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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
8
Williamsport will host a large carnival during the first week of July to top past efforts. A public meeting at Riverview Cemetery Endowment Association grounds approved the event to raise funds for urgent needs and a permanent trust. A. G. Hoffman was named carnival chairman and will appoint committees Thursday in the Town Hall.
Report continues on flight plans with Dr Chamberlin as co-pilot and navigator. Uncertainty remains whether the Great Circle route via Newfoundland and Ireland or the eastward course from New York to Cherbourg was chosen. Hinweise mention internal Republican previews and a barber shop ad amid the clipping.
Vierkeller of the University of Maryland Extension will visit Washington County the second week in June with County Agent M D Moore. Two fruit lectures at Smithsburg and Hancock will be held during his visit. The University of Maryland specialists will be in the county next week.
Washington county hens are holding their own in a laying marathon conducted by the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. Reports show Northside Poultry Yard and Atelier at Waugansville produced 50 eggs weekly for a 1637 total, while Maurice Hanes of Weverton led with 1275 eggs to date. Other flocks from Clearspring and associated farms added to the tally as hundreds of hens compete.
Mr and Mrs J L Shupp express gratitude for kindness and use of cars at the death of their son Charles. Public notice from Potomac Hills, an exclusive residential section.
Charles Chaplin counters his wife Lita Gray Chaplin's divorce allegations in a Los Angeles court. The actor denies claims of cruelty and unfaithfulness while detailing his home life as loving and faithful. Gray is portrayed as calculating and inattentive in her cross-claims.
Alice Cahill, one of sixteen members of the state Pioneer Girls Beef Club, prepares her steer Mya for the June 17 show under County Agent M. L. Moore. The group fields five Angus, five Shorthorns, and five Herefords, with cattle weighing 900 to 1100 pounds. Steers are being fitted for the Magerstown Fair and will be auctioned after judging.
C OFC plans for scientists tour feature 325 distinguished visitors from foreign countries. The Washington convocation will be toured in the afternoon with inspections of local sites. Gateway Inn hosts the group with city and county officials aiding as reception committee. Reservations close June 12 at 2 PM at Potomac Mills Bay and Building Potomac Mills.
Seismographs at Dalhousie University recorded strong earth shocks beginning at 4 01 am lasting two hours. Officials estimate the disturbance occurred about 0900 miles distant. Missouri Governor Baker says Charles Lindbergh will be named Colonel of the Missouri National Guard.
Obituaries note deaths of Mrs GE Hara near Spickler Springfield Ohio and Mrs Harsh of Springfield as well as Mrs E S Sefton of 1404 Virginia Avenue Hagerstown. Also Henry P Moats of near St James dies at Washington County Hospital aged 74 with funeral at Fairplay church.
Baltimore police were urged to help pursue three alleged confidence men who swindled tailor Eliik Kaplan out of cash and a diamond ring worth 2500. The trio, described as Hebrews about 35, 55, and younger, allegedly influenced Kaplan to handle a bag containing stones valued at 7500, claiming they were smuggled from Canada. Kaplan planned to study the rogues gallery after this troubling encounter and identified the suspects if given the chance.
The staff of Gilead and Palestine Encampment prepare a trip to Frederick for the Patriarchal Degree. They will be accompanied by their drum corps and use new equipment. A Cumberland trip follows with a special session of the Granit Encampment in Maryland. Buses depart from Potomac Hills at 6:45 PM.
James Hilton, 24, of Rockville, died when his neck was broken in a collision near Silver Spring yesterday. Jacob L. Bee, 23, and Michael Hurdle, 26, were seriously injured and hospitalized in Washington. Wardle, the car driver, faces man slaughter charges. the other vehicle involved was driven by Thomas Bag Cott, a Washington resident. The contributing rim issue involved a wheel hub from a previous auto stop.
Automobile Club has established an office in Hamilton. W Price Abibrase, rep for the club, confirms the new presence. Local building permits list George H. Sheetz at 721 Summit Avenue for a bay window and addition and others for frame bungalows and shop additions in the area.
Officials announce a special meeting at 108 N Potomac Street Briday evening. It discusses the Exclusive Residential Section and Adv Buy and Build in Potemas Hilla.
The Pop Maryland Ribbon and Bhoe and Legging teams face off tomorrow afternoon at Willow Leno Park at 1 30. Western Maryland and Potomac Edison Co teau will follow in the same diamond at 3 2.
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