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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1939

Page

4

Overseas broadcast plan advances date for British French leaders

New York Aug 8 The overseas broadcast series arranged by NBC VP John Rovral shifts first program to 6:45 PM. Winston Churchill leads the British segment with French leaders including Leon Blum and M Yvon Delbos. Tony Eden to follow later. Tony Martin returns to radio with Kostelanetz concerts. David Laughin debuts as Irish tenor. Schedule lists NBC and CBS programs across WEAF WABC and WIZ networks with varied guests and topics.

New York John Rovral NBC Winston Chureil Wiz-Nbc Leon Blum France M. Yvon Delbos Lord Duff Cooper Anthony Eden Tony Martin M. C. Post Andrew Kostelanetz CBS David Laughin Discovery Kostelanetz WEAF Alec Templeton Uncle Walt WABC Ted Husing We the People Bob Crosby Hal Kemp WIZ Inside Story West Artie Shaw Mbs-Chain Conference of Catholic Charities Cbs-Chain Enoch Light Orchestra WIJZ Garss

Big Bass Caught Near Pinesburg In August Contest

John Banzhoff of Williamsport tops the Pinesburg catch as the first bass entrant in Semler's August contest on W Washington Street. The fish weighed 3.32 pounds and triggers three prize awards for the month. Stanley Helm and Ed McCann report six bass on the Potomac at Mountain Lock, the largest near three pounds, with river conditions improving.

John Banzhoff Williamsport Semler’s W. Washington Street Pinesburg Stanley Helm Ed McCann Potomac Mountain Lock

Close Battle In Firemen's Loop

Firemen's Softball League tightens as top four squads separate by only one game. Williamsport/Bors tops Basore's Hooks 4 3. Antietams under Gilbert Spalding keep winning. Maugansville 8 1. Enterprise 13 8? over Funks town. Tomorrow Williamsport meets Funkstown. Maugansville faces Boonsboro. First Hose vs Antietams. Enterprise travels to Panghorn Park to face Hook and Ladder.

Williamsport Bors Basore Antietams Gilbert Spalding Maugansville Enterprise Funkstown Lapole Boonsboro Williamsport Panghorn Park

Four States Ten Defeat Kays 3 1 in city park clash

Four States tops Kay Jewelers 3 to 1 at City Park. Browning narrowly outpitched Barnhart in a six inning duel. Kay Jewelers led 1 0 through six, then Livestock Koya’s five hits in the seventh fueled a three run burst. Moore and Byers contributed for Four States, R Miller led Kay Jewelers. Browning and Diehl. Barnhart and Berger.

City Park Four States Kay Jewelers Browning Barnhart Moore Byers R. Miller Diehl Barnhart and Berger

Single Men Win In Fast Double At Blue Ridge Event

The single men defeated the married men 6 to 5 in the annual Blue Ridge Lines contest a thriller from start to finish. Meyers Berkson softball team faces Company 360 ccc Camp ten tonight at the Reservoir diamond game starts at 6 o clock on time players urged to arrive promptly.

Blue Ridge Lines Meyers- Berkson 360 Ccc Reservoir

Split in double bill by Hagerstown Auto Exchange

The Hagerstown Auto Exchange softball team split a Sunday double header with the Maryland State Penitentiary Farm. The Automen lost 8-0 in the opener with Miller and Boogle as battery mates before a 6-3 victory in the second game led by Shupp who fanned 15. For game details call the Autoxchange.

Hagerstown Auto Exchange Maryland State Penal Farm Automen Miller Boogle Battery Shupp

English lightship to be sent to graveyard

The Nore lightship, oldest afloat, is to be towed to a graveyard for ship breaking after a century in the estuary. Crews once watched sail yield to steam and air power as rail and sea speeds rose. Its successor is described as a luxury yacht. A pair of Meadhounds from the United States will assist Scotland Yard and English and Welsh police.

England Thomas Nore United States Scotland Yard Wales

The Horoscope and Officer Discharged in Baltimore

The Horoscope forecasts a day with cautious business and political dealings and cautious negotiating with capitalists, noting delays and possible wage tightening in autumn. Severe weather events and earthquakes are predicted. the piece also warns against signing papers and postponing leases. a separate Baltimore note reports Detective Sergeant William G. Edrington being discharged for inefficiency and misconduct after 16 years of service.

Baltimore William G. Edrington State Police Harry G. Jones Edrington

Local Prices Paid Producers and Household Goods

Local quotations show prices paid to producers for wheat at mill and at farm, corn, butter per pound, country bacon, onions per bushel, country ham, shoulder, lard, potatoes per bag, and spring chickens. Prices include corn at farm and at mill, butter 20 to 22 cents, lard around 9 to 12 cents, potatoes about 50 cents per bag, and other listed items with varying cents values.

Kiine Sros Springerse

Deaths Caused By Rolling Gas Pipes

Eleven hundred feet of four inch gas pipe rolled down a mountainside in San Bernardino California killing Mrs. Bess Arnold Ross 46 of Long Beach. Her housekeeper Ann McDonald 25 lost a leg and was hospitalized. Harry Wright an all time Cincinnati Red Stockings star of 1869 died upon seeing Ross at the accident scene.

San Bernardino Calif Bess Arnold Ross Long Beach Ann McDonald Harry Wright Grant Cincinnati Red Stockings Allison Ross

Hay prices and birthplaces of baseball players

Baltimore field notes show hay markets with good timothy and mixed timothy priced at 10.90 to 13.00 per ton. Straw prices list No 1 wheat at 6.00 to 5.8 per ton and standard at 6.00 to 5.0 per ton. Dixie Walker of the Dodgers was born in Villirica Georgia and Gee Walker of the White Sox was born in Gulfport Mississippi.

Baltimore Dixie Walker Dodgers Villirica Gee Walker White Sox Gulfport, Miss

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