Brethren Regional Conference Opens In Hagerstown
The Southeastern Regional Conference of the Church of the Brethren begins this afternoon at the Hagerstown Church of the Brethren located at East Washington and Mulberry streets. Rev. Raymond R. Peters of Daleville Virginia will direct and give the opening address. Peters will depart in September to assume the national director role for Young People's work. A feature of today’s Hautic City program follows.
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Church of the Brethren
Hagerstown
East
Washington
Mulberry Streets
Raymond R. Peters
Daleville
Virginia
Southeastern
Peters
Hautic City
Banquet Features Dr Cordier At Hagerstown Conference
Dr A W Cordier of North Manchester Indiana, noted church and international affairs leader, will speak at a banquet this evening and again at the 7 20 pm public session. Rev Paul M Robinson leads devotional with the Hagerstown Church choir directed by Prof Perry. L Huffaker aids as Christian education minister as delegates from southeastern states gather for the Brethren conference expected to draw several hundred attendees.
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A. W. Cordier
North Manchester
Indiana
America
Cordier
Paul M. Robinson
Hagerstown
Perry. .L. Huffaker
Church of the Brethren
Plan Probe of British Writer Plan Probe of British Writer
A Justice Department official said an inquiry would examine Senate charges that Sir George Paish sought to bring the United States into war and failed to disclose it on his visitor permit. Senator Wheeler had alleged the English economist told him he intended to involve the U.S. in the current conflict.
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Washington
Justice Department
Senate
George Paish
United States
Siir George
Wheeler D-Mont
George
Grandparents Mark 50th Grandchild Milestone in Aug
In Marshalltown Iowa Mr and Mrs W M Wilson celebrate their 50th grandchild and 101 living descendants as a daughter born to their son and daughter in law makes it 50. Married 63 years they also have 51 great grandchildren. A news brief notes a separate Bern report about Britain planning a coup on the Azores and Canary islands in the Atlantic.
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Marshalltown
W. M. Wilson
Hear
New York
Iialian Wireless
Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Azores
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Spain
Portugal
Two County Women Escape After Car Skid Crash
Two women from Clearspring narrowly escaped injury when their car skidded on West Patrick Street Freder ick and rolled three times into the new high school grounds. Miss Camilla A Boward drove the vehicle with Miss Helen E K Spring as passenger. Both occupants remained inside and were unhurt. Officer Don Six noted the slippery highway near the federal limits contributed to the mishap.
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West Patrick Street
Frederick
Camilla A. Boward
Helen EK
Spring
Don Six
Rederiel
Elfy
Property Sold At Public Outcry On Corbett Street
The House property on Corbett street was sold in front of the Court House yesterday afternoon by Auctioneer Fred M White for 720 dollars. J. R. Sealock purchased it. White also sold 401 acres of mountain land near Edgemont for 110 dollars to W. L. Wills. Several other properties were withdrawn.
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Corbett Street
Court House
Fred M White
J. R. Sealock
White
Edgemont
W. L. Wills
Elephants in Two Valued Roles at Russell Bros Circus
Elephants star in Hagerstown as main attraction and as labor crew. The animals perform tricks under the big top while also hauling canvas, rolling wagons, and aiding in setting up and packing the tent city for the move to the next town. Their dual service earns daily hay and peanuts as payment.
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Russell Bros
Goming
Hagerstown
Third Victim of Rail Crash Dies near Sykesville
In Maryland a freight wreck near Sykesville killed three trainmen after a rail section with two breaks caused the crash into the Patapsco River. Engineer H Evans, 60, died from injuries. brakeman S L Ambrose and fireman W F Wood also perished. Wood’s body remains unrecovered. Evans is survived by his widow and four children.
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Sykesville
Walter L. Shipley
Shipley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
H. Evans
Patapsco
Evans
Brunswick
Patapsco River
S. L. Ambrose
W. F. Wood
Wood
Russell Bros Circus Announces Global Animal Acts
The Russell Bros program features elephants and other animal acts plus horses and a new assembly of human circus talent. Performances are at 2 and 8 pm with doors opening an hour earlier. No extra charge for the menagerie. A wild west exhibition and a tented museum of oddities accompany the big show. Tuberculosis causes 60,000 deaths annually in the United States.
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Russell Bros
Payment Approved for Lester Barlow by House Vote
Washington August 28 The House, by a roll call vote 191 to 73, tentatively approved payment of 592 719.21 to Lester P Barlow Baltimore bomb inventor for alleged government infringement on five World War I bomb patents The action followed Rep Cochran efforts to reduce the sum arguing Barlow may not have invented the bombs and citing a War Department letter supporting withholding part of the payment.
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House
Lester P. Barlow
Baltimore
Cochran
D-Mo
Barlow
War Department
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