reparations issue. Berlin has not yet named its negotiator, delaying agreement over compensation for German marks left in Belgium after occupation. Belgian envoy Emile Franegai refused to sign until Berlin appoints its representative, with experts awaiting word to proceed.
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Paris
Berlin
Belgium
Germany
IM. Gutt
Emile Franegai
Registrar of Wills Is Dead in Maryland
Frederick June 1 Charles H. Butts registrar of wills for Frederick county died suddenly at his Middletown home after a night of indigestion followed by a hemorrhage. A Republican elected in 1926 he served two terms as Orphans' Court judge before taking the post in December 1927. Survived by widow a son in Baltimore a daughter in Washington two brothers and two sisters.
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Frederick
Mad
Charles H. Butts
Frederick Country
Middletown
Butts
Wr. Butts
Orphans’ Court
Charles Earl Butts
Baltimore
David Haddock
Washington
J. Frank Butts
Oliver Butts
Wagerstown
Melvin S. Shepley
Myersville
Gert Gaver
Bankhead to oppose Heflin in Alabama primary
John H. Bankhead of Jasper announces he will oppose U S Senator J Thomas Heflin in the next Democratic primary. Bankhead, a Democrat from a prominent Alabama family, notes his father John N Bankhead died while a senator and his brother William B Bankhead serves in Congress.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
Heflin
Bankhead
Alabama
John N. Bankhead
Senate
William 3B. Bankhead
Jack Johnson Stops in City on Visit
Former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson passed through Hagerstown this morning. He paused on the Bowery for several minutes, speaking with Dr. A. B. Wilson and others. He rode in a business automobile with two other Black men and two white men.
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Jack Johnson
Hagerstown
Johnson
Bowery
A. B. Wilson
Couple Married At Court House by New Lutheran Minister
Rev Oliver R Hall presided at the courthouse wedding closing the first day of June. The couple were Russell W Smith 24 Lewistown PA and Pearl Harpster 20 Burnham PA, married in the Juvenile Courtroom with courthouse staff watching. The scene drew a crowded front row as clerks and stenographers sought seats.
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Oliver R. Hall
Lutheran Synod
Russell W. Smith
Lewistown
Pearl Harpster
Burnham
The Stanley Co Adds Two Maryland Theaters
The Stanley Company of America has taken over the Silverman Bros and Isaac Slutzker fourteen theater circuit in Maryland Ohio and Pennsylvania, including the Maryland and Colonial Theatres in Hagerstown. John J. Payette will supervise, promising the Stanley Crandall standard. No immediate personnel changes at the local ha gerstown houses.
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The
Stanley Company of America
Silverman Bros
Isaac Slutzker
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Colonial
Haserstown
Big Stanley
John J. Payette
Stanley-Crandall
Washington, D. C
Payette
Stanley-Crandall Company
Stanley Company
Stanley- Crandall Company
Washington
Lawyer Beaten and Left for Dead in Chicago
Oliver N. Olson, 52, a Chicago lawyer, was lured from his home and beaten so severely that a leg and six ribs were broken before being dumped in a ditch. He pretended to be dead, survived, and a motorcycle officer found him. No motive could be determined.
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Chicago
Oliver N. Olson
Olson
Ils Wheston
Villa Park
Abbott names seven co respondents in divorce suit
New York June 1 radio saxophonist Larry Abbott seeks a divorce and charges seven co respondents. Mrs Abbott, who is also suing, names three others in the proceedings.
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New York
Larry Abbott
Abbott
Floods Leave Ten Dead in Texas Area
Floods across south and east Texas from torrential rains have killed ten people and caused millions in damage. A bicycle messenger was swept away in Houston while an onlooker fell into the current. A Fort Worth boy drowned in the Trinity River. Beaumont and Houston districts faced levee breaks, flooded homes and warehouses, and shipping was halted.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
Trinity River
Beaumont
Madison County
San Jacinto County
Trinity
San Jacinto
Tornado Strikes Roxbury Farm Damaging Anderson Property
A minature tornado swept the Dr. C. L. G. Anderson farm at Roxbury during yesterday's storm leaving wreckage. The Suman family suffered heavy losses as the bank barn roof and rafters were carried away and fences torn down. Mrs. Suman sheltered in the house as a funnel cloud approached and described the wind as terrific. No other damage was reported in the area.
