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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1951
Page
2
An unreadable OCR fragment references track activity with scattered names and places but fails to establish a coherent event, date, or participants. The legible bits point to a regional track context, yet no concrete results or involved organizations are clear.
Judge J Dudley Diggs ruled it illegal to take bets over the telephone in Maryland and to set up agencies for agents to place wagers from across the country. Convictions on conspiracy to bet carry six months to a year in jail and fines up to 3000 dollars. Testimony described Helwig and Ramer as bookie agents who used phones and badges to accept comeback wagers at the track.
William G. Porter Jr. was elected commander of Dixon Troxell American Legion Post at Funkstown, succeeding Robert M. Stockalager. Other officers include Hartman senior vice commander Keller junior vice commander Rohrer adjutant Moser finance officer Keplinger historian Curom sergeant-at-arms Ball chaplain. Per capita soap consumption in the United States is 25 pounds per year.
Two motorists sounded horns as they neared an alley intersection behind the Court House yesterday afternoon. Neither heard the other and their cars collided. Flora Warrenfeltz of the 800 block Florida Avenue was a passenger with a possible rib fracture. Hubert M. Warrenfeltz drove one car. William B. Hook, 406 block West Washington Street, drove the other. Henry Picard, golf’s leading money winner in 1939 with 10390 dollars, won six tournaments that year, including the PGA.
Six and eight inch doilies in No 36 cotton for use on trava or cake plates. Pattern 7226 includes crochet instructions for both sizes. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Dept. at 63 Old Chelsea Station New York. Also refers to 1951 Alice Brooks Needlework catalog with patterns and free illustrations.
Weather improves work on two major county road projects the Leitersburg and Sharpsburg Pikes proceed with widening repairs and paving. Progress may extend into next spring on the Sharpsburg Pike while the Leitersburg Pike could finish this year depending on conditions. The Cave town Pike project has not yet started.
An eight year old girl identified as Sharon Hamil of 323 West Wilson Bowevard was injured in a bicycle collision with a horse in an alley near her home. She sustained bruises shock and possible internal injuries.
Thurmont bicentennial events resume with garden judging by the Thurmont Grange and Homemakers Club for best decorated store windows and homes. Memorial services honor deceased veterans and early settlers at United Brethren Cemetery and Apples Church. a buffet supper in Memorial Park precedes a Yellow Springs Band concert.
Two Sharpsburg men were injured in a head on collision on the Shepherdstown Martinsburg Road near Martinsburg. Puffenberger and passenger Cook were treated at King's Daughters Hospital Martinsburg for cuts bruises and shock Fred Myers of Martinsburg was uninjured.
A gathering of Headquarters Detachment veterans in Rogt e s Tavern Maryland honored Hospitalman Diehl a Korea veteran who served as a Marine Corps corpsman on the front lines and was wounded by a grenade fragment. Also honored was Hospitalman Third Class David Dichi on leave from Korea service. Former State Guard veterans, including Dr Crown Diehl and J R Black, joined the informal recollection of World War II era events at the Historic Alamo in San Antonio de Va.
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