Natchez Murder Case Narrows to Dana and Housekeeper
In Natchez Mississippi August 8 fingerprint experts reportedly found marks resembling Richard H. Dana on items inside the home of 68 year old recluse Jane Sarget Merrill. Sheriff Roberts said he will question Dana and his housekeeper Octavia Dockery as investigators note longstanding feud with Miss Merrill. The antebellum estates Glen Burney and Glenwood, once prized, sit in decline as officers gather clues amid whispers of social aristocracy decades past.
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Natchez
Miss
Richard H. Dana
Octavia Dockery
Jane Sarget Merrill
Sherif Roberts
Dane
Merrill
Dana CIA
Sheri
Roberta
Miss Merrill
Miss Dockery
Glenburney
Danas
Dana Famies
Jennie Merrill
Dick Gana
Boy Scouts Save One Hundred Fish at Snyder's Landing
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 10 camped at Snyder's landing for a weekend and saved about one hundred fish by wading into a nearly dry canal, scooping bass and catfish into nets, and guiding them to the safety of the river. Scoutmaster Fred Entler and assistant Jerry Grier led the camp思. Franklin Leiter won best camper, Lyndon Zecher supervised swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Snyder's Landing
Fred Entler
Jerry Grier
Franklin Leiter
Lyndon Zecher
Scout Office
Joint Recital Scheduled Friday at St Pauls M E Church
A joint recital by Roy A. Mac Michael organist and Floyd Sherman tenor will be held Friday at St Pauls M E Church. The program is free with a silver offering. MacMichael recently completed his summer program at Mercersburg Academy. Sherman selected a number of oratorios for his portion.
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Roy A. MacMichael
Floyd Sherman
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Prof. MacMichael
Mercersburg Academy
Sherman
Marriage Licenses Registered for Four Couples in City
George P B Dennis 26 of Clear Spring and Helen M Forsythe 23 of Haytts. John A Lehman 20 of Fayetteville Pa and Elizabeth M King 18 of Waynesboro. Fred C Hammond 24 and Pauline Eichelberger 18, both of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George PB. Dennis
Clearspring
Helen M. Forsythe
Hayatts
John A. Lehman
Fayetteville
Elizabeth M. King
Waynesboro
Fred C. Hammond
Pauline Eichelberger
This City
Hosiery names mimic cocktails in Chicago fashion trend
In Chicago on State street department stores sell pastel hose with names like creme de menthe and martini to evoke beverage hues. Mint green mesh and sunny yellow hosiery appear, plus footed silk undies for sandal wear. Betty Zitzman underwent appendectomy at the hospital.
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Chicago
State Street
Ang
Deaths in Funkstown and surrounding areas
Obituary notices report Miss Mary Catherine Gearhart dying at her sister’s Funkstown home from cancer at 68 with several siblings surviving and funeral arrangements set for Trinity Reformed Church State Line. Edward L. Nott, 67, dies on Downsville Pike with a large family and memberships. funeral from his late home. Also listed are Mary Emma Hartle of Bowman's Mill Leitersburg and Julianne Rebecca Toma of near Smithsburg with multiple children and relatives. Card of thanks from families ends notices.
