Royal couple cross border this evening
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will become the first reigning British monarch to set foot on U.S. soil tonight in Niagara Falls. Canadian and American troops share border duties for the brief ceremony, ending with a welcome by Cordell Hull before a crossborder train transfer and formal greeting by Sir Ronald Lindsay.
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Richard W. Jackson
Niagara Falls
N. Y
George VI
United States
Elizabeth
Cordell
Ont
Canada
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
Sir Ronald Lindsay
The
United
Watershed Survey Initiated for Ha rristown Reservoir lands
The Board of Water Commissioners requested the Soil Conservation Service to survey 400 acres of city land on the Edgemont watershed. Foresters Harry W. Dangler and Carl Ingling warned that farming practices caused silt runoff that could fuel costly future repairs, showing slides of other reservoirs where overuse of topsoil reduced capacity.
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Harristown
Board of Water Commissioners
Soil Conservation Service
Ddgemont Reservoir
Harry W. Dangler
Carl Ingling
Hagerstown
Board of County Commissioners Tour Inspecting County Offices
The Board of County Commissioners visits Avonsboro Williamsport and Wancock to inspect roads offices and the offices of the three county magistrates under the new trial magistrate law county funds to furnish magistrate offices and ensure proper facilities.
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Board of County Commissioners
Avonsboro
Williamsport
Wancock
Maryland Weather Outlook with Patchy Thunderstorms
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair tonight with unclear interior, Thursday partly cloudy and warmer followed by thundershowers in the afternoon or night. Chesapeake Bay stays mostly clear and warmer, with similar shower potential and gentle to moderate easterly winds shifting southeast and south on Thursday.
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U. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Miners Sweep New York Bay for Royals Visit
Washington June 7 King George and Queen Elizabeth will be guarded with tight precautions as mine sweepers search New York Bay before their Saturday departure from Fort Hancock New Jersey. Second Army Corps issues detailed security plans for Port Hancock and train transit from Washington. An anti aircraft battery, searchlights, sound locators and three observation towers will patrol the area to detect approaching ships or aircraft.
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Washington
King George
Queen Elizabeth
New York Bay
Manhattan
Fort Hancock
N. J
Port Hancock
Second Army Corps
New York
Bold Hold Up Reported At Trust Stand
Two young bandits entered John Tabler's trust stand at Frederick and Mill streets at 1 20 this morning one man with a revolver aimed at nightwatchman William Semler while the other robbed the cash drawer of 10. They fled toward Hager's Park Semler who lives on East Franklin street called neighbor Marl Wolfe who alerted police Investigating officers found the robbers were in their early twenties average height and dirty in appearance Police do not link the hold up to the Moose Home attack on Lloyd Eichelberger last week as the descriptions do not match
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John Tabler
Frederick and
Mill Streets
William Semler
Hager's Park
Semler
East Wranklin Street
Marl Wolfe
Accura
Lloyd Eichelberger
Moose Home
Dr Ralph Young Buys Property In Williamsport
Dr Ralph Young and his wife of Williamsport bought the Ida S Schlosser property on West Washington street for 17500. The two story brick building fronts 26 feet on the street. Mrs Bessie M Boyd purchased the north Locust street property from the late Charles F lull for 8000, a tavern operates on the first floor and the property fronts 32 feet.
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Ida S. Schlosser
West Washington Street
Ralph WV. Young and Wife
Williamsport
North Locust Street
Charles F. Lull
Bessie M. Boyd
Dealer Fin ed for Receiving Stolen Goods
Welly Baker of Pope avenue was fined and jailed on six month warrants for receiving stolen iron from the Pennsylvania railroad at Talafway. He paid $72 in fines and costs, with two six month sentences suspended on payment. An appeal was filed by attorney BD Angle Wollinger.
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Welly Baker
Pope Avenue
le Justice M. V
Baster
Baker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Talfway
Angle Wollinger
Fire Chief Leads Response To Elevator Pit Fire
Acting Fire Chief Patrick Royne moved to the scene quickly after a fire broke out in the elevator pit. He encountered Wing near the police building as firefighters arrived, with engines traveling a block to reach the blaze.
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Denver
Patrick Royne
Wing
Royne
Britain to Send Envoy to Moscow for Direct Pact Talks
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced Britain will dispatch a Foreign Office envoy to Moscow to conduct direct negotiations on the mutual assistance pact among Great Britain, France, and Soviet Russia. He said main objectives are agreed, with details to be worked out, and that Britain backs reciprocity and full military support if Russia is attacked, though Baltic states reluctance complicates guarantees. The choice of envoy was not disclosed.
