Baltimore Bank Heist Ayoung Bandit Escapes With 4000
Wil lam J. Delcher cashier of the National Bank of Baltimore woke to a masked intruder in his bedroom. The bandit threatened death and escaped with $4000, part of the bank’s funds. Delcher had just returned from a meeting of the association and left the money in his coat pocket. The robber fled through the front door after the demand for silence. No clues to the thief’s identity are known.
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Baltimote
Jine SY Bee
Willam J. Delcher
National Bank of Baltimore
Wilding
Deleher
Associa- UN
Mr. Delcher
Illinois joins states with a gasoline tax enactment
Springfield June 21 Illinois has joined the states requiring a gasoline tax with formal signature expected from Governor Len Small. The measure imposes two cents per gallon, with collection to begin August 1, and motorists will pay the tax statewide.
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Springfield
Len Small
Mental Cruelty Is Divorce Complaint
Los Angeles June 21 Attorneys for Evelyn Brent a film actress announced they would file for divorce in superior court today against her husband Bernard P Fineman a motion picture executive Mental cruelty would be charged Fineman admitted they had decided divorce solving their difficulties but they remained good friends May term of court ended with a judgment in the suit Glord Harden versus C I Delosier The defendant said he was never summoned and the judgment was entered on alleged default in a lease of real estate
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Brent
Bernard P. Fineman
Fineman
Paramount Famous Players Company
Miss Brent
Glord Harden
C. IL. Delosier
Real Astale
Correction on Lambert Tire Co advertisement error
A notice corrects yesterday's Franklin Street Merchants page ad showing a free tube with each Pathfinder Tire. It should state a free tube with each 20x3 Pathfinder Tire. Also a market listing for Irish Cobbler potatoes and SHIPP'S FISH MARKET appears with contact.
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Lambert ‘Tire Co
Franklin Street
Nage
Shipp's
Professor Burgin Challenged Over Evolution Speech
Dayton Echo reports criticism of Prof. William G. Burgin of Winthrop College Rock Hill over his sociology work and an evolution theories speech. Opponents say Burgin’s views on child labor in cotton mills influenced the controversy.
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South Carolina
William G. Burgin
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
D. C
Burgin
Highway to be named for war heroine Molly Pilcher
A Carlisle segment of the Hagerstown Harrisburg highway will be dedicated on July 4 to Molly Pilcher, regarded as America’s foremost military heroine, buried in a Carlisle cemetery. The state highway department backs honoring national heroes by naming roads after them, a Carlisle move that may be first of its kind nationally. The piece also notes court news with verdicts in realty commissions and hay sale cases, including Wicks vs Horst and Wagaman reversing a prior ruling.
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Hagerstown- Harrisburg
Carlisle
Molly Pilcher
America
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Court News
Geo. D. Wicks
S. M. Horst
Frank G. Wagaman
Ellsworth R. Roulette
Hicks
Wagaman
G. W. McCardell
Millard Ward
Fred Drury
Frank Mellon
R. Cahill
Warburg Returns From World Tour With China and Moscow Visit
Warburg banker Felix Warburg returns to New York after a six month global voyage. He witnessed Chinese conflicts, a Japanese financial crisis, and spoke with Soviet leaders in Moscow. Four held as arms seized in Los Angeles for violating neutrality laws connected to arms destined for Mexican revolutionists. Rumors report a wreckage plane near the Amazon mouth possibly tied to the missing French flyer. The will of Albertus C. Semler was probated in the Orphans Court.
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World
Felix Warburg
New York
China
Japan
Moscow
Los Angeles
J. B. Manneystan
The
Pacific Arms Company
Connectinn
Rio Janeiro
Amazon River
Santa Roman
Deaths Mrs Mary W Reynolds dies after illness
Mrs Mary W Reynolds died Monday evening at 11 34 at her home 3238 Summit Avenue after a lingering illness She was a member of St John s Lutheran Church Surviving are a son Charles R B Pentoney Punkstown a sister Mrs Eurah F Stowifer a step brother Andrew M Dovenberger Lancaster Pa funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at home services Rev Dr J Edward Harms Card of Thanks included from Mrs Gertrude Gruber and Family
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Mary W. Reynolds
Oswald Promoted to Maryland Extension District Agent
Jugean Oswald of Chewsville has been named district agent for the University of Maryland extension service with headquarters at College Park. He will take a one year leave from his county agent post in Worcester County and stay in Worcester to wrap up potato production work and train his successor. Dr. Thomas B. Symons endorsed the appointment, made necessary by Dr. F. S. Bomberger’s leave to head the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore marketing bureau.
