Young Loses Control of Chesapeake Corporation Board
A group including Guaranty Trust Company of New York wrested control of the Chesapeake Corporation from Robert R. Young at a long adjourned meeting. New directors Earle Bailie John Hollister and John L. Dickinson filled vacancies and created two new posts, giving opponents a majority.
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Baltimore
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Chesapeake Corporation
Middle
van Sweringen
Robert R. Young
Cleveland
Young
Earle Bailie
John B. Hollister
Cincinnati
John L. Dickingon
Charleston
W.a
Public Health Service Extends Tuberculosis Study to Washington County
The Ha gerstown study, begun in Hagerstown, expands this year to Washington County schools. Thousands of children have been tested and X-rayed. Eight staff members, led by Dr. Mc Eneely, work from the Public Health Building at Washington County Hospital. The survey aims to better control tuberculosis, long called the white plague.
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Hagerstown
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington County
McEneely
Washington County Hospital
John L. Lewis
Capitol Hill
Speaker Bankhead
Snel
Lewis
C C
CI0
Snell
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Maritime Labor Board
Public Health Service
Purdue students parade into Chicago by 1999 model car
In Chicago's loop two Purdue University students Gordon Fairbanks and Robert Hirchert arrived in a 1999 model automobile from Lafayette Indiana. They described the trip as a chance to apply mechanical engineering knowledge and recalled speeding past two wagons a bicycle and three pedestrians with a lighthearted tone.
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Chicago
Purdue University
Loop
Lafayette
Ind
Gordon Fairbanks
Robert Hirchert
Fairbanks
Bristol High Seeks Unprinted Will Makes Copy Profit
Bristol June 14 a Bristol high school senior voting for most likely to succeed overlooked a good bet Arthur Gardekas. He found the class will not be printed in the annual, obtained the original will and used a duplicating machine to create copies earning a dime per copy for his niece.
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Bristol
Conn
Bristol High
Arthur Gardekas
Arthur
Staging Backlash Chester Dem Club Meeting and Garage Intro
Residents note the horseless buggy trend as workmen begin converting a carriage shed at the Friends meeting house built 109 years ago. County Commissioner William C. Maugans and Martin Bostetter plan to address the Third Ward Democratic Club at 7:30 p.m. in Hager Park. Violin and piano by Estelle Young from Sherwood Music School highlighted.
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Chester
Friends
Quaker) Meeting House
William C. Maugans
Board of County Commissioners
Martin Bostetter
Third Ward
Democratic Club
Hager Park
Nine Victims Identified in Bass Lake Plane Crash
Nine bodies recovered after a TWA flight crashed near Bass Lake. Stewardess Martha Wilson of Philadelphia was found inside the fuselage wearing a red smock. A jury ruled the death accidental as mail sacks remained intact and a severe west coast storm disrupted navigation.
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Martha Wilson
Philadelphia
John Graves
Bass Lake
R. S. Jay
Madera Couty
Collier
Miles
Wowona
TWA
California
Graduation gift brought to teen by long-lost father
Harold Kaplan, a 16 year old from Burbank California, reunited with his father Morris Goldstein after having been raised by his grandparents since infancy. Goldstein flew in to attend the graduation, fulfilling a long awaited reunion. The two men located each other only last week.
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Burbank
Calif
Harold Kaplan
Harold
Mwe
Morris Goldstein
Toliet
Merchant
Deaths of Mrs Mamie Creager and Mrs Annie Brechbill
Two obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Mamie E. Creager aged 67 at Washington County Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage and Mrs Annie E. Brechbill aged 74 at her son’s home in Hagerstown. Creager’s funeral at 2 30 p m Thursday at 638 Highland Way with Rev J S Simon officiating and Rose Hill cemetery interment. Brechbill’s funeral Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Jerome Brechbill home with burial at Air Hill Church. Additional notice includes a card of thanks from the Raynhart family for support after their father’s passing.
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Mamie E. Creager
Charles E. Creager
Fligmand Way
Washington County Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church
L. Reed
Alfred Cosens
William Myers
Annie E. Brechbill
Abraham Brechbill
Greenvillage
Christian Brechbill
West Church Street
Hagerstown
The
Brethren In Christ Church
Air Hill
Jerome Brechbill
Chambersburg
R. R
Mirs. Gatherine Metz
Lemoyne
Air Hill Church
Adjournment and Budget Battles Loom in Congress
Congress edges toward adjournment amid fights over a 3.753 billion relief and public works bill. Key hurdles include 212 million for farm parity payments and 1 million for rural electrification. Senate and House race to reconcile labor and RFC loan provisions as jobs, rail, and radio probes surface.
