Hitler Mulls Peace Proposals for France Britain and U S
Paris reports quote Berlin sources claiming Adolf Hitler plans specific peace propositions for France Britain and the United States. A July speech at a new German warship launch is cited as the venue. Diplomatic circles note Viscount Halifax's call to negotiate and consider Germany's threat posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Britain
United States
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
House of Lords
Viscount Halifax
Germany
King and Queen Farewell in Capital Royal Visit
A final farewell as King and Queen depart, greeted by crowds and dignitaries including Sir Ronald Lind. The monarchs placed wreaths at memorials, discussed world affairs with President Roosevelt, and prepared to head to Hyde Park for the weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Ronald Lindsay
George Washington
America
Miler
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Wolfe Divorce Granted by Judge Wagaman
Rosalie M. Wolfe receives an absolute divorce from Paul A. Wolfe before Judge Frank G. Wagaman. Attorney John J. Allen represented Wolfe. Ad appears for Saum’s Watch Clock Jewelry and Fountain Pen Repairing at 21 North Jonathan Street offering lower prices and better service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie M. Wolfe
Frank G. Wagaman
Paul A. Wolfe
John J. Allen
Saum's
N. Jonathan St
Kidnap Charge Involving Margaret Weil Reported
Margaret Polly Weil, 19, a governess, faced kidnapping charges after abducting Krehe Osborn, 34, in San Francisco. She told police the $1,600 ransom would pay her mother's Nassau County farm mortgage. The missing child was recovered with Weil at a San Jose hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Polly Weil
Sovernness
Krehe Osborn
San Francisco
Calif
Nassau
New York
Miss Weil
San Jose
Right Idea But Wrong Diagnosis
Buffalo NY, June 10. Maurice Ronan complained of headaches and was told glasses would help. An N ray examination found a inch long sliver of metal in his scalp from a 1913 auto crash, previously listed as scalp lacerations.
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Buffalo Y
Maurice Ronan
Ronan
Deaths of local residents reported in Beav er Creek area
Obituary notices list Leslie Theodore Wakenight of Beaver Creek aged 63 who died after a two week illness from arteriosclerosis. Also Rebecca Martin of Maugansville aged 63 died at home. Nellie Ward of 139 King Street died after three weeks. Chesnut Grove child David Smith aged three died at home. Herbert Porter Rohrersville died suddenly in a hotel lobby. Funeral details include church names Manor Reiff’s Mennonite Rose Hill and Rohrersville Cemetery security. numerous survivors listed with spouses and children.
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Leslie Theodore Wakenight
Beaver Creek
Robert
Barbara Eller Wakenight
Frederick County
St. James
First Brethren Church
Hattie FL
John Crawford
Hagerstown
Walter Hammond
Downsville
Arthur FL Post
Albert B
Washington
Manor Church
W. S. Baker
Shaler
Manor Cemetery
Rebecca
Martin
Daniel W. Martin
Maugansville
Menno
Daniel
Menno Lehman
Middleburg
Pake
John Eshelman
Reuben
Eby
Reid
Harry Miller
Nathan
Jacob
Irvin
Lewis
Paramount
J. M. Eby
Norfolk
Reiff's Mennonite Church
Nellie N. Ward
Charles O. Ward
King Street
St. Paul's U. B. Church
Leong Flannery
Berkeley
Calif
Beulah G. Gainer
San Francisco
Errol
Joseph S
Mary E
Paul
Cumberland
Charles W
Caiid
F. B. Plammey
Rose Hill
Franklin David Smith
Melvin Smith
Chesnut Grove
Hisse Smith
North Jonathan Street
Catherine V
Melvin L. Realy L
Edgar R
Charles D
Lester W. Smith
Chestnut Grove
Samples Manor
Lester Myers
Herbert
Ry Porter
Rohrersville
Feral
Rohrers Ville
Rey
Jacob Zep
Potter
Lulu A. M. Pouerters
Elmer Snyder
Locust Grove
Chester Millendare
Rohrersvil
Gross Hagerstawn
Clyde V. Potter
Hagerstawn
Neiber
Neces
Central U. B
Royal Guests Given Mighty Welcome in New York
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were greeted by Mayor LaGuardia and Governor Lehman as crowds cheered in New York. A 21 gun salute accompanied God Save the King and The Star Spangled Banner while roses were presented to the Queen and Immigrants and descendants hailed the monarchs aboard the Warrington. The royal couple then toured the New York World's Fair before returning in limousines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
United States
Warrington
North America
New York
George Washington
Battery
Manhattan
Flag Week Flag Day Observed At City Park Hagerstown
Flag Week in Hagerstown and Washington county launches Sunday evening at City Park with Flag Day exercises under Hagerstown Lodge 378 and B P C Ellis. The program includes a Hagerstown Municipal Band concert led by Peter Buys, history of the flag by EL Stuart Bushong, a patriotic address by Major General Milton A Reckord, and essay prize awards by Morris Frock Post American Legion. The ceremony ends with The Star Spangled Banner as Flag Week runs to June 14.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Legion
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
R. B. Prather
C. L. Mobley
James McGuifin
Charles Miller
Dogs Gone Shelbyville Catches 54 Dogs Then They’re Freed Again
Shelbyville Kentucky reports dog tax enforcement agent S A Martin captured 54 mongrels on Thursday. During the night someone freed them. Fifty-two were recaptured the next day. Last night all the dogs were released again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