Investment Co closes doors in major city bust
Jane 1 Taylor, Ewart and Company an investment securities house with offices in 11 cities suspended operations today. Announcement of the suspension was made at the firm's offices in Chicago. The firm is headed by B F I Taylor chairman and B Ewart president with offices in Chicago New York San Francisco Boston Kansas City St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Louisville New Orleans and Houston.
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Chicago
Jane
Tayllor, Ewart and Company
B. F. I Taylor
B. Ewart
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
New Orleans
Houston
Payroll Theft At Pratt Street Printing Establishment
Burglars obtained 425 dollars from a payroll hidden in a safe at Maurice Lessor Co. printing plant on Pratt Street in Baltimore. They cracked the safe and reclosed it leaving no trace, according to police reports released today.
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Baltimore
Maurice Lesleer Co
Pratt Street
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic
Weather outlook begins Monday with fair conditions across the North and Middle Atlantic states. A system brings showers near week’s end as temperatures rise from below normal to above normal.
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North
Middle Atlantic
Maid Contends She Killed Employer in Self Defense
In Cleveland Ohio on June 1 a maid Mrs Anna Szeman claimed she stabbed her employer Mrs Dorothy Marsh Snyder to death in self defense after a dispute over threatened exposures The victim a society matron was found with knife wounds The maid charged with first degree murder faced investigators as she asserted the quarrel began over wages and she acted to save herself in the confrontation Orgs and people named include Mrs Dorothy Marsh Snyder her husband and Snyder stepson Dick Snyder and Assistant County Prosecutor F J Merrick
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Dorothy Snyder
Cleveland
Anna Szeman
Miss Szeman
Po Uce Say
Dorothy Marsh Snyder
F. J. Merrick
Merrick
Snyder
Dick and I
Sray-Haired
Mr. Snyder
Mrs. Szeman
Cheap Argument Costs Life in Strawberries Dispute
In Bunker Hill near Woodburn, Mrs. Mary Williams, 53, died after a quarrel with her husband Fred Williams, 47. He shot her late yesterday over a 45 cent shortage from the sale of three boxes of strawberries. Police report the couple argued after the money issue.
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Bunker Hill
Til
Mary Williams
Woodburn
Fred Williams
Weather Holds Back Aviators from Rome Flight
June 1 report notes weather delays for Green Flash toward Rome and Yellow Bird toward Philadelphia as forecaster Dr. James H. Kimball of the New York Weather Bureau says conditions over the middle Atlantic will not improve for 24 hours.
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Old Orchard
Meins
Rome
James H. Kimball
New York Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
B and O Orders 1000 Box Cars From Standard Steel
NEW YORK June 1 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad placed an order for 1000 box cars with the Standard Steel Car Corp. Other railway equipment orders include Rutland's request for three locomotives from American Locomotive Co. New York Central is said to be seeking 24 locomotives of the 4 type and 25 of the 482 type.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Standard Steel Car Corp
Rutland
American Locomotive Co
New York Central
Iron Workers Ordered Out By Officials
Chicago workers struck for higher pay as 2,000 plus iron workers walked off jobs. Negotiations with the iron league failed. union sought wages from 12 to 14 dollars a day, with a possible 15 dollar compromise. League offered 12.50. Old agreement of 12 expired last night.
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Chicago
Iron League
Presbyterians Reject Move to Sever Ties With Federal Council
The United Presbyterian Church assembly in Pittsburgh on June 1 rejected a memorial by Argyll Presbytery to withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches. The body voted to remain in the council and cut financial support by half.
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Pittsburge
Jame 1
United Presbyterian Church Today
Federal Council of Churches
Argyll
Cool Weather Returns After Heat Wave Relief
The Weather Bureau promises cooler conditions for tonight and tomorrow after a lengthy heat wave. Temperatures hovered near 80 in the mid afternoon, 18 degrees cooler than yesterday. Heat deaths in the region approach fifty, with nineteen deaths and three drownings reported yesterday. A New York Central line worker died near Auburn, and a boy drowned, with continued coverage on page 10.
