Two Women Injured In Martinsburg Park Circle Crash
Two Martinsburg women, Mrs. William Gore and Mrs. Charles Rohrer, were bruised and cut when gore and J E McDaniel cars collided at Park Circle Virginia Avenue. State Police investigated. Moore turning caused the crash. Injuries treated at Washington County Hospital.
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William Gore
Martinsburg
J. E.cDaniel
Virginia Avenue
Park Circle
Theoore
Charles Rohrer
Washington County Hospital
Claude Cubbage Ade
Moore
Park Rela
E McDaniel
Murder Charge In Death Of Marguerite White
Authorities in Caney Kansas investigate whether Marguerite White died by murder or self harm. Elmer Cates, a young farmer, is jailed on murder charges after claiming White leaped from his car and shot herself following a marriage proposal rejection. Preliminary hearing set for June 27.
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Marguerite White
Caney
Kas
Elmer Cates
Miss White
Cales
Can't Hurt His Head Jacksonville Incident
In Jacksonville Florida on June 28 a dispatch reports Robert Lee a Black man is held for assault to murder after shooting another Black man in the mouth. The bullet pierced teeth and exited the jaw but the victim was not seriously injured.
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Jacksonvile
Fla
Robert Lee
Police Force Wage Increase At Hagerstown
The Board of Street Commissioners announced a $10 monthly raise for Hagerstown police and fire personnel. Patrolmen rise from $115 to $125, with chief and lieutenant salaries adjusted. Fire truck drivers also gain to $125. The July 1 effective date follows discussions on department work and morale.
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Hagerstown
Rapid Progress At Playgrounds
The Municipal Playgrounds near completion with two baseball diamonds an indoor field a volleyball court a basketball court a tennis court and two horseshoe pegs inside the race track at the Fairgrounds. Younger children lack swings seesaws and sand piles but efforts to build them continue with volunteer help and donated lumber. Attorney John Allen umpired the Red Star-Rinky Dink 15 to 6 win and Pal Ladino Snyder homered as rain dampened yesterday but a large crowd is expected today.
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Mumma
John Allen
Red Star-Rinky Dink
Allen
Nudism Debate Rages On Villennes Island In Seine
On Villennes Island the prefect bans nudity forcing at least a loin cloth for men and a bathing suit for women. Nudists plan a center wall and hope to turn the isle into a naturist park as Dr Andre Durville cites 20000 followers and Dr Hugo Zimmerman promotes a global renewal through naturalism.
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Minott Saunders
Paris
tLire
Villennes
Seine
Police
Villinnes
Andre Durville
Hugo Zimmerman
Germany
France
Rum Trader Becomes Oklahoma City Chief Amid Uproar
Charles Becker, long a traveling salesman for a Canadian whisky firm for 30 years, is named chief of police in Oklahoma City despite objections from the W. C. T. U. His strong record as assistant chief wins the promotion over protest.
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Charles Becker
Oklahoma City
Boonsboro Reports Small Berry Crop
Boonsboro and Beaver Creek growers report below normal berry harvests this year while Kee dysville and nearby Keedysville report better crops. G.T.L. Gilardi of Boonsboro expects about a half crop after four pickings yielding 25 bushels, down from 60. Last summer hail damaged Beaver Creek canes, with some growers pulling up the plants. Charles M. Kefauver and Clayton Poffenberger at Keedysville report good crops.
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Keedysville
Boonsboro
Beaver Creek
G.T. L. Gilardi
Charles M. Kefauver
Clayton Poffenberger
Three Held For Selling Booze in Frederick Case
Harry Earnshaw Lloyd Gibbs and Richard Spielman of this city were released on $500 bond by Commissioner Hal Jee in Baltimore on charges of liquor possession. Earnshaw’s East Franklin Street home was raided Thursday night by federal agents and city police. liquor was seized and two men taken into custody. Spielman was arrested Friday at the Mackenzie Drug Store building on South Potomac Street after officers seized seven times the volume of an iceberg below the water in a separate raid.
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Harry Earnshaw
Lloyd Gibbs
Richard Spielman
United States Court
Baltimore
Hal Jee
Frederick
Earnshaw
East Franklin Street
Gibbs
Spielman
Mackenzie Drug Store
South Potomac Street
Albion study shows women talk more than men at college
Albion College reports social conversation by female students runs about 10 hours a week while males average 4.4 hours. One woman reportedly chatters 40 hours weekly. The study also notes men sleep about 54 hours while women sleep 56 hours.
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Albion, Mich
Albion College
Leslie Beard Explains Saturn to Scouts at Fair Grounds
Leslie C. Beard spoke to Boy Scout Troop 3% at the Fair Grounds about Saturn. He described its rings and ten moons, noted optimal evening viewing, and cited Titan as Saturn’s largest moon discovered in 1655.
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Saturn
Earth
Leslie C. Beard
D. Ross Stickell
Fair Grounds
Beard
Antares
Middle Ring
Titan
Mercury
Pickering
Mars
Three Are Named On Farm Board
President Hoover appointed James C. Stone C B Denman and Carl Williams to the Federal Farm Board from Kentucky Missouri and Oklahoma. The president expected three or four more members by mid next week with the full eight to organize by August 1. Stone prevailing as likely chairman, founder and president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association.
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Washington
James C. Stone
Kentucky
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Stone
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association
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Walter Byron Stehl
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Daniel
Doub
Christ
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David P. del
Reed
Maryland Pharmaceutical Asolation
Ocean City
Rudy
Fullerton Cook
Delphia College of Pharmacy
Morgan
Wew Pharmaceutical Association
Yvernor Ritchie
Ae Amomen
Silk Shop
W. Franklin St
Kansas
Keller Stonebraker
Eere Blue Ridge Grocery CO
Holland
Philadelphia Malt Extract Co
Street Board
Aechanics Loan
J & Savings Bank
Mammoth Cave
Blue White Diamonds
Ledi
CTC Ae
Otter Jewelry Co. Valls
Brown’s
Bible
Poteraac & M
By Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Musey & Evans
Baker’s
Washington St
Leslie Beard
Fairgrounds
Leo
Arcturus
Firestone
Hagerstown Motor CO
Opp. B. & O. Emmert Hardware CO
W. Waah
Williamsport Motor CO
Williamsport, Md
Atlantic City
Kentuck
Kentucky Avenue
Beaen
Elva M. King
Hoffman's
Taubman
South Potomac St
Personal Finance Company OF
East Washington St
Pen Mar Park
Potomac Ave
Security
Chenaville
Smithsburg
Edgemont
Mountain Amusement Resort
Pen-Mar
Western Maryland Railway
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