Wiley Post Forced Landing Near Cumberland During Storm
Wiley Post, world record flyer, was forced to land at Mexico Flying Field near Cumberland Maryland after a heavy rainstorm swept western Maryland. He landed safely in the Winnie Mac, traveling from New York to Dayton en route to Oklahoma City, with companion Larry Frederickson. Post checked into Fort Cumberland Hotel with Frederickson and asked not to be disturbed.
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Cumberland
Wiley Post
Mexico
Maryland
Post
Larry Frederickson
New York
Dayton
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Fort Cumberland
Frederickson
Weekend Social in Sharpsburg Community
SHARPSBURG Aug 1. Residents and visitors gather in town for weekend social calls. Names include Miss Frances Pulse, Miss Nancy Mumma, and Miss Ida Churchey visiting relatives and friends in Hagerstown Frederick and Washington. Many pairs and families are listed as spending Sunday at several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Gross
Glenn Carnabiu
Washington,Sc
Sharpsburg
William Friedell
Shenandoah
Frances Pulse
Robert Roulette
Hagerstown
Margaret Roulette
Charles Cramer
Roanoke
Nancy Mumma
Washington, D. C
Tertra
Helen
Carrie Mumma
Olive Hood
Rohrersville
George Alexander
Mark Mongan
George Morgan
Mildred Morgan
Funkstown
Sam Knode
H.S. Churchey
Frederick
Eileen Cline
Emma Gloss
Walter Snyder
Anne Arundel County
Jake Springer
Dorothy
Hattie Highberger
Edward Twigg and Gough
Connellsville
Milford Canfiman
Ernest Highberger
Maud Highberger
Frank Cramer and Sons
Cumberland
Sam Bender
George Busby
Beverly Ann
Local Social Notes and Community News Snapshot
Walnut Point August 1 highlights include visits by Fred Ditmer and others to Leitersburg, a hospital update on Fred Draper, and Viola Turner staying with Evelyn Ditmer. Senior classes held a wiener roast at Clarkson’s Meadow with a treasure hunt won by Millard Kretzer Jr, plus various callers and a Reformed Ladies Aid Society meeting. A chicken ride story from Boonsboro ends the page along with Alaska trout eradication spending of 22,506.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Point
Fred Ditmer
Ralph McClellan
Leitersboro
Walter Frush
Roger Burgan
Fred Draper
Spickler
Washington County Hospital
Viola Turner
Mt. Etna
Evelyn Ditmer
Almeta Burgan
Arseline Harris
Huyetts
Harrig
Earl Spielman
Philadelphia
Bertha Sprecher
St. Paul’s
Millard Kretzer
R. E. Furgan
Clarkson’s ‘Meadow
Greencastle Pike
Millard Kretzer, Jr
Katherine Tedrick
Marie Farrow
Grace Shirk Pearl Myers
Mary Mason
Thelma Elliott
Isabel Frush
Almeta Bur
Gan Evelyn Shupp
Madeline ‘Kretzer
Marvin Farrow
Franklin Seibert
Lewis Shank
Kenneth Miles
Foundry men agree on 40 hour week and wage scales
Spokesmen for the nations foundry industry reached agreement on a 40 hour week and minimum wage scales. They estimate the plan will affect 300,000 to 400,000 workers with a minimum of forty cents an hour in large industrial centers and lower rates elsewhere.
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Cleveland
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Lester Himes
Keedysville
Sam Ixnede
A. D. Grove
Bertha, Helen
Carvie Mumma
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
the House of
Maytag Electric Washers
Home Furniture Co
Potomac St
West Paint
Hagerstown Paint and Glass Company
SUN Proof
W. Franklin
George Frush
Franklin Miles
Arthur Burgan
Guy Hull
Preston Shupp
Albert Hull
John Shupp
R. E. Burgan
Milton Forsythe
Dry Run
Luther Frush
C. H. Ridenour
Middleburg
Pike
Preston Sprecher
Reformed Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. Pat’s
John Farrow
Geo. Thodes
Elsie Farrow
George Ott
Alice Gardner
Wm. Boward
Roger Bur
Alvey C. Zittle
Boonsboro
Zittie
South Mountain
Shepherdstown
Return
Alaska
U.S
Rumbersale
Moi
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Oxfords
Eral Styles
Jonathon Street
Man
Pennsylvania
Impore Comtete
Bredford
Seve Ot
Winter King Battery
Odd Dresser Aegon Sele Price
Walnet
Sele
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