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Mary Catherine Gearhart
H. ©. Ford
Funkstown
Trinity Reformed Church
State Line
Andrew L
Weverton
Oliver C
Asbury Park
N. J
H.C. Ford
Fankatown
Alice B. Risser
Maugansville
Edward L. Nott
Downsville Pike
Emma
Eugene HW
Elmont
Cal
Harry Harrison
This City
Bernice
Resolute Council
The
Red Men
Birx
Stewart
Beaver Creek
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mary Emma Hartle
Fred Hartle
Bowman's Mill
Leitersburg
Chambersburg
John and
Logan
Ross) Hemphill
Gharies Crider
Marsh District
Samuel Hartman
Hagerstown
George Kriner
Fire Encastle
Melvin
Muskegon
Mich
Cleveland
Edward Kemp
Calvin Baker
Sabillasville
Bertha Rover
Crist Ketzel
Hougre
B. Clinton Ritz
Lutheran Church
Waynesboro
Julianne Rebecca Toma
Smithsburg
Harry Wolf
Mia
Rae Willard
Garfield
Harry Wolfson
Albertus
Port Deposit
Midh
Plora Deaner
John
Daniel
Joseph Kelbaugh
Mt. Carmel
Gerfield
Wild buying drives market gains after early losses
Stock prices jumped as trading volume surged and brokers welcomed a rebound in commodities led by cotton rising over a dollar. News of possible Farm Board actions and Federal Reserve talks buoyed sentiment while rails and utilities rallied with major names like Santa Fe, Union Pacific, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania and American Telephone posting strong gains.
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Stock Exchange
Farm Board
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Wall Street
London Exchange
Santa Ferailroda
Union Pacific Stearm
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Death of Miss Barkdall Shock to Community
Miss Lilian Welty Barkdall, assistant librarian and head of the school section at Washington County Free Library, died last night at Washington County Hospital after three weeks of illness. She organized the Smithsburg library and was active in several clubs. Funeral tomorrow at 4 pm at St. Ann's Church, with interment at Rose Hill. Hoover returns from Rapidan camp. outlook for larger poultry crop this fall and winter.
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Lilian Welty Barkdall
Washington County Free Library
Washington County Hospital
Barkdoll
Smithsburg
Women’s Club
King’s Daughters
Zonta Club
Wayneshorn
St. Ann's
Clarence Wolf
Rose Hill
Libby Holman to Surrender in Murder Case
Libby Holman and 19 year old Walker face possible charges after a joint inquest. Myron Kahn of Cincinnati acts as Holman’s brother in law as defense hopes for bail and a swift trial. Prosecutors may pursue first degree murder if new evidence appears. otherwise second degree or manslaughter counts loom. Holman desires a prompt trial date.
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Myron Kahn
Cincinnati
Walker
Holman
Polo Players Guest Here at Washington County Supper
Fort Humphries Virginia polo team members and wives joined Washington County Solo team members for a veranda supper at The Club. Major J R Mc Callum served as toastmaster while Senator Byron recounted the polo program. The Fort Humphries team defeated the local squad by a close score yesterday.
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Fort Humphries
Washington County
J. R. McCallum
William 0. Byron
Todd Byron
EB. ¥. Duval
Brook Gallion
Lieutenant Cox
Edwin Mason
Fcore
Rector Preaches At The Summit In Blue Ridge Summit
Rev Walter Byron Stehl preached to a large congregation at the Church of the Transfiguration Blue Ridge Summit yesterday. The service was conducted by Rev Arthur Pfatiko Alnong with Rt Rev and Mrs Wyatt Brown Rev S Tagart Steele Jr and Rev William Rolins Webb attending from the Summit. Next Sunday Rev I O Forqueran of Baltimore will be at St Johns.
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Walter Byron Stehl
D. D
St. John’s Church
Church of the Transfiguration
Blue Ridge Summit
Arthur Pfatiko
Photo evidence ties Frederick man to illegal still
Benjamin Marksbury claimed he was merely passing when sheriff deputies raided a still near here. A photograph from a negative found at the scene shows Marksbury filling a bottle from a hang spout. He received six months in the House of Correction.
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Frederick
Aug
Benjamin Marksbury
Marksbury
House of Correction
Hunt Youth for Murder
San Francisco authorities extended the search for a suspected slayer of Gina Sidares, a 14 year old found battered in a vacant lot. Police broadcast a warrant for John Santis, 22, after bloodstained items were found at his lubricating plant workplace and in his home above the shop.
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San Francisco
Gina Sidares
John Santis
Loved Neither She Testifies at Lancaster Murder Trial
Mrs. T. M. Keith-Miller testified at Captain W. N. Lancaster's murder trial that she had become completely disillusioned and no longer loved Lancaster or writer Haden Clarke. She said she remains fond of Lancaster whom she’d pursued, but has not loved him for two years and denied lying for him.
