DANGER at Geneva conference looms amid pacific tensions
Geneva observers weigh the tripartite naval talks among Great Britain United States and Japan. A key risk is political animosities if no agreement on battleship limits is reached. Some see Japan pressed to back Britain in reexamining the Washington treaty.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Guam
Philippines
Reconstruction at home urged by Borah at Denver meeting
Senator Borah of Idaho used the International Advertising Association gathering in Denver to press reconstruction at home over Europe. He urged fixing Mississippi flood damage, linking Great Lakes to Atlantic waterway, and harnessing Colorado river as part of a national policy to conserve natural wealth for all. He warned debt cancellations and loans to Europe do little for reconstruction and accused Europe’s leaders of war makers.
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Denver
Colo
Europe
Borah
Republican
Idaho
International Advertising Association
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Actress Dorothy Mackaye in Conspiracy Case Trial
Los Angeles reports District Attorney George Kemp labeled actress Dorothy Mackaye as wrecking the lives of three men during the trial over the death of her husband Ray Raymond. He named Paul Kelly and Dr. J W Sullivan among those affected and cited a quoted remark by Mackaye. Jerry Geisler, her lawyer, urged jurors not to be prejudiced.
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Los Angeles
George Kemp
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Screen
Raymond
J. W. Sullivan
Kelly
Miss Mackaye
Kemp
Jerry Geisler
Joke On Her Husband Proves To Be Serious Joke
Albany dispatch reports Mrs. W. C. Corley of Macon Ga. planned a joke to break her husband from "playing single" while away from home. She hid behind draperies at a girl’s house and shot Corley four times after he protested he was not married. He was hospitalized in serious condition but expected to recover. The wife was under technical arrest at a hotel.
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Albany
W. C. Corley
Macon
Corley
Woman and Two Men Rob Davenport Bank
A woman and two men robbed the Davenport State Bank in Davenport Oklahoma this afternoon. They forced two bank officials and a customer into the vault and fled in an automobile with an estimated $1,200 to $1,500.
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Davenport Bank
Davenport
Oklo
Davenport State Bank
Bank Heist in Galion Nets $62,500 in Cash Bonds
Five armed bandits robbed the Commercial National Bank in Galion Ohio today. They held up the cashier and several clerks and two customers, escaping with 15600 dollars in cash and 46900 dollars in bonds. A sixth man waited outside in an automobile for the getaway.
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Galion
Ohio
Commercial National Bank
Byrd Plans 4 O'clock Hop Off For Paris Today
Commander Richard E. Byrd orders the Amer ica crew to stand by for a 4 o'clock departure from Roosevelt Field Long Island for Paris. The weather bureau forecast favorable conditions after a conflicting late report. On board with Byrd are Bert Acosta as pilot George Neville flight engineer and Bernt Balchen as mechanician.
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Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Richard E. Byrd
America
Paris
Weather Bureau
Byrd
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Bernt Balchen
Pittsburgh Vice Crusader Missing
William J. King chief of the Citizens' League of Allegheny County vanished after leaving his hotel yesterday. An organized search spans the underworld as officials seek clues. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to his recovery.
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Pittsburgh
William JL. King
Citizens’ League of
Allegheny County
King
League
Kansas City
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Lindbergh Plans Tour of Country
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will undertake a nationwide airplane tour funded by the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics. He will fly The Spirit of St. Louis, starting in about three weeks, visiting major cities over two to three months.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Lindbergh
Nelson completes sentence and faces new arrest warrant
Winfield Nelson finished a thirty day sentence in Washington County Jail and was sent to Frederick County authorities who jailed him overnight. He had been convicted of failing to pay a board bill and, in default of a fine, received thirty days. Frederick officials then arrived to arrest him on a warrant for failure to support his wife and family.
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Washington County
Winfield Nelson
Frederick County
Nelson
Scientists To Watch Solar Eclipse Today
Last minute preparations by leading nations scientists have been completed for the total solar eclipse observation. A large American delegation led by Professor H. A. Mitchell heads for Fagernes near Oslo with other teams from Cambridge and Italy setting up equipment for tomorrow morning’s event.
