Soviet Polar Flight Ends In Washington Stopover
Three Russian airmen completing a 63 hour 17 minute polar flight from Moscow landed in Vancouver Washington 22 hours after leaving Oakland. They flew about 5300 miles with 6000 miles to the goal and faced poor visibility over polar weather. They are tired but in good condition and appeared in a celebration broadcast with Russian Ambassador Alexander Troyanov interpreting. News witnesses were local soldiers and ROTC students.
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Vancouver
Wash
Moscow
Oakland
Calif
Men of Iron
Alexander Troyanovsky
Realty Taxes Are Payable
Roy S. Eakle the prominent pharmacist led early tax payments as state and county taxes came in this year. City Engineer Joseph Lyon topped city taxes with City Collector D Lee Staley noting the rush suggests a record receipts day. June discounts are offered by city and county for early payment.
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Roy S. Eakle
Harry E. Keedy
Joseph Lyon
D. Lee Staley
Skeleton of Hindenburg dirigible to salvage for four to twelve thousand
A. J. Smith of United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc., said the skeleton of the great dirigible Hindenburg, which cost millions to construct, will salvage for only four thousand to twelve thousand dollars. The amount realized depends on the weight of pure aluminum recovered in melting the alloy.
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New York
A. J. Smith
United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc
Postmaster Hartle Injured By Falling Cask
Postmaster Jacob T. Hartle injured his right foot when a heavy cask toppled from a delivery truck last week. He was talking with the driver when the mishap occurred and now limps about with a broken toe as a result.
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Jacob T. Hartle
Mr. Hartle
Weather Forecast for Barons Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Showers tonight with Tuesday becoming fair and little change in temperatures. Chesapeake Bay expects showers tonight, then fair Tuesday, with fresh to strong southwest winds shifting to the west.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Mass Troops Overthrow French Government Tries New Cabinet
Paris reports say mass troops secured strategic points as Camille Chautemps moved to form a new government after the fall of Leon Blum and the Peoples Front. President Lebrun summoned Chautemps to the Elysee to seek support for a cabinet likely including leftist allies.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
Senate
Leon Blum
Peoples’ Front
Albert Lebrun
Chautemps
Elysee Palace
Blum
Joseph Callaux
Senate Finance Committee
Caillaux
Fourth Wedding in Two Families in Warne Key Area
Warne Key Kas June 21 The Bells of Warne Key have provided wedding marches for the Enilman brothers. Arvilla M Bell wed Farold F Hillman marking the fourth Bell sister to Hill man match. Jessie Bell and Edgar W Hillman started the sequence in 1927, followed by Ula Bell and Ernest H Hillman Jr in 1929 and Oakie Bell and Arnold Hillman in 1931.
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Warkeeney
Kas
Waketney
Enilman
Arvilla M. Bell
Farold F. Hillman
Hillman
Jessie Bell
Edgar W. Hillman
Ula Bell
Ernest H. Hillman
Oakie Bell
Arnold Hillman
City Council Eyes More Budget Cuts This Week
A city council meeting with department heads is planned to push further budget reductions for the new fiscal year. They have already trimmed about 50 000 of 100 000 excess revenue estimates, with street, police and water departments cutting most. Engineering has agreed to cut by eliminating several employees, and general government departments are expected to reduce further.
Governor Nice Loses Right Eye In Johns Hopkins Operation
June 21 in Baltimore Gov Harry W Nice had his right eye removed in a Wilmer Clinic Johns Hopkins Hospital operation performed by Dr L J Goldbach. The surgeon said the operation conditions and the governor's reaction were perfect but noted close monitoring for several days for possible unexpected developments.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
L. J. Goldbach
Wilmer Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tip prize split as tips lead to local injuries and findings
Prizes in the news tip contest last week are divided among residents of Salem avenue and Sharpsburg district for first tips on an auto mobile versus steam roller crash injuring two occupants and finding a drowned youth. The second prize split between Hancock and Williamsport districts for tips on the Hancock bridge reopening and a boy injured by a baseball blow.
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Salem Avenue
Sharpsburg
Hancock
Hancock Bridge
Williamsport
City considers youth fishing at park lake proposal
Mayor W Lee Elgin announced plans to discuss allowing boys and girls under 15 to fish one or two days weekly in City Park Lake to curb odor from the dense fish population. The idea echoes Richmond's earlier policy and aims to train youths for the Izaak Walton League while stocking trout and perch with possible adults fly fishing seasons.
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City Park Lake
W.lee Elgin
Elgin
Park Commission
Richmond
Park Lake
Izaak Walton League
Walton League
New
Catoctin
Germany seeks apology over alleged attacks on Leipzig
In London on June 21 German officials urged France Britain and Italy to press Valencia for an apology after a German communique said the cruiser Leipzig was twice torpedoed off Oran Algeria and near Friday.
