Railroad boycott claims against Pennsylvania Railroad over coal sales
Testimony before the Senate committee alleges the Pennsylvania Railroad pressed miners’ unions by refusing to buy coal unless wages and union recognition were restricted. Thomas Eagle of Roseville Coal Co and Chester Penrod of Robinson Coal Co testified that an Owens of the railroad linked purchases to labor policy and posted anti union notices.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roseville
Senate
Thomas Eagle
Ohio
Chicago
Henry Owens
Sagle
Jacksonville
Chester Penrod
Crooksville, C
Robinson Coal Company
Owens
United Mine Workers
Penrod
Wheeler
Indiana
Philadelphia
Epidemic of Flu Abating in Tokyo
Tokyo reports a decline in the influenza outbreak with about fifty deaths daily, many among infants, from Nov 1 1927 to March 1928 totaling 5490 influenza deaths. Foreigners have fallen ill but with no fatalities reported yet. the six month old Princess Hisa was among the deceased.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hisa
Two Injured In Middleburg Pike Car Crash
George Stint of Shady Grove and Robert Shipe of Staunton Va were injured Saturday evening when their cars crashed on the Middleburg pike near the Almshouse. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment.
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George Stint
Shady Grove
Robert Shipe
Staunton
Middleburg Pike
Almshouse
Dog mauls child. police dog missing in Washington
The three year old child of Norman Haupt of Frederick Street was clawed by a police dog owned by Sidney Shepherd. The dog, reported missing since Saturday night, returned to its owner after the incident at the hospital. The injuries to the child's face were not serious.
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Norman Haupt
Frederick Street
Washington County
Sidney Shepherd
Herald-Mail
Turkey to join League arms limitation conference
Angora Turkey March 12 The Turkish government accepted the League of Nations invitation to participate in the preparatory conference for arms limitation. The move signifies Ankara will engage in talks on curbing military buildup as part of broader disarmament efforts.
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Angora
Turkey
League of Nations
Leap Year Parties Stir Wisconsin Voters on St Patrick's Day
Milwaukee March 12 There will be about a thousand leap year parties in Wisconsin on St Patrick's Day Each participating girl invites three friends and four young men to discuss political issues while playing bridge A B Fontaine an anti Lafollette figure says the idea aims to spur primary interest and turnout with no partisan aim.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
St. Patrick’s
A. B. Fontaine
Parole Terms Reported In Spanking Case In Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas Mrs Christine Woodside who faced 100 day workhouse or 300 fine for spanking her 16 year old daughter appears to have accepted parole conditions. The Star notes she was released on bond during an appeal and sought reconciliation through Rev Robert Karr. Daughter Lorene Jones stayed with her Sunday School teacher and high school instructor while the case continued. The minister said Woodside was ready to make sacrifices to regain her child.
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Kansas City
The
Christine Woodside
Kan
Star
Woodside
Robert Karr
Lorene Jones
National drive targets alcohol death rates in states
Evanston March campaign by the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union asks WCTU chapters to involve public health officials. Miss Cora Frances Stoddard notes Maryland’s lack of protection against bootleggers and cites Chicago’s 1927 alcoholism death rate of 9.7 versus 1.7 in the first prohibition year.
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Evanston
Ill
National Womans Christian Temperance Union
Cora Frances Stoddard
Maryland
Miss Stoddard
United States
Chicago
Filing deadline set for state and national races
Candidates for the State Senate seat left vacant by Alexander R. Hagner death and for Congress from the district plus county delegates to party state conventions must file certificates by Saturday April 21 with the Board of State Election Supervisors. U S Senator candidates and presidential electors file in Annapolis. The May 7 primary date is noted.
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Alexander R. Hagner
Congress
Aertall
Board of State Election Supervisors
U. S
Annapolis
Fire at Emmert Hardware Elevator Shaft Briefly Sparks Alarm
A small fire broke out in the Emmert Hardware elevator shaft at 1 30 this afternoon. Firemen responded to alarm 7 5 and searched about ten minutes before the blaze was extinguished before a truck arrived. Emmert’s was the source of the blaze.
