Air Propellers Inc Opens Hagerstown Plant
John Squires announces incorporation of Air Propellers Inc in Hagerstown to manufacture wood and steel propellers. The plant aims to employ several hundred craftsmen by year end and will use Squires patents. It will operate alongside Kreider Reisner and Fairchild interests but remains distinct.
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Hagerstown
John Squires
Mkreider Reisner Corporation
State Tax Commission
Air Propellers, Inc
Squires
Kreider-Reisner Corporation
Fairchild Corporation
Suspect Taken Into Custody After Harford Murder Probe
In Baltimore this morning Alberts 31 was arrested at the Pennsylvania Railroad station after being hunted since Monday. He was taken into custody on suspicion related to the Stone murder action at Rolain Harford community while working as a brakeman on a train that had just departed.
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Baltimore
Das Alberts
Stone
Rolain
Harford Comunty
Pennsylvania Riliroad
Lindbergh Visits Mineola Field Amid Public Return
Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives at Mineola Field for the first public appearance with his bride Anne Spence Morrow after a three week honeymoon cruise. The couple, escorted by reporters, attends the start of a $150,000 aviation promotion amid fanfare and curiosity.
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Mitchble
Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Cowie
Aine Spences
Morrow
Mania
Minehell Field
Wirera
Gusgehain Finch
Aeronautics
Bootlegging Plea Frees Lincoln Man in Court
Lincoln Neb June 18 John Chidester arraigned for vagrancy pleaded he was a bootlegger and was freed by Municipal Judge Polk who dismissed the vagrancy charge citing bootlegging as lawful only when the bootlegger is caught.
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Polk
Torrid Wave Still Holds Its Ground
East of the country endures a seventh day of extreme heat as New York City reports 93 degrees and Philadelphia area hits 108 degrees. A dozen heat related incidents were noted yesterday and several drownings occurred while people sought relief at beaches. The heat remains near or above record levels with many locations forecasting higher readings into the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New England
Harry Williamson
Maryland
Tingstaff
Avia
United States
New York
Tmoomslurs
Quota For Training Camps Exceeded Worldwide
Washington report states that applications for enrollment in citizen military training camps across corps areas have surpassed the available quota by June 10, with the tally reaching an overrun level. The item notes rising demand for camp spaces and ongoing administration of the training program.
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Washington
Mhe
Palo Alto Order On Troover Drawing Public Funds
A June report from Palo Alto notes the interior Department will not recom mend changes to Troover's order concerning the drawing of public funds.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Rotary Ray Lyman Wilderterior Department
Indictments Focus on Makers of Rum Paraphernalia
Indictments against 140 individuals and firms in Newark charge conspiracy to violate national prohibition law. Prohibition Commissioner Doran calls this the first large scale test against manufacture and sale of paraphernalia used to camouflage "American Whiskey." Officials seek to stop firms supplying containers, labeling, and other items used in putting synthetic liquor on the bootleg market. The case includes eighty informations. authorities will pursue all involved, bold on breaking the supply chain of paraphernalia. Barrel sales of shaved whiskey barrels and rye chips found in storage were cited as clear violations and tied to conspirators.
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Wastiington
Tune 19
Tn- Asciments
Newark
Doran
Phan
Opye
Sary
Yale Students Draw 30 Days and $300 Fine
Alexander Knapp of Baltimore and Sidney R. Prince Jr. of Washington, both Yale students, were sentenced to 30 days in Chambersburg jail and $300 fines each by Judge Wat son R. Davison. They were convicted of driving while intoxicated with a prior incident, and the fines replaced a verdict of common assault. The case stems from September 4 near Monterey when they allegedly stopped Harry M. Rowe’s truck in Waynesboro.
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Alexander Knapp
Baltimore
Sidney R. Prince, Jr
Washington, D. C
Yale
Chambersburg
Watson R. Davison
Knapp
Prince
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
Merchant
Monterey
Harry IM. Rowe
Waynesboro
Rum Runners Kidnap Paper Photographer in Windsor
Provincial police hunt a gang of rum runners after they kidnapped Horace Wild a Windsor Star photographer and threatened to throw him into the Detroit River. Wild plus two reporters and his son were aboard a boat when rivals mobbed the riverbank crew. They packed into cars guarding the exits, forced Wild to reveal his camera location and ferried him to a dock where some men proposed throwing him in the river. Officials were alerted and Wild was later released by a dock official.
