Oriental Moth Again Attacks Orchards Here
Washington County faces ongoing Oriental fruit moth damage to peach and quince trees. In six years the pest has spread widely with four to five generations yearly, attacking interiors of fruit and causing widespread losses. County Agent Milton D. Moore cites ground harrowing and parasites as the best control. no effective quarantine can confine the moth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Mason and Dixon Line
Milton D. Moore
Hunt Husband for Murder in Detroit Hotel
Detroit May 8 A man believed to be Ronald Clarke of Detroit escaped after fatally shooting his wife in a crowded hotel lobby shouting There s trouble on the fourth floor He was shoeless and shirtless as he fled Four shots were fired and the woman lay beside the elevator shaft her coat burned by powder Police initially thought J L Codman of Chicago or St Paul left letters in the couple s room signed Codman declaring the plan to kill John L Ault of Evanston president of the Ault Silverplate Company Chicago The letters name Codman as the writer and hint at a broader motive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ronald Clarke
J. L. Codman
Chicago
St. Paul
Once Star Hurler Ran A Speakeasy
HARRISBURG May 8 Harry Coreleskie former big league pitcher must pay 150 for operating a speakeasy. The court gave him time to raise the money from his friends. If my arm was good I wouldn't be here today. PLEADS NOT GUILTY KEY WEST Fla May 8 Representative Michaelson pleads not guilty to Higuer charges and trial begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Harry Coreleskie
Key West
Fla
Michaelson
Higuer
Death notices from Smithsburg area death listings
Death notices report William Coursey Smith of Smithsburg aged 67 dying at 2:30 am from complications. He leaves two daughters Etta and Mabel, with funeral at 2 o'clock Friday at home and 2:30 pm service at Trinity Lutheran Church, Leitersburg cemetery burial. Also Celeste Glock aged 70 dies at Washington County Hospital from paralysis, two daughters survive, funeral Friday 9 am Minnick Funeral Home, Stoufferstown burial. Sarah A. Hyde of Martinsburg dies at 2 pm age 83, funeral tomorrow 2 pm Cedar Hill cemetery Washington. Richard Barkdoll dies in Reid aged 66, services Friday 1:30 pm at home and 2:30 pm Paradise Mennonite Church with interment. Catherine Bachtell funeral Thursday 1:38 pm from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coursey Smith
Smithsburg
P. F. Curfman
Leitersburg
Celeste Glock
North Locust Street
Washington County Hospital
Central Presbyterian Church
Chambersburg
Marie Werner
Renova
Oliver S. Minnick
Elizabeth Snively
Fayetteville
Minnick
Sarah A. Hyde
Martinsburg
Co. Hunter Hyde
South Potomac Street
S. Yost
Cedar Hill
Washington
Richard Barkdoll
Joseph M. Barkdoll
Reid
Paradise Mennonite Church
Olive Martin
Alberta
Canada
Vallie Oberholzer
Paramount
Anna Mary Landis
Eli Barkdoll
Hagerstown
Samuel Barkdoll
Lancelot Barkdoll
Dixon Til
Henry Barkdoll
Elizabeth Pitsnogle
This City
Roy Shank
Danville
Paradise Mennonite Dhurch
Fresh Porgies at Shipp's Fish Market Ad
Classified short ad for Shipp's Fish Market offering fillets of porgies with contact via phone number 2470. This compact notice promotes fresh seafood availability and directs inquiries to the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipp's
Shriners Plan Large Hagerstown Ceremonial Parade
Plans are perfected for a Shriner ceremonial in Hagerstown on Monday May 20 by AN Ghan Temple with potentate Roy A Leiter and committee. Fifty candidates will be admitted. events start with a 5 20 pm buffet at the Masonic Temple followed by a 7 pm Shrine parade and an 8 pm Maryland Theater ceremony. Vaudeville acts from New York will follow. AU Ghan Temple headquarters at the Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
AN Ghan Temple
Mystic Shrine
Dlustrious
Roy A. Leiter
Masonic Temple
Maryland
New York
AU Ghan Temple
Bell Head Reelected Leader of Williamsport School Board
Cyrus D. Bell of Williamsport was reelected president at yesterday's reorganizational meeting. W. P. Lane Jr and Charles I. Rinehart attended for the first time, with Robert H. McCarley elected vice-president. The board set a next year's budget for submission May 10 and will appoint trustees at a forthcoming special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus D. Bell
Williamsport
Board of Education
W. P. Lane, Jr
Charles I. Rinehart
Robert H. McCarley
Harry R. Rudy
Benjamin J. Boswell
Catholic Church Vows Cooperation With Mexican Government
In a continued statement the speaker says the Catholic church and clergy are prepared to cooperate with the Mexican government in lawful, moral efforts for the people. He notes the church as an institution was not part of the military uprising, though a minority within the church favored violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Church
Mexico
George Will Plays in College Concert At Juniata College
