Earhart Aims for 3rd Atlantic Hop From Natal
Amelia Earhart and navigator Captain Fred Noonan plan a 3 hop flight across Africa after a record South Atlantic crossing. They left Natal Brazil at 1 16 a m Eastern Standard Time and cover about 1900 miles in 13 hours 13 minutes.
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ST. Louis
Senegal
Amelia Earhart
Africa
Xliss Earhart
Natal
Brazil
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Parnamio
General Strike Threat for Silk Workers Across States
Sidner Eiliman of the Committee for Industrial Organization warned a general strike of 66 silk workers may be declared in two weeks unless mill owners raise wages and shorten hours. Most workers are in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. two Elizabeth town mills in Tennessee granting a 10 percent raise and 40 hour week. Also noted: a divorce suit by Alfred E. Baylor against Elizabeth L. Baylor and a Wednesday square dance at the A L C F Hall with prizes and free jamboree tickets.
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New York
Jeune 7
Sidner
Eiliman
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Elizabethtown
Tenn
T.w.0.c
Clearspring High School Holds First County Commencement
Miss Bettr Jo Huffman daughter of the Rev J W Huffman received the Alumni award at Clearspring High School graduation exercises held in the school auditorium. Huffman was valedictorian Fra Bell salutatorian and Marshal Kretzer orator. Rev Clarence E Wolfe preached the sermon on Choosing a Life of Ambition with Christ by your side. Class night will feature talks and a ten dollar award by Magistrate Charles Henson for best class night program. 249 graduates will receive diplomas at Hagerstown High on Wednesday morning and Williamsport diplomas follow Wednesday evening.
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Bettr Jo Huffman
J. W. Huffman
Clearspring
Clearspring High School
Washington County
Hancock
Joseph Fierr
Alumni Association
Miss. Huffman
Fra Bell
Marshal Kretzer
Clarence E. Wolfe
Smithsburs
Christ
Charles Henson
Hagersjtown High School
St. John’s Auditorium
Williamsport
Deaths and notices from Williamsport and Frederick area
Obituaries list Adel Rudy of Williamsport at 46 with survivors across Hagerstown Keedysville and Frederick areas. Also Ada Delauder of Williamsport, Myrtle Summers of Frederick, and Ada’s family details with services at Kraiss chapel. Includes a beauty salon ad for Dorothy Dermody at 25 North Potomac Street.
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Dorothy Dermody
N. Potomac St
Harlow Premonition Death Near Glendale Star Dies at 38
Harlean Harlow, famed for Hells Angels and Blond Bombshell roles, died after a long illness. She left the Saratoga set with Clark Gable last May 29, had been ill with gall bladder trouble and a cold, and died in a hospital just before noon. She married three times, including Charles McGrew and Paul Bern, and was linked to Harold Rosson. Known for generosity on set, she lived in Beverly Hills and later a modest home, earning about $4,000 weekly with a sizable estate. Her mother, Mrs Carpentier, cared for her as she faced decline.
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Hells Angeles
Powell
Miss Harlow
Charles McGrew
Paul Bern
Harold Rosson
Ace Film
Bern
Miss Harrow
Studio
Gee
Beverly Hil
Harlean Carpentier
Finding Bone Spurs Search for Victims
Report details a plane crash on Hardy Ridge near Alpine with about 200 pounds of wreckage missing from 579 pounds recovered. Western Air offers a $1,070 reward to Melvin Dever and Erie Andrews, with other residents seeking shares. Secretary Roepke forms a committee for hearings with Utah aeronautics.
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Wenger
Alpine
Hardy Ridge
Clit
Western Air
Melvin Dever
Ea Ery Andrews
A’line
Washington
Daniel C. Rope
Utah Aeronautics Commission
Birmingham Bishop calls for liberal divorce laws in England
The Bishop of Birmingham urged reform of England's divorce laws at a diocesan conference, proposing communion for divorced persons and signaling support for easier remarriage rules. His stance reignited church opposition to Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield's marriage and followed prior advocacy on social issues.
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Birmingham
Church of England
Edward of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Ernest William Barges
Ridward Will
R. Anderson Jardine
Darlington
Edward
Austria
Barnes
Lansing labor holiday ends amid clashes on capitol steps
Report describes a Labor Day protest in Lansing where union pickets clashed with students and National Guard drills as Gov. Frank Murphy intervened. Pickets were arrested and later released while crowds regrouped around the capitol, with authorities promising civil rights protections and a peaceful resolution.
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Lansing
Capitol Steps
Lawa
Michigan
Capitol
Rotenone Insecticide Ad By Miller Seedman
An advertisement promotes non poison Rotenone insecticide for beans and beetles. It highlights relief for aches, a chiropractor offer, and a McCormick brand rotentone product. The copy cites Dr Shipley and Ernest W Miller as seedman and insecticide authority with quick relief claims.
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Shipley
W. Wash
Africa
McCormick
Ernest W. Miller
Moonlight Sonata Denver Violist Told Weather Caused Noise
Rafael Dasilva a 47 year old violinist blamed damp air and sleeping outdoors for a squeaky performance. Denver Police Magistrate Gil Ham offered a $25 fine or banishment. Dasilva chose to leave town, saying he had just left Los Angeles for similar reasons.
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Denver
Rafael Dasilva
Dasilva
Philip G. Gil Ham
Los Angeles
Gateway Inn Opens With Paved Entrances And Dining
Gateway Inn welcomes patrons with Western Pike completed at the doorway. Paved entrances and parking, reduced prices, beer served cool and screened porches. Food offerings range from 10 cent sandwiches to banquets with dancing. New faces to serve you. Ady.
