Guardsmen of State Begin Maneuvers
Maryland National Guardsmen encamped at Mt Gretna engaged in battle practice ahead of large scale maneuvers with Pennsylvania Guardsmen and 3,000 regular army troops next week. Troops simulated war conditions with smoke bombs as 58th Brigade advanced on the field. Two Marylanders were injured in minor accidents. Private Charles Holmes was thrown by a live wire but expected to return tonight. Private William Berger returned to duty after minor hand injuries from a pistol explosion. An officer mess moment featured a private known as Eight Bells saluting both sides as he explained he was not playing favorites.
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MT. Gretna
Maryland National Guardsmen
Pennsylvania
58Th Brigade
Charles Holmes
68Th Brigade
Lancaster
William Berger
110Th Field Artillery
Eight Bells
104Th Medical Regiment
R. C. O'Connell
Baltimore City
Long-ago fly ball led to patient fielder record
San Jose report recalls Harry Johnson, now a lumberman, who hit a fly ball that hung in a steel trolley pole for years until Henry Volkers, a former opponent, saw workmen tear it down and recover the ball. Also notice on Beaver Creek Community Hall trustee election set for Friday September 6.
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San Jose
Calif
Harry Johnson
Henry Volkers
Grammer
Doniphan Herald Proposes Rain Week Rules
In Doniphan Nebraska the Doniphan Herald outlines a humorous rain week plan with rules such as washing cars, planning picnics in best clothes, leaving outdoors at night, airing bedding curtains and carpets, and farmers cutting hay and leaving it uncovered.
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Doniphan
Neb
Doniphan Herald
Nebraska
the Herald
Deaths and funeral notices from Peetonville and vicinity
Multiple obituaries record deaths in Peetonville Cavetown Smithsburg and Hagerstown areas. Mary A Hull 74 died at daughter Mrs Mills home with funeral at Park Head Church. Anne Elizabeth Doyle 76 died in Caretown with services at Cavetown Smithsburg cemetery. Ralph C Hull 37 died at Washington County Hospital. David Martin Shinham 75 died at Fairview with funeral at Mt Tabor cemetery. Mrs Hell C Hanes formerly of Samples Manor funeral today. Card of Thanks notices follow.
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Mary A. Hull
Thomas Hull
Peetonville
C. A. Mills
Elizabeth Street
Mills
D. Shives
Big Spring
Otho Pierce
N. McCarthy
David
Jerry
Daniel Reed
Anne Elizabeth Doyle
Jacob Doyle
Caretown
Christ Reformed Church
Cavetown
Nathaniel and
Elizabeth Oden
Poolesville
Montgomery County
Gilbert Sigler
Max N
Smithsburg
Franke E
H. Ray Doyle
College Park
Arthur Oden
California
Eugene Oden
William Oden
Edward Plitt
Ralph CG. Hull
Locust Street
Washington County Hospital
St. John’s
Edna Hull
Charles R
Joan
A. Franklin
T. D. Day
Charles Dysers
Walter Cunningham
Leonard Bair
Baltimore
Louise Hull
Charles F
Minnich Funneral
J. Edw. Harms
Rose Hill Cemetery
David Martin Shinham
Fairview
Mary Sowers Shinham
Ralph Shinham
Frederick Shinham
Harrisburg
Robert Shinham
Margaret
Syrael
Simon Snyder
Mt. Tabor
Hell C. Hanes
Samples Manor
W. CG. Grimm
Fourth Street
Hagerstown
Gertrude Jamison
Rosa Martin
Martinsburg
Mary Grimm
Daniel
James Myers
Crosson Due At Seattle Late Today
Crosson completes Alaska to Vancouver leg in a silent air lift. Officials prepare escort planes from Sand Point for the somber final flight south. Crasson offers little comment, saying only that northern Alaska is grief stricken and he knows little about the crash cause.
