Valencia Is Franco Goal In Madrid War Drive
In a major offensive east of Teruel, insurgents under General Franco push to capture Valencia. Warplanes bomb eastern coast targets as infantry, cavalry and artillery dislodge government troops north of the Teruel Sagunto Valencia road. Government aviation retaliated against insurgent bases in Mallorca and Palma. Franco inspected Vinator, signaling naval force involvement.
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Bendaye
France
Teruel
Valencia
Francisco
Sagunto
Granollers
Barcelona
Mallorca
Palma
Franco
Vinator
Mediterranean
Negro Admits to Assault on Way to Gaithersburg Bus
Police say the suspect, a Black man with a long prior record, admitted to assault as he was en route to a Gaithersburg Maryland school bus. He was jailed after being rushed to Baltimore police headquarters around 5 am. Records show recent release from the House of Correction after a year for larceny and assault. Prior sentences include two and a half to five years for assault and attempted rape in a Pennsylvania prison, an "incorrigible" tag at Cheltenham Reformatory, and 18 months for larceny.
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Turner
Baltimore
House of Correction
Pennsylvania
Cheltenham Reformatory
Jarceny
One Good Turn Decatur Im June 1
Dog catcher William Harris feels joy as owners reclaim pets after a stray dog disappeared and was returned by a friend. In Philadelphia on May 31, Rev. Dr. William B. Pugh was nominated against a special committee recommendation. Chester Pa elected stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA.
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Decatur. IM
William Harris
Harris
OR. Pugh
Philadelphia
William B. Pugh
Chester
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Hopkins Guns Telegram Sparks Iowa Primary Fight
Iowa Treasurer Leo J. Wegman released what he called the substance of a telegram to Harry L. Hopkins praising the WPA chief for backing Otha D. Wearin in the Iowa Democratic senatorial primary. The May 26 message urged Hopkins to stand by his guns as Gov. Kraschel voiced resentment, intensifying the battle around Senator Guy M. Gillette’s renomination bid.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Otha D. Wearin
Nelson G. Kraschel
Hopkins
Wearin
Guy M. Gillette
Wheeler
Troops Withdrawn From German Border Region
Prague reports gradual withdrawal of Czechoslovak troops from the German border area. An undisclosed number of ethnical specialists mobilized after tensions flared May 21 have been recalled. The thinning out will continue to ease border tension.
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Praha
Czechosovak
Wage hour bill fights over small business impact
The debate on compromise wage hour standards continues with emphasis on small firms. Republicans and Democrats clash over uniform standards and employer flexibility while a board for exceptions is proposed. Senate aims to pass a $4.247 billion relief and public works bill as adjournment nears.
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Walsh
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
House
Senate House Committee
Pepper
Giren
Deaths and funeral notices from Williamsport area
Death notices recount Mrs Lida 8 Krepe Baker dying at home near Williamsport after complications. Survivors include husband Obediah Baker and children Mrs Frank Spigler Lesher Kreps Mrs Russell West and Mrs Lilie Gicles. Funeral at Leaf funeral home Friday at 2 with Rev Robert J Willer. burial Riverview cemetery Williamsport. Also obituary for Mrs Mary MM Kieffer widow of Dr J Spangler Kieffer died Sunday at Hoel Dagmar. service at Zion Reformed Church with Rev Dr Scott R Wagner. interment in Reformed cemetery. Mrs Kieffer aged 89 active in church and civic work. Also note: Supper bazaar Thursday June 2 Zion Reformed Church auditorium advertised.
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Lida
Krepe Baker
Frank Spigler
Williamsport
Obediah Baker
Eig
Lesher Kreps
Russell West
Lilie Gicles
McKeesport
Lathers
Danel Shipley
Joseph Shipley
Erie
Leaf Funeral Home
Robert J. Willer
Riverview
Wil
Mary MM. Kieffer
J. Spangler Kieffer
Hoel Dagmar
Zion
Reformed Church
Scott R. Wagner
Walter Byron Steh
Reformed Cemetery
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Frederick
Family waits in vain after ransom paid
Villagers recount a kidnapping of a child named Skee fie last Saturday night. Authorities organized a 1600-strong search with National Guardsmen veterans and 1600 Boy Scouts across the mostly settled territory east of a north-south highway through Princeton, spanning winter fields to the Everglades. A schoolhouse meeting planned to organize the hunt, then canceled at the father’s request via FBI and local officials. The kidnapers have not yet released the boy as merchants and a distraught wife await news.
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Hunt National Guardsmen
Princeton
Seasor
Everglades
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cash
French horse wins Derby in surprising upset
Bois Roussel, a 20 to 1 shot, overhauls Pasch as Pasch leads into the final straightaway. Scottish Union and Pound Foolish also run prominently, with Bois Roussel finishing to win the purse of 44.40 dollars. The result comes as a shock after Pasch was considered a sure thing. Also noted, Treasury plans to take about 570 009 of the 1 925 000 won by Americans on the English derby sweepstakes.
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Sel
Bois Roussel
Scottish Union
Pasch
Foolish
Lord Astor
New Market
Paoks
Day
Wideners
Unbreakable
William Woodward
Valerian
Washington
Treasury
Firemen ordered to slow approach at intersections
Safety First New York reports Fire Commissioner John J. McFiligott ordering fire truck drivers to cease racing to fires and to slow up at intersections. He warns that wild driving fills cemeteries with the dead and stresses the need to reach scenes if possible, even if slightly delayed.
