President Coolidge Calls Global Profit From American Unity
At the Minnesota state fairgrounds on June 8 President Coolidge joined a centennial Norse movement celebration. He urged the world to profit from the American example of assimilation and unity, praising the melting pot and the enduring Norse heritage. Thousands gathered, many generations removed from the Norse settlers who reached New York harbor a century ago. Continued on page 10.
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State Fair Grounds
Minneapota
St. Paul
Minn
Coolidge
Great Wheat Belt
Northwest
New World
New York Harbor
Doctor and family survive high mountain crash near Boonsboro
The wife of Dr James T Johnson and their two children along with a Black chauffeur escaped serious injury when their limousine crashed down a 75 foot bank east of Boonsboro after colliding with a Frederick truck on a winding state road. The Johnson car lodged against a boulder at the bottom, jarring several occupants. the truck driver was uninjured. The crash occurred about 8 45 this morning and officials say it was unavoidable.
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James T. Johnson
Boonsboro
Johnson
Baltimore
Lillie WY
Mullenix
Frederick
Floyd Zimmerman
Heire ss McCormick Improves After Operation in Chicago
Muriel McCormick heiress and granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller continued to improve in a Chicago hospital after an operation for appendicitis complications. Her father Harold F. McCormick rushed from New York to be at her bedside yesterday.
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Chicago
Muriel McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Harold F. McCormick
New York
Outlawing of Bacteriological Warfare by Arms Conference
Geneva June 8 The International Arms Conference banned the use of pasteurial agents in war and adopted an amendment classifying bacteria with poison gas as forbidden methods of warfare.
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Geneva
Supreme Court upholds criminal anarchy act in Gitlow case
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled the criminal anarchy act of New York valid and constitutional, confirming Benjamin Gitlow's conviction. Justice Holmes and Brandeis dissented with Holmes writing that Gitlow’s 1920 Socialist manifesto in The Revolutionary Age did not present an immediate danger of overthrowing the government.
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Washington
New York
Supreme Court
Benjamin Gitlow
Holmes
Branden
Gitlow
Foros
Fifteen Miners Entombed In Kentucky Coal Mine
In Sturgis Kentucky fifteen miners were entombed following a mine explosion at West Kentucky Coal Co Mine No 9. About 200 workers were present with around 185 escaping through other exits, officials said. A second brief item notes the Spanish balloon Heapero Susanna falling in the North Sea with the pilot and passenger rescued by a trawler.
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Sturgis
West Kentucky Coal Co
Brussels
Heapero Susanna
North Sea
Nine workers die in wreck at Pary Indiana
Nine workers died when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train overturned near Converse Indiana. Eight were track layers and one trainman buried under wreckage. Fifteen others were injured and hospitalized. officials warned the toll could rise to eleven.
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Indiana
Unknown Party Murderer Named in Cumberland Coroner Verdict
Cumberland Maryland June coroner's inquest on Arlington Gortner twenty died at hands of unknown person. Ming Nallie Wagoner testified an unknown man attacked them on hillside near Louisiana Avenue Friday midnight, robbery and murder. State's Attorney said Wagoner may remain in sheriff custody. hotel manager testified a woman identified as Wagoner sought directions near 1 am after the crime.
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Cumberland
Arlington Gortner
Joseph B. Finan
Gortner
Ming Nallie F
Wagoner
Gortnar
Louisana Avenue
Gdrtner
Ftate
William A. Huster
Miss Wagoner
Snd
Miex Wagoner
John F., Smith
Hendricka Hotel
Miss. Wagoner
Queena City Hotel
Seizure of 2600 Gallons Alcohol in Railroad Yards
In Baltimore on June 8 twenty six hundred gallons of alcohol in 62 drums were seized in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards at Hartford avenue and Twenty-fifth street. The drums labeled reduction compound were destined to a Baltimore firm authorities say does not exist.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Hartford Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Los Angeles dirigible backs to base after engine trouble
The United States Navy airship Los Angeles returns to Lakehurst New Jersey after engine trouble en route to St Paul Minnesota. It left Cleveland center yesterday afternoon and arrived back at 2 45 this morning marking the first engine trouble on its US soil flight. Also Martinsburg voters approve 310000 bond issue for a new high school with plans to buy land and begin construction before the next term.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
Germany
United States
Martinsburg
Heavy Damage Hit Oaxaca and Vera Cruz Crops
Special dispatch from Vera Cruz reports more than 100 drowned and hamlets destroyed as Tehuantepec and Perros rivers overflow. Widespread flooding tears through Oaxaca and Vera Cruz states with entire families, livestock, and crops wiped out. San Blas near Tehuantepec nearly destroyed as waters rise six feet, rail traffic cut off as bridges washed away.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Lathmus
Tehuantepec
Perros
Oaxaca
San Blas
Daily Mail Opens Maryland State Wire Service
The Daily Mail announces the launch of a Maryland state wire service covering national and world news plus Maryland sections. The day wire opens today with BE. J. Cox of the Baltimore AP bureau in charge, following May 3 operation of a night wire.
