Jamboree Postponed After Muddy Day at Fairgrounds
Chief Executive Paull Shields and the Boy Scouts of America faced a soggy jam when thundershowers drenched the Washington County jamboree at the fairgrounds. Troops gathered at 1:30 pm and conducted knot tying, first aid, fire making, and equipment inspections despite rain. The rest of the events were rescheduled for next Tuesday with winners to be announced then.
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Paull
Shields
Boy Scouts of America
Fairgrounds
Washington County
This Sheik Had Many Children
In Bagdad a Mosul paper reports the death of a sheik aged about 120 who left four wives and over 196 daughters and grandchildren. He retained his faculties until a few years ago. The youngest son is said to be ten years old.
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Bagdad
Irak
Mosul
Summer Swimming at the Y M C A
Summer swimming lessons are held at the Y M C A every Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday with at least 50 boys in two groups. Instructors Harry Wolf Louis Schmidtt Earl Widmyer assist beginners to earn third badges while 30 advanced students swim dive and play water games. Weather permitting, Mr Wolf leads a 25 boy hike to Poffenberger's past Funkstown this afternoon with Widmyer Foltz assisting.
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Y.M
Harry Wolf
Louis Schmidtt
Earl Widmyer
Marvin Kline
Richard Wemphill
Charles Carty
Mr. Wolf
Funkstown
Poffenberger's
Nabart Foltz
Willow Grove Park to reopen for summer dances
Willow Grove Park near Funks town will reopen this summer with dances twice weekly starting next week. The pavilion overlooking the Antietam is being redecorated and an eight piece orchestra will provide music, according to the operating company.
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Willow Grove Park
Funkstown
Antietam
Maryland Wheat Forecast Raised 6 Percent in May
May sunshine and favorable late spring conditions pushed Maryland wheat production forecast up six percent from April, with 1929 output seen around 29,813,900 bushels. Disease pressures from Septoria Nodorum and brown rust remain, while Hessian fly damage is limited to some Washington County areas. oats and apples show declines from last year amid wet, late planting and poor pollination. Peach prospects remain strong with 12 percent higher expected yield than 1928.
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Maryland
S. R. Newell
Newell
Washington County
Letter Golf Puzzle Teases Hero Answer in Last Issue
The page presents a Letter Golf puzzle where one letter is changed per stroke to form new valid words. The hero, as the answer from the previous issue, is implied through a sequence: TREE, VREER YEET, FEET, BEET, NEST, BUST, BUS A. The feature ends with an automotive ad for Hoffman Chevrolet at 18 B Franklin St offering a no down payment plan and 20 months to pay.
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Tree
Hoffman
Chevrolet
B. Franklin St
A Man's Man at Colonial Theatre and His Captive Woman at Academy
Forrest Halsey adapts Patrick Kearney’s stage hit for William Haines in A Man's Man directed by James Cruze at the Colonial Theatre. Gloria Swanson and Josephine Dunn star in a Hollywood satire with rugged sentiment and a dramatic climax. At the Academy, His Captive Woman, starring Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill with George Fitzmaurice producing, unfolds in tropical settings and features a standout courtroom sequence.
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William Baines
Forrest Halsey
Patrick Kearney
William Haines
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
James Cruze
Colonial Theatre
Hollywood
Josephine Dunn
Sam Hardy
Mae Busch
Note
First National
Academy
Milton Sills
Dorothy Mackaiil
George Fitzmaurice
Rin-Tin-Tin in Frozen River at Colonial Theatre
Warner Bros dog star Rin-Tin-Tin headlines Frozen River at Colonial Theatre. The ice bound tale follows a canine hero who saves three people including child star Davey Lee, portraying a bond with a wolf reared pup in a perilous North setting.
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Rin-Tin-Tin
Warner Bros
Colonial Theatre
Hin- Tin-Tin
Davey Lee
Sonny Boy
Rinty
Not Quite Decent film coming Monday
Fox presents Not Quite Decent starring June Collyer and Louise Dresser, praised as a human document on celluloid. Directed by Irving Cummings, the drama unfolds from stage and night life with a mother sacrificing herself to save her daughter. Collyer plays the daughter.
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Fox
June Collyer
Louise Dresser
Academy
Irving Cummings
Miss Collyer
Bond Issue Carries for Harper's Ferry District Schools
A special election in the Harper's Ferry district approved a bond issue of 112500 for new schools. The vote was 10 to 1 in favor. The districts includes Bolivar Halltown Bakerton and Harper's Ferry. A graded school will be built in Millville and a graded school plus a high school in Harper's Ferry.
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Harper's Ferry
Bolivar
Halltown
Bakerton
Millville
Hearts in Dixie Work of Highly Qualified Group of Experts
Fox Movietone staff leads the all talking film Hearts in Dixie with a top tier team. Paul Sloane supervises directing after long silent era work and study of talking pictures. Howard Jackson and Harl Moser contribute as musical director and wardrobe chief. William Darling oversees setting recreations of cotton fields river scenes cabins and other Southern bits.
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Fox Movietone
Hig
Paul Sloane
Sloane
Talking Pictures
Howard Jackson
Harl Moser
William Darling
Hearts in Dixie Local Premiere at Marrland Theatre
The work praised as wonders of a nature not heretofore revealed is set to premiere locally Monday at the Marrland Theatre. Audience attention centers on the film's debut in the area and its anticipated reception.
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Sit
Southpaws Demonstrate Left-Handed Intelligence
New York June 14. Dr. Ralph Haefner of Columbia University cites tests of public school children to argue left handedness is not a handicap to intelligence. He says parents should not punish a child for preferring his left hand.
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New York
Portsiders
Ralph Haefner
Columbia University
London churches equip pews with headphones for hearing impaired
All Hallows installs a system of headphones in pews to aid parishioners who are hard of hearing. The plan, begun by two hare, aims to let worshippers hear sermons clearly without needing others to repeat themselves.
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London
Two Hare
All Hallows
Winel
Hill Congregational Names Enfield Leader
Hill Congregational church in Enfield appoints new leader amid community outreach efforts. church records show continued outreach programs and planned services for the coming season.
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More Hill
Enfield
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