Two Chambers Offer Mayor Aid for Charter Commission
Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce plan to assist Mayor Sweeney in securing Charter Commission members. A meeting at Hotel, Alexander, set up a joint committee to approach the mayor before September 1, when the act could become void. The panel would include two members from each ward plus two at large, to revise the City Charter by referendum. The second item notes new safe home canning methods for vegetables, beef, pork and chicken using home steam pressure canners.
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Richard H. Sweeney
New Charter Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Alexander
Sweeney
Charter Commission
Bureau of Human, Nutrition and Home Economics
Alabama Governor Never Comments On Affairs Of Heart
In Santa Monica, Governor James E. Folsom of Alabama visited California where he met Virginia Warren, daughter of Governor Earl Warren. Folsom declined to comment on marriage proposals, saying, “I never comment on affairs of the heart,” while Virginia said he sent flowers after a governors conference in Salt Lake City.
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Alabama
Santa Monica
Calif
California
James E. Folsom
Virginia Warren
Earl Warren
Warren
Alabanan
Miss Warren
Folsom
Pastor Haddaway Dies After 53 Years in Ministry
Rev Dr George W Haddaway aged 82 died today in Baltimore after a long illness. He served Methodist parishes in Baltimore and on the Eastern Shore for 53 years. The tulip notes a separate fact about wild Persian growth.
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Baltimore
George W. Haddaway
Heitfer Family Wins Peoria Rental Privilege
In Peoria on August 19, the Heitfer children and their parents competed in a public drawing for the city’s condemned two story house rent. The Heitfers, living in one room with a blind grandmother nearby, will move to the rental property after the commission and aldermen postponed selecting a renter.
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Peoria
Haroh Heitfer
Jlans
Public Works Commission
Heilier
Anoiher
Plane Mishap Causes Sought
An Air Force plane flying from Kwajalein to Oahu ran into disaster as engines failed one after another. Survivors include Capt. T L Rider Col Harvey Huglin and Sgt L C Holland. The ship disappeared into a pitch black night after a wing struck the sea and the aircraft cartwheeled.
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Guam
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
T. L. Rider
Kawajalein
Kwajalein-Oahu
Honolulu
Stil
Little Johnston Island
Oahu
Johnston Tower
Hickam
Lo Seaair Rescue Center
Col
Harvey Huglin
Fairfield. la
L.c. Holland
Cotmesneil
Tex. T
Cooler Weather Heads East Across Plains and Great Lakes
A cold front from the west is sliding toward the Midwest and Plains with possible crop friendly rains. The Chicago Weather Bureau warned it is too early to gauge rain amounts but relief from extreme heat is likely for most Plains states within 48 hours. The Great Lakes region should see temperatures fall by about 15 degrees, while rainfall could range from scattered showers to a potential drought breaker. Outside this push most of the nation remains hot with 90s in the Appalachians to the Rockies.
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Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Plains States
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Appalachiin
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Comedian Falls Unscheduled From Hotel Window
Philadelphia August 18 Henry Hap Ray an Atlanta based comedian known for slapstick tumbles collapsed 18 feet to a sidewalk from a second floor hotel room. He suffered a compound fracture of his right arm. Ray told police he was a chronic somnambulist and had been walking in his sleep while en route to Union City New Jersey management.
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Philadelphia
Henry
Hap) Ray
Atlanta
Jefferson Hospital
Union City
N. J
Sprankle Held In Club Slaying
Witnesses testified about a confrontation in a club room where Sprankle grappled with Andrews using a chair front leg and a rocking chair leg. Andrews lay on a cot covered in blood, a bloody stick was found, and Baker and Stone entered as police were awaited.
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Sprankle
Andrews
Louise Stone
Walter Baker
Baker
Mad remark about neighbor feud echoes across town
A fragment quotes a heated remark about a neighbor, suggesting strong tension and implied conflict within a local dispute, reflecting a public mood rather than a formal event. The line hints at personal clashes and potential escalation without detailing any action taken.
Honeymoon Plans Must Wait Awhile
In Chicago on August 19, Frederick Felde, 24, and his 18 year old bride Dorothe, were jailed for burglary. Felde received three to six years, Dorothe one to two years, for burglaries tied to their July 20 arrest after their wedding at City Hall. Best man Leo Arvanitakis, 19, was convicted in one burglary with case continued to August 20. A separate note cites a 14th century velvet cape at Mount St Mary College in Chesterfield, England.
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Chicago
Frederick Felde
Dorothe
Harold G. Ward
City Hall
Leo Arvanitaikis
Haserstown Smoke Rules Limit Coal to Meet Ordinance
A proposed Haserstown ordinance would bar fuels failing to meet set standards and require inspections of furnaces using special fuels. Testing suggests bituminous coals from Somerset Clearfield Georges Creek Upper Potomac Pocahontas and New River regions likely meet requirements. Burrill urges publication and notes efforts to curb widespread smoke from railroads industries and buildings. Todt Hill Staten Island at 409 feet is the highest Atlantic seacoast point south of Maine.
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Somerset
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Georges Creek
Upper Potomac
Maryland
West Virginia
Pocahontas
New River
Haserstown
Burrill
Hagerstown
Staten Island
New York
Atlantic Seacoast
Maine
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Anna Lee Gilbert Roland Warren Douglas
Doh Suv HC
Darey ST
Parsons
Akron
Ohio
Kenny Holmyer
Charleston
Weins
University
Virginia
Brandenburg
Eugene Forde
Sol M. Wurtzel
20Th Century-Fox
Ernest J. King
U.S. Pieet
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
U. S&s. Navy
Wother
Dobbs
Bia
Hagers
W. & Mason
Alexander Hotel
Reventh Ave
Nesver Falls
Pormeriy
Gerald B. Johns
Germany
Irmgard Stieger
Johns
Wrightsville
Exil
Miss Stieger
Kronberg Castle
Bride
Europe
Serge Koussevitsky
Boston Sphony Orchestra
Olga Naumoff
Lenox
Mass
NEW Wonder Liquid
College of Mount St. Mary
Chesterfield
England
al Wy
Antora Preduet
Pim Corp
Livestock Market
Phos
Danzer Metal Works Company
Deve
Hill’s Toy & Novelty
Potomac St
Veese
General Acceptance Corporation
Jonathan Street
Earl Neikirk
Mer
Nestués
DELCO
Delco-Heat
General Motors
H & H Distributing Co
Frederick St. Hagerstown
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