Royal Couple Back In Canada After Hyde Park Visit
Royal couple King George VI and Queen Elizabeth rested after a week end visit at Hyde Park with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They sailed later for England, having been seen by millions in Canada and the United States. The pair relaxed, enjoyed a picnic meal, hot dogs, beer, a drive through the Hudson Valley, church, and a swim with the President in the Roosevelt estate pool. The King and Queen traveled with modest public appearances and friendly exchanges, ending their Canadian and American tour aboard the Royal Pilot train.
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Frank H. King
Hyde Park
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion
Canada
England
United States
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt
Pastor's Son Killed At Navy Yards In Washington
Vincent W. Comer, 29, former Hagerstown resident and son of Rev. Charles T Plymouth Comer, died instantly at Washington Navy Yards where he worked as a general helper. He had been in Washington for five years aiding in moving heavy World War I artillery. Survived by his father, two brothers Chester in Washington and sister Amme K. Burial held in Washington.
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Vincent W. Comer
Hagerstown
Charles TP. Comer
Navy Yards
Washington
Rev. Comer
Young Comar
Chester
Amme K
Chewsville School Ground Project Under Way
Work begins this week on the Chewsville school ground project approved by WDA. Plans call for grading of a site, construction of a drainage and pool, and related improvements.
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Chewsville
WDA
Ile Fromits
Matgansville Road
Maryland Weather Summary With Tuesday Showers
Fair tonight with slight cooling in central and east portions. Tuesday will bring increasing cloudiness and cooler coastal areas followed by showers in the east Tuesday night and in the west late Tuesday afternoon or night. Chesapeake Bay region shows clear to partly cloudy skies and cooler Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and Tuesday night showers. Moderate to fresh westerly winds.
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Maryland
West Portion
Chesapeake
Fugitives elude capture in Buena Vista jailbreak bid
Bloodhounds chase six state reformatory inmates who kidnapped Warren H. Johnson and three others during a stockade game east of Buena Vista. They seized Guard Charles Archer’s rifle and keys, held the warden hostage, freed State Representative Irving Grimes and family, and fled as inmates watched. Grimes said the attackers struck from behind and threatened direly while one man pressed a knife to the warden.
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Buena Vista
Cole
Reformatory
Anyane
Warr H. Johnson
Charles Archer
Irving Grimes
Denver
Walt
Tip prizes divided for tips on robbery and kidnapping
Daily Mail announces tip prizes split between a Weat Washington dent and a Hamilton boulevard resident for tips on a robbery at an inn and mail box destruction while a Hancock resident and a Williamsport resident share second prize for a pupil escape during swimming and an attic owl incident. Tips are accepted daily 7 28 to 7 30 pm and announced each Monday.
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Weat
Washington
Ast Wack
Hamilton Boulevard
Cearfoss Pike
Hancock
Williamsport
Daily Mail
Chooweek
Oil Discovery Enriches Illinois Farmers and Towns
Oil found northeast of Centralia boosts wealth for farmers like Jim Shanafelt, with five new cars and home renovations. Centralia gains tax relief as six wells yield royalties, and the city holds royalties in 41 wells. Statewide activity expands with millions of acres leased and 102 counties with wildcat exploration.
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Centralia
Illinois
Tipsy Driver Is Sentenced In Drunken Driving Case
Guy Baer of Smithsburg was sentenced to six months in the Wonse of Cor rection after appearing before Magistrate Martin Bostetter on a drunken driving charge. It was testified the offense was his third. Russell Tracey, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the arrest, was fined by the magistrate.
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Guy Baer
Smithsburg
Martin Bostetter
Russell Tracey
Baer
Man struck by golf ball in Bryn Mawr Open Championship
Ardmore Virginia resident Robert T. Mossman was struck on the head by a ball driven by Craig Wood at Spring Mill during the Open Championship. Mossman, standing north of the ninth hole, was reported in good condition at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
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Bryn Mawr
Robert T. Mossman
Ardmore
Craig Wood
Spring Mill
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Mossman
Wood
Breaks Arm In Fall From Cherry Tree
Avchio Stevens of &8f Dewirsen Street fractured an arm after falling from a cherry tree at the tower right. Medical treatment was sought.
