Pope Honors Ocean Fliers in Private Audience
Pope Pius grants American trans Atlantic aviators Captain Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Willans a private audience in Vatican City. The Pontiff greeted them in English, spoke Italian through a translator, and allowed them to wear ordinary clothes for the occasion. The five minute audience ends with blessings to their families and the American people.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Willans
Eugene Burke
The
American College
Spickler Letter Highlights Sunday School Program
Spickler notes a large St. Pauls church congregation on Sunday with Holy Communion led by Rev. C. B. Whetstone. Junior classes led a Sunday school program including Bible verses, missionary stories, and songs. The piece mentions a sponsored American boy in fifth grade, guests at Mrs. Yeakle’s, and various local visits and Fourth of July attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spickler
St. Paul’s Church
C. B. Whetstone
Hazel Frush
Margaret Forsythe
David Snyder
Marie Farrow
Ross Whetstone
George Allen Myers
Jesus
Mary Marotte
Teport
Frisby-Spickler
Walter Myers
Elizabeth Herbert
Victor Spickler
Nellie
Marie
John Yeakle
Cearfoss
Charlotte Broyer
Clearspring
Richard
Row's Park
Conococheague
David Smith
James Hull
St. Paul's Christian Endeavor Society
Weekend Visit With Grove Family in Hagerstown
Milton Dennis spent several days with relatives in Hagerstown, visiting the family of Clyde M. Grove. He traveled from the area to spend time with kin last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesday
Clyde M. Grove
Hagerstown
Milton Dennis
Water plant offer rejected by Cumberland council
Cumberland Maryland July 15 Joseph McLane of Washington DC offered 2 094 000 for the municipal water plant through ex councilman Isaac Hirsch. The sum matched outstanding bond issues on the property. Lake Gordon supplies Cumberland water from Bedford County Pennsylvania about nine miles north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Joseph McLane
Washington, D. C
Isaac Hirsch
Lake Gordon
Bedford County
Pennsylvania
Deaf Hear Again Through New Aid
Ductograph Products Co introduces Acousticon a dime sized earpiece aiding subnormal hearing with clear transmission. Ten day free trial offered with home delivery for testing and evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ductograph Products Co., Inc
West 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
Sewer Extension Completed Here
The city reports the sanitary sewer line between the city limits and South Boulevard on Virginia Avenue is finished and traffic is restored though the street remains rugged. A four minute detour is advised temporarily. By year end about three miles of sewer will be built in the city. William C. Slee, City Engineer, notes Prospect to Pennsylvania is done, Maryland Avenue work began, and initial surveys for Hager Street have been made with construction imminent.
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South Boulevard
Virginia Avenue
William C. Slee
Prospect Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Hager Street
Workmen killed by falling wall at Littleton substation
Two workers William Smith and Melvin McGiffitt died when a concrete wall collapsed at the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company substation in Littleton West Virginia. Walter Cunningham and Slicer Ancill were injured with cuts and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
W.va
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
William Smith
Melvin McGiffitt
Walter Cunningham
Slicer Ancill
Wall Collapse Hits Construction Site Injuring Worker
A construction wall collapsed at a building site after nearby excavations undermined its footing. One worker was injured and five other men scrambled to safety as debris tumbled down.
Six Arrested in Valley Inn Raid
Prohibition agents raided the Valley Inn at Brooklandville late Saturday night. John Hatfield alleged proprietor Henry Scarboro and Francis Sawyer posted $1,500 bail each after pleading not guilty to Volstead Act charges. Three Black waiters posted $500 bond apiece.
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Brooklandville
John Hatfield
Henry Scarboro
Francis Sawyer
Bixman
Robert
Prohibition
Pard
Valley Inn
Aistrator
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Pope
Pontiff
Williams and
Yancey
Vatican
Muggins
Buggins
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Ees Dairy
Phor
Mimeograph
Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co
Franklin and
Jonathan Streets
Mrs. “We
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Dry Cleaning & Dyeing Corp
Lulte
S. Mulbey & Elm Ste
Trudy
Rexall
Pato
Eyco
New
Frederick Pierce & Co
Wareham
W. R. Spielman & Co. Brokers
Catton
Chicago
Hagerstown Tire Co
A. E. Lutz
Baltimore and Locust Sts
AJAX
Lambert Tire CO
Franklin St
McFaddin’s Sport Shop
Whippet - Knight
Willys-Overland, Inc
Hoffman Brothers
N. Locust St
Bugs
B.f.co
Danzer Metal Works, Inc
W. Lee
Tata
Kinney’s Shoe Store
Potomac Street
West Baltimore Fruit & Produce Co
W. Franklin ST
Feld’s
Yard G. &. Gong
Harry C. Main
East Frain Street
Sauer Kraut
Chicago Market. Co
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown Light & Heat CO
S. Jonathan Street
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