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Windsor
Fon
Wild
Amit Tee
Vic
Starr
Storms Fail to Break Heat Wave in Chicago
Thunderstorms moved through Chicago early today but failed to relieve the oppressive heat of the past two days. Predictions called for cooler conditions by nightfall, though the heat remained extreme. Two deaths occurred in Chicago, one in Wisconsin, and a fourth in Northern Michigan attributed to the heat, with numerous prostrations reported.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Starvation Or Pride Is Fatal
A 70 year old man named John Nelson died after fleeing a charity home and living in a hotel. Doctors labeled death starvation while police contended pride caused his decline. He fainted at a delicatessen window with food aromas nearby and never recovered.
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John Nelson
Nelson
Piolice
Pennsylvanian Valuation Set by Interstate Commission
Washington June 19 the Interstate Commerce Commission fixed a final valuation of 1 612 174 871 on the property of 68 other companies in the Pennsylvania railroad system. Nine killed in wreck when a passenger train from Ghent crashed into a derailed engine blocking lines near Enghien.
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Pennsy
Washington
Inter-State
Commercce Commission
Pennsylvania
Rressels
Jaime
Ghent
Enghien
Prohibition Chief Bohner Quits Northern California Post
San Francisco June 19 Pom Announcing he had decided to get out of the prohibition business EF Bohner Federal prohibition administrator for Northern California telegraphed his resignation to the Treasury Department in Washington I have no desire to be identified again with the prohibition department It is a position of strictness not rejection of duties
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San Francisco
Pom
EF. Bohner
California
Treasury Department
Washington
Prohibition
Mente
Botner
Local Man Held On Check Charge
George Mosser of Hagerstown a livestock dealer is jailed in Charles Town West Virginia on a charge of passing a worthless check for nearly 800 dollars to Wainwright and Galloway livestock dealers. The check was returned unpaid after two months and Mosser is held in default of bond.
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George Mosser
Hagerstown
Charles Town
W.va
Wainwright and Galloway
Haferstown
Masser
Fire breaks out aboard Lake liner Cassan Bedell
Fire reported on the passenger steamer Cassan Bedell en route between Erie Beach Ontario and Buffalo. The craft drifted out of control in the Niagara River with smoke and flames seen from shore. Responding vessels included the fire boat Potter the coast guard life boat and the tug Tennessee as crews reached the ship near the beach landing.
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Buffalo
Cassan Bedell
Erie Beach
Ontario
Niagara
Bedell
Potter
Coast Guard
Tennessee
Closed season applies also to Big Pool fishing license rules
The Maryland game laws, as explained by EB Lee LeCompte to Frank L Bentz for the local Izaak Walton Chapter, extend the open and closed seasons to Big Pool just as they apply to rivers. Any person fishing in the Pool over 16 must hold a license.
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Maryland
Big Pool
Frank L. Bentz
Izaak Walton
EB. Lee LeCompte
Drove Too Slow, He Is Arrested In Indiana Campaign
Py Al Shaw of Chicago was arrested for driving 75 miles an hour on the Lake County highway yesterday. He paid a $5 fine for slow progress and was the first man arrested in Indiana’s campaign against slow driving.
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Gary
Ind
al Shaw
Chicago
Lake County
Indiana
Philadelphia society backs Volstead Act observance
Mrs. George H. Strawbridge launches a Philadelphia society movement for strict enforcement of prohibition laws with hopes of national reach. She asks social leaders to form committees to promote observance within their circles. Prohibition Commissioner Doran notes society participation could ease enforcement nationwide.
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Philadelphia
George H. Strawbridge
Washington
Doran
Captain Johnson Surrenders After Laurel Wreck
Captain Louis Johnson, skipper of the wrecked freighter Laurel, surrendered after hoisting a white flag as rescue crews reached him near Cape Lookout Oregon. The vessel broke in two Sunday when it ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River, and Johnson was rescued by a Coast Guard power boat at dawn.
