Forest Fires Rage Through Canada Timber Forests
Fires roared through northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan forests threatening settlements. A stiff breeze and little rain hindered rangers and settlers. A fire near Flin Flon Mile 5 miles wide moved northward, while many smaller fires endangered Cold Lake mining settlements and timber in the Touch River district north of Nipawin.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Flin Pion
Porcupine
Prince Albert
Cold Lake
Mile 69
Lake Mandy
Forestry Division
Touch River
Nipawin
Sask
Planning for Big Celebration in Williamsport
Plans for Old Home Week in Williamsport the week of June 29 to July 6 were advanced at a town hall meeting led by A. G. Hoffman general chairman. Committees reported on a parade and other features as sponsors Williamsport Community Band and Volunteer Fire Company set to attend Greencastle celebration May 25 to 29.
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Williamsport
A. G. Hoffman
Volunteer Fire Company
Greencastle
U S Liner Forced Into Halifax for Fuel Shortage
The United States liner Roosevelt diverted to Halifax after a low pressure turbine failure on May 1 reduced speed and exhausted fuel. She loaded 3,000 barrels of fuel oil while passengers traveled to New York by special train. The ship’s engines stopped several times off the Nova Scotia coast before reaching Halifax.
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Halifax
Halifax Harbor
United States
Umer
Roosevelt
New York
Vanbeek
Cobh
Irish Free State
Baba
Nova Scotia
Newlyweds Make Big Money in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip notes that John and Ina Gilbert-Claire are the top money makers, earning an estimated 10000 dollars weekly for him and 15000 dollars for her. The couple reportedly faces everyday expenses as they rise in fame. A separate item from Windsor, Connecticut reports a woman's bloodstained handkerchief found in the pocket of Huntington, a slain Harvard junior.
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Windsor
Conn
Huntington
Harvard
Death by own action to be buried Monday obituary note
The widow of Earl W. Hetzerl of Antietam Furnace announces his burial Monday at 12 o'clock. Services will be at Marker's Chapel near Antietam conducted by Rev. Churchey. Burial follows at the National Cemetery at Antietam. Hetzerl, a World War veteran, served overseas and was a member of Jr. O. U. A. M.
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Earl WH. Hetzerl
Antietam Furnace
Peter Oetzelberger
Marker's Chapel
Attietam
Rev
Churchey
Bayial
Natonal
Antietan
Tielgell
Auxiliary to Meet at Hospital Ladies Auxilary Session
The Ladies Auxiliary to Washington County Hospital holds a regular business meeting Tuesday at 3 PM. Items include arranging for purses commencement and a full attendance is desired.
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Ladies Auxilary
Washington County Hospital
Miller's Seed Store ad promises jumbo seeds and bulbs
Seeds and bulbs advertised with jumbo size double peart aos Mose at 6 for 25 cts 45 cts per dozen jumbo size elephants 29 cts plus sea and fertilizers. Full stock and ties Hight at Miller's Seed Store 102 South Potomac Street ad.
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Ties Hight
Miller’s Seed Store
South Potomac Street
Berryville plans May pageant and school ground breaking
Local colored organizations will join Berryville's seventh annual pageant on May 17 to inaugurate Kew High School with a mammoth parade. Ground for the new school will be erected on savings of Berryville's colored citizens and funded by the School Board. The first spade of dirt will be turned by the board president as the gala day unfolds.
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Berryville
Kew High School
Oecasion
Graf Zeppelin May Be Bought for Air Line
Wall Street reports negotiations for purchasing the Graf Zeppelin to operate an air passenger service between Los Angeles and Honolulu. Skyways Inc president John Elden said details will be drafted at a Cleveland conference Sunday with Cleveland and Los Angeles capitals to fund a roughly one million dollar purchase.
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New York
Wall Street
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Cleveland
John Elden
Skyways, ,Inc
Harvard Student Huntington Found Dead in Connecticut Field
Walter Treadway Huntington a Harvard College junior died from a bullet wound found in a field near Windsor Connecticut. Coroner and two medical examiners debate if it was homicide or self inflicted. Detective Wickey cites a private motive while witnesses recall an automobile with a dark complexioned girl and a young man visiting the area.
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Windsor
Conn
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard College
Gilbert Calhoun
Huntington
Edward J. Hickey
Wickey
Gerald Chapman
Barnhart Threatened by Two Men At Fairview Incident
Barnhart reported two intoxicated men claiming to be federal agents approached him near Fairview seeking moonshiners. He refused arrest duties and stood his ground as the men moved close enough for him to smell alcohol on their breath. One spoke while both claimed federal authority. No badges were shown.
