Autodrivers figure large in fatalities
Baltimore reports May 1936 traffic toll shows 36 deaths, including 15 drivers and 12 pedestrians, with drivers most likely to lose lives. Among 46 drivers in fatal crashes, 19 coroners pending, 5 held for grand jury, 6 exonerated. Drinking and excessive speed noted. Baltimore City and County top the death list with seven each. Sunday most deadly, 9 fatalities. 17 on straight roads, 6 on curves, 5 between intersections.
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Baltimore
Walter R. Rudy
Rudy
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Montgomery
Prince George's
Wicomco
Allegany
Carrol
Howard
Washington
Anne Arundel
Cecil
Charles
Harford
St. Mary's
Lemon To Head Committee On Co-Ordination
G Wray Lemon, secretary of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, named chairman of the Co-ordination Committee of the National Antietam Commemoration. The group unites organizations for the September 4 to 17 exposition and urgent staffing needs. The committee includes leaders from the Chamber, Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary, Zonta, Meridian, Alastia, and Women’s clubs and tackles duties from past projects like On Wings Of Time to broader local and national mobilization.
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Lemon
G. Wray Lemon
Hagerstown
fCommerce
J. B. Ferguson
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
George M. Bohman
Kiwanis Club
Herbert W. McElwee
The
Lions Club
Paul B. Watlington
Monarch Club
John Fierr
Rotary Club
Rex D. Gaver
Alsatia Club
Mary L. Browning
Zonta Club
Electa Zeigler
Meridian Club
Strawberry Festival Girls Friendly So South Wed
A local Strawberry Festival celebrates girls with a friendly social at Connor Lawn near North Pvt. St. and North Ave. Adv. The event gathers community groups and residents for games and refreshments on a Wednesday afternoon.
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Girls Friendly
Connor Lawn, N. Pvt. St
North Ave
Square Dance Tonight at Lo. O. F. Hall
Square dance event at Lo. O. F. Hall tonight at 8 30 P M with special prizes and entertainment. Admission 25 cents. Ady.
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Adm
Ady
Mountain Laurel At Its Best In The Mountains
Mountain laurel blooms proudly along roads and through woods in the mountains hereabouts. Nature lovers note its beauty this year and motorists enjoyed Sunday drives to view the blossoms without harming them or breaking laws.
Deaths and Funerals in Local Area
Obituaries report Vergie M. Binkley of 819 Washington avenue dying at 55 with services in Kraiss chapel and Rose Hill cemetery burial. William T. Morton, 54, dies at North Mulberry street home with services at Suter funeral home and Rest Haven burial. Darrell Rozier, 14, drowns near Antietam creek. service at A. K. Coffman funeral home and Rest Haven burial. John Henry Smith dies Monday. funeral at Manor Church with burial adjoining cemetery. Coroner rules Rozier death accidental. survivors listed for each case.
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Vergie M. Binkley
Washington Avenue
Washington County Hospital
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
William V. Binkley
Lewis Roach
This City
Minnie Davis
John St. Johns
William McCoy
Harrisburg
Irene Smith
Baltimore
Kraiss
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill Cemetery
William T. Morton
North Mulberry Street
Salem
N. J
Maude Morton
Suter
R. S. Daubert
Rest Haven Cemetery
Darrell Rozier
Charles Rozier
North Locust Street
Antietam Creek
A. K. Coffman Funeral Home
G. J. Rider
John D. Dunn
Young Rozier
Grace A. B. Church
Sunday School
Christian Endeavor
Melvin
Coffman Funeral Home
John Henry Smith
Concord Street
Frank G. Coleman
Rowland Reichard
Thanking friends for kindness during illness and death
Mrs Emma Porter Gross extends sincere thanks for kindness shown during her husband’s illness and death. Gratitude for flowers and cars received.
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Emma Porter Gross
In memory of Charles Gross poem of farewell
A niece writes a brief memorial verse for Charles Gross describing love and a peaceful entry into heaven with lines about angels calling him to the shining shore and unspoken farewells.
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Charles Gross
Hagerstown Chamber Leaders Drive Antietam Commemoration
C. Of C. Head Mr Ferguson, president of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, began the movement that resulted in the National Antietam Commemoration. The Chamber has also been asked to coordinate other local groups whose manpower supports the event.
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Ferguson
Hagerstown
Fields Denies Drinking Two Quarts Daily
Riverside, June 16. W C Fields denies drinking two quarts of whiskey daily and calls the claim nonsense. He faces a $12,000 medical fees suit from Dr. Jesse Citron, and has filed a $25,000 counterclaim alleging a sleep producing drug was used.
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Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Fields
Jesse Citron
Citron
American Medical Society
Carolina Monti
Youths Held in Assault Continue Page One
Captain Carl H. McCleary and Detective Wm H. Peters plan to confront the assailants with Mr. Finnerfrock at the hospital. Finnyfrock of 600 block Frederick street was rushed to County Hospital by Sergeant J B Brown after a gash filled attack. Officers searched nearby garages where the men were last seen.
