State Roads Commission to start Route 40 work in Frederick area
The State Roads Commission will begin a three year program to rebuild Route 40 from Frederick to Clearspring at a cost of about 3 million dollars with federal funds covering half. The plan includes salvaging work and making the highway traversable while not yet approving a separate reroute through Hagerstown. Governor Nice and commission members will visit next Thursday to inspect proposed work including a possible dual highway and removal of Death Curve.
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Survey Corps
State Roads. Commission
State Roads, Commission
Frederick
Clearspring
Hagerstown
Overnor Nice
State Roads Commission
Negroes Sentenced for Larceny in Local Case
Frank Edwards, 52, colored, from North Jonathan street, found guilty of larceny of two market baskets on Saturday and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Magistrate CG Heard after arrest by Patrolman Luther Broom. Quy Kennedy, 35, colored, of Bloom alley, arrested Saturday by Patrolman John Knode on copper wire theft at J B Ferguson Co. hearing set for this morning.
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Frank Edwards
Jonathan Street
CG. E. Heard
Edwards
Luther Broom
Quy - Kennedy
Bloom Alley
John Knode
J. B. Ferguson Co
Roosevelt Lands After Bay Trip
President Roosevelt arrived in Annapolis Maryland by yacht Sequoia after a Chesapeake Bay fishing weekend. He greeted hundreds at the Naval Academy before traveling to the capital by car with Senator Johnson and officials.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy
Johnson
R-Cal
R. Walton Moore
Mise Margaret Lehand
Misees Marguerite and
Barbara Farwell
West Somerville
Maas
Woman In Kalamazoo Charged In Fatal Suffocation Case
Mrs Paul Tubbs allegedly suffocated her nine year old handicapped son and then attempted suicide. She and her son were found by rescuers with gas jets on and all doors and windows closed. Tubbs remained unconscious and her husband was away on a fishing trip at the time.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Paul Tubbs
Michigan
Educators Miss Agnes Samuelson Named NEA President
Agnes Samuelson of Iowa is chosen as president of the National Education Association at the association’s annual Denver convention. The Associated Press photo shows her at the event.
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Agnes Samuelson
Indicted Sells Whiskey to Indian Behind Bars
Federal agent Forrest Marr arrested Kenneth Howard of Klamath Falls, Oregon, on charges of selling whiskey to an Indian. Marr said the sale occurred through prison bars where the Indian lingered in confinement.
Re election of Dr W. Tyler as Baptist Union president
Frederick Maryland reports the re election of Dr W Tyler of Annapolis to the presidency of the Baptist Training Union. The announcement came as the Maryland Baptist summer assembly closed its nineteenth annual session in Frederick.
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Frederick, Md
W. Tyler
Annapolis
Baptist Training Union
Maryland Baptist
Disaster Drowns City as River Dykes Collapse in China
July 7 report from China describes the Yuen river dyke breaches flooding a prosperous inland city. A wall of water swept the area, inundating the city and countryside. An undetermined number of people were drowned.
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China
Yuen River
Answers Filed In Suits For Damages
Jackie Coogan former juvenile actor filed answers in Superior Court to two damage suits totaling 509000 tied to a May 4 motor car crash that killed his father and others. He denied his father was intoxicated or reckless. The suits for 250000 each were brought by Grace Durkin and Anna V Horner mother of Robert J Horner.
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Los. Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Junior Durkin
Young Coogan
Grace Durkin
Anna V. Horner
Robert J. Horner
Broadfording Social News From Hagerstown to Clearspring
Sunday activities feature Thurman Thurston visiting Emma Gross and Albert Bowers families. lists of recent visitors include George Wiley and many others at Bowarg and Hornbraker households. Church of God Union prayer meeting held at Lizzie Mowen home. Isabel Barnhart returns from week with Edward Hornbraker family.
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Bessie Dorsey
Agnes Gearhart
Betty Jenkens
Frank Hol Jenshead
Ruth
Harry D. Angle
Pauline Mewen
Calvin
Erma
Geraldine
Howard Finfrock
Aid
Howood Barnhart
Isabel Barnhart
Edward Hornbraker
C. M. Hicks
Laura Newcomber
Emma Gossard
Helen
Ida Angle
George Bowers
Fred Hawbaker
V. Melenna
Church of God Union
Lizzie Mowen
David Gallion
Louise
Betty May
Marr
Hagerstown
Solo cornet performance anchors Municipal Band concert
Herbert W. Harp, a Eastman School of Music student, played The Carnival of Venice as the standout cornet solo. The program also featured Narth Eternal, Carleton Coibys Haunted House, and The Tin Pan Alley Parade with The Drunkard's Song drawing strong applause.
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Herbert W. Harp
Harp
Eastman School of Music
Walter Smith
Buys
Rugged Cross
Carleton Coiby
Trojans and Romberg pieces featured by the band
The program included the Trojan Prince Overture by Homes and selections from Romberg Three Musketeers. Officers noted future programs will include solos and guest conductors leading the band. ANNOUNCE BIRTHS Mr and Mrs Gravatt announce a daughter and Mr and Mrs Poe announce a daughter.
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Gram
Romberg
Three Musketeers
George Gravatt
Williamsport
G E. Poe
View Street
Washington County Hospital
Lewis Burkholder
Greencastle
Route 3
Speed driver killed in Dawsons Park race wreck
Tyan Baumgardner a 25 year old speed driver from Johnstown was injured in a Sunday afternoon crash at Dawson Driving Park during a 25 mile race. He lost his way in a dust cloud on the second lap and crashed suffering a fractured collar bone and possible fractured ribs.
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Connellsville
Tyan Baumgardner
Johnstown
Dawson Driving Park
Driver Held After Nighttime Accident In City
Clifford Spessard, a store clerk, was struck at Franklin and Potomac Streets Saturday midnight and sustained a broken shoulder. Carl H. Zeiman, 25, of Waynesboro, driver of the car, was arrested for liquor intoxication and failing to keep right. He is held under $1,000 bond for a Wednesday hearing before Magistrate C. S. Heard. Spessard was taken to the hospital.
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Clifford Spessard
Franklin Street
Franklin
Potomac
Carl H. Zeiman
Waynesboro
J. B. Brown
C. 5
Spessard
Warry
Myers
Actress Adrienne Ames and Bruce Cabot Face Divorce
Adrienne Ames and Bruce Cabot are headed for divorce court with Miss Ames preparing to file today. They were married over two years ago in Carlsbad New Mexico following Ames prior divorce from Stephen Ames of New York. The snippet also recalls the 1851 Crystal Palace industrial exposition dates May 1 to October 1.
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Adrienne Ames
Bruce Cabot
Crystal Palace
London
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