Reich Insists Warships Attack Closed Incident
Berlin reports the bombardment of Almeria as a closed incident while signaling caution toward Valencia amid the Spain crisis. Reinforcements are ordered to German ships in Spanish waters after retaliatory bombardment that killed 24. Hitler withdraws from the hands off Spain committee and demands guarantees for German warship safety as a condition to rejoin.
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Spanish
Valencia
Hitler
Berlin
Ger- Man
Almeria
Mediterranean
Deutschland
Ibiza
Balearic Isles
Germany
Cellor Hitler
Spain
Reich
Francisco Franco
Wilhelmtrasse
New Marriage Law Blocked In Maryland Brief Reprieve
The Maryland State Comptroller ordered licenses to be issued under the old law until further notice after petitions with over six thousand signatures sought a referendum on a new law aimed at ending elopements and rushed weddings. A license was promptly issued to Olin H. White and Alice Tl. Rinehimer.
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Cupid
Plac-E
Maryland
State Comptroller's
Edward Osward
Olin H. Whiteperad
Alice Tl. Rinehimer
Slocum Corners
Sargent entrant lists jobs in contest prize bid
Lulu Nethaway of Sargent entered a June contest offering a prize for the biggest anything. She listed roles she has held including actress author chiropodist dramatic coach entertainer governess investigator masseuse model pianist music teacher practical nurse radio announcer reporter sales lady sexophonist seamstress typist and usher in the entry.
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Sargent
Neb
Lulu Nethaway
Economy Wins At Polls In Davis West Virginia
In Davis West Virginia residents canceled a municipal election after deciding incumbents were satisfactory, avoiding the cost of holding a vote. The decision came as the town weighed the savings against the expense of an unnecessary election.
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Davis
W. Va
Latre Mountain
Werther Forecast For Maryland And Bay Regions
Partly cloudy weather with local thundershowers in eastern Maryland this afternoon or tonight. Central and western portions will be cooler tonight. Wednesday brings fair skies and cooler temperatures. Chesapeake Bay sees similar conditions with moderate winds and possible squalls this afternoon or tonight shifting to northwest Wednesday.
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U. & Werther
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Earhart Begins Second Global Flight From Miami
Amelia Earhart lifts off at 5 57 am to San Juan on a second world flight attempt. Husband George Putman and navigator Captain Fred Noonan accompany her as Pan American monitors progress. Flight aims to Natal and beyond through Brazil Africa Asia to Australia, with emergency provisions aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
San Juan
Puerto Rico
George Palmer Putman
Fred Noonan
Aviatrix
Putman
David
Puttman
Natal
Bazil
Africa
Pan American
South America
Miss Earhart
Honolulu
Follows Airways
Defiant Republic Steel Charges Food Planes Fired Upon
Youngstown dispatch reports a bitter six day strike at Republic Steel where executives vow not to yield to picket lines. Civil authorities in Chicago Youngstown and Warren monitor tensions as five people die in riot near the South Chicago plant and talks between Gov Horner and steel leaders fail to show a quick settlement.
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Defiant Republic Steel Company
Youngstown
C. S
Republic
Chicago
Warren
Steel
South Chicago
Henry Horner
Illinois
Alrike
Keene’s Death Held Murder In Chesapeake Bay Recovery
CRISFIELD Md June 1 Sheriff William H Dorden said a coroner s jury returned a verdict of murder in the case of Charles S Keene a Washington real estate man missing since May 15 Keene s body was found shot through the neck head battered and weighted with a bag of automobile tools in Chesapeake Bay by Edward Smith a waterman of Tylerton Smith Island Maryland
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Crisfield
William H. Dorden
Charles S. Keene
Washington
Keene
Chesapeake Bay
Edward Smith
Tylerton
Smith Island
Maryland
Generosity Personified Reward For Honest Find
John Tiebert found a wallet with 186 dollars and a tavern receipt. He returned it to the proprietor, who invited him to drink on the house as a token of thanks, reflecting on human generosity despite April fool's day.
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John Tiebert
John
Diebert
Prizes Split Over Tips on County Incidents
Last week the tip prizes were divided with half of the first prize awarded to a West Washington Street resident for tipping the arrest of a hit and run fatality suspect and half to another West Washington Street resident who tipped the county’s bid process for the old post office building. The second prize went to a North Potomac Street resident who tipped on the governor naming the election board.
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Roth
Fromest
West Washington Street
North Potomac Street
Election Board
Warming Pan Helps Rhode Island Hen Hatch Eggs
Mrs Nellie Hamburg of Green Hill gathered 17 eggs from a deserted Rhode Island hen and placed them in a warming pan at the coal store. The eggs hatched into a brood of Rhode Island Reds, proving warmth revived the clutch.
