Dedication of Hagerstown Modern Field Highlights Airport
A 230000 airport dedication in Hagerstown drew about 25000 people for a full program of speeches aerial demonstrations and music. Maj Leslie P. Arnold predicted air service, with WPA funding cited for macadam runways and hangar construction. City share 71000 covered site purchase and old hangar costs.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Irvin M. Wertz
Ely
Leslie P. Arnold
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Local Guard Wins Award at Summer Encampment
Sergeant Victor P Conrad of Company B in this city is among nineteen enlisted men of Maryland National Guard selected as outstanding soldiers of the regiment. Medals will be presented by the Sons of the American Revolution at Camp Ritchie Cascade during a two week summer encampment starting July 15.
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Victor P Conrad
Maryland National Cgrard
Americaty Revolution Ak
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Jap Bombs Take Heavy Toll Among Civilians
Canton reports a nine month toll from August 1987 to June 7 includes upwards of 4 jana killed in Kwangling province while Canton alone lost about 1500 civilians during May 10 to June 7 with daily air raids. About 6 500 injured and 5 027 buildings destroyed in South China province. Japanese raids totaled 1 400 with 806 over Canton and 10 292 bombs dropped.
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Canton
Pychinegs
I Jana
Kwangling
South China
Weather outlook for Maryland and Bay region
Mostly cloudy tonight with probable showers in the southern portion. Tuesday expected to be generally fair with little temperature change. Chesapeake Bay remains largely cloudy tonight and partly cloudy Tuesday with moderate temperatures and northeast winds.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
F D R Waits On Sleeping Son In Hyde Park
Hyde Park, N Y June 20 Members of President Roosevelt s family said today a fatherly wish to let a son sleep late on Sunday morning helped delay his return home. The President reached Hyde Park 12 hours later than planned after a weekend cruise aboard the Potomac. Fog off Massachusetts contributed, but Roosevelt held the yacht at Buzzards Bay so Elliott could sleep longer. Elliott left the yacht after waking and took a train for Providence R I en route to his Texas home.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Troosevelt
New England
Hudson River
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Elliott
Providence
R. L
Texas
Roosevelt Returns to Mass of Work After Cruise
Hyde Park June 20 President Roosevelt, rested from a weekend cruise, plunged into a mass of work focusing on bills Congress passed in its closing days. He planned to sign those requiring action within ten days and commented on meeting Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and possible railroad legislation. Kennedy arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary. The President awaited decision on travel to Washington as to when he would depart.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
New England
Judson
Roosevelt
Congress
Poughkeepsie
Washington
Joseph P.sennedy
London
Kennedy
New York
I. C. C. Inspectors Seek Wreck Cause
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission sent inspectors Wagles and Murphy to Miles City Montana to investigate the Milwaukee road wreck that occurred near Miles City. The inspectors arrived within hours, continuing the inquiry into the cause of the crash.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miles City
Mont
Flfl Wagles
A.C. Murphy
Montana
Dawn Fire Damages Bangerter Home in Utah
Mrs. Orson Bangerter awoke to daylight words that hid a blaze on the back porch. Bangerter found the porch on fire and estimated damage at $1,200.
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Bountivul
Utah
Orson Bangerter
Bangerter
Tip Prizes Divided In Daily Mail Tip Contest
tips are accepted by the Daily Mail each weekday between 7 30 a m and 3 30 p m. A North Potomac resident reported a Virginia auto crash death and a Williamsport housewife tipped an alleged robber. A Salem avenue resident called about injuries to 16 children, and a Main street resident aided a swimmer rescue by four girls.
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Virginia
North Potomac
Williamsport
Salem Avenue
Main Street
Daily Mail
Nak
Promise Quick Start To New Relief Drive
Five federal agency heads pledged a rapid start on a 3.75 billion relief and public works program covering bridges sewers roads schools airports housing dams harbors flood control and more. Agriculture studied parity payments loans for farmers credit aid and grants. Officials spoke on a radio forum outlining plans awaiting presidential signing.
