Graf Zeppelin Crosses Atlantic on Second Westbound Flight
The Graf Zeppelin races westward over southwestern Europe on its second Atlantic crossing to America. On board are 40 crew, 18 passengers including a female gorilla Susi and Mrs Mary Pierce wife of a New York utilities broker. Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins also aboard as the journey heads toward Gibraltar Azores Bermuda Lakehurst New Jersey.
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Frisdrichshafen
Germany
Europe
Atlantic
America
Gibraltar
Azores
Bermuda
Lakehurst
N. J
Husa Uekner
Susi
Mary Pierce
New York
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Arctie
Would-Be Cop Confounded by Student Hero
Freddie Phats Wintermoyer, Williamsport High senior, stops a self-styled officer at Cumberland Valley crossing Halfway after a speeding stop. The alleged officer slapped his face and demanded entry, but Phats responded with restraint and plans for investigation by State Officer Claude W. Cubbage.
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Freddie
Phats) Wintermoyer
Williamsport Igh
Phats
Boonsboro
Cumberland Valley
Claude W. Cubbage
Won't Sleep Wink He Says Won't Sleep Wink
New York stock broker Henry Pierce reacted with disbelief as news arrived that the Zeppelin set course for America with his wife aboard. He spent about 500 on trans Atlantic calls and sought help from the State Department to stop the crossing, saying he could not sleep a wink until the ship landed. His wife, the sole woman passenger, had never flown before and Pierce planned to go to Lakehurst to meet the airship.
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New York
America
Henry Pierce
Park Avenue
Lakehurst
Nine indicted by grand jury are arrested
A batch of indictments led to arrests including Edgar Norris Chester Delaney David Hare and Waverly Bennett alias W C Moon for entering Pleasant Valley schoolhouse with intent to injure. Others faced charges include theft of an automobile and larceny. several were jailed or bonded for court as authorities detail past crimes and local incidents in Hagerstown and nearby areas.
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Edgar
Red) Norris
Chester Delaney
David
Buck) Hare
Waverly Bennett
W. C. Moon
Pleasant Valley
Bennett
Hart
Edwood Thomas
Thompson
Dewey Munshower
Roy Walker
Hyuer
William Baker
Ben Breeden
North Jonathan
Breeden
Hagerstown
Water main blast halts Elizabethton rayon plants strike clash
An explosion severed the water main serving Elizabethton and the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff rayon plants. Sheriff Moreland arrested George Crow, suspected after warnings of dynamiting. National Guard deployed to restore order as martial law talk circulated and plant officials said operations would resume with limited nonunion staff.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Glanzstoft
George Crow
J. M. Moreland
National Gu
Scena
W. C. Boyd
Eee ST A
Royal Rayon Mill
Boyd
Realtors Incorporate Cohen Bros Form Stock Shares
Cohen Bros realtors received articles of incorporation from the State Tax Commission Authority granting permission to issue 2500 shares of stock with a par value of $100. James R Samuel J and B Louis Cohen are named in the incorporation filing.
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Cohen Bros
State Tax Commission
James R
Samuel J
B. Louis Cohen
Divorce Suit Filed By Godlove In Court This Morning
Guy G. Godlove petitions for divorce from Ethel E. Godlove on grounds of unfaithfulness and desertion. The couple married in 1919 and have five children. custody details are pending and asserted in court.
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Guy G. Godlove
Ethel E. Godlove
Cou Pla
Probes Plumb Blast At Cleveland Clinic
Six investigations are under way into the Cleveland clinic blast and fire that touched off x ray film in a basement storage room and sent a gas cloud through the building. Gov. Cooper ordered state agencies to assist as local officials pursue how precautions were followed and why the films exploded. Fire officials focus on the storage room conditions and the deadly sequence that followed.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Cooper
Patrick Ferrie
Ferrie
One of worst of disasters includes Cleveland Clinic Hospital blast
An Associated Press compilation ranks the Cleveland Clinic Hospital explosion among the era’s deadliest disasters in institutions buildings and factories. It lists historic fires and explosions such as the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago 1903 with 575 dead and Triangle Shirtwaist 1911 with 148 dead, among others.
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Cleveland Clinic Hospital
United States
Iroquois Theatre Sre
Chicago
Conway's Theatre
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rhode’s Opera House
Bogerstown
Triangle Factory
New York
Pittsburgh
Morgan
Knickerbocker
Washington
Exeter
Calumet
Mich
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Romance Club Couples Lead Throngs To Sparks Circus
Circling crowds of couples from six to sixty gathered as Sparks Circus rolled into Hagerstown from Cumberland. The Daily Mail hosted more than thirty True Romance Club pairs aged years and older, who received badges for the afternoon show and special circus access, with a Sparks representative offering a warm welcome and noting the paper’s role in their celebration.
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Sparks Circus
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Skinnay
Willow Lane
Daily Mail
True Romance Club
Hingerstown
Poison claimed by cattle in Marsh district
Dairy farmers report three more cows poisoned in the Marsh district. Richard Knepper’s herd on the Farm Shank place lost three animals worth 175 dollars, with another Knepper cow dying and a Hoffmen animal showing similar symptoms. Cattle were pastured Saturday and Sunday, eyes swollen, blinded, and driven to exhaustion before death. Stomach contents sent for analysis to identify poison.
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Marsh
Richard Knepper
Tfiram Shank
Knepper
John Hoffmen
Horse dies as tent fright causes city dairy mishap
At Hagerstown Dairy Co grounds a horse pulling a delivery wagon leaped into a ditch after shying at a tent, choking to death on a shaft. Driver W A Foreman escaped injury by leaping clear. Milk losses noted. Debits for the week ending May 15 show a rise to 2,593,000 from 2,580,000 last year.
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Hagerstown
Gas Fumes Push Cleveland Clinic Death Toll Toward 150
In Cleveland on May 16 the brownish gas that already shattered the Cleveland Clinic hospital continued to spread its deadly reach. Two blasts and a fire damaged X-ray films and injured staff, with deaths rising hourly. Many victims were locals, and some came from outside Ohio. Doctors warned more fatalities were likely as the poison affected the blood. Oxygen failed in some cases. Dr. John Phillips died after a transfusion attempt, and Dr. George Crile performed the procedure. Transfusions were used on several patients, with uncertain outcomes still looming. The tragedy spurred emergency efforts as officials prepared for further deaths.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
el i
John Phillips
George W. Crile
Mount Sinai Hospital
Eila Moeller
Mt Sinai
Pictures Rushed By Plane To Mail
Photographers for the N. E. A. captured scenes soon after the Cleveland hospital gas disaster. Rushed by air and train to the Daily Mail, the pictures show victims who inhaled fumes and later died. The rapid dispatch demonstrates press speed in delivering news while it is hot.
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Cleveland Hospital
Daily Mail
Magerstown
Hello Girl Heroine Faces Death At Clinic Disaster
Gladys Gibson of Cleveland a telephone operator at the Cleveland clinic sacrificed her life during a disaster. She remained at the switchboard warning police firemen and ambulances as deadly gas approached. She collapsed and died later in a hospital.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Gladys Gibson
Exchange Board
Open fire door linked to Cleveland blast death toll
In Cleveland a fire door from the x ray room of the clinic where the first explosion happened was found left open. Investigators say closing it might have averted the disaster. The fire cause remains a mystery with three theories offered. Dr. Jack H. Swanord, the x ray room physician, survived by leaping from a window and was confined to a car running board after the blast.
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Bermpent
Wee Je
Jack H. SwaNord
Trem Unis
J Ctty
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