Water alert as streams decline threaten fishing season
Deputy Albert Crampton warns Hagerstown residents that Potomac and tributaries run low, risking an early end to the fishing season. Antietam and Conocochog inlets have fallen to 26 year lows while city water use remains at 4 to 5 million gallons daily despite assurances of no shortage.
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Hagerstown
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Albert Crampton
Tiiny Ride
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Conocochergue
Patomer
Albert Heard
Water Department
Heard
Capon River
Licking Creek
Edgemont
Circus prophecies and Jessica Martin dazzles crowd at graduation
In a lighthearted class prophecy at Sout Philadelphia High School class of 125, Jessica Martin, famed as a wire artiste from the Sparks Circus, is celebrated for balancing on a clothesline and balancing umbrellas. Sparks Circus plans two shows in Hagerstown with 2 and 4 PM starts and affordable prewar ticket prices.
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Philadelphia
Jessica Martin
Wire
Essica
Sho
Sparks Circus
Hagerstown
Hursday
Emmett Hoffman Funeral Held in Williamsport Community
The funeral of Emmett Hoffman, a Republican State Central Committee member for Washington County, was held at his Williamsport home. Clergy from Lurcheah Church and St. John's Lutheran Church led services, with mediatry lodge and Knights Templar members in attendance. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, the procession stretched over a mile with hundreds of cars.
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Islamer
Williamsport
W. . Druddle
Lurheah Church
Et Willamsport
Edwar Harris
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hagerstown
Republican State Central Committee
Washington County
Hoffman
Gus
Venuilius
St. Bernerds
Piar
Mediary Lodge
A. P and
A. M
Buria
Rose Hill Cemetery
Municipal Airport Log Details Regular Inspections and Flights
The Greensburg PA entry lists a KR-34 Challenger with pilot O D Murphy for monthly inspections and pilot exams. Rouzerville PA shows Richard Henson checking for a private pilot license. Martinsburg WV entry notes S R Mowerey to license the ship. Hanover NJ entry records O rion Flying Service KR-34 awaiting repairs for about a week.
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Greensburg
Ryan
St. Louis
O. D. ‘Murphy
Department of Cammerce
Rouzerville
Martinsburg
S. R. Mowerey
Hanorver
N. J
Orion Flying Service
A. Wolf
Aged Pennsylvania Man Taken to Smithsburg Relative Home
A 70-year-old man from Pennsylvania came seeking relatives in Smithsburg. Deputy John S. Goutf and Detective Edward J. Knapman transported him to a nephew's home in Hagerstown, but upon arrival the elder found his relatives had left Smithsburg. Residents then asked police to locate a suitable place for him to live.
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Pennsylvania
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
John S. Goutf
Edward J. Knapman
Governor Takes Lead in War on Detroit Gangsters
Alarm over Detroit gang killings grows after the Buckley murder as Governor Fred W. Green and Police Commissioner Thomas Wilcox map steps to rid the city of gangsters. Mrs Jeanette Buckley, widow of the victim, is pictured.
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Detroit
Gerald Buckley
Fred W. Green
Thomas Wilcox
Jeanette Buckley
Wealthy broker dies in Wisconsin plane crash
In Madison Wisconsin a wealthy Los Angeles broker Charles E Anderton and his pilot George A Morgan were killed when their new biplane crashed into a marsh near the airport after takeoff. The craft rose briefly then sank and burst into flames with both men still strapped in.
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Madison
Wis
Los Angeles
Charles E Anderton
Carcago
George A. Morgan
Sir Paul
Lacrosse
St. Paul
Gigger Fined for Night Gigging on Potomac
T L Green of Virginia was fined 225 and costs by Justice Motter in Frederick for gigging fish in the Potomac low waters. three months in the Maryland House of Correction suspended. Earlier, three men were fined 25 each by a Middletown magistrate. Officials vow to halt gigging. The Boonsboro fire engine arrives today from Washington for a 3 to 4 p m demonstration. A twin lightning arrester for radios debuts, shielding against lightning from aerials and wires.
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Ben Phebus
Potomac
T. L. Green
Virginia
Justice Motter
Frederick
Maryland House of Correction
Middletown
Call for Writers for August Issue in Major Cities
The notice invites interested readers to contribute to a complimentary August issue. Cities listed include New York Philadelphia Boston Buffalo Toronto Cleveland Pittsburgh Montreal indicating a broad regional scope.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Buffalo
Toronto
Cleveland
Pittsb
Montreal
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