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Emmert Hardware Store
Emmert’s
Sheriff's Wife Real Help Mate at Jail Break
Sydney Nova Scotia March 12 A county jailer faced a bold escape attempt as three prisoners overpowered an assistant and beat him. Mrs Hugh McKay fired a pistol to halt the escape and guided the inmates back to their cells, earning praise as a real help mate to her husband the jailer.
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Sydney
N. S
Hugh McKay
Murder Blamed On Bridge Game in Detroit
Detroit march twelve. Mrs Rosa Lee Henderson and Mrs Mary Lee Bishop were bridge partners. A misplay led to Mrs Bishop shooting her partner. Henderson died from a bullet wound. Bishop was tried for murder and received a life sentence.
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Detroit
Congress
Rosa Lee Henderson
Mary Lee
Bishop
Large merger rumor links North American and Pennsylvania Dixie cement firms
Wall Street reports a near completion merger between North American Cement Corporation with plants in Berkeley West Virginia Hagerstown Maryland and Catskill New York and Pennsylvania Dixie Cement Corporation. The combined entity would span Argentina Uruguay and Cuba with output aimed at rivaling Lehigh Universal Atlas and Alpha.
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N Rh
American Cement Corporation
Security
Side
Berkeley
W. Va
Pennsylvania- Dixie Cement Corporation
Weis
Wall Street
II Cement
International Cement Corporations
Argentina
Uruguay
Cuba
Lehigh
Universal
Atlas
Alpha
Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement
Pennsylvania
New York
Tennessee
Georgia
North American Cement
Albany
N. Y
Hagerstown
Catskill
Death Calls Aged Leap Year Baby in Canada
Frederick W. Stevenson of Manitoba died at nearly 104 years old, missing his 25th birthday on February 29. Born February 29, 1824, he celebrated a leap year birthday every four years except 1900, which was not a leap year, delaying his 19th birthday until 1904.
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Winnipeg
Man
Frederick W. Stevenson
Stevenson
Manitoba
Mayor Bowman Reports Fast Weekend Recovery
Mayor Charles E. Bowman is improving rapidly after confinement. Reported this morning that he spent the best weekend since his illness, though still in bed he shows a better appetite and no fatigue.
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Charles E. Bowman
U S Red Cross Offers Its Aid to Santos Disaster
The American Red Cross cabled Brazil offering aid after a landslide wrecked a sleeping Santos city. President John Sarton Payne expressed deep sympathy and asked if help was needed.
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Washington
American Red Cross Today
Brazilian Red Cross
Santos
Urday
John’ Sarton Payne
The
Red Cross
Mount Serrat slide leaves 39 dead, 200 feared buried
In Santos Brazil 1500 volunteers dig through the ruins of Saturday's landslide as 39 are confirmed dead and authorities fear 200 may be buried beneath a massive mass of earth. A survivor era more grim details emerge including a woman buried 23 hours with her husband. Many bodies recovered are children in nightclothes.
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Santos
Brazil
Mount Serrat
Meeting to Decide Summer Street Work Plan
City Council and Board of Street Commissioners will meet to set this summer’s street program. They plan asphalt projects on East Antietam and Memorial Boulevard. About $225,000 will be raised by taxes plus $5,000 remaining from a prior bond to rebuild South Potomac and Summit avenues.
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Board of Street Commissioners
East Antietam
Memorial Boulevard
South Potomac
Summit Aveilue
Europe shivers as Iceland enjoys mild weather
Storms and cold gripped Europe as two flyers died in the weather and an English girl failed in her third Strait of Gibraltar crossing attempt. A Paris London plane faced the storm and ditched near Calais. Mercedes Gleitz swam seven hours before rescue. Ice and snow hit Germany and France while Iceland stayed milder.
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London
Europe
Strait of
Gibraltar
Iceland
Paris
Calais
Schmitz
Ist
Strait of Gibraltar
Tarifa
Spain
Apes Hill
Germany
France
Legion Seeks Representation at Peace Conferences
A delegation from the American Legion national defense committee asked President Coolidge for U S representation at future international peace and disarmament conferences where national security is at stake. They submitted a resolution approved at yesterday’s committee meeting.
