Maryland State Guard Breaks Camp After Two Week Training
State Guard units from Maryland's First Infantry end annual two week training at Camp Ritchie Ma Aug 6. Eastern Shore groups depart first by special train at 6 30 am followed by Westminster Elkton 7 15 and Western Shore 7 30. Final parade honors awarded for attendance and camp year, with medals and pennants to top units.
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National Guard
Eastern Shore
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Elkton
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Frederick
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Cumberland
Pocomoke
Pocomoke City
Annapolis
Hell Air
Prigate
Thomas L. Walker
Service Company
Silver Springs
Pistal
Stewart A. Rickell
Edward L. Kessler
Hyattsville
Mason C. Wilson
U C T Holds Creek Outing for Travelling Council
The United Commercial Travelers held its annual picnic last evening at A. K. Coffman’s summer cottage on Conococheague Creek with about 250 members and guests. A afternoon baseball game and ladies’ cards preceded luncheon. Dorothy Grosh and F L Paxson won electric clocks in contests. Democrats and Republicans fought a tug of war to end the event as Roger Harp’s thirty piece orchestra provided evening music.
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United Commercial Travelers
A. K. Coffman
Conococheague Creek
Lee Staley
BE. K. Humriehouse
Dorothy Grosh
F. L. Paxson
Roger €. Harp
Medicinal Liquor Bill Vetoed by West Virginia Governor
Governor Conley vetoed a bill permitting medicinal liquor sale in West Virginia. The House voted 56 to 17 to override the veto. He said the measure was beyond the Legislature’s constitutional power and not in his call, regardless of its merits.
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Charleston
W. Va
Conley Friday
West Virginia
House
Detroit Mirror Suspends Today
Detroit August 5 The Detroit Mirror morning tabloid under the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News owners suspends publication with its early edition today leaving only the Detroit Free Press in the city. The management said there is not room in Detroit for two morning newspapers. The Mirror was bought by Captain Jm Patterson and Colonel R Br McCormick on April 4, 1931.
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Detroit
Detroit Mirror
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Detroit Free Press
Auepenbion
Mirror
JM. Patterson
R. BR. McCormick
Sunday Motoring Tour From Hagerstown To Winchester And Home
A 130 mile Sunday driving itinerary from Hagerstown through Sharpsburg Antietam Battlefield Boonsboro Frederick Harpers Ferry Jefferson Winchester Berryville Charles Town and Martinsburg ending back in Hagerstown. Points of interest include Crystal Grottoes and John Brown’s Fort with historical notes on Harpers Ferry and Civil War history.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
Harpers Ferry
Berryville
Winchester
Home
Sharpsburg
Square
Potomac Street
R. R
Lappans
Antietam
America
Sharsburg
Boonsboro
Keedysville
Crystal
Bolivar
Middletown
Braddock Heights
Barbara Frietchie
U. 8
Feagaville
Jefferson
Petersville
Knoxville
Whverton
Sandy Hook
Charles Town
Potomac River Bridge
Main Street
U. S
Potomac
Shenandoah
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
John Brown
United States
Halltown
U. 5
Charles Washington
George Washington
Rippon
Gaylard
A. S
Braddock
Fort Loudon
Stephenson
Clearbrook
Bunker Hill
Darkesville
Martinsburg
Williamsort
Noted Painter Alfred Maurer Dies by Own Action
New York August 6 Alfred H Maurer a renowned American painter killed himself two weeks after his father Louis Matter died at age 160 Maurer 64 was found hanging from a door in the West 43rd street home where they had lived for years He was said to be despondent over ill health
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New York
Alfred H. Maurer
America
Louis Matter
United States
Maurer
West 43Rd Street
Jail Better Than a Marathon Promises Alimony Relief
Wilmington Delaware August reports Charley Curran chose jail over dance marathon. He danced for over 800 hours to avoid alimony payments to his wife, but when the payments stopped he ended up in jail.
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Wilmington
Del
Charley Curran
Charley
Ring Found by Resident Seeks Owner in Chestertown
Charles Conwell found a wedding ring in his yard in Chestertown. The ring had belonged to Mrs. Bertha Crew, a former resident of the home, who lost it about 25 years ago. In other news, two tunnels under the Scheldt River between Antwerp and Ste. Anne in Belgium have been begun and are slated for completion in 1935.