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Barnhart
Fairview
Fost
Mrs Ella B Houpt Dies At 70 In Chewsville
Mrs Ella B Houpt aged 70 died at 7 16 o clock this morning at her home 222 East Avenue from general debility She was a member of St Pauly United Brethren Church Survived by daughter Mrs Nettie Detrow and two sisters Mrs William Doyle Wayneshore and Mrs John Ambrose Illinois Funeral Monday leaving the house at 2 pm services at Bethel AB Church Chewsville led by Rev Dr F Berry Plummer with Rev Paul Cooper Burial in Smithsburs Cemetery Flowers omitted
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Ella B. Houpt
East Avenue
St. Pauly United Brethren Church
Nettie Detrow
William Doyle
Wayneshore
John Ambrose
Ilinois
Bethel A. B&b
Chewsville
F. Berry Plummer
Paul Cooper
Smithsburs
Four die as Amarillo Tourist Hotel fire erupts
A major blaze destroyed the Tourist Hotel in Amarillo Texas killing four men and leaving a woman believed fatally injured plus over twenty guests injured. Three bodies burned beyond recognition were found on the third floor and the landlady Mrs Birdie Rhodes leaped to escape. The hotel once known as the Elmhirst was among the citys oldest structures. Meanwhile Louisville hosts the Kentucky Derby May 18 with sixty radio stations nationwide broadcasting the event led by NBC and CBS networks.
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Amarillo
Tex
Atchinson
Shamrock
Texas
Elmhirst
Birdie Rhodes
Louisville
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Guard Who Quit King's Palace Returns Home in Scotland
Signaller Sivewright, a young Scots guardsman who vanished from his sentry post outside Buckingham Palace, arrived at his Aberdeen home exhausted after a 50 mile walk from London. He told his parents he wished to see them before facing the music and will be detained for an escort from London barracks.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Sivewright
Buckingham Palace
Palace
London
Police
Tam
London Barracks
Lila
Gov Horton blocked from mediating textile strike in Tennessee
Major George L. Berry, president of the International Pressmen and Assistants Union, told Governor Horton he can no longer mediate between striking textile workers and Elizabethton rayon plants. Berry cited additional troops at Elizabethton and the plants operating under their guise as reasons. He said he notified interested parties and that rayon mill president Methwiit indicated his companies were not interested in mediation conferences.
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Gov
Horton
Pressman
Tenn
George L. Berry
International Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Henry H. Horton
Bemberg 2Nd Glanzstoff Rayon Planta
Elizabethton
Berry
Methwiit
Rayon Mills
Long distance chess by radio and records reported
In New York on May 11 Dr Norman Shaw of McGill proposes a chess match with an 11000 mile opponent while Frank T Davies of the Byrd Antarctic expedition is invited to a radio game. Also reported are an Oklahoma City acquittal of a Supreme Court Justice and Theodore Roosevelt’s search in China for an answer to governorship of Puerto Rico. Apollo Soucek of the Navy sets an altitude record of 34140 feet in Washington.
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New York
Norman Shaw
McGill University
Weigs
Frank T. Davies
Antarctic
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
China
Porto Rico
An American Boy and A Boy King Compare Similar Figures
The piece contrasts Jay Ward who won a typical American Legion title with King Michael of Romania, noting similar facial features, age, weight, and stature. It mentions the King at the baton with ash hair, highlighting uncanny resemblance between the two figures.
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Jay Ward
American Legion
King Michael
Romania
Battons
Court to Open Spring Session at Cumberland
Baltimore May 10 Judge Morris A Sener United States district judge will open the spring session of the United States court at Cumberland on Monday with more than 500 cases on the docket for disposition. The bulk arise from dry slogan violations.
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Baltimore
Morris A. Sener
United States
United States Court At
Cumberland
Greencastle Happenings in Brief May Day Events
Greencastle May 11 local notes list church services for Mother’s Day with a 10:30 a.m. sermon Standing By and 7:50 p.m. Is Church Membership Necessary for Salvation. Young People service at 6:30 p.m. Rot ary Club meeting set for 6:03 p.m. in Modern Name Dining room. Community updates include Carl Strickler’s return from Washington County Hospital, Pentz family visit, home improvements on South Washington, measles confinement of Walter Barr, and visits by J. Russell Hostetter and James Camp plus William Conrad from Shippensburg at home in West Baltimore street.
