Earhart Flies Oakland to Honolulu Record Flight
Amelia Earhart mapped a course across the Pacific in three hops to Howland Island Hawaii and Oakland. She reversed her first attempt due to weather, set a record Oakland to Honolulu, and later repaired the plane after a gear failure. She then continued testing from Tucson to New Orleans on a shake down flight.
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Howland Island
Horonlulu
Oakland
Call
Caribbean
Africa
Miss Earhart
Honolulu
War of Tucson
Ariz
New Orleans
Reich Press Defends Actions Amid Unrest and Retribution Fears
Pundits insist Germany acted in reprisal after the Deutschland was sunk while at anchor, denouncing non intervention as a paper authority. Amid mixed crowds, readers compare current events to 1914 as Italy signals solidarity with Germany and Emilia awaits further moves.
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Reich
Almeria
Germany
Falys
Rome
Berlin
German Navy Bombards Almeria Gulf Patrols
Fragmented report notes 200 dead after a German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and four destroyers shelled Almeria after dawn. A mislaid unexploded shell with Imperial Eagle found in a hotel cellar. most of Almeria's 36,000 residents were asleep. Also mentions a regular meeting of the South Hagerstown Fire Company and an advertisement for Shipley’s one dollar adjustment.
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Germany
White Town
Almeria
Admiral Scheer
Degirsyers
Thea Gulf
National Participation committee leads Antietam commemoration
Mr Lane chairs the National Participation committee which has pushed a national Antietam celebration. The group secured authorization for 50,000 Antietam commemorative half dollars to be minted and given to the Washington County Historical Society. The committee includes Senators Tydings Radcliffe Byrd and Representatives Lewis Plumley and Park Loy, with Keller’s favorable House support.
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National Participation Committee
Lane
U. S. Antietam
Antietam
Confederacy
Washington County Historical Society
Keller
House Committee On the Library
Federal Trade Commission
Tydings
Radcliffe
Byrd
Lewis and Plumley
Park W. T. Loy
Daily Mail Tip Prize Rules Describe Weekly Contest
Tips are accepted between 7 30 a m and 1 30 p m on weekdays. Winners share a first prize of 2 50 and a second prize of 2. The Tip editor may split prizes for tips of equal news value. The tip must relay information good enough for the first page and reach the editor in time. Winners announced the following Monday in the Daily Mail.
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William Sport
Leach
Daily
Daily Mail
Italian Submarine Blamed for Attack
Barcelona May 31 The Catalan government blamed two submarines of unmistakable Italian nationality for sinking the Spanish Ciudad de Barcelona. Officially 30 passengers drowned and several injured when the ship was torpedoed and went down yesterday. Technical experts confirmed the torpedo was Italian made. The attack followed a prior torpedo incident near Calella beach.
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Barcelona
Cattalan
Ital‘ian
Caleila
Malgrat
Ciudad de Barcelona
Card of Thanks for Hartle Family Ady Adieu
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of husband and father Elias B. Hartle. Signed by Mrs. Elias B. Hartle and Family. Ady.
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Elias B. Hartle
Ady
Supervised Play Aimed For Hagerstown This Summer
Hagerstown plans supervised playgrounds in city centers this summer after approval by the committee board for supervised play. The Finance Committee reports growing contributions and a move to fund the project from July 5 to August 31, 1937. Key figures include Dr W M Dutton Raymond A Spahr Perry L Huffaker and George D Hicks.
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Hagerstown
Hagen
Hagers‘town
Hagersjtown
W. M. Dutton
Raymond A. Spahr
Perry L. Huffaker
George D. Hicks
L._ Crist
Summit Avenue
Alice Edmonds
Frank Leiter
Board of Governors
Deaths In Md Obituaries In Baltimore And Hagerstown
J Stanley McKee dies at 114 Broad Way at 2 15 am survived by son Hugh and daughter Clara M McKee grandchildren Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Rev Dr J S Simon officiates Agnes K Banks dies in Baltimore survived by husband Harry W Banks two sons and a daughter four grandchildren Burial in Baltimore Anna Catherine Thomas widow of Edward Franklin Thomas dies near Sharpsburg aged 30 survived by many children and siblings with long Lamm family ties Funeral at Church of the Brethren Sharpsburg and interment Mountain View Cemetery Alice Virginia Smith widow of William G Smith dies Boonsboro age 62 after heart trouble survived by sister and numerous nieces and nephews Funeral at Boonsboro home and Boonsboro mausoleum omitting flowers
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J. Stanley McKee
Broadway
James Blair
Anne Mary McKee
Hugh
West LaFayette
Ind
Clara M. McKee
Baltimore
J. S. Simon
Rose Hill Cemetery
Agnes K. Banks
Harry W. Banks
Harry
Earl
Earl M. Harris
Anna Catherine Thomas
Edward Franklin Thomas
Sharpsburg
Solomon and
Jennie Lumm
Frank Hoover
Hagerstown
Frankh. Thomas
Howard B
Williamspot
Helen G. Nefkirk
Charles R
Clarence
William
Travelauder
Norman Thomas
Boonsro
Vernon Dailey
Bal- Te
Motle Wade
Thomas Marker
Millard &. Lamm
Robert E. Lamm
Newark
Ghie
William Lamm
Dresden
Ohio
Church of the Brethren
C. E. Woodie
Mountain View Cemetery
Alice Virginia Smith
William G. Smith
Boonshoro
Funkstown
Frank L. Stine
M. A. Ashby
Boonshorn
Flower
Scores killed in memorial day holiday accidents dominate report
A memorial day toll across the nation tallies more than 300 deaths, mainly auto crashes, with Pennsylvania and New York each recording the highest totals. Texas, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, and other states show varied fatality counts as train and fire incidents add to the grim weekend totals.
