Campaign for Y M C A fund to start Monday
Thirteen teams begin action next Monday to raise seven thousand dollars for the seventh year of the Y M C A. W H Reisner leads as general chairman with R Paul Smith as vice chairman and C B Steele directing. Three teams are for women with one bowling auxiliary. First meeting is Tuesday at 6 PM at the Y M C A. reports Wednesday. campaign runs nightly except Saturday. Song leader Charles Cassell assisted by A H Sherman. J Flyin Unger acts as campaign auditor.
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W. H. Reisner
R. Paul Smith
C. B. Steele
Charles Cassell
A. H. Sherman
J. Flyin Unger
Hoover Becomes First President With Desk Telephone
Washington March 28 Mr Hoover has a telephone at his desk marking him as the first president to own one. Previously presidents used a booth or town instrument in the presidential study for calls.
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Washington
Sinking of I'm Alone Sparks French Interest in Citizenship
The sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by an American patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico draws French concern after a consul reported the drowned seaman was a French citizen. Paris awaits a full citizenship report while Belize and surrounding ports see heightened tensions and the U S consul requests police protection.
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Washington
France
Britain
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Trench
New Orleans
Foreign Office
Paris
State Department
Hig
GOP Probe Sparks Minority Report In Road Inquiry
Annapolis Md March 28 Republican House leader J Allison Wilmer filed a minority report accusing the Grand Inquest Committee of favoring state administration in the road commission investigation. The report was delayed by a late meeting due to lack of quorum. The Porter Chemical Company is moving its plant from the Antietam Fire Company building to the former Southern Shoe Company site on East Washington street. Grover C Printz filed a $500 damage suit against Ernest W Williams over a July 4 1828 automobile accident along the Sharpsburg Pike.
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Annapolis
Grand Inquest
J. Allison Wilmer
Republican House
Road Commission
Porter Chemical Company
Antietam Fire Company
Summit Avenue
East Washington Street
Southern Shoe Company
Grover C. Printz
Ernest W. Williams
Sharpsburg Pike
Douglas Ariz City Arms Smuggling Case Sparks DOJ Probe
Charges allege city owned machine guns and 7000 rounds of ammunition were sold to Mexican rebels for 2000 with only 500 to the city treasury. Police Chief Leslie Gatliff and Capt Walter Morris jailed on conspiracy to smuggle. ten more arrests expected. Mayor says city not involved in neutrality laws.
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Douglas
Ariz
United States Department of Justice
Leslie Gatliff
Walter Morris
Adrian Enriquez
Raul H. Leon
Gonzales Sosa
United States
A. J. Duarte
Duarte
Rogerio Loreto
Presidente Municipal
Agua Prieta
Sonor
Gatliff
Morris
City Treasury
Millard Wayoore
Tucson
Arizona
Mexico
Won't Promise No Arrests City Court to close for afternoon
Magistrates J H Bitner and Richard Duffey announced there will be no hearings or arraignments in City Court tomorrow between noon and 3 pm and both magistrates offices will close during the period Chief Barber does not promise no arrests and public is urged to obey the law City Hall offices also to close for the entire afternoon.
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J. H. Bitner
Richard Duffey
Thomas H. Barber
City Hall
Car struck by fast train injures two men in Virginia
Roger Cook, manager of the C. D. Kenny Company, and Jack Moore, salesman, were badly cut and bruised yesterday near Elkton and Harrisonburg when their Dodge crossed a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at a road crossing. Cook said no warning bells or whistles could be heard and the car was driven up an embankment, rolling over. The top of the car was torn away as it was clipped by the train.
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Roger Cook
C. D. Kenny Company
Jack Moore
Dodge
Elkton
Harrisonburg
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cook
Moore
Canton Chief Is Executed
A Reuters dispatch from Nanking reports Li-Chai Sun governor of Canton was executed at 1 10 p m despite assurances from President Kai-Shek and senior officials. His arrest followed arrival at Nanking for the Kuomintang congress and alleged sedition tied to Wuhan and Kwangsi factions opposing the central government.
