NBC Tests Television Amid News of Suicide on Street
A mobile NBC television transmitter in Rockefeller Plaza conducted tests while a young woman leapt to her death on a nearby sidewalk, caught by camera as engineers observed the street scene. Broadcasts listed include programing from WJZ NBC CBS WEAF and others, with a slate of talks, music, and sports on Sunday.
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NBC
Rockefeller Plaza
Sving Euchanstre
Congress of Canada
WEAF
Salem
Quebec
Pere
Vatican
WABC
CBS
John G. Winant
Geneva
Congress
WOR
Palms Beach
WJZ
Jack Benny
Charlie McCarthy
Phil Spitalny
Larry Clinton
Everybody’s Music
Joe Penner
Phil Baker
Salute
Crown Prince of
Sweden
Lewisohn Stadium
Coolidge Ung
WLW
Tyrone Power
Norman Cloutier
Lou Breese
Community Notes From Westminster Area Churches and Residents
Local notices list church visits and services across Brown, Cedar Grove, and Brunswick. Residents including Joseph Pic kett, Dorothy Reynolds, Virginia Roop, May Horton, and many families share weekend visits, hospital updates, and travel to weddings and celebrations.
Letter From Civil War Soldier Describes Frederick Hospital Life
Relatives publish excerpts from John Long a private in Company D 31st Pennsylvania Infantry who writes from Frederick in October 1862 about hospital operations. He details dispensary care store room wardmaster roll calls cooks meals post office, and daily routines while recounting field experiences and local scenery.
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Frederick
John Long
Sind
Pennsylvania Infantry
Frederickerty
Anhetam
South Mountain
Gettysburg
Armstrong County
National Cemetery
Waynesboro Po
Frederck
Frederick City
Fredrick
Rough journey through Virginia amid ruined farms and stench
A traveler recounts a rough and hilly trek through Virginia where timber is felled, fences burned, and deserted land yields dead horses and buzzards. He notes scarce news from the army and writes to family, ending with greetings and a request for updates on his father’s leg. A reunion meeting for the Monath family in Hanover, Pa elects officers and plans the next gathering for June 1939, with a program committee formed.
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Virginia
Harpers Ferry
John Long
Monath
Forest Park
Hanover
August Stonath
ME Pleasant
W. W. Monath
Melrose
J. G. Morath
Baltimore
Leroy Wildasin
Denton
Warchime
Lineboro
Wise
George Monath
South
Richmond
John F. Monath
Washington
D. C
Frederick H. Monath
Parker E. Monath
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E. Butterfield
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White House
Roosevelt
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Wjznbc
Frank R. Mc Ninch
Communications Commission
Percy Noel
NBC Symphony
Glenn Multer
Rudy Valleemuae
Johnny
Russ Morgan
Message of Israel
Albert Gallatin
Marc Peter
Heidt
WEMD
WFMD
Donald F. Brake
Utheran Church
Middletown
Edwin D. Boight
Thurmont
Clarence Meaha
Church of God
Locust Valey
Raymond Hunter
I. Q
Gandia
Lindberghs
France
India
Spain
State Christian Endeavor Convention
Roger
Maryland Christian Endeavor Union
Hood College
Coblentz Hall
William A. Brish
W. Rogers
Mary Elizabeth Shorb
New Holland
Arthur Elder
Pittsburgh
Bride
Irvin V. Diffenderfer
Anne Diffenderfer
J. Albert Eyler
Bedford
Harry Eyler
Paul Kochel
Joseph Eyler
Usher
William Eyler
Winfield Winfeld
Joseph S Pickett
Mercy Hospital
Z P. Skiddmore
Carne Pickett
Dorothy Reynolds
Sykessville
George Reynolds
Charles Jenkins
Elmer Jenkins
Virginia Roop
Hampstead
Mass
Mary Jane Waltz
May Horton
Westminster
Jesse ‘Horton
Irvin Bohr
Robert Haight
Sykesville
Lee Forthman
Hoonsboro
Muss
Willie Linerman
James F. Floyd
J Jr
Atlantic City
Jay Conaway
Jay
LeRoy
This Place
Millard Gartrell
Ralph
Washington, D. C
Charles Wright
Raymond Conaway
Margaret
Orville Wright
Balti
Dornner
Charles Fleming
Helen Anderson
Carrie Pickett
Harry Pickett
Pennsylvania
Edgar E. Pickett
Clara Barnes
Walter 5. Barnes
Thelma Barnes
Edward A. Barnes
O. E B. Pickett
Stephen Beall
Charles Bair
Sam's Creek
Burnell Jenkins
Raymond Franklin
Laura Day
Downey Day
Marcus Pickett
Edward Will
David Will
George Conaway
Lionel Youn
Katherine Baker
Arthur
Charlotte
Ollie Fleming
Woodbine
Taylorville
Barbara Waltz
Helen Bohr
Ralph Condon
Dorothy Barnes
Paulie Grimes
Bobby Bartlett
Ruth Farrer
Ernest Games
Dorothy Frizzell
Dorothy Summers
Yvonne Frizzell
Virginia Shipley
Geraldine Frizzell
Dowell Waltz
Joseph Coner
Albert Warner
Arthur Grimes
Perry Hooper
Mary Jane Warner
Kathleen Hooper
Clara Warner
Olive Warner
Frank Grimes
Francis Lewis
Jacob Summers
Herbert
Ridgely
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Kirsch Vene
Thomas Boonsboro, Md
Tian Blinds
Weatherstrip Screen Co
Rodock
Penna. R
Potomac
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
North Market St
Oot’ Society
Rica Victor
Vietor
Mame Artenea Seven
RGA Victor
Scloz
Victor Read Drideta
Victor Record Society
Zee
Victor
Yooth
Victor Cord Vicwr
Victor Records
Victor Roneaes
New
RCA
Mets
Storm & Shipley
G. Raymond Shipley
Frederick, MD
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