Raskob calls party chiefs to conference in New York
National Chairman John J. Raskob plans an informal meeting after Christmas with Democratic leaders including Governor Smith and House and Senate leaders to discuss organization plans and a four year program. He will decide about chairmanship based on party sentiment and faces criticism from southern leaders.
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New York
Democrats Party
John J. Raskob
Smith
House
Senate
Ras Kob
Raskob
Dan Moody
Texas
Smuggling ring linked to Canadian liquor exports
A Canadian liquor smuggling network is alleged to have aided and abetted exports to the United States with help from sales agents and misleading information to customs officials. Detroit border patrol officers confessed to bribes and revealing smuggling details as investigations spread. Additional inspections were arrested in Detroit as the graft probe widens. A church supper and concert are announced for Thursday at First Brethren Church in Antietam.
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Tment
United States
Customs Border Patrol
Detroit
Canada
Custom Border Patrol
Customs Service
Mums Grown Dense In Boonsboro Green Floral Output
Five thousand dozen or 60000 blooms make this year’s chrysanthemum crop shipped by Green Floral Company Boonsboro. D H Green reports shipping about 1000 dozen weekly to Baltimore and Washington, with prices from one to three dollars a dozen. The firm uses 60000 square feet under glass, employs ten to twelve year round, and also handles sweet peas snapdragons bulbs and vegetable and flower plants in season.
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Green Floral Company
Boonsboro
D. H. Green
Baltimore
Washington
Deaths in Boonsboro and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices from Boonsboro and nearby towns report Misa Caroline A. Smith died at home aged 78, funeral at 2 pm Friday. Eugene Davis, 64, funeral Thursday 2 pm. Ettie O. M. Slifer Leatherman, 74, funeral Friday morning. Mary Elizabeth Summers, 80, funeral Thursday 2 pm. John K. McLaughlin, Cumberland native, funeral Friday 2 pm. additional notices for Thurman Romney and other relatives. local religious rites and cemeteries noted. CARD OF THANKS and Trinity Lutheran Bazaar ads accompany the notices.
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Misa
Caroline A. Smith
Boonsboro
Lutheran Church At
William V. Smith
Hacra
Iowa
Melvin E. Smith
Des Moines
Omer S
Harvey J Smith
M.A. Ashby
Eugene Davis
Washington County
Penecostal Church
EB. K. Davis
Williams‘port
Ralph
Joseph Owen
Roy Hines
South Street
J. H. Jeffries
Mt. Briar Cemetery
Ettie O. M. Slifer Leatherman
John C. Leatherman
Myeraville
Elsie
Lewis
Jefferson
Maurice Sliter
Emory
Middletown
Arthur Thomas
Hagerstown
Orville Slifer
Rohrersville
Pleasant View
Tobias Henry
Charles N. Freshour
Irving Stottlemyer
Mary Elizabeth (Leatherman) Summers
Joshua Summers
Myersville
Church of Brethren
Mollie Keller
Bertha Bittle
City
Malissa Brandenburg
Baltimore
John Sussard
This City
Amy Wirtz
Brunswick
Vada
Stella
John Summers
This
Milton Summers
Seymour Summers
Teat
Charles Freshour
Reformed Cemetery
John K. McLaughlin
Cumberland
North Potomac Street
Mary
Edward Griffin
Ford Clif
Jacob W
James
Tampa
Fla
Thomas McLaughlin
Seattle
Wash
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Hancock
Walter Byron Sitch
Episcopal Graveyard
Charley F. Griffin
Elizabethtown
Thurman
Miami
Herbert C. Romney
W. Va
Daisy Elliott
Wagerstown
Grace Poole
Mary Good
Winchester
Virgie Snyder
Harrisburg
Hazel Griffin
Washington
Leoda M. Hil
Robert
Capon Bridge
Frank
Martinsburg
Edward
Wheeling
Leroy Oats
Elizabethtown Cemetery
Masons Celebrate 60th Anniversary at Williamsport Lodge
Mediary Lodge No 140 A F and A M Williamsport marked sixty years with a banquet in the church social room hosted by church ladies. Dr W S Richardson served as toastmaster as members and guests enjoyed a turkey dinner. Postmaster J Lloyd Harshman spoke on Masonry history in the region.