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Chamberlain
London
Foreign Office
Moscow
Great Britain
France
Soviet Russia
Commons
Britain
Russia
Baltic States
314 Receive Diplomas At 61st Hagerstown High Commencement
Parents and friends packed the Hagerstown High School auditorium as 314 graduates received diplomas and prize announcements. The program included orchestral pieces, a psalm, a benediction, and speeches by Robert Mattson and Miss Anne Catherine Emmert. Prize winners featured the Kee Mar Alumnae prize awarded to Miss Mary J. Troupe for outstanding scholarship and character.
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Hagerstown High
Hagerstown High School
Jmuide
Robert Mattson
Anne Catherine Emmert
J. Edward Harms
Phyllis Weagley
Doris Weagley
America
Benjamin F. Snyder
Board of Education
J. Lloyd Harshman
HH. A. Fesperman
Kee Mar
Mary
Hiker Not A Hero For Long
Sidney Jones an old hitchhiker was hailed a hero after he waved down a speeding passenger rain to avert a crash into rocks on the tracks. He was later arrested by railroad detectives and admitted he rolled the rocks onto the rails.
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Philadelphia
Sidney Jones
Caring for Spanish refugees cost France millions
Paris disclosed 20 million dollars spent to care for Spanish Civil War refugees with future costs potentially doubling. Refugees in France were about 50 thousand, down 150 thousand since the influx during the Nationalist drive on Catalonia in February. Nearby in Chestertown Mrs. Elvin Ford survived a lightning strike during a storm as flames caught in a newspaper she held and were beaten out by her husband.
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PAIS
Foreign Ministry
France
Catalonia
Chestertown
Elvin Ford
Portland Dairy Flap Prompts City Footwear Ordinance
In Portland Mary Wilson seeks action after milkman disturbance leads her to ask the city council for an ordinance requiring milk men to wear rubber soles and heels. The dispute centers on footwear and public nuisance concerns as residents call for clearer enforcement.
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Portland
Ore
Pia
Mary Wilson
Chy Council
Maryland State Police meeting opens at Hotel Alexander
About 100 police officials from across the state attend the quarterly Maryland State Police Aviation meeting which opens at noon at the Hotel Alexander. A social session caps the day. Speakers include Attorney General William C. Walsh Col Beverly Ober new commandant Lt Marlin D. Brubaker State's Attorney Morgan C. Harris Charles F. Waga man FBI official Guy Hottel and Dean S. Steinberg. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney delivers the welcome address at the noon luncheon.
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Maryland State Police Oviation
Hotel Alexander
William C. Walsh
Beverly Ober
State Police
Marlin D. Brubaker
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Morgan C. Harris
Allegany County
Charles FP. Wagaiman
Big City
Guy Hottel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dean S. S. Steinberg
University of Maryland, College of Engineering
Richard H. Sweeney
Hobo hound hops freight trains to visit conductor home
Farmer Edward A. Rutt reports his terrier Jackie Boy disappears for two days then is found riding freight trains and visiting a conductor's home far away. Now the dog faces a new issue with a hen that will only lay in his car near the henhouse.
Oklahoma Harvest Report From Enid Clerk Receives Garis Totter
Clerk Edward Oswald reports an Enid area wheat harvest in full swing with yields from 20 to 30 bushels per acre as detailed by attorney Adam S. Garis.
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Oklahoma
Edward Oswald
Adam S. Garis
Enid
Garis
Aviator Seized After Mars Flight Hoax Turns to Larceny
Boston June 7 A 22 year old Carlisle Pennsylvania student filer Cheston L Eshelman claimed he aimed for Mars not Europe after being found coming ashore from an Atlantic flight. He was arrested for larceny of the airplane after his single solo hop from Camden New Jersey Monday. He told reporters he had no plan if he reached Mars and was later handcuffed by Inspector Paul Crowley and Lt James Crowley aboard the trawler Villanova.
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Boston
Mars
Chestonl
Eshelman
Carlisle
Atlantic
Hihelman
Villanova
Europe
Paul Crowley
James Crowley
Camden
N. J
Sunrise Inn Robbed on Rt. 40 Near Funkstown
Sunrise Inn on Rt 40 below Funkstown was ransacked early today. Thief or thieves forced a side window to enter and stole over $5 in cash including 350 pennies, cigarettes, an old revolver, and a pair of shoes, per a sheriff's report to Deputy Leister Isanogie. John Rogers, operator of the inn, reported the burglary.
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Sunrise Inn
Rt. 40
Funkstown
Sheriff’s Office
John Rogers
Vnn
Leister Isanogie
One Experience Enough For Her Apolis Md June T
Miss Frances Scott Rhodes, one of the magistrates appointed in Baltimore county by Gov. Her bert RR. O'Conor, sent her resignation after one night’s experience in Reis terstown police court. The Governor accepted and will fill the vacancy. More than a million American women of child bearing age have contracted syphilis, health service reports urging tests for expectant mothers.
