Mussolini Holds Rome Talks With Hitler On War Readiness
Rome August 26 A authoritative source says Mussolini met with Italian high command at Palazzo Venezia to discuss military preparation and possible mobilization. A double telephonic exchange with Hitler was disclosed, with Ciano guiding the talks and Bernardo Ottolico delivering Mussolini’s replies. The Italian press urged peace while noting 2 million called to arms and blaming Britain and France for the crisis.
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Rome
Mussolini
Palazzo A Venezia
Hitler
Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Galeazzo Ciano
Palazzo Venezia
Bernardo Ottolico
Berlin
Mussoni
von Mackensen
Great Britain
France
Court Session Abandoned for Lack of Magistrates
The January Whitland Police Court sitting was abandoned due to the absence of five magistrates for varying reasons, leaving the court unable to proceed with its adjudications.
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Whitland
Wales
Deaths in Hagerstown area claim several longtime residents
Obituaries report the passing of William 8 Porter a 73 year old post office carrier of Hagerstown at 616 West Franklin Street after a three year illness. Also listed are Annie Maria Eigenbrode and infant Richard Fillmore Stoner with funeral details and survivors. Additional notices cover Isaiah Evert Bowser of Chewsville with service details and interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Porter
Hagerstown
West
Franklin Street
Sharpsburg
Charles W
Mary (Stiffler) Porter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
The
Elks Lodge
Anna Seybold Porter
W. Geary
Thomas H. Porter
Earl Blankenship
Washington
A. K
Annie Maria (Winebrenner) Eigenbrode
William J. Higenbrode
William Donaldson
Boonsboro
Trinity Reformed Church
Waynesboro
Thomas and
Annie (Hankey) Winebrenner
Fairfield
Marguerite Eigenbrode
Raymond L
Lloyd D
Greencastle
Sters
D. W. Zentz
Augustus Orner
Gettysburg
W. M
Highfield
T. J
Donaldson
Samuel Lohbaugh
U. B
Thurmont
Richard Fillmore Stoner
Richard Stoner
Porterstown
Mt. Briar Church
Rev
Wesley Churchey
Isaiah Evert Bowser
Chewsville
Pearl Etta Bowser
George R
Paramount
Arthur
Ernest
Paul
Benjamin
Charles
Ethel Longnecker
Hari
Gertrude
Lloyd
Stanley
Reno
Elizabeth Pryor
Nora Kendall
Baltimore
Florence Baker
Harmony
Harry Mong
James Bowser
Rouzerville
Snell
Smithsburg Cemetery
Golfer hits three holes in one in single day in Springfield
Springfield Illinois August 26 Paul Sheibley a left handed golfer achieved three holes in one in a single day. He aced at 100 yards from a driving range tee after 4 857 shots and needed 1000 shots before the first ace. He totaled 6001 shots from 7 am to 11 30 pm. Card of thanks follows for grief support and flowers for George W Gray.
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Springfield
Paul Sheibley
In Memoriam George G. Kinsey Died August 26 1985
In loving memory of our dear husband and father George G Kinsey who died Aug 26 1985. Short and sudden was the call when you were taken from us all. But never will those who loved you best forget the day you were laid to rest. — His Wife and Family Adv.
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George G. Kinsey
In Memoriam for Four Boys Jimmie Johnny Merle and Pat
Four years have passed since our sons Jimmie Johnny Merle and Pat left us in tragedy. Their mother Mrs Bessie Weller Ady writes of the four smiling faces guiding her, and the hope of reunion on the golden shore beyond the eastern gate.
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Jimmie
Johnny
Merle
Pat
Jimmies
Ady
Bessie Weller
Safe Robbers Strike Again At Coca Cola Plant
The same gang suspected of the July 14 Acme Stores theft struck the Coca Cola plant in Chambersburg. First attempt at 11:30 pm, an employee scared them off. they returned at 2:20 am and fled toward Hagerstown. Heavy sledge hammers used to breach safe doors. County Investigator Wayne N. Selman obtained fingerprints from the safe front this morning.
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Chambersburg
McCleary
Hargerstown
Acme
Wayne N. Selman
Angry crowd raids rally disrupts city event
About 3,000 people packed a main auditorium for patriotic talks. Alexander Boynton, former Bexar county district attorney, pressed for Maverick's ouster and asked supporters to stand. Police guarded the mayor's home all night as officers used tear gas and fire hoses to disperse the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Alexander Boynton
Bexar County
San Antonio
Maverick
Cobbler Alleges Rival Tarnished His Business
In Chicago on August 26 James Pappas testified that his shoe repairing and hat cleaning shop suffered a mixed season with brisk but slow demand. He claimed his rival across the street sent in the faulty items to undermine his livelihood, asking the court to punish the competitor as the judge presided over the continuation of the case.