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Mediary Lodge No. 140
Williamsport
W. S. Richardson
America
J. Lloyd Harshman
Friendship Lodge
Hagerstown
Frederick
Wil
Malmsport
Mediary Lodge
Gerard Everstine
Cumberland
Maryland
John B. Fleming
James H. Mediary
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Lester G. Cottri
Board Studies School Need Draws County Attention
The county education board notes the southern neck area lacks a high school while 31 county children attend Brunswick and others travel far to Boonsboro or Hagerstown. A public expression is awaited as plans for new buildings and improvements are undecided. About 3.5 million in school bonds are outstanding countywide, with Allegany and Frederick counties each holding larger indebtedness.
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Sandy Hook
Brunswick
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Allegany
Frederick
Christmas Pageant On Thursday Night at St John’s Church
The Women’s and Young People’s Missionary Societies of St. John’s Lutheran Church will present a 4 Christmas Pageant Thursday at 7:45 p.m. Directed by Mrs. Geo. D. Reynolds, it features Miss Margaret Little Helen Adams Jane Miller Winifred McClain Ruth Rhodes Mildred Maysilles Virginia Maysilles Mrs. J. Harry Schueler Mrs. Harold Snider Tommy Wolf Horace Fogle Roderick Reed Billy Netkirk. Open to the public with cordial invitation. Dr Mary Baer’s visit in India postponed to next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
Young People's Missionary Society of
St. John's Lutheran Church
Geo. D. Reynolds
Margaret Little
Helen Adams
Jane Miller
Winifred McClain
Ruth Rhodes
Mildred Maysilles
Virginia Maysilles
J. Harry Schueler
Harold Snider
Tommy Wolf
Dapper Dan Hogan Underworld Leader Dies in Car Bomb
In St Paul a gangster known as Dapper Dan Hogan was killed when a bomb exploded as he stepped into a car. The blast ended Hogan’s control of the local underworld amid a fatal incident tied to organized crime.
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ST. Paul
Dec
Danny” Hogan
Markets and Card of Thanks Notice
Markets furnished by W R Spielman Co show wheat and corn figures with May and Mar prices. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindnesses during illness and death of husband and father, signed by Mrs Minnis Newcomer and family Ady.
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Bessie Battes and Son
Adv
W. R. Spielman & Co
Wareham
West
Washington St
Mar. Vis
Husband
Minnis Newcomer
Ady
Old Yellow Flashes A Comeback And Passes Out Like A Warrior
An aging guard dog named Old Yellow defends itself against a police watchdog in Hagerstown. The street battle ends with Old Yellow crushed under a coal truck after a long, valiant effort. Bystanders watch as the veteran dog succumbs near the Maryland Hotel corner.
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Hagerstown
Jonathan Strees
Yellow
Old Yellow
Nicodemus Bank
Maryland Hotel
Titled English girl works as $25 salesgirl in New York
Lady Donna Lois Hope and Lady Doria Hope, two English heiresses, travel to the United States with friends to work in New York stores. The younger sister histories: one earns $25 weekly as a salesgirl in Fifth Avenue, while the other seeks modeling. Both face exposure after a customer identifies them. their family ties include Lord Francis Hope and the Duke of Newcastle.
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New York
New York American
Donna Lois Hope
England
Fifth Avenue
Greenwich Village
Doris
Miss Hope
Palesgirl
Misa
Doria
Cloak and Suit
Lady Derta
Francis Hope
Derta
Duke of Newcastle
Hope
First Woman Elected to Town Legislature
Mrs Carolyn Pendray, a former school teacher from Maquoketa Iowa, won election to the town legislature as an independent ticket. She is the first woman chosen for the office in the state. Her husband is a Republican.
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Carolyn Pendray
Maquoketa, Fa
Garbage Waste Burning Rumored to Halt Cholera
In hog farming regions outbreaks prompt immediate culling of hogs suspected of cholera. Trimmed meat scraps and garbage end up fed to other hogs, spreading infection. Washington County reports five months of losses as farmers try to stop the disease by disposal changes.
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Washington County
Gambling device cited as evidence in county court
In a Washington County court session Judge Wagaman disposed of most cases. C U Shrader was fined $250 then $200 plus costs for keeping a gambling house. William Baker pled guilty to driving under the influence and having no operator's card. reckless driving charges were dismissed. Co W Wilson was convicted of gambling after the mint machine with slugs was shown as evidence. John L Wolf pled guilty to assault on Bessie Valentine and received 15 days in jail. Saylor’s appeal for reckless driving was withdrawn. he was fined 10. Nonsepressmen and other assault cases were entered or dismissed.
