Wiley Post Fails Again in Transcontinental Attempt
Wichita reports Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae suffered a fourth failure to span the continent in sub stratosphere. Post, ferried to Bartlesville after a hangar landing in Kansas, vowed to quit the attempt while oil sprayed from a broken piston spattered his feet.
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Iowa
Ann Harding Stars in The Flame Within at Maryland Theatre
Ann Harding takes a dramatic screen pivot in The Flame Within co starring Herbert Marshall at the Maryland Theatre for a three day engagement. She returns to stage roots after screen stardom with MGM drama where she portrays a famous psychiatrist torn between her redemptive love for a troubled man.
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Edmund Goulding
Herbert Marshall
Maryland Theatre
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Eight-Hour Day Planned for Hagerstown Police
The Hagerstown Police Department may adopt an eight-hour day with three shifts totaling 34 officers, plus a desk clerk for the 4 p m to midnight shift. The plan, supported by the Mayor and Council if kept within current budget, aims to boost efficiency and adds a third cruising car for outlying areas.
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Hagerstown
Board of Street Commissioners
Will Rogers greatest comedy opens today at Henrys Theatre
Will Rogers doubting Thomas opens at Henrys Theatre with Alison Skipworth Billie Burke Sterling Holloway Gail Patrick Frances Grant and Frank Alberston in a tale of a sausage maker whose stage loving wife seeks stardom The film promises nonstop laughter and a lively supporting cast delivering the biggest laughs yet at Henrys all week.
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Will - Rogers
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Billie Burke
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Frank Alberston
Wilt
Will
Henry’s Theatre
Girl Held In Slaying Case In Philadelphia
A 15 year old girl is jailed in Philadelphia on charges tied to the slaying of 26 year old Dorothy D Augustino. Detectives say Angelina Mangrate confessed to firing five shots from a revolver at D Augustino after years of alleged coercion into a marriage. Police seek two men for questioning related to the case.
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House of Correctio
Land
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D’augustino
Augustine Ome
Fourteen Fatally Injured In Train Crashes Near London
London dispatch reports rescuers amid tangled wreckage as a northbound freight train collided with the Newcastle express near Welwyn, killing 14 including six women and two children. A second crash at Gourock near Glasgow injured 22 when a Glasgow passenger train crashed into buffers at the station end.
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Gourock
Welwyn Station
Third Set of Twin Births Reported in Chewsville
On Saturday Harvey Beard reports the birth of a third set of twins in Chewsville. The event notes that all involved are healthy and alive.
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Chewsville
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