Famed writer Arthur Brisbane dies after heart attack
Arthur Brisbane, renowned American journalist and author of the Today column, died Christmas morning at 72 in Allaire New Jersey. He dictated his final column the day before and died after a brief illness with family at his bedside. Funeral services will be private in Allaire with Rev. Theodore Sedgewick officiating.
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Lunar Appulse Due Tomorrow
The full moon Sunday night December 27 will dim during a near eclipse called a lunar appulse visible across the United States, including Hagerstown. The middle phase occurs around 10 42 PM EST as the moon nears the earth’s dark shadow, dipping into the penumbra but not forming a true eclipse. it will brighten again afterward with only a faint edge observed.
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Mild Christmas Weather Breaks 1933 Heat Record
The holiday featured unusually warm weather with a Christmas Day high of 61 degrees, the warmest since 1933. Chewsville weather observer D Paul Oswald logged 54 degrees, a 26 degree low, and 41 degrees at 10:30 p.m. The day after Christmas 1933 had 5.5 inches of snow while Christmas 1934 saw a 43 degree high and a trace of snow.
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Duch of Kent’s Daughter Born in London
The Duchess of Kent has given birth to a daughter Friday, sixth in line to the throne of Great Britain. The baby, unnamed, is the second child of the Prince and Princess Windsor formerly of Greece. The couple married on Thanksgiving Day, 1934, and their first child, Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, was born October 9, 1935.
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Man Sought For Alleged Assault
Boonsboro hotel proprietor Elwood Eakle of Gapland is sought on assault charges after an alleged early Christmas morning incident in a Boonsboro garage. Eakle reportedly tossed a bottle that struck Joseph Stotler in the head following a soft drink.
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Stotler Injured After Collision at Garage
Stotler arrived at the garage moments before a crash that shattered glass and left him with multiple cuts on the head. No further details on cause or injuries were provided in the fragment.
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Rockefeller 97 Takes Christmas Auto Ride in Rain
John D Rockefeller aged 97 observed Christmas by taking a 30 mile automobile ride in driving rain at Daytona Beach. His son John D Jr, visiting for the holidays, did not accompany him.
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Many Killed in Mishaps During Yuletide
A parade of holiday tragedies rolls across the nation with numerous Christmas Eve and Day deaths. Traffic crashes crowd the toll, including 21 of Illinois 26 fatalities and 12 Detroit auto deaths. Other losses come from fires, gunshots, stabbings, a filling station blast, a cave collapse, and firecracker accidents from several states. A Kingston Jamaica excursion capsized drowning 15 people, and a boy in Newport News died in a James River cave firecracker incident.
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One Person Hurt As Autos Collide Near Benevola
Two autos collide on the National Highway near Benevola about 4 pm Thursday injuring Mrs. Roy D. Smith. She sustained head cuts when their car was struck by a second vehicle driven by William Bird. Mrs. Smith was treated by a Boonsboro physician. Sheriff Max Malott and Deputy Kenneth Stangle investigated.
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Two Ferrara brothers drown on ice at Newark park lake
In Newark on December 25 two Ferrara brothers aged 10 and 13 drowned while skating on a Branch Brook Park lake during a Christmas ramp. Police officer Joseph Halpin tethered a rope to save them and dived, with William Palmer assisting, but recovered the boys’ bodies later.
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Reunion at Henry's Theatre features the Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets star in Reunion a human romance set in a small Canadian town where three thousand grown-up babies return to celebrate the retirement of country doctor Jean Hersholt with Rochelle Hudson Robert Kent and a cast including Helen Vinson Slim Summerville and more. Also airing the final chapter of Darkest Africa the serial.
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Murder Thriller Fugitive in the Sky at the Academy Today
Warner Bros latest murder mystery Fugitive in the Sky closes at the Academy Theatre today starring Jean Muir and Warren Hull. The crime unfolds aboard a speeding airplane with a dagger at the heart and a gunfight among passengers as a female mastermind stages a dramatic hold up.
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Joe E Brown Polo Joe at Maryland Theatre
Joe E Brown entertained at the Maryland Theatre yesterday and plays Polo Joe for the last time today. Skeets Gallagher shines beside him as the valet while Carol Hughes and Joseph King also star. A short subject, Give Me Liberty, accompanies the feature in Technicolor with Patrick Henry episodes.
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