S. A. Martin
Foes of Neutrality Revision Rally for Round Robin Pledge
Washington June 10 Opponents of neutrality revision press a Senate round robin condemning the administrations stance. A dozen senators reportedly approved the plan to threaten debate if Hull backed proposals to repeal the arms embargo and designate war time danger zones. House action on Social Security amendments follows as reforms aim to liberalize benefits and raise the federal match to states for needy aged pensions. United States officials weigh adjournment timing as July 15 looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Hull
Congress
Barkley
House
Senate
Twins and Triplets Receive Diplomas at Woodland Way
Three sets of twins and one set of triplets were honored at Woodland Way Junior High School exercises on Thursday afternoon. Patsy Ann, John William and Earle Lightner received diplomas with the Lewin twins Avis and Agnes, plus Jeanne 8., and George R. Sowter and brothers Dick and Jerry Cook also among the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Way Junior High School
Patsy Ann
John William
Earle Lightner
Avis
Agnes Lewin
Jeanne
George R. Sowter
Jerry Cook
35 Students Flee Across Frontier
In Sofia on June 10, 25 Bulgarians from Dobruja, mostly high school students, fled into Bulgaria amid fear of being shot. They joined a group of 40 summoned by Romanian authorities over membership in a Bulgarian cultural organization and faced possible treason charges. One claimant said 23 were killed attempting the border crossing last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Rumania
Eight-year bridge game ends as Overgaard top scores
Omaha readers learned the long running Monday night bridge match between Dr. A. P. Overgaard and Mrs. Overgaard and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Russell concluded. Dr. Overgaard led with 1 556 280 points after starting in 1931 and ending this week as the players move to Houston Texas. The partnership never saw a partner's ace trumped.
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Omaha
Neb
A. P. Overgaard
Ralph Russell
Overgaard
Houston
Tex
Rabbit scare in cotton field ends with rabbit hopping away
Nature note from Weatherford, Oxia, June 10, recounts Elmer Smith describing a rabbit that jumped at his pants leg while he worked a cotton field. He tried to scare it away with a hoe, felt amused by the odd incident, and the rabbit eventually tired and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Oxia
Elmer Smith
Easy Profit Guthrie Alfalfa Wheat Surprise Find
Gus Flasch tried to quit farming but nature intervened planting alfalfa yet volunteer wheat thrived. His grain was the first sold this spring in Guthrie Oklahoma. Governor OConor plans to dispense with an executive secretary until needed, having no secretary since Elmer Hammer joined the bench in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie, Okal
Gus Flasch
Nature
Baltimore
Torbert R. O'Conor
Elmer Hammer
Progressiveness Leads in Western Maryland Business Education
Hexerstown Business College promotes its Western Maryland campus as the leading school. In under eight months since opening, 34 students from Tagerstown High School enrolled, with seven of ten registered for commercial work. Eleven 1929 Hagerstown seniors have registered for September. The Employment Department places students in good positions before completion as local firms sponsor graduates meeting modern standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hexerstown Business College
Maryland
Tagerstown High School
Hagerstown
Tagerstown
Ita
Williamsport High School Commencement Honors 25 Graduates
Twenty five members of the Williamsport High School graduating class received diplomas at the auditorium exercises last evening. Thirteen graduates were honor students, a county record. Prizes included Strayer College scholarship to Mary Higdon, The Readers Digest award to Lilian Zimmerman, and multiple memorial and citizenship honors awarded by alumni and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport High School
J. Lloyd Harshman
Board of Education
5. B. Plummer
Harshman
J. B. Hefner
Wayburn Keeton
Daniel Lemen
Maryland
Lillian Zimmerman
America
R. H. Hiller
W. C. Huddle
John Hetzer
Alumni Association
Ned Kelley
Naomi Harsh Taylor
Strayer College
Mary Higdon
Theaders Digest
Lilian Zimmerman
George W. Taylor
Pauline Stoner
Keller Byers Bell
Adrian Deibert
Martin Luther Bell
Mary Catherine Binning
Sons of American Revolution
Glenn Fearnan
Albert T. Leaf
Richard Grimes
You Don't Need Glasses To Gain Old Gold Advantage
Local ad from SAUM'S at 21 Jonathan Street Ady promotes sales of old gold. It claims eye wear not required to spot value, urging customers to visit for competitive offers and quick appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saum's
N. Jonathan Street
Ady
Square Dance Night at Guilford Garden Admits 2c
Every Saturday Guilford Garden hosts a big square dance with music by Pixie Ramblers. Admission is 2 cents. Prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Garden
Pixie Ramblers
Detroit Plants Hit As AFL UAW Threatens Tie-Up
June 10 Detroit reports AFL UAW threaten broad walkout at General Motors if bargaining talks do not start. Strikes occurred at Flint and Saginaw as rival factions claim authority amid court battles over contracts. Dowell says plants down or closed. GM cites pending litigation delaying negotiations in 13 plants.