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Chicago
James Pappas
Pappas
Snowy egrets rest near Berlin during migration
Thousands of snowy egrets, members of the heron family, rest on Newport farms four miles southeast of Berlin Maryland. The birds, once abundant in gulf states and prized for plumage, are protected by federal law. The flocks have come here for several years and migrate south in September.
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Berlin
Newport Farms
Gulf States
Leopold Receives German Envoy and Frontier Assurances
King Leopold hosts German Ambassador Von Buelow Schwante who reportedly renews Germany’s pledge to respect Belgian frontiers in war. In Boston, Capt. Fred Crockett recounts New Guinea cannibals eat humans for meat, not bloodshirty fun, clarifying motives.
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Brussels
Leopold
von Buelow- Schwante
Germany
Boston
New Guinea
Fred Crockett
Peaches for Sale by Hale and Elberta Varieties
L. A. Zitzman offers Hale and Elberta peaches at the store on S16 W Church Street or at the orchard located two miles south of Cearfoss. Prepared for sale by the vendor, with delivery options as stated.
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Hale and Elberta
Church St
South Cearfoss
L. A
State Department Plans Evacuation of Americans in Europe
The State Department says it may represent belligerents abroad if war comes and will evacuate Americans from Europe. It plans a special unit and embassies abroad to handle protection of foreign interests after diplomatic ruptures. Plus funds advances, ships if needed, and advisories to avoid metropolitan bombing targets.
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State Department
Europe
Washington
Department
United States
Great Britain
France
Turkey
U. S
Germany
Spain
Reich
America
Murphy
Justice Department
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Alaska
Philippines
Charles Edison
Navy
White House
War crisis deepens as Germany moves to act
Germany cuts telegraph and telepone links at night and orders ships to return to port as Berlin hones plans amid the Polish corridor dispute. Troops tighten east border defences while Bohemia and Moravia prepare. Prague nurses ordered to report, and German flights halted.
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Hitler
Danzig
Tannenberg
East Prussia
London
Great Britain
Berlin
Wilhemstrasse
Gleiwitz
Beuthan
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Czech Red Cross
Help Wanted Cat Advertises Drug Store Learning Curve
A Johnstown window sign dated August 26 requests a reliable cat willing to learn the drug business and catch rats and mice. The notice frames a humorous job ad as a learning opportunity in the local store window.
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Johnstown
Man reports plane crash. wreckage found near home
A search party formed after a resident rushed into Spencer North Carolina at dusk with news of a crash. After an all night hunt, rescuers discovered the wreckage of a model pilotless plane with a six foot wing span and a small motor.
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Spencer
N.C
Poles brace for danger as unrest rises in Poland
Poles shelter in buildings amid war fears while many vote to move to safer rural districts. Despite the danger, Poles attend movies and cafes to chat or dance. War reserves are bid farewell at parties as border incidents heighten tension with Germany. A German corporal was reported killed after a patrol entered Ostroleka district. The North Express to Warsaw arrived with smashed windows after a decry from German territory. Polish officials declare unity for defense and deny minority dissension. The Ukrainian Democratic Organization in Poland adopts a loyalty resolution.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Ostroleka
East Prussia
Kastenhagen
Angeburg
Eost Prussia
Paris
Berlin
Ukrainian Democratic Organization
Four youths receive suspended sentences in city case
Patrolman John Knode announced the arrest of four youths clearing three robberies. Lynwood Moser 17 Vincent Slusher 17 Joe Semler 14 and Eugene Raymond Shepp 16 were arraigned in City Court and given suspended sentences. Moser Semler and Shepp admitted thefts from KE Leiter store and Chris McEwen’s shop and milk wagon thefts on August 10.
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John Knode
Robbieries
Lynwood Moser
South
Potomac Street
Vincent Slusher
Wilson Boulevard
Joe Semler
Eugene Raymond Shepp
Frederick Street
Knode
Moser
Semler
Shepp
KE. M. Leiter
Howard Street
Slusher
Chris McEwen
Five Arrested in Raid on Madison Avenue House
William M. McSherry, 67, of Madison avenue, was arrested by Patrolmen Carrell and Bible on charges of maintaining a disorderly house after a raid prompted by complaints of injury. Inmates Catherine Richards, 50, Ethel Corder, 25, Llewellyn Baker, 25, and Taye Wilson, unspecified, were charged. McSherry held on $500 bond. inmates $200 bonds each.