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Greencastle
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Harold Bowman
Burkholder
Victor Council
ALML
Gem Theatre
Order
C. M. Strickler
West Madison Street
Washington County Hospital
Fred Pentz
Lancaster
George Pentz
South Washington Street
Rhodes
Greencastle Rotary Club
Walter Barr
J. Russell Hostetter
Parnell Tavern
Hostetter
W. Scott Hostetter
East Baltimore Street
James Camp
Hagerstown
William Conrad
Pennsylvania State Teachers College
Shippensburg
West Baltimore Street
Hankey's Tea Room to serve breakfast from 7 to 3
Wish 0 announces that starting Monday May 13 Hankey's Tea Room at 4938 510 Franklin Street will serve breakfast from 7:15 to 3:30 a.m. An advance notice notes possible rain making Mother's Day exercises by Hagerstown Lodge No. 378 B P O Ellis with Municipal Band and conductor Prof Peter Buys move to Nixon's Academy at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow
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Hagerstown Lodge
P. O. Ellis
Peter Buys
Nixon's Academy
Ady
Stock Quotations From W R Spielman & Co
Quotations provided by W R Spielman & Co from Wareham Building rooms list West Washington Street. Includes market figures and daily price movements for selected securities and commodities.
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W. R. Spielman & Cow
Wareham
Washington St
W. R. Spielman & Co
West
Stocks Take Weekend Drop From New York Market
Heavy weekend profit taking put prices irregular on Friday's gains across aviation communications motor and merchandising groups. Utilities chemicals amusements oils rails showed some strength. United Corporation rose to a new high, while General Electric Gillette International Telephone and Curtis Airplane fell sharply. Total volume about 1.8 million shares.
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New York
Wall Street
United Corporation
General Electric
Gillette Safety Razor
International Telephone
Curtis Airplane
Timberland fire sale trim marks New York size tract
Carelessness caused a vast timberland tract fire, nearly as large as New York state, burning through forests in 1024. An average earth elevation note cites 2,300 feet above sea level as context for the region. Public discourse calls crime and law disrespect a major US problem, linked to a February vote by Public Union leaders in the National Economic League council. Senator Fess invites audiences to hear his remedy.
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New York
United States
Public OP Union
National Councl
National Economic League
Fess
Mothers and Faith Though Mothers May Depart
Poetic reflection on mothers enduring faith as life’s quiet anchor. The author laments absence of mothers, likening them to fragile nests in barren branches, and invokes the idea that mothers have a divine license to be missed, closing with IMA D. STOTLER as signature.
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Jacob
Angela
Ima D. Stotler
Chamber Plea Emphasizes Hiring Local Hagerstown Workers
The Chamber of Commerce urges local preference for employment to cut unemployment in Magerstown. It allows out of town skilled labor when necessary but asks firms to encourage employees to establish residence in Hagerstown. Mergers of local plants and large organizations reduce overhead by cutting payroll and may force workers out of jobs. New Chamber members include W. H. Angle A. E. Becher Western Maryland Supply Co Noffman Barnhart Clopper W C Masset and Musey Evans.
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Magerstown
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Ths
W. HH. Angle
A. E. Becher
Western Maryland Supply Company
Noffman, Barnhart & Clopper
W. CG. Masset and
Musey & Evans
Navy to aid Graf Zeppelin world tour this summer
Secretary Adams announced the Navy will cooperate in the Graf Zeppelin round the world flight this summer. The voyage will start from Lakehurst around July 25 and include stops in Friedrichshafen and Kasi Magaura before returning to Lakehurst and Los Angeles. The plan calls for a mooring mast at Los Angeles.
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NAVY
Graf Zeppelin
Washington
Adams
Navy Department
United States
Naval Air Station
Lakelurat
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
Kasimagaura
Los Angeles
Marines Guard U S Consulate in Canton China
Twenty American marines landed from the Tulsa guard the U S consulate in Shameen Canton as Cantonese bombardment hit four rebel ships offshore. The Central Bank closed and notes weakened. Two Cantonese aviators executed for deliberate collision while aiding Kwangsi forces.
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Canton
China
Shameen
United States
Tulsa
Honam Island
Macao Island
Standard Oil Company
Texas Company
Kwangsi Province
Caltonese
Fraud charge dismissed in Baltimore court
John S. Nangle a local banker was freed in police court after Mrs Hila McAvoy said she did not wish to press the fraud charge alleging he obtained 47000. Magistrate Cadden dismissed the case as McAvoy was absent from the courtroom. The arrest followed her report to federal authorities about bond transfers.
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Baltimore
John S. Nangle
Hila McAvoy
Paul B. Myles
Nungle
McAvoy
U. S. Digtelet
Nangle
Jim
Passenger space on Zepp line selling fast
New York May 1 Passenger space on the Graf Zeppelin for the return flight to Germany is selling fast at $2,000 per passenger. There is room for 12 passengers. Reservations have been made for several travelers.
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New York
Germany
Girl With 6 200 Income Should Work
An eighteen year old girl with a 6200 inheritance should be employed, Justice Cropsey warned against further waste by the mother over a 400 vacation, 10d dancing lessons, and 500 private schooling costs. Other items note helium gas shipments from Amarillo to Langley Field for air ships and a Maryland plumbing certificate meeting on May 17 1929.
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New York
Washington
May
Amarillo
Texas
Langley Field
Army and Navy
Army Air Corps
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