Britain Accepts Kellogg Pact Outlawing War Reply
Sir Austen Chamberlain handed the British reply to Ambassador Houghton at the Foreign Office. Reported acceptance of America's plan to outlaw war by a world pact. The Evening Star savors the moment with a photo caption declaring America’s world peace plan accepted.
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Associated Press
London
Austen Chamberlain
Kellogg
Alanson B Houghton
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Washington
Briand
Evening Star
Carriey
America
Houghton
Bandits Hold Up Poker Game At Seelbach Hotel
Four armed bandits robbed a Derby visitors poker game in Louisville at the Seelbach hotel last night taking about $20,000 from 12 players. They entered with pistols drawn, locked a house detective in a closet, clipped room wires, and escaped amid Derby crowds. Police withheld victims' names.
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Louisville
Seelbach
Million-dollar birthday gift for 17 relatives in Tulsa
In Tulsa on May 19 Otto Schenk distributed 1 000 000 dollars among 17 nieces and nephews at a 65th birthday dinner. The donor said the gesture honors those who filled gaps of lost children in his family. Nearby reports note a drop in U S commercial failures and political developments including Frederick mayor Lloyd Culler's likely re election and a divorce suit filed by Jacob B Miller against Minnie J Miller.
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Tulsa
Okla
Otto Schenk
Packer
Wheeling
W. Va
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Stenographers Die in Baltimore Auto Crash
In Baltimore on May 19 Mary Truffer 23 of Brooklyn and Anna Kastner 20 of Baltimore were killed when pinned beneath an overturned car after a crash with another vehicle on Pennington Avenue in South Baltimore. A brother identified one victim after bodies lay unidentified.
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Baltimore
Mary Truffer
Brooklyn
Anna Kastner
Pennington Avenue
Glass From Windshield Fatal To Car Occupant
Irvin Emerick, 51, of near Camp's Church Maryland, was killed when a windshield shard entered his windpipe after the auto struck a concrete culvert last night. The other occupants were not injured. Emerick managed to exit the vehicle but died within minutes.
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Irvin Emerick
Camp’s Church
Emerick
Slightly Hurt In Auto Crash On South Potomac Street
Albert Martin of this city sustained minor head and hand injuries last night at 6 o'clock when his car collided with another vehicle near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crossing on South Potomac Street. The other driver fled the scene.
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Albert Martin
South Potomac St
Baltimore & Ohio
Martin
Liner Pennland Collides With Freighter Off Sandy Hook
In heavy fog a Red Star Liner Pennland outbound to Antwerp via Halifax collided with the inbound freighter An niston City from Baltimore outside Sandy Hook. The Pennland reported considerable damage above the water line, but no injuries occurred and the captain did not require immediate assistance.
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New York
Red Star
Pennland
Antwerp
Halifax
Anniston City
Baltimore
Sandy Hook
Wanted Girl, 0 Boy Says He Slew Trio
In Rushville Nebraska Henry Sherman aged 19 faced imminent sentencing after police said they held his written confession for slaying three members of the Pochon family and injuring a six month old baby. He pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder and was bound over for sentence or trial. Sherman, a farm hand, described the killings of Roger Pochon and his wife and mother.
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Rushville
Neb
Henry Sherman
Pochon
Sherman
Roger Pochon
New Airplane Concern Backs From GM Shareholders
New York May 194- A new General Aircraft Corporation is forming with backing from major GM shareholders. GM itself disclaims involvement. Planned factories in Baltimore Chicago Los Angeles and a southern city. Buffalo already has a facility. Bernt Balchen Clarence Chamberlin Bert Acosta are named flyers linked to the venture. L A Lustig and a George A from Chicago direct affairs. Backers’ names were not disclosed.
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New York
American Today
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
General Aircraft Corporation
Baltimore
Chicago
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Bernt Balchen
Clarence Chamberlin
Bert Acosta
L. A. Lustig
George A
Doctor Loomis kills self after acquittal
Detroit report states Dr Frank Remington Loomis, freed last July for the slaying of his wife Grace Burns Loomis, committed suicide this morning by inhaling gas at a dentist office in the Freeman building. His body was found with a tube from a gas connector in his mouth. A note to police warned of an upcoming Detroit newspaper explanation and asked for patience.
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Detroit
Frank Remington Loomis
Grace Burns Loomis
Dentists
Freeman Building
Loomis
Parker New Era Completes Bible Installments After 22 Years
The Parker New Era marks a milestone after 22 years and eight months by finishing printing the Bible in installments. Charles Hackett, pioneer editor, began the installments and successors continued the tradition.
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Parker
5. D
Parker New Era
Charles Hackett
Pioneer
Cry of Baby Saves Lives in Chicago Bomb Incident
Chicago May 19 Louis Krakow investigator for States Attorney Robert E Crowe and his family were saved when Mrs Krakow woke from her son crying and found a burning dynamite bomb in the hallway. He doused the fuse and threw the bomb outside as police noted the fuse burned to within inches of the dynamite. Other families in the building faced potential wreckage if the device had exploded.
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Chicago
Louis Krakow
Robert E. Crowe
Whch
Prisoners arraigned before judge on indictments
Eleven jail prisoners indicted by the May Grand Jury were arraigned before Judge Frank G. Wagaman this morning and formally charged. Several defendants pleaded not guilty or entered pleas, with some colored defendants among those charged for offenses including theft, perjury, false pretense, larceny, and breaking and entering. Criminal court will open next Thursday.