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Miams Fla
T. M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Finance
Captain Lancaster
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Murder in the Street: Man Found Dead in Burlap Bag
Joseph Miller, returning home at 3 a.m., stumbled on a dead man in a burlap bag lying in the street. The well dressed 35 year old had 20 stab wounds to the heart, an ice pick noted, a tightly drawn clothesline around the neck, and bound knees. No identity clues were found.
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New York
Joseph Miller
Hadeen
Governor Seans Duker Record
Governor Ritchie has not set a date to hear pleas for clemency in the case of Herman Webb Duker who was sentenced to die for murder. Duker pled guilty to the slaying of John W. Anderson the Gunilford milkman last year and received the death sentence. the original sentence was reaffirmed on rehearing and the Court of Appeals declined action. Duker’s counsel Hilary W. Gang and Emory H. Niles ask clemency or commutation to life imprisonment.
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Baltimore
Aug
Herman Webb Duker
Ritchie
Duker
John W. Anderson
Gunilford Milkman
Joseph N. Ulman
Jade Ulman
Court of Appeals
Hilary W. Gang
Emory.h. Niles
Red Men Plan For Big Picnic On Labor Day
Logan tribe of Red Men at Loonsboro plans the annual Labor Day picnic along the Boonsboro to Keedysville road. Representative David J. Lewis and Harold C. Smith will attend and speak. A full program of sports music and entertainment for adults and youths is being arranged to attract members from near and far.
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Logan ‘Tribe of
Red Men
Loonsboro
Boonsboro
Keedysville
David J. Lewis
Harold C. Smith
French President to Be Put to Work on Farm Visit
Mercy le Halt France August report details President Albert Lebrun arriving at an old farm for a vacation echoing Coolidge. He is shorn before work. his brother Gabriel Lebrun, a farmer, says the president will help cut wheat tomorrow morning.
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Mercy-Le-Halt
France
la Coolidge
Albert Lebrun
Gabriel Lebrun
Farmer Lebrun
Fire Lures Wild Ducks to Death in Lumber Yard Blaze
In Kalispell Montana a lumber yard fire attracted a large flock of wild ducks. The birds dove toward the flames, were lured by the light, and perished in the blaze.
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Klispell
Mont
Good Excuse For Missing Lessons
CHICAGO August 8 Samuel Rosenberg a druggist who is studying to be a lawyer says he has missed lessons because his store was held up twice in five hours and ten times in three years The teacher excused Rosenberg.
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Chicago
Samuel Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Youth Drowns Near Hancock While Swimming With Keefer Family
Dennis Carbaugh an 18 year old from Webster Mills Pa drowned while swimming near Hancock in the Potomac River. He slipped from a rock and disappeared about 11 am. his body was recovered ten minutes later but resuscitation failed. Magistrate Ross Fite and Constable Charles Barnhart investigated. the coroner ruled accidental drowning and no inquest was held. The body was taken to a Hancock funeral establishment.
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Dennis Carbaugh
Webster Mills
Potomac River
Hancock
Young Carbaugh
William Keefer
Potomac
Keefer
Carbaugh
Robert Munday
Ross Fite
Charles Barnhart
Negro given term in cut assault case headline chaos
Albert Campbell 24 colored was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction after being arraigned before Judge Sweeney on a charge of assaulting Rosie Hall colored Saturday night. He allegedly slashed her breast with a knife. Across the week end police arrested 13 drunks with sentences suspended or fines of 5 to 10 dollars. Chapin sworn in as new Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin of Detroit replaces Robert Lamont in a reshaped commerce department.