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C. U. Shrader
Wagaman
John L. Wolf
Bessie Valentine
Washington County
James Saylor
Saylor
Nonse
Roy G. Powell
Samuel Lucas
Clarence Seckin
Election of Potomac Lodge officers in Odd Fellows
Potomac Lodge No. 31 Independent Order of Odd Fellows elected John R. Williams Noble Grand William H. Crider Vice Grand Paul L. Cartes permanent secretary C Stanley Shadrach recording secretary Thomas T. Smith marshal J Maurice Hutzel chaplain J M Hutzel representative to Grand Lodge W E Bender board of managers and treasurer H A Shafer. Plans were discussed for the big rally at the Temple on January 16th.
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Potomac Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
O. F. Temple
Noble Grand
John R. Willame
William H. Cridér
Paul L. Cartes
C. Stanley Shadrach
Marshall
Thomas T. Smith
J. Maurice Hutzel
Grand Lodge
J. M. Hutzel
the Temple
Greencastle News Briefs Highlights Local Happenings
Greencastle brief mentions Mary McKinnin and a young child in Hagerstown. Waynesboro visitor Mrs Frank Miller stays with sister Mrs Fred Roberta. Semi pro Greencastle Comets host Waynesboro Nighthawks at local high school gym on Friday 7 20 promising fast action. KH W McLaughlin recovering from illness. John Nagle family move to Martinsburg after mill closure at Custer Milling Company. Custer Milling Company to close in Greencastle soon. H E Baker of Hartsburg visits Greencastle. Two deer harvested locally with Harry Goetz first and Stanley Pontz second. Mrs A A Morganthal visits Weynesboro to see her mother in hospital. Four indicted in New York on slaying of Arnold Rothstein.
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Greencastle
Mary McKinnin
Harold Austin
Hagerstown
Frank Miller
Waynesboro
Fred Roberta
Arco
Greencastle Comets
Strow
Waynesboro Nighthawks
KH. W. McLaughlin
McLaughn
John Nagle
Martinsburg
Nagle
Custer Milling Company
Greancastle
H.E. Baker
Hartsburg
Harry Goetz
Bitner and Goetz
Kim
Stanley Pontz
A. A. Morganthal
Weynesboro
Weynesboro Hospital
Wall Street Opens With Gains on December Market News
At the New York opening, bullish tone returns as Adama Express climbs 18 points on a proposed Securities company formation. Radio debuts with 25600 shares at 419, a new high. Jreend Cananes, National Biscuit, Allied Chemical and others gain. Union Pacific falls three points. Warner Bros. slips. Christmas sale notices from various shops appear. St. Paul’s M. El Ady event listed.
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New York
Adama Express
gading @xprena
Radio
Jreend Cananes
National Biscuit
Anasonda
Allied Chemical, Lambert and Associated Dry Goods
Union Pacific
Kennecott Cooper
Warner Bros. Pictures
Rotary talk on phones outlines Bell system growth
Walter B. Clarkson of Washington D C, assistant to the president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on growth and development in basic telephony. He highlighted Hagerstown’s expansion with 5906 telephones, a payroll over 69000, and more than 100000 for extensions and improvements. The company plans about 4400000 in state spending this year, with last year’s additions about 50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Clarkson
Washington, D. C
Chesapeake and Potonine Telephone Company
Rotary Club
Basidese
Bell Telephone System
Clarkson
Hageratown
Stetig
Hagerstown
Hancock posse continues hunt for Maggie Morris attacker
A posse led by Constable Charles Barnhart searched late into the night for the 18 year old alleged assailant who attacked sixteen year old Maggie Morris on a Hancock business street Monday night.
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Hancock
Charles Barnhart
Maggie Morris
Nagro
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Talking Machine Shop
SuProf Palm Hagerstown Paint and Glass Company
Freshman Your Ultimate Radio
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Trinity
Harmon
Masons
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ACGME
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Leonora Highet
Brooks
Buzzard's Bay
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The
Negley Bldg
Ludwig Tire &, Parking CO
W. Antietam
Chevrolet
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Vestris
Charles H. Tuttle
Vauban
Moncan
Hayatts Women Club
Wearenday
Virginia, Ave
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George A.wemanus
Arnold Rothstein
Wall Street
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St. Paul's
M. EL
Rotary
A. & P. Telephone Company
Tom Cross
Colonial Theatre
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Petomac
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