Trio Held For Robberies At Williamsport
Three Williamsport youths Fritz Hawbaker Emmett Hawbaker and Eugene Miller were arraigned before Justice Richard Sweeney and each held under 500 bail for hearings Saturday on charges of stealing eggs and chickens from Chester Wellington's shed in Williamsport in April. Police say the trio, part of a larger gang active for six months, may be linked to other robberies. detectives Peters Hamill and officers J J Cassidy Brennen assisted in the case. Seven other youths were released after questioning.
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Williamsport
J. J. Cassidy
Withiamshort
Peters
Hamill
Brennen
Local Autos In Collision Near Mont Aito Mayetteville
Miss Mary Kuhn sustained facial lacerations requiring stitches, and three other youths Laura Roulette Jack Stonebraker and Fred Wright escaped injury when their vehicle skidded on a wet highway between Mont Aito and Mayetteville and collided with C. W. Carter’s car. Kuhn was taken to Waysboro hospital and discharged yesterday after the downpour washed relay onto the road and Carter slowed to avoid splashing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kuhn
Laura Katherine Roulette
Jack Stonebraker
Fred Wright
Mont Aito
Mayetteville
C. W. Carter
Canonavenue
Kuhn
Lad
Carter
Stonebraker
Thea Dlay
Young Stonebraker
Miss Kuhn
Waynesboro Hospital
German Demand for Arms Equality Shocks Disarmament Talks
Berlin reports a German ultimatum demanding equality in armaments and threatening to quit the world disarmament conference if refused. Foreign Minister Von Neurath published the aide memoire to France, noting confidential talks and denying aims to revert to pre war arms. Koenigsberg said Germany would arm if not granted equality, while Paris drafted a reply to the German memorandum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
France
Mor
Noe
Koenigsberg
Kurt von Schleicher
Germany
von Neurath
Agialliy
Local Man Receives Patents for Talking Machine and Loud Speaker
The U S Patent Office granted two patents to W Randolph Moore of this city for an automatic talking machine and a loud speaker. The talking machine features a record changing table with a spindle and raised lowering mechanism and fractional spindle engagement. The loud speaker design includes vertical pipes in arcuate formation with a base pedestal and pipe groups positioned between end groups. Moore assigned rights in both inventions to the Neca Noise Phonograph Company of Waynesboro Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
W. Randolph Moore
Patent Office
Moore
Neca-Noise Phonograph Company
Waynesboro
Connecticut G. O. P. Moist Platform Endorsed
New Haven Conn Sept 7 The resolutions committee of the Republican party endorsed repeal of the eighteenth amendment and immediate modification of the Volstead act, proposing these positions for the convention platform to be presented.
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New Haven
Conn
Resolutions Committee
County corn found mouldy in Washington county
Washington county farmers report a rare discovery by Marshall Grove of mouldy corn on the stalk. Ear mould appears around the butt and center in White Cap and yellow Cork varieties. Grove says heat and rain caused sweating leading to mould before harvest. A survey by the Farmers Co-Operative Company will check other fields.
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Washington County
Marshall Grove
Emmert
Grove
Farmers Co-Operative Company
Confessed to Threat Letters Targeting Augustus Family
Edward Kolhern, 47, of Westfield, confessed to writing and mailing five threatening letters to the Ellsworth H. Augustus home demanding 25,000 dollars. The fifth letter included a bullet and fuse to grave Augustus, ending a months long kidnapping threat surrounding the sportsman.
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Cleveland
Ellsworth H. Augustus
Edward Kolhern
Westfield
Theodore Myers
Willoughby
Augustus
Drought Damage Hits Maryland Corn Crop
College Park reports from the Extension Service of the University of Maryland show the state corn crop damaged about fifty percent by the late summer drought. Other late crops suffered as well, with cantaloupes and watermelons spared.
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College Park
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Chinese boy first of race to enroll in school here
Bak Wong a one year old Chinese boy became the first Chinese student enrolled in first grade at Antietam Street school in Hagerstown. He arrived from Hai Sun Canton province China with his father Wong Jute a naturalized American citizen his older brother John Wong assisting. Wong quickly learned English words and letters while attending St Paul's M E Sunday School, drawing interest from teachers and classmates as he starts his American education.
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Bak Wong
Antietam Street
Wong
China
Hai Sun
Canton
Wong Jute
Ete
United States
San Francisco
Chicago
John Wong
Hagerstown
Ant
H. Zeigler
Baltimore
St. Paul’s
M. E. Sundar
B E F Needs An Orchestra For Benefit Dance
New York’s B E F, after meeting the reading matter at a cost of three cents per man per day, seeks an orchestra to play for a benefit dance to aid camp funds. The army’s food relies on donations, with only three cents daily in cash needed. There are 125 men in camp and 175 more drop in at meals.
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New York
B. E. F. Haveing
BB. E. F
New York Board Moves To Fill Mayor Vacancy
The New York board of elections approved a mayoral vacancy certification by City Clerk Michael J. Cruise and voted to prepare for a November election. A collision at Summit Avenue and West Antietam Street involved two cars owned by T. Thum of 428 North Locust Street and W. L. Wills of Mt. Vernon apartment. no injuries were reported.
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New York
Board of Elections Today
Michael J. Cruise
T. Thum
North Locust Street
W. L. Wills
Mt. Vernon
Summit Avenue
West Antietam Atreat
Golf ace shocks wife as she faints on course
In North Dakota on September 7, Dr Ivar L Aaser sank a 180 yard drive at the local golf course. His wife, playing with him, was shocked by the shot and fainted briefly before recovering.