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Washngton
Agriculture Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
WPA
Wloward A. Gray
Public Works
Chamber Receives Health Award for Washington County
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce accepted a certificate from the U S Chamber acknowledging Washington County Maryland for meritorious achievement in the 1937 Inter-Chamber Rural Health Conservation contest. The county placed second nationally for the third year while noting substantial federal aid did not count toward the contest.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
George H. Davis
U. S. Chamber
Hen Lays Egg Without Yolk At South Foundry Street
A hen kept by Mrs. Irene Churchey on South Foundry Street laid an egg with no yolk last week. The chicken’s odd result was noticed during breakfast and drew commentary from the owner about poultry quirks.
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Irene Churchey
South Foundry Street
Food poisoning hits over thirty after Moose picnic
More than 30 people recover in Baltimore after a picnic at the Inindaik Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose where potato salad and crab soup were eaten. This marks the third widespread case in a week.
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Baltimore
Inindaik Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Japan warns neutrals on widened China war zone
Tokyo dispatch notes General Ugaki circular advising neutral powers to evacuate the area south of the Yellow River and east of a line from Mission to Ichang to Teneyang, with aerial markers and rapid reporting of foreign property to Japanese authorities.
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Tokyo
Japan
Oiday
China War
China
Kazushige Ugaki
Yellow River
Msian
Ichang
Teneyang
Honeymooners In Seclusion At Campobello Island
John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark honeymoon at President Roosevelt’s Campobello cottage seeking privacy after a Nahant wedding. They plan a month there then a Quebec City stop before a West Indies cruise aboard Lady Somers. Orville E. Wise earns a promotion from Private to Corporal in Company FB.
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Campobello Island
N. B
Roosevelts
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Franklin, Jr
Ethel du Pont Roosevelt
Passamaquoddy Bay
John
Anne
Nahant
Mass
Quebec City
Lady Somers
West Indies
Luhec
Orville E. Wise
Japs Blocked in Drive to Take Hankow
Japanese forces strike from land and air to break the Hankow barrier at Matowchen on the Yangtze. An overland column advances toward Suing and Kiukiang, while Kiukiang’s gunboats await to safeguard property and evacuees as the river fleet shells shores above Anking and Angwel.
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Shanghat
Matowchen
Yangtze River
Hankow
Tsien River
Junto Hotow
Tathu
Susing
Kiukiang
Anking
Angwel
Airliner Missing With Crew Of Four
Santiago Chile June 20 a Pan American Grace airliner vanished with a four man crew on a Santiago to Antofagasta flight carrying freight and mail no passengers. Pilot Donald Sheets Co Pilot Robert Supple were American and subtificer E Cougain and Purser Jose Rigan Chilean. The craft left at 8 am the previous day through bad weather along the west coast.
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Santiago
Chile
Here
Antofagasta
Donald Sheets
Robert Supple
E. Cougain
Jose Rigan
Chileatia
Mysterious second death found in Maryland creek
In Maryland waters near Lions Creek a 30 year old woman was found dead, possibly dead for a week to ten days. Police cannot determine if the death is murder suicide or accident. Boundary area between Anne Arundel and Calvert counties. Sergeant Edward C. King of Anne Arundel police investigates.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Lions Creek
Anne Arundel
Calvert Counties
Edward C. King
Kennedy denies seeking 1940 Democratic nomination
Joseph P. Kennedy, the U S ambassador to the United Kingdom, declared he has no intention of pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. He spoke aboard the Queen Mary as it entered New York Harbor after returning from Europe.
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New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
A. S
Court of St. James
Europe
Wheat Harvest Underway In Washington County
Washington County began harvesting its wheat crop on Saturday with Downsville reports noting grain in perfect condition for cutting. Most of the crop will be cut later this week, with observers predicting a fair to good yield despite earlier record-breaker expectations. Dry spell reportedly aided farm activity in the county.
