Citizens' Group Pushes Buses to Replace Loop Trolleys
A citizens sub committee reported progress on replacing trolley cars with buses along the Loop route in East Antietam Street. The Potomac Edison Company and city authorities have studied the plan after prior trolley track relocations. The proposal envisions one bus on the current Loop path and another extending east on Fast Washington Street to Mulberry and Mealey Circle, with a seven minute set by the North End service.
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East Antietam Street
Citizens Sub-Committee
General Committee
Potomac Edison Company
Mulberry Street
M. F. Riley
General Citizens Committee
Washington Street
Mulberry Avenue
Mealey Circle
North End
Updegra ff Sr Reelected Y M C A President
The Y M C A annual officer election last night reelected George T Updegraff Sr as president and reappointed EB Funkhouser as first vice president John D Zentmyer as second vice president Frank Leiter as recording secretary Claude M Potter field appointed treasurer replacing Donovan Beachley The monthly report showed the organization must raise 15658 61 to cover operating expenses plus other earnings for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Updegraff, Sr
EB. N. Funkhouser
John D. Zentmyer
Frank §. Leiter
Claude M. Potterfield
Donovan Beachley
Students Injured in Virginia Crash Near Staunton
Brainerd Kirby of Chambersburg and Gordon Weagley of Waynesboro, students at Washington and Lee University, were injured when their car wrecked near Staunton Virginia. Kirby suffered a fractured skull a broken collarbone and other bruises while Weagley was cut and bruised. They were en route to Chambersburg to attend a performance at Wilson College.
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Brainerd Kirby
Chambersburg
Gordon Weagley
Waynesboro
Washington and Lee University
Staunton
Kirby
Weagley
Raanoe
Wilson
Lallegey
Honeymoon to be in Maine
New York reports Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow left Englewood New Jersey for Worth Haven Maine to prepare a summer home for the honeymoon of her daughter Anne and Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. Wedding is planned at Englewood on June 17. Anne to visit a friend near Boston. Lindbergh to shuttle by air between New York and Boston. A sheep pasture on the Morrow estate at North Haven is being prepared as an airfield for the Colonel.
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New York
New York American
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Worth Haven
Morrow
Anne
Charles A. Lindberch
Ter
Elizabeth
Boston
Lindbergh
Boston Daily Globe
North Maven
County Eyes Washington Street School Lot Purchase
Major William P. Lane Jr representing the Board of Education asked the County Commissioners to approve buying a rear Washington Street School lot. The acre and a half parcel, worth about $2000, would serve playground needs and allow additions to the school building as enrollment grows, with a three day developer sale starting tomorrow threatening the option.
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William P. Lane, Jr
Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Washington Street
Major Lane
Texas Flood Toll Grows as Tragedy Strikes Polk County
reports from Livingston Texas May 14 describe seven dead with property and crop damage in the hundreds of thousands after two days of heavy rains. The Trinity River and creeks overflowed, communications failed, and rescue crews in row boats searched flooded districts. Four family members drowned in Long Cane near here when swept from a tree top. a towboat capsized en route to help. Several other deaths remained unconfirmed while residents were marooned or stranded in veetops at Lamont awaiting aid.
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Livingston
Texas
Polk County
Trinity River
Long Cane
Lamont
Parents press for fulltime health officer in county
A group of mothers from Broadway and Surrey PTAs plus civic groups urged the County Board of Commissioners to appoint a fulltime health officer. Commissioner Hassett questioned the need, while mothers argued epidemics in schools could be reduced with the post. The discussion referenced a former county health officer and suggested politics should not block the decision.
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Board of County Commissionars
Broadway
Surrey
Thomas Hassett
Hassett
Not Too Old To Take Mail Hubby Takes Courtship By Mail
Mrs Elizabeth Brown aged 74 of Taswell Indiana wed Pleasant Brown aged 76 of Bloomington Indiana in a mail courtship that began last Saturday after a month long process. She is Brown s second wife.
