Priest Initiates Plan to End Mine Strike
Monsignor J. J. Curran, famed mediator, enters the Lackawanna and Luzerne county coal strike with a new peace proposal. He will meet district president Thomas Maroney while withholding details. Police guard collieries amid injunctions and mass picketing bans as 20,000 workers operate and 15,000 idle.
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Wilkes-Barre
J. J. Curran
Thomas Maroney
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Lackawanna
Lucerne
West Property Destroyed by Fire on Smithsburg Foxville Road
A two and a half story frame residence owned by Mrs. Nettie West was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon along the Smithsburg Foxville road. Firefighters were hampered by water shortages, but most contents were saved before the building was consumed. The blaze started in the upper part, alerted by a family member, and some furniture was removed before flames engulfed the structure. The loss is largely insured.
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Nettie West
Smithsburg
Foxville
Birth Control Urged by Doctor at National Conference
Dr A Lovett Dewees chief of staff at Philadelphia Maternal Health Center urged birth control as routine medical practice. Physicians should train to teach contraception and it should be easy for a woman to consult her doctor about prevention. The conference preludes hearings on the Pierce bill to repeal the birth control section of the federal law. Margaret Sanger called the conference.
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Washington
A. Lovett Dewees
Philadelphia
Margaret Sanger
Ten Women Drawn on Mdivani Jury
An indictment trial opens in Los Angeles with ten middle aged married women and two married men on the jury for a looting case involving Princes David and Serge Mdivani and $30,747. Prosecutor L Esperance says funds misappropriated over 214 years. Separately, Frame Fruit Farm of 110 acres near Hancock sells for $4,000, and another tax sale property brings $535.
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Los Angeles
David
Serge Mdivani
Pacific Shore Oil Company
Mae Murray
Mary McCormic
David L‘esperance
Hancock
Court House
J. 9. Snyder
Dallas Ward
Hollywood Stars and Tarzan News From 1930s Studio Life
Hollywood headlines reveal Pancho Lucas eyeing a leading role opposite Jean Parker in High School at MGM while Maureen O Sullivan resumes Tarzan and His Mate after appendicitis. Gregory Ratoff and Jimmy Dugrante return from New York with plans for two films. Community notes share bridge parties, church class gatherings, and Sunday dinners among local families.
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Pancho Lucas
Jean Parker
Hunt Stromberg
Tarzan
Maureen O’sullivan
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarban
Gregory Ratoff
Jimmy Dugrante
New York
Jimmy
RKO
Gregory
Columbia
Lutheran Ladies Bible Class Held in Sharpsburg
Mrs. Harvey Dorsey hosted the Lutheran church Ladies Bible Class in Sharpsburg on Tuesday evening. Biblical questions and answers were discussed with members present including Mrs. H. D. Chapman Miss Ella Gross Mrs. Wm. Fisher Mrs. Edna Weighberger Mrs. Anna Poffenberger Mrs. Nannie Swain Mrs. Flossie Weaver Mrs. Pauline Spong Mrs. John Callahan and Mrs. Carrie Hetzel among others.
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A. A. Kerlin
Ruth Dorsey
Wm. Starliper
Leona Poffenberger
Gwendolyn Swain
Carline Poffenberger
Messrs
Omer Dorsey
Hezzie Hetzel
James Dorsey
Harvey Dorsey
Walter Sprecher
Roger Charles
Eva Dorsey
Nannie Swain
Janice Wilson
Hagerstown
Wesley Dorsey
Frederick Mose
Clarence Easterday
Fred Remsburg
Lester Easterday
Edgar Remsburg
Marshe Gross
Edna Clipp
Louise Clipp
Agnes Newcomer
J. W. Dorsey
Mary Cox
Ella Funkhouser
Roanoke
J. H. Himes
R. D. Earley
James
Katie Author
Charles Town
B. P. Harley
Edna
Young Ladies Bible Class
Lutheran Church
Charles Gross
Warren Adams
Washington
Hester
Sharpsburg
H. D. Chapman
Ella Gross
Wm. Fisher
Edna Weighberger
Anna Poffenberger
Flossie Weaver
Pauline Spong
John Callahan
Carrie Hetzel
House on 56th Street and Going Hollywood at the Maryland
The Maryland offers Kay Francis in The House on 56th Street with Gene Raymond Ricardo Cortez John Halliday and more as a tale of love and a mother’s warning about youth. Marion Davies leads Going Hollywood with Bing Crosby Ned Sparks Patsy Kelly Bobby Watson and the Three Radio Rogues in a musical romance.
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Tolday
Maryland
Kay Francis
56Th Street
Gene Raymond
Ricardo Cortez
John Halliday
Wm. Boyd
Frank McHugh
Margaret Lindsay
New York
Marion Davies
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Donald Ogden Stewart
William
Three Little Pigs Draw Big Crowds In Hagerstown
Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs proves a hit at Henry's Theatre with record attendances and colorful technicolor humor. The second feature The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi stars Bester Crabbe Mary Carlisle Charles Starrett Florence Lake, backed by Tedio Rita and orchestra, delivering a smooth, engaging script from start to finish.
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Walt Disney
Hagerstown
Henry's
Sigma Chi
Bester Crabbe
Mary Carlisle
Charles Starrett
Florence Lake
Sigma Chis
Ted Io Rita
Broadway Thru a Keyhole at Colonial Theatre
Walter Winchell, famed Broadway columnist, is the author of Broadway Thru a Keyhole now playing at the Colonial Theatre today and tomorrow. His gossip is billed as tomorrow's scandal, drawing attention from many Broadway celebrities.
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Walter Winchell
Colonial Theatre
Winchell
Secret to looking young liver and bowels
An advertisement touts liver and bowel health as key to youth. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are promoted as a gentle, olive colored remedy replacing calomel to tone the liver clear the system and improve appearance. Priced at 13c and 50c in some copies.
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Edwards
Ohio
Broadway Thru a Keyhole Reveals Dark Broadway Tale
A fragmentary note describes a Nightclub world where a young girl rises to fame, befriends a handsome racketeer, and becomes the wife of a famous radio crooner. It teases a first hand glance at Broadway through a keyhole, comparing the author to Samuel Pepys.
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Samuel Pepys
Broadway
Charlton Letter Branches in Community News Notes and Visits
Local notes report visits and social gatherings across McConnellsburg and Hagerstown. Names include Mrs Charles Zimmerman Miss Leona Davis Mr and Mrs Howard Ankeney Herman Moore and several families at various homes and events. Hemp palm is noted as a Chinese and Japanese fibre valued for cordage use.
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Herman Moore
William Teiderick
Rev Myers
Fearl Myers
Hagerstown
Garmong
Howard Ankeney
Claude
Clarence Davis
Mary and
Regena
Ethel Myers
Frank Davis
Earl Biles
Mary Hoover
Earl Small
Grover Moser
Ida Hawbaker
Pearl Myers
Herman
Moore
Roy Myers
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold Remedy Ad
A vintage promotional notice stresses that a cold is an internal infection needing prompt care. It touts Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as the internal treatment that opens bowels fights germs and fever relieves headache and strengthens the system. Urgents sell it at 30c and 50c. demand the full name.
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Grove
Bicycle crash and rock accident injure two men
Guy Sprecher, 26, of 728 West Washington street, sustained cuts and bruises about the face and head and a probable arm fracture when knocked from his bicycle by a coal truck yesterday. He was treated at the Washington County Hospital. Raymond Smith, Hancock, was admitted to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when a large rock fell on him. Details of the accident were unavailable.
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Guy Sprecher
West
Washington Street
Washington County
Raymond Smith
Hancock
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