Distinction Suggested Between Normal Laws and Commandments
Rich ard Washburn Child, author and National Crime Commission acting chairman, urges George W. Wickersham to distinguish between normal laws and governmental commandments. He argues law on the books should be separated from social will as practiced, warning that treating all laws as equal can harm respect for law. He notes the Sixteenth Amendment and related commitments and cautions even the drys and wets may err in failing to distinguish between formal law and living social norms.
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New York
Richard Washburn Child
National Crime Commission
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
Ely
Fear Breaks In Several Levees
Fear spread as levees along the Mississippi and its tributaries faced possible breaks. Authorities in Hickman Kentucky and Mounds Landing Mississippi worked to keep floodwaters from farms and towns while engineers battled to hold back the rising rivers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Hickin
Mounds Landing
Miss
County Youth to Compete for Edison Prize
At least one Hagerstown High senior and likely one from each county high school will vie for the Thomas A Edison scholarship. The Wagerstown High School faculty will choose the local contestant to enter state preliminaries and finals. Charles Larrick of Mason and Dixon was initially chosen but is a member of the (Continued on Page 2).
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Hagerstown
Thomas A. Edison
Wagerstown High School
Edison
Columnix
Mr. Edison
Charles Larrick
Mason and Dixon
Wagerstown
Larrick
Republican health officer plan rejected by county board
The Board of County Commissioners rejected the State Board of Health backed full-time health officer plan and delayed action on appointing a county veterinarian to oversee cattle tuberculin testing. Dr. Ernest F. Poole, Republican from Hagerstown, was appointed part-time health officer to replace Dr. Perry F. Prather. The board prefers a part-time arrangement, citing adequate public health coverage locally.
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Board of County Commissioners
State Board of Health
Ernest F. Poole
Hagerstown
Perry F. Prather
Poole
State Department of Health
Sells Car After A 20 Years Wait
Hawthorne reports Martin Chiatovich finally found a buyer for his 1906 Pope-Hartford touring car after a 20 year wait. Smithsonian Institution offered $7,500 for the vehicle with buck et seats. He said the car runs as well as 15 years ago but consumes too much gasoline.
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Hawthorne
Martin Chiatovich
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Chiatovich
Confesses to Slaying Trio in Hopkins Farmhouse
WASEC A Minn May 22 A 95 year old Hopkins resident Joe Nymagter confessed to state authorities that he killed Julius Schuch 54 and Schuch s two children Ernest and Tda at the farm house on Saturday night He said he hit the girl with a hammer then killed Schuch and his son describing an impulse to kill after the act began.
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Wasec.a
Minn
Joe Nymagter
Hopkins
Julius Schuch
Ernest
Tda
Schuch
Nymunster
Detective Sullivan Shot on West Side Street
Detective Sergt Joseph Sullivan, a member of the squad pursuing kidnappers and linked to the Massacre cases, was shot to death on a West Side street. Two bullets struck his head and back, his face bruised, coat dusted with asphalt, and he had fought his killers before dying. He was 41, son of a policeman. Inter state Commerce Commission allows railroads to cut export wheat freight rates.
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Chicago
Sergt
Joseph Sullivan
Ray Martin
Jack McGurn
West Side
Washington
Interstaly Commieree Commission
Eastern and Western Trunk
Oxygen Tents Sought To Treat Gas Victims In Cleveland
Urgent appeal to nearby cities for oxygen tents to aid gas victims at the Cleveland clinic disaster where 122 died. At Cleveland Clinic Hospital 15 patients were critically ill, seven tents in use and at least eight more needed. About 3801 people in hospitals poisoned by gas from two explosions in a basement X ray storage room a week ago. Tents provide head sized oxygen delivery with isinglass sides for observation.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Citnic Hospital
Tin Telatrvms
Slight Rise in City Tax Rate Likely
A meeting of the Mayor City Council and the Board of Street Commissioners will be held early next week to decide the street building program and estimate city construction spending for the coming year. A slight tax increase is likely to cover the $54 600 due on the $1 000 000 water bond issue though the Water Department will be on a self supporting basis in the future. New connections have been added as the city grows. Continued on Page 3
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Board of Street Commissioners
Warter Department
Smith Captures French Golf Title
Horton Smith of Joplin Missouri won the French professional golf championship at St Cloud France on May 22 claiming the title.
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Smith
St, Cloud
France
Horton Smith
Joplin
State Police Hunt Slayer Near York Pa
State police and York county authorities scoured northern York County hills for Jacol Troup 30 sought in the slaying of Curtis D. Bowers a patrolman shot after attempting to arrest Troup on a calf theft at Troup's home near Lewistown. Police had issued the warrant through Albert Toomey of Vorum town for the calf theft charge.
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York
York County
Jacol Troup
Curtis D. Bowers
North York
Troup
Lewisherry
Here
Albert Toomey
Vorumtown
Gettysburg Girl Sends Early Santa Letter Again
A Gettysburg girl, fearing loss in holiday rush, sent another Santa Claus letter to the North Pole. Postmaster John Eckert says the missive has already been received and turned over to a welfare agency for handling.
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Gettysburg
Santa Claus
John Eckert
North Pole
Plane catches fire and nine escape near Elk City Nevada
A west bound Boeing air mail transport suffered a motor failure and caught fire at about 2,000 feet near Elk City Nevada. Chief Pilot Hugh Barker skillfully guided a sharp descent to a desert landing as nine passengers and two pilots escaped unharmed. Officials say the craft and its cargo were a total loss, with cause of engine failure still undetermined.