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New York
John J. McFiligott
May rainfall tops normal as sun scarce in Chewsville
May ended with heavy rainfall and few sunny days in Chewsville. K Pan Oswald reports 4.79 inches of precipitation, 1.41 inches above May average, marking the first month of 1988 with normal rainfall. Only three clear days, fifteen rain events, five traces, seven transfer storms, two and a half partly cloudy days, and five cloudy days were recorded.
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K. Pan Oswald
Chewsville
Oswald
Methodist Episcopal Conference Opens at St Pauls Church
Ministers and laymen arrive for the 144th session of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at St Pauls M E Church. Bishop Hughes to preside, elections for unification delegates, ordinations planned, and a joint mass meeting scheduled with Dr. Merton S. Rice speaking.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Paul's M. BE
J.W. Kemp Horn
J. GC. Nicholson
W. W. Barnes
Unification Conference of Methodism
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Methodist Protestant Church
Edwin Holt. Hughes
Washington
Preacher Misstated Alleged Message at Hagerstown Laundromat
A fragmented notice references a preacher allegedly saying a phrase about pronouncing a union inside a Hagerstown laundromat. The item cites a contact phone 2550 for The Hagerstown Laundry.
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Hagerstown
Ady
St Marys Catholic High to graduate seven boys seven girls
Diplomas will be presented to a class of seven girls and seven boys at St Marys Catholic High School graduation exercises Sunday evening June 12 at 730 in St Marys Church Rev John L Gipprich of Mechanicsville Md former dean of Georgetown University Medical School will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Very Rev J Francia Leary pastor will present the diplomas Class Night is Friday June 10 at 3 oclock Alumni Banquet and Dance Monday June 13 at Knights of Columbus Home Graduates listed include Charlotte Armsparger Juanita Barr Martha Donegati Helen Garling Elizabeth King Mary Frances Martin Father Scheck George Bachtell Matthew Connor Anthony Luipersbeck James Martin William Martin Leroy Hall Edward Wempe.
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St. Mary's Catholic High School
St. Mary’s Church
John L. Gipprich
Mechanicsville
Georgetown University Medical School
J. Francia Leary
St. Mary's
Knights of Columbus
Charlotte Armsparger
Juanita Barr
Martha Donegati
Helen Garling
Elizabeth King
Mary Frances
Martin
Father Scheck
George Bachtell
Matthew Connor
PWA Projects Yet Filed Reveals County and City Plans
A county board submitted roughly 300000 in PWA requests for projects including South Potomac Junior High and Williamsport school improvements. Baltimore City and state totals show extensive needs with 58,345,000 earmarked for hospitals, schools, parks, streets, sewers, and flood control as readiness varies. The process requires a health department conference before final approval and notes up to 10 million ready to proceed if funds appear.
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State Department of Health
Shryock
Board of County Conisioners
P.W.A
South Potomac
Williamsport
PWA
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore Municipal
Waynesboro Man Drowned In Potomac. Body Not Found
Snader, a Waynesboro engineer at Frick Company, vanished after his small sailboat overturned in the Potomac near Mountain Lock. Despite CCC enrollees and volunteers, no body was recovered by noon. hat found on West Virginia shore. Family includes wife, a daughter at Anna College, and two sons. Robbie, eight, was with them.
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Earl
Waynesboro
Potomac River
Mountain Lock
CCC
Boonsboro
Snader
West Virginia
Frick Company
Warnesborn
Church of the Sivethren
Jie
Slaughter
Lois
Aunata College
Warl
Waynesboro High School
Robbie
One Good Turn Deserved Another Told by West Washington Street Merchant
A West Washington Street merchant recalls a ride with a hitchhiker who paid back a favor by tearing up a speeding ticket in Philadelphia. The tale ends with the merchant realizing the hiker kept the officer’s ticket book and his own license stub, hinting at a hidden risk in kindness.
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Washington Street
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Justice Black Drives Most Dissent Talks in Supreme Court
Justice Hugo L. Black led dissents in 16 cases during the eight month term ending yesterday, with 12 solo opinions. James C. McReynolds ranked highest with 28 dissents, five solitary, while Chief Justice Hughes had no dissents. Justice Pierce Buller issued 21 dissents, usually with McReynolds. The piece notes Black’s stance on states regulating corporations utilities and public schools, and a push to allow taxation of federal salaries by state governments.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
James C. McReynolds
Black
McReynolds
Pierce Buller
Hughes
Wallace
Kansas City
Agriculture Department
Denver Union Stockyards
Alabama
Roosevelt
States
Citizens discuss new Harrison county courthouse in Bethany
Citizens meet at the 64 year old Harrison county courthouse in Bethany to debate a new structure. Rain interrupted talks as water dripped through the roof before a proposal to circulate petitions for a bond election passed unanimously.
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Bethany
Harrison County
Carter and Ditsy D Williams Wed After Forty Years
Carmi June 1 4 Oacar Carter of Fairfield and Mian Ditsy D Williams, a school teacher, have announced their heritage after persisting through forty years of courtship. The couple began keeping company forty years ago and now marry, marking a long courtship finally fulfilled.
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Carmi
Til
Oacar "Kk
Carter
Fairfieli
Mian Ditsy D. Williams
Tia Perseverance
Big Square and Round Dance at Smithsburg Hall
Special prize night features a cake walk balloon dance and Dixie Ram. Doors open 8 30 p m with dance events at Smithsburg Hall. The event lists two a side classifications and advanced entries.
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Smithsburg Hall
Thirs
Dixie Ram
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