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Associated Preas
Pennsylvania
New York
Texas
Maryland
Minnesota
Kchtning
Illinois
Maine
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
Wisconsin
California
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Indiana
Iowa
Connecticut
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Kentucky
Oregon
New Hampshire
Arizona
Alabama
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
Georgia
North Carolina
Kansas
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Montana
Iota Dakota
Washington
Florida
Palmer Granted Divorce in Abaphite Proceeding
Ovha M. Palmer is granted an abstracted divorce from Dorothy Palmer by Judge Frank G. Wagaman. Attorney W. P. Wachester appeared for the parties.
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Ovha
M. Palmer
Dorothy Palmer
Frank G. Wagaman
W. P. Wachester
Pressing Probe Of Fatal Fires In Maryland
In Somerset County Maryland officers probe two fatal fires that killed eleven African Americans living in flimsy shanties during cherry picking season. Sheriff Dryden suspects possible arson and cites tension with migrant pickers described as floaters feeding unrest.
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Crisfield
Somerset County
William H. Dryden
Ryden
New Marriage Law Blocked By Referendum Petition
A petition filed at the secretary of state by William L Cann from Ethron Maryland taxi driver seeks a referendum on a law passed by the 1937 Legislature. Cann has until June 34 to file a supplementary petition to reach 10 000 signers. If achieved the law stays dormant unless approved in the November 1938 election. Courthouse records show more than 50 licenses issued during the holiday weekend.
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Annapolis
Secretary of State
William L. Cann
Ethron
Cann
Republic Steel Defies Union Amid Midwest Plant Clash
Republic Steel defies union as police and authorities monitor tense clashes at Warren Ohio plant where pickets and workers clashed leaving head injuries. The company continues operations at Warren Canton Niles and Chicago Buffalo despite 73000 idle workers awaiting a union contract and gunfire accusations from both sides.
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Republic
Warren
Repellic
Chicago
Buffalo
Canton
Niles
Ohio
Pope Watches Spain Crisis From Castel Gandolfo
At Castel Gandolfo on May 31 Pope Pius XI, celebrating his birthday, reportedly focused on the Spanish war crisis. Official notes said he avoided overtaxing himself on the Pontifical Academy ceremony broadcast, but Vatican sources hinted concern over the Spanish situation and potential remarks on Germany in the Nazi Church dispute.
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Castel Goldolfo
Pius XI
Canain
Pontifical Academy
Aminto Milani
Vatican
Germany
Dog Sentenced To Die Branded as a Biter in Denver
A water spaniel named Curley, called a dog that bites, was sentenced to death in a Denver cart pound. He poses with his mistress Fern Armento before one of the pound’s cells, illustrating the grim fate in the city’s canine control.
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Curley
Denver
Fern Armento
City
Trick cyclist tests crowd with coin pickup stunt
In Barnum's light, a Missouri crowd watched a performer ride a high wheel and promise to snag coins tossed by spectators. He dismounted, laid the bike, sat on its seat, and collected the coins from the sidewalk, dazzling the audience with the daring act.
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Jackson
Barnum
Stocks and Quotes Digest From Today's Session
A compact list of stock quotations at 1 PM shows prices for American Telephone and Telegraph, Amer. Water Works, Anaconda, Atchison Toledo and Santa Fe, Web. Steel, J. L. Case, Chrysler, General Electric, General Foods, General Motors, Goodyear, DuPont, Crown Cork, United Aircraft, Union Pacific, Western Union, Warner Bros and others. Several entries indicate fractional or percent changes. the jittery market reflects mixed gains and losses across diverse industrials and transport stocks.
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Gen. Elect
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Nath Distri
Central
North Amer
Per Penna, R. BR
Radio Sicsseeeee S44 Ltd
Nvdg
J. S.steel
SR United Aircraft
Union Pacific
West'house Flee
Western Union
West
Tog Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Roosevelt Seeks News Amid Spanish German Clash
At Hyde Park May 31 President Roosevelt stayed near home to monitor the Spain Germany conflict. He was in touch with Washington through the State Department as officials withheld comment. Also noted is a Hagerstown W C T U meeting at 2 30 pm at 71132 Hamilton boulevard with Mrs John F Gallion hosting and discussing Peace Education. The Kentucky Colonels claim about five thousand members.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Washington
State Department
Hagerstown
Fragmentary news item in crude OCR form
A brief, unreadable fragment from a historical newspaper page appears to contain stray letters and partial phrases without a clear event, date, or named entities. Content is insufficient to identify people, places, or a specific news item.
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Igs
South Hagerstown Fire Company
Shipley
W. Wash. St
N. Mulberry
Reichard
William Preston Lane
TIN
North End
South End
W. M. Phillips Chairman Publicity Comm
Republic Steel Company
Central Press
Roger Don Rae
St. Louis
Rae
STUDE
Fleigh Motor
Tire CO
Republic Steel Defying Union
Pope
Spain
Dog
You're
Chicago Grain Market
I Ag
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Coronation Acousticon
Miss Hilliard
S. Prospect St. Hagerstown, Md
Mapgine Thomas
Weatherstrip Screen Co
Saums Aesatai' Sr
H. L. Mills
Tom Cross
The
Professional Arts Building
Potomac St. Hagerstown, Maryland
Consumer’s Finance Service
Hagerstown Loan Service, Inc
D. L. Kinter
Mgr
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