Dirigible Graf Zeppelin to return home after repairs
Dr. Hugo Eckener stated the Graf Zeppelin, grounded by Friday motor failures, will not resume long journeys until an absolute clarification. Two of five motors tested, but three crank shafts broke. Sabotage rumors denied as crews prepare four engines for the possible Wednesday or Thursday departure toward Friedrichshafen.
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Ledrichshapen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Cuers
France
Divsibie
Friedrichshafen
Lehmann
Muga Eckener
Hangs Flemming
Canton Falls To Kwanksi Forces
Reports from Shanghai state Kwanksi forces captured Canton at noon today with no confirmation available locally. The claim comes from both Chinese and Japanese sources detailing the city’s surrender or seizure in the ongoing conflict.
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Shanghai
China
City Workers Complete Concrete Base in One Week
City crews finished a concrete base along Jonathan Street and Sunmit Avenue within a week. Asphalt top work will wrap up soon under the supervision of the Steel Commission. The rapid concrete completion marks one of the fastest such jobs on busy thoroughfares, enabling water pipe work from the Williamsport plant to proceed and the streets to be restored.
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Jonathan Street
Sunmit Avenue
Williamsport
Saod Als Ncw
Principal dies from cat bite in Watsin gton
Alvin W. Miller principal of Central High School died from blood poisoning after a cat bite on one hand. A large audience attended a Williamsport Community Band concert at the high school auditorium yesterday afternoon despite the weather. Edwin Partridge directed a varied program with the band performing well. Baritone Preston Turner gave a very fine solo at Tha Rosary.
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Alvin W. Miller
Central High School
Williamsport
Edwin ©. Partridge
Preston Turner
Five May Death Toll In Cleveland Explosion
Five of the Cleveland explosion victims remain in critical condition as the death toll rises to 124. Authorities report the blast at a wartime facility caused numerous injuries and launched ongoing investigations.
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Cleveland
Philly Judge Holds Capone in Bail Fight
Philadelphia May 20 Magistrate Edward Patrick Carney refused to be intimidated by gangster Al Capone and a bodyguard as he set bail at 35000 for concealed weapons charges. The piece notes Capone’s long Chicago gang history and Carney’s bold stance in court amid national notoriety.
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Edward Patrick Carney
Scarface
al Capone
Philadelphia
Chicago
Capone
Carney
Ritz-Carlton
Smethey Butler
U. S. Marine Corps
Underworld
Obedience of the Law Vital Says Ohio Senator
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio urged public obedience to law at St John’s Lutheran auditorium, praising the local society for crime reduction. He stressed law enforcement as Hoover’s priority and called for an impartial commission to study enforcement, education, the 18th Amendment, and the Volstead Act.
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Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
St. John’s Lutheran Auditorium
Society
M. 0 Moleler
Foss
Hagerstown
Poesy
Ife
Hoover
Fess
Washington County Public Schools Hold Annual Meet at City Park
The fifteenth annual track meet of Washington County Public Schools is set for Thursday May 25 at City Park. Events program and officials list are being prepared. Winners will compete in the state meet in Baltimore the first week in June under the Phiggsround Association.
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Washington County
City Park
Baltimore
Phiggsround Association
Frostburg Cannot License Magazine Solicitors Says Judge
Judge Albert A. Doub ruled in the Womens World Magazine Company versus Frostburg that solicitors for the Illinois published magazine cannot be charged license fees by the Maryland city. The decision holds the city overstepping by attempting to license magazine agents engaged in interstate commerce. Meanwhile Walter Newcomer of Bowmut’s Mill suffers a wrenched knee after stepping into a hole. he is being cared for at home.
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Albert A. Doub
Womens World Magazine Company
Frostburg
Illinois
Maryland
Walter Newcomer
Bowmut
Cats Now Must Wear Bells In Riverside Neighborhood
Chicago report describes a bizarre city ordinance where cats must wear bells to prevent predation on birds. Violators face nine executions to deter future offenses, a result of alarming bird death lists and lawman action.
Four Businesses Entered In Night Burglary Spree
Four places on Frederick street Draper's Bottling Works West Lee street Taubman's Hardware and South Potomac street Feligh Motor Company display room were entered last night. The Franklin car belonging to Earl Wolf was stolen from the Frederick street site and soft drinks taken at Draper's. Wolf's car was recovered on South Prospect street. Entries were through broken glass panes or rear windows. Police suspect the same gang carried out all four break ins.
