Governor and Legion Chief Address Hagerstown Tonight
Louis A. Johnson national commander of the American Legion and Governor Albert C. Ritchie will open the 15th annual Maryland Legion convention at the State Armory in Hagerstown this evening at 8. The event is public with welcome remarks by Major Irvin M. Wertz and a reply by Brigadier General Milton A. Reckord. Auxiliary president Mrs. Ruby Owens Wheatley will greet attendees as the two-day program includes songs, sermons, and addresses by Johnson and Ritchie, plus adjournment and a nose-warming social at Legion Hall. Two candidates for state commander are Caesar L. Aielo and Howard W. Cutler.
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Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
Albert C. Ritchie
State Armory
The
Department of Maryland
Legion
Jin
Legion’ and Auxiliary
Lexion
Samuel Fleagié
Donald Reed
L. J. Shircliff
Charles
H. Roderick
R. A. McMichael
Irvin M
Wertz
Hagerstown
Reponse
Milton A. Reckord
Jonathan E. Wheatley
Department
Harlan Johnson
Legion Convention
Masonic Temple
Caesar L. Aielo
Hyattsville
Howard W. Cutler
Montgomery County
Outdoor Events Postponed By Severe Weather
Weather delays force postponement of the Summer Mardi Gras program by the Hagerstown Fire Company and an all-star baseball game at City Stadium, moved to tomorrow night. Nebraska Hastings hospital reports high cabbage consumption during summer, with patients and attendants consuming about 2,000 pounds daily.
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South
Nebraska State Hospital
Hastings
Mass Meeting Called for Building Trades and Laborers
A mass meeting of all mechanics of the building trades along with mechanics and laborers of other trades has been called for tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in Moose Hall on West Antietam Street. Prominent speakers will be present. All interested are urged to attend.
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Moose‘ Hall
West Antietam Street
Deaths and funeral notices from Boyce and Spring Grove
Deaths reported include Mrs Lizzie Carper of Boyce Virginia who died at home and whose funeral is set for Wednesday at 2 p m at the Methodist church with interment at Old Chapel. Also Rev Dr Albert Oswald Mullen of Spring Grove Pennsylvania died after ten months illness, survived by Lulu Bikle wife and others, funeral in St Pauls Lutheran Spring Grove then burial in Rose Hill Hagerstown. Infant William Wessley Gish, five months old, died at 16 North Potomac street. funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at Suter funeral home.
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Boyce
Stanley Carper
Charles Lanhan
H. A. Hamilton
John and Lee Hamilton
Fort Worth
Texas
Hebert Montgomery
Lexington
Methodist
Albert Oswald Mullen
St. Paul's
Spring Grove
Mullen
Lulu Bikle
Christian F. Bikle
Fred Bikle
Betty Mullen
Baltimore
Phillip H. Mullen
Swissvale
William Wessley Gish
Albert J. Gish
North Potomac Street
Suter
Government moves to fix milk prices and control production
Government plans would set blanket and supplemental price agreements for milk with local appeals for areas needing adjustments. Aimed to narrow the spread between producer and consumer prices to 5 or 6 cents, the proposal would also authorize local committees to fix total milk production within defined sheds to prevent overproduction.
Former Local Boy Amos Worthington Seeks Legion Post Candidacy
Amos D Worthington former local boy and star athlete announces bid for the department executive committee of the American Legion. A Baltimore Post 81 delegate he led the post to trophies in 1927 and earned the 1929 Harlan Johnson trophy for recruiting. He will be joined by Fred Baugh the post commander and department treasurer.
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Amos D. Worthington
Department
American’ Legion
Legion
Baltimore
Worthington
Mary Wilson Worthington
England
France
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B and O
American Legion
Harlan Johnson
Department of Maryland
Fred Baugh
Galloway Reaches 50 Years With Baltimore and Ohio R R
Charles W. Galloway, vice president in charge of operation and maintenance for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, marks his 50th year of service. He began at 14 as a messenger boy, joining a family with long ties to the road. He became assistant superintendent in 1899 and superintendent of the Cumberland division in 1901 at age 23.
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Baltimore
Charles W. Galloway
Baltimore and ‘Ohio Railroad
Galloway
William Galloway
Ellicott’s Mills
Ellicott City
How They Spent Their Par Rate Increases
Kansas City report shows NR A wage boosts led four workers to marry while another used the funds to file backlogged divorce papers. The mail order house surveyed employees on how the raises affected their personal lives.
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Kansas City
Colored man dies at home in city
Frank Brown aged 60 died at his home 48 Bloom avenue this morning at noon. He leaves several brothers and sisters in Virginia. Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 30 at Free Will Baptist church with Rev. Chas Cemer officiating. Interment Rose Hill.
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Frank Brown
Bloom Avenue
Virginia
Free Will Baptist Church
Chas. Cemer
Rose Hill
Brothers to Face Charge in Williamsport Arrest
Lloyd Stevens and John Stevens were held on $500 bond each on assault on officers and resisting arrest charges, to be heard tomorrow at 10 before Justice Harry Snyder. The pair were arrested early yesterday at their Williamsport home amid a chicken theft case tied to C. Edgar Lrncker near Mercersburg, with Lloyd facing extradition after a midnight warrant.
