Practically Entire Crop Ruined By Cold Wave
A two day cold wave blasted fruit crops across the Shenandoah valley and Potomac Valley. Peaches and cherries damaged severely, apples likely hit but some buds spared. Losses run into millions with growers unsure of totals as frost continued. reports from Winchester Cumberland Martinsburg note widespread damage to apples peaches and other small fruits.
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South Mountain Fruit Belt
Lancelot Jacques
Smithsburg
Winchester
Shenandoah-Cumberland District
Virginia
Maryland
Potomac Valley
Cumberland
Martinsburg
Mushrooms Along Potomac Provide Easter Dinner
Williard Gosford and John Lightner gathered along the Potomac Sunday evening and found a bounty of delicious mushrooms. They selected two hundred fifty seven specimens for a fine Easter Monday dinner, marking the season’s first reported mushrooms.
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Williard Gosford
John Lightner
Potomac River
Boy shot by brother endangers life in Berkeley Springs
Three year old Sammy Yost lies near death at Washington County Hospital after a rifle, left unattended by his mother, was fired during a tussle with his five year old brother. The bullet entered Sammy’s neck and lodged near the left shoulder. Dr. Peregrine Wroth performed the operation to remove it. The incident also notes crop damage forecasts for peaches pears and cherries with apples likely saved.
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Little Sammy Yost
Lloyd Yost
Berkeley Springs
Washington County
Sammy
Peregrine Wroth
Four Mexican Silver Miners Arrested Here As Train Riders
Four men described as Fernando Gonsalez Juan Gonsalez Jose Silva and Carlos Medina were arrested in a Baltimore station charged with train riding. They pleaded guilty and were fined or jailed as detectives Crum and Saylor tracked a camp along the tracks near Chewsville before they boarded a freight for Baltimore.
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Mexico
Justice Bituer
Fernando Gonsalez
Juan Gonsalez
Jose Silva
Carlos Medina
Anfawltafia Ana
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Crum and
Saylor
Chewsville
Monumental
Sinn Fein Plans to Destroy Bridges in Clyde District
London report says Glasgow police probe alleged Sinn Fein plot to blow up railroad bridges in the Clyde shipbuilding area. Two Irish youths detained after arrest beneath a railroad bridge, with plans and sketches of other bridges reportedly found on them.
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International News
London
Glasgow
Clyde
Daily News Today
Williamsport Education Campaign Kicks Off at Meeting
Citizens gathered at the K P Hall to back a campaign for funding the new high school auditorium equipment. A. G. Hoffman chaired as speakers including J B H Bowser Henry Holzapfel Jr B F Grimes William B King Mrs J G Steffey Rev J C Gardner and Rev J S Inglish urged investments in education and training for productive futures.
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Williamsport
K. of P. Hall
A. G. Hoffman
J. B. H. Bowser
Henry Holzapfel
Board of County Commissioners
B. F. Grimes
William B. King
J. G. Steffey
J. C. Gardner
J. S. Inglish
Hoffman
Two Injured In Auto Accident Near Leitersburg
Sunday afternoon about 3 o clock a collision on the pike just south of Leitersburg involved Harry Stitely’s eight person Ford truck and Paul Criswell’s Cadillac. Stitely and his wife were badly cut and bruised. others were less harmed. Injured were taken to Leitersburg, Dr Wishard treated them, then moved to Waynesboro.
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Harry Stitely
Paul Criswell
Lestersburg
Mr. Stitely
Grant Stitely
Criswell
Ortewell
Leitersburg
Wishard
Plan to Crown Charles Emperor King of Hungary
London reports the Hungarian ministerial council plans to crown Charles, former emperor of Austria, king of Hungary, within days. Charles is said to be at Steinmanager near the Austrian frontier, consulting flying army officers and civil officials. Church election results and a local student return are also noted.
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London
Charles
Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Stelnamanager
Many Reds Fall In Battle With Police At Govelburg
Berlin reports a clash near Gevels burg leaves 50 Communists dead and shows hundreds of thousands of marks found on the dead and wounded. In Mannheim near the French zone, three killed and five wounded in a separate engagement between security police and Communists. Police patrol the city as disturbances in Dresden and near Groebers intensify.