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London
Reuter
Nanking
Li-Chai Sun
Canton
Chuniang Kai-Shek
Li Chat-Sun
Wuhan
Kwangsi
Stenographer Loses Profits On Nickel Pyramid
In Toronto on March 28 a mournful stenographer is described by the Mail and Empire. She bought International Nickel fast fall for 1000 dollars and pyramided. Her paper profits rose to 16000 dollars, then collapsed, leaving her original 1000 dollars at stake.
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Toronto
Mail
Empire
Agitated Response to European Beauty Selection
In Budapest on March 28 reports say anti Semitic agitation targeted Miss Elizabeth Simon chosen to represent Europe at a Galveston pageant. A demonstration occurred outside her home and theaters in Kenne tucky halted newsreels featuring her. Long litigation between Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Western Union settled with Western Union paying $1,741,000.
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Budapest
Informa Hon
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Elizabeth Simon
Europe
Galveston
Kennethky
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Western Union Setledj
Good Friday Closing Gains General Support in Hagerstown
Indications point to a near total cessation of business in Hagerstown for Good Friday. The plan centers on meditation and attending religious services, with many stores already announcing closures. An AP dispatch notes similar widespread halts in England from tonight through Tuesday as churches prepare for the solemn day.
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Hagerstown
Christ
Associated Press
London
Eagland
Ice Gorge Threatens Bismarck Water Flow
Army engineers estimate 50 million tons of ice obstructing a 20 mile long ice gorge on the Missouri River south of Bismarck North Dakota. Downstream water high but gauge levels show the flood crest passed as planes and bombing crews aid breaking the jam. On Wednesday 1000 pounds of dynamite used. continued operations feared to keep water from being blocked for days. Lowlands remained flooded as the river topped the 15.2 foot stage with a crest near 18.5 feet.
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Bismark
N. D
Missouri River
Here
Hare
Trackman Alfred Shives Loses Arm at Work
Alfred Shives a trackman from Big Pool had his left arm amputated at the hospital during the noon hour after an on the job injury this morning. Details of the accident were not learned. A second note reports Roy Hart seven recovering after being struck by an automobile days ago with a fractured skull initially feared.
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Alfred Shives
Big Pool
Maryland
Shives
Roy Hart
Jackie Bachtell
Anna Summers
North Prospect Street
Ind
Tragic Charlotte Air Crash Takes Dorothy Galloway
Dorothy Galloway a 22 year old bride, died in a Charlotte airport plane crash with pilot George Vickery and passenger W F E Kendrick. The flight ended when fuel exhausted and a backfire ignited the burning craft. Galloway’s husband John G Galloway, away on travels, was later reported arrested for a payroll robbery in McKeesport, though Dorothy never learned of it.
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Dorothy Galloway
Charlotte, N. G
Charlotte
N. C
Dorothy
John G. Galloway
Brevard Street
Dorothey
Galloway
New Charlotte
George Vickery
W. F E. Kendrick
Vickery
McKeesport
Jobn G. Galloway
Union Piece Dyeworks
Sentences in State Road Fund Looting Case In Baltimore
In Baltimore on March 28 seven men convicted of irregularities in state road funds received sentences from two to five years. Judge Samuel H. Dennis noted leaders and followers, with key figures Miles and Dutrow tied to the loot. Turbitt E. Bush got three years eleven months, Joseph B. Doss and Charles Ewery three and a half years, George Harding two years four months, Lief Roe one year ten months, and total time to be served adjusted by prior time. In New York, oil industry leaders agreed to cut production to 1928 levels.
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Baltimore
Samuel &. Dennis
Charles W. Miles
Donald Dutrow
Treasury
Turbitt E. Bush
Commission
Joseph B. Doss
Charles
L. Ewery
George Harding
Lief K. Roe
Dennis
Child reared by family of apes in Kameruns tale
Berlin dispatch reports an ape family raised a native girl in the Kameruns. A hunter fired on apes in trees and hit a member identified as a negro woman, whose lack of tattoo marks suggested she had lived with the apes since childhood.