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Wolf's Auto Top
Frederick Street
Draper's Bottling Works
West Lee Street
Taubman's
South Potomac Street
Feligh Motor Company
Franklin
Earl Wolf
Draper's
Wolf
South Prospect Street
Wolf's
Fleigh
Plane seeks air endurance record over Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas May 20 A single motor monoplane named Fort Worth attempts to beat the Army refueling endurance record of 150 hours 49 minutes 15 seconds. Pilot R L Nabins with James Kelly co pilot took off at 11 33 yesterday and must stay aloft beyond 5 pm Saturday to gain the record. First refueling completed at 3 30 this morning and the engine reported running fine as the plane remained in the air awaiting further refuels.
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Fort Worth. Tex
Fort Worth
Meachan Field
Army
R. L. Nabins
James Kelly
Stormy weather delays French plane Paris flight start
May 2 forecasts of Atlantic storms push back the Bernard 19 aviation team's planned takeoff from Teterboro New Jersey to Ola Orchard Maine and then to Rome. Roger Q. Williams, Lewis Yancey, and Kenneth Broedecker were preparing to depart for the proposed Paris leg. A short circuit caused fire damage to a Yellow Cab at Summit Avenue and Lag Street Sunday night. Antietams extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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New York
Atlantic
Bernard
Paris
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis Yancey
Kenneth Broedecker
Teterboro
N. J
Ola Orchard
Rome
O. GP
Summit Avenue
Lag Street
Editor's Widow Dies in Louisville After Illness
Rebecca E. Watterson, widow of Henry Watterson, founder of the Courier Journal, died in Louisville at her daughter's home after a three month illness from pneumonia. She was 36.
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Louisville
Rebecca E. Watterson
Henry Watterson
The
Courier Journal
Bainbridge Richardson
President Hoover Receives Black Eye After Hike
President Hoover sustained a black eye during a weekend visit to his Virginia fishing preserve. He tripped over a rock while walking along the Rapidan River bank and struck a low hanging tree limb. Personal physician Lt. Cmdr. Joel T. Boone treated him and accompanied him, but bruising rapidly appeared.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Rapidan River
Mr. Hoover
Joel T. Boone
Noise from City Lighting Winds Down Radio Static in Hagerstown
Wind driven interference in Hagerstown radio reception traced to the city street lighting system. Worn contact equipment caused a grating noise that amplified on windy days, hindering downtown reception until repairs reduced the major disturbance. A remaining, brief flare of the original noise has been observed only a few times in the past month.
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Hagerstown
Cabbie Fined for Breaking Glass on West Washington
A local taxi driver Ales Rice was fined 25 dollars in city court after being arrested by Federal Agent Robert Beall following a brief chase on West Washington street. Rice allegedly threw hats to escape and no federal charges will be pursued. Salesman L A Sanderson paid 40 dollars in Juvenile Court after charges of contributing. He was arrested with a girl in an automobile Friday night. the girl received a reprimand.
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Ales Rice
Robert Beall
Washington Street
Justice J. H. Bitner
Rice
L. A. Sanderson
Harry E. Snyder
Alog
Girl Waitresses On Trains Soon
SPOKANE Washington May 20 George of the familiar Yassuh will disappear and pert bobbed hair blondes and brunettes will balance trays in dining cars of the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park trains after June 20. R C Taylor assistant superintendent of dining cars views on the Northern Pacific announced that girls are being trained to replace negro waiters chefs and assistant chefs in their trains running between Livingston and Gardiner Mont. The new order Taylor asserted is in tune with his company's effort to appeal to feminine tastes in the matter of food. We cater to women he said because they are experts in food and know all about it. Live a man enough and he is satisfied.
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Spokane
Wash
George
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
R. C. Taylor
Ses View
Livingston
Gardiner
Mont
Taylor
Westminster Bank Bandits Get 20 Years
Rawlings V Whittemore Jr Robert Minner and August Beyers admitted holding up the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank at Westminster and were sentenced by Judge Francis Neal Parkke to 20 years in the State Penitentiary. Beyers later pleaded guilty to an amended charge. The bank was robbed of 35000 on April 5 and flashpoint testimony linked Whittemore to an assault on Arthur Blizzard.