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English
Ind
Elizabeth Brown
Taswell
Pleasant Brown
Bloomington
Brown
Williamsport fixes tax rate at 45 cents for year
Williamsport council and Burgess and Commissioners set the 929 tax rate at 45 cents, same as last year, one of the state’s lowest. They approved a plan to erect a band stand in Community Park supervised by contractor W. M. Miller. State Roads Commission will rebuild Potomac Street, with about $10,000 expected. Tenney & Long, Inc. begin street repairs on Frederick Street as part of a broader program.
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Williamsport
Burgess and Commissioners
W. M. Miller
State’ Roads Commission
Potomac Street
Hollins College To Abandon Sororities
ROANOKE Virginia May 14 P Hollins College will abandon all sororities. Acting on a voluntary petition from 70 members of seven national sororities with chapters at the college President Matty L Cooke announces no bids will be tendered after this year. Existing members may continue cooperative life for two years before the system is eliminated.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Hollins Coniess
Matty L. Cooke
Bank robber shot and captured in Toledo bank heist
A robber posing as a police officer entered the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company in Toledo and forced a teller to sit. Clark E. Spidler fired from a bank employee as the robber fled in a car. A bullet struck him behind the vehicle and he was captured nearby after running into a building.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company
Clark E. Spidler
Offer $10,000 to women flyers announced
Santa Monica May 14 announcement at a Los Angeles Aero Nautical Association meeting of a race for women worth 10000 dollars. The event runs from Santa Monica to the National Air Races in Cleveland next August, covering a distance of 2044 miles.
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Santa Monica
Cal
National Air Races
Cleveland
Los Angeles
National Aeronautical Association of America
Simmons Elected President In Naw Taker Event
F H H Simons elected president of Naw taker Stack Excuap nates sine dpa in New York on May 11 amidst a terse ceremony. Officials confirmed the new leadership as part of a routine organizational reshuffle.
Ten Indicted on First Day of May Jury
Ames Red Ebersole Alfred node and Edward Houser charged with robbing Earl Leggetts Madison Avenue store of 530 dollars were among the first indicted by the May Grand Jury. Ten indictments were returned, six for larceny, two for breaking into storehouses and one for forgery. Edward H. Miller faces three forgery counts. Blair Kennedy and others charged with larceny await arraignment.
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Ames
Red) Ebersole
Alfred Node
Edward Houser
Earl Leggett
Madison Avenue
Edward H. Miller
Albert
Rabbit) Blair
Guy Kennedy
Blair
Williamsport
Davis Forsythe
John B. Beard
Robert J. Gordon
Frank Long
James Whitley
Local Cases Set For Trial Today In Cumberland
About 25 Washington county residents from Frog Hollow and Mt Briar are to appear for Volstead law hearing before Judge Mortig A. Soper in Cumberland. Court opened yesterday. Thomas Tucker from the county paid a $50 fine for liquor possession. Allegany county cases were heard this morning with Deputy Cushna and Lieut Chapman among observers. Pleas of guilty are being disposed of first.
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Washington County
Frog Hollow
Mt. Briar
Mortig A. Soper
Cumberland
Thomas Tucker
Allegany County
Charles E. Cushna
Edward Chapman
Western
250 Strikers Arrested in Elizabethton Tennessee
More than 250 strikers were arrested on charges of intimidation and escorted to the courthouse square by guardsmen. They were not jailed as the facility could not hold that many.
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Elizabethton. Tenn
Court House Square
Canton gunboats avenge losses near Shamshui
Thirteen Canton gunboats on the Sik jang near Shamshui engaged invading Kayansk armies, inflicting heavy casualties on Canton troops as revenge for Canton's rough treatment of revolting gun boats near the Shameen quarter. In Washington, the Senate postponed the farm relief vote.
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Canton
China
Sikjang
Shamshui
Shameen
Aged His Whiskey With Magic Fluid
Harrisburg May 14 Police say C Gussey of Landisburg aged whiskey with a magic fluid sold for a dollar per gallon. State police found one ounce of the fluid at his farm and Gussey claimed eight drops aged liquor a year. A 31 gallon still and 20 gallons of moonshine were seized.
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Harrisburg
Mal C. Gussey
Landisburg
Gussey
Golden Rule Foundation aids needy mankind
New York May 14 a recently chartered organization named the Golden Rule Foundation aims to help the man of small means invest in large enterprises. It plans to combat ignorance disease poverty superstition strife and crime through 30 existing societies with all expenses covered by the Founders' Fund to ensure 100 percent of contributions go to philanthropic work.