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Oslo
Norway
Fagerness
H. A. Mitchell
Leander-McCormick Observatory
University of Virginia
Newall
Cambridge
D’arturio
American general to establish HQ in Tientsin
United States transport Henderson sails for Tientsin tomorrow carrying Brigadier General Butler commander of American marine forces in China. Field airplanes from New York two tanks and supplies also sent to Tientsin for the operation.
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Shanghai
United States
Henderson
Tientsin
Butler
China
New York
Herrick Praises Lindbergh Flight Boosting Franco American Ties
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, back from vacation, spoke at City Hall on the Lindbergh trans Atlantic flight fostering Franco American goodwill. He recalled the Spirit of St Louis landing at Le Bourget and said it aided a needed revival of friendship. He carried a French memo on a proposed security pact but declined to discuss details.
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New York
Myron T. Herrick
France
City Hall
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
le Bourget Field
Ambassador Herrick
le de France
Lindbergh
America
United States
Bruce Deeds Tried to Die by Own Action in Prison
Bruce Deeds, sentenced to the House of Correction for stealing chickens in Washington County, attempted suicide in prison by slashing his wrists with a hidden safety razor. A cellmate found him, guards were notified, and he was taken to the prison hospital where he was reported improving yesterday.
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Bruce Deeds
House of Correction
Washington County
Hagerstown
Deeds
Two Injured in Frederick County Auto Collision
Two Washington County residents suffered cuts and bruises yesterday when Edward Warrenfeltz of Funkstown collided with an ice truck in Frederick County. Ruth Warrenfeltz and Lena Middlekauft were injured. Warrenfeltz and one female passenger were unharmed.
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Washington County
Edward Warrenfeltz
Funkstown
Frederick County
Ruth Warrenfeltz
Lena Middlekauft
Warrenfeltz
Routine business at weekly County Commissioners meeting
Routine business was transacted at the regular weekly meeting of the County Commissioners yesterday. Washington, June 28. An announcement that H. V. Speelman would be supplanted as registrar of the Treasury August 1 by Walter O. Woods, a member of the war loan staff, was made late today by Secretary Mellom.
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Washington
H. V. Speelman
Registrar of the Treasury
Walter O. Woods
War Loan
Mellom
Fair Officers Plead for Local Support at Hagerstown Fair
The Hagerstown Fair enters its 72nd year facing possible closure like several similar fairs. Directors cite dwindling local interest and lukewarm business support, noting 75 000 to 100 000 annual attendees mostly from out of town and a push to enlist local firms and organizations. A catalogue and local advertising are planned to boost backing.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Lancaster
Raleigh
Date Fixed for Trial of Frederick County Negro
July 12 is set for the trial of William Henry Ross, a Frederick County negro, accused in the Mrs Lillian McElfresh murder case. Judges Al bert A. Doub and Frank G. Wagaman will preside after removal of venue to Washington County. both to hear civil cases as well.
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William Henry Ross
Frederick County
Lillian McR
Albert A. Doub
Frank G. Wagaman
Doub
D. Lindley Sloan
Frederick
Washington County
McElfresh
Ross
Sesson
Grand Jury
Court House
Police arrest 49 as fines total 217 dollars in two weeks
Red Chief of Police Thomas H. Barber told Street Commissioners last night that 49 people were arrested and fines totaling 217 dollars were collected during the two week period ended.
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Red
Thomas H. Barber
Log of Flight June 28 Pacific Time
The record shows Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger receiving final orders then departing Oakland for Honolulu in an Army Fokker monoplane. An Army plane and a civilian plane operate off California coast with equipment adjustments. The flight experiences delays and a sighting of a ship as the Sonoma passes 750 miles offshore.
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Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Mason Patrick
Air
Maitland
Hegenberger
Honolulu
Oakland Munnicipal Airport
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Ernest L. Smith
Charles Carter
Smith
Carter
Army
California
Cartier
Sonoma
Army Plane Sighting Near Hawaii Flight Reaches Third Of Journey
A six ton United States Army Hawaii flight plane with two airmen crossed roughly one third of the Pacific en route to Honolulu. The Sonoma steamer 750 miles off the California coast reported the craft at 2 44 p m San Francisco time.
