Woman Heroine in Tax Sale Battle Inspires Quiet Aftermath
In Cork, Ireland, August 14, a woman, Mrs. Eamonn O'Neil, shielded civilians during a tax sale clash between 6,000 farmers and 300 civil guards. Her daring pleas halted gunfire. she aided wounded farmer Jeremiah Lynch, who died later. More than 100 injured as guards and farmers faced off, featuring a motor lorry charge and military support.
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Cork
Irish Free State
Eamonn O’neil
Dail
Jeremish Lynch
Lyich
Awarded Trip To Washington For Star Scouts
Ten Star Scouts of Troop 2 at St Pauls U S Church receive a Washington trip for advancement. They aim for a White House audience and visit the Washington Monument Arlington Cemetery Lincoln Memorial museums and Zoological Park. Departure Saturday at 2 pm. they camp on the Monument grounds. Scouts listed include Nichols Statton Waltz Lowman Blom Messersmith Trevinger Zentmyer and Stottlemyer with Scoutmasters Stot tlemyer and Johnston.
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Star Scouts
St. Paul’s U. S. Church
Washington
White House
Washington Monument
Arlington Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial
Museums
Zoological Park
Philip Nichols
Robert Statton
Raymond Waltz
Richard Lowman
David Blom
Richard Messersmith
Lawrence Trevinger
Ralph Zentmyer
Howard Stottlemyer
Howard Johnston
Guards Stage Mimic Battle Across Marsh Creek Boundaries
In Camp Ritchie Maryland the 29th Division conducts a theoretical war against an imaginary Red Army centered around Gettysburg and nearby towns. The exercise, staged under the banner Blue Army, will move into actual field maneuvers Thursday. Staff officers refine battle plans while the 121st Engineers focus on indoor instruction due to mist. Company D wins for tidiest kitchen and camp area.
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Camp Ritchie
Catoctin
South Mountains
Gettysburg
Fairfield
Marsh Creek
Chambersburg
Mercersburg
Carlisle
Milton A. Reckord
Red Army
121St
Lynching of Two Negroes Occurs Near Michigan City
In Ashland Mississippi masked mobs kidnapped two Black men, Robert Jones and Smith Honey, from deputy sheriffs and hanged them from trees near Michigan City in retaliation for the 1933 killing of Dennis Gillispie. Authorities vow a rigid investigation and grand jury probe into the lynching.
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Ashland
Miss
Michigan City
Robert Jones
Smith Honey
Dennis Gillispie
Mark Mason
Gillispie
Jones
Tupelo
Holly Springs
H. H. Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Fred Belk
T. C. Pegram
Mason
Supreme Court
High Court
Steak For Breakfast Diet Pads Gomez Weight Aids Slab Record
Vernon Lefty Gomez aims at the 1934 pitching title on a steak for breakfast plan as his bride watches. The Yankees star, weighing up to 175 in uniform, credits meals for late-inning stamina after starting the season 12 wins and two losses in 15 starts.
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John Stahr
Associated Press
New York
Vernon
Lefty” Gomez
Slim Castilian Carver
Yankees
Earl Whitehill
el Goose
Wesley Ferrell
Gomex
Lefty
Gomez
New York Yankees
Etason
June O'Day
Lefty Gomez and stage wife balance baseball and fame
Stage star wife of Lefty Gomez supports his baseball career with the Yanks while handling a busy life in Rodeo, Cal. Gomez, hitting 24 wins and a 3.18 ERA in 1928, aims for 20-plus victories this season. Mrs. Gomez passes up singing and dancing to root for Vernon in the stands, her thumb bitten in tense moments as Lefty fires fast balls past batters.
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Yanks
Vernon
Lefty
Quick as a cat in box remark on pitchers hitting
A casual remark about a pitcher getting a base hit and the ensuing excitement. The speaker notes a pitcher’s fanfare after a hit and jokes about joining an exhibition game as an outfielder. Names and places are not provided in the readable text.
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Lefty
Labor Day Picnic Planned by Carpenters Union Local 840
Hagerstown and Local 840 United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners announce their seventh annual picnic at Rowe’s Park on Labor Day Monday September 3. James A. Waters chairs a planning committee seeking a well known speaker with details to follow. All union affiliated carpenters and their families are invited. Events start at 10 am lunch at noon.
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Hagerstowtt
United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners
Rowe's Park
James A. Waters
A. R. Schlotterbeck
Secre
Tower to rise on South Mountain for forestry fire control
Aug. 14 report states an 80-foot steel tower will be erected on South Mountain near Dahlgren to serve forestry and fire control work. The site sits on a 1,45 elevation and will be the highest in Western Maryland. The note mentions a profitable chance in Classified Real Estate Acts.
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Frederick
South Mountain
Dahlgren
Maryland
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Western Maryland Kennel Club
George A. Hamid, Inc
Pari-Mutuels
Marjorie Crawford
R. C. Dowling
Yuma
Ariz
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Danny
Dowling
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