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New York
Golden Rule Foundation
Dry agent dies in auto crash near Washington
A suspected rum running car forced by pursing prohibition agents left the road and struck a telegraph pole fatally injuring Date N. Jackley, veteran agent in the enforcement service. Three other agents suffered minor injuries while the fleeing suspect, a Black man, escaped. The chase began near Laurel, Maryland, about 20 miles north of Washington. Authorities said no shots were fired at the suspect.
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Washington
Date N. Jackley
Jackley
Laurel
Priest Fights Man To Protect Woman Outside Chicago Church
In Chicago on May 14 Rev. M Brocccole assistant pastor of St Sams Roman Catholic church fought barehanded to defend a Negro woman from a knife-wielding assailant. The priest beat the attacker until police arrived and he signed a complaint for assault with a deadly weapon. Also, Mrs Gene Tunney is reported out of danger from an appendectomy in Sutzcon taymy.
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Chicago
M. Brocccole
St Sams Roman Catholic Church
Berlin
Gene Tunney
Sutzcon Taymy
Bishop Warns Armaments Provoking War At Conference
Lancaster May 14 Armaments provoke war says Bishop William M Gell senior bishop United Brethren Church in Christ addressing the Quadriennial Conference urging disavowal of militarism He praises prohibition improvement in divorce and notes Bishop Bell will retire after more than two decades of service He condemns armed peace and predicts the 18th Amendment will not be repealed.
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Lancaster
William M. Gell
United Brethren Church In Christ
Bell
America
Society To Have Own Restaurant In New York
NEW YORK May 14 The city’s social leaders plan the world’s finest restaurant a dining hub for cultured life. A. J. Drexel Biddle Jr leading a city casino project with a proposed 500000 in improvements. BANDITS ROB BANK IN IOWA Cashier and family kept as prisoners overnight before looting 5000.
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New York
Central Park
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Gilmore City
Iowa
Woman To Cross On Zeppelin Voyage
A New York City woman, Mary Pierce, aged forty two, entered Zeppelin offices and paid the 42,000 ticket price for a voyage to America aboard the Graf Zeppelin. She is the only woman among passengers for the upcoming flight. The event marks a notable crossing announcement as she accepts the journey offered by the Zeppelin line.
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Friedrichsmafen
Zeppelin dirigible Graf Zeppelin readies for transatlantic flight
Frieichsfafen May 14 reports final preparations for the giant dirigible Graf Zeppelin on its second transatlantic trip to America. Captain Lehmann and Dr Hugo Eckener oversee a hangar packed with passengers journalists and sightseers as dawn takeoff is planned. If weather allows Eckener will steer toward Lakehurst with possible Azores routing. Fifty nine men and one lady aboard.
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Friedrichshafen
Germ
Repectan
Zeppelin
America
Tom
Lehmann
Ter
Hugo Eckener
Azores
Eckener
Lakehurst
N. I
Man Killed Girl Injured In Baltimore Auto Crash
May 14 Baltimore. Clin ton B. Coswell 30 was killed and Miss Helen Hills 25 seriously injured in an auto crash. They were passengers in a rented car driven by Frank L. Webb when another vehicle forced it against the curb and hurled them head first into the street. The other car fled after the collision, its occupants apparently unaware of the catastrophe.
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Baltimore
Clinton B. Coswell
Helen Hills
Frank L. Webb
Deadline for Romance Club entries falls tomorrow
The Daily Mail True Romance Club deadline is 5 pm tomorrow. Married couples may enter by mail or in person to join the Sparks Circus afternoon event with no strings attached. Selected pairs will be given special seating and a parade view, with entries noted at the Daily Mail building.
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Daily Mail
Mail
Sparks Circus
Big Sparks
Uieder
and. Mn
Barrie C. Shank
Smithaburg
Wage
H. C. Russman
Smiths
John C. Netkirk
Virginia
Marriog
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Maine
Lindy
Bride
U.K
Washington St
Hollins College
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Atlantic
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Jean Assolant
Cater
Armand Lott
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
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