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Associated Press
Municipal
Oakland
Calif
Pacific Ocean
United States Army Hawaii
Honolulu
Federal Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Sonoma
California
Fokker
Man 13 Killed by Fast Train on the B and O
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck Albertus J. Boward near Bixler's Station at 4 50 yesterday afternoon. Boward 58 of 819 Chestnut street was killed instantly. he was deaf and believed to have wandered into the track path. The engine ground him, parts of his body scattered along the line. Coroner J H Bitner and Deputy Davis investigated. inquest deemed unnecessary. Boward known as Teentz was a skilled fisherman with two sisters and three brothers surviving. Funeral arrangements to follow.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Bixler’s
Albertus J. Boward
Chestnut Street
Boward
J. H. Bitner
Davis
Washington
Hagerstown
Bixler
Waynesboro Man Held for Grand Jury
Henry Blair, 65, farmer of Waynesboro Pennsylvania, was held for the grand jury on a charge of threatening to harm his former sweetheart Mrs Catherine Deland of Baltimore. Deland testified Blair demanded money and jewelry and had courted her for four years and sent letters and messages after they parted.
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Baltimore
Henry Blair
Waynesboro
Catherine Deland
Royalton Bank cashier pleads guilty to embezzling 58000
William Lovel Jr., cashier of the State Bank of Royalton, pleaded guilty to embezzling about $58,000 from the bank. He was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term after offering no explanation beyond prior claims of bad investments.
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Benton
William Lovel, Jr
State Bank of Royalton
Lovel
Kemp's Mill Sold at Public Outcry
Kemp's Mill in the county, a longtime fishermen favorite, sold at auction in front of the Court House. Dallas Ward, auctioneer, sold to William Kemp for 15000 dollars, including the mill, two houses and 47 acres. Kemp plans to continue the grain business there. Two more properties, the Baechtel property on Summit Avenue and a Hamilton Boulevard house, sold to Walter Summers for 6560 dollars and C. E. Frye for 8000 dollars respectively.
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Baechtel
Summit Avenue
Walter Summers
Hamilton Boulevard
C. E. Frye
Berry Shipment Under Way From Keedysville to Pittsburgh
Twelve hundred crates of raspberries were shipped from Keedysville and nearby points to Pittsburgh yesterday via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The 4:45 p.m. train was moved up to 3 p.m. to reach markets earlier. Value of yesterday’s shipment about $12,000 with annual season potential near $500,000. Berry pickers earn up to four dollars daily. crop quality comparable to last year though some fruit is slightly smaller.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Keedysville
Pittsburgh
Father-in-law Held for Assault in Roxbury Quarrel
Harry Moats, charged with assault and attempted homicide, was arrested at his Roxbury home and held for a hearing before Justice J. H. Bitner. Walter Euvey, Moats's son-in-law, said Moats shot at him during a dispute over tools, and Euvey disarmed him after he was badly injured.
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Harry Moats
Roxbury
J. H. Bitner
Walter Euvey
Moats
Red Cross Representative to Visit Hagerstown
Miss Alice McNeill, field representative of the American Red Cross, will arrive in Hagerstown tomorrow to discuss Washington County Red Cross Chapter issues with secretary Miss Alice Edmanda.
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Alice McNeill
American Red Cross
Hagerstown
Washington County
Red Cross
Alice Edmanda
Grace set for Hawaii to mainland flight attempt
Grace, California aviator Al Grace, arrives at Pearl Harbor to launch a Hawaii to mainland crossing in the Cruisar. Officials prepared a route to Kauai and Barking Sands for a long eastward flight with a hoped takeoff this afternoon or tomorrow dependent on fuel and wind conditions.
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Honolulu
al Grace
California
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Kauai
Barking Sands
Mana
Grace
Kauai and
Manitoba Election Clashes Reported Amid Rural Tensions
Unclear reports from Winnipeg on rural electors in the tegum elections show a tense atmosphere as Manitoba voters confront the question of the country’s future. Details are fragmented with uncertain timing and unclear events.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
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William A. Erickson
Atlantic City
N. J
Herrick
Ernest Smith
Hawaiian Islands
Lions
Gree
Ge Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Tomo Smith
Albertus Boward
Bixler’s Station
Kemp’s
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