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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1939

Page

8

Maryland Forms 71 Member Safety Committee

Governor O Connor announces a non partisan Maryland Safety Committee of 71 to study and recommend highway safety measures. The group includes civic, educational and business leaders from across the state and aims to back a lasting traffic safety organization with statewide backing.

O'Conor Annapolis Herbert R. O'Conor Maryland Safety Committee James B. Fitzgerald Bethesda State Department of the American Legion

Big Town Czar at Henry's Air Cond Theatre

Universal’s thriller Big Town Czar screens today and Tuesday at Henry’s Air Conditioned Theatre. Barton MacLane stars as a gangster chief whose lawless ascent wrecks lives. Tom Brown and Eve Arden co star in a tale of rival mobsters and family betrayal written by Ed Sullivan.

America Universal Henry Barton Maclane Ed Sullivan Sullivan MacLaine Tom Brown J MacLane Eve Arden Walter Woolfe King Jack LaRue Frank Jenks Horace MacMahon Gordon Jones

Hancock Man Killed in Mt Pleasant Crash Near Pittsburgh

Hancock resident Raymond O. Shives, 41, was killed yesterday afternoon in an automobile crash at Mt. Pleasant near Pittsburgh. He rode with co worker John F. Drummond of Rowelsburg Virginia. Survivors include sister Mrs. Rhoda Vance and brothers Harvey Hancock Newton Cumberland. Body to Snyder Rowland funeral home Hancock. Funeral arrangements pending. An unrelated note states English boys 13 now taller by one inch since 1914.

Raymond O. Shives Hanccock Mt. Pleasant Pittsburgh Shives New State Turnpike John FF. Drummond Rowelsburg Virginia Rhoda Vance Nancock Harvey Hancock and Newton Cumberland Frances Shives Baltimore Snyder-Rowland Hancock

Elgin Plans to Bear Down on Driving Permits

Commissioner W Lee Elgin announced in Hagerstown that future driving permits will require answering fifty highway law questions. Booklets with Q A will accompany 30 day cards, and exams cannot be taken within 15 days after obtaining the card. Elgin spoke after a New York City conference on jay walking and license suspensions, urging thorough preparation for all applicants seeking license restoration.

W. Lee Elgin Hagerstown Elgin Higin New York City

Six Killed by Dynamite Blast in Maine Truck Crash

A dynamite blast in a speeding truck near Holden Maine killed six people and injured three others. Driver Joseph Moffett and Mrs. Chester Grindle and her three Ellsworth children died, while Joseph J. Muir of Bangor died later. The explosion also damaged nearby cars, a farm house, and cut power lines, plunging Holden and Eddington into darkness.

Holden Joseph Moffett Chester Grindle Margaret Stella Marion Ellsworth Joseph J. Muir Bangor Muir Thomas Skales Cambridge Mass Eddington

Guest preacher at First Baptist Church services

Rev. Dr. J. Irwin was the guest preacher at morning and evening services yesterday. His morning text was And now we do believe and are sure that they are Christ. In the evening he spoke on Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and for ever. Miss Grace Lowell was the guest soloist.

J. ¥. Irwin First Baptist Church Jesus Christ Grace Lowell

Screen star Mae Murray seeks alimony for son

Mae Murray testified in Los Angeles in a suit for 12000 dollars a year child support for her son Koran age 12. She denounced her former husband Prince David Mdivani and pointed to his lawyer, saying she sacrificed her film career and her life for the boy.

Mae Murray Los Angeles Koran Prince David Mdivani the Hoy

Taos Pueblo One of Americas oldest habitations

The Indian pueblo of Taos New Mexico is described as one of the oldest continuously occupied habitations on the American continent. Quantum jump in Quebec gold output shows a rise from 172217 dollars in 1927 to 24365321 dollars in 1937.

Taos N. M Quebec

Pedestrian Injured In City Auto Accident

Ray J. Koogle aged 58 was slightly injured after being struck by a car at Mulberry and Broadway and was treated for arm and leg injuries. The driver D Fred Neikirk reported the crash. Foster Batt also injured when he collided with a car driven by Mrs Adam Martin at Prospect and Washington. Rabbits are pests on many Australian farms. Harvard University lists 71 757 living alumni in 84 countries.

Ray J. Koogle Antietam Street Mulberry Street Broadway Woogle D. Fred Neikirk Dewey Avenue Foster Batt Adam Martin Mason and Dixon Prospect Washington Streets Harvard University

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