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Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
New York City
New York Central Railroad
Auburn
City and New Hotel Praised by Speakers
Speakers praised Hagerstown and its future at a dinner in Hotel Alexander ballroom hosted by Horace Leland Wiggins of Hotel Alexander Operating Company. William J. Chambers was introduced as the new manager. Toastmaster Henry Holzapfel Jr. declared the city advancing toward a big city with more cooperation needed.
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Hagerstown
Hotel Alexander
Horace Leland Wiggins
Hotel Alexander Operating Company
William J. Chambers
Alexander
Wiggins
Jr. Chambers
Henry Holzapfel
Black assailant fatally injures two men in Yahola Oklahoma
In Yahola near Muskogee Oklahoma a Black assailant fatally harmed storekeeper Stewart and Carl Churchwell after an earlier attack. The slayer was then beaten and likely fatally injured by Deputy Gus Whittakes and was rushed to a hospital. The text is fragmented but reports a public safety incident with multiple fatalities.
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Muskogee
Okla
Stewart
Carl Churchwell
Tobe
Yahola
Oklahoma
Gus Whittakes
Sherif
Shin
STEP NEARER SETTLEMENT IN MEXICAN CATHOLIC QUESTION
Washington June 1 an announcement by Archbishop Ruiz that he has been appointed apostolic delegate in Mexico is seen as a step toward settlement of the Catholic question in Mexico.
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Washington
Ruiz
Mexico
Dies From A Broken Heart In Omaha
George Debs of Omaha died last night described by doctors as caused by shock and a broken heart after learning his wife had run away with another man taking his $1,600 life savings and leaving six children. He had just returned from a hospital after a major operation.
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Omaha
Neb
George Debs
Debs
Cleanup Week Schedule Declared for City
The Street Department announced cleanup week with rubbish collection by alley. Boundaries are Washington and Potomac streets with four sections: June 4 southwest June 5 northwest June 6 northeast and June 7 southeast. Civic groups urge residents to tidy up yards and adjacent lots and remove weeds.
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Washington and
Potomac Streets
Northwest
Hoover Will Remain Home on Warm June Day
Washington reports oppressive heat prompts President Hoover to stay at the White House. He cancels plans to motor to a fishing preserve in Maryland and may take a brief suburban drive. Mrs. Hoover travels to Boston and Swarthmore College to receive an honorary degree, with return expected late the day.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Catoctin Furnace
Boston
Swarthmore College
Philadelphia
Green Given Year in Cut With Weapons Conviction
Charles Green, recently convicted of carrying concealed weapons, was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction after appearing before Justice Richard Duffey. He was held for other robberies and allegedly implicated accomplices. Night patrolmen caught him during a garage break in the southern city. A separate note says tin cans will be collected in the south today and in North nd on Monday.
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Charles Green
House of Correction
Richard Duffey
Green
Greer
South
North
Maniac gunman Preuss shoots through Chicago suburbs tragedy
June 1 Chicago police report Ferdi nand Preuss a war veteran and marksman killed four and wounded four others before dying by stepping in front of a railroad train on the Chicago and Northwestern right of way. The rampage began when neighbors heard threats to kill his wife and ended with multiple deaths including two policemen.
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Chicago
Ferdinand Preuss
Chicago and Northwestern
Preuss
Arsrest
John Lee Conley
Herbert Hagberg
Joseph J. Murphy
Conley
Murphy
Gus Karos
Ersche
New Tax Rate Set for Washington County Assessment Rise Narrow
Washington County taxes base rose to 75 08 250 dollars an increase of 590 60 from last year. Despite a gross rise of about 2 000 60, farm property cuts cut the net uptick to the stated figure. The County Board met in executive session to fix the levy and expected the rate to stay at 1 30 or edge up slightly.
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Washington County
Board of County Commission
Tilden beaten by French star in French championships
Rene Lacoste defeated Bill Tilden in the French championships semi final at Roland Garros in Paris. Lacoste won 6 1 6 0 5 7 5S in a dramatic Franco American tennis duel. Separately Van Lear Black departed Sofia for Aleppo, continuing a long flight from Croydon toward Tokyo.
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Roland Garros
Paris
Rene Lacoste
Bill Tilden
Black
Sofia
Bulgaria
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Aleppo
Syria
Croydon
England
Tokyo
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Harles H. Butts
Frederick County
Will
Sen. Heflin
Court House
Stanley Corp
Roxbury Farm
Cleveland Society
Maid
Employer
East
Tilden
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