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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
12
A boil-up of severe Dyak tribes makes the tropical waters around Balingorg bay unhealthy. The trading vessel Linkexg is fortified while the Forresters' Avoa is defenseless. James Clyde tries to persuade Christine and her brother Robert to depart as Christine asserts they know their course.
Captain Clyde and Christine Forrester clash over plans amid a Dyak revolt as the pair argue who must change course. The exchange reveals personal stakes and the tension aboard the Linkang while the Avon’s crew contends with heat and curiosity about a spying mission. Christine hints at a hidden motive tied to her family and project.
Rockville January 19 a Montgomery Legion body honors Staff Sergeant David R Perkins of Frederick regular Army instructor with the First Infantry Maryland National Guard for feeding 2300 Armistice Day guests at Silver Spring Gen Edgar T Conley adjutant general presents a Legion Council token and a motion picture projector at the National Guard Armory Silver Spring before the First Infantry Service Company ranks
Joseph Neale Harper aged 27 of Bethesda died in Georgetown Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Frederick Maryland on December 26. The death was reported from Washington on January 19. Harper was treated after the crash and succumbed last night.
Hollywood staffer reports wild studio stories from Jan 19. Director Michiel Curnz fumed as a Gay's rushes scene was spoilt by an extra munching ice cream while the camera rolled. Marjorie Weaver’s marriage to Ensign K G Schacht sparks talk amid vacations and a newspaperman’s romance. Asta’s trainer Frank Weatherwax may have his 14 month old son in the next Thin Man. Melvyn Douglas finds a real jackpot on a soundstage slot machine. Poison oak worries hedge the Hal Roach house set. Jimmy Cagney reconciles with Warner Bros as plans for Boy Meets Girl advance. D W Griffith linked to Birth of a Nation remake. Snow White touted as all-time grosser with 14-language dubbing. Ted Healy’s Hollywood Hotel scene with a newspaper headline deleted. Carole Lombard gifts Clark Gable a scooter. Helen Broderick pummels Milton Berle during Radio City Revels rehearsals. Fernand Graveau feted with a birthday cake that explodes with a baking mishap. June Lang awaits divorce word between Peggy Fears and A C Blumenthal. An executive balks at a facetious remark, declaring, You know I don’t like Mussolini.
Grace Moore and Melvin Douglas star in Til Take Romance at the Tivoli Theater, a humorous operatic plot about a diva dominated by a punk bent on luring her away. Jim Guthrie and Pancho Brownelles join a Brooklyn born cast, with March of Time and a news reel shown. Shirley Temple returns to City Opera House for her farewell appearance in Heids with Jean Hersholt and a strong supporting lineup. A comedy titled Calling All Crooners accompanies the feature.
A six months old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Dillon died at the family home in Harpers Ferry after a ten day illness. Interment was in Luther an Cemetery Bolivar. Other items note Miss Laura Sloan confined by a severe cold Mrs Alien Dinkle ill Mr J W Derry improved Miss Emma Dudrow returned from Pittsburgh visits Mr and Mrs G W Fossett indisposed Mr and Mrs J L Eackles visited relatives in Hagerstown and Bolivar Mr and Mrs George W Hott visited relatives in Bolivar Mr and Mrs Robert Sterling Martinsburg visited G W Webb home The Literary Circle of the Women s Club met at Mrs Celeste Newcomer s Mrs Walter E Dtimber visiting Washington DC Mrs Howard Manuel Harpers Ferry recovering from appendectomy in Brunswick Md J W Everhart and family indisposed at home near Harpers Ferry Mrs Margaret Thorne Washington spent a day at Mrs Mary E Beek s Stanley Shumaker mentioned.
The son of Mr and Mrs James Shu maker of Laudour county Virginia married Miss Mildred Longerbeam daughter of Mrs Longerbeam and the late George Longerbeam Bolivar in Hagerstown Maryland. They reside at the bride’s Union Street home for now. C L Sexton near Harpers Ferry spent Thursday and Friday in Washington. Mr and Mrs Howard Jennings and two children and Mrs Annie Strope of Petersville Md visited at Mr and Mrs Stanley Whitechair’s home. A donation and reception by St Johns Lutheran church in Bolivar honored Rev and Mrs E Helwig last Thursday night at their home many attended refreshments were served. Mrs Helwig recent-
Thurmont January 21 program by the C E Society of the local United Brethren church features a two act comedy Married Of Father presented by the Ladies Aid Society of the Grateham Moravian church plus a reading by Mrs Groshon. Refreshments will be on sale.
A Democratic candidate for Frederick County Sheriff appeals for support, noting over thirty years of party work and asking friends and neighbors for help with the nomination and election. The letter closes with a personal plea for assistance from the writer.
Olive Roberts Barton uses a family vignette about a boy named John to argue that heated parental outbursts drive children to lie. The piece suggests calm, honest confession reduces fear and promotes truthfulness, noting how emotional scenes worsen guilt and concealment. It ends with a stray statistic on hay fever sufferers.
Hagerstown resident Lester Ridenour was found guilty of reckless driving and resisting arrest by Justice Exomert R. Bowlus in Police Court. He was fined 35 and costs for reckless driving and 15 for resisting arrest after an early morning arrest near Patrice and Water streets. Leon Yourtee, a University of Maryland Footlight Club actor, earned praise for his performance in Night Must Fall, with editor Charles McCar
Mr. and Mrs Chester E Young hosted a Sunday gathering at Ballenger Creek. Attendees included Mr and Mrs A P Darr Sr, Mr and Mrs Joseph P Darr, Sr, and others from Washington and nearby areas, with several couples and single guests listed.
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