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Chestertown
Charles Conwell
Bertha Crew
Scheldt River
Antwerp
Ste. Anne
Belgium
Eleven Liquor Law Violators Are Sentenced
Eleven liquor law violators from Washington County were sentenced in Federal Court at Baltimore by Judge W. Calvin Chestnut. Local prisoners received sentences ranging from 10 days to six months. one man was fined £1 for possession of a half pint of whiskey. A total of 34 prisoners were arraigned in a special session to clear cases before the summer recess.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Baltimore
W. Calvin Chestnut
Charles E. “Red” Rider
William Peters
Charles Ward
Hubert Stine
Alec Rice
Howard House
Thomas Redmond
Edna Perry
Jesse Stine
James “Spider
Webb
Conococheague social notes feature local visits and gatherings
Miss Helen Guessford returns from Washington County Hospital while many neighbors share weekend visits. Miss June Ambrose stays with her mother in Hagerstown. Families from Hagerstown and Greencastle visit and host friends, with multiple calls at homes of Mr. and Mrs. Breitweiser, Kendall, Renner, and others. Weekend stays, travel between towns, and small social events fill the column.
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Helen Guessford
Washington County Hospital
June Ambrose
Julie Ambraze
Hagerstown
O. J. Shinham
Russel Breitweiser
Bertha McKenna
John Bowers
G. P. Fleagle
Thurmont
Fred Renner
Lewis and
Hazel
Alice Sellers
Walter Kendall
Russell Breitweiser
Rees Sprecher
Winans Ridenour
Mabel
Helen Funkhouser
Indian Spring
Pearl Ebersole
Spickler
Thelma Eliott
Calvin Trumpower
Russell Trumpower
Greencastle
Catherine Kreigh
Leslie Halbach
James Fockler
Betty Jeanne
Bess
Laura Fockler
Letty Bamberger
Vernon Ridenour
Washington, D. C
Clyde Ridenour
Merle Cowden
Wm. Cowden
Delbert Petera
Chambersburg
Ellis Sheldon
Russel Breitweizer
Lloyd Guessford
Bon Howard
Arthur Suffecool
Clearspring
Sherryn Hertzler
Lancaster
Miriam Bloom
Brandt Pike
Williamson
Martin Guensford
Charles Bloom
New Blond In Films Gwili Andre joins American motion pictures
Danish born actress Gwili Andre, recently completing her first film, moves into U S motion pictures after a stint as a New York model. The article notes social visits to and from local residents including Miss Sherlyn Hetzler of Lancaster and the Funkhouser sisters, with several households hosting guests. A raid by federal prohibition agents destroyed a 200 gallon still and 400 gallons of mash near Samples Manor.
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Gwili Andre
Denmark
New York
Federal Prohibition
Samples Manor
Barbara Stanwyck to sing in The Purchase Price at Maryland Theatre
Barbara Stanwyck, famed screen star, will sing for the first time in a Warner Bros picture The Purchase Price. She plays a nightclub entertainer whose voice and beauty captivate the audience. The star finds a parallel to her early career while audiences await the Maryland Theatre engagement Tuesday.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Warner Bros
Maryland
Mandarane Tuesda
Lerbara Stanwyey
Concensus
Hagerstowns
Janet Gaynor
Charles Ferrell
Famous Jungle Tale at Henry's Theatre
Tarzan the Ape Man based on Edgar Rice Burroughs will thrill Henry's Theatre today Johnny Weissmuller the world champion swimmer stars as the title figure a white man living among apes in the jungle
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Tarzan
Edgar Rice Bur Troughs
Henry’s Theatre
Johnny Weissmuller
Lena Rivers on Screen at Colonial Theatre
Mary J. Holmes celebrated romance Lena Rivers is adapted for the screen with Charlotte Hanry starring. It is scheduled for presentation at the Colonial Theatre on Monday next, underscoring the novel s status as a staple of American fiction.
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Lena Rivers
Mary Holmes
Charlotte Henry
Lene Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Charlotte Hanry
Colonial Theatre
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