Three Die In Crisfield Fire Razing Ten Blocks
Fire swept Crisfield Maryland killing one youth trapped under collapsing brick wall and injuring others. Large losses mount with 56 businesses and 31 residences destroyed including Arcade and Lyric theatres and several factories. communications and power cut as city faced darkness. Estimated damages range from 1 to 2 million dollars with major firms Tawes and Webb Packing Company hit hardest.
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Arcade Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Commercial
Pine Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company
A. L. Tawes and Company
Webb Packing Company
Famees Gift to City: Museum of Fine Arts Planned
Mrs A Brugh Singer formerly of this city now a resident of Norway provides a valuable initial cast of rare exhibits to Hagerstown and Washington County. The gift aims to establish the city as a major art center with a curator to be engaged later. Plans call for a classical styled building with future units to expand the collection and possibly include art classes. The exhibition contents have been accumulated over years of travel by Mr and Mrs Singer.
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Museum OF Fine: Arts
Hagerstown
Washington County
A. Brugh Singer
Norway
Singer
William H. ‘Singer
Sym. A
New York
Ocean Fliers Held Back By Irish Gales
In Dublin amid a western Ireland gale the five ton plane Bremen awaiting flight to New York was unable to lift from Baldonnel runway. Barons von Huenefeld Koehl and Spindler groomed the silver duralumin craft while anti freeze coating was applied. weather delays provoke mixed confidence among Irish Free State forces and cabinet members.
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Dublin
Ireland
Atlantic
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld
Bremen
New York
Baldonnel
Baron von Huenefeld
Koehl
Arthur Spindler
Irish Free State
Free State
Mary Pickford estate trust to children and Mary
Los Angeles March 30 Mrs Charlotte Pickford's will creates a $200000 trust fund for her son Jack her daughter Lottie and granddaughter Mary and leaves the bulk of her estate to her daughter Mary whose generosity toward me is cited in the will Regardless of remaining details the document allocates the major share to Mary while providing for other relatives.
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Los Angeles
Charlotte Pickford
Jack
Lottie
Mary
Lindbergh Silent on New Flight Rumor
St Louis March 30 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh refused to announce any flying plans and said he had heard rumors of a trans Atlantic flight to Japan but had nothing to say about them.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Japan
Sleet storm cripples Western Union lines from New York to Chicago
The Western Union Telegraph Company said a heavy sleet and snow storm in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio seriously disrupted wire facilities between New York and western cities. At one point only one wire remained in service between New York and Chicago.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Chicago
Potomac Club Banquet and Ladies' Night
The Potomac Club plans its annual banquet and ladies night at the Masonic Temple on Thursday April 26 at 6:30 PM. Notices were mailed to all members. Last year’s event drew several hundred attendees and was a social success. A committee was named to arrange the menu and entertainment. A club business meeting with strong member turnout was held last night.
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Potomac Club
Masonic Temple
Billy Barton Narrowly Beaten For Grand National Title
Tipperary Tim, owned by H S Kenyon, won the Grand National at Aintree. Billy Barton, owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore, finished second after a late fall at the final fence. Cullinan remounted him to complete the course in second place as the field scattered on rain softened ground.
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Aintree
England
Tipperary Tim
Billy Barton
Howard Bruce
Baltinhore
Cullinan
Billy
Baltimore
Bailiff Shot During Chicago Raid on Saloon
William Beatty a municipal court bailiff and Thompson Crowe ward worker was seriously wounded in a raid on a south State street saloon by a dozen federal prohibition agents. A raid participant said the matter would be handled at the federal building, not by police. Beatty reportedly drew a revolver as he believed the saloon was being raided.
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Chicago
Mar
William Beatty
Thompson-Crowe Republican
South State Street
Federal Building
Beatty
Four boys near gas main kill boy in Richmond blast
In Richmond on March 30 a 13 year old, Julian Williams, dropped a match into a gas main opening to “see the blue flames.” He was blown 25 feet and killed instantly. The other three boys suffered serious injuries.
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Richmond
Julian Williams
Homer Eakle Drug Store Relocates to W Washington St
Homer Eakle moves his drug store from the Arcade Building to a new room at 118 West Washington Street today.
