Storms Damage Maryland Crops As Connie and Diane Hit
Maryland crop reports show Hurricanes Connie and Diane caused serious damage to corn tobacco and major commercial vegetables including tomatoes sweet corn and cantaloupes. Southern Maryland and parts of Delaware suffered the heaviest losses with blown down corn and drowned out tobacco and fruit bruising.
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College Park
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Connie
Diane
Maryland
Delaware
Pushing at Heights Sam Donahue Leads New Dance Band
Sam Donahue with the Billy May Orchestra headlines at Brad dock Heights ballroom Thursday night. In just 22 months the group has grown to national acclaim with fresh arrangements and a secure beat for dancers. Donahue, Detroit born and Detroit trained, has played with Krupa James Dorsey and Goodman and leads one of the era’s most exciting tenor sax sounds.
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Sam Donahue
Billy May
Braddock Heights
Detroit
Motor City
Gene Krupa
Harry James
Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Lewistown Grange Banquet Set for Thursday Evening
The annual Lewistown Grange banquet will be held Thursday at 6 p m in the Creagerstown Parish Hall. St John’s Lutheran Church women will serve a family style supper. Members, families, and friends are invited.
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Lewistown
Notable American anniversaries and historical events listed
American figures born or died include Henry Gannett U S Geological Survey chief father of American mapping born Bath Maine died 1914 Charles Follen McKim architect born Chester County Pennsylvania died 1909 Kate Claxton actress born Somerville New Jersey died 1924 Laura Drake Gill pioneer in vocational placement professor born Chesterville Maine died Berea College Kentucky 1926 Willy Pogany New York artist designer muralist illustrator born Hungary died 1955 Earl Derr Biggers author creator of Charlie Chan born Warren Ohio died Pasadena California 1935 A play in history Battle of Bladensburg Maryland British win 1814 Edison patent on pioneer movie camera filed 1891 Congress enacts Newspaper Publicity Act Alaska Territory established Ira G Blake improves time lock system funeral crowd in New York City
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N. J
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Chesterville
Maine
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Warren
Ohio
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Calif
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Britain
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New England
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Alaska
Birthdays and notes from a 1950s era column
The column lists multiple birth anniversaries for notable figures such as Glewellyn E. Thompson Jr and Dexter M. Keezer, with brief biographical origins and ages. It also includes a horoscope indicating a mix of experimental and critical traits and mentions President Eisenhower urging Americans to practice what they preach in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Glewellyn E. Thompson Jr
Austria
Los Animas
Colo
Dexter M. Keezer
Economist
McGraw Hill Publishing Co
New York
Acton
Mass
Morris S. Kharasch
University of Chicago
Ukraine
Robert E. MacNeal
Curtis Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Medford
N. J
Ike
Hartford
Conn
Eisenhower
President Wilson and Harriman lead flood relief appeal
The public urged contributions to the Red Cross to ease flood suffering. A man handed his donation to national Red Cross head E Roland Harriman and Harriman praised the President's act as a personal expression of sympathy for the thousands affected.
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Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Harriman
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
Thirteen flood victims honored with federal tribute
The News notes thirteen flood victims are recognized for their service as one man delivers a message to Congress urging action. The speaker’s gift was a generous gesture, his first address dated back to April 1913. The amount involved was not disclosed.
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Frederick
Congress Secuive
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