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Whitminster
Rawlings V. Whittemore, Jr
Robert Minner
August
Dutch) Beyers
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Westminster
State
Francis Neal Parkke
Whittemore
Minner
St. Louis
Beyers
Baltimore
Arthur Blizzard
Blizzard
Employment Situation Fairly Satisfactory in April US
The Industrial Employment information bulletin reports the nationwide general industrial employment situation for April as fairly satisfactory. While some idleness is noted in certain sectors, the overall employment volume increased.
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Washington, NS
United States
Industrial Employment Information Bulletin
Davis
Labor Department
Passed Mark Held By Girl In World Endurance Record
Jacksonville May 20 aurie Yonge established an unofficial world endurance record for light aircraft surpassing Eleanor Smith's 135 hours 19 minutes. He announced engine ran well and fuel held up as the clock showed 1 36 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Aurie Yonge
Eleanor Smith
Government Loses Suit in Supreme Court Ruling
The St Louis and O Fallon Railroad won a Supreme Court challenge, overturning government valuation for rate making and regulatory purposes. Leroy Smith, indicted for a new illegitimate child case, posted bond for May criminal court appearance. Josaphine Stouffer is at her grandparents' home. Former Smith aide Ms Smith will visit Raskob in Maryland as guests of John J. Raskob at Pioneer Point Farm.
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Washington
St. Louis
Leroy Smith
Bond
May Criminal Court
Josaphine
D. Fred Stouffer
W. E. Stouffer
East Franklin Street
Raskob
Rich farmland flooded when levee breaks
Memphis Tennessee May 20 The St Francis River levee near Kennett Missouri failed early today flooding about 50000 acres of land Levee Board Office at Kennett reported The breach occurred at a weak section where workers had struggled days to halt a crevasse No large town is in the flood path and area residents are believed safe
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Kennett
Levee Board
Plan To Conserve Largest Mammals
New York May 20 The council for the conservation of whales has been formed International action must be taken to prevent the extermination of the largest mammals that ever lived Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn president of the American Museum of Natural History says the slaughter is at the rate of 30 000 a year.
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New York
Council For the Conservation of Whales
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Parachutist Jean Du Rand Claims High Jump Record
ROBBINSDALE Minn May 20 Miss Jean Du Rand 19 believes she has jumped farther in a parachute than any other woman. The altimeter froze at 18 700 feet before she dropped from a plane piloted by Gane Shank as the machine climbed. LAX Francisco May 20 UP Willan M Pitzbugh multimillionaire and intimate friend of President Hoover died yesterday of heart disease at 67.
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Robbinsdale. Minn
Jean du Rand
Gane Shank
Lax Francisco
Willan. M. Pitzbugh
Hoover
San Francisco
Hen Adopts Pen of Pigs in Kas. Farm Tale
Pratt, Kas May 20. From Mother Goose stories the 1929 version says Sam Beck, a nearby farmer, had a hen who wanted to set. Beck refused, so she adopted a brood of 71 piglets. The animals now fatten and sleep together.
Hoover Takes Hand to Keep Parley Alive
Secretary Stimson said government officials and congressional leaders met with President Hoover to discuss German reparations. If allied nations accept smaller payments, the United States would support reductions no greater than others. American representatives work for a division of a smaller annual payment if decided, and Germany must also face reduced annual sums.
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Washington
Stimson
Hoo
United Stat
United States
Germany
Epidemic of Measles at Waynesboro
Health Officer P H Snowberger reported an epidemic of German measles in Waynesboro quarantining 34 homes on Saturday. The disease is highly contagious with cases appearing rapidly after exposure. All infected individuals are quarantined for ten days and school closures remain undecided.
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Waynesboro
P. H. Snowberger
Fearful Pair Are Drowned
Carey V. Hodgson, noted scientist and assistant chief of the Division for Geodesy of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and his ten year old son were missing after a canoe mishap off Bay Ridge Maryland in Chesapeake Bay. Seaplanes and Naval Academy chasers searched through Sunday and again after dawn, but little hope remained as their craft was tossed by a sudden storm turning the bay to turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carey V. Hodgson
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bay Ridge
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Vandals Destroy Mail Boxes Near Shepherdstown and Harper's Ferry
Reported destruction of mail boxes on naval routes around Shepherdstown and Harper's Ferry. Three men allegedly tore down about fifty boxes, threw a stone through a window, and were shot at when confronted. They were said to be under the influence of liquor.
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Shepherdstown
Harper’s Ferry
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Riverside
Wolf's Auto Top Works
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U.S
Cabbie
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George W. Wickersham
Missouri
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