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London
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Valencia
Leipzig
Oran
Algeria
Dog digs worms as fishing helper in Missouri story
Stark Walton's compleat angler claim is challenged as F. S. McCurdy explains his dog digs worms to aid fishing. The report from Buffalo Missouri notes the unusual method used by McCurdy when he wants to go fishing.
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Buffalo
Stark Walton
F. S. McCurdy
McCurdy
Narrowly Escapes Car Collision In Maryland Route Incident
John E B Rinehart of Boonsboro narrowly escaped injury Saturday evening when his car collided with Paul S Spencer of Mt Airy on the National Highway east of Frederick. Spencer’s car sideswiped the Rinehart vehicle and went over an embankment into a field. The Rinehart car stopped on the highway. Both cars were damaged and their occupants escaped unharmed.
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John E. B. Rinehart
Boonsboro
Paul S. Spencer
Mt. Airy
Frederick
Spencer
Rinehart
Elizabeth Street underpass planned to ease Hagerstown traffic
Mayor W Lee Elgin will seek an early conference with the Western Maryland Railway to pursue the Elizabeth Street underpass and a new southwest street linking Wilson Boulevard at Virginia Avenue. State Roads Commission support was pledged, with rail share to be set, and the route would avoid the park and reduce downtown congestion by diverting heavy trucks.
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Western Maryland Railway Company
W. Lee Elgin
Elizabeth Street
Hagerstown
Wilson Boulevard
Virginia Avenue
State Roads Commission
Western Maryland Railroad
City Park
Ridge Avenue
Dislocated Shoulder RetAirs for Mrs Golden
Mrs William L Golden, wife of a retired railroad engineer, residing in the 700 block of Salem avenue, is back in a plaster cast after dislocating her left shoulder in a fall while climbing stairs She had been discharged less than two weeks earlier from Washington County hospital following a month in a cast for a fractured pelvis.
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William L. Golden
Salem Avenue
Golden
Washington County Hospital
Washington monument draws growing crowds at park area
Public interest in the Washington monument has risen since last year s restoration with 11 095 visitors recorded since April 1 by forest warden Robert S Palmer. Yesterday saw 261 cars and 961 visitors while April, May and June totals reached 1 383 cars 4 294 visitors in May and 1 153 cars 4 122 visitors in June.
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Washington Monument
Robert S. Palmer
Easton braces for 2000 to 3000 firemen delegates
Easton Maryland hotels and rooming houses prepared today for an expected influx between 2 000 and 3 000 delegates and guests due to arrive tomorrow and Wednesday for the three day annual convention of the Maryland State Firemen s Association.
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Easton
Ge2sto
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Mrs Boose Breaks Right Arm Pruning Garden
Mrs Boose wife of Dr Theo Boose of Williamsport broke her right arm at the wrist in a fall while pruning flowers in her garden at home.
Belgium Premier Van Zeeland to discuss debts at White House
Washington June 21 Unconfirmed reports say Premier Paul Van Zeeland of Belgium plans a one day White House visit Wednesday to discuss war debts with President Roosevelt. Observers see the talks as a step toward economic readjustment and development. The envoy may share views on international matters, not necessarily proposing US help.
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Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Europe
United States
van Zeeland
No Selling on Sundays Enacted by New Law
Cap tain of Police Carl H. McCleary announced a new law effective yesterday prohibiting bartering or showing intent to trade an automobile on Sundays. Garage owners auto agencies and individuals are urged to refrain from any talks of trades on Sundays. The law does not cover selling gas oil or accessories.
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Carl H. McCleary
McCleary
Post Office Robbery Probed. Chicken Footprint Clue Found
Federal agents arrived in Mt. Airy North Carolina on June 21 to investigate a local Post Office robbery. Records were scattered and a spill of ink left a telltale mark resembling a chicken footprint guiding the probe.
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MT. Airy
N. C
Court Curbs Strike Pickets Granting Republic Injunction
Judge Lynn Griffith of Trumbull county common pleas court granted Republic Steel Corp. an injunction restricting strike pickets at its Niles and Warren plants. Pickets are prohibited from arming, blocking roads, threatening violence, or damaging property, with set limits at each gate and six entrances. Freight movement is frozen until Wednesday at 6 am, and the order may be amended as needed.
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Niles Plant
Warren
Steel Company
Hen Prophesies War Date in Egg Lettering
Mrs. John Levi of Berryville Virginia found an egg in February with the shell marked War 1937 June 20. Skeptics suggested tampering while believers warned of disaster. The date passed without any new wars, prompting discussion of the egg’s omen.
