Winners to be announced in Washington County essay contest
Four winning entrants from Smithsburg Boonsboro and Hancock will be named at a July 28 republic celebration at Beaver Creek Community Hall. Prizes total 29 dollars with 10 7 5 and 2 50 awards. Frank C B Richardson University of Maryland will speak on George Washington. Social hour and refreshments follow.
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George Washington
Washington County Farm Bureau
Bureau
Beaver Creek
Smaithsburg
Boonsboro
Hancock
Washington
Fraf. C
Richardson
University of Maryland
D. W. Griffith
Coronal Theatre
United Artists
Ab‘raham Lincoln
Hnm
Anita Loos
John Emerson
Hal Skelly
Zita Johann
Boots compare with higher priced rivals
Boots offered at modest prices compare with more expensive sporting boots and hip boots. Montgomery Ward Co lists Jonathan Street address and phone number 2680 for inquiries.
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Montgomery Ward
Jonathan St
Boy Hurt In Auto Mishap Near Hancock
Robert Lee Bales Jr aged four of Baltimore suffered a compound fracture of the hip when the car driven by his father left the road and hit a concrete culvert on the National Highway two miles west of Hancock. The father and passengers received minor injuries and Merle Hays ten of Smithsburg Route 2 was seriously hurt by an auto that fled the scene.
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Robert Lee Bales, Jr
Baltimore
Hancock
C. F. Schluter
Bales
Roy Sexton
Merle Hays
Lloyd Hays
Smithsburg
Route 2
Washington County
Personal Magnetism Drives Stars Says Bankhead
Tal lchah Bankhead says lasting fame requires more work than reaching top screen status. She stars in Paramount's Thunder Below at the Maryland Theatre for two days starting today. The star also notes that breaks help early fame but not sustained prominence. Also, the U.S. supplied France with over $2.48 million in agricultural machinery in 1931.
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Tallchah Bankhead
Paramount
Maryland Theatre
United States
France
Pineburg social notes list visiting relatives and neighbors
Pinesburg July 15 roundup of visitors and family times. Numerous guests from Hagerstown Baltimore Philadelphia Williamsport and West Virginia gathered at local homes for holidays and weekends. Several relatives and friends are noted with sickness and leisure moments.
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Pinesburg
Roy Hornbaker
William Hamby
Hagerstown
Harry Hamby
Norfolk, Va
Edward Hornbaker
Elton
Walter
Joseph Statley
Nellie
Paul
Edgar Travinger
Vada Bear
Leonard Hull
Lloyd Kelley
Clarence Kelley
West Virginia
Richard Moats
Jacob Higgens
Clyde Higgens
John Armstrong
Fire and marvels fill Herald-Mail newsreel reel at Coney Island
The film showcases a 2 million dollar Coney Island fire devastating baths and homes, with Graham McNamee narrating scenes of 3 000 summer cottagers homeless and thousands displaced. It also features West Virginia floods, a Loch Lomond speedboat record, Siena’s medieval festival, and 17 000 Czech calisthenics in Prague.
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Coney Island
Herald - Mail- Universal
Graham McNamee
Talkin Reporter
Fis
New York
McNamee
West Virginia
Charleston
Paint
Armstrong
Raye Don
Miss England
Loch Lomond
America
Gar Wood
Siena
Italy
Talking Reporter
Pragnus
William H. Collins
Unashamed Heads Henrys Program at Henrys Theatre
The play Unashamed opens at Henrys Theatre for three days with Helen Twelevtrees as the heroine facing a moral choice that could save or doom her brother. Robert Young leads the cast alongside Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt John Miljan Monroe Ownley Robert Warwick and Gertrude Michael. Written by Bayard Veiller and directed by Harry Beaumont this Siberian setting tale contrasts harsh winters with scorching summers.
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Henry’s
Helen Twelevtrees
Robert Young
Oli
Brother
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholi
John Miljan
Monroe Ownley
Robert Warwick
Gertrude Michael
Bayard Veiller
Mary Dugan
Harry Beaumont
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Farm Bureau
Millie Donoribe
Metrotone
Fitzpatrick
Tues
Henry
Keep
Columbia Coast
To Coast Network
Toonerville
By Fountaine Fox
Mickey
McGuire
Pinesburg Letter
G. W. Mills
St. Paul's
Paul Charlton
Merlin Bryant
Michigan
Adam Charlton
Pearl Hastings
Lloyd Hastings
Roy Black
Mary
Lillian
Elmer Shank
Charles Mutmmert
Lolita
Williamsport
Jacob Higsens
Emmett Guessford
Charles Tabler
Gussie Martini
Trixie
Bettie
Ned
J. A. Forsythe
Howard Miller
Isaac D. Grove
Florence Grooms
Edward Grove
Edward Slaler
John Banzhoff
Bessie Emerson
Lelia
Emmett Marti
Monroe
Trixie Martin
Aliyn Rider
New York City
Tilghman
Ernest Banzhoff
Bertha Sprecher
Preston Sprecher
Walnut Point
Albert Charlton
William Teach
Joseph
Helen Coakley
George Miller
Elmer Shink
Emory Staley
Alfred McAllister
Newton McAllister
Clearspring
David Higgens
Charles Higgens
George Shank
Earl Shank
John Shank
Etha
Beulah
Betty Martin
Holiday Shank
Betty Tabler
Winfield Mills
Walter Hose
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers
Cauffman & CO
East
Herald-Mail
Maryland
C. W. Griffith
Majestic
Garver Furniture Co
Potomac St
Tallulah
Eedee
Warner Bros
Jaiefiths Ine
Colonial Sound News
Warner Bikes
Siberia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pi
S. Jonathan St
Paramount Picture
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