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Carl H. McCleary
Wm. H. Peters
Finnerfrock
Finnyfrock
Frederick Street
County Hospital
J. B. Brown
Teenager Killed When Car Hits Pole In Maryland
Clinton Maryland June 16 Charles Vinton Middleton 17 of Silver Hill Md died about three hours after his car struck a pole and overturned. Middleton was alone in the automobile and was taken by passersby to a Washington hospital with a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Md
Charles Vinton Middleton
Silver Hill
Middleton
Washington
Dahlia society talk covers ant eradication methods
Senator Ernest W. Miller, noted horticulturist and Hagerstown Dahlia Society member, spoke at a City Park gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ramsburg and Harry C. Kuhn on Monday night. His address outlined methods to eradicate ants on dahlia plants while Rose culture was discussed by E. Bain Snyder. Fiana planned a July meeting at Miss Mary Middlekauffs home at 1909 Virginia Avenue.
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Ernest W. Miller
Hagerstown Dahlia Society
H. K. Ramsburg
Harry C. Kuhn
Miller
E. Bain Snyder
Fiana
Mary Middlekauff
Virginia Avenue
Tax dodgers prompt cash settlements amid inquiry
Washington reports an imminent tax dodging inquiry has prompted wealthy individuals to settle with the Treasury. Senator Harrison leads the Finance Committee in forming a 12 member bipartisan investigating group to public hearings. Secretary Morgenthau is invited to testify with potential witness names and evidence. The panel will not subpoena accused evaders but will hear willing participants as facts emerge for tighter tax laws this session.
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Washington
Treasury
Harrison
D-iss
Congressional
Roosevelt
Senate Finance
Rep
Coughton
D-Nc
House
Morgenthau
Ways and Means
Representative Cooper
D-Tenn
Congress
Ferry Company to Modernize Harbor Service
The Annapolis Claiborne Ferry Company announced a $500,000 program of improvements. An all steel ferry will duplicate the John M Dennis, with 1,060 passenger capacity. A second vessel is being rebuilt in Salisbury for shuttle service between Claiborne and Kent Island, aiming to begin in August with new steel in service by May 1.
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Baltimore
Annapolis
Sherman
Expect Woman Will Succeed Rep Connery
The 48 year old representative fell ill after a speaking tour in Massachusetts and died. His wife learned of his illness and then death, returning home to Lynn with their nine year old daughter Marie Terese. Connery had been a vaudeville partner, theater manager, and candy manufacturer.
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Congress
Massachusetts
Lynn
Mass
Marie Terese
Connery
Mexican laborer held on legal entry paper mystery
Phoenix reporters describe a Mexican laborer who kept a 10 year old paper he could not read, believing it proved lawful entry. Immigration officers seized him, revealing the slip was a 1927 police booking record for petit larceny, not immigration proof, while noting Kansas leads in alfalfa seed production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
G men enter Parsons case expects break
The McDowell Parsons disappearance spurs a federal state and local manhunt with renewed woods search and rising activity at Long Meadows farm. Officials say a new contact story stems from an advertisement in a New York newspaper implying a potential break.
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Parsons Case
Earl Connelly
New York
M. Sennet
Huntington
Gerald M. Livingston
Long Island
Livingston
North Shore
West Neck Road
Col. T. S. Williams
Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Parsons
Long Meadows Farm
Insurgents Closing In On Bilbao Amid Evacuation Chaos
Refugees describe roads clogged by thousands fleeing insurgents toward the countryside as Bilbao’s exit routes are disrupted by aerial bombs and river-battery fire. Sailors report ships turning back from the Nervion. Castro Urdiales port seen as alternative. Unconfirmed reports claim two Spanish vessels sank in Bilbao harbor. French consul reports street fighting in Santander upon departure.
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Santander
Bilbao
Nervian
Castro Urdiales
Biscayan
St. Jean de Luz
France
Tax Collections Start Monday In City County
City county and state tax collections begin next Monday at 9 o clock. The county offers a five percent discount for taxes paid in June while the city gives four percent during June. County discounts continue at four percent in July and three percent in August.
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Harry E. Keedy
D. Lee Staley
Festival June 17 at Christ Ref Church
June 17 festival from dawn to 10 p m at Christ Reformed Church by Berean class with advertising and community event details.
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Christ
W. Frank
Berean
Cafeteria Supper on Church Lawn Ad
A church notices a cafeteria supper on the First Christian Church lawn this Thursday evening providing a community meal and fund raising event advertised for attendees and neighbors.
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First Christian Church
Meals supervised by famed Long Island chef
All meals are prepared under the personal supervision of Mr George Delaso the former well known chef of the Long Island Aviation Country Club. Mrs E R Finneyfrock proprietor.