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Avchio Stevens
Dewirsen
Inquest Ordered Into Man's Death at Club Outing
Baltimore June 72 An inquest was ordered today into the death of Sylvester Manowski 21 fatally injured yesterday during the Yukon Athletic Club outing on a Magothy river beach Manowski allegedly died after a fight Frank Seborawski 21 was arrested on charges of assaulting and striking Manowski thereby causing his death.
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Baltimore
Sylvester Manowski
Yukon Athletic Club
Magothy River
Manowski
Frank Seborawski
Nelson Wins National Open Golf Championship
Byron Nelson captured the National Open at Philadelphia Country Club finishing in a second 18 hole playoff with Craig Wood. Nelson eagled the 14th and birdied the 3rd, turning at 33 and finishing with a 70 to Wood’s 73, after tying with Wood and Denny Shute at 284 following Saturday’s 72 holes.
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Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Craig Wood
Philadelphia Country Club
Reading
Toledo
Tani
Wood
Nelson
Neilson
Denny Shute
Shute
Hitler orders new airliner for Berlin to New York
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler has ordered a four engine Condor FW 200 plane with a conference room and long range to fly Berlin to New York. The aircraft, speed about 220 mph and range 5600 miles, mirrors a prior Atlantic crossing and Tokyo flight. The Bremen firm Foeke Walfe Aircraft is cited as maker. The Führer left Vienna today for an undisclosed destination.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
New York
North Atlantic
United States
Tokyo
Manila Bay
Air- Crate Corporation of
Bremen
Fuehrer
Vienna
Brenner-Lyon Junk Dealers Office Burglarized in Night Break-In
The Brenner-Lyon junk dealers office at 100 North Jonathan Street was entered during the night. Entrance was gained through a window in the attic and then through the ceiling, with access to four second-hand sites.
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Brenner-Lyon Company
Jonathan Street
Fire at 159 West Washington Street injures motor on second floor
The First Hose Company was called to 159 West Washington Street before moon by a blaze reported to have been caused by an electric motor on the second floor of the building.
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West
Washington Street
Moon
Growers on Tour Visit Edge Mont and Smithshure Berries
County growers fold their summer field day visiting Daniel Orr’s berry patches near Edgemont and Koeller Leather near Smithshure. Demonstrations are planned this afternoon.
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Crispherry
Daniel Orr
Edgemont
Koeller Leather
Smithshure
New Formula Dispatch Aimed at Soviet Pact Deadlock
June 12 London British officials briefed Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky on a new formula to end the stalemate in the proposed British French Russian mutual aid pact. William Strang, named Special Envoy to Moscow, left for Warsaw en route to Moscow after final talks with Halifax and Paris envoy Sirric Phipps.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Viscount Halifax
William Strang
Strang
Foreign Office
Warsaw
Halifax
Sirric Phipps
Paris
Death claims long-serving choir member in Maryland church
In Baston Maryland 73 year old Frank Garey a blind broom-maker and longtime Calvary Methodist Church choir member died after a heart attack during last night’s services while singing Saviour More Than Life To Me. Rites planned for Garey who had sung at the church for 53 years and was stricken in the choir loft as services halted. Reverend Thomas Jones announced his death after services.
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Baston
Frank G. Garey
Calvary Methodist Church
Garey
Thomas Jones
Hidden Radios Worry Germans
Prague reports say portable clockwork radio transmitters with time switches broadcast speeches from records to Czech audiences as passive resistance to German authorities. German police charge Anna Kopecka with misleading authorities after she confessed to killing sergeant Wilhelm Kriest in Kladno last Thursday.
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Prague
Anna Kopecka
Wilhelm Kriest
Kladno
Mill Favern Operator Reports Theft Then Finds Money
William Kemp's mill operator told Sheriff officers on Saturday that $60 was stolen. The money was later recovered and the operator said he had mislaid it. An investigation had already led to questioning a young suspect.