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Frank G. Wagaman
Augustus A. Malotte
Williamsport
Sim
H. V. Hart
Columbus Toms
Western Maryland Railroad
Charles Butts
Lawrence Stevens
Lloyd Culpepper
Preston Berger
Lucy Holly
M. W. Vosbaugh
New York
McCrory
Edward Elmer Ody
J. M. Gilum
John Poole
Highfield
Harry E. Smith
Charles B. Wagner
Merk Gordon
Aiquor Cass
Robert Coombs
Boxing match off again in New York promoters announce postponement
Rain caused promoter Tex Rickard to postpone the Sammy Mandell vs Jimmy McLarnin lightweight title bout for a third time. The championship fight, initially set for Thursday night, was deferred to Friday and then postponed again with the new date to be announced for next week.
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New York
Sammy Mandell
Jimmy McLarnin
Tex Rickard
Manchuria to be barred to fleeing army
In Pekin May 19 Associated Press reports Chang Tso Lin refuses Japanese warning to retreat to Manchuria. Japan plans to strengthen coastal garrison and block Chang's retreat while considering a protectorate to secure its Manchurian capital investments amid Chinese civil warfare tensions.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Chang Ts0-Lin
Manchuria
China
Chang
Japan
Great Wall
Far East
Waa
Tsinan
Naval fliers die in crash during maneuvers
The Navy Department reported the death of two naval officers after a plane attached to the battleship West Virginia crashed into the sea during Hawaiian maneuvers. Lieut. H. R. Ballinger was the pilot and Ensign A. C. Koble the passenger. No trace of aircraft or crew was found after a tail spin from about 1500 feet.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hawaiian
H. R. Ballinger
A. C. Koble
Naval Reserve
West Virginia
Local Bank Cleanup In Merger Profits Reported
Local banking circles buzz over a bank merger worth over 100000 in profits as rumors say a block of stock bought for 19 per share yielded around 59 each, netting about 101000. Meanwhile thieves ransacked Chewsville Elevator office but failed to take valuables, an attempted safe breach reported.
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Baltimore
Chewsville
R. B. Wyand
Weekly Weather Forecast for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows fair conditions in the north and middle Atlantic states with possible showers on Friday or Saturday. Temperatures run slightly above normal at the start and end of the week, and near normal or slightly below from Tuesday through Thursday.
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North and
Middle Atlantic States
Initiative on Bus Question Up to Public
East Antietam street residents urged removal of trolley tracks during summer rebuilding. City cannot order track removal due to the franchise held by Blue Ridge Transportation Co. and the firm recently spent about $50,000 on Mulberry street tracks. The company prefers buses for economics and frequency, but may discuss abolishing trolleys on the Loop if city arrangements are made. A resident petition drive aims to secure signatures to push for a conference to settle the issue before street reconstruction starts.
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City
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
East Antietam Street
Transportation Company
Hagerstown
Mulberry Street
Blue Ridge Transportation Co
Antietam Street
Heresy Charged Against Bishops in Methodists Case
Bishops Thomas McDowell of Washington DC and Francis McConnell of Pittsburgh were charged with heresy in a complaint filed by Rev George A Cooke of Wilmington Delaware with the secretary of the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City on May 19.
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Kansas City
Tlom ¥. McDowell
Washington, D. C
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburg
George A. Cooke
Wilmington
Del
Methodist Episcopal Church
County Peach Crop Hard Hit in Cumberland Valley
Fears of fruit growers in the Cumberland Valley are realized as unusual cold weather shrinks the Maryland peach crop. June drop began, most trees bare or nearly so, with only the largest fruit remaining. In Smithsburg area some estimate 25 percent of normal yield, others believe even less as trees show widespread denudation.
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Cumberland
Horticultural Department
Maryland
Smithsburg
Place
Judge Dowd to Attend ALA Conference at West Baden
Judge Albert A Dowd of Cimberland and Beaver Creek, brother of Daniel W Dowd, named as delegate to the fiftieth annual conference of the American Library Association to be held at West Baden Indiana May 28 through June 2. Trustees will attend the conference.
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Albert 4A. Dowd
Cimberland
Beaver Creek
Daniel W. Dowd
American Library Association
West Baden
Ind
RACING MEET MAY BE HELD AUGUST HERE
Walter D Willson Fair Board director says if Hagerstown hosts a race meet it will be in August the week before the Cumberland Fair. No spring date possible. a one week window may be used with experienced handlers promising top horses that would race later at Maryland tracks.
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Hagerstown
Walter D. Willson
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
Maryland
Fragmented county survey data on population and income
A partial OCR fragment reports county level statistics including population share, income figures, and farm property values. It references a 138 square mile area and compares per square mile income to Maryland, with notes that data continues on the next page.
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Heger
Catate Dent
Maryland
Girl's Murder Case Solved in Chicago Suburb
May 19 report states 17 year old Miss Eggleston, an usher at the Ritz theater in Berwyn, was murdered during a robbery on April 29. Three poolroom youths Durmaj Thomas and Mas confessed. Durmaj admitted firing the shot. robberies followed by a getaway car in the theater chief’s cage incident.
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Chicago
Eggleston
Ritz
Berwyn
Stanley Durmaj
Stanley Thomas
Albert Mas
Sala
Durmaj
Miss Exleston
Ct Jief
Mis Gleston
Winners in Singapore contest draws 657 replies
The Daily Mail reports unprecedented interest in the Across to Singapore contest with 657 replies received by closing. By yesterday noon 51 replies had been tallied and 147 more arrived later as contestants flooded the post office and in person. The editor notes wide readership and strong local engagement across Hagertown and nearby towns, underscoring the newspaper’s advertising influence.
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Singapore
Daily Mail
Hagertown
Casalao
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R. Q. Dun & Co
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Jacob B. Miller
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