New Shipping Zone Planned For Hagerstown
The Chamber of Commerce directors debated placing Hagerstown in a new shipping zone to save thousands of dollars for local shippers annually. Including other valley towns, the move would affect east and west shipments and is to be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The change could cut seven cents per hundred in rates, aiding manufacturers, fruit growers, retailers, and auto dealers shipping to and from Hagerstown currently in the Baltimore zone.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimoro
Baltimore
Chamber board names and shipping rule mention
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the board enrolled Charles Schwartz and Son on the membership list and appointed Alan J. Bachrach as convention committee chairman succeeding Harry Boyle. The Tate rule would apply to SAST and West shipments 250 miles or more in first through fourth class matter.
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Tate
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Charles Schwartz and Son
Alan J. Bachrach
Harry &. Boyle
Dr Stehl Speaks On Happiness At Salvation Army Hall
Rev Walter Byron Stehl rector of St Johns Episcopal Church addressed a large assembly in the Salvation Army headquarters main hall on happiness. He argued happiness comes from Christ and his teaching and contrasted a Christ centered home with one without him. He said heaven and hell begin on earth and urged the audience to test God's commands for well being. Captain Shackleford introduced him and expressed gratitude for his presence.
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Walter Byron Stehl
D. D
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
Stehl
Stebl
Christ
Heaven
Hell
Earth
Captain Shackleford
Temperature Normal For Week With Local Frost Damage
The week averaged nearly normal in temperature with frosts on the 28th and 24th causing some local damage to beans tomatoes and strawberries on the Eastern shore. Rainfall was light and field work slowed with little corn planted. sunny weather would aid corn and early crops. Grains and grasses progressed well with spring oats up and wheat and rye in good shape though some Eastern Shore areas worry about rust.
Dr Bledsoe Named as Springfield State Hospital Superintendent
Governor Ritchie announced that after thirty years Dr J Clement Clarke will retire from Springfield State Hospital and be replaced by Dr Edwin P Bledsoe former medical officer at the Veterans Bureau Hospital in Chicago. The retirement is due to ill health.
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Baltimore
J. Clement Clerk
Springfield State Hospital
Edwin P. Bledsoe
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Chicago
Ritchie
Clarke
Il Health
Children burned in Lebanon Ohio coal range blast
Dayton reports two small children of Mr and Mrs Frank Carder burned to death and another child fatally injured when an explosion in a coal range destroyed their Lebanon home. The parents were severely burned in the blaze, occurring tonight.
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Dayton
Frank Carder
Lebanon
Antietam School To Have May Fete
Antietam Street School plans a May Fete at City Park on May 10 at 5 p.m. Crowned May Queen will be Alice Virginia Danzer with Donald Wolfkill as Prince. Attendants include Laura Katherine Bishop Janet Darner Elaine Turner Katherine Kline Madéline Thomas Doris Eldridge Lillian Moore Doris Ensminger Mary Bond. Spirit of Spring Mary Jane Lumm and Sun Sprite Louise Novinger participate in folk dances from Denmark Russia Holland Sweden France England. Sixth graders perform Rainbow Fairies. Migs Mary Mount chairs the festival committee.
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Antietam Street
City Park
Alice Virginia Danzer
Donald Wolfkill
Laura Katherine Bishop
Janet Darner
Elaine Turner
Katherine Kline
Madéline Thomas
Doris Eldridge
Lillian Moore
Doris Ensminger
Mary Bond
Mary Jane Lumm
Louise Novinger
Denmark
Russia
Holland
Sweden
France
England
Migs
Mary Mount
First Ladies Active in Needlework Guild in Philadelphia
Two widows of presidents belong to the Needlework Guild of America in Philadelphia. Mrs. Thomas J. Preston Jr previously Mrs. Grover Cleveland was reelected president as Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt attended the annual meeting.
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Philadelphia
Needlework Guild of America
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs John Ti Hose At Home On North Cannon Avenue
Mrs John Ti Hose is at her home on North Cannon avenue.
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John Ti. Hose Is
North Cannon Avenue
One Man Killed in Gun Battle at Country Sale
Washington Pa May 3 One man is dead and another in critical condition from gunshots after a cow-stealing episode at a country sale. Henry Orris 23 and his brother Herman 26 were charged with taking two cows without paying. Orris was fatally shot by four state policemen and Detective William Dinsmore as he threatened with a revolver after hiding in Mrs Mary Decosta’s home at Raccoon. Constable William Core was shot in the face earlier when he and two officers went to the Orris home to learn what happened to the cows.
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Washington
Henry Orris
Herman Orris
William B. Dinsmore
Washington County
Orris
Dinsmore
Mary Decosta
Raccoon
William Core
Burgettstown
Earier
Michigan Senate backs capital punishment measure
Lansing May 3 The state senate concurred with house amendments to a bill providing capital punishment for first degree murderers and sent the measure to Governor Fred W Green. Michigan's last capital punishment law was revoked in 1846.
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Lansing
Mich
State Senate
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Plan Test of Peddling Law
The plan to challenge the new peddling ordinance in court is set, arguing it violates interstate commerce decisions. It requires licenses for nonresidents and daily per-peddler fees, while local peddlers pay daily fees only. The measure targets street vending in Hagerstown and faces constitutional scrutiny.
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Supreme Court
Hagerstown
Jurist Weeps In Passing Sentence
Lake Pleasant New York May 3 Supreme Court Justice Christopher J Heffernan of Amsterdam wept as he sentenced Ernest Duane Adirondack guide to death for killing Eula Davis 60 another guide The ruling marked the judge’s first death sentence in four years on the bench The execution was set for the week of June 24 Duane showed no emotion at sentencing.
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Associated Press
Lake Pleasant
N. Y
Supreme Court
Christopher J. Heffernan
Amsterdam
Ernest Duane
Eula Davis
Heffernan
Actress Talmadge to wed Townsend Netcher in Chicago
Los Angeles May 3 reports blonde screen star Con stance Talmadge filed notice of intention to marry Townsend Netcher a Chicago merchant marking her first step toward a third marriage.
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Los Angeles
Constance Talmadge
Townsend Netcher
Chicago
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Heymakers Orchestra of
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Dr. Stehl
K. T. Hager
Prospect Sts
Safety For Funds
Nicodemus National Bank
Hagerstown, Md
S. Jonathan St
White House
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
National Transportation Board
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Co
F. A. Seiberling
Seiberling Rubber Co
Alfred H. Swayne
Willys Overland Co
H. H. Rice
General Motors Corporation
A. J. Brosseau
Mack Trucks
DR. Bledsoe
Cosie
Coffee House
Funkstown
Cosie Gate
Gates Electric Coo
Cruzes
Betty Compson
Hollywood
James Cruze
Cruze
Antietam
Hotel Hamilton
Ae Shore
Tri-State Windor
Jonathan Street
Haxeratown
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
1. Wash. St
Wayside Ave
Misa Mary Uarter
Hagerstown Motorcycle Club
Kemp’s Mill
City
Tomcross
Great Reductions
Kiddie Klothes
W. Franklin St
Anitary EA Food
E. Franklin St
Square Dance
Joe Mills
Thur
Joe Mills’ Orchestra
Jack Schills
West Virginians
Hether
The
Hagerstown Bank & Trust Co
Hagerstown, Maryland
Washington Square
Boonsboro
Leitersburg
Maugansville
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