Used finger as revolver leads to jail and fine
Harold Getridge 20 of Spruce street claimed his finger was a gun when he robbed C. Pitman of 4 dollars in the Baltimora and Ohio railroad yards. Pitman turned over his cash. Getridge jailed 30 days pending a 26 dollar fine after arraignment before Justice C Edward Heard. Eyewitness James W Taylor 19 of Neck Street tied to the incident. companion fined 25 dollars.
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Harold Getridge
Spruce Street
Putman
Tien
C. Edward
Telty Court
Pitman
Getridge
Baltinora and
Ohio Railroad
James W. Taylor
South Fotomac Street
Veterans Arrive for Maryland Spanish American War Convention
Veterans of the Spanish American War from many Maryland posts began arriving in Hagerstown this afternoon for the Department of Maryland Union Spanish American War Veterans annual convention. Registration runs all day. opening session and test programs are set for today with business meetings planned for Saturday evening. Continued details to be found on Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Hagerstown
Department of Maryland
Union
Motel Alexander
Park Commission To Host Heiskells Meeting At City Park
Park Commission will chair the Little Weiskell Club monthly meeting next Tuesday night at City Park. The Municipal Band will play, and a variety of games and amusements are planned. A picnic box lunch will be served to members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park Commission
Little Weiskell Club
City Park
Weather outlook for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay area
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with possible showers and little temperature change. Winds from the west or northwest remain gentle to moderate, across Maryland and Chesapeake Bay regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenrker Garese
Maryland
Chesapeake Rass
Famine Task Looms as Yellow River Flood Spreads
In Shanghai on June 17 a vast mud flood from the Yellow River roared southwest through Henan as Japanese engineers aided by Chinese peasants struggled to mend dikes. Heavy rains threatened their efforts with the river shifting toward Chowkinkow and possibly joining the Yangtze, while officials warned the flood could prove hopeless to stem until repairs next fall or winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Henan
Yellow River
Chowkinkow
Associated Press
China
Yangtze
Girl Injured as Porch Banister Collapses
Gloria Sollenberger, 12, and her brother Buddy, 10, fell from a second floor porch at their Salem Avenue home when banisters gave way. Gloria sustained possible internal injuries and a fractured leg, with both children landing on brick pavement fifteen feet below. Gloria to be taken to Washington County Hospital for X rays.
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Gloria Sollenberger
Daugher
Harvey Sollenberger
Salem Avenue
Buddy
Gloria
Washington County Hospital
Moody beaten in London semifinal by Sperling
Helen Willa Moody loses to Hilda Krahwin kel Sperling of Germany in straight sets in the London lawn tennis championships semifinal 8 6 6 2.
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London
Helen Willa Moody
Mme
Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling
Germany
War Veterans Oppose Nice Governor Hope
The Maryland War Veterans League with about 8 000 members opposed Governor Harry W Nices re election and urged Warden Waller K Quenstedt of the House of Correction to run for governor. The group aims to advance Republican veterans political ambitions. Quenstedt signaled no plan to announce until Nice acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Marykland War Veterans
Lede
Harry W. Nice
Waller K. Quenstedt
House of Correction
League
Quenstedt
Warden Quenstedt
Nice
Installing clock at Wa chamber headquarters today
The Chamber of Commerce is installing an attractive electric clock in Wa headquarters today to enhance the downtown area. Local officials expect improved visibility and a practical timepiece for visitors and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Blame China for Flood Deaths
Tokyo reports frame Yellow River floods as Chinese government crime. Press says up to 200000 Chinese killed by dike breaks, killing more Chinese than Japanese air raids. Navy spokesman vows to crush Chiang Kai-shek to save innocent Chinese. About 6000 Japanese troops drowned or missing.
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Tokyo
Yellow River
Chiang Salahek
Navy Ministry
Japan
Infant Health Center reports gains in care and milk aid
Infant and Child Health Center released a fiscal year summary ending May 31 showing lower infant mortality, 1152 preschool defect treatments, and the distribution of 9128 quarts and 2191 pints of milk. Total cost was 2671.22 dollars, covering nurse visits totaling 3020 to city and county homes. Public spirited women and physicians donated services.
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Child Health Center
Western Enterprise Fire Hall
Pedestrian Deaths Decline in May, Baltimore Report
A state police accident prevention bureau report notes May saw fewer pedestrian fatalities. In 307 counties traffic accidents, 17 people were killed and 239 injured. Of the dead, five were pedestrians, with six killed in collisions and six in other traffic incidents.
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Baltimore
Police Accident Prevention Bureau
To Cool for Corn Delayed Corn Growth Cited Potatoes Thrive
Farmers report nights remain cool delaying corn growth while potatoes flourish and a record crop is anticipated. Warm nights are needed to hasten corn development, according to growers.
Expose monkey as kidnapper shocks Baltimore scene
A female Rhesus monkey labeled BO, once praised for giving birth to triplets, is revealed as a kidnapper in a Science magazine piece by Dr Carl G. Hartman. BO allegedly abducted babies from two other monkeys A and O, all offspring perished. Separately, Johns Hopkins statics professor Dr George E. Barnett, 65, was found dead from a gunshot in his Baltimore apartment.