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Pageberg
Fairbanks
Point Barrow
Post
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Crasson
Vancouver
Alaska
Crosson
Newfoundland
Ireland
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
Vanccouver
Cros- 501
New York City
Pan American Airways
TypHoId Tip Best Of Week Tip Contest Rules
A prize contest rewards quick news tips to the Daily Mail. Drowning tips drew many calls, but a Mitchell venue woman submitted first and won. Tips accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 3 pm and weekends by phone or in person.
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Mitchell Gevyenue
Daily Mail
Churches Sponsor Tressler Concert At City Park
The Tressler Orphans Home will present a concert at City Park sponsored by the Lutheran churches on August 20 and will also be heard in Smuthsburg on August 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Tressler Orphans’ Homeland
Luthern Churchs i
Smuthsburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Clubhouse On River Destroyed By Fire
A Potomac river clubhouse near Antietam Furnace owned by Western Enterprise Fire Company members burned after a coal stove explosion on Saturday. Most contents were destroyed, loss not estimated.
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Potomac
Antietam Furnace
Western Enterprise Fire Company
Fire Company
Oneir
War Hero Pleads With Roosevelt for Bergdoll Pardon
Louis S. Waldman Medal of Honor holder urges President Roosevelt to grant Grover Bergdoll an unconditional pardon. He says Bergdoll, like many wealthy youths, evaded service. Bergdoll seeks return to the United States and possible guilty plea to draft evasion. Waldman details Bergdoll’s Hagerstown hideout, flight to Canada and Germany, marriage there, and Bergdoll’s desire to reunite with family and raise his children in the U S. Waldman cites his own wartime service and honors to support clemency.
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Grover Bergdoll
Hagerstown
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Louis S. Wallman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Waldman
United States
Philadelphia
Canada
Germany
Hls
Plattsburg
Three Hundred and Sixth Infantry
Argonne
Congressional
Fastest Alaska to San Francisco flight chronicles crash photos
Photos of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers crash were rushed to San Francisco in 42 hours. A chain of Pacific Alaska Airways planes carried film from Point Barrow to Fairbanks Juneau Seattle and finally to San Francisco, with Associated Press distributing the developing prints within an hour.
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San Francisco
Point Barrow
Alaska
North America
Associated Preas
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Charles Brower
Arctic
Henry Greist
Presbyterian Hospital
Rogers
Post
Joe Crosson
Pacific Alaska Airways
Crosson
Fairbanks
Alex Holden
Jarman
Lake Kluancée
Y. T
Khuance
Juneau
Bob Ellis
Paul Brewer
Ellis
Brewer
Seattle
Associated Press
Edigon E. Mouton
Farm Moratorium Bill Debated in Senate Fight
Washington Aug 19 with the Senate moving into debate on the Frazier Lemke farm moratorium bill some Democratic leaders predicted it would not become law this session. unnamed legislators said the bill would pass the Senate but the House would not act now. The measure would allow bankrupt farmers to retain lands for three years and is separate from a $3 billion refinancing bill.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Supreme Court
Scarlet stickers cut traffic violations by police plan
Huntington police chief Ray C. Forst credits scarlet windshield stickers with reducing traffic violations by about sixty percent. Motorists may remove the sticker for a dollar. otherwise it stays on the car for thirty days. Separately, Fountain Head Water Company incorporators are listed, and a batch of marriage licenses from Pennsylvania and nearby states is noted.
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Huntington
Ind
Ray C. Forst
Adjourment by Saturday on utility bill deadlock
President backs the utility bill abolition plan but Congress resists. Barkley seeks a conference compromise while Rayburn plans to prompt House action. The compromise would let the Federal Power Commission decide which holding companies to eliminate, with routes for court challenges remaining open.
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Senate
House
Senate House
Congress
Barkley
Rayburn
Tex
Federal Power Commission
Autoist Is Held Following Crash Near Leitersburg
E C Coffman of near Waynesboro Pennsylvania was arrested on three charges after a late Saturday night crash near Leitersburg that injured Edward R Woltz of Ringgold and his wife Mrs Woltz. Coffman faces reckless driving failing to render aid after an accident and driving without a license. A hearing before Magistrate Walter Sleasman at Smithsburg is set for tomorrow.