George son of Mrs Mary J George of 55 East North Street is a viola player in the 50 piece Juniata College symphonic orchestra appearing in Waynesboro High School auditorium tomorrow evening under the Waynesboro Women's League. He plans to spend tomorrow afternoon in Hagerstown before joining the orchestra, a Hagerstown High School graduate active in Juniata activities. Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs C H Johnson expresses gratitude for kindness after the illness and death of their son Albert Burton Johnson along with flowers and car use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ugh S. George
Mary J. George
East North Street
Juniata College
Waynesboro
Waynesboro Women's League of
Hagerstown
George
Hagerstown High School
Janiata
Albert Burton Johnson
C. H. Johnson
True Romance Club Your Day With Sparks Circus May 16
The Daily Mail announces a True Romance Club day at Sparks Circus on May 16. The event invites couples married forty years or more to join, enjoy a special matinee with reserved seats, and socialize in a festive, free day of recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Romance Club
Daily Mail
Sparks Circus
Lfe
County and City Health Meet to Discuss Fulltime Officer
County Commissioners name Frank L Bennett and C Ed w in Carl to join City representatives Allen A Harbaugh and J Harry Schueler in a two day meeting with the State Board of Health to decide on appointing a fulltime health officer for Hagerstown and Washington County. The action follows a delegation led by Dr R Riley and Walter N Kirkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
State Board of Health
Washington County
Frank L. Bennett
C. Edwin Carl
Musey
Allen A. Harbaugh
J. Harry Schueler
R. Riley
State Board of Public Health
Walter N. Kirkman
Washington County Medical
Court Defines a Hot Doggie
In Montpelier Vermont on May 8 the state supreme court clarified what constitutes a hot dog defining it as a steamed frankfurter sausage broiled at Coney Island, encased in a roll and served with mustard. The name does not imply any canine derivative.
Capone Trio Found Slain In Illinois Homicide
Three Italian men believed Chicago gangsters were killed in Hammond with machine gun fire. Two bodies lay in a back seat of a stolen coupe found in a ditch, another lay face down nearby. A business card for Joe Perardi and fingerprints could help identify suspects. Police link the method to a Chicago septuple murder and note expensive clothing and a Chicago tailor tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Joe Perardi
Ay West
Madison Street
Chicago
Cicero
Joe
J. ” Clicaze
Louis Perardi
Express
Coune
Berwyn
George Hanlon
Chisago
Trolley Bus Issue Hangs in Balance
The negotiation over replacing trolleys with buses on East Antie tam street stalls as Potomac Edison hesitates after investing about $40,000 in Loop tracks. The City Council and citizens' committee clash over the change while Loop route residents push for substitution amid pending company terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam Street
Potomac Edison Company
General Citizens’ Committee
Potomac Street
Hamilton Boulevard
Do You Recall YEARS AGO TODAY
Do You Recall YEARS AGO TODAY recounts drowning of Herman Stoner at Kemps Mill Conoro cheague, saving of Joseph Golden, estate bequests to St. John's Episcopal Church, and local notices from 1904 including marriages, births, deaths, club notes, postmaster duties, and prices for beer hogs wheat eggs veal batter and bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Stoner
Maryland
Kemps Mill
Joseph Golden
George G. Smith
Howard Drury
Wm. H. Clarkson
L. M. E. Cook
Chris Hilliard
Money rates press market as bulls and bears clash
New York May 8 High money rates limit speculative activity in stocks as bulls fail to attract new followers and bears fail to trigger broad liquidations. Call money at 14 percent. small outside money and reluctance of New York banks to raise rediscounts. Railroads show improving efficiency and earnings. steel trade reviews show steady activity. crude oil output dips. freight car loadings remain high. Meanwhile in Chicago May 8 six bullets wounded George Ceil after he shot at police and a man, possibly fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
May & (P
George Ceil
Angle Awarded Sewerage Work in City Bonds
The council approved issuing 300000 dollars in city bonds to fund sewerage expansion. Bonds bear 4 1/2 percent interest, first redemptions in 1960, with 10000 dollars redeemed annually until the debt is wiped out in 1989, paper to be ready by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Hey
Oratorio by Choral Groups and Recitals Highlight Evening
The Schubert Choir and Jeffer son Choral Society under Charles Moore Cassell presented a Music Week program last night at St John s Lutheran auditorium. Afternoon pupils of Regina M Feigley and D A Watkins gave recitals at the M C A with diverse selections. Evening features the Glee Clubs and Orchestra at the High School. Mrs Lois Knowlson Dodge Manning sues for divorce from Benjamin Franklin Manning in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schubert Choir
