Arther Named Veteran Head on Second Ballot
James Arther of Baltimore was elected department commander of the Maryland Veterans of Foreign Wars on the second ballot at the Hotel Alexander. State Senator Louis N. Phipps tied on the first ballot, and Arther succeeds Charles J. Peters. The encampment also elected officers for the Ladies Auxiliary and noted a parade cancellation due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arther
Baltimore
Maryland Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hotel Alexander
Louis N. Phipps
Annapolis
Arther
Charles J.peters
Minnie Fanning
Ladies ‘Auxiliary
Pearl Estep
Moe Himelfarb
Anton Novak
Ralph McCleery
Perryville
John C. Koenig
William H. McCleland
H. L. Wheeler
Lansdowne
Elsie Kilroy
Cumberland
Agnes Eberenz
Mary Hopps
Myrtle Carlton
Hyattsville
Mae Carey
Jane Capps
State Armory
Kittie Barn
York
U. S
Josh Lee
Oaklahoma
Lee
Wind storm kills ten in Minnesota town near Minneapolis
A tornado ripped through Anoka Minnesota killing ten people and injuring many as homes were leveled and debris shattered windows. Survivors describe a roaring train like sound and mass destruction with homes obliterated leaving only a bathtub amid collapsed structures. People watched in horror as timber bricks and poles flew through Main Street while responders rushed nurses and doctors to the disaster zone.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Anoka
Here
Bill Hessner
Lavonne
Clarence Karkoff
Main Street
Messner
Mrs
Groat
Search Made for Fugitive Slayer Near Hayward Wisconsin
Hayward Wisconsin June 19 Bill Metcalfe a resort owner near Hayward phoned the sheriff about 6 30 p m he saw Ray Olson a fugitive wanted for the slayings of two deputies walking down a fire lane near his resort Deputies twenty in cars searched the area near Chippewa river flowage The suspect six feet tall burly thin faced with a broken nose about 35 had eluded a daylong manhunt by plane bloodhounds and 200 possemen The two deputies Carl Johnson and Fred Scott were killed Saturday morning as a posse closed in on Olson at the west fork of the Chippewa river flowage.
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Hayward
Wis
Bill Metcalfe
Sheriff’s Office
Ray Olson
Olson
Island Wilds
Jay C. Davis
Carl Johnson
Fred Scott
West Fork
Chippewa
Nineteen Hurt In Prague Bombing
Prague reports a bomb destroyed a cafe popular with Jews injuring 19 people. A young man fled after the blast as police seek him. Two men and two women suffered serious injuries while 15 others had light wounds. Officials call the attack an effort to intimidate Jews amid recent similar bombings.
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Prague
Grief Stricken Mother Probes Drowned Baby Case
Velma Fink, 22, endures tears as federal agents examine clues in the killing of her 10 week old son Halden. The child was found drowned twelve hours after a kidnapping and seven miles from home in Glyde Ohio. Mrs Fink recently divorced her husband.
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Velma Fink
G-man
Halden
Glyde
Ohio
Rotary convention gathers 12000 from 80 nations in Cleveland
The 30th annual Rotary International convention opens with a diverse assembly of 12,000 Rotarians from 80 nations, many at odds militarily, to promote an international mind for youth, informed public opinion, and cooperation between clubs and foreign nationals. New officers will be chosen Thursday from three nominees: Walter Head, Richard C. Hedke, and Amos O. Squire. Also noted is fishing allowed year round in Lake Mead.
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Cleveland
Rotary International
Walter Head
Montclair
N. Z
The
Boy Scouts of America
Richard C. Hedke
Detroit
Amos 0. Squire
Ossining
Boy scout master helps, but limits oil change offer
In Vincennes Indiana a filling station attendant, Bill Miner, a boy scout master who believes in a daily good turn, encountered a woman who asked him to change her oil after washing the windshield. She had a five gallon can of gas in the trunk and allowed him to fill the gas tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Bill Miner
Miner
Farmer buys watermelon with seed money in error
In Orangeburg on June 19 a farmer, asked by his wife to buy watermelon seed, left to town. After other purchases he lacked funds for seed, bought a watermelon instead, ate it, and brought home the watermelon with the seal still on it.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Here
Ream
Frederick reports record arrests in year
Frederick Md residents face a high arrest rate with 1616 arrests in the year, about one for every ten residents. Parking violations and drunkenness led the list with 438 and 412 cases respectively, while city police figures suggest total including county and state pinches could reach about 2000. Mary Allen, colored, 200 Black Jonathan Street, suffered stab wounds and was hospitalized.
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Frederick
Mary Allen
Jonathan Street
Washington County Hospital
Victims Increased in Nanking Poisoning Episode
June 19 reports state three people died in a mass poisoning incident involving Chinese and Japanese officials in Nanking. Liang Hung-Tze, premier of the Japanese-supported government, reportedly died, heightening concerns over Japan's push to install Chinese authorities in occupied areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Liang Hung-Tze
Japan
China
Olive Tablets advertise for liver bile and constipation relief
An ad urges readers to try Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and ease constipation. The purely vegetable tablets are claimed to aid digestion of fatty foods and eliminate sluggish liver bile. Available at drugstores in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Youths Held For Unauthorized Use of Government Car
Walter Pawlewicz and Frank Mitchell, both attached to the CCC camp at Lantz, were arrested Saturday night by Lieut J G Miller on a charge of unauthorized use of an official government car. They were brought to police headquarters near Foxville and will be taken to Frederick for trial, as the offense occurred in Frederick County.
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Walter Pawlewicz
Frank Mitchell
CCC
Lantz
J. G. Miller
Foxville
Frederick
Frederick County
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Foreign Wars Group
Germany
France
Abraham Lincoln
New York
James van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary
America
Willian Asa Biggs
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Virginia
Biggs
the Sun
Norfolk
Virginian Pilot
Edward C. Beamer
Caretown
BIG 6 Co
Fane
Hotpoint
Shockey Furniture Co
Summit Avenue
William G. Hawthorne
Tientsin
E.S.T. Rewen
Chesapeake Bay
York River
Yorktown
Colonial Williamsburg
Ocean View
Orran View
Balto
Wwostesn
Orehearrit
Beatevue
Aml
Dane
Pier 19
Light Street
OLD Bay Line
Bluebeard
Eugene Weidmann
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Versailles
Paris
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Arid
American Institute of Laundering
Cajar
George Washington
A. DuPont
Jenny
the Lyrical Cotton
McCall
Radio Free
Chicago
Finois
KOTEX
Everly
Camp Lupton
Shenandoah River
Woodstock
Massanutten Miitary Academy
G. A. Benchoff
Fillipa
Condie
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