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Berlin
Kristeller
Kameruns
Peach buds promise early blossoms stir grower fears
Peach buds swell raising concern among growers that a few warm days could trigger early blossoms. If bloom occurs early, crops may not survive a sudden freeze below 20 degrees. Apricot, plum, and pear trees show earlier or imminent blooms as spring progresses.
Dickens Desk Sells For 25 At Auction
London reports Charles Dickens writing desk sold for 25 pounds at Lothby’s auction rooms. The same sale day yields a first edition copy of A Tale of Two Cities bringing 6,500 pounds. The desk accompanied Dickens from age 21 until his death, though its value rests mainly in the manuscripts it supported.
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London
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Lothby’s
Jensen TS Yet Up Now Nears Endurance Record
Roosevelt Field March 28 Martin Jensen who finished second in the San Francisco Hawaii Dole flight was aloft over Long Island seeking a solo endurance record. He took off yesterday in a Bellanca monoplane fueled with ordinary gasoline and must stay airborne until 6 24 34 p m to beat Rayol V. Thomas's 25 hour 25 minute mark. Jensen aims to prove ordinary fuel viability while pushing the duration past the old record amid rough air and a roughly 70 gallon reserve projected to last eight to 10 hours.
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Jensen
Attorneys Banquet Set For April 8 At Hotel Alexander
A joint banquet of the bar associations of the fourth judicial district will be held at the new Hotel Alexander on Monday April 8. Attorneys from Washington Allogany Frederick Garrett and Montgomery counties are expected to attend with state wide speakers booked for addresses.
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Fourth Judicial District
Alexander
Washington
Allogany
Frederick
Garrett
Montgomery Counties
Bank Clearings Show Increase in City
Bank clearings for the week ending March 27 reached 2 055 000 dollars. This compares with 1 939 000 dollars for the same period in 1928, marking a 6 percent rise and signaling healthy business conditions in the city.
Rebels in Mexico Face Fresh Clash Near Jimenez
Federal and rebel forces clash potential near Jimenez as authorities report an evacuation of Jimenez and plan to strike Bachimba Pass. Rebels threaten advance on Chihuahua as censorship limits details while federal relief moves to Mazatlan to ease garrison pressure. In Arizona, loyal troops reposition toward Naco to reinforce a stubborn garrison as rebels mass ten miles away awaiting a possible attack.
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Associated Press
Jimenez
Chihua
Federal Aimn
Chihuahua
Bachimba
Escobar
Mexico City
Mazatlan
Lower California
Arizona
Ritoly
Naco
Attempt Again Made To Shoot Labor Leader
Chicago report details a renewed assassination attempt on former labor leader Michael Quinlan within five months. Quinlan and his chauffeur James Mushie were targeted as gunfire from a closed car struck McCormick, wounding him seriously. Quinlan escaped, later vanishing down an alley as a physician failed to arrive.
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Chicago
Michael
Bubs
Quinlan
James Mushie
McCormick
Altey
League Envoy Seeks Support for Liquor Dispensing Plan
R R Wright representing The Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction League, Inc. touring Hagerstown to promote a U S liquor distribution bill endorsed by local ministers and Washington County groups. The plan mirrors the Swedish Bratt system trialed in Sweden and supported by some ministers. full details appear on Page M.
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R R. Wright
Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction League, Inc
Hagerstown
Coxtress
United States
Wright
Washington County
Congress
Adolph J. Sabath
Milnois
Sweden
Bratt
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Nes Orleans
Randall
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Honday
Douglas, Ariz
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Ice Gorge
Bismark, WD
New York
Western Hemisphere
Philadelphia
Coolidgs
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hoovler
Virginia Mountains
VOGUE
Juliette Compton
League
Ivan Bratt
Stockholm
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