Earhart Flies Oakland to Honolulu Record Flight
Amelia Earhart mapped a three hop Pacific route to Howland Island Honoliu and Oakland Calif She reversed her first attempt order due to weather over the Caribbean and Africa The Oakland to Honolulu leg set a new cross country record despite landing gear damage on takeoff from Honolulu She repaired the plane and resumed flights with test hops and ship adjustments in the south west and New Orleans area.
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Pacifc
Howland Island
Honongin
Oakland
Calif
Caribbean
Africa
Earhart
Honolulu
Tucson
Ariz
New Orlea
Reich Press Defends 1939 Style of Provocation
Reich insistence that Germany acted in reprisal over Almeria bombing frames the crisis as a defensive response. Italian withdrawal from the non intervention committee and Rome dispatches suggest Italians stand with Germany, while crowds compare events to 1914 and fear a renewal of conflict.
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Reich
Almeria
Deutschland
Germany
Italy
Rome
Berlin
German pocket ship shells Gulf of Almeria in 1920 raid
A damaged fragment notes a German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer with four destroyers near Almeria. Explosions rocked White Town as residents slept while an unexploded shell with Imperial Eagle inscription was found in a hotel cellar. Also mentions a regular meeting of South Hagerstown Fire Company and an ad for a doctor’s $1 adjustment.
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Germany
White Town
Almeria
Admiral Scheer
Gulf of Almeria
National Participation Committee Advances Antietam Commemoration
The National Participation committee chaired by Mr Lane promotes a widened Antietam observance. It backed a bill to mint 50,000 special commemorative half dollars for the Washington County Historical Society and lists members Senators Tydings Radcliffe Byrd Representatives Lewis Plumley and Park Loy.
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National Participation Committee
Lane
Antietam
U. S. Antietam
Washington County Historical Society
Kelier
House Committee On the Library
Federal Trade Commission
Tydings
Radclife
Byrd
Lewis and Plumley
Park W. T.loy
Prize Tips Split For Daily Mail News Contest
Weekly tip contest offers $2.50 for best tip and $2 for second best. Prizes divided between winners, with Williamsport resident receiving half for tips on slot machine raids. Tips accepted 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays. deemed first to editor on the related story. Identity kept secret until Monday prize announcements.
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Williamsport
News Ar
Daily Mail
Uip
Jon Chat
Italian Submarine Blamed For Attack On Barcelona Liner
May 31 Barcelona reports the Catalan government blamed a submarine of unmistakable Italian nationality for torpedoing the Spanish liner Ciudad de Barcelona. Fifty four passengers drowned and several injured as the ship sank within an hour after the attack near Malgrat in Spanish waters.
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Barcelona
Ciudad de Barcelona
Calella
Malgrat
Card of Thanks for Hiness and Death of Husband
Mrs Elias B Hartle and Family extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness shown during the illness and death of husband and father.
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Elias B. Hartle
Supervised Play Program in Hagerstown Planned for Summer
The city approves four large supervised playgrounds this summer starting July 5 through August 31 1937. The Fund seeks donations and petitions circulate with aims to strengthen muscles develop intellect and deter delinquency. Committee members include Dr W M Dutton Raymond A Spahr Perry L Huffaker and George D Hicks. Supervisors or leaders may apply to Mrs L V Crist with meetings held Fridays at 1 p m in the juvenile court room.
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Hagerstown
Board of Governors
Hagers' Town
W. M. Dutton
Raymond A. Spahr
Perry L. Huffaker
George D. Hicks
L. V. Crist
Summit Avenue
Alice Edmonds
Frank Leiter
Deaths Mark Local Notable Figures In Maryland and Indiana
J Stanley McKee dies at 2 15 this morning at 114 Broad, aged 38. Survived by wife, son Hugh and daughter Clara, plus three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 10 at home with Rev J S Simon. burial Rose Hills Cemetery. Agnes K Banks dies suddenly in Baltimore, survived by husband Harry W Banks, two sons Harry and Earl, daughter Mrs Earl Harris, four grandchildren. burial in Baltimore. Anna Catherine Thomas dies near Sharpsburg aged 86, survived by many children including Mrs Frank Hoover and Charles R Thomas. funeral Wednesday, Church of the Brethren Sharpsburg, burial Mountain View. Alice Virginia Smith dies at Boonsboro aged 42. survived by sister Mrs William Poffenberger and nieces/nephews. services Wednesday 2 30 at home, burial Boonsboro mausoleum. Flowers omitted.