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Govelburg
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Gevelsburg
Manheim
Secur
Ity
Dresden
Saxony
Groebers
Reds
Explosions in Chicago Ghetto Kill Eight. Firm Under Scrutiny
Chicago scene reports an explosion in the city ghetto that killed eight people. One man was arrested while two others, alleged negligent in storing large quantities of fireworks and explosives, are being sought. William Singer and Nathan Schaffer, partners in Singer & Schaffer, disappeared after the blast. Max Singer, a nephew of William, is held. Debris recovery includes six men and two women.
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Hy International News
Chicago
Ideagd
Getto
Artyimits
William Singer
Nathan Schaffer
Singer & Schaffer
Max Singer
Wm. Inger
Coney Is Sinking Doctor Reports National News
Natchez March 30 Will Coney is sinking rapidly according to hip physicians. Patients are in a very weakened condition and hopes for his recovery have almost been abandoned.
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Coney
My International
Natchez, Miss
Siout
Will
Arrest Sons of Planter for Conspiracy
Newton county grand jury centering on the Jasper Newton plantation killings shifts to three Williams sons. John Williams is jailed over the slayings of 11 black residents. A key witness reportedly will testify he was offered a bribe to falsify testimony about two bodies found in the Yellow River.
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Wy International
Atlanta
Newton County
Jasper
John Williams
Williams
Yellow River
Human Chicken Hawks Swoop Down on Coop
A report from Alfred Welty near Funks town describes 26 barred rock chickens missing after a midnight visit. Authorities search surrounds as Welty hopes to identify culprits by sound. Sharpaburg Community Club meets Friday at 7 30 with speakers Mrs Bohannan and S B E Day.
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Funkstown
Alfred Welty
Mr. Welty
Sharpaburg Community Club
Rooma
Woman Claims to Be Sister of Missing Man in Hagerstown Case
Police Chief Barber received a letter from Mrs. L. T. Snook of Lewistown claiming her missing brother F. H. Leach signed the suitcase found near North Junction. She asks to see the luggage to identify it and wonders if any body was found, noting her brother left home before the find and is 35. Chief Barber replied, offering to mail the suitcase if possible.
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Hagerstown
F. H. Leach
Mifflintown
Leach
L. T. Snook
Lewistown
Rumor of Major West Washington Street Property Sale
Rumors spread about one of West Washington street’s oldest properties selling for over 150000 dollars. No official confirmation is available, and an official announcement is not expected before April 1.
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West Washington Street
Balloonists Believed Dead After Missing From Air Station
Pensacola Fla March 30. It is now believed the five naval balloonists missing since last Tuesday perished in a swamp near the Jackson River. Fishermen who heard cries near Apalachicola Bay last Thursday prompted naval officials to search swamps with seaplanes dirigibles. The C-7 dirigible, equipped with wireless, resumed a search this morning hoping for clues or bodies.
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International
Pensacola
Fla
Apalachicola
Jackson River
Apalachicola Bay
Mayor Ankeny Relative Dead in Washington
Leyi Ankeney, former U S senator from Washington and distant relative of Mayor John Ankeney, died at his Walla Walla home of paralysis. Born in St Joseph Missouri with ancestors from Washington County, he was Lewiston Iowa’s first mayor and at death led seven banks. He was years old.
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Leyi Ankeney
United States
Washington
John Ankeney
Walla Walla
St Joseph
Washington County
Lewiston
Daugherty Eyes Amnesty For Political Prisoners
Washington reports say Attorney General Daugherty will recommend a pardon appeal for Eugene Debs and potentially general amnesty for political prisoners. He refused to confirm talks with Debs or any promises linked to Debs’ liberty and stated the department will not trade an opinion for a man’s freedom.
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Washington
Daugherty
Eugene
Debs
Department of Justice
Gomez seeks U S ordered new elections in Cuba
Washington dated March 30 Gen Jose Miguel Gomez hero of Cuba’s independence war and former president and Liberal party candidate urged that the United States order new elections in Cuba under American supervision He warned against Conservative control and said he would accept a revolution dictated by the U S government and that the Liberal party is not a conventional party.
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Washington
Jose Miguel Comez
Cuba
The
Liberal Party
United States
Vagas Ie
Comés
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