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William M. McSherry
Madison Avenue
Carrell and
Bible
Catherine Richards
Ethel Corder
Llewellyn Baker
Cumberland
Taye Wilson
North Foundry Street
McSherry
Chewaville Fayetteville game postponed to Sunday
The Chewaville vs Fayetteville baseball game scheduled for tomorrow at Chewsville Diamond is postponed to next Sunday due to deaths in Chewaville players' families. The teams will resume play with the same venue and time guidelines.
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Chewaville
Fayetteville
Chewsville
Scharf's Beauty Shop August Wave Special
Scharf's Beauty Shop offers a vacation wave special for August at five dollars per set totaling three hundred fifty dollars. Located at 75 W Wash St, contact phone 905. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scharf
Beauty Shop
Wash
Ady
City Market Poultry and Produce Price List
Prices for chickens dressed young 35c old 30 32c lice 17 21c cured hams old 30 32c new 28 30c sliced hams old 40 45 new 25 45c side meat 10 22c lard 6 9c eggs 22 25c butter 14 36c potatoes 25 30c per pk sweet potatoes 5 per lb beans 10 15c 44 pk peas 20 25c 14 pk tomatoes 3 5c celery 10c lima beans 20c qt onions 10c qt cabbage 3 4c corn 10 15c do kale 10c per pk apples 20 30c pk crabapples 20 50c pk huckleberries 20c qt
Chicago Grain Market Quotation Summary
Quotations by Mackubin Legg and Co Wareham Building Hagerstown Md include grain price notes and market updates. Telephone line 2352.
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Mackubin, Legg
Chicago Grain Market
Cabinet Is Summoned Amid IRA Plot Fears
Tourists fled crowded hubs as disturbances shook the country. A bomb blast in Coventry killed five and wounded 60, another blast in Blackpool damaged the town hall. Police blamed the IRA. Special guards were posted around London government buildings after IRA plots surfaced. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare warned of a planned wide sabotage drive with foreign backing timed to crisis.
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Coventry
English Midlands
Blackpool
Irish Republican Army
London
Samuel Hoare
I. R.A
Winchell Gave Lepke To G Men
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover learned from media columnist Walter Winchell moments before Lepke was turned in. Winchell said a contact on August 5 told Lepke he could surrender if not shot while escaping. A Winternight meeting near Madison Square Park led to a car rendezvous with Hoover nearby on 28th street.
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J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Winchell
Lepke
Madison Square Park
Hoover
28Th Street
Festival in Williamsport at Community Park
A festival at Williamsport Community Park occurs Saturday August 26 featuring musical entertainment to benefit the library book fund. Ady.
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Williamsport Community Park
Library Book Fund
Ady
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Duce
Saum
N. Jonathan St
DR. Shipley
W. Wash
Universal Day Cleaner
H. L. Mil
Mullin
Sporster
Gray Marine Motor
Layman
Oldsmobile
Hejudge No
Price Ooo Fleigh Motor Co
Oak HI Avenue
Tom Cross
Belle of
Georgia
Hiley Gell
Barly Elberta
Wale
Newman
Smithsburg
Junior Fire Co
George W. Gray
John
Jerry Harp
Dancing Honey’s Tavern
Guy Fisher's
BELL
H. Stotler
U. 8
Sna
Dagmar
Lenora
George S. Lehner
Mgr
Reichard’s
Timken
Oil Burner & Air Cond. Corp
Greystone
Monterey
Blue Ridge Summit
Joseph H. Dagenais, Jr
W. Washington St. Ph
Way-Side Furniture Mart
Gateway Inn
Weston Rte
Bertha M. Garver
L. Keller Garver
Salvation Army
George L. Carpenter
Toronto
Salvation Army High Council
Carpenter
Evangeline Booth
M. Amer
Amer
Amer. Wat
Wks
Atchison Errr
B. & OL Weesas
Ay Beth. Steel
J. 1. Case
Tuy
Chrysler Ree É
Consol. Gas
Consol
Bnis
St. Oil of N
U. S. Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
Western Union
Ald
Loews Prag
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
AVS Cout
G-Men
W. C. Cox Farm
S. of
Keedysville
Consumer’s Finance Service, Inc
Peaches
Elle
Elbertas
Hour Brothers
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
Grice
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