Downpour Causes Heavy Damage Across Boonsboro Area
Torrential rains flood fields and cellars in Boonsboro Keedysville Benevola and surrounding sections. A 2:30 PM downpour dropped 3.50 inches at Boonsboro CCC camp and 2.66 inches at Keedysville with major washouts and stranded cars.
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Boonsboro
Keedysville
Benevola Se
CCC
J. A. Miller
Boonsboro Pike
Benevolla
Mapleville
Rohrersville
Mt. Briar
Hagerstown
Clearapring
Smithsburg
Monroe
W. Walter Esmer
San Mar Orphans’ Home
Lions to Meet Martinsburg Aug 29 in Panhandle District
Lions clubs of the Eastern Panhandle district will hold a joint meeting in Martinsburg on August 29. Local leaders invite members for the regional gathering.
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LIONS
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lions Clubs
Panhandle
Rail Empire In Court Over Proposed Merger
The LC. C. opened scrutiny into Chesapeake Corpora tion stock and the merger plans involving Brose co and Aldebaran corporations. It will probe financial practices of the named parties and their links to Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri Pacific, and related railroads under the Interstate Commerce act.
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Chesapeake Corporation
Broseco Corporation
Aldebaran ‘Corporation
LC. C
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific Company
Center of steel industry shifts eastward in Ohio
The geographic center of the steel industry lies in Richland county Ohio about one mile north of Mansfield. It has moved thirteen miles east since 1933 reversing its long western drift.
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Richland County
Ohio
Mansfield
Water Bug Baby Climbs in Tub in Sunny Day Fun
A playful scene shows a baby dubbed a water bug enjoying a tub of cool water. The child practices climbing on a rubber mat while a mother watches nearby, as hot weather inspires simple, cheerful water play with a duck nearby.
Autos for Sale: Good Used Cars Prompt Action
Local classifieds highlight good used cars in the Autos for Sale column with urging buyers to act quickly. Listings emphasize immediate availability and strong value for interested shoppers.
Chinese block Japs advance in Manchurian clash
Reports say Chinese forces launched a brisk cannonade and forced Japanese positions at the mouth of a pass. Japanese artillery HQ reportedly retreated a quarter mile as nervousness grew among Japanese troops. A Japanese officer claimed three bridges in Chapei were blown and a bombardment of Hongkew began with field pieces and mountain guns.
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Ately
Chapei
Hongkew
Shiloh Letter Sees Local Visiting Guests
Mrs Walter Turk and Lois God love visited Mrs Lloyd Lewis. Sunday visitors included PR Clem and family with Blanch Clem and the Leon Clem group of Cumberland. Master Bobby Grove of New York visited Lloyd Lewis’s family and grandparents John Lewis. John McNairn and son Roy visited with Ida McKee Olivia McNairn and Mary McKee for John McNairn’s birthday. Sunday visitors to Mrs Olevia Harbaugh’s were Charles Clopper Margaret Winters and daughters Nancy and Ravens.
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Walter Turk
Lois God Jlove
Lloyd Lewis
I PR. W. Clem
Blanch Clem
Leon Clem
Cumberland
Bobby Grove
New York
John Lewis
John McNairn
Roy
Ida McKee
Olivia McNairn
Biss Mary McKee
Dr. Watkins Cottage
Olevia Harbaugh
Charles Clopper
Margaret Winters
Nancy and Ravens
Local Social Notes Mention Smithsburg and Frostburg Figures
Smithsburg and Mrs Kenneth Crowe of Frostburg figure in local social notes. Mrs Olevia McNairn spent Monday in Charlestown.
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Smithsburg
Kenneth Crowe
Frostburg
Olevia McNairn
Monjay
Charlestown
Soviet Plane Passes Pole on North Arctic Flight
Soviet aviator Levaneffsky, aboard a 34 ton cabin monoplane, reported by Fairbanks Station to be en route from Moscow to Oakland California after taking bearings near the pole. The flight aims to study conditions for a regular North Pole to United States service, with refueling points in Fairbanks and Edmonton and an expected speed around 145 mph to conserve fuel. Levaneffsky previously tried a trans polar attempt in 1935 but was halted by a broken oil line over the Arctic Sea.
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Fairbanks
Galkovsky
Vartanian
Societ
Oakland
Calif
Moscow
Levanevsky
Levaneffsky
Arctic Sea
Tanker Campeador Sunk By Italian Saetta, Captain Reports
Captain Felix Gary of the Spanish government tanker Campeador told French officials the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian destroyer Saetta off Kelibia sixty miles northeast of Tunis. Twelve crew members perished including five in the engine room after the first torpedo. Two more torpedoes struck the ship, and the attack was stated to have occurred last night at about 7 PM while the Saetta flew a war flag.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Felix Gary
Campeador
Saeita
Kelibia
Here
Saetta
War fuels Chinatown press in San Francisco
Five Chinese language dailies in San Francisco's Chinatown race to relay Far East war news. The Free War Extra from The Young China reports the Fengtai capture, with 20 000 Cantonese Boston into aid fund efforts for Red Cross and war materials. The community stays tightly linked to China amid overseas letters and telegrams. The Six Companies aviation project evolved into pilots, while most residents are American-born but maintain strong ties to relatives in China. The article notes a lingering sunspot mystery in astronomy.
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San Francisco
Far East
Free War Extra
Young China
Nationalist Party
Fengtai
Gen Chiang
Kai-shek
Japan
John Yehall Chia
Red Cross
China
Shanghai
Chinatown
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Bohman-Warne, Inc
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Chatham
Kenwood
Seiler
Edwards
Washington St
Pole
Iade-Marmam
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Chinatown Printers
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Eels
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