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Albert Campbell
House of Correction
Richard H. Sweeney
Senet
Rosie Hall
Chapin
Washington
Roy D. Chapi
Detroit
Coedy
Robert 2. Lamont
Peace Prospects Dented After Chaco Clash
In Asuncion Paraguay Aug 9. Peace talks between Paraguay and Bolivia over the Gran Chaco seem more distant after Paraguay shot down a Bolivian recon aircraft 20 miles east of Fort Chanay in Vi lero Patino swamps. The two Bolivian aviators were captured and Paraguay moves to send notes to neutral nations and the United States as both sides bolster forces.
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Asuncion
Paraguaay
Aug
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Fort Chanay
Vilero Patino
Associated Press
United States
Chaco
Daily Mail Tip Prizes Split For Near Misses
The Daily Mail offers weekly tip prizes of 2.50 for first place and 2 for second. Tips must be phoned brought or sent between 7 30 am and 3 pm on weekdays. Prizes may be split if two tips have equal news value.
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Monkstown
The
Daily Mail
Mail
Today's Stock Quotations From Stein Bros And Boyce
Quotations open at 1 pm for McComas Armatrong Building with listings across major firms. Amer Can at 50.55, Amer Tel & Tel 10R% 1M, Anaconda 10% 12, Beth Steel 18% 20 1/%, Chrysler 10% 12%, Consol Gas 4, A, Dupont 63 7/8, Fox 3?, Gen Electric 25 19 27 1/4, Gen Motors 14 3/4 16%, North Amer 27 3/4 29, Penna RR 14% 17%, Radio 7% 8, Standards Oil N J 25% 26, U S Steel 41% 43.
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McComas-Armatrong
Teeeses Bnl
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
North Amer
Penna
R. Ro
Radio
W.cscseeree
Onof N.J
Steel
Chicago Grain Market Quotations by The Sticked Sales Corp
Grain market quotations from The Sticked Sales Corporation located at 26 W Washington, Chicago, and Hagerstown, Maryland. The brief listing reflects daily prices and trading figures for various commodities, with emphasis on agricultural grain futures and spot values. The document notes quotation sources and regional market coverage in Maryland and Illinois.
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Sticked Sales Corporation
W. Washington &J
Hagerstown, Md
Return from Jungle Left Body of Pal Retired?
Harold Foard of Bramwell West Virginia arrives aboard the Santa Clara after a perilous Ecudorian jungle trek. He recounts losing comrade Thomas Walsh of Chicago to exhaustion and starvation during a riverine and overland expedition. Foard describes burying Walsh in a shallow grave and surviving with sparse food until rescue.
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New York
Harold Foard
Bramwell
W. Va
Santa Clara
Thomas J. Walsh
Chicago
Walsh
Foard
Monzon
Ecuador
Hueltlaga
Walters thanks Ritchie for ending the army aid
Walter W. Waters, veterans' leader, credits Governor Ritchie with ending the bona expeditionary army and writes to express gratitude for the governor's advice.
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Annapolis
Bona Expeditionary Army
Walter W. Waters
Ritchie
Fraternal golf match set for Glen Eagles course
A large crowd is expected at Glen Eagles Golf Course on Wednesday evening for a second match between the Princes of Syracuse and Hagerstown De Molay. The Princes announce Paul Bowers Fred Eutler Eugene Bowers and Elmer Strock as players. De Molays are still selecting their four qualifiers with rounds underway. The matches begin at 6 o clock with top miniature golf talent from both groups.
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Glen Eagles
Princes of Syracuse
Hagerstown
Order of Ne- Molay
Paul Bowers
Fred Eutler
Eugene Bowers
Elmer Strock
de Molays
Minature Golf
Picnic Class Taught By M P Moller Jr at Caledonia
The Sunday School class of St. John's Lutheran church taught by M P Moller Jr held a picnic at Caledonia on Thursday. Last chance tonight to qualify for the championship tournament at Glen Eagles Golf Course Cromer's 10c Adv.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
A M. P. Moller, Jr
Piente
Caledonia
Glen Eagles Golf Course
Bester St
Cromer's
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