Jefferson Choral Society
Charles Moore Cassell
Music Week
St. John's Lutheran Auditorium
Gani
Ruth
Regina M. Feigley
D. A. Watkins
Florence Williames- Parker
Gries
Betty Brownell
Mendelssohn
Ida Virginia Miller
Chaminade
Jean Hoffmeier
Schubert
Dorothea Rohrer
D. Gaynor Blake
Laura Mae Hays
Hanging Gardens
Iwan Davies
Phyllis Hunter
Grieg
Butterfly
Greig
Dorothy Irwin
Baci- Gounod
Thurman Finfrock
Kenneth Stuart
Billie Barr
Paderewski
Eleanor Heidwohl
Wid Rose
MacDowell
Betty Bridges
Helen Middlekaut
Anitra
Kemp Wretzer
Elizabeth Hammond
Miss Ziegler
Peter Buys
Stock Quotations From Spielman Co Roome 302 3
Quotations furnished by W R Spielman Co Roome 302 3 4 Warthen Building West Washington St provide market figures for the day. The item notes prices and trends for various securities as recorded by the local broker. Entities include W R Spielman Co and the Warthen Building in Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Spielman & Co
Wartham
West
Washington St
Wareham
Masons Meet in Frederick with Grand Officers Present
Hagerstown Masons attended a dinner and assembly of the Royal and Select Masters in Frederick. Grand officers, including Warren S. Seipp of Baltimore, were present. Local Masons listed include G. H. P. Roy Danzer and others. The session related to Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association in Winchester on August 13. Also notes about Maryland Firemen’s Association officials attending. A local fish market advertises Jersey butterfish trout and porgies with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Hagerstown
Masonic Temple
Warren S. Seipp
Baltimore
U.S
G. H. P. Roy Danzer
W. B. King
Otho R. Gloss
J. Lloyd Harshman
Canton Threatened as Provisional War Rages
Canton, China, faces a martial advance as factions from Kwangsi threaten capture of the city. Overnight shifts from peace to conflict drive thousands from Canton to Hong Kong while Nanking central bank notes slide further under par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Kwangsi Group
Hong Kong
Nanking
Lytell May Wed Leading Lady
New York reports Bert Lytell and Grace Menken, lovers on stage, are engaged and she plans to retire from acting after marriage. Bert was once married to Evelyn Vaughn and Claire Windsor. Ceremonial tonight at the Aaserstown Forest Masonic Temple features a Tall Cedars initiation parade at 7 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bert Lytell
Grace Menken
Lova
Bert
Evelyn Vaughn
Claire Windsor
Greencastle Happenings Ahead of May Games at King Field
Greencastle Athletics face Pennsylvania Railroad from Chambersburg tomorrow at King Field after an 11 to 2 win over Fleisher of Hagerstown last Saturday at Wing Field. Local delegates attend West Pennsylvania Synodical Missionary Convention in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
King Fie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chambersburg
Fleisher
Hagerstown
Wing Field
H. B. Burkholder
A. G. Shook
Edith Kauffman
Town
Hanover
West Pennsylvania Synodical Missionary Convention
Jocal
The
Evangelical Lutheran _ Church
Robert Bliner
Waynesboro Hospital
John Maudenshield
Carnegie
W. S. Detrich
West Baltimore Street
J. H. Copenhaver
Mr. Cope
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hunt
Man
Ars
Catherine Bachtell
Anitary EA
E. Franklin St
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
North Potomac ST
Bentz & Dunn
Spielman’s Delicatessen
Long Beach
Calif
Smoot
Zella Smoot Nibley
Bell
Ludwig Tire & Parking CO
W. Antietam St. Opp. B
Court
Capone
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Walton Gray Hughes
Oregon
Bar Association
Hfe
J. Clarence Lang
Cardinal Gibbons
Wnetlie Petre
Fairplay
Clarence Doub
Funkstown
Alice J. Smith
Fred H. Snyder
Big Springs
Williamsport Drum Corns
Mason Wright
Edward Taylor
Scott Robinson
Catherine A. Cullen
Indian Springs
Edward A. Kuhn
Sebastian Raddhii
Joseph Boward
Angle
Jefferson Society
Lois Knowlson Dodge Manning
Horace I. Dodge
Benjamin Franklin Manning
Atchison
Andes
Suma Tob
Aly
Balto, & Ohio
Aes West
Barnsdail A
Bethlehem Steel
Columbia Gas
Chesa
Ohio
Chrysler
Cons
N. Y
Davison Chem
Big Dupont
Pleischmam
TLY Famous Players
Goxe General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich Pede Ewe
Goodyear
Graham Paige
Hudson Motors
Cessesee Bas
Bay Hoffman Much
Nickel
Xolster Radio
Swea
Kennecott
Lorillard
Ns Mont. Ward
North
Pacific
North American
Overland
Penna
R. I
O. J
Repb Iron & Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair
Cal
N. J. Gly
Studebaker
Stewart Warner
Mala
Texas Gulf
Timken
Union Pacific
U. 8
U.S. Steel
Westhouse
Western Md
Wright Aero
Jersey
Shipp
City
Tom Cross
Williams
Lee Elgin Pump & Heating Co
Howard Sr
Agenta
Lytell
Aaserstown Forest
Tall Cedars
Lebanon
Saps
Forest
Uue
John A. Cormick
Trevland
Hollywood
Gateway Klub
Mulberry St
Games Lc
Aik
W.—O
Joe Mills
Boor
M—O—A
Waek
K. T. Hager
Church and
Prospect Sts
Hotel Hamilton Coffee Shop Business Men's
Gree Meadow Club Grounds
Halfway
Walcome
Ady
Ditto Williamspaert
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!