Communities Asked to Cooperate Across Border
President Hoover urged communities along the Canadian border to aid the Treasury in stopping the systematic war by international criminals against U S law. He condemned killings but stressed constant action to prevent misuse of firearms as smugglers gather from Vancouver to the Atlantic seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Lowman
Canadian
Vancouver
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
White House
Minnesota
Henry Virkkula
White
Street work making progress in Williamsport repairs
The Purse and Commissioners at Williamsport heard reports from contractors Tenney and Leng that street work is progressing rapidly. Four blocks remain to be treated as oil and chipped stone are applied. The State Roads Commission will not start Potomac Street rebuilding until after Old Home Week, which ends in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Tenney
Leng
Mit
State Roads Commission
Potremac Street Uinte
Four sewer workers die in Lowell manhole incident
Four Lowell city sewer department employees were killed by sewer gas in a Perry Street manhole. Three men died attempting to rescue colleagues overcome by the fumes. The tragedy follows a prior entry into the confined space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
City
Perry Street
Youth Killed by Day Men in Plattsburg Truck Chase
Arthur Gordon a 20 year old youth was shot by customs agents while fleeing a wrecked truck. He died en route to Plattsburg hospital as two uniformed men who transported the body left without identifying themselves. Authorities initially claimed Gordon attempted to bring beer from Canada and that the officers acted in the line of duty when he did not halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gordon
Plattsburg
N.Y
Gordon
Canada
Rum War Slayer Jonah Cox Cleared in Detroit Killing
Customs inspector Jonah Cox was absolved of blame in the death of Archibald Engster in Detroit Michigan after a companion admitted Engster and two others had been transporting liquor across the border. Engster, dying, said he was fishing when attacked by the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonah Cox
Customs Border Patrol
Detroit
Mich
Archibald Engster
Eurster
Engster
American Soft Wheat Millers' Export Corp Studies New Farm Bill
The American Soft Wheat Millers' Export Corp met at Motel Alexander to form a committee assessing the new farm bill signed by President Hoover and its impact on flour prices and business. President S. H. Rodgers said stabilization efforts will keep prices steady. officers were re-elected and the group plans a meeting in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Soft Wheat Millers’ Export Corp
Motel Alexander
Hoover
S. HH. Rodgers
Washington
FL Os. Sensenig
Lancaster
AL RR
Selby
Germantown
Ieersurer
Ebbh
Libby
White man’s beer sparks fatal riots in Durban
In Durban Natal on June 18 native objections to white men preparing their food and brewing beer in municipal halls led to riots. One white man and four natives were killed officially. Unofficial reports estimate 14 natives and possibly other whites as victims.
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Durban
Natal
Western Maryland Key System in Trunk Line Fight
A major railroad power struggle centers on Western Maryland as Taplin brothers ally with the Wabash and Pittsburgh & West Virginia to gain control from the Baltimore and Ohio. Interstate Commerce Commission review looms, with construction on a light trunk line to connect Pittsburgh and Western Maryland. The Pennsylvania system’s takeover of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric signals broader realignments.
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Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Hagerstown
Taplin Brothers
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wabash
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sar
Washington Dispatch
Western
Taplins
Great Lakes
Baltimore
Commission
Pittsburgh & West, Virginia
Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad
Pennsylvania System
Canton
Four on List for U S Post
Washington County Bar Association endorses D Angin Walfinger for U S Commissioner. The lineup also includes Robert Brindle Martin L Ingram and Esworth R Roulette, with Roulette favored. Ingram is typhoid fever bedfast, appointment seen soon, final choice to come from Republican leaders and Zihlman supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Angin Wolfinger
Washington County Bar Association
U. S
Fred N. Zihlman
Walfinger
Robert Brindle
Martin L. Ingram
Esworth R. Roulette
Roulette
Brindle
Ingrim
Ingram
Zillman
Suspect Surrenders After Fatal Shootings at Home
In Atlanta a man named Aiken shot and killed his wife and a neighbor before fleeing. Royce Munter, later captured an hour later in a woods, claimed a wrecked home caused his act. He surrendered to a posse of officers near San Francisco.
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Atlanta
San F
Aiken
Royce Tmunter
Massive Power Merger Nears Completion in New York
In New York on June 18 the 400.6 million merger of Buffalo Niagara and Eastern Power, Northeastern Power, and Mohawk Hudson Power corporations by J P Morgan and Company Interests and F J Carlisle and Company is being concluded today, as reported by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Corporation
Northeastern Power Corporation
Mohawk Hudson Power Corporation
J. PF. Morgan and Company
F. J. Carlisle and Company
Associated Press
Battle of Owl Haven Mounts In Casualty Report
Desultory firing persists on the Owl Haven front as the fortresses hold against night attacks. Eight owls fallen, sharpshooters Roessner Walter Hill and Fogle credited with most kills. Scouts report several dozen screech owls using Oaks between Forest Drive and Woodland Way as a daylight haven amid crowds watching with searchlights and firearms.
