Air Show at Hagerstown Airport Promises Daring Feats
Plans for an afternoon at Hagerstown Airport feature Buddy Batzel performing a 12,000 foot parachute leap with a 25 pound flour sack stretched for 8,000 feet. Batzel will free fall about 55 seconds from 1,000 feet altitude. Fellow stunt pilots Les Sipes Johnny Abuiso and Torque Landis join in the program with demonstrations including How Not to Fly. The event opens at 3 pm and runs two hours with a parachute race and a four-plane airplane race.
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Batzel
Les Sipes
Johnny Abuiso
Torque Landis
Abuiso
Former Policemen Get Prison Terms
Five former Tampa policemen were sentenced to four year prison terms for the kidnapping and flogging of Eugene F. Poulnot, one of three unemployed labor organizers tarred and feathered after a November political meeting. Joseph Shoemaker died from the beating. the officers appealed to the State Supreme Court, with bonds set at 2,500 dollars each in addition to existing bail.
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Joseph Shoemaker
S. F. Rogers
Shoemaker
Supreme Court
Rambova Missing Since Civil War Brought News From Mallorca
Natacha Rambova, Valentino’s former wife, now living on Mallorca off Spain, has not been heard from since the civil war began, according to her aunt Mrs. Theresa Werner. The island reportedly has been bombed.
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Natacha Rambova
Rudolph Valentino
Mallorca
Spain
Theresa Werner
One Rainy Afternoon Ends Run At Academy Theatre
The Academy Theatre presents the final showings of One Rainy Afternoon a gay romantic comedy from Pickford Lasky. Francis Lederer leads a popular cast with Ida Lupino delivering charm and wit joined by Roland Young Hugh Herbert Erick Rhodes and Joseph Cawthorne in a lively finish.
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Pickford-Lasky
Francis Lederer
Ida Lupino
Roland Young
Hugh Herbert
Erick Rhodes
Joseph Cawthorne
Hollywood
Henry's Has Thrill Film Secret Patrol Opens at Henry's Theatre
Peter B Kyne's Secret Patrol becomes Henry's seventy first film adaptation thrilling audiences Friday. Starrett shines in outdoor stories with Finis Barton delivering romance. Mollison earns praise as the Mounty who dies with loyalty on his lips.
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Peter B. Kyne
Secret Patrol
Henry’s
Charles Starret
Finis Barton
Henry Mollison
Sunday Motoring Tour Trip Led by Club Official
Sunday’s itinerary organized by W Lawrence Marpel, supervisor for The Automobile Club of Maryland, plans a daytime automobile tour with destination details and participant guidance.
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W. Lawrence Marpel
Automobile Club
Routes and directions between Hagerstown and Gettysburg area
A travel route list details turning points and streets from Hagerstown to Gettysburg and back via towns like Waynesboro, Frederick and Boonsboro. It notes Route numbers such as 16 116 and 15 and mentions local landmarks. Further information is available from Mr. Marpel at Hotel Hamilton.
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Middletown
Bolivar
Boonsboro
Benevola
Funkstown
Marpel
Hotel Hamilton
Two Gun Jack Hoxie to Headline Downie Bros Circus Show
Veteran western star Jack Hoxie will be the feature attraction when Downie Bros Circus visits for matinee and night shows on Friday August 14. Hoxie brings 27 in his Hollywood cowboys and cowgirls including Dixie Starr Lonesome Joe and Scout. The act promises rough riding battles shooting and a kiddies surprise as manager Charlie Sparks showcases a major 1936 tour in its 49th year.
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Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues From Today’s Paper
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Boy Witness to Tragedy in Baltimore
A four year old boy witnessed the fatal shooting of his mother Mary Yeager and his stepfather John Yeager in a Baltimore home. Police say the deaths were murder and suicide following a quarrel. William Erb, the boy, was found frightened in a hallway corner and unable to explain what happened. Neighbors noted ongoing disputes between the couple.
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Mary Yeager
John Joseph
Yeager
William Erb
Company B Guardsmen Begin Camp Training at Ritchie
Mary land National Guard Company B with 61 men and two officers left by truck for Camp Ritchie at Cascade to begin four days of training. They will then move to Indian Gap Pa for the annual camp. An advance detail led by Lieut McKee reported earlier.
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McKee
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Elmer Munshower
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D. John Markey
Harry W. Nice
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Guy Anders
Markey
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Hagerstown
Cumberland
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Virginia
Negro Seized For Virginia Police
Willis Butler alias Willard Butler, 33, colored, sought by Washington Virginia officers for assault and robbery, was arrested yesterday on Jonathan Street by Sheriff Max Malott and held for arrival of Virginia officers. Butler had prior arrest here in 1934 for robbery. Sheriff Malott said he identified himself, noting he was picked up on a newspaper notice.
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Willis Butler
Willard Butler
Washington, Va
Jonathan Street
Max Malott
Virginia
Butler
J. F. Desmond
Max Rickard
Malott
Rat Causes Power Outage at Cumberland High School
A rat damaged Cumberland's new 4,000 watt electric line at 10727 P.M. Friday, causing a campus blackout. The rat died from the shock after entering an uncovered master switch, with nineteen clocks in corridors stopping to mark the moment. Electricians traced the fault to the rat contact between two large electrodes.
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Cumberland
Johnserve Heights
Injured Man Dies in Snow Hill After Auto Crash
Matthew IneH a 77 year old local businessman banker and lawyer died at his Snow Hill Maryland home from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile two weeks earlier.
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Snow Hill, Md
Oscar Matthew Ineh
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