British War Games Marred by Air Losses and Fatal Crash
Britain’s grand air sea and land display was disrupted by a missing Wellington bomber believed sunk in the North Sea near Yarmouth, four airmen killed in a crash near Thetford, and another four forced to bail out from a third bomber. One crew member reportedly landed damaged, while conditions and observer systems affected operations amid the invasion exercise.
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London
Britain
North Sea
Yarmouth
Tollerton
Yorkshire
Air Ministry
Final testimony in Myami White accident case set
The hearing on the death of 2 year old Myami White near Frederick resumes tomorrow morning in Peoples Court Frederick before Magistrate MM Weinberg. Creel 40 of Hagerstown faces charges after an alcohol odor was noted post crash.
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Myami White
Frederick
Peoples Court
Manag
Weinberg
White
Traderick Hospital
Ren
Eon Sewell Creel
Gubliant
Hagerstown
Grice
Miss Beckley
Refuge for Jews Stalled by Turkish Quarantine
In Istanbul five hundred exhausted Jews from Czecho-Slovakia arrived aboard the steamer Pari seeking refuge denied in the Mediterranean. Turkish authorities imposed quarantine on the ship and were understood to refuse entry to the Jews after the voyage.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Czecho-Slovakia
Weather forecast for Chesapeake shows cooler spells ahead
Fragmentary forecast notes a slow warming trend ending tonight with likely fair conditions. A chance of showers or thunderstorms may occur later today, with a cooling trend expected tonight into Thursday. Moderate southwest winds shift to the west as cooler air moves in.
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Marvinud
Chesapeake
Farm tenants seek loans under tenancy act in Washington
About a dozen tenant farmers in Washington County have applied to purchase farms under the Farm Tenancy Purchase Act. Applications are filed through the Coululy Purn Agent's office or via Lewis A. Schmebley farm security supervisor. A school of instruction for farm and home management supervisors and county committeemen will be held August 21 and 22 at College Park Maryland. Page 10.
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Washington County
Lewis A. Schmebley
Schebley
College Park
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
I. OG. Lrnst
J. M. Ankene Earspring
William Ti. Ganning
Ayirplay
Wallace
Inst
Tereof St. Pauls Grange
Favor
Mere Ankeny
County Agricultural Conservation
Warm sultry day with predicted afternoon heat
Chewsville observer D Paul Oswald notes noon reading 89 degrees, with highs in the mid 90s this afternoon. Last night the mercury neared the hottest of the summer. readings remain above 70s. Washington forecasts showers late today into tonight followed by cooler conditions.
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Lo D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Oswald
Washington
Farmer's Seed Wheat Stolen Twice In A Week
Thieves twice visited the Iman on the Charles T. Taylor farm near Keadysville, taking three sacks of the best wheat seed prepared for fall planting. The thefts occurred within a week, with seed wheat earmarked for future crops.
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Charles T. Taylor
Keadysville
Taylor
Counterfeit ring linked to slaying in Camden
Camden, N J Aug 5 Detectives pursuing a link between a counterfeit money ring and the March slaying of Wanda Dworecki 17 a minister's daughter. Her father Rev Walter Sworecki earlier faced federal charges on a bogus five dollar bill. Police questioned five young men after seven arrested in Camden zone counterfeit operations. The case centers on who abducted beat and strangled Miss Dworecki and left her body from a car along a highway.
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Camden
N. J
Wanda Dworecki
Walter Sworecki
Lawrence P. Doran
Doran
Denies Alleys In One Section In City Program
A City Council member challenged a statement from Commissioner Reeder at a Board of Street Commissioners meeting. He said the new alley and street program proposed by the City Engineer would assign the same number of new alleys to each of the five wards, using W. P. A. labor to spread projects citywide.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Aaron Reeeher
Hagerstown
Plan To Petition For A Water Line In Hagerstown
Residents of Vale street and Windinger avenue in the eastern section of Hagerstown will petition the Mayor and Council at tomorrow nights meeting to authorize construction of a waterline. They note a sanitary sewer line exists and some owners have connected but lack water, currently obtaining water from cisterns.
