Dedication Sunday features famed pilot in stunt flight
Harold Johnson, renowned for his air race feats, will pilot a six ton tri motor plane through complex acrobatics at the Hagerstown airport dedication on Sunday at 1 30 PM. The program also includes parachutist Buddy Batzel, acrobatic glider pilot, and Maryland National Guard formations with a concert by the Hagerstown Municipal Band.
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Hagerstown
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Immelman
América
Air Circle
Buddy Batzel
Charles Abel
Maryland National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Insst
Blacksnake Killed After Threat to Robin Nest
At Chariton home of Howard Ankeney a large blacksnake threatened a robin nest. He clubbed the reptile to death after spotting it near the kitchen tree. The mother bird and hatchlings are recovering well.
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Howard Ankeney
Chariton
Mr. Ankeney
Mother Bird
Workman Injured In High Plunge On Route 40 Bridge
Thomas Mills a 40 year old Clearspring resident was seriously hurt after falling nearly 40 feet from the Licking Creek bridge under construction on Route 40 yesterday afternoon He was rushed to Washington County Hospital with multiple fractures and possible internal injuries The accident involved bridge workers Mills is an employee of the construction crew contractors include Thomas Bennett and Hunter of Westminster The new bridge will replace an old structure that was often submerged by floods
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Licking Creek
Thomas Mills
Clearspring
Washington County
Mills
Millas
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Westminster
Chamberlain Looks Ahead as League News Claims Death
It is hard to gauge Mr. Chamberlain as he speaks with hope for the League's future, even after declaring the League dead. The remarks reflect a renewed belief in the organization amid uncertain times.
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Mr. Chamberlain
The
League
Eight Deaths by Accidents Across Maryland Holiday Weekend
Maryland's first summer holiday weekend brought eight deaths from accidents. A Potomac River boating tragedy near Seneca sank a boat with two men and nine children, four children drowning. Names include Paul R. Grimm and Lucile Hogan of Merrifield Virginia. Additional fatalities occurred in traffic crashes near Frederick and Forestville, a hit and run in Worcester County, and a Towson truck incident.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Potomac River
Senaca
Paul R. Grimm
Lucile Hogan
Frank In
Worcester County
Oliver Scoven
Towson
Aged Couple Die In Death By Own Action Pact
Glendale Calif June 14 W E Dysart 75 once Texas ranch owner and Olive 63 widow of a South African diamond king were found shot dead on the steps of 2 Schoolhouse Evans detective lieutenant said they died in a murder and death by own action pact A note read My wife wants to go with me in death as all our money cattle and homes are gone The Dysarts were married nearly a quarter of a century ago after the death of her husband John Barry who left her 9000000.
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Glendale
Calif
W. E. Dysart
Olive
W. E. Evans
Evans
Dysart
the Dysarts
John Barry
Pinesburg Letter Brims With Local Visits and Family News
June 11 notes list numerous local visitors and gatherings. Virginia Charlton returns home after visiting Mrs. Annie Charlton and daughters. Families from Williamsport Clearspring Breathedsville and Pittsburgh appear in social visits with the Charltons, Hos, Cloppers, Saunders, Reid, Jones, Myers, Bryan, Snyder, Bair, Chariton, Hose, and Teach households. The item reads as a social column of community engagements and hospitality.
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Inesburg
Virginia Charlton
Annie Charlton
Charles Nalley
Williamsport
Russell Hose
Walter Garrett
Paul Clopper
Allen Rees
Ernest Reid
Walter Teach
Elmer Shank
Benry Chariton
Hubert Fowler
Andrew Saunders
Bessie
Breathedsville
Lancaster
Edward Jones
Calvin Myers
Charlton
Russell Bryan
Richard Snyder
Harry Snyder
Clearspring
Edward Bair
Alta
Henry Chariton
Dantel Johnson
Pittsburgh
James Hose
Herman Hose
Alta Barr
Claude Carbaugh
Betty Barr
Raymond Staley
William Teach
Japan Drives Toward Hankow Along Yangtze River
Japanese forces moved up the Yangtze toward Hankow as Western warships and gunboats guarded the river. The United States rejected a Japanese warning and said its ships would protect American lives and property, with Admiral Yarnell planning to inspect toward Nanking. Chinese defenses ahead of Hukow faced shelling and riverfront attacks, with over 1,000 Chinese reported killed or wounded.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yangtze River
Hankow
United States
Masayuki Tani
China
Wuhu
Kiukiang
Harry E. Yarcell
Asiatic Fleet
Frank P. Lockhart
Yangtze
Lockhart
Admiral Yarnell
Monocacy
Kiuklang
Kuling
Yamel
Nanking
Anking
Anhwei Province
Hukow
Yellow River
Chengchow
Gas Death Case and Maryland Grand Jury Hearing
Robert West helped build Missouri's lethal gas chamber and Deputy Sheriff Arnold Williams confessed to deadly intent. He killed Mrs. Vivian Davidson at St Louis to be executed. In Rockville Maryland a grand jury will hear evidence about the assault of 13 year old Etta May Coleman as James Turner, 26, is held in Baltimore City Jail on related charges.
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Robert West
Missouri
Arnold Williams
Vivian Davidson
St. Louis
Rockville
James H. Pugh
Montgomery County
Etta May Coleman
Germantown
James A. Turner
Baltimore City
Stream Pollution Control Bill Passed by Congress
Congress approved a plan to create a Public Health Service division to curb stream pollution with a 1 million dollar annual appropriation. Of the funds, 700 thousand dollars could be granted to states to cover up to 30 percent of labor and material costs for pollution projects. The action ends a long Senate House deadlock. A separate report noted fatalities in a battle near Palito amid tension with Japan.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Public Health Service
Senate
House
Four youths drown as river floods near Grantsville WV
On June 14 in Grantsville West Virginia four youths died when their skiff capsized in the swollen Little Kanawha River. The eight aboard fled ashore, four remain missing as volunteers search the river with the NYA camp and quarry site nearby. Rain plagued the area and rivers stayed high.
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West Virginia
Raina
Grantsville
W. Va
Kanawhe
Claude McCune
Nicot
Gracy Allen
Millstone
John Bowers
Big Bend
Cecil Truman
Oko
Kenneth Johnson
Grantaville
Gilbert Wright
Leatherbark
National Youth Administration
NYA
Tiwan
Searthers
Classified Directory Brings Daily Up-to-Date Wants
A daily up-to-date directory of wants and offers appears in the Classified Section. The page promises current listings and fresh notices each day for readers seeking goods services or opportunities.
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Ana Offera
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Lei
Blacksnake
Chesapeaes and Potomac Telephone Company
Magaha
Managar
Punnk Avenue
Ragerstown, Maryland
Pinesburg Letter
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Arta
Palas
Standard American
Encyclopedia
No. L
Herald-Mail
de Lune Edition
General Electric
America
Hagerstown, Md
Ported
Palito
Icodemus
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