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Owl Haven
Oak Hill Avenue
Jacob Roessner
J. Frank Roessner
Walter Roessner
R. M. Hill
Sylvester G. Fogle
Forest Drive
Woodland Way
Oak Hill
School Board Sets Special Session on Building Plans
The Board of Education will meet this afternoon to outline its building program. A decision on which bond funded structures will be erected first is expected, with emphasis on a new 12 room Broadway building. Junior high schools may follow to relieve elementary and high school congestion. Several sites in north and south ends are under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
State Department
Broadway
Heat Wave Havoc in Austria Drowns and Strains Vienna
Vienna reports seven people drowned and many pros trated as a severe heat wave overloads emergency services. Ambulance companies struggle to cope with the demand as temperatures remain high across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Vienna
Emergency Corps
Will for Latta estates delayed bequests to 2129
In Indianapolis a probate filing reveals public bequests totaling about 160 million dollars to be available in 2129. The will directs 50 thousand dollars to be kept intact for 200 years with compound interest. Latta, a railway company attorney, was killed en route to Fort Wayne before his planned marriage to Emma Marguerite Sander who receives one fourth of the remainder of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Wil MH
Latta
Fort Wayne
Emma Marguerite Sander
Sander
Stowaway to be sent home from Yellow Bird flight
Paris June 18. Arthur Schreiber of Portland Maine stowed away on the French trans Atlantic airplane Yellow Bird last Thursday and flew to Spain. He will be sent home Thursday aboard either the Leviathan or the President Harding. Armeno Lotti Jr backer of the flight has urged sending Schreiber back to his origin as American friends suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
Spain
Harding
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Schreiber
Vagrants Released After City Court Appearance
Joe Bowman and Steve Moore appeared before Justice J. H. Bitner in city court this morning and were released on promises to leave the city. Bowman claimed he hails from North Carolina and is willing to work. Moore was picked up last night along Virginia avenue and was intoxicated at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bowman
Steve Moore
J. H. Bitner
Bowman
North Carolina
Moore
Virginia Avenue
Leading golfers of East coming for tournament
Approximately 175 leading golfers from the East will compete in the Fountain Head Country Club annual invitation golf tournament at Hagertown Thursday through Saturday. Warren Cochran of Baltimore CC, Middle Atlantic champion, and last year's Fountain Head winner, leads a strong field with rivals from Boston and Chicago slated to compete. Notables include D C Marga of Chicago CC K W Haley of Boston CC and Mr Crane of Wilson NC CC with other top players such as Toni Lasseer H W Dinsmore Talbot Speer H A Wisotzkey and A C Barnes among entrants.
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East
Fountain Head Country Club
Hagerstown
Warren Cochran
Baltimore Country Club
Middle Atlantic
Fountain Head
Cochran
Boston
Chicago
Chicago Country Club
D.C. Marga
Boston Country Club
K. W. Haley
Wilson, N.C
Mr. Crane
Toni Lasseer
Marland Country Club
Maryland
H.W. Dinsmore
Soldier dies from injuries in road crash near Death Curve
Private Joseph Schelton of Company B Camp Holabird Maryland died at the hospital after a motorcycle collision with a Carmack car near Death Curve last night. Private Ralph Weaver, also of Company B, had his left leg amputated and was recovering. Both men from Baltimore, and the accident involved Richard Duval and Lucius Jarrell.
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Joseph Schelton
Camp Holabird
Ralph Weaver
Paul M. Carmack
Hager Street
Weaver
Shelton
William B. Oster
Frederick
Richard Duval
Relay
Lucius Jarrell
Company B
Carmack
Harvard Man Is Dismissed In Curious Rectoral Action
Harvard College dismissed Edward Fitzhugh of Boise Idaho for injecting an immoral anagram into the Harvard College senior class hymn. Fitzhugh, an editor of the Harvard Advocate, was to graduate Thursday but was expelled during commencement week amid the hymn controversy. College authorities declined comment.