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Vale Street
Windinger Avenue
Hagerstown
Apologizes To Tydings For WPA Funds Note
New York Aug 9. The National Broadcasting Company issues an apology to Senator Millard Tydings regarding an assertion that WPA funds were used to build a private toll and a bay basin on his estate. The apology follows the senator’s challenge to the broadcaster’s report.
Kalna M. Ragent Sues for Divorce in Court Filing
Kalna M. Ragent, represented by Attorney John 4. Allen, filed a suit in court today seeking a divorce from HL Ragent.
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Kalna M. Ragent
John 4. Allen
AT Thert
HL Ragent
TWO AVIATORS DIE IN CRASH NEAR ROUND LAKE
Two U S Army observation planes collided in mid air at 2000 feet killing Second Lieut. M W Thomas and enlisted man Gerrity near Round Lake New York as maneuvers prep began at Plattsburg. Lieut W M Prince and Lieut B W Veatch escaped injury after landing damaged aircraft.
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Round Lake
U. S. Army
M. Ww. Thomas
Gerrity
Mitchel Weld
N. Y
Malone
N.Y
Plattsburg
W. M. Prince
Sara- Y
Lieut
B. W. Veatch
Printe
Ventch
Albararatoga Springs
Rural Roundup Aug. 9 Polite Whistle Gift
Ellendale mother Thissen wrote Police Chief Porestals asking for whistles to quiet six children on a big farm. The chief replied with three whistles and told her to take her pick, a practical gesture from local law enforcement.
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K Thissen
Ellendale Farm
Frank Porestals
Wilderness Regene and the Vanishing Norse Day
A fragmented item notes an arrival or event concerning wilderness regeneration and a paid scholar. It mentions parking an auto in a reserved area for horse drawn vehicles and hints at a day associated with Norse themes. The readable text is chaotic and lacks clear names or concrete facts.
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Regene
Orewg
Vyietop Jutrsigy
Linn Tor
Filipino Mother Links Picture to Baby’s Heart Malformation
In Manila, August 9, an 84-year-old mother, Esperanza Rafael, claims her baby was born with the heart outside the body after she gazed at pictures of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary while bedridden for three months. The newborn, Maria Corazon, weighed seven pounds at birth in a Tondo maternity hospital and, aside from the exposed heart, was in good condition with normal temperature.
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Manila
Jesus Christ
Esperanza Rafael
Christ
Virgin Mary
Tondo
Maria Corazon
Mary Heart
County Road Control Discussed By Board
County commissioners debated using the 1939 State Legislature act to take over maintenance of federal roads. No action taken yet, but officials expect a vote to restore county control within a week. A key hurdle is the cost of equipment and machinery needed to run the roads. Continued on Page 10.
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Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Oakland Bans All Fireworks
Oakland adopts an ordinance prohibiting sale storage and shooting of fireworks within the city limits. It bars retailing fireworks and prohibits displays without council permits. Violations carry fines from 2 to 25 dollars and up to 30 days in jail.
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Oakkland
Mili
Oakland
Yyone 1
Convict climbs smokestack at Kingston Penitentiary
A Canadian prisoner defied guards by scaling a hundred foot smokestack at Kingston Penitentiary in driving rain. He refused to come down unless transferred to another prison and shouted demands to guards beneath searchlights. Officials did not reveal his name, and the episode ended with him still atop the stack as dawn broke.
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Wingsnton
Oni
Kingston Penitentia
Muded Bazare
Lewar
Mien
Kingston
Nineston
Greatening
Paneather Prison
St. Vincent de Paul Penitential
Montreal
Dominion
Lelow
Ao Smd
Cabinet Reported Against Army Plan For Alliance With Axis
Japan faces a tough choice as Tokyo sages debate joining the Rome Berlin axis to gain absolute control of China. Observers doubt the stated alliance talks while noting Japan's 1934 Monroe Doctrine stance and its clash with British influence in the Far East.
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Dewitt Machenzie
Associated Press
New Yor
Japan
Nippon
England
Tokyo
Commodore Perry
China
Manchuria
League of Nations
Far East
Germany
Italy
Extreme Nationalists Report Threats to Opponents in Japan
Tokyo intelligence describes an internal struggle over joining a military alliance with Germany and Italy. Reports say extreme nationalist officers threaten cabinet members including Premier Kiichiro Hiranuma, aiming to force a showdown that could topple the government. The movement backs an alliance with totalitarian powers and has steered policy toward war.