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E. C. Coffman
Waynesboro
Leitersburg
Coffman
Edward R. Woltz
Ringgold
Woltz
Hopson Back on Stand in Lobby Probe Testimony
Washington reports Senate lobby investigators recalled Howard C. Hopson, a utilities figure, to detail his role in directing protests against the Associated Gas and Electric System campaign to defeat the Roosevelt utilities bill. Lawmakers aim to probe lobbying for the next session as the bill stalls in conference.
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Washington
Senate
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric
Congress
House
Pettengill
D. Ind
Roosevelt
Hopson
Invasion of Ethiopia Seen as Inevitable
A Malian spokesman noted England would not let Italy seize Ethiopia alone and France framed Italy’s push as a League test. French official urged the League to triumph or risk chaos as Mussolini presses to conquer Ethiopia, comparing it to Austria’s Serbia actions.
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England
Italy
Ethiopia
Austria
Serbia
Mussolini
League
Japan
Germany
Lawson Reichard Speaks at Park Sermon Night
Lawson F Reichard spoke at an outdoor service sponsored by the Washington County Young People's Christian Federation. The event featured St Pauls Evangelical Church in charge of services with music by First Christian Church directed by Asher Edelman. Reichard urged youths to know themselves be honest develop talents seek happiness through abundant Christian living.
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Washington County
Young People's Christian Federation
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
First Christian Church
Asher Edelman
Kenneth Sinn
God
Franklin Co Seethes as Democrats See Path to Local Offices
Encouraged by a Democratic landslide last year the Jeffersonian party in Franklin county aims to win many county offices at the November general election. A total of 412 candidates seek offices from President Judge to judge of election in small districts. Primaries fall September 17. Incumbent Judge Watson R. Davison is unopposed for the Republican nomination while T. Z. Minehart, longtime Democratic leader, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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Franklin County
Watson R. Davison
T. Z. Minehart
Man Barricades Road Over Assessment Charge
Samuel Swerdon protested a $450 highway improvement tax by barricading the road in front of his home. He charged motorists 10 cents to pass as punishment. He received a 15 day jail sentence to ponder society’s ways.
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Fair Lawn
N. J
Samuel Swerdon
Trapped By Eggs In Hen Nest At Bertrand Neb
Frank Buck would have made a film of this. A Drullsnake with an egg appetite squeezed its head through a knothole into a hen’s nest and got stuck. Andrew Olson testifies he found the snake bisected and rescued the eggs.
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Bertrand
Neb
Frank Buck
Andrew Olson
Local Justice Conducts Humorous Marriage Rite
In Phoenix on August 19 a justice of the peace completed a wedding ceremony for a groom who joked about paying a fee with a silver dollar and two pennies. The judge replied with a quip about the “Governor Moyeurs Jute ury tax” as the cash was laid on the desk.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Harry Westfall
Justice of the Peace
Chicago grain market sure to please
A Chicago grain market note highlights a $3.00 special permanent wage offer from Davison Battery Shipyard, contact Ph. 1737W for details and potential employment terms.
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Davison
Taxation and pensions loom in state talks
A Maryland legislative push on relief, taxation, and old age pensions is shaping up with Governor’s support for pre session discussions. Senators Veasey and Kimble outline plans for local government tax sharing and a 15 percent state income tax, projecting about 6.9 million dollars annually. The DuPont yacht carried 20 senators to Annapolis, docking near Cambridge after a bay voyage.
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Rayemond EB. Kennedy
Kansas
Maine
Mil
Milton L. Veasey
D. Worcester
Robert B. Kimble
R. Allegany
Veasey
DuPont
Annapolis
Cambridge
Firemen Meeting Planned Tonight in Williamsport Hall
The Volunteer Fire Company of Williamsport will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 o'clock this evening in the company hall within the town building. Spencer Corsetry advertises posture correcting line with new materials from M. Osborne at 1437 Ady.
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Fire Company of
Williamsport
Spencer
M. Osborne
Ady
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