U S Moves to End Conflict in the Chaco War
The United States seeks joint action with Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru to halt the Bolivia Paraguay war. President Roosevelt drafts a message asking Congress for a rapid arms embargo to ban war shipments to both sides. The League of Nations forwards embargo plans to jurists for legal form.
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Washington
United States
Bolivia
Paraguay
State Department
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Saneraatiey
Aes
Roosevelt
Congress
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Worthington Receives Four Military Medals
Prof. Leland G. Worthington of Berwyn Maryland and Hyattaville High School staff is awarded four medals for World War I service. He earned the Mexican Border Service Medal the Purple Heart Oak Leaf Cluster Verdun Medal and Order of the Purple Heart for actions from Verdun to Meuse Argonne and Grande Montagne and Mexican border duty in 1916. Major Alvan C. Gillam presented the honors. Worthington also completed a history of the Maryland College of Agriculture to 1856 and plans to publish a library edition with university pictures.
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Leland G. Worthington
University of Maryland
Hyattaville High School
Worthington
Bradley. Worthington
Summit Avenue
Berwyn
314Th Infantry
Army of Occupation
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Argonne
Grande Montagne
Alvan C. Gillam
University
Maryland College of Agriculture
Maryland Agriculture College
Ale
U. of M
Salvation Army Tag Day Scheduled for Hagerstown
Salvation Army volunteers led by Captain and Mrs. Andrews will stage a Tag Day in Hagerstown to raise funds. The drive highlights financial strain on the charity and aims to support youth and parents through its programs. Mayor Wertz will open the new Salem Avenue hall on the 26th, hoping for expanded services. Dr. Edward A. Powers from Baltimore is visiting Hagerstown organizing clubs and attending races before travels to Cumberland and Frostburg.
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Hagerstown
Salvation Army
Andrews
Wertz
Salem Avenue
Edward A. Powers
Baltimore
Conley
Scoutmasters Train at Trinity Lutheran Auditorium
The Scoutmasters Association schedules a training course for all scoutmasters and assistants next Tuesday evening March 22 at 7 30 in Trinity Lutheran auditorium. Lecturers include Martin Ingram on Play in Education and Paul Shields on The Project Method and Scouting Projects. Dr Hartman A Lichtwardt speaks tonight at the Presbyterian Church about his Far East mission experiences.
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Scoutmasters Association
Trinity Lutheran
Martin Ingram
Paul Shields
Hartman A. Lichtwardt
Presbyterian
Far East
Presbyterian Church
Death notices and obituaries from local city listings
Obituaries report Ezra Musey age 57 of 135 North Canon Avenue died at 9:45 AM from ulcer of the stomach. Survived by wife Clara B., eight children, two brothers, and other relatives. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 PM at home, Rev. F Berry Plummer officiating. Interment Rose Hill. Also noted are the deaths of William J. Marker of Sharpsburg age unknown from complications. Irene de St. Paul of the Run Isle of Malta age 42, survived by mother, siblings. and a memorial verse for Catherine E. Leys died six years ago, with family remembrances.
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Ezra Musey
North
Can- Inon Avenue
Clara B. Musey
Herbert Sprecher
Clara B
Louise J
Fred H
John E
George C
Merle R
Reuben
J. William
Highfield
Rev. F. Berry Plummer
Rose Hill
William J. Marker
Sharpsburg
Lutheran Church
Ray W
Vernon W. Heck
Hagerstown
Frank
Thomas
Harvey Marker
H. D. Chapman
Mountain View Cemetery
Irene de St. Paul
Run
Isle of Malta
Charles F
Mary Devine
Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Malta
France
Mary M. Devine
Vernon L. Parker
Vincent. A
Paul BE
John S
Lee T
Frederick
In Memoriam for Flora B Woods and Mazie Draper
Memorial verses recall Flora B Woods who departed one year ago and Mazie B Draper who left this life two years ago. The writings express love, memory, and comfort as children and spouses remember their mother and wife with tender imagery and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora B. Woods
Mazie B. Draper
Rally guests Ritchie and Jackson address Maryland crowd
In Hagerstown a Democratic rally featured Governor Ritchie and Mayor Jackson as speakers. They lauded improvements and unemployment insurance while noting mutual admiration. Attendees included Attorney General Lane and Congress member Lewis as well as Elizabeth Menefee and Nellie Ross send good wishes.
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United Clubs
Jackson
Baltimore City
City Hall
Hagerstown
William P. Lane
Ritchie
Baltimore
Maryland
Lane
U. S
Lewis
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
Wim. Preston Lane, Jr
Margerstown
Duvall
Mary H. Duvall
Elizabeth R. Menefee
Cumberland
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Saturday Racing Program of Purse Winners and Entries
A detailed list of races for 3 year olds and up with entries and purses. Horses such as Viva Pete Bling a Stellar Playdema Bread King Old Play Wildolive Claque Morocca Coventry Cinta Queen and Darktown are noted with weights and eligibility. Weather is clear and track fast with post times starting at 2:00 p.m.
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Ann
A-J
Winfrey
la Cherie
Hancock
Wildolive
Claque
Morocca
Coventry
Darktown
Burleigh
Bokie
Jasper angler lands 18 pound trout from Pyramid Lake
After 21 years of fishing in Jasper Park, A. B. achieves his goal by catching a trout described as three and a half feet long and weighing 18 pounds from Pyramid Lake.