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Gateway Inn
Western Pike
Gateway
Ady
Police Chief Orders Arms to Quell Youngstown Picketing
Youngstown police chief issues an order allowing trucks tear gas and hand grenades to be used to preserve the peace amid mass picketing. Sheriff Elser cites intimidation and stoning of homes and threatening calls to wives. One man Mike Spanos arrested for disarming pickets, portents of broader clashes as unions press for work or strike. Clergy backed Canton ballot showing large majority voting to return to work, while Republic’s plants prepare to resume with police protection as nationwide tensions persist.
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Elser
Mike Spanos
Youngstown
Olson
Cleveland
Clan Crawford
Cleveland Republic
Republic
al Balint
Canton
Ohio
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Madrid shelling shatters calm with massive damage
Fire and artillery awakened Madrid as General Franco's batteries bombarded the city, leaving many killed and about 60 buildings damaged. Civilians crowded into underground shelters while refugees at the American Embassy endured a sleepless night as capital defense forces repelled an infantry thrust from Carabanchel.
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Francisco Franco
Carabanchel
Carabanchel, the Former Workingmen’s Suburb. Capital Defense
Minister seeks couple for sermon tying living to marriage
The Rev. E. G. Thomas of the Church of Christ in Eaton announced a June 27 service on the proper and best way of living and plans to include a marriage ceremony as part of the sermon illustration. He seeks an altar-bound couple willing to participate.
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Eaton
E. G. Thomas
Church of Christ In
City Market Prices List Items and Weights
A local market ad lists poultry and groceries with weights and prices. Chickens dressed and live categories, hams, lard, butter, potatoes and sweet potatoes, peas, beans, tomatoes, celery, onions, cabbage, kale, spinach, strawberries, peaches, and assorted produce with quantities in pounds, pecks, or packs and per unit prices. Prices and units vary by item.
CHICAGS GRAIN MARKET QUOTATIONS AND PRICES
Grain market quotes from Stein Bros and Boyce at Blue Ridge Fire Insurance Building Hagerstown Maryland show wheat prices for July September December at multiple bid and ask levels. Corn oats and rye are listed with July and September or December maturities and varying percentages.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce
Blue
Walton League Picnic At Death Curve Meadows
A large group of sportsmen is expected Thursday at the Hagerstown Chapter Izaak Walton League first summer outing. The event begins at 3 PM in Toms meadow near the National Highway Death Curve with day bird shooting in the afternoon and at night, a trout fishing contest, and a fine dinner.
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Hagerstown
Toms' Meadow
Autos Collide on West Washington Street
A collision on West Washington street last night near nine involved vehicles driven by T. A. Bowers of Salem avenue and Robert M. Ross of Hagerstown Route 4. All occupants escaped injury.
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T. A. Bowers
Salem Avenue
Robert M. Rossman
Hagerstown
West Washington Street
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Charles W. Wolf
Elizabeth L. Baylor
C.F. Hall
Jane
Saum’s
Jonathan St. Adv
Reformed Church Home
Virginia Ave
Grace Washburn
Italy
London
Philadelphia
Farmers Co-Operative Co
Main and
Rosa Streets
Saums Sosstuss'sr
LEE
Reichard
Ts Mills
Baltimore
Tom Cross
County
Eijizaz Adel (Neal) Rudy
First Brethren Church
Lewis
Pauline
Pearl
Albert Nave
Charles
Emory
Adam Neal
Lester Stockslager
William Palmer
Lestersburg
William Lizer
John Johnson
Charles Neal
Frederick County
Daniel
Samuel
Keedysville
Frank G. Cole
iMan
Green Lawn
Ada F. Delauder
Robert S. Delauder
Fairground Avenue
Zion Reformed Church
Women's Bible Class
Middletown
Robert C. Delauder
Nora Zecher
Myrtle Grace Summers
Edgar Summers
Frederick
PL. UW. Civie
Roy Cline
Mary de Grange
William Cline
Albert Miller
Chewsville
Virginia
Lesley
Grover Cline
Carrie Palmer
Arthur Beard
Howard Cline
Hollywood
Fla
Summers
Zion Lutheran Church
Amos Traver
Memorial Cemetery
Columbia College
Harlow
Heather
Glendale
Lane Cedar Chest
W. Franklin St
Hood College
Sarah Lucretia Leiter
England
Frank Murphy
Consumer's
Finance Service, In
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Professional
Arte
Youngstowns
Peace Irons
Columbus
Monroe
Mich
Newton Steel Company
Newton
C. Roy Dieterich
Lane
PICF
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John. J. Seidel
Department of Labor
Lexington Building
Baltimore, Md
Nefore
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Morning Herald
Daily Mail
Michael Strogoff
Herald Mail
Stein Bros. & Goyce, McComas-Armstrong Building
M. Amer
Amer, T. & T
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B&o
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Chrysler
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Gap
Ag Consol
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DuPont
Ae Chen
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Natl DistTra
Central
North Amer
TR Penna
House Klee
Rs Western Union
West
Loews
Si Sly
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Chicags Grain Market
Owen
Walton
Red Men's Hall
Funkstown
Thomas Conaboro
Weatherstrip Screen Co
de Soto
Onis
Fleigh Motor & Tire Co
Oak Hill Ave
N. Mulberry
Timken
Phlox
Rose Gay Gardens
Snyder
Virginia Aves
Louis P. James
Everly’s
Men’s Department
Blue & Gray
Potomac Street
Mr. James
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