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RE. Jugean Oswald
Daniels BE. Oswald
Chewsville
University of Maryland Extension Service
College Park
Oswald
Worcester County
Snow Hill
Worcester
Thomas B. Symons
F. 8. Bomberger
Washington
U.S. Studies Propositions of 2 Nations on Naval Limits
Geneva June 21 The executive committee of the tripartite naval conference convened by Hugh S. Gibson of the United States orders experts from Great Britain the United States and Japan to exchange views on current navies build programs and to study the three sets of proposals with the aim of clarifying their real intent. Japanese delegates say they see the conference as a new assembly and seek detailed examination of auxiliary craft limits under the 5 5 2 concept while dismissing British capship size limits as unsettled. Experts foresee useful discussion without hard decisions.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Man fined for keeping gambling house in city court
John Burgess was fined 200 dollars by Judge J H Bitner in city court this morning for maintaining a gambling house. He rooms at a local hotel with five companions and was playing a quiet game when police raided the room. A festival will be held on Friday evening June 24 on the lawn of Mrs Roy Danzer 937 Oak Hill avenue to benefit the Presbyterian Church. Ady.
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John Burgess
J. H. Bitner
Burgess
Locar
Roy Danzer
Oak Hill Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Ady
Albert B. Beyard
Moral Don’t Steal An Alarm Clock
DETROIT Michigan June 21 Into a department store two men posed as customers and browsed without buying. One man alarmed the clock in his pocket triggering a chase. a detective caught him and he was arrested for theft. He faces thirty days with no clock, only a calendar.
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Detroit
Mich
Gar
Hirley City
N. J
Wiliam Carroll
Carroll
Southwestern College On Wheels to Tour 22 States
The Southwestern College on Wheels will depart Winfield Kansas on July 9 for a tour through twenty two states and parts of Canada including Washington county Harper's Ferry and key historic sites. A twenty four passenger auto bus and four seven passenger autos will transport 45 students under the leadership of Dr William M Goldsmith head of Southwestern College biology department Mrs Goldsmith supervising culinary needs. The group will visit New England New York Shenandoah Valley Harper's Ferry Antietam Battlefield Lockett Mountain Tomb of Unknown Soldier Mount Vernon and other stops.
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Southwestern College On Wheels
University
Winfield
Kansas
Canada
Washington County
Harper's Ferry
William M. Goldsmith
Southwestern College
Goldsmith
New England
New York
Shenandoah Valley
Antietam Battlefield
Lockett Mountain
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Mt. Vernon
Ate
Woman Profits On Butterfly Trade
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 18 A homemaker Mrs F W Casterline of Tipton raises hundreds of butterflies and moths on a screened porch as a side business. She cultivates diverse species from eggs found on tree bark, rearing larvae feeding on leaves, then chrysalises emerge as adults. Butterflies are killed with cyanide gas and preserved in trays for decoration.
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Cedar Rapids
F. W. Casterline
Tipton
Iowa
North Central Plains
Waltonians To Meet At Bentz Dunn Office
The Izaak Walton League chapter officers and directors will convene at the Bentz & Dunn offices on North Potomac Street this evening at o o'clock. A short session will review chapter affairs and plan future activities.
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Izaak Walton League of America
Elore
Bentz & Dunn
North
Potomac Street
Longest Day Signals Start of Official Summer
The article notes tomorrow marks the official start of summer at 5.22 AM. Weather forecasts expect clouds and possible rain, with May and June cooler and rainier than usual. Forecasters doubt a summerless year, predicting July will bring usual heat and drought conditions.
Grain prices unchanged as weather unsettles crops
Unfavorable winter weather in the grain belt did not alter Hagerstown noon prices. Wheat held at 141 and corn at 1.30. Additional notes cover the Philippine governor general’s Victoria arrival praising prospects and a California governor’s pardon for Charlotte A. Whitney amid a decade-long case under the criminal syndicalism act.