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George Delaso
Long Island Aviation Country Club
E. R. Finneyfrock
Senate relief bill sparks fights in economy bloc
Washington June 16 The economy bloc in the Senate won and lost skirmishes over the administration 1 500 000 000 relief measure. An amendment barred non relief use and capped administration costs at five percent while a move to return unspent balances to the Treasury was rejected 53 to 25. Senators discussed local cost shares for WPA projects and rural electric lines were authorized for eligible areas. President Roosevelt reportedly opposes a fixed local share rule but may back a 20 to 30 percent target.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Adams
D-Cole
Byrnes
D-Sc
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Norris
Ind
Neb
Rankin
Miss
Appropriations Committee
City seeks 50000 dollar yearly gas tax fund for Hagerstown
A Hagerstown delegation led by Mayor W Lee Elgin met with Maryland State Roads Commission in Baltimore to push using county gas tax revenue for city streets. They argued about 7000 local vehicles burning 20 gallons weekly and about 300000 dollars in state gas taxes paid with no city return. The commission will study the request.
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Hagerstown
W. Lee Elgin
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Washington County
Elgin
Vernon Miller
Harry T. Fridinger
W. Keller Nigh
Joseph I. Lyon
Richard Crowther
Richard Sweeney
Homer E. Tabler
C. Nice Wilkinson
Frank F. Luthardt
Neuritis Lumbago Ad Offered by Doctor Shipley
An advertisement at 21 W. Washington Street promotes a $1 adjustment for neuritis and lumbago services by Dr. Shipley, with a contact phone number 2672 for appointments.
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Shipley
W. Wash. St
Marriage licenses issued in Pennsylvania and nearby towns
Clair L. Hales age 24 and Caroline M. Wertz age 19 of Bellwood Pa. Allen C. Smith age 43 and Helen Thomas age 37 of Hagerstown. John Gilroy age 25 and June E. Turner age 18 of Smithsburg. Charles E. Doverspike age 21 and Zelma I. Thomas age 21 of Mont City Pa. Donald A. Burgess age 30 and Madeline V. May age 18 of Mt Crawford Pa. Orval G. Bowes age 21 and Annette E. Carey age 18 of Orangeville Pa.
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Clair L. Hales
Caroline M. Wertz
Bellwood
Allen C. Smith
Highfield
Helen Thomas
Hagerstown
John Gilroy
June E. Turner
Smithsbureg
Charles E. Doverspike
Fairmont City
Zelma I. Thomas
Oak Ridge
Donald A. Burgess
Madeline V. May
Mt. Crawford
Orval G. Bowes
Berwick
Annette E. Carey
Orangeville
CHICAGI GRAIN MARKET QUOTATIONS AND SALE NOTICE
Grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye listed by Edward G Wyckoff Co Wareham Building Hagerstown Md including July Sept and Dec figures for Wheat at 112 113 111 and 115 118 1115 Dec and for Corn 114 114 101 75 Sept Rye with July 878 85 and Sept 80 plus a rummage sale notice for June 18 at 33 N Jonathan St St Pauls M E Smithsburg Adv.
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Edward G. Wyckoff & Co
Wareham Building
Hagerstown, Md
N. Jonathan St. St. Pauls M. E
Smithsburg
Jackson Will Be a Guest Of Honor at Tolchester Outing
Baltimore officials announce Mayor Howard W. Jackson will be guest of honor at an all day Tolchester Beach outing on August 10. Dr Arthur G Barrett says politics will be taboo at the event intended to show appreciation for the mayor’s economical and progressive city administration. Three boats will convey Baltimore and Western Shore residents across the bay to the Eastern Shore resort for a speech by the mayor and a post luncheon gathering. Ticket distribution is broad and the gathering welcomes both business and professional people. Committee members include Dr Barrett Charles G Hawthorne Nathan FelSenberg Whitney W Jones and Louis Rome.
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Baltimore
Maryor Howard W. Jackson
Tolchester Beach
Eastern Shore
Arthur G. Barrett
Dr. Barrett
Charles G. Hawthorne
Nathan Felsenberg
Whitney W. Jones
Louis Rome
Williamsport Methodist Men Hold Welcome Meeting
A regular meeting of the Men's Brotherhood at Williamsport Methodist Church will be held tomorrow at 7 30 in the evening. It serves as a reception to the new pastor Rev Hiller who arrived recently and has begun his duties. The gathering will include the usual religious service.
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Men” Brotherhood
Williamsport Methodist Church
Hiller
Williamsport
Worl
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C. of
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Rep. Connery
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Union
Fleigh Motor & Tire Co
Oak Hill Ave
ROXY
Frederick St
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Professional Arts
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Brotherhood
Technopedic System OF Foot Correction
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Miller’s
Potomac Street
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