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Jasper
Alta
A. B
Jasper Park
Pyramid Lake
Uncle Sam Overpays Worker Then Corrects 19 Cent Shortage
In Milwaukee on May 18 the payroll found Joseph Subjak a CWA worker was underpaid by 19 cents after a check for 46.70, a new payroll sheet was ordered to issue the 19 cents due, while postage cost more than 10 cents.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Uncle Sam
Joseph Subjak
CWA
Subjak
Questioned marriage status blocks Erie school hiring
Erie Pennsylvania May 18. The school board faces a dispute over whether a married woman separated from her husband but not divorced is eligible for a teaching contract. Superintendent Diehl says she is eligible if not living with her husband, while directors fear potential fraud and demand a legal opinion before proceeding.
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Erie
Bertha W. Mahoney
John C. Diehl
John McDonald
Tercentenary Pageant Praised at Surrey School Event
A large Surrey School crowd attended a tercentenary pageant titled The Land of Sanctuary showcasing Maryland’s founding for religious freedom. Students in Indian Puritan Dutch and French groups wore elaborate costumes, with a post show cafeteria supper and Surrey Parent Teacher Association annual meeting and officer installation led by Mrs. L. V Crist. Committees for the coming year were announced with numerous parent volunteers named.
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Surrey School
Sanctuary
Maryland
Clarence Little
Connie Davis
The
Sun
Doris Linebaugh
Truth
Betty Lee Black
Haope
Mary Lee Owings
Spirit of Maryland
Betty Jane Auxt
Freedom
Bettr Weiner
Charity
Land of Sanctuary
Albert Cohen
Jacob Lumbrozo
Victor Wills
Jean Stockstale
Surrey Parent-Teacher Association
L. V Crist
L. V. Crist
A. R. Stark
J. Howard Roney
Jane Martin
Guy McKee
Lawrence Wolf
Ralph S. Siegrist
G. W. Yountz
John (. Larsent
B. W. Ditto
Winger Shank
Hubert Shifler
J. A. Snyder
R. Leon Palmer
Tra S. Coffman
Tony Horst
Death Strikes So Many Ways
A New York report lists a series of fatal accidents. Six year old William Abel chased a marble into danger near a concrete mixer. a sparrow sighting ends with a cat attack on Mrs. Margaret Cross. Alexander Cross is held for homicide after a quarrel over a framed marriage license. Eugene Ruggiero and companions drown when a canoe capsizes. a nine year old boy, Robert McAfee, is killed by a trailer wheel.
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New York
William Abel
Margaret
Cross
Alexander
Eugene Ruggiero
Vincent Ruggiero
Salvatore Selena
Eugene
Robert McAfee
Farmer Boy Vanishes After Manhole Rescue Fiasco
In Scotts Bluff Nebraska on May 18 a farmer boy performing ventriloquism drew a crowd with shouts from a manhole. Police arrived to free a supposed trapped person, but the manhole was empty and the boy had vanished.
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Scotts Bluff
Neb
Noted Architect Cass Gilbert Dies at 74 in England
Cass Gilbert, renowned architect of skyscrapers and commercial buildings, died at age 74 in a Brockenhurst hotel room England during a pleasure trip. The heart attack ended a career seen as foundational to American architecture.
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New York
Cass Gilbert
America
Brockenhurst
England
Parents Travel to Annapolis for Son Graduation
Mr and Mrs William Chung Moon Sr of Honolulu arrived in Los Angeles en route to Annapolis where they will witness May 26 graduation of their son Gordon Paiea Chung Hoon from the Naval Academy. Chung Hoon is the academy football star and serves as deputy treasurer of Wanolulu. the family is accompanied by another son Harold.
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Los Angeles
William Chung Moon
Honolulu
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Gordon Paiea Chung- Hoon
Chung-Hoon
Wanolulu
Harold
Williamsport Class To Present Comedy Old Lady 31
Williamsport High School Senior Class presents the three act comedy Old Lady 31 directed by Mrs Cleve land Holtzworth. The performance is Thursday May 24 at 8 30 p m in the high school auditorium with a large cast of students in roles from Angie to Granny and Su sanna.
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Cleveland Holtzworth
Williamsport High School
Angie
Maxine Newcomer
Abe
Raymond Long
Nancy
Winifred Collier
Mrs. Homans
Anna Belle Ditto
Sarah Jane
Ruby Gower
Abigail
Milbrey Downey
Blossy
June Shank
Mary
June Ardinger
John
William Wiley
Samuel Darby
Harold Daugherty
Mike
Harold Foltz
Elizabeth
Virginia Mouse
Minerva
Nora Mae Chaffin
Granny
Dorine Myers
Susanna
Glennie Ebersole
Luella
Olive Fanghander
Grace
Anna Mae Beattie
Hanna
Nell Nixon
Florida limes rise as national prohibition renewals boost sales
Florida citrus growers report higher lime sales due to renewed national prohibition affecting drink demand. Stein Bros. & Boyce and McComas-Armstrong Building are cited in Chicago grain market quotations.
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Stein Bros & Boyce
McComsa-Armstrong Building
Stein Bros. & Boyce
McComas-Armstrong Building
Florida
Polls Show New Deals Popular Across States
A New Deal popularity report cites 41.23 percent Hoover voters now support Roosevelt while 80.73 percent of Roosevelt backers remain loyal. New York ballots show 67.20 percent favor Roosevelt policies. New Jersey 57.28 percent. Pennsylvania 63.55 percent affirmative. Overall 39,916,528 votes in 1932 show Roosevelt with 57.32 percent to Hoover 9.59. Public sentiment debates long-term impact of the ballot referendum.
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Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
New York State
Bac
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Literary Digest
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
America
U. S
Roosevel
Invention to deter bulls from butting by Sacker
A device invented by Frank Sacker in Monroe Wisconsin uses metal strips with sharp pins on a bull’s head. When the bull lowers its head and touches an object the pins bite into its flesh to deter butting.
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Monroe, Wis
Frank Sacker
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J. W. Rohrer
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MIRRO
Harry S. Myers
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