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Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Ylat
House
Rural Electrification Administration
Finance Committee
RFC
Big Soap Box Derby Set For August In Hagerstown
Local Derby offers two age classes 9 to 12 and 13 to 15 with entries at Hoffman Chevrolet Sales. Winners advance to Akron All American Derby with all expenses paid. Event tied to Maryland Delaware District of Columbia Elks Convention August 7 to 10. finals August 16 near Fairgrounds.
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Llagerstown
Akron
Ohio
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Sales Corporation
Herald Mail
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
Charles W. Hoffman
Hoffman Chevrolet
Eiks
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Elks Association
Fairgrounds
North Potomac Street
Washington County
West Washington Street
Herald-Mail
The
Elks Lodge
Charles W. Haffman
Hagerstown
Calvert K. Hartle
Elks
Hoffman
Bombing Strikes Fukien Capital Foochow During June Raid
Japanese warplanes bombed Foochow Fukien Province causing casualties and damage as civilians fled. Three soldiers were killed and six injured when a former Tennessee arsenal site was hit by explosions.
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Foochaw
China
Fukien Province
Tenn
Parking meter trial paused as merchants debate
Annapolis Md June 14 a move to trial parking meters on several business streets stood in abeyance pending merchants decision. Festival Friday noted with small church event and youth class activity listed as local happenings.
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Annapolis
Rich In Death Fred Schroyer’s Penny Fortune Hidden in Safe
Fred Schroyer a 72 year old Masontown Pennsylvania resident died with an estimated fortune of around 400000 hidden in a safe. He paid bills in pennies and lived without modern conveniences. His father William Henry Harrison Schroyer earned the family fortune from coal lands. Relatives were astounded when the safe was opened.
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Fred Schroyer
Masontown
Pal
Schroyer
William Henry Harrison Schroyer
Disaster May Be Major One Japs Retreat
Flood fears rise as heavy rains and poor dike maintenance threaten the Yellow River region. Experts say a major flood could sweep from Chengchow to the Grand canal, imperiling Japanese lines and Chinese refugees. John Earl Baker of the Red Cross warns the flood path is uncertain but could disrupt the Shantung campaign and advance toward Tuankow.
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John Earl Baker
International Red Cross
Yellow River Commission
Chengchow
Suchow
Grand Canal
Klanesy
Shantung
West Tamghat
Twankow
China
Baker
Kaker
Wedding Plans of FDR Not Decided
Nahant Massachusetts June 13 J President Roosevelt's plans to attend the wedding of his youngest son John and Anne Lindsay Clark rested in Congress tonight. The groom to be said his father wanted to come to the peninsula resort on a coast guard vessel from Washington Friday, but would travel by train if congressional business keeps him too long at the capital.
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Nahant
Mass
Roosevelt
John
Anne Lindsay
Clark
Congress
Coast Guard Entier
Washington
Congressional
Williamsport High Building and Auditorium Grant Plan
The Federal government funds a project for a Williamsport high building and a South Potomac Street auditorium. The grant includes labor wage provisions and allocations totaling about $130,000 with $110,000 directed to Williamsport and equal funds to the auditorium. About $100,000 of the grant funds additional school projects to be announced later. The board aims to rush construction and complete both projects by early fall.
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Ent
Willamsport High
South Potomac Street High
Williamsport
South Potomac
Woodland Way
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET REPORT QUOTATIONS
Market text shows Wheat and Rye prices with open high low and monthly figures from Mackubin Legg & Co Wareham idg Hagerstown Md and agents. Also notes highest cash price paid for old gold platinum silver and gold plated jewelry at Saums 21 N Jonathan St.
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Mackubin, Legg
Mackubin
Legg & Co
Wareham
Idg
Hagerstown
Phare
Rye
Saum'’S
N. Jonathan St. Adv
Syracuse man admits trunk slaying in Paducah
Lawrence Gough of Syracuse reportedly confessed to Paducah police that he struck Mrs. Laura Krenrich, 8 year old beauty parlor operator, with a pipe during a quarrel and hid her body in a trunk, and has been sent back to face murder charges.
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Paducah
Lawrence Gough
Syracuse
Laura Ikkrenjrich
W. E.bryant
Gough
Radio music drives away rats in Valparaiso farm
Dr. Marty V. Fuller, ex head of Valparaiso University science, used a radio to deter rats in a henhouse after a rat onslaught reportedly killed 400 young turkeys. He kept the radio on day and night, claiming the birds survived as rats vanished from the dial of music.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Marty V. Fuller
Valparaiso University
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Redio
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U. S
Chicago Grain Market
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Timken
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Hagerstown Awning Co
D.H. Benedict Agency
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