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Homer Eakle
Arcade Building
West
Washington Street
Will Pass Upon Cement Merger
In New York on March 30 a merger plan uniting Penn-Dixie Cement with North American Cement into General Cement Corporation will be submitted to Penn-Dixie stockholders for approval on May 2.
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New York
Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation
North American Cement Corporation
General Cement Corporation
Penn-Dixie Cement
Frances Anderson Revealed as Man After Death
Sapulpa Oklahoma report says Frances Anderson once billed as champion woman billiard player was a man. He ended his life by slashing wrists, leaving a note asking burial secrecy. Authorities know little about the thirty year masquerade. he was about sixty.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Frances Anderson
Anderson
Tornado Strikes Rock Hill South Carolina
A tornado hit Rock Hill early today causing window damage on Main Street and signs to fall. Buildings were damaged and it was unclear whether anyone was injured an hour after the storm moved through.
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Rock Hill
8. C
Main Street
U S Aviators Break Record Held by Germans
Jacksonville Beach Florida March 30 George Haldeman and Eddie Stinson set a new endurance flight record for sustained flying They appeared strong and needed to stay aloft at least an hour longer than the German mark of fifty two hours twenty three minutes and one second to gain official recognition
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Hdldie Stinson
Detroit
George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Germany
Jacksonville
Fla
Haldeman
Stinson
Italian aviator sets 3189.75 mph speed record in plane
London March 30 Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Venice reports Major Mario De Bernardi established a new world speed record at 318% miles per hour. De Bernardi previously won the Schneider Cup race in the United States in 1926.
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Major de Bernardi
United States
World trip planned by Lindbergh headlines flight plan
Washington March 30 reports among Lindbergh’s close friends say the flyer will attempt a round the world trip in a Ford plane with crossings of the Atlantic and Pacific by boat. Associates in the capital say the trip may occur this spring and that Lindbergh will be joined by Major Thomas G. Lanpher, flight commander at Selfridge Field, Michigan.
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Washington
Col. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Pacific
Capitol
Lindbergh
Thos. G. Lanpl ¥Er
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Titling Filed In 2 Damage Suits
Two damage suits stemming from recent auto accidents were filed in court this morning by attorneys W. P. Wachter. Charles H. Earnshaw sues Joseph D. Baker and Charles J. W. Renner sues William A. Everett.
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W. P. Wachter
Charles H. Earnshaw
Joseph D. Baker
Charles J. W. Renner
William A. Everett
Big Game Hunting Wife Held For Shooting Hubby
Esther Wilson, Arctic explorer and hunter, was held on felonious assault charges after shooting her estranged husband Dallett Wilson, a New York attorney. She said she went to his office seeking a divorce settlement. he refused. Wilson suffered arm and back wounds. doctors deemed them serious but not necessarily life threatening. Wilson had returned from Africa earlier in 1926 after hunting lions and leopards and claimed near North Pole proximity on Arctic expedition.
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New York
Esther Wilson
Dallett Wilson
Wilson
Africa
North Pole
Arctic
John Coolidge Gives Girl Pet Blackberry Transfer
NORTHAMPTON March 30 The White House lost a pet and Miss Florence Trumbull daughter of the Connecticut governor and friend of John Coolidge met a dog gift. Blackberry a black bow was presented to the President and Mrs Coolidge in South Dakota last summer. Mrs Coolidge brought it here to visit her ill mother Mrs Lemita Goodhue. Yesterday she gave the dog to Miss Trumbull who admired it. Last night the Connecticut governor's daughter left for Hartford with Blackberry riding along.
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Northampton
White House
Florence Trumbull
Connecticut
John Coolidge
Coolidge
South Dakota
Remus Wins Fight for Freedom From Lima Hospital
Geo Remus, former bootleg leader and wife slayer, won release from the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. The Third District Court of Appeals ruled him sane after over three weeks of deliberation and hearings involving alienists and Remus. The decision was not unanimous with Judge Justice dissenting.
