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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1933
Page
8
Fire destroyed an unthreshed wheat stack at 8 W Flohr farm near Pennsylvania Avenue. Insurance adjustors concluded evidence indicates a cigarette started the blaze, not engine sparks. The threshing outfit by Adem Strausner had safeguards against fire.
The Vacation Bible School at Broadfording Church of the Brethren will begin July 24 and run for six days.
Washington County Boy Scout Council’s camping committee received a National Camp Department compliment for preparations for a 1846 mile trip to the Chicago World’s Fair. The group, of eighty scouts, departs July 20 from Hagerstown and travels to Canton, Akron, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Windsor, Niagara Falls, and Chautauqua before returning July 31.
W B Jack Len(k)ard of Kendall Refining Company aviation division arrives for a sales promotion in Martinsburg Cumberland and Waynesboro. He travels with H M Garrison and pilots a Travelair Speedwing plane. Kendall oil claims dominance in world air speed records and major flights.
More than 1,000 workers at three Martinsburg area plants receive about 20 percent salary boosts effective yesterday. Perfection Garment Company increases for nearly 400 employees. Dunny Woolen raises between 20 and 24 percent. Berkeley Woolen cuts hours and raises pay about 20 percent.
The Lutheran Sunday school of Leitersburg held its annual picnic at Pen Mar Park on Saturday. A committee led by W. Hebb organized plans and entertainment as buses and cars ferried several hundred attendees to the park for a day of fun.
Goodyear emphasizes that every ply is cord-developed and patented to prevent blowouts under heat and speed. The material stretches yet returns, illustrating durability beyond ordinary tires seen at local Goodyear dealers.
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