Summer Marat to Open Tonight at Willow Lane Grounds
Summer Marat officially opens tonight at Willow Lane show grounds near E Yelock with the largest array of attractions in the section. Heavy rain canceled the pre opening Saturday. crowds viewed from cars as Harlem Night Club performers entertained. A large dance pavilion rises as Dave Hagan and his Southerners, Maryland's premier 14 piece band, perform midweek, with John Funk and his Potomac Club Orchestra booked for tonight tomorrow and Friday. Dancing starts at 8 o'clock.
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Yelock
Willow Lane
Dave Hagan
Maryland
John Funk
Potomac Club
Mardi Gras parade and boxing event in Hagerstown
Tonight an athletic show features four four round bouts with top local talent under the park plan. The Mardi Gras parade tomorrow at 7 pm promises large crowds in Hagerstown with multistate attendees, five silver cups for winning companies, and uniformed clubs from Maryland to Virginia. Charles W. Boyer leads Washington County Baseball League officials. The parade opens venues with boxing and wrestling acts from the region, trucks provided by Hoffman Chevrolet, and announcer Dick Welder. Admission is free. A separate police note mentions a 12-officer roundup for suspected chicken thieves in Alnthe Kansas.
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Umts
Lappeal
Hageratown, A. K
Coffman
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Eash
Charles W. Boyer
Washington County Baseball League
Hoffman Chevrolet Company
Dick Welder
Jack Riffey
Bill Zimmerman
Burgess
Williamsport
Takoma Park
Cumberland Valley
Chambersburg
Quincy
Appari Ua
Charles Town
South Hagerstown Fire Company
Driver Killed In Auto Crash In Winchester
Maurice Hugo Milburn, 21, died when his car hit a truck carrying five tons of blasting powder. The truck overturned but the powder did not explode. C. B. Brown and Claude Brown, both of Asheville, N C, escaped unharmed. Police hold the driver for investigation. Powder owned by H J Sutton Company of Asheville, en route to Bluefield coal fields, W Va.
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Winchester
Maurice Hugo Milburn
C. B. Brown
Asheville
N. C
Claude Brown
H. J. Sutton Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Local Market Prices for Farm Produce and Meats
Prices paid to farmers for butter lard bacon shoulders hams and poultry listed in a local market. Fresh potatoes onions beans dried fruits and various fruits are shown with per pound and per bushel rates. Prices vary by item and quality with live turkeys 18 to 20 cents per pound and fresh berries and cherries priced per quart.
Man Accused of Paint Daubing on Summit Avenue
Joseph Andrews, 45, Cen terville, arrested by Patrolman Stoner after alleged daubing of black paint on two porches in the 500 block of Summit avenue on Saturday afternoon. He posted cash bond of 25 dollars for a dis orderly conduct hearing. Police report he sought painting work and, after rejections at two houses, smeared porches. A search found a 50 dollar bill and a 5 dollar bill on Andrews.
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Summit ‘Avenue
Joseph Andrews
Centerville
Stoner
Andrews
Summit Avenue
Plans Perfected for Opening Trial
Prosecution and defense finalized their preparations for the trial of David A. Lamoon a 31 year old former Stanford University Press executive charged with murdering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson. The defense and E M Rea spent the day in Lamson's county jail cell reviewing evidence they believe will show he did not kill his wife in their Stanford campus cottage.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamoon
Stanford University Press
Allene Thorpe Lamson
E. M. Rea
Lamson
Stanford
Standford
Repeal Wins in Missouri by a Wide Margin
Missouri voters approved the twenty first amendment repeal by about three to one, with 483 416 for and 125 389 against from 3 449 of 4 104 precincts. St Louis and Kansas City heavily favored repeal, while anti repeal forces conceded. Tate of the Anti Saloon League vowed to contest in the Supreme Court. A Missouri Supreme Court test case had failed. Utah seeks cactus removal embargo as a natural resource move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri
Ledger
Kansas City
Tate
State Anti- Saloon League
United States Supreme Court
Missouri Supreme Court
Carnival planned in Thurmont with parade and events
Thurmont gears up for a August 1 to September 1 carnival by the Guardian Hose Company. A Labor Day two mile parade at 5 pm will feature boxing wrestling bands dancing and more with about fifteen floats six bands and drill corps listed. Prizes to be awarded in the parade. A theft led to a yard discovery of stolen bed quilts in Wichita Kansas after a nearby package was tossed and investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Guardian Hose Company
John Lovell
Wichita
Kan
Cumberland Fair Opens Today in Western Maryland
Cumberland Md Aug 21 The Cumberland Fair opens today and runs five days at the picturesque grounds by the Potomac river. Harry A Manley general manager and president of the Fair Association says everything is ready to welcome crowds for the annual event. The five day racing meet on the Cumberland half mile track begins Tuesday. Charles Wantler of Paramount, an employee of Station Furniture Company, sustained a hand injury at work and was taken to Washington County Hospital. An 11 inch branch from a crab apple tree near Nocona Tex held 55 apples.
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Cumberland
Potomac River
Maryland
Harry A. Manley
The
Fair Association
Charles Wantler
Paramount
Station Furniture Company
Washington County Hospital
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Eel Ual CC
Eran Veu
Howard's
E. Balto. St
Alnthe
Kas
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Doz
PEAS
Olze
Sunyfeld
Meat Department
Public Square
Pee Eae
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
New York
Philadelphia
Lenora
Miami
Senora Machado
Sanches Y. Aballi
Senora
Ramon Grau
Pawnee
Best Paint
Hagerstown
John D. Myers & Co
N. Potomac
Tristate Electrical Supply CO
Ischindel - Rohrer
Goodyear Service, Inc
Qoopyear Tire
Prest-O-Lite Battery Service
Utah Natural Resources Association
H.R. Rudy Hotal
Hamilton
Corner
Ife
Barat RE
Garver Furniture Co
North Potomac Street
Henry Huddleston
Rogers
Standard Chaisionaire
Pauline van der Vort Dresser
Colonel Rogers
Associated
Corpa
Prises
Nocona
Tex
R. D. McKee
House of Fear
Brick Bradford
Bloond
Amaru
Tupac Huayna
William Ritt
Clarence Gray
Daily Mail
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