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Shanghai
Japan
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Manchukuo
China
Jail Break Frustrated By Two-Gun Jailor's Wife
In Pryor Oklahoma a failed jail break led to jail inmate Jake Cook being shot in the leg. Cook, Willie Murphy and George Casey attempted to exit with weapons while bound guard Claud McCracken. Mrs Ethel McCracken, 40, a former gun handler, ordered by her husband to check on the plot, forced Cook to reveal himself and his partners. The trio sought freedom after binding Claud and threatening him with a dirk. They failed to locate the outer door key.
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Pryor
Okla
Ethel McCracken
Jake Cook
Caakson Hills
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Cook
Willie Murphy
George Casey
School Board Plans Re Opening In County
Final plans for opening the I-4 public school year on Tuesday September 5 will be reviewed by the Board of Education in tomorrow afternoon’s meeting. The board will award four or five bus contracts to complete the work and fill about a dozen teaching vacancies. The board has twice as many applications as openings and will select the most qualified. Repair work on school buildings in the city and county is being rushed to completion and all plants will be ready for opening.
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Board of Education
Valves Installed On Two Streets In City
Water department under Superintendent Albert Peardine installed two new valves on Winters and Clirreh streets to prevent wide outages during repairs. About four homes were without water overnight. Two additional valves will be installed nearby soon to improve fire protection in the area.
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Water Department
Albert Peardine
Wintes
Clinreh
Fou
Wren
Divorces Granted by Judge Wagaman in Harrt Smith Case
Irgitia aL Pimih has been granted a divorce by Judge Frank G. Wagaman from Harrt Smith. Representation was by Attorney Calvert K. Tartte.
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Irgitia al Pimih
Frank G. Wagaman
Harrt Smith
Agtorney Calvert
Woman Leaps From Steamer Off Ocean City Md
Norfolk dispatch reports Mrs Irene Morrison of unknown address leapt from the Old Dominion Line steamer George Washington at sea near Ocean City Maryland. Passengers saw her sit on the rail then dive feet first into the water. The ship circled with searchlights for 70 minutes before resuming to Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Irene Morrison
Ocean City
Old Dominion Jine
George Washington
G. E. Horsley
Robert G. Linvd
Richmond
Horsley
Mrs. Morrison
Lloyd
Spotted Fever Fatal for Woman in Washington Area
Mrs. Tosti, wife of an assistant inspector in the municipal office, died yesterday in Washington. The case, linked to spotted fever, marks the fourth death from the disease this year in the region. Her baby son, born 18 days ago, survived. doctors said she had been bitten by a tick before hospital admission.
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Washington
Ane
Harry E. Toston
Garrett Park
Tosti
Archi Trel
Tomato vine yields 242 tomatoes in Price field
John W. Price of Bridgeport reportedly counts 242 tomatoes on a single tomato vine in his field. The report highlights the unusual harvest as a local curiosity in farming.
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John W. Price
Bridgeport
Four hundred more WPA workers to be cut in Washington County
F W Springer, WPA area representative, said 400 more Washington County WPA workers with 18 months or more on relief rolls will be removed by September 1, adding to 198 already dropped yesterday. Reductions follow a Congressional act effective July 1 allowing 18 month plus employment to be cut. Some relief needs may persist as farm work is expected to absorb remaining workers, with further cuts to reach about 40 percent on average in the area.
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Washington County
W. P A
F. W. Springer
Work Projects Administration
Springer
Fear Broker Drowned. Wife Injured in Apparent Double Suicide
Salisbury reports William A. Daly, an investment broker, believed drowned in the Atlantic at Ocean City after his wife, Irma Daly, was found on the beach in shock whispering that he was in the water. Irma Daly hospitalized. Papers including passports and a marriage certificate were found on the jetty.
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Charles Ladlam
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Camden, N. J
Murrell Webb
Mary Jones
Mt. Holly
Webb
Sages
Perry
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