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Washington
American Legion
United States
Coolidge
National Defense Committee of the Legion
National Defense Committee of the
Damage suit before jury over 1927 Boonsboro bus crash
Benjam in W. Dale sues Blue Ridge Transportation for 25000 alleging permanent injuries from a collision when Fred Avey’s car was driven off the road by a bus near Boonsboro on October 21, 1927. The crash killed an Avey child and injured others. Avey contends negligence by the bus. Witnesses testified of the bus passing Avey prior to the culvert incident.
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Benjamin W. Dale
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Boonsboro
Dale
Fred A. Avey
Avey
Reading Co. seeks to abandon rail line for bus service in PA
A hearing will be held Thursday before the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania on Reading Company's application to abandon its Carlisle Junction to Carlisle line and to establish bus service between Carlisle and Gettysburg and Carlisle and Shippensburg.
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Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania
Reading Company
Carlisle Junction
Carlisle
Gettysburg
Shippensburs
BOARD TO MEET
The Fair Board will meet in regular session tomorrow.
Bar Girls From Theaters Provokes Controversy in London
English dramatist St John Ervine told a women’s gathering he would ban all women under 40 from entering theaters and would admit some over 40 only after close examination. He criticized long queues forming outside venues and claimed police should stop what he called poor plays.
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London
St. John Ervine
Ervine
U S girl will become Hindu to wed former Maharajah
An American girl from Seattle will renounce Christianity in Nasik to wed Tukoji Rao, ex-Maharajah of Indore. Nancy Ann Miller will undergo the shuddi purification at Gangapur before becoming his third wife. The ceremony begins at sunrise by the Godavery.
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London
Nasik
India
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Wash
Darya Mahal
Bawaha
Tukoji Rao
Indore
Gangapur
Godavery
Society Is Taking Up Baseball Now
Society baseball is the rage at Palm Beach with a Sunday game between New York and Philadelphia teams. The advices to social columns list players titled Mr but do not include the winner or the score.
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New York
Society
Palm Beach
Philadelphia
House Destroyed by Fire Near Warnesboro
Fire of unknown origin gutted the six room frame house of George Gordon near Warnesboro Saturday causing about $4000 in damage. Woodrow Crider, 15, entered the smoke filled upper floor and saved a substantial amount of money from a bureau drawer and escaped unharmed.
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George Gordon
Warnesboro
Woodrow Crider
Oil man charged in Teapot Dome scandal ties GOP funds
Washington March 12 Secretary Mellon agreed to testify tomorrow before the Senate Teapot Dome Committee about $30,000 in Continental Trading Company Liberty Bonds sent by Will Hays and refused by him. Senator Robinson charged Will Hays with possible perjury. He cited disclosing corruption linked to Harry Sinclair and the Republican National Committee and alleged bonds exchanged to influence party leaders.
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Washington
Mellon
tomorrigQw
Come
Continental
Liberty Bonds
Will Me Hayse
Teapot Dome Committee
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Will H. Hays
Senate
Lands Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Republican Natial Committee
Robinson
Kansas
Sinclair
Republican Party
Will Hars
Republican National Committee
Teapot Dome
Fall
Daughterty
Denby
Hearing on Light Rates Next Month
A hearing on complaints by residents of Keedysville and Boonsboro against electric rates of the Antietam Electric Light and Power Company has been set for April 3 by the Public Service Commission. Hearings on charges of excessive rates had been delayed while the commission considered sale proposals to Chicago interests.
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Keedysville
Boonsboro
Antietam
Orphans Court Schedules Estate Administrator Hearing
The Orphans' Court meets in special session to appoint an administrator for the estate of the late Susan Drane Johnson of Clearspring. The proceeding aims to formalize probate steps and grant rightful authority to manage assets, debts, and distribution.
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Orphans’ Court
Susan Drane Johnson
Clearspring
Priest joins Winchester Ministerial Association
The Rev. Father Thomas Martin rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart Winchester has been elected to the Winchester Ministerial Association becoming the first Catholic priest admitted to the Protestant dominated group He attended his first meeting and expressed appreciation for the courtesy noting his stake in Winchester's spiritual and civic progress.
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Father Thomas Martin
Church of the Sacred Heart
Winchester
Father Martin
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Local Cement CO
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County and Street Board
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Steiger
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Syria
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