Armory Contract Awarded for Wagerstown Project
The state awards the armory contract to Cumberland contractor Jain Vandegrift for 59,080 dollars, with bids narrowed after adjustments. Work to begin within two weeks and finish by December 1, with occupancy planned then and Governor Ritchin set to attend dedication ceremonies at Nash Potomac Street site.
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Wagerstown
National Guard
Mil
Ciengeal Retkord
D. John Alarkey
Clarence Lane
War Kiews
Hindd
Cumberland Minn
Leo Mee
Wolf
Hazelwood & Clausen
Cumberkind
J. Mt. Ferguson & Co
Haporayntl
John Vandepritt
George M. McO
Nash Potomac St.eite
Arminary
Ritchin
Mutilators Trial Starts in Williamston NC
In Williamston North Carolina on May 4 thirty men accused of assaulting salesman Joseph Needleman faced trial. Indications suggested a lengthy case with prosecutors planning revival actions and additional charges for conspiracy. Fourteen defendants reportedly confessed their roles in the attack. A three year old girl, Wanderby Hostolter, was found mauled near West Side Avenue and Kolust Streets and later returned to her mother after police intervention.
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Williamston
N.C
Joseph Needleman
Martin County
Soiccitor Glillum
Nat
Needleman
Wanderby
West Side Avenue
Hostolter
Rankolp Avenue
Locust Streets
Ily
Sixteen Pigs In One Litter Reported Near Williamport
A litter from near Williamport produced eighteen pigs yesterday, despite reports that the mother and offspring were in poor condition early this morning. Mrs. Frederick Goseard owns the sow, and the caretaker noted the surprising size of the litter.
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Williamaport
Frederick Goseard
McGraw in New York rumor denied by physician
May 4 report from New York states John McGraw manager of the N Ganta was seriously ill with influenza. Dr William Walsh said the illness is a rare throat infection with slight congestion. In a separate matter Tom Cheek was fined $14 on assault and battery charges by his brother in law Tom Branch at a morning hearing before Justice Salt Dowers. both men were reported as colored.
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New York
John McGraw
N. ¥. Ganta
Nilue Oza
Willliam Walsh
McGraw
Tom Cheek
Tom Branch
Justice 3
Salt Dowers
Ridicule Report on Western Maryland Firemen Strike Rumor
A rumor that Western Maryland Railway firemen and enginemen would strike for a 5 percent wage rise drew denials from union leaders who called the reports mere talk. Officials said negotiations with President Byers were ongoing, with engineers from a separate union not involved. a further meeting with Byers was planned.
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Franment
Brotherhood of Firemen
Maryland
High Michal
Byers
Byer
Probe Poisoning Of Derby Entry From Baltimore
Baltimore May 4 An investigation continued into the death Sunday of Sunny Man Wilma Kilmer's promising colt prepared for the Preakness and the Kentucky Derby Trainer J P Smith charged the colt was poisoned.
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Baltimore
Sunny Man
Wilma Kilmer
J. P. Smith
Dates Set for Final Examinations in Public Schools
Superintendent I J Grimes announced dates for final exams in public schools. Senior exams run May 27 28 and 30 with elementary exams June 1 2 and 3. After exams the rest of the year focuses on regular classwork and textbook recall June 11. Promotion decisions will follow.
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I. J. Grimes
Quake Predictions Reported From Multiple Regions
A fragmented report notes predictions of earthquakes today in New York and possibly Canada, with voltages of tremors observed on seismographs. Professors Bandamini and Dandandu are cited predicting further quakes in Mexico and the Antilles, with timelines given for expected activity tonight.
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Rome
Bandamini
Dininer
Mexico
Antilles
Man Slain by Brother in Pennsylvania Farmhouse Dispute
Scranton reports say John Vandermark aged 68, a farmer, was shot to death by his brother Nelson 62 after a quarrel over an estate settlement on a Hawley area farm. Nelson was arrested and charged. Police attributed the dispute to a family estate disagreement.