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Washington County
Downsville
Montana Train Wreck Echoes 1876 Ohio Disaster
The Miles City Montana wreck recalls the 1876 Ashtabula bridge disaster that killed 60. The piece notes rail safety progress since the 19th century, cites the Interstate Commerce Commission and Bureau of Railroad Economics on 1925 37 fatalities, and lists historic bridge collapses and collisions with deaths and injuries across several states.
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United States
Miles
City
Mont
Ashtabula
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Railroad Economics
Wreck salvage by husband after train tragedy
Ernest H. Johnson of Miles City directed salvage for the Olympian wreck after learning his wife was aboard. He directed crews through the night to clear the creek bed where debris collected as the body of Mrs. Johnson was recovered and identified.
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Miles City
Mont
Ernest H. Johnson
Milwaukee Railroad
Leesburg Clothier Identifies Robbery Price Tag
A Leesburg clothier reports his shop was looted of hundreds in merchandise. He identifies a price tag found in a Plymouth truck abandoned in Williamsport as from his store, implying the same robbers who tried Kaplan Bros. may have struck him. The truck remains held pending owner ID.
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Leesburg
Williamsport
Kaplan Bros
Clarence S. Baker
Kaplan
Kent County
Toin
Taxes Due And Payable Today In City County
State county and city taxes for 1938 89 became due and payable today with crowded offices at the County Treasurer and City Treasurer. Indications at moon show first day receipts may match or exceed prior years. Liberal June discounts apply with five percent for county and one percent for city. T R Landing 724 Guilford was first to pay city taxes. clerks rushed and forgot to record the first ten state and county payments.
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Harry E. Keedy
D. Lee Staley
Moon
T. R. Landing
Guilford
Nue
Ill With Pneumonia At Balti
Emory L. Coblentz of Middletown, who had an operation in Baltimore recently, has developed pneumonia. His condition, however, was reported satisfactory today.
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Emory L. Coblentz
Middletown
Baltimore
City Seeks P W A Grant for Sewage Plant Upgrades
The city plans to apply for a P W A grant to build smudge digestion tanks at the sewerage disposal plant to stop sewage dumping into Antietam creek. State Health Department says project must proceed immediately. Estimated total cost about 40000 dollars, with 45 percent federal funding possible if approved.
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State Department of Health
Health Department
Antietam Creek
Two Good Samaritans Clash in Indianapolis Slugging
In Indianapolis on June 20 John Casey said two Good Samaritans rushed him to city hospital after a downtown street assault left him with a cut lip. He later returned claiming the same men had slugged him again, stealing his billfold and diamond ring before tossing him from their car.
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Indianapolis
Vandals Damaged School Property at South Potomac Street Junior High
Over the weekend vandals caused damage estimated in the hundreds at South Potomac Street junior high. A janitor found entry, with cupboards smashed desks ransacked and windows broken. County Investigator Clarence Baker and City Patrolman Basore led the probe. little of value was stolen. Entry occurred via a broken toilet window.
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South Potomac Street
Clarence
Flood disaster near Miles City claims many lives aboard Olympian
Flood waters from Custer creek and the Yellowstone carried away bodies from the Olympian wreck near Miles City Montana. Rescue teams recovered 16 identified victims and one unidentified woman from the Yellowstone river while others remained submerged in a half overturned sleeper. Officials reported 155 passengers and ten crew aboard the train with 17 dead, 44 in hospitals and 41 unharmed as floodwaters receded.
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Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
Fnto
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Yellowstone River
Cumber Creek
Court orders probe by jury in Pennsylvania graft case
A grand jury investigation of political graft and coercion charges against Governor George Earle and 13 others in Pennsylvania was authorized by the State Supreme Court. Judge Paul H. Schaedfer of Berks county was named to sit on the inquiry. The petition, filed in Dauphin county, alleges a conspiracy within the administration to sap and destroy the state.
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Philadelphia
George Earle
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Paul H. Schaedfer
Berks County
High
Dauphin County
Charkee J. Margiottl
Mom ‘Nation
Earle
Carl 3 J Shelley
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