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Court of Appeals
Lima
Ohio
Geo. Remus
State Hospital
Third District Court of Appeals
Remus
Phil Crowl
Kent Hughes
Charles Justice
Promises Day Conventions in Galveston
Heated politicians at Kansas City and Houston conventions face a legal limit as Alf Oftedal, assistant prohibition commissioner, moves to prevent them from breaking the rules. He stands ready to enforce provisions to curb excesses.
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Galveston
Kansas City
Houston
Alf Oftedal
Prohibition
House Burned at Fairview near Waynesboro
The frame and log house of Benjamin Baker near Waynesboro was destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Baker were away and several children were preparing the evening meal when the chimney fire started. All contents perished.
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Benjamin Baker
Waynesboro
Man Fined For School Attendance Neglect
Walter Marshall was fined $1 and costs by Justice H E Snyder in Juvenile Court for refusing to send his child to school. He was warned to ensure regular school attendance going forward.
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Fot
Walter Marshall
H. E. Snyder
Marshall
Cobb Will Not Play Baseball After Market Windfall
The Evening Post reports Ty Cobb will retire from baseball after a reported $300,000 stock market gain. The decision follows difficulty regaining form after workouts with the Athletics. A Augusta despatch cites an unimpeachable source as the basis for Cobb’s quitting plan.
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New York
The
Evening Post
Augusta
Ty Cobb
Athletics
Cobb
Post
Parkthefir
Bulls Run Up Stocks on Broad Rally Led by Radio
The stock market opened with a strong bull turn as Radio led gains pushing to a new high of 178.00 and about twenty other issues climbed roughly a dollar to near twenty dollars amid optimism from smaller Federal Reserve loan figures.
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New York
Radio
Federal Reserve
Adopted Children To Inherit Estate
In New York on March 30 two girls and a boy adopted by Nora Bayes will inherit her entire estate. The eldest is ten. Nora Bayes’ wealthy husband Benjamin Friedland asserts the estate is substantial.
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New York
Nora Bayes
Benjamin Friedland
Site for Museum in Hagerstown at Park Location
A proposed museum of fine arts for Hagerstown and Washington County, funded by Mrs. Anna Sina, is under consideration for a park site. The City committee favors the park as ideal and has selected an architect to design the edifice with Park Commission backing a site choice.
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Museum of Fine‘ Arts
Hagerstown
Washington County
Anna
Mrs Goodhue Is Improved
Northampton Mass March 30 An improvement in the condition of Mrs Lemina Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge was noted this forenoon Dr Justin E Hayes the patient’s personal physician issued a bulletin saying Mrs Goodhue has a fairly restful night and is more comfortable than yesterday
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Northampton
Mass
Lemina Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Justin E. Hayes
Goodhue
Local Driver Sees Mishap In Frederick Maryland
Frederick Md March 30 PF W McHenry Keyser of Baltimore died at Frederick City Hospital just before noon today from injuries suffered in an automobile accident yesterday near New Market. Witnesses G R Shetter and J W Keetoman assisted in lifting the wreckage and took Keyser to Frederick. other occupants were unhurt. Keyser suffered a fractured skull and a crushed face. a Baltimore brain specialist was summoned to Frederick.
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Salisbury
Crisfield
Chesapeake Bay
Frank Morgan
Gibson
McCready Hospital
Morgan
Frederick, Md
W. McHenry
Neyser
Baltimore
Frederick City Hospital
New Market
G. R. Shetter
Pennsylvania
Avenue
J. W. Keetoman
Greencastle
Keyser
Baltimore Society
Shetter
Keetoman
Mr. Keyser
Frederick
W. Walters Pagan
Mr. Forbes
Howard Parks
Chimney Fires Call Fire Companies At Two Homes
Chimney fires at the homes of Filo Hendricks at 837 Cheatnut Street and Miss Annie Hinges at 12 South Cananon Avenue called out fire companies this morning. The Hendricks blaze started around 7 o clock and the Hinges fire was extinguished with little difficulty. A report says a child was frightened but unharmed.
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Filo Hendricks
Cheatnut Street
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Utah
Mary Pickford
Lindy
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Tim
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Jacksonville Beach
Fila
Eddie Stinson
Ance
Onds
London
Venice
Mario de Ber
Nardi
Fairview
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