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Middle West
Hagerstown
California
Charlotte A. Whitney
Oakland
Oysters Watered Fined. Maryland Court Actions
In Baltimore on June 21, Federal Court fined Carroll Dryden of Crisfield $24 for shipping oysters with excess water. Judge William C. Coleman ordered him to stop operating on Maryland roads. Earlier, three Washingtonians were fined $350 each for transporting liquor, and John and Joseph Green with Cornelius Russell of St. Marys County were sentenced to three months in jail for liquor manufacture and possession.
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Baltimore
Carroll Dryden
Crisfield
William C. Coleman
Maryland
John and
Joseph Green
Cornelius Russell
St. Mary’s County
Bodies pulled from textile plant collapse in Colombia
At Rossellen near Medellin, a textile plant collapse following a landslide prompts heart wrenching scenes as bodies are recovered. Several cases show whole families perished while some victims were buried in a ceremonial service yesterday. Local prices and feed ads appear mixed in the report.
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Bogota
Columbia
Rossellen
Medellin
Drugists Attend State Meeting 28th in Maryland and Pennsylvania
Hagerstown pharmacists attend the 46th annual Maryland Pharmaceutical Association meeting led by H. R. Rudy and the 12th annual Travelers Auxiliary gathering at Buena Vista Springs Pennsylvania. The convention runs to July 1 with reports, banquet by Governor Ritchie, social events, athletics, a baseball game, minstrel show, and dance. Rudy departs for Buena Vista to attend the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association alongside David P. Schindel.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Pharmaceutical ,Association
H. R. Rudy
Travelers’ Auxiliary
Buena Vista Springs
Ritchie
Rudy
Buena Vista
Maryland Association
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
David P. Schindel
Hoffman Graduates From Princeton At 18th Commencement
George Smith Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs George E Hoffman of Oak Hill avenue received A B from Princeton University at the 18th annual commencement exercises. His parents attended the Princeton exercises as he took part in Class Day and the planting of the class ivy at Nassau Hall after the class poem.
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Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Lawrence Bowes
San Francisco
St. Louis
Kila Bolling James
Denver
Katherine J. McLellan
George Smith Hoffman
George’ E. ‘Hoffman
Oak Hill Avenue
Princeton University
Hoffman
Princeton
Hagerstown
Nassau
Byrd Radio Reports to Be Broadcast During Flight
Radio fans in New York on June 21 can hear Commander Byrd during his flight. The planes call will be WTW and listeners with 600 metre wavelength receivers may tune in the reports as the expedition crosses the Atlantic.
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Byrd
New York
Radio Fana
Oan
WTW
Say Shapely Legs Are Doomed
Los Angeles report predicts longer dresses for decades to come as chiropodists warn high heels shorten the calf muscle causing atrophy. The muscle may bunch at the knee, spoiling leg symmetry and altering fashion far into the future.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wealthy Paper Executive Drowns Near Gordon Minn
John D. Irving, president of Irving-Pitt Paper Co. of Kansas City Missouri, drowns when his canoe capsizes while fishing near Gordon Minnesota. The accident occurred during a calm outing on the lake. He was a prominent local businessman and benefactor.
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John D. Irving
Irving-Pitt Paper Company
Kansas City
Gordon, Minn
Canoe, Com
Sheetrock Promoted for Decoration and Fireproofing
Sheetrock is described as suitable for any decoration paint or paper fireproofing with Cushwa referenced for more information. An advertisement note implies availability or suitability from Cushwa.
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Albertus C. Semler
Gertrude Gruber
Adv
Dan Kirson
Saastay
State Extension Dept
U.S
East Touching County
John H. Wurzenknabe
Harrisburg
St. John’s Reformed Church
Kurazenknabe
Norman BR. Kurzenknabe
Kenny
C.D. Kenny
Sac
Mackenzie Tugo
Wareham's
City Pharmacy
Middlebraul
Ivy Day
Leonard Wand
Phillipines
Victoria
B.C
Coolidge
War Davis
Renee
Dorothy Tienes
C. M. Horst
Wraith Cp
Warne Dairy
Ecco
Warne
Blatchford
DIANA
Axford
Jim
Potomac St Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
G. 5
Gehr's
Melody Makers Orchestra
Gents
Peggy Nichols
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