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Scranton
John Vandermark
Nelson
Hawley
J c
Howley
Ahl
Father of Flying Dead in France dies at Toulouse
Clem ent Adore known in France as the father of aviation dies in Toulouse at age eight. The piece notes his claim as a pioneer and references early aviation milestones with confusion over dates and names.
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Flying Dead
France
Toulouse
Clement Adore
Romo Gard Ment
Praise for Jews in development and unity at Washington
President Coolidge told 5,000 at a Sunday sermon dedication of a new Jewish community center in Washington that religious differences must not divide the nation. He praised American Jews for their record, character, and involvement in national progress and charity, while leaders denounced antisemitism and rebutted claims of dual citizenship or divided alliances.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
de Laverea
Marshall
New York
Philip Marshall Trown
Princeton
American Society of International Law
Airship near Porto Rico sighted by Navy
A U S Navy dirigible from the Los Angeles air station was reported within a few hundred miles of Porto Rico. The inter service dispatch said the airship was flying a routine monthly patrol when the information was received shortly after noon.
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Washington
Navy Dirigula
Los Angeles
Porto Rico
Navy Department
Naval Air Station
Lakehurat
Kidney and Stone Removed at Hospital
Harry F B Doarnberger of North Canton Aventn retired from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a serious operation. Surgeons removed his left kidney, finding a stone as large as a hen egg. Doarnberger is recuperating well. He was brought in yesterday by Mr and Mrs Mary Haugh of Baltimore, with Mr Haugh his brother in law.
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Harry FB. Doarnberger
North Cannon Aventn
Johns Hoplkina Hospital
Baltimore
Doarnberger
Marry Haugh
Mr. Haugh
Haugh
Former DOJ Agent Must Serve Two Years In Atlanta Penitentiary
NEW YORK May 4 Gaston Jr Monna a former U S Department of Justice agent must serve two years in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta and pay one of 10 000 for conspiring to violate the Volstead act The court of appeals upheld a verdict from the U S District Court in this city reached last July against Means and his secretary Elmer W Jarnerk in a corruption case.
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New York
Gaston Jr. Monna
U. S. Department of Justice
Atlanta
Thas
Elronit Court of Appeals Go
Tany
U. S. District Court
Means
Elmer W. Jarnerk
Weikert’s Tal On In Washington
Joan Weikart, 22, of Waynesboro, Pa., appeared in Federal Court in Washington on May 4 charged with violation of the Arany Act. She is accused of enticing Nildred McDowell, 18, of Waynesboro, to come to me Worblagten and live with him.
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Washington
Joan Weikart
Waynesboro
Nildred McDowell
Big
Profiteer Is Sent To Jail
Arthur Fried director general of the Huge Ankar Bakery was convicted of profiteering and sentenced to eight months imprisonment after a Vienna dispatch reported in The Times on May 4.
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London
Arthur Fried
Vienna
the Times
Wolfe chooses jail over $100 fine after drunken driving case
Philip and Walter of near Security rented for 30 days to the derickall where Wolfe stood arraigned before Justice Roy Mores Woodsboro Frederick county. The court offered a $100 fine or 30 days in jail for driving a automobile under the influence. Wolfe said he had the money but preferred jail to paying the fine. Feipndy arranged to get him out.
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Philip & Walte
Near Security
Derickall
Kent Yeaterday
Uence
Mor
Justice of Peace
Roy Mores
Woodsboro
Frederick Catoty
Wolfe
Feipndy
Toy
Reds Beaten in Election Shocks Municipal Council
May 4 city results show Comunists losing three seats in the municipal council. Marcel Cachin, a leading figure in French politics, was defeated in a surprising turnout. Analysts credited the shift to the rise of Velco, seen as gaining prestige after Edward Harriott’s overthrow as premier.
Yankee Jim Weesacker Held for Hearing on Nit Charge Near Samples Manor
James Weesacker alias Yankee Jim was arrested by dry agents during a nit on the Weaver farm near Samples Manor. He is recommitted for a hearing at 10 o clock this morning before U S Commissioner Alex J Hagner and has posted a $1000 bond for his appearance. Joseph Mick of Trego, near Noversville, is held on $1000 bond for a hearing Thursday at 2 o'clock.