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Cape Lookout
Ore
Louis Johnson
Laurel
Coast Guard
Johnson
Columbia River
Strike Ordered By Union Chief
Ben Gold, chairman of the strike committee, called a general strike of the joint board of Needle Trades Workers Union of the United States, saying several thousand workers are involved. A stove explosion at The Jones cottage near Charmain threatened the building. Blue Ridge Summit fire department extinguished the fire, damaging the kitchen by fire and water and the rest of the house by smoke.
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New York
Joint Board of Needles Trades Workers Union of the
United States
Ben Gold
Jones Cottage
Charmain
Blue Ridge Summit
Six Sets Of Twins Figure In Wedding
Six sets of twins figured in a wedding at Park Place Church of God in Anderson Indiana. Alverta and Lavera Morgan Vincennes Indiana married Paul Breitweiser of Chicago with Rev Herrank Smith of Flint Michigan officiating. Twins sang and served as brides maids and attendants from Vincennes Indianapolis and Anderson in a double ceremony.
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Nderson
Ind
Alverta
Lavera Morgan
Vincennes
Paul Breitweiser
Chicago
Herrank Smith
Flint
Mich
Mildred
Miriam Fossmeyer
Indianapolis
Ruth
Mildred Cooper
Bernice
Pauline Bond
Mary
Santman Family Arrives for Summer in Halfway
Mr and Mrs Charles E Santman and daughter Carol Jean of Phoenix Ariz arrived in Halfway last night and will spend the summer at 1920 Virginia Avenue. Mr Santman and his family motored from their home. He was formerly employed at the B and O freight office in Hagerstown and left here in 1921.
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Charles E. Santman
Carol Jean
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Santman
Virginia, Avenue
Santman
Reight
Hagerstown
SHIPS TO BRING WATER TO HONG KONG PORT
A fleet of 700 lighters will move to Hong Kong to supply waters daily, delivering about 2,000 gallons. The operation aims to ease water shortages with a steady water delivery program.
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Hong Kong
Dam Break Floods Countryside near Cascade Camp
A dam at Tal Royer near the Maryland National Guard Camp in Cascade, Wilmington County, burst early morning releasing about 40 million gallons. Water raced into the valley, damaging farms and highways, with no deaths recorded though poultry losses occurred. Lake capacity around 50,000 gallons. dam rebuilt two years ago.
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Tal Royer
Maryland N Cional Guard
Cascade
Wington County
Galley
Sterdam
Rouzerville
Uni
Antietam
Na Guard
William Benchoff
Fairfiel
Highfield
Maryland
Waynesboro High School
Suspect Released in Theora Hix Murder Probe
In Columbus Ohio on June 29, the prosecutor released son T Meyers, one of two held in Theora Hix murder inquiry. Dr James Snook, a former university professor, is the sole person still detained in connection with the case.
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James H. Snook
Oho State University
Theora Hix
Ad Mts. Motrin T
Gradentown
Pla
Columbus
Marion T. Meyers
Univer 3 College of Agriculture
Snook
Columbus. C
Mason T. Meyers
John J. Chester, Jr
James Snook
Border Communities Ready To Help But Are Surprised That Hoover Should Ask
Albany reports President Hoover asked border communities along the Canadian line to aid the treasury in stopping a systematic war by international criminals against U S laws. In northern New York cities officials and residents pledged cooperation though local police noted gun use by enforcement officers causing concern and shootings near the border. Plattsburgh officials emphasized long support for federal law enforcement despite recent incidents. Ogdensburg police welcomed the request but cited ongoing border smuggling and sporadic gunfire as outsiders discuss the broader effort.
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Hoover
Albany
Treasury
New York
John H. McGaulley
Plattsburgh
Arthur Gordon
Ogdensburg
Toms Department
Tulloch
Herbert
Ogdensbure
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Kreider-Reisner Co
Alberts
Lindbergh
Davison
Ohio State
Nistrator
LeCompte
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