Tests to Prevent Diphtheria Begin at Antietam Street School
Schick diphtheria tests for over 600 students at Antietam Street School began this morning with six Washington County Medical Society members and the health officer. Tests are voluntary with parental consent, read Friday, and any susceptible child will be advised to immunize. The society offers free testing, as diphtheria looms in the area with about 25 county cases and many immunized in rural areas. Three doctors to visit Broadway Wayside School tomorrow.
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Washington County Medical Society
Haberstown
Health Department
Broadway-Wayside School
Man in Car Hit by Train at Carrollton Crossing
Harry Baker, 53, of Carrollton, was seriously injured when his car drove onto the tracks at Carrollton station crossing in Carroll County as Western Maryland No. 6 approached. He was taken to West Baltimore General Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries after the collision, which officials believe occurred as he failed to see the train in time. Bakery, returning from Westminster with produce, was struck amidships and thrown aside.
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Maryland
Carrollton Station
Carroll County
Harry Baker
Carrollton
West Baltimore General Hospital
Westminster
Grounds Found in Coat Sleeve Divorce Case
Mrs. Milton Perlman says she found her husband’s pay in the sleeve of his coat and that he hid it there instead of giving it to her to pay Dille. The Chicago filing notes the grounds for the divorce action.
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Chicago
Milton Perlman
Dille
Four men escape Hagerstown Jail by sawing window bars
Four men at large after escaping Hagerstown jail by sawing bars in the east wall. Wounded inmate John Smith, held for murder, was dropped into the yard after being shot by Sheriff Downin's bullet. A sixth man, drug addict Robert Fuller, was recaptured after attempting to flee. Others named include Russell Brages, Charles Davis, Walter Bish op, and Frank Long awaiting court terms for larceny or highway robbery.
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Hagerstown
John Smith
W. Bruce Downin
Robert Fuller
Smith
Russell Brages
Charles Davis
Walter Bishop
Hancock
Frank Long
Emmett Dalley
Sheriff Downin
Fuller
Covapiracy
Comedian's Wife Loses Court Fight
Hollywood September 26 The guardianship dispute over Charlie Chaplin's two sons ends with reduced allowances. Judge Charles Crall in Los Angeles halves the monthly living expense to 350 dollars from 500. Mrs. Chaplin denounces the case as burdensome and emotionally lashes out at her ex-husband and his lawyers. The ruling limits her accounting duties under the new lower allowance.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Crail
Los Angeles
Tdta Grey Chaplin
Charles, Jr
Sidney
Crall
Mrs. Chaplin
Chaplin
Reward Offered For Prisoners Escaped Jail
Sheriff W. Bruce Downin announced a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest of each of the four men who escaped the Washington county jail at 3 this morning. He has wired police in nearby cities and sent prisoner photos by special delivery to aid the search.
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W. Bruce Downin
Washington County
Sherif
County Board Cuts Expense of Fire Calls
The Board of County Commissioners after a morning conference with Mayor I. M. Wertz and City Attorney E. R. Roulette reduced city fire call payments to $20 per call from $25. A $325 bill remains unsettled. City officials say the reduced rate helps offset upkeep costs as trucks use gasoline on rural calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
I. M. Wertz
E. R. Roulette
Board of Commissioners
Double Jeopardy Hearing Today
In Cumberland Maryland on September 26 Arguments on pleas of double jeopardy for State Senator Emory L Coblentz of Frederick county were set for today in Allegany county circuit court Defense contends prior acquittal in Frederick on similar state banking law charges blocks new case Coblentz was president of Central Trust Company of Maryland which closed September 3 1931 The incident under review was returned in Howard county.
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Cumberland
Emory L. Coblentz
Frederick County
Allegany County
Coblentz
Central Trust Company of Maryland
Howard County
Bank Teller Fends Off Robbery at Nova Scotia Bank
In Monroe street Chicago a bank teller shot a robber with the criminal’s own pistol, thwarting a heist that could have yielded $15,000. The wounded robber felled two employees, then escaped to the street where police captured him after he was shot by chief teller Francia J. McElherne.
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Chicago
Monroe Street
Bank of Nova Scotia
Francia J. McElherne
Teller
Milk price appeal may come soon
The milk code violation case expands with appeals expected to Secretary Henry Wallace by both distributors and farmers. Producers claim distributors evade the code by not raising prices to producers, while some dealers were cited for selling milk under the scale. A local farmer presented a check as evidence of stagnating producer pay, noting surge in surplus basis pricing. Stanley R. McCoy, cited for selling milk under the scale, says 26 other dealers are in the same practice.
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Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Stanley R. McCoy
Bakery Wagon Drivers Strike Shuts Streets in Philadelphia
Philadelphia woke to a citywide bakery wagon drivers strike affecting about 1100 workers. Bread deliveries ran under police escort as loitering and arrests occurred. unions seek recognition and a 42 hour week while mediators failed to avert action.
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Philadelphia
Milk Profit Probe Under Way In Philadelphia
Federal investigators from the Agriculture Department began auditing the books of 22 milk distributors in Philadelphia. Farmers allege a large spread between producer and consumer prices as state lawmakers plan hearings led by Senator Clarence J. Buckman. Buckman vows a state examination and possible subpoenas if records are unavailable.
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Philadelphia
Phiadelphia
Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia Milk Exchange
Clarence J. Buckman
Bucks
Joint Legislative Committee
Buckman
Milk Exchange
Carbaugh Van Service Incorporated Incorporators Named
The Carbaugh Van service in this city was yesterday granted articles of incorporation by the State Tax commission with authority for general storage and transfer business and to issue 500 shares of common stock at 100 dollars par. Warne F Crider John E Crider and Alonzo O Carbaugh are the incorporators. PROBE CONTRACTS Senate launches a probe into air and ocean mail contracts granted during the Hoover era. Former Postmaster General Walter J Extown awarded the contracts as the inquiry orders whether to cancel or alter them.