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James Weesacker
Yankee Jim
Weaver Farm
Samples Manor
Tnea
Hheari
United States
Alex. J. Hagner
Vie
Joseph Mick
Trego
Noversville
Son in wine bath attack before magistrate
Bud Kennedy was fined $26 after a drunken incident in which a son threw a bucket of wine at his father and splashed the contents on his mother. The magistrate issued a severe reprimand, warning a harsher penalty if the law permitted.
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Bud" Kennedy
Por
Ita Parami
Une
Missing Marine Wife and Boy In Brooklyn Mystery
Wil lam G. Bertoyer, wife of a Marine Corps officer stationed in Tokyo, and her son William, 1, disappeared after arriving in Brooklyn on March 16. Kerenger, who drove a taxi to Grand Central Station, has not been seen since.
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Aes
Willam G. Bertoyer
Marine Corps
Tati
William
Brooklyn
Crom
Rum War Looms Over South Atlantic Coast
New York on May 4 reports orders to shoot to kill in a dramatic rum chase. Sixty fast vessels, armed with machine guns, are stationed at a Coast Guard base ready to sortie and capture or sink vessels supplying liquor runs.
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New York
South Atlantic
Coast Guard
Buard
Light grain and coal movement noted in period report
Officials report grain and coal movement near light levels for the period, with coal shipments about 9 percent of yearly tonnage unusually low. Outlook notes improvements at bowling alleys purchased by Howard, Tarzan, and Evia 2 Eylev Hia with Warry Krotzer appointed manager. Townin hospital status update. A How Wis Hern to MT and Mrs Maryatt A. Watking wed in Welch, Welch Wy Va, at Washington County Hospital on Wednesday, April 24.
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Mirghind
Tion
Nedding
Choy
Howard
Tarzan
Evia
Eylev Hia
Vision Hole
Satuday
Warry Krotzer
Marryatt A. Watking
Welch
Wy Va
Washington County
Hyanitas
Woednesday
Keedysville Election Sees Sparse Voter Turnout
In the annual Keedysville election on Saturday July 17 only limited interest appeared. One ticket ran in the field with Russell Geeting reelected as mayor and Alvin J Joe among the few other officials noted. D Keedy is also mentioned in the local slate.
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Keadysville
Russell Geeting
Alvin J.joe
Aeehetai
Riffs Attack French Force on Wide Front in Morocco
Reports from Rabat and Paris say about 4000 Riffians led by Abed El Krim clash with 125000 French troops across French Morocco and Spanish Morocco. Villages burn as both sides reinforce. Fez is named as the strategic objective with French plans to direct campaigns against El Krim. The Tangier dispatch notes heavy Allied losses along the front.
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Morocco
Abed EbKrim
Robins Hood
French
Spanish
France
Rillians
Boon Madhe Agai
Bes
Ety
Elheim
Molive
Cuosley
Hace
Tie Ti Abe Buyin
Eich Prise
Battal
Thy
Leay
Cornel
Paris
Wifhe
Matstealey
Fez
Morocc
Wight
Campaigs Aginst Abed el Kyim
RIM Jowler
Foreign Office
Vex
Airplanes and Radio in Hunt for Murderer in Canada
Avowed Chapman gang member Charles Fred Afrett is sought by Canadian and U S authorities in Quebec mountain search for the killer of Charles Kulward Underwood Detroit war veteran. Afrett allegedly boasted of crossing the border from Hartford Connecticut scene of Chapman trial and is said to be son of wealthy New York parents.
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Ovtawa
Gut
Quebec
Charles Fred Afrett
Charles Kulward
Underwood
Detroit
Mien
Palice
Ufrett
Chive
Gerald Chapman
Canada
Chapman
Prince in Italy on visit to Rome in May
Prince Frederick Wilhelm, former German crown prince, is reported to be in Italy for several days with plans to visit Rome in early May. The travel signals continued German royal intrigue during a tense European period.
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Italy
Rome
Frederick Wilhelm
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