Widened search for two Miami students posing for screen deals
Police questioned a man listed as Charles Jederson a movie talent scout after two high school girls Jean Bolton 16 and Ruth Dunn 15 left their homes for Palm Beach to pose for pictures aiming at screen or radio contracts. A 24 year old Beth Collier was held as a material witness and a nightclub entertainer said Jefferson used the alias Tom Ashwell in Cincinnati where they worked for WLW.
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Miami
Fla
Palm Beach
L. O. Scarboro
Charles Jederson
Jean Bolton
Ruth Frances Dunn
Jefferson
Beth Collier
Denver
Colo
Sarboro
Tom Ashwell
Cincinnati
WLW
Judge cites card game dispute as not grounds for divorce
In Omaha, a witness testified in District Judge Herbert Rhades' court that the two principals in a divorce case quarreled over a card game. The judge remarked that his wife makes him mad when he wants her to finesse a queen and she plays her ace, but that does not constitute grounds for divorce.
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Omaha
Neb
Herbert Rhades
Underpass Work Starting Today In Hagerstown
Weed cutters cleared the Elizabeth street right of way for a new underpass linking southern and western Hagerstown. Survey work is done, machinery moved in, and local labor will be increased as the $150000 project proceeds. The tunnel will pass beneath the Western Maryland Railway tracks with ends near Washington and Elizabeth streets and Memorial Boulevard or Wilson Boulevard at the south. The American Association was organized as a professional league in 1902.
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Elizabeth Street
Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railway
Washington and
Elizabeth Streets
Wilson Boylevard
Truck overturns on North Potomac street near City Hall
A concrete block truck destined for the City Hall project overturned on North Potomac street near Charles yesterday evening. Police report a sharp turn caused the sliding blocks to shift and topple the vehicle into the street. The driver escaped injury.
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New City Hall
North Potomac Street
Charles
Russian sightseers glide at 40 per hour on water slider
A new 160 bed water slider built for Black Sea service links the southern resorts of Sochi and Batumi. The craft, about 74 feet long, carries 40 mph speed, seats passengers in a wide gallery with many windows for sightseeing.
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Moscow
Howe
Black Sea
Sorki
Sushi
Brothers share same birthday across three towns
Delmar resident George Long and his brothers William of Salisbury and Curtis of New York were all born on March 1. The trio, ages given as 107, 108, and 1914 birth year, celebrate a unified birth date with their mother Mrs Lewis Melson of Detroit.
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Peru
Paime Fortune
Gal'lino
Delmar
George
William
Saliisbury
Curtis
New York
Nazi film push shows fortifications and Polish threat
The piece notes a unified press campaign against Poland as Germany promotes a Siegfried Line film and asserts German backing of Danzig. It describes pre military training for Hitler Youth, strict gasoline rationing, and the heightened preparedness mood as autos and trucks are seized for military use.
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France
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Salzburg
Danzig
Poland
Alley Program Is Held Inequitable
Street Commissioner Anton Reecher warned that angered residents may press the Mayor and Council unless alley building plans are more fairly spread. He noted northern Hagerstown pays most taxes yet gains little from projects, signaling inadequate northern representation and neglect in local improvements. The board reviewed the purchasing bureau's duties and other routine matters.
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Anton Reecher
Reecher
Hagerstown
Property Sold at Williamsport Court House Auction
Walter Hoffman property in Williamsport sold in front of the Court House yesterday afternoon by auctioneer J C Snyder at a bid of 2575 dollars.
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Propetry
Walter Hoffman
Williamsport
Court House
J. C. Snyder
Death by insect sting in Leesburg death ruled
Washington Court House Ohio Aug 9 The death of Mrs Robert McCoppin 38 at her Leesburg home was caused by an insect sting likely a bee Coroner W M Hoyt said the poison entered the bloodstream and reached the heart after she was stung on the neck while near bee hives.
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Washington Court Houses
Robert McCoppin
Leesburg
Here
Righland County
W. MW. Hoyt
McCaoppin
Br. Hoyt
Weed crop about average for hay fever season
Chicago reports the weed crop is about average affecting over 3,000,000 hay fever sufferers. Data from Oren C. Durham of Abbott Laboratories notes corn crop is a yardstick for weeds, weather influencing pollen spread. Ragweed mainly east of the Mississippi, Russian thistle in the Great Plains, marijuana wild in Iowa and Nebraska impacts other areas.
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Chicago
Oren C. Durham
Abbott Laboratories
Mississippi
Great Plains
Iowa
Nebraska
Youth Gets Year For Taking Auto At Willow Wane Show
Thomas N. Miller 20 of St James was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction for unauthorized use of an automobile. He allegedly took Paul Carlee’s auto from Willow Wane show grounds during a Thursday night circus. Miller, a former St Marys Industrial School inmate, was jailed by Deputy Leister Isa hoagie.
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Thomas N. Miller
St. James
House of Correction
E. G. Miller
Boonsberg
Miller
St. Mary's Industrial School
Paul Carlee
Willow Wane
Leister Isahoagie
Scotswomen of India form association at St Andrew’s Dinner
An association of Scotswomen in India was formed after a muster of 61 women at a Ladies St Andrew’s Dinner. Scotch salmon and bagels were served with traditional piping to mark the ceremony in Bombay on August 9.
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Bombay
India
St. Andrew's
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