Youngest United States judge finds time for life
Alfred P. Murrah sworn in as Oklahoma's fourth federal district judge at 33. He reflects on a rough boyhood, years of self made study, and now wants a calmer pace to spend time with his wife and children while handling briefs and higher court decisions. He rode freight trains, worked odd jobs, funded college with a tobacco store job, and earned his law degree before forming a practice.
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Oklahoma City
Murrah
United States
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Gkla
Half Moon
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Tuttle
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Alfred P. Murray
Paul
Ann
Local residents and visitors mingle at Sharpsburg social events
Miss Nellie V Close Army nurse and Capt and Mrs Sprinkle visited Sharpsburg last week with Capt and Mrs Taute. Hagerstown and Emmittsburg visitors join family gatherings while bridge and 500 games draw twenty-two tables at town hall. School party hosts first graders and pre-school children, with guests Randall Harbaugh Mardolin Welles and families from Funkstown Seattle Chevy Chase.
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Nellie V. Close
Army Nurse Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Dallas M. Sprinkle
Winchester National Cemetery
Winchester
C. M. Taute
Alice Wyand
Hagerstown
Evelyn Or
Hattie Heighbor
Joe Cox
Hancock
W. O. Cox
Allen E. Poffenberger
Frederick
B. S. Hoffman
Anna Florence Stonesifer
Emmittsburg
Paul Fair
Town Hall
Door
A. J. Pitzpatrick
Mary Snyder
Louis R. Smith
R. S. Powell
Ruth Urich
J. Fred Roulette
E. P. Earley
Chas. Lowe
Mary Cox
Lilian Thomas
Mary Thomas
Randall Harbaugh
Betty
Mardolin Welles
Funkstown
Lula Hemphill
Martin Nogore
Seattle
Washington
W. Trall
Chevy Chase
Local Social Notes and Antietam Commemoration Broadcasts
Local social items list visits and guests from Washington Hagerstown and Baltimore. Antietam commemoration events broadcast by the National Park Service feature Sharpsburg Playmakers with a May 25 program and a June 1 lecture in the series.
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Robert Brashears
Steelton
Lillian Thomas
Carrie Dailey
Baltimore
Ed Thomas
Sharpsburg
WJEJ
I J. K. Beckenbaugh
James Fishe
James Grove
Thomas Lewis
May Roulette
Ensor Otto
National Park Service
Antietam
Harry Hoover
Hagerstown
Leon Taylor
Langley Field
G Texis
Flora Taylor
Earl Moore
Washington
Gladys Thomas
H. E. Carnahan
Walter Snyder
Ronald Otto
John Kauffman
Mt. Alto
M. FL. Sue
Couples Rush to Wed Here Before Maryland Law Delayed
The weekend rush of couples seeking marriage licenses pressed through Saturday and Sunday as Maryland’s two day waiting period was set to start. A referendum petition by taxi operators halted the law for at least 30 days, with over 6,000 signatures collected. Elkton taxi operator William L. Canai filed the petition, needing 10,000 signatures by June 29 to force a vote in November 1938.
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Maryland
Court House
Hagerstown
Elkton
William L. Cana
Secretary of State
Cann
Kidney Health Ad Promises Quick Cleanse Remedies
An old styled advertisement warns kidneys must remove acids and toxins, touting a guaranteed Cystex prescription. It claims rapid relief within 48 hours and full recovery in a week or money back, urging those with kidney or bladder issues to avoid cheap irritants and seek the product.
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Binet
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Harry Blick
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Thomas Lewis and Son
Hood Fisher
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J. H. Himes
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