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Detroit
AFL Automobile Workers
General Motors
UAW
Homer Martin
American Federation of Labor
Flint
Saginaw
R. J. Thomas
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ehner Dowell
AFL Uaw
Dowell
Smith Charged With Kidnapping in Maryland and West Virginia
Smith, a parolee from a state mental institution, was captured in Shepherdstown by a West Virginia trooper. He allegedly forced a young male victim to drive him across state lines, then back toward Maryland, holding up Miss Margaret Simmons and John C. Doub near Halfway Wednesday night for more than 10 hours. Simmons, a Hood College student, was later released near the Porters’ home after police were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Smith
Shepherdstown
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Margaret. Simmons
John C. Doub
Miss Simmons
Hood College
W. Geary Porter
Fines Imposed Over Killing in Kladno District
Prague reports a 500000 crown fine on Kladno district after the killing of German police sergeant Wilhelm Kniest. The Reich protector of Bohemian Moravia Baron von Weurath tightens penalties and orders that informants will be shot on discovery. Unrest follows the incident in the Czecho-Slovak remnants as authorities vow further action. In industrial Kladno, Kniest was found dead on a street early Thursday morning.
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Prague
Germanaas
Klagno
Bohemia-Moravian
Bohemian Moravia
Konstantin von Weurath
Wilhel Kniest
Kladno
Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival at Mt First Christian Church
Strawberry and ice cream festival announced by Helping Hand Circle at Mt First Christian Church on Friday and Saturday June 9 and 10. Advertising promotes bicycles for hire at Delphey’s and a contact phone for Franklin Street.
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Mt First Christian Church
Helping Hand Circle
Bicycles For
Delpihey's
Vrife
Franklin Si
Phone 5
Gets Church Honor Clara Olds Loveland at Berkeley Divinity School
Clara Olds Loveland of Glen Dale Ohio, a Wellesley College 1921 graduate, receives a Bachelor of Divinity at Berkeley Divinity School New Haven Connecticut. It marks the first time a woman has earned that degree in the American Protestant Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Olds .Loveland
Glendale
Ohio
Wellesley College
Berkeley Divinity School
New Haven
Conn
Army Bomber Bears Body Of Mex Flier
The Army's largest bomber carried the body of Francisco Sarabia to Mexico City. Lieut. Jesse Anton delivered a condolence message from President Roosevelt to Mexican President Sardenas after Sarabia perished when his plane crashed into the Potomac River while preparing for a trip to Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico City
Francisco Sarabia
Jesse Anton
Roosevelt
Sardenas
Mexico
Sarabia
Potomac River
City Market Prices for Poultry Produce and Staples
Readable market list shows chickens dressed 35 and 30-32, five to nineteen items with squabs 15-35 each, cured hams old and new 27-32, sliced hams 4058 and S545, side meat 12-20, lard 7-10, eggs 18-20, butter 25, potatoes 10-15, sweet potatoes 7-10, beans 20 1-4 pk, peas 15 1-4 pk, tomatoes 10-15, celery 10, onions 4¢ lb, cabbage 2, kale 10 2-4 pk, spinach 10 1-4 nk, walnut kernels 32 lbs, strawberries 10-25 qt.
Grain market quotations from Mackubin Legg Co Hagerstown Md
Grain quotations from Mackubin Legg Co Wareham Building Hagerstown Maryland list Wheat and Corn bids with various monthly futures notes. Trading details appear fragmented but indicate bid ranges for Sept Dec and July contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackubin, Legg
Mackubin
Two Men Suspected in Slaying of Police Officer
Reports indicate two men may have ambushed Police Sergeant William Kniest in Kladno. Autopsy showed three bullets, two nine millimeter and one six millimeter. investigators believe a surprise attack occurred as Kniest walked a Kladno street. Local and Prague Czechs oppose a 500,000 crown fine on Kladno, while German papers blame environmental factors. German authorities impose a curfew and threaten harsher action if the case remains unsolved tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kniest
Kiadno
Kineston - Kladno Square
Kladno
Kkniesz
Prague
Due Neue Tag
Kriest
Governor O'Conor Assures Transfer to Annapolis
Annapolis Maryland June 19 Governor O Conor assured about sixty state employees awaiting transfer from Baltimore when the new state office building opens in September they will find a happy existence in Annapolis near the Severn River. He rejected reports that transferees would be unhappy leaving Baltimore for the quieter city amid speculation of mixed reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O’conor
Chamber of Commerce
An Moyes
Baltimore
Severn
Wis
Ammipolis
Mystery prisoner Ruth Rubens may be released today
In Moscow Ruth Maurin Rubens, held for 18 months on passport fraud, acknowledged entering Russia on a false passport after a trial. Soviet authorities promised release today after the plea, with U S officials awaiting word. The case ties to ongoing investigations and international efforts.
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Moscow
Ruth Maurin Rubens
Russia
United States
Pissport
Mick
Maorils
New York
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