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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 Hills Cemetery
Agnes K. Banks
Harry W. Banks
Harry
Earl
Earl M. Harris
Anna Catherine Thomas
Edward Franklin Thomas
Sharps
Burg
Sharpsburg
Solomon and
Jennie Lunim
Frank Hoover
Hagerstown
Frank H. Thomas
Howard B
Williamspot
Helen G. Neikirk
Charles R
Church of the Brethren
C. E. Woodie
Mountain View Cemetery
Alice Virginia Smith
William G. Smith
Boonsboro
Smith
Jesephus and
Marietta (Snively) Cropper
Keedysvile
Lutheran Church of
Willam Poffenberger
Funkstown
Frank I. Stine
M. A. Ashby
Boons
Hero Mausoleum
Holiday week end toll tops 300 in fatalities
The Associated Press tally shows over Memorial Day weekend at least 336 deaths nationwide from various causes, mostly auto accidents. Pennsylvania and New York led with 24 deaths each, followed by Texas, Illinois with 28 each, and many others with smaller totals. Trains claimed seven lives. a tenement fire in Maryland killed seven. two drownings noted in Minnesota area. Otha M. Palmer was granted an absolute divorce from Dorothy Palmer by Judge Frank G. Wagaman, with W. P. Wachiter representing the plaintiff.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Texas
Maryland
Minnesota
Maine
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
Wisconsin
California
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Indiana
Towa
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Kentucky
Oregon
New Hampshire
Arizona
Alabama
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
Georgia
North Carolina
Kansas
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Montana
South Dakota
Washington
Florida
Otha M. Palmer
Dorothy Palmer
Frank G. Wagaman
W., P. Wachiter
Fatal Fires Probe Deepens in Somerset County
CRISFIELD Md June 1 Somerset county officers pressed their investigation into two deadly fires that killed 11 African Americans. Sheriff William H Dryden said the fires may be incendiary and blamed troublesome strawberry pickers described as floaters who enter the county seeking work and causing unrest. A track load of pickers was sent out yesterday due to conduct.
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Crisfield
Somerset County
William H. Dryden
Dryden
New Marriage Law Blocked Referendum Petition Filed
William L. Cann of Elkson Maryland filed with the secretary of state seeking a referendum on the 1937 marriage law. He has until June 39 to add signers to reach 10 000, otherwise the law would take effect only if approved in the November 1935 election. Courthouse records show over 50 licenses issued during the holiday weekend.
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Annapolis
Secretary of State
William L. Cann
Elkson
Cann
Republic Steel Defying Union in Ohio Plant Clash
Republic Steel refuses to yield to union pressure amid renewed clashes at the Warren Ohio plant area as 2300 workers confront around 40 pickets. Federal and state officials witnessed a tense day with claimed gunfire over food planes and continued operation of plants in Warren Canton Niles Chicago and Buffalo to meet orders.
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Fedral
Republic
Warren
Chicago
Buffalo
Canton
Niles
Ohio
Pope Watches Spain Crisis as Pope Pius XI Delays Birthday
Castel Goldolfo May 31 Pope Pius XI, marking his 80th birthday, cancels celebrations and postpones the inauguration of the Pontifical Academy amid reports he is turning his attention to the Spanish war crisis. Vatican whispers say he may have written against Germany in the Nazi Church dispute as leaders convene.
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Castel Goldolfo
Pius XI
Germany
Dog Sentenced To Die In Denver City Pound
Curley a water spaniel branded a dog that bites was sentenced to death in Denver. He is shown with his mistress Fern Armento before a cell in the city dog pound.
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Curley
Denver
Fern Armento
City Dee Pound
Barnum Trick Cyclist Draws Coins From Crowd
In Jackson Missouri on June 1 a carnival crowd watched a trick cyclist ride a high wheel. He announced he would pick up any coins tossed on the sidewalk from the seat. After spectators contributed, he dismounted, sat on the seat, and collected the coins.
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Jackson
Barnum
Deutschland warship attack sparks Spanish German clash
President Roosevelt in Hyde Park sought updates as tension rose over the alleged first attack by German naval forces on Spanish aircraft. Germany denied firing first and said its planes only defended against unjustified aggression. News tallies show White House officials monitoring the evolving crisis with the State Department.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Washington
State Department
Stock Quotations Scrambled Data
Fragmentary stock figures and symbols show mixed numbers and letters without a clear company name or date. The readable parts include prices and percent figures but no identifiable organizations or firms to anchor a proper summary.
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South Hagerstown Fire Company
N. Mulberry
Reichard’s
William Preston Laxe
TIN
North End
South End
W. M. Phillips Chairman Publicity Comm
Republic Steel Company
Central Press
Roger Don Rae
St. Louis
Rae
Fleigh Motor * Tire CO
Oak Hill
Republic Steel Defying Union
Pope
Spain
Dog
You’re
Chicago Grain Market
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Coronation Acousticon
Miss Hilliard
S. Prospect St. Hagerstown, Md
Tse
Bray
Atchison
Steel
J. L Casa
Chrysler
Crown Ck. & SL
DuPont
Gen
Matorm
Ae Goodyear
Ae Natl
Central
North Amer
Penna
Avnet Af Radio
Sseevene Ltd. Oil of N. J
OU. S.steel
United Aircraft Union Pacific
Westhouse Blee
Western Union
West
Loews
Eas Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Thomas Ahovo
Weatherstrip Screen Co
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
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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