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Killdeer
N. D
Ivar L. Aaser
Ocal
Good freight business for last month
Signs on the local industrial horizon point to a revival in commerce. August outgoing freight from Hagerstown rose by 16000 over July, with similar gains reported by Pennsyl vania and Western Maryland. Shipments included cement, furniture and shoes, suggesting higher employment. a separate note reports a Bay boy’s leg amputated after a fall at Waynesboro hospital.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Maryland
John Shafer
Port Washington
L. I
BE. J. Wade
Waynesboro Hospital
Bay
New Gotham Mayor Prunes Payroll and Salary Cuts
New Gotham mayor Jos eph McKee halves his own salary and caps other offices at 12000 a year in a bid to cut 2 million annually. He trims top officials including the sanitation chief and police fire heads while safeguarding low paid city workers as magistrates face reductions and payroll growth since 1926 is noted.
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New York
Joseph McKee
Med Economier
William Schroader, Jr
Walker O
Divorce Off Says Rudy Vallee Wife Says No Divorce
Reno diary reports Fay Vallee, formerly Fay Webb, reversing plans for divorce from Rudy Vallee. She arrived with her father E. Webb, wore wedding rings, and says the separation was a childish quarrel. Vallee’s attorney says reconciliation unlikely, but Mrs Vallee now declares they love each other and will reunite in New York.
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Reno
Nev
Rudy
Hyman Bushel
Star Witness In Murder Of The Missing
In Detroit on September 7 prosecutor Harry S. Toy moved to drop a murder charge against Harry Fleisher of the purple gang as key witness Sally Levine remains missing. Levine previously testified that Fleisher and others killed three men last September 16, leading to life terms for suspects Keywell Milberg and Bernstein. Fleisher faces a conspiracy-to-violate-prohibition indictment and claims an alibi in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Detroit
Harry S. Toy
Harry Fleisher
Purple Gang
Fleisher
Recorder's ‘Court
Sally Levine
Levine
Harry Keywell
Irving Milberg
Ray Bernstein
Marquette
Harry 8. Toy
Reading
Death of Paul Bern Stirs Hollywood Mystery
Los Angeles dispatch reports conflicting accounts of Paul Bern’s death by self inflicted gunshot wound. Police say inquest set for Thursday and will question domestic staff about weekend events. Bern, 42, husband of Jean Harlow, was found in his hotel dressing room with a pistol and a note near a portrait of his bride.
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Los Angeles
Paul Bern
Jean Herlow
David A. Davidson
Bern
John Carmichael
Paul
Miss Harlow
Carmichael
Harold A. Garrison
Culver City
Ambassador Hotel
Garrison
Gettysburg Schools Not Reopened Over Health Fear
Public and parochial schools in Gettysburg were not reopened as scheduled due to fear of infantile paralysis spread. A six year old girl contracted the disease amid an epidemic in Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania cities. The health board barred children from churches and theaters until further notice.
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Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Health Board
Too Poor To Get A License In Pie Business
CHICAGO September 7 pie vendor George Kanopars 72 told police officer John Frye he cannot afford licenses. The officer searched him and found seven thousand five hundred sixteen dollars in his pocket revealing his wealth discrepancy.
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Chicago
George Kanopars
John Frye
Plan to Stop Trucks With Blazing Gas
Sioux City Iowa September 7 1931 Sheriff R E Ripper of Plymouth county mobilized about 200 special deputies after reports farmers holiday adherents massed at James They intended to stop 2% livestock trucks from reaching markets The deputies armed with clubs and shotguns protected drivers Four were hurt as pickets attacked 14 trucks with scrap iron clubs and stones Gasoline was poured on the highway with alleged plans to ignite it The fleet escorted through James despite fears of clashes and warned violators would be arrested
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Sioux City
Iowa
R. E. Ripper
Plymouth County
James
Ripper
Woodbury
Rippey
Merc
Farmers Holiday Association
Road Worker Dies After Explosion on Boonaboro Sharpsburg Road
Herman Poffenberger, 55, of Locust Grove, a State Roads Commission employee, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when dynamite exploded while blasting rock near Antietam National Cemetery. He died at 5:40 this morning at the hospital.
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Herman Poffenberger
Locust Grove
State Roads Commission
Boonaboro
Sharpsburg
Antietam Nations
Poffenberger
Mercury Drops Sharply Across Maryland and West Virginia
Cumulative cold snaps grip the region as Cumberland Maryland records 47 degrees after a night of 80 degree highs last week. Deer Park Maryland reports 36 degrees while Thomas West Virginia hits 81 degrees. Train crews note fur lined jackets on mountain grades as temperatures plunge.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Deer Park
Western Maryland Railway
Thomas
W. Va
North Arizona State collage to accept varied food items
A fragmented notice from Flagstaff Arizona dated September says the university will accept a range of food items including potatoes eggs and hay for livestock. The message mentions the Hewef board and room and hocks or sone and daughters with Ty Gray Gammage noted.
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Flagstaff
Aris
Arisona
Hewef
Ora
Ty. Gray Gammage
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Wasmunetua
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G. O. P. Moist
Loren Truesdale
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Thelma Woods
Lima
Ohio
Clubman
New Gotham
Sanitation Commission
Walker
Mrs. Vallee
Garret Schenck
Hopewell
N. J
Johnstown
Lindbergh
Jean Harlow
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