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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1934

Page

8

Pine Grove Campers Back Pine Grove Campers Back

The Boy Scouts of Troop 10 along with Trinity Lutheran Church returned Friday night from an eight day camp at Camp Rothrock near Pine Grove Furnace Pa. Seventy scouts and officers attended the event noted as the troop’s most successful camp yet.

Boy Scouts Trinity Lutheran Church Camp Rothrock Pine Grove Furnace Bill Layman University of Maryland Fred P. Entler Claude J. Minnich Alton Wilson Dean Marquart Henry Triester Kenneth Willets Robert Cartee Frank 8. Leiter Edward Summers Frank L. Bentz Conrad Hausrath Max Fiery Howard Mowen Roy Snyder Elmer Carl Gilbert Plume Claude Smith Lewis Smith Frank di Fabbio Jonas Zeigler George Staley Charles Fouke Timmy Shifter Dick Shifler Tommy Wolfe Jack Giles Franklin Leiter Richard Conley

Noted Playwright Augustus Thomas Dies at 77

Augustus Thomas the dean of American playwrights died of apoplexy at Clarkstown Country Club Sunday. He was 77, had been in ill health for three years, and died in his apartment with Mrs Thomas at his side. The veteran writer, famed for historical plays, also directed theatrical production elements nationally from 1922 to 1925 and later championed anti prohibition themes with the 1926 play Still Waters.

New York Augustus Thomas Clarkstown Country Club Thomas Wil H. Hays Motian Wet

Pigeon Show Planned in January by Hungarian Club

Plans solidify for the United Hungarian Pigeon Club annual show in this city during January with at least 500 birds expected. The State Armory may host the four day event beginning the first week, free admission, judges from Elizabeth City and Carlisle, and entrants from Hagerstown Carlisle Cumberland McSherrystown and Mercersburg.

United Hungarian Pigeon Club North Mulberry Street J. H. Webster Elizabeth City N. C United Hungarian Club J.paul Ashburn Carlisle Madison Square Garden Hagerstown Cumberland McSherrystown Mercersburg Harry C. Weber National Club Weber Madison Square C. A. Smith Charles A. Smith, Jr M. B. Krebs John Stinger Charles Mell Vernon Yinger V. Eppley Oscar Keiffer Harry Swope J. D. Nalley National Organization

Negro Held In Robbery Case At North Jonathan Street Home

Johnny Stevens, 29, colored, arrested early this morning at a Western Pike roadhouse on charges of breaking into Andrew Black’s North Jonathan street residence and stealing about $50 from a cigar box. Police report he confessed after being apprehended by Sergeant J. B. Brown and Officers Max Rickard and John Knode. about $40 was found on Stevens on his clothes.

Johnny Stevens Western Pike Andrew Black North Jonathan Street Stevens J. B. Brown Max Rickard John Knode

Body found by Waynesboro police in vacant lot

Sterling Clemmons, 30, a DuPont worker, was found dead in a Waynesboro vacant lot after bystanders ignored his pleas for water. Police ruled heart failure on the death certificate. A pint flask was in his hand with a few drops of water. The scene sparked questions about bystander indifference. Farmers week at Oklahoma A and M College saw the largest enrollment ever recorded.

Sterling Clemmons DuPont de Nemours, Inc Waynesboro Atrollers T. M. Perkins Oklahoma A. & M. College

Utilities Association midyear meeting set in city

The Maryland Public Utilities Association will hold its midyear meeting in this city on Friday September 7. The event will cover electric gas water and transportation groups with a luncheon a bridge luncheon golf tournament a sightseeing trip and a dinner dance at Hotel Alexander. Executives from Maryland’s largest utilities and from Washington DC have already accepted invitations.

Maryland Public Utilities Association Alexander Hotel Alexander Maryland Washington, D. C

Soldiers Injured In Auto Accident At Camp Ritchie

Mess Sergeant Thomas J. Dawson and Private Frank L. Thatcher of the 121st Headquarters Company were injured when their auto left the highway near Lewiston Maryland. Dawson suffered facial lacerations and back injury. Thatcher had a lacerated mouth from bite contact. They were en route to Washington for equipment. Dawson went to Waynesboro Hospital, Thatcher remained at quarters.

Camp Ritchie Thomas J. Dawson Frank L. Thatcher 121St Headquarters Company Lewiston Maryland Dawson Fairfax Navy Yard Washington Thatcher Aurora Hills Government Printing Office Waynesboro Hospital

Woman Held On Liquor Charge In Raid

In a Saturday raid by city police Federal investigators and Washington County Liquor Board chief investigator Clarence Gaylor a colored woman Eunice Johnson 24 was arrested and about three gallons of alleged whiskey and numerous empty bottles were seized. A secret passage under the floor at 300 North Jonathan Street yielded the liquor. Long hooks from coat hangers were used to remove gallon jugs from the passage. Johnson was held in jail for a hearing before U.S. Commissioner D Angle Wolfinger on possession charges.

Clarence Gaylor Washington County Liquor Board Ox North Jonathan Street Eunice Johnson D. Angle Wolfinger

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