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Elks Nev
Here
San Francisco
Kiki
Firebrand
Hugh Barker
Barker
Abe Warner
Boeing
Elki
Moonshining by Luther Mill High School Students
Twelve Luther Mill Pa high schoolboys aged 3 to 16 were found moonshining during noon recess and after school. Walter J. Bell of the Law Enforcement League commented that stories of moonshine dens inspired them, as a homemade still was built near the Woods shop. a boy fell ill and disclosed the activity.
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Luther Mill
Walter J. Bell
Law Enforcement League
Bell
Electorate Portrayed as Unintelligent by Education Chief
In Chapel Hill on May 22 Dr John William Cooper Federal Commissioner of Education warned the United States electorate averages sixth to seventh grade schooling. He said this limits solving complex social and economic issues and urged greater expansion of the adult education movement to provide post-school study for adults.
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Chapel Hil
N. C
United States
John William Cooper
American Association For Adult Education
Aged Man to Face Charge of Larceny
Simon Trumpower a 65 year old employed by Dr H C Foster Clearspring is indicted for stealing thirty cents worth of chop feed and allegedly caught in the act with 15 pounds of chop feed valued at two cents a pound as criminal court opens in May. Dozens of prisoners are slated for trial including Thomas Redmond and Lute Ewing held on indictments for larger thefts.
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Simon Trumpower
H. C. Foster
Clearspring
May Criminal Court
Trumpower
Dr Foster
Ang 3
Thomas Redmond
Frank Henson
Lute Ewing
Dr Wagner To Preach Sermon To High School Graduates
The Rev Dr Scott R Wagner of Zion Reformed Church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the 1229 graduates of Hagerstown High School on Sunday evening June 2 in the high school auditorium. He was chosen by the class in a vote held yesterday voting nearly percent to hold services in the auditorium to accommodate a larger crowd.
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Scott R. Wagner
Zion Reformed Church
Hagerstown High School
Wagner
Elasa
Divorce Granted After Cafeteria Dispute Claim
In Los Angeles on May 22 Mrs. Lois Bradley testified that she and her husband went into a cafeteria with only one dollar. She said Bradley called her a hog after her 80 cent bill was rung up. The court granted the divorce.
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Los Angeles
Lois Bradley
Bradley
Ring Winners Announced By Hagerstown Elks
Jane Martin and Charles Hager of the Hagerstown high school class are named ring winners for the top four year averages. Hager is valedictorian and Martin salutatorian and both will receive rings at the June 5 commencement. The Elks plan to award rings annually to top male and female graduates.
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Jane Martin
Charles Hager
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
Hager
Miss Martin
The
Elks
Body of geodetic official Hodgson found in Chesapeake Bay
The body of Corey V. Hodgson, a U S Geodetic Survey official, was recovered in Chesapeake Bay after a sudden storm. He had been canoeing with his son. the boy and the canoe were not located. The body was found miles below Bay Ridge and towed to a Baltimore bound freighter. naval academy staff and a sub chaser coordinated the recovery.
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Annapolis
Corey V. Hodgson
United States Geodetic Survey
Chesapeake Bay
Bay Ridge
Hodgson
Newberna
Baltimore
Naval Academy
Navy
Veterans to Honor Dead in Morris Frock Post Event
Plans for the Annual Memorial Day exercises by Morris Frock Post of the American Legion were announced by Col. John Carmichael. A mammoth parade of veterans and civic groups will form after a Legion breakfast at 1:50 PM, with World War veterans and the Municipal Band leading a procession to the Court House via West Antietam and Jonathan streets.
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Morris Frock
American Legion
John Carmichael
Legion Bfast
World War Veterans
Court House
Municipal
Bellanca at Old Orchard for Getaway
Ro Q Williams plans a nonstop flight from Old Orchard Beach Maine to Rome Italy in a Bellanca designed by Giuseppe Bellanca. Bellanca supervises a test at Old Orchard and hopes for favorable weather to allow a morning takeoff with Williams aboard.
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Rome
America
Italy
Teterboro
N. J
Old Orchard Beach
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Williams
Guiseppi Bellanca
Hagerstown
Ro. Q. Williams
Maine
Tt Atlantic
Guiseppe M. Bellanca
Moller Motor Car Company
Bellanca
Old Orchard
Williams
Ita Jan
Bellane
Ocean
Paris
Armedo Lotti
Lotti
West Field
Lewis Yancey
Atlantic
Clean-Up Week Begins June 3 in Hagerstown
The city announces Clean-Up Week starts the week of June 3. May or Reuben Musey says the annual period was delayed due to municipal truck allocations for Jonathan and Summit avenue road work. Trucks will be released in the first week of June for cleanup duties.
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Hagerstown
Reuben Musey
Jonathan and
Summit Avenue
Tax expert found dead in Baltimore park
John P Geiger an income tax expert was found dead today on a bench in Druid Hill Park Baltimore Md by Frederick Fields a metro night watchman A pistol was in his hand and a bullet wound in the right temple on May 22.
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Baltimore
John P. Geiger
Druid Hill Park
Frederick Fields
Metro
Virginia Toran wins U S spelling championship at age 13
Thirteen year old Virginia Toran of Omaha wins the United States national spelling bee after spelling luxuriance and other tough words. She takes a $1,900 prize, defeating rivals from Milwaukee, Atlantic City, Memphis and Worcester as finalists stumble on diaphanous and gamut.
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Washington
Virginia Toran
Omaha
Neb
United States
The
Omaha World-Herald
Virginia
Viola Strbac
Milwaukee Journal
Teru Hayashi
Atlantic City Press
Teru
Margaret Carlson
Memphis Preass Scimitar
Anna Catherine Green
Louisville Couriar Journal
Chapin Fay
Worcester
Mass
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Hoover’s Commission
Edison Prize
Hagerstown High
J Board
Man
Earth
Cuers
Zeppelin
U.S
Dr. Wagner
Hodgen
Byron
U. S
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