Onus Paid to Soldier in Ishington County
Mark E Sharer, son of Mrs R V Sharer of Elm Street, becomes the first in Ishington County to receive a $75 soldier's pension payment bonus announced at the local recruiting station yesterday. Sergeant Chop reported reenlistment bonuses are now paid to all regular Army men who reenlist within 90 days of discharge. Other local youths reenlisting or enlisting include Nilliard E Space, formerly a stock singer, for the Air Corps in the Hawaiian Islands, and William Theodore Light, brother of Mrs Winifred Martin, listed for the Air Corps at Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Mark E, Sharer
R. V. Sharer
Elm Street
Ishington County
U. S. My
Chop
Spich
Seular Army
Isharer
Edical Department
Washington
Nilliard E. Space
Stock Sunger
Air Corps
Waiian Islands
William ‘Theodore Light
Winifred Martin
Langley
Local youths enlist in multiple military branches
Field Va. reports several area youths joining the armed forces including William F. Maugans heading to Langley Field with plans for West Point prep, Thomas J. Pryor and Robert B. Kremer enlisting in Coast Artillery in the Philippines, and others in the Air Corps and Ordnance. Local recruiting office solicits applicants for all branches with Hawaii Panama and Philippine postings, open 8 am to 9 pm daily except Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Smith
Ordnance Department
Hawaii
Panama
Philippine Islands
Morgan Plans For Return To London
Balmoral Scotland Aug 23 The American financier J P Morgan, who has been at Gannochy lodge for grouse shooting, announced last night he would return to London because of the international crisis. Gas masks were distributed to the royal castle and surrounding area as King George prepared to return to London.
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Balmoral
Scotland
J. P. Morgan
Gannochy Lodge
London
Royal Castle
George
Tarzan Thriller Opens On Academy Screen
Tarzan star Johnny Sheffield plays a five year old castaway in a jungle plane wreck tale. A safari team pursues clues of the missing plane while the child becomes central to a succession dispute as Weissmuller and apes join the rescue.
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Johnny Sheffield
America
New York
Tarzan
Weissmuller
Baby Sandy film shown in last performances at Henry's
Henry's Theatre presents Unexpected Father a Universal comedy starring Baby Sandy Mischa Auer Shirley Ross Dennis O Keefe Joy Hodges and Donald Briggs among others showing today in the final showings. Movietone News and two Technicolor cartoons Peaceful Neighbors also accompany the program, reflecting Hollywood's darling child star and her playful gender antics.
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Universal
Baby Sandy
Mischa Auer
Shirley Ross
Dennis O'Keefe
Joy Hodges
Donald Briggs
Henry
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
East Side of Heaven
Sandy
Movietone
Aiso
Washington County Farmers' Picnic Plans Unveiled at City Park
Plans for the twenty third annual Washington County Farmers picnic at City Park are set for tomorrow starting 11 15 am with a Rokversville Band concert. Dr O S E Baker of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics will speak and a noon picnic dinner will be followed by band music, singing, and the 4 H Girls Style Revue. Berice Gantz, Hilda Clopper, and Ruth Holder perform, with E Ingram Oswald leading the silver anniversary Extension Service program. 4 H boys perform Ploughing Song and Guy Poftenberger sings Three Little Fishes. A large attendance is expected.
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Washington
Betting At Cumberland Tracks Rises Near Ten Percent
The Cumberland Fair Association reported to the State Racing Commission that betting at the recent Cumberland race meeting rose about 10 percent from 1938. Mutuel totals for the two week meet ended Saturday at 864,504 versus 789,188 in 1925, with Hagerstown showing a similar rise. Ten days of racing totaled 632,974, up from 554,348 last year.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Fair Association
State Racing Commission
Hagerstown
Senator Bone breaks hip in Tacoma fall at home
Senator Omer T. Bone slipped on a freshly waxed floor at his Tacoma home on Tuesday. He sustained a broken hip and will be confined to bed for several months, hospital attendants said. The brief item notes how classified ads claim quicker results, mentioning an ad in time.
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Tacoma
Wash
Omer T. Bone
Not Guilty Plea Entered In Case Durant Okla
John O Storey a 60 year old fly spray peddler pleaded innocent to murder charges in the death of his third wife Ethel locked in a smokehouse and burned he was held without bond County Attorney Bill Steger said Storey also collected over 1000 on each of three sons who died violently while he contends their deaths were accidental
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Durant
Okla
John O. Storey
Ethel
Bill Steger
Storey
Emblems Presented For Long Service At Telephone Company
J A Kregele a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone employee in Hagerstown received a ruby emblem for twenty five years of service. Laura Mullen earned a three star emblem for fifteen years. In August seventy eight Maryland C and P Telephone employees were awarded emblems, totaling one thousand sixty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Kregele
Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
A. L. Simpson
Laura ¥. Mullen
C. and P. Telephone Company
Maryland
Charge Father Chained 2 Sons in Tennessee
In Chattanooga on August 22 an unemployed father of eight, Jess Cline, 43, was jailed after being charged with inhuman treatment for chaining two sons by the necks and imprisoning two daughters in a closet for eight hours. Nathan Cline, 53, and Henry Cline, 6, were chained to beds with neck chains. Minnie Frances, 9, and Jeanette, 1 were kept in a vented closet. The W P A worker said the family claimed they had to keep them off the streets. The wife cited police complaints as prompting the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Henry
The
Humane Educational Society
Jess Cline
Hubert Bennett
Nathan Cline
Henry
Minnie Frances
Jeanette
W.P.A
W-P.a
DeMolay Plan for Meeting in Hagerstown
The DeMolay convention in Hagerstown September 3-4 will feature a city key presentation by Councilman Vernon M. Miller followed by an address from Captain C. H. McCleary. Mayberty Patterson said about two hundred members from Maryland chapters will attend the seventh annual Maryland State Conclave. Highlights include a banquet and dance at the Masonic Temple with the George Washington Orchestra of Winchester, Virginia, plus the selection of Miss DeMolay of Maryland. Dad Walter Byron Stehl will lead vesper services Sunday evening as the first chair.
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Hagerstown
Hapgerstown
Vernon M. Miller
C. H. McCleary
Mayberty Patterson
Maryland
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
George Washington Orchestta
Winchester
DeMolay
Walter Byron Stehl
Stehl
Potas-4-Fras Marketed For Hay Fever Relief
An ad touts Potas-4-Fras as a potent hay fever remedy promising rapid relief from choking and nasal irritation. It claims quick, easy, cheap symptom relief and promotes purchasing exclusively at Cauffman’s Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Cauffman
Cut Rate
Adv
Banquet Speakers Named for Hagerstown Advisory Council
M. W. Acers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington will be the guest speaker at the banquet. Henry Holzapfel Jr. will serve as toastmaster, with the man noted as a member of the Advisory Council of the Hagerstown Chapter serving again in that role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
M. W. Acers
Federal Bureau of Investigation of
Washington
Henry Holzapfel, Jr
Prisoners Escape From Penal Farm
Two lifeterm slayers fled from a London penal farm as guards fired, during an inquiry by State Welfare Director Charles Sherwood into four other escapes. The pair broke from a corn field crew while authorities hunted a quartet who fled after an inmate baseball game. Escapes named Louis Kuhen, 26, and Steve Bolan, 36, with prior holdup slayings and sentences from Belmont and Hamilton counties.
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London
Charles Sn. Sherwood
Louis Kuhen
Belmont County
William Meeker
Steve Bolan
Hamilton County
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Morgan
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