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John Levi
Berryville
Kenneth Levi
Clarke County
New Patrol Cars Ready For City Service Tonight
The city will put the first of two new police patrol cars into service tonight with the second due tomorrow. The cars are a combined cruiser ambulance and patrol vehicle, a change from prior models. An additional new automobile will be used by the investigator and detective.
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Cty
Soft Coal Code Takes Effect Under Roosevelt Order
Washington June 21 a broad code of fair practices for the soft coal industry becomes legally effective today its actual operation depends on an executive order from President Roosevelt officials of the National Bituminous Coal Commission said the president would promulgate the code this day in line with the Guffey Vinson act approved April 26 replacing a prior statute struck down by the Supreme Court the commission reported substantial compliance from producers seeking to dodge the 1915 5 percent tax on non signers the weekend mail likely to bring wider acceptance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Supreme Court
Earhart To Take Three Days Rest
Amelia Earhart decided to take a three day rest and have her plane overhauled before resuming the world circumnavigation. She landed at Bandoeng at 10 17 a m after flying from Singapore over the Java sea and a portion of mountainous Java.
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Bandoeng
Dutch East Indies
Amelia Earhart
Singapore
Java Sea
Java
Mischa Rosenbaum Sentenced for Hammer Slaying
In New York on June 21, Mischa Rosenbaum, 31, was sentenced to 35 years to life for the hammer murder of Julia Nussenbaum, a 24 year old violinist who performed as Tania Lubova.
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New York
Mischa Rosenbaum
Julia Nussenbaum
Tania Lubova
Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the Volunteer Fire Company of Williamsport is scheduled in the company rooms at the town building at 8 o'clock this evening.
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Volunteer Fire Company of
Williamsport
Summer Arrives As Astronomical Summer Begins
The article notes astronomical summer starts at 3 12 this afternoon with drought relief prospects and crops in good shape. Water department reports Edgemont reservoir full and two inches over spillway. Mountain water usually cut off around July 1, but this summer it may extend into next month as Potomac pumps run only two to three times weekly.
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Water Department
Edgemont
Hagerstown
Potomac River
Wheat crop outlook under wheat fly damage across county
Wheat growers in the southern county report damage from the wheat fly. Extent is uncertain and harvests should begin midweek. Farmers hope for sunny weather and expect a shorter crop with heads poorly filled.
Driver Held After Salem Singa pore Crash
Charles Murphy of 100 block West Franklin admitted driving the car that struck a steam roller at Salem and Singa pore avenues Saturday and was taken into custody on his discharge from Washington County Hospital this morning. A charge of careless driving is pending while police continue the investigation. Thomas H. Smeadley 38 and Reliph Riley 28 back seat occupants were reported improving today after serious head injuries and a dislocated shoulder respectively.
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Charles Murphy
West Franklin Street
Salem
Singapore
Washington County Hospital
Murphy
Thomas H. Smeadley
Reliph Riley
Smeadley
Riley
Born With Broken Arm In Wapato Baby
Ernest Stacey born in Wapato Washington on June 21 is described by physicians as three days old and waving a new splint at his nurses. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W Stacey born with a broken arm indicating a congenital condition observed at birth.
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Wapato
Wash
Ernest Stacey
W. Stacey
Youngstown Plant Head Defiant in Strike Fallout
Frank Purnell of Youngstown Sheet and Tube vows to reopen three strikebound mills in Youngstown at 7 am. Republic Steel plans to reopen one mill tomorrow. Two killed and 26 injured in a Saturday clash between strikers and city police as CIO leaders meet federal mediators to seek a peaceful Great Lakes steel strike solution.
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Cleveland
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Great Lakes
Mediation Doors Open in Steel Strike Urgency
Cleveland reports federal mediators led by Charles P Taft I step into the $750000 a day steel strike crisis. They say they cannot compel contracts or calls to end the walkout. About 100000 workers remain idle as martial law hovers and violence flares.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Homestead
Charles P. Taft I
C.S.O
C.so
Insurgents Reach Near Santander as Franco Army Advances
In Bilbao Spain on June 21 improvised footbridges aided the advance of Generalissimo Francisco Franco forces toward Santander the Basque last stronghold. Advance guards moved about six miles west of Bilbao after a whirlwind siege climax lasting three months.
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Bilbao
Spain
Nervion
Francisco Franco
Santander
Farmer’s odd tale of tame mice and buried bills
Addison Whetstone, a Black farmer in St Matthews South Carolina, recounts taming a brood of field mice after discovering a $5 bill with the first brood in spring 1937. The mother mouse later left and again returned with a $10 bill hidden in the salt, prompting further collection.
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Whetstone
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Nice
Elizabeth ST
W. M
William H. Golden
Republic
Earhart
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