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Baltimore
Science
Carl G. Hartman
Carnegie Institution
John Hopkins Medical School
New York
India
Self Baltimor
George E. Barnett
Johns Hopkins University
Licien Brun
Hundreds Enter Soap Box Derby Here In Herald Mail Push
Several hundred boys are expected to enter the Herald Mail Elk Lodge Soap Box Derby with 80 entrants already listed from Clear Spring Williamsport Smithsburg Funkstown Keerstown and nearby areas. Entries close June 80, and the winner may gain a free derby racer kit worth 1. The paper promotes free racer kits for new subscriptions or renewals, distributed at the Merald Mail office.
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Herald-Mail-Elk Lodge
Charles W. Yoffman
North End
Herald- Mail
Morning Herald
Daily Mail
Merald-Mail
Hen Thieves Still Active in Washington County
Chicken thieves continued active in Washington County this week stealing 40 to 50 chickens from F. L. Walters near Funkstown. A neighbor reported seeing an automobile flee, while another resident lost canned fruit from a cellar west of the city. Earlier a Mapleville stop at the Harrison place yielded nine or ten birds. Officers have checked dealers to locate disposal sites.
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Washington County
F. L. Walters
Funkstown
R. W. Martz
Walters
Sarah E. Schindel
Charles Harrison
Mapleville
Many Requests For Workers In Maryland District
Hagerstown and Washington County see lagging employment yet the Maryland State Employment Service reports orders from distant offices for skilled workers. Requests include a bottle-shop foreman in California, an aerial cameraman in Texas, a restaurant manager in Delaware, two high-class cooks in Cumberland, an air conditioning mechanic in Baltimore, and an airplane engineer with flying experience and a college degree in New York. For details call the local office at 18.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland State Employment Service
California
Texas
Delaware
Cumberland
Baltimore
New York
Party feelings submerged in closing hours of Congress
Washington June 17 The 75th Congress left Washington quietly after a brisk adjournment at 9 08 p m with Roosevelt awaiting at Union Station and his son-in-law John Roosevelt to wed yesterday The House gallery filled with wives checking the clock as members hurried to finish business and depart for Nahant Mass where the ceremony would take place Continued on Page 12
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House of Representatives
William Bankhead
House
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Union Station
Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Congress
Democrats Win At Harrisonburg Landslide Victory
Harrisonburg Virginia on June 17 saw a strong Democratic surge as a mayor and four council members were elected. Former Mayor Ward Swanks defeated Raymond C. Dingledine, who had been appointed to fill the late Mayor Morrison's term. Swanks 1354 votes to Dingledine 778. The slate also unseated two incumbent Republican council members.
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Harrisonburg
Ward Swanks
Raymond C. Dingledine
John W. Morrison
Swank
Dingledine
Economy in reverse blemart headlight bust
In Blemart Indiana Sam and Max Silk failed to buy a 25 cent headlight bulb, leading to a traffic stop. Police found 323 quarts of liquor in the car and charged them in Indiana where possession limits exist without a permit. Each brother was fined 110 dollars. the car valued at 3500 and the liquor valued at 700 were confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blemart
Ind
Sam
Max
Silk
In- Alana
Water Line Project Complete in Half Way Section
The city water department completed a project on Cancel Avenue and Gay Street in the Half Way section. The work linked several dead end lines to restore complete circulation and serves consumers on Lincoln Land and Virginia avenues.
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Cancel Avenue
Gay Street
Water Department
Alan
Lincoln Land
Virginia Avenues
Cholera Spreads Like Wildfire in India and Afghanistan
Cholera rages across northwestern India and into the United Provinces central provinces and Afghanistan, with about 16 500 deaths. Inoculations reach 600 000 people, and 11 million vaccine doses ordered as authorities tackle contaminated wells and burial customs.
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Lucknow
Todia
India
United Provinces
Afghanistan
Northwest Frontier
City Tax Bills Go Out Tonight
The 1988 city tax bills will be mailed tonight, Tax Collector WN Lea Staler announced today, but collections will not begin until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WN. Lea Staler
Congress Adjourns After Long Session Vote on Relief Plan
Five hundred members of the 75th Congress went home after a tense session in which the Senate and House approved the President's 3,753,000,000 relief and public works program but rejected a farm loan rate bill. Senators debated a Senate lobby committee funding but shelved the proposal amid objections over press freedom. The adjournment ended hours of noisy argument and praise filled the chamber galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Burke
D-Neb
Minton
D-Ind
Bankhead
Japanese Beetle War Launched Maryland Traps Target Cecil County
The state and federal effort to curb the beetle outbreak begins with thousands of traps across Maryland. About 12,000 of 20,000 traps planned this summer land in Cecil County, aided by 300 wasp colonies and a new farm product quarantine. Hagerstown serves as a key inspection point as relief funds are trimmed and a ferry service faces a weeklong shutdown after striking the Potomac River.
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Legion of the F Lost
University of Maryland Extension Service
Maryland
Cecil County
Air Corps
Hagers Town
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Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Jn. 5
Princeton
Fla
Chengchow
Helen Moody
Baby Clinic
Monkey
Clearapring
Williamsport
Smithsburg
Keerysville
Security
Wagerstown
Harrystown
West End
Baltimors
Areport
Board of State Aid and Charities
Tke Weed
Virginia
Petermac
Shepherdstown
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