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Carbaugh van Service
State Tax Commission
Warne F. Crider
John E. Crider
Alonzo O. Carbaugh
Washington
Senate
Walter J _Extown
Whethrer
Severe quake rocks central Italy killing six and injuring thirty
A strong earthquake struck the Abruzzi and Merchegieno regions of central Italy today. Authorities reported at least six dead and about thirty injured as tremors rattled towns already scarred by earlier quakes. Rescue and relief operations are underway as residents assess structural damage.
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Chieta
Italy
Abruzzi
Tampico Hurricane Death Toll Said To Reach Five Thousand
Mexico mobilizes resources to aid Tampico after a devastating hurricane. Estimates place dead or injured around 6,000 as vast flooding and 14 foot waters cripple the city. Two relief trains with infantry, food, and medical supplies head to the port. airplanes ordered to depart at dawn. Tampico largely isolated with wireless contact only from ships in harbor. Officials call the disaster catastrophic and work to coordinate relief efforts. General Vasconselos planned to fly in to supervise response, though exact fatalities cannot yet be stated.
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Mexico
D. F
Tampico
Eduardo Vasconselos
Interior
Violators Get Light Fines in Dallas Federal Court
In Dallas on September 26 AP reports Judge William H. Atwell gave light penalties for minor law violations. Pleaders faced fines as low as five cents and sentences as short as three hours though all had prior jail time.
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Dallas
William H. Atwell
Jal
Husbands, Here Is A Real Ally
New York talk by Mrs Oliver Harriman critiques codes urging wives to ask husbands to share chores She argues husbands work all day and earn the living so wives should not expect him to wipe dishes The remark contrasts with the proposed codes and frames partnership in household tasks.
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New York
Oliver Harriman
Plumber Moore Gets Job Then Jail After Theft
Minneapolis reports plumber Arthur P. Moore hired by the city with law officers to supervise. He admitted stealing plumbing fixtures and was sentenced by Judge Paul W. Guilford to reinstall the fixtures and serve one year in the Workhouse after the work.
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Minneapolis
Arthur P. Moore
Paul W. Guilford
Moore
Tampico hurricane safe for Americans says Carey
Washington dispatch reports R. F. Carey American vice consul at Tampico informs the State Department that all Americans in the Tampico district are believed unharmed after the hurricane. Records list 569 American citizens in the area and martial law is now in effect in the city.
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Washington
Carey
Coneur
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Damage suit docketed against Hagerstown Fair Association
Theodore J. Lyons of Baltimore filed a $10,000 damage suit in Hagerstown court yesterday against the Hagerstown Fair Association through attorney David Friedman. Lyons says a grand stand step gave way on June 6 injuring his foot and causing expenses and loss of time.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
Theodore J. Lyons
Baltimore
David Friedman
Lyons
Hollywood Mayor Visitor In City
Mr and Mrs Ted Brown of Hollywood California visited the Hamilton hotel overnight en route to Boston Massachusetts. Brown displayed his personal card claiming to be Hollywood mayor. He said he once played with the Merkel Harder Stock Company in Hagerstown and they plan to stop here again on their return to California.
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Ted Brown
Hollywood
Calif
Hamilton Hotel
Boston
Mass
Brown
Merkel-Harder
Hagerstown
California
Cherry Tree in Blossom for the Second Time This Summer
A cherry tree in the yard of Mee Scar Stouffer on Howard and Spruce streets is in bloom for the second time this summer.
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Scar Stouffer, Howard and
Spruce Street
Four Captured in Memphis Early Today
Memphis Tenn September 26 George E Machine Gun Kelly desperado of the southwest tied to the Kansas City Massacre kidnaping and robbery charges surrendered peacefully to officers who surprised him asleep in a rooming house with his wife Kathryn Kelly and two men J R Tichnor and Jim Travis detained by a group of officers led by Detective Sergeant W J Raney after Kelly answered the door with a pistol and complied The capture ends tense standoff as authorities moved in
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Memphis
Tenn
George E
Kelly
Southwest
Kansas City
W. A Roper
Department of Justice
Will D. Lee
Lee
Kathryn Kelly
J. R. Tichnor
Travis
Raney
Kidnap Case Involving George Kelly Advances In Oklahoma City
Ten defendants including Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates face trial in Oklahoma City on kidnapping conspiracy charges over the Urschel abduction. Evidence includes letters from George Kelly threatening Urschel and ties to other crimes across the southwest.
Wife Plans To Surrender In Kidnapping Case
Katherine Kelly, jailed in Memphis, said she planned to surrender to Oklahoma City authorities and defend her parents on trial in the Charles Ureichel kidnapping case. She claimed she would return tomorrow to give herself up and feared retaliation from George B. Kelly.
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Memphis
Tenn
Katherine Kelly
George B
Kelly
Oklahoma City
R. G. Shaunette
Charles Urechel
Milionaire
Mysell
Shannons
Wader
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Cicero
Ance
Bergl
Associated Press
Medical Society
Antietam St. School
W. M. Train
James Medley
Nicolina de Palma
Yonkers
N.Y
Nurge
Helen Batcheller
Russell C. Leffingwell
J. P. Morgan and Company
Miss Batcheller
John K. Dougherty
Philly
van Service Incorporated
George
Kelly Bailey
Urschel
Joseph B. Keenan
Hig
Urachel
Paradise
Tex
Midwest
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