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Maryland
The
Daily Mail
Associated Press
Baltimore
BE. J. Cox
Associated Proeas
Hagerstown High to Start Commencement at 10 A M
Announcement by Superintendent R J Grimes and principal John D Zentmyer states the annual commencement at the Maryland Theater will begin promptly at 10 o clock Wednesday with the aim to finish by noon even if some attendees are not seated. A second item reports a clerk held up at Kaufman hat store in Chicago with several thousand dollars stolen.
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R. J. Grimes
John D. Zentmyer
Hagerstown High Schools
Maryland Theater
Chicago
Kaufman
Loop
Ban on bathing suits in Williamsport streets
Williamsport police announce a citywide ban on wearing bathing suits in streets after complaints of vulgar displays. Officers warn bathers from Genomac Park to cover up or face arrest, saying residents find the attire unacceptable in public.
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Williamsport
Shebas
Shieks
A. D. Hawbaker
Genomac Park
Potceman Hawbaker
Fighting Breaks Out in Canton China Strike Zone
Fighting started between Chinese troops and Sun Yat sen followers in Canton and Ha nan Island when gunboats fired on the electric fight station. Refugees crowded steamers to Hong Kong as battleships and authorities moved to quell the unrest amid rioting in Shanghai and other cities.
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China
Canton
Sun Yet- Sen
Hanan
Toong Kong
Yang Usi- Min
Hsu Chung-Cis
Shelung
Shanghai
Shanghai Mission Board
Hang Chow
Mingyo
Nanking
Soochow
Hankow
Western Maryland Railroad pier plans advance in Baltimore
Land acquisition for the Me Comas street pier project will be reviewed today as part of the $5,090,000 harbor work. The Western Maryland Railroad pier is to be 186 feet wide and extend 990 feet into the harbor, marking a key step toward completion of the long debated project.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
MeComas Street
Get Out Top Coats Again
Halifax on June 6 experienced a sharp temperature drop with top coats and furs back in use after a week of sweltering heat. The city reported about 50 degrees above Fahrenheit, bringing a dramatic change in weather.
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Halifax
N. S
Radio prevents ship disaster near Boston harbor
A fogbound collision was avoided when the passenger liner Carolina with 400 aboard received a radio warning about the destroyer Paulding and a rum ship off the Massachusetts coast. The Carolina altered course to New York and narrowly passed the allied vessels, relief sweeping the crowd aboard.
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Boston
Iiner
Carolina
New York
United States
Paulinfi
Massachusatts
Graves
Sunderneas
Porter Quarter
U. 8
Paulding
Rum
Amok in Coburg area ends in murder suicid e
A resident near Coburg, rendered insane by domestic troubles, killed his wife, mother, brother in law, sister in law and the latter's five children with a hatchet before hanging himself. The killings occurred yesterday and follow a suspected breakdown.
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Berlin
Coburg
Amuck
Boys Blamed For Miniature Railway Wreck In Williamsport
Boys are blamed for placing a stone on the Conomac Park miniature railway track in Williamsport last Saturday afternoon. The locomotive derailed but passengers were not harmed. The engine left the track and the cars uncoupled. arrests will likely follow.
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Conomac Park
Williamsport
Jolie doctors optimistic on Loets recovery in custody
Jolie physicians report strict improvement in Richard Loet s condition and hope his mind may return to normal, though he remains bedridden and guarded. They ridiculed claims that the Loeb case is feigned insanity after examination in the Bobby Franks murder context.
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Joliet, HL
Richard Loet
Jolie
Loeb
Bobby Franks
Day posts security on $25 fine for charge of drunken disorderly conduct
Clara Day provided security for her $25 fine after a hearing before Justice Bowers for a drunken and disorderly conduct charge.
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Clara Day
Justice Bowers
Relief Comes as Heat Eases in Mid-West Style
Relief from the heat reached the mid-west but Hagerstown and Washington county remained sweltering. Temperatures dipped slightly but hit 104 in nearby June heat records last Friday. One prostration occurred today as Magene Laytor of West Franklin Street fainted before the Court House and was carried home. The Weather Bureau predicts relief within 24 to 36 hours.
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Mid-West
Hagerstown
Washington County
Keedysville
Magene Laytor
Franklin Street
Court House
Relief Comes To Mid West Weather Toll Rises
A heat wave relief swept the Middle West today ending a nine day run that killed 481 nationwide. Strong storm fronts brought high winds small tornadoes and heavy rain causing building damage basement floods and outages in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado and other states. Wray and Davenport reported extensive property wreckage with injuries while Des Moines saw a rapid temperature drop from 84 to 65 degrees.
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Chicago
Middle West
Litle Falls
Minn
Omaha
Nebr
Vian
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Wray
Colo
Davenport
Iowa
Des Moines
Severe store hit Cumberland as storm floods streets
June 8 Cumberland residents endured a severe storm that damaged electric and telephone wires and flooded streets. A man attempting to wade through a deep water-filled trench near Window Street was rescued by Officer Le Roy Ross after nearly drowning. Rails and low-lying roads froze traffic, but rail delays were minimal and no major injuries were reported.
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Cumberland
Walter
Window Street
Leroy Ross
Cumberland Heights
Broadway
Davidgon Street
Bedford
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