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Lloyd Stevens
John Stevens
Harry Snyder
Willamsport
C. Edgar Lrncker
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania
Richard Renner
Edgar Brant
Storm Causes Widespread Damage Along Chesapeake Bay
Heavy winds and flooding disrupted communications and traffic from Ocean City to Havre de Grace. The Chesapeake Bay shoreline and Eastern Shore endured high waves, washed-out highways, and marooned vacationers as rainfall reached 3.5 inches. Dam concerns grew on Del-Mar-Va line, with 60 mph winds and lines to Leonardtown out of order. City of Havre de Grace and Norfolk traffic halted as harbor activity paused. State Roads Commission crews marked detours after washouts on US 13 between Salisbury and Delmar and near Powellville.
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Chesapeake Bay
Havre
Ocean City
Maryland
Atlantic
Associated Press
Sinepuxent Bay
Salisbury
Wicomico River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Del-Mar-Va
Coast Guard
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Leonardtown
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Cutom Channel
Norfolk
State Roads Commission
Harry D. Williar
Roads’ Commission
Delmar
Poweilllville
Gandhi Ends Fast After Unconditional Release
In Poona on August 23 Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from custody ending his eighth day fast in protest against the government’s denial of privileges to campaign for untouchables. The frail nationalist began the fast to press for rights for the untouchable class.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Big Liner Madison in Coast Storm Heavy Winds
Navy and weather officials tracked a severe storm as the big liner Madison faced a Force 10 hurricane near Hampton Roads. Communications were disrupted along the coast and naval stations monitored distress frequencies while hoping the ship could endure four more hours of the gale.
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Navy Department
Arlington, Va
Madison
Naval Communications
Norfolk
Indianapolis
Hampton Roads
Naval
Bureau of Aeronautics
State Legion Convention Opens With Lectures and Parade
Major Byron will lecture on the Battle of Antietam at Burnside Bridge 7 PM. A Pilgrimage to Antietam is invited. The Legion banquet and dance follow at the Masonic Temple Thursday. Friday features a 2 PM military parade forming at Washington and Prospect Streets, then to Public Square and High School, with drum corps contests. The climax is a 6 PM pageant and sham battle at Hagerstown Fairgrounds.
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Joseph W. Byron
Chamber of Commerce
Antietam
Byron
Burnside Bridge
Masonic Temple
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Fairgrounds
Legion Drum Corps
Legionnaires
Washington
Prospect Streets
Public Square
Potomac St
Legion
Hagerstown Fairgrounds
Washington County
Alexander
Armory
Festival Postponed To Tuesday August Twenty Ninth
Zion Reframed Sunday School advertisement announces festival postponement to Tuesday August 29 with event details and schedule updates.
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Zion
Two Lifelong Companions Share Fate in Budapest Grave
In Szeny village Joseph Zvizkelety and Joseph Nyikwé, born and married on the same days, died and were buried together in a common grave. Gail H. Wolfe, by attorney D K McLaughlin, filed for divorce from Elsie R. Wolfe on statutory grounds in court today.
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Budapart
Joseph’ Zvizkelety
Joseph Nyikwé
Szeny
Gail H. Wolfe
D. K. McLaughlin
Elsie R. Wolfe
Dr Plummer to Speak at Kiwanis Meet in Bay Ridge
Kiwanis International Capital district marks fifteen years with a Bay Ridge Maryland gathering August 29 1928 featuring Rev Dr F Berry Plummer Hagerstown governor 1921 as keynote on Fifteen Years of Community Service Edwin F Hill Washington current governor presiding Golf tournament at Annapolis Roads course ladies bridge at Bay Ridge pavilion and evening shore dinner with a song fest uniting Washington Virginia Maryland and Delaware delegates.
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Kiwanis International
Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Bay Ridge
Baltimore Club
Capital District
F. Berry Plummer
Hagerstown
Edwin F. Hill
Ton
Annapolis Roads
Baur Houge
Bay ‘Ridge
Washingon
Maryland Editor Wilkson Dies Amid Heart Trouble
William Henry Wilkinson editor of the Caroline Sun died at 61 from heart trouble at his sister’s Ocean View home after arriving with family for a visit. He was a longtime Maryland figure and a friend of Governor Albert Ritchie, noted in state circles. The notice also lists a Junior Fire Company meeting and a Lutheran church supper ads.
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Norfolk
William Henry Wilkinson
Caroline Sun
Maryland
Ida E. Benderached
Ocean View
Albert ©. Ritchie
Wilkinson
General Reckord Speaks on Veterans Bureau Truth
Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord spoke at a Rotary Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Alexander, detailing the Veterans Bureau situation on compensation. He said he would tell the truth about the old compensation law and the President's economy Act, noting worthy veterans unfairly affected and that reforms are sought by veterans groups and service organizations.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Milton A. Reckord
Rotary
Kiwaois
Alexander
Reckord
Legion
Wanted for Miller Form Fitting Truss Clinic Ad
Wanted: rupture fitting truss clinic advertisement in Ha gerstown Maryland. Miller Form fitting clinic on 4th floor Grand Building. Office hours 9:57 to 5. Adv.
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Grand Bldz
Hagerstown
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