Grand jury urges controls on Hagerstown venues and tenants
The grand jury urged the mayor and city council to study the mix of soda fountain dance hall and pool room operations in Hagerstown for closer supervision. It also asked landlords to vet tenants to curb crime and reduce investigation costs. The panel advised dealers who buy chickens from suspicious parties to report details to the sheriff to aid arrests.
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Grand Jury
Hagerstown
Sheriff's Office
Grand Jury Recommends Jail Repairs and Detainee Work
In Hagerstown and Washington County officers are urged to search for slot machines and gambling devices amid disorderly conduct centers. The jail and sheriff residence need repairs, with stucco hazards and a crowded tax collector space cited. The Grand Jury found 35 indictments and dismissed five for lack of evidence and urged improved jail facilities and inmate work.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Colleges Choirs From Gettysburg Concert Here
The combined music clubs of Gettysburg College will perform a concert at St. John’s Lutheran Auditorium on Thursday night May 23 under St. Mark’s Sunday School. The girls club has 30 singers, the orchestra is a 20 piece group, and the girls chorus has 10 singers. The ensemble has toured East cities this year and is highly regarded among college music groups.
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Gettysburg College
St. John’s Lutheran Auditorium
St. Mark’s Sunday School
Glrs
Wavy
Letter Golf Puzzle Solution From Previous Issue
A self contained note explains letter golf rules and shows how to morph words in steps. It includes an example changing COW to HEN and reveals the previous answer chain SUAVE SHAME SHAMS SEAMS BEAMS BEARS BEARD with full rules.
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Reak Wild West
The Iron Mask and Syncopation Spotlighted
The Iron Mask screens at the Academy with Douglas Fairbanks as D Artagnan in this sequel to The Three Musketeers. Synoposis notes romance and dazzling pageantry. Barbara Bennett and Morton Powney wed after meeting on the Syncopation set at the Maryland Theatre.
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Three Musketeers
Doug
D'Artagnan
Douglas Fairbanks
Academy
Alexander DuMag
Fairbanks
Sammy Stept
Jed
Maryland Theatre
Barbara Bennett
Maurice
Morton Powney
Broadway
Bert Glennon
Miss Bennett
Downer
Mss Bennett
South
One of History's Great Romances on Screen Opens Monday
A film pageant features Corinne Griffith in The Diving Lady as a landmark romance, tracing Lady Hamilton from humble birth to global influence in international affairs. Warner Bros presents Hardboiled Rose starring Miss Loy, set in New Orleans with a Southern aristocratic backdrop, opening Monday at the Maryland Theatre.
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Corinne Grifith
Academy Monday
Lady Hamilton
Miss Griffith
Rose
NEW Loy
New Orleans
Warner Bros
Maryland
Miss Loy
Infant Mortality Big Gain Across Counties
Baltimore May 17. Deaths of children under one year across Maryland counties rose 32 percent in the 28 period, per a report by Dr. John Cullinson head of the vital statistics bureau. Respiratory diseases drove the rise with influenza and pneumonia responsible for 160 deaths, up from 90 the previous year.
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Baltimore
Tohn Cullinson
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Cullinson
Shiloh Je nior Christian Endeavor Mothers Day Program
The Shiloh Junior Christian Endeavor Society opened at 7 with Donald Gaylor leading. The event featured a long Mothers Day program for Juniors and Seniors with readings on mothers, Scripture from Luke 2 51 Eph 6 1 9 27 41 32, songs My Mother Bies, Rock Me to Sleep Mother, My Mother's Bible, and My Mother Tis of Thee, and multiple readings and prayers by Kathleen Holmes Irene Henesy Elizabeth Dayhoff Mrs Harbaugh Mrs Travinger Edna Dayhoff George Baker Russell Henesy and others. The Leaders by Authority Leadership by Example and Teaching were presented by eight Endeavorers.
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Shiloh
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Donald Gaylor
Reader
Kathleen Holmes
Hannah
Hunice
Edward Baker
Mary