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William Sr. Gayior Kemp
Young Nazi Women Decreed To Farms
Magdeburg Germany June 12 Every German woman under 25 is to become a farmer to help fix Germanys labor shortage Dr Fried rich Syrup president of the Institute for Job Finding said a decree would be issued probably this year making it compulsory for all under 25 to serve one year on farms The young female labor reserve must be utilized One years labor service is compulsory now for all who intend to pursue occupations or professions The proposed law would affect those who remain at home unoccupied until marriage
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Magdeburg
Germany
Friedrich Syrup
Institute For Job Finding
Smith Faces Kidnapping Charge Postponed Hearing
Joseph R. Smith a 30 year old man charged under the Lindbergh act with kidnapping saw his noon hearing before U S Commissioner D Angie Wolfinger delayed to 2 pm while awaiting Assistant U S Attorney G Randolph Aiken Baltimore to represent the government The case stems from the alleged abduction of Miss Margaret Simmons and John C Doub Counsel Kenneth McLaughlin will argue Smith is mentally unfit and should be sent back to the state mental hospital from which he was paroled He claims Smith was first committed to Sykesville in 1937 paroled months later and later returned to Hagerstown where a child of his died and he was recommitted last October by a physicians committee Continued on Page 10
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Joseph R. Smith
D. Angie Wolfinger
U. S
G. Randolph Aiken
Baltimore
Smith
Margaret Simmons
John C. Doub
Kenneth McLaughlin
Tme
McLaughlin
Sykesville
Hagerstown
German Fleet Heads to Maneuvers off Denmark Coast
News wires report Copenhagen permission granted last month for 32 German ships including light cruisers and submarines to proceed with maneuvers off Skagen, Denmark's northern tip. A separate item notes Marvin Hawbaker of Mason and Dixon suffered a compound left leg fracture in a motorcycle collision with a car.
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Copenhagen
Skegen
Denmark
Marvin Hawbaker
Mason and Dixon
Heavy water use signals business activity in Hagerstown
Water consumption in Hagerstown last week reached near record levels with Friday and Saturday at 5.2 million gallons each day. The Western Maryland Railroad and several industrial plants boosted use while the state penal farm at Yoxbury drew significant supply for ongoing building work. Reduced mountain water reserves follow light rainfall on the Edgemont watershed.
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Hagerstown
Scord
Albert Heard
Water Department
Mr. Heard
Western Maryland Railroad
State Penal Farm
Yoxbury
Edgemont Reservoir
Riot erupts as pickets clash with police at Saginaw
A clash between police and United Auto Workers pickets in Saginaw injures a dozen, three seriously, with six arrests. Flint mobilizes its entire police force but reports no violence. Plants resume operation despite AFL strike calls, centered on Chevrolet Plant No 5 and Fisher Body No 1, Buick unit.
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Plint
Mid
United Auto Workers
AFL
Saginaw
General Motors
Flint
Grey Iron
Chevrolet
Fisher
Buick
Pan American inaugurates European air service bids soar
More than 300 people bid for seats on the inaugural Pan American Airways transatlantic flight slated for June 28 with fares around 575 dollars. Reservations far exceed seats, including some donations of large checks. early applicants include a Will Rogers legacy. Initial route runs Azores to Marseille, with preflight mail flights on the Northern Route to Southampton Shediac Botwood and Ireland. Also in brief, Arthur W. Machen nominated for Maryland Bar Association president at Atlantic City meeting.
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New York
Europe
Pan American Airways
Atlantic
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Azores
Lisbon
Marseille
North Atlantic
Southampton
Shediac
X. B
Botwood
Nild
Fornes
Ireland
Machen
Baltimore
Maryland Bar Association
Arthur W. Machen
Atlantic City
N. J
Churchey Fined for Intoxicated Jail Visit
Father Churchey appeared before Magistrate Martin Bostetter after arriving intoxicated to county jail to see a jailed relative. He was fined ten dollars or ten days in jail.
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Churchey
Father Churchey
Martin Bostetter
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