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Boston
Edward Fitzhugh
Boise
Idaho
Harvard College
Vitzhugh
Harvard Advocate
Fitzhugh
Public sale liquidates stock holdings at court steps
A public sale of stocks occurred at the courthouse this morning with 140 shares of Naterstown Bank and Trust Company sold by Auer tioneers Snyder and White at 41.50 to 42.10. Rose Hill Cemetery Company moved 2 shares at 12.0. Woodmen of the World 100 gold mortgage bonds sold at 101. Williamsport Bridge 1 shares traded 24 to 25. Farmers and Merchants Bank 30 shares withdrawn at 29 and Potomac Edison 5 shares at 0.1.
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Naterstown Bank and Trust Company
Court House
Snyder and White
Rose Hill Cemetery Company
Woodmen of the World
Williamsport Bridge
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Potomac-Edison
Weds Son of Owen Young in Cleveland
Attendance at his son's wedding to Miss Esther Marie Christensen, a prominent Cleveland junior league worker, mattered more to Owen D. Young, reparations expert, than detailing the reparations pact. He hurried from the Aquitania in New York to Cleveland to witness Miss Christensen become Mrs. Charles Jacob Young. The groom works in experimental tasks at Schenectady, New York, where his father presides over General Electric.
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Esther Marie Christensen
Cleveland
Ohio
Owen D. Young
Washington
Aquitania
New York
Christensen
Charles Jacob Young
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Machines for voting to be tested in city districts
The County Board of Election Supervisors may test eight to ten automatic voting machines in congested city districts. Law in Maryland allows purchase through the Board of County Commissioners, with each machine costing about 800 dollars including a booth. Machines are in use in major cities and are valued where high turnout reduces wear and breakdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Election Supervisors
Maryland
Board of County Commissioners
Theountry
Ita
Hoover Signs Census Bill to Reapportion House Seats
President Hoover signed the census and reapportionment bill in Washington. The act provides for the 1930 census count and a plan for reapportionment of the House of Representatives, the first since 1910, shifting seats among states as counts dictate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
House of Representatives
300TH SHIPS OF CONCERNS HERE TODAY
Production of the Dl will be stepped up in July due to rising demand for the Challenger plane manufactured by Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Corp at Farmingdale. Board members of Fairchild Aircraft Corp arrived for a celebration marking the 300th plane built at the Bl ingdale plant in New Jersey, with a showcase flight of the Fairchild 71 at Hagerstown Airport and a buffet for about one hundred locals. John Squires of Kreider-Reisner hosted the event, joined by Fairchild executives and Farmingdale visitors.
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Kreider-Reisner Aircraf Corp
Plannes
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Néom
Dire
Fairchild
Pal Company
Aircraftpany
Blingdale
N. J
Kreider Ned Aircraft Corp
Mi Bers
Fairchild Corp
Ing
Hagerstown
John Squires
P Dent
Albany
New Yor City
Farmingdale
Fran Barth
Talrenta| Aircraft Corp
Harold Kondall
H. C. Deckard
Milton Wright
Zion City overseer rails at liquor abroad
Juana 18 arrives after four months in 16 foreign countries and quotes Wilbur Glenn Velva, pledging that in Europe men and women drink freely. He laments widespread alcohol use and claims women and children are harmed by liquor, saying some are literally cooked by alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Juana
Wilbur Glenn ‘Velva
Europe
America
Zion City
Fleeing rum runners not to be shot warned by prohibition chief
Los Angeles June 18 Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Al Oftendal announced future firearm use by federal agents to prevent escapes will lead to dismissal. He said no excuses will be accepted except self defense or saving lives. No guns to prevent escapes in any case. A famous painting sale noted in London. The Sackville Children by John Hoppner reportedly sold to an unnamed American at a rumored price around 300000. Plans for a carnival during Willian sport week from June 29 to July 8 were outlined with A G Hoffman urging meeting of committees Thursday at 8 in town building.
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Los Angeles
al i Oftendal
Prohibition Comemissioner
Federal Prohibition
Prohibition Department
Ofteda
London
John Hoppner
Lordsville
Williansport
A. G. Hoffman
Genera
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New York City
S. G. Follenshee
Alexander Hotel Corp
Myr
Follanshee
Accent
Alvin Hotel
Tulsa
Oklo
Anna Shell
Edward Winters
Tannery
Wenn
Hawbaker
John D. Grove
Indian Springs
Orphans’ Court
Harvey Sprecher
Fatralay
Lalu
W. M
Pennsy
U.S. Post
U. S. Commission
Harvard
Barry MM. Hartle
Daniel EB. Dowrin
Lea AL Michael
North
Poto Mac Street
Stanley Ralls
George Street
Sweetie Tyler
John Burns
Owen Young
Congress
Boa of Directors
Big Mand
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