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Apolis
Frances Scott Rhodes
Baltimore County
Herbert RR. O'Conor
Reisterstown
Washington
Public Health Service
Block Roads In Hunt For Pair In Stolen Car
Police from Indiana and Michigan block roads to capture a slim red headed woman and a male companion after they fled in a stolen automobile. Officers Frank Cowgil and James Shelton were shot as they questioned the pair who claimed to be husband and wife. Cowgil struck the woman with a Jack and she struck him in the knee during the struggle.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Michigan
Frank Cowgill
Cowesil
James Shelton
Restores hearing with chemical treatment claims
San Francisco physician Dr. Grant B. Selfridge announced a chemical therapy for deafness after 20 years of work. He showcased patients aged two to 70 whose hearing purportedly improved, using nicotine acid and thiamin to stimulate the hearing nerve, with gains up to about 109 percent in some cases.
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San Francisco
Grant B. Selfridge
San Francisco County Medical Society
Selfridge
Turner Given Term in Cut for Bicycle Theft Case
Leo Turner, once a key witness in the Shelley Shriver chicken larceny trial, was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for bicycle theft. Turner and Shriver were arraigned in city court before Justice Warry E. Snyder. Shriver received a concurrent term after being found guilty.
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Leo Turner
House of Correction
Warry E. Snyder
Turner
Shelley Shriver
Shriver
Might Celebrate Aviation Day Here
The Chamber of Commerce will decide at the next board meeting whether to sponsor an Aviation Day tied to National Aviation Day on August 19. The event marks man’s first powered flight and aims to spark aviation interest among thousands of boys and men, with naval and military units invited to assist civil organizers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Congress
United States
Williamsport Eighth Grade Graduation Exercises Held
Fifty five eighth grade members received certificates at Williamsport high school in the auditorium. Rev W C Huddle of the Lutheran church delivered the speech and presented the certificates. A large audience of relatives and friends attended and a program was held.
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Williamsport
W.C. Huddle
Lutheran Church
Mexican ace flier Sarabia killed in takeoff at Bolling Field
Francisco Sarabia, noted Mexican aviator who recently set a Mexico City to New York non stop record, died during takeoff at Bolling Field. The plane fell after a brief climb, with his wife and son witnessing the tragedy. An Army doctor suggested neck injury from impact.
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Washington
Francisco Sarabia
Mexico City
New York
Bolling Field
Ciudad Ledro
pBround
Luis Quintanilla
Sarabia
Army Field
Potomac River
Roosevelt
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Owl Attack Scars Two Swimmers at Williamsport Creek
Glenn Ohler and Leo Burke were clawed on the head and face by a large owl while swimming in Conococheague Creek at Williamsport. The bird, believed to nest nearby, repeatedly rushed the swimmers before they fled. Ohler later retrieved a shotgun but the owl did not return.
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Glenn Ohler
Leo Burke
Williamsport
Ohler
Burke
Death in Shanghai after clash at British mill
In Shanghai on June 7 a British ex police inspector R M Tinkler died from head wounds after being struck and attacked by Japanese marines at a British cotton mill in Pootung during a clash between strikers and non strikers. Japanese say he fired on an officer and threatened men. British officials cite misrepresentation and note he was treated in Hongkew before dying hours later.
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Shanghai
R. M. Tinkler
Pootung
Tinkler
Shanghai General Hospital
Hongke
Manufacturer Kidnapped In 900 Mile Idaho Nebrasaka Ride
KEARNEY Neb June 7 News that Nephi J Bott a Logan Utah monument manufacturer was kidnapped in Pocatello Idaho and held about 18 hours during a 900 mile auto trip to Kearney Nebraska. Bott says two men slugged him stole 600 and fed him only oranges as they forced him to ride in back of his car. He was dropped near Kearney and the pair then allegedly stopped another car and drove off. Police say Bott described hitchhiking suspects and a planned meeting at Bott's Pocatello office.
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Kearney
Neb
Nephi
Bott
Logan
Utah
Pocatello
Idaho
Leaders appoint two to State Conservation Commission
Annapolis Md June The governor announced Edwin Warfield and Robert Harrison, both Democrats, appointed to the State Conservation Commission replacing the current Republican members. O Connor said a Republican appointee would be named soon, without regard to sectional considerations.
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Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Connor
Edwin Warfield
Robert Harrison
State Conservation Commission
Warfield
Harrison
O’conor
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Ralph Young
Williamsport Physician
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Hiker
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Hobo Hound
Cheston L. Eshelman
Detroit
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
Thomas F. Chawke
Russell
Windsor
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