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Rhode Island
Nellie Hamburg
Green Hill
Reich angry over speech sparks German Vatican clash
Berlin reports Germany formally accuses the Vatican of endangering normal relations by not disavowing Cardinal Mundelein's Chicago sermon. A diplomatic note warned the Holy See to change its stance or risk disrupted ties, while denying a break in relations. Mundelein had condemned Hitler as a failed Austrian carpenter and denounced Nazi trials of clergy as atrocity propaganda.
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Berlin
Vatican
George
Mundelein
Chicago
Holy See
Dieso von Bergen
Mundelter
Adolf Hitler
Board To Make Levy Thursday
The Board of County Commissioners in regular session will take final action on budget appropriations in preparation for the 1937 37 county tax levy. The levy is expected at a special meeting Thursday as Tax Supervisor Guy Gantz and staff finish the new assessment basis. Last week it was reliably reported the new rate will match the current $1.96 per $100.
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Board of County Commissioners
Guy Gantz
Pink Trail Des Moines Child Reunited After Lost in Store
A six year old girl Beverly Ann Roberts separated from her mother in a downtown department store followed a pink dress through aisles for two blocks before reuniting with her frantic mother as police aided in the search. The May term of the Circuit Court adjourned before noon with petit jurors paid for eight days of duty.
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Des Moines
Beverly Ann Roberts
Beverly Ann
Circuit Court
Charges Nazi Warship Made First Attack
Valencia reports Spain accuses Germany and Italy of a war of invasion after a bombardment of Almeria by German warships. The government says the non intervention policy was used as a cloak for hostilities and notes the attack killed many civilians.
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Valencia
Germany
Italy
Republic
Almeria
Spain
Ibiza
Valetcia
Meteor Seen By Countians
A sizeable meteor lit the sky around 8 49 pm drawing many Washington Countians to their porches. J G Meier Hopewell reported the event describing a very low pass under 500 yards high, resembling a large sky rocket and leaving a wail of sparks.
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Washington
J. G. Meier
Hopewell
Memorial Day Veteran Walks to Cemetery Alone
Pi W. L. Blaisdell, 91, a Fair Haven Civil War veteran, arrived by train in Auburn on Memorial Day for ceremonies at a nearby cemetery. No one met him. He said he expected someone would be there and, finding none, he footed the way to the cemetery himself.
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Auburn
N. Y
W. L. Blaisdell
Fair Haven
Blaisdell
200 Dead Is Attack Poss Almeria
Almeria Spain June 1 estimates of damage from shelling by German forces place casualties as high as 200 dead and injured. The bombardment leveled homes and hospitals, with one projectile ripping into the city’s largest hospital and a fragment bearing the German emblem found on site. American relief workers among the wounded, as authorities describe widespread destruction and fear among survivors who fled to surrounding hills.
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Gabriel Moron
Almeria
Almétia
Spain
Mediterranean
Safety Zone Proposed for Neutral Warships Off Palma
London reports heavy tension as Foreign Secretary Eden urges restraint amid Spain Germany Italy clash. Britain protests after a bomb nearly hit HMS Hardy near Palma while Valencia seeks a safety zone for neutral ships and a return to non intervention talks stalls awaiting guarantees for protection of warships.
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London
Great Briain
Foreign Office
Hm.s. Hardy
Palma
Mallorca
Hardy
Valencia
Anthony Eden
International Non-intervention Committee
Germany
Italy
Almeria
Europe
Mediterranean
League Valencia
League of Nations
Isis
Non-Intervention Committee
Lendos
Spain
F D R Calls Congress to Halt Tax Dodging by the Wealthy
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass targeted measures to make tax evasion by a minority of very rich individuals impossible. He backed a treasury investigation with broad powers to summon witnesses and compel testimony, calling for prompt action as findings reveal widespread bold evasion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Man Who Saved Woman Weds Her In Washington
William F. Ryan Jr. 25 marries Miss Mary D. Bearmay 25 in Washington. Ryan credited with saving the woman’s life last January when her father killed his wife and two other children. Ryan subdued the killer who later leaped to his death under a freight train.
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Washington
William F. Ryan, Jr
Ryan
Mary D. Bearmay
Boarman
Lincoln notices demand dignity for capitol visitors
State Land Commissioner Leo N Swanson custodian of the Nebraska capitol building announced today that visitors should conduct themselves in a dignified manner inside the $10,000,000 edifice. The large placard posted inside the main entrance forbids tampering and sliding on the marble.
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Lincoln
Neb
Leo N. Swanson
Nebraska
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Dan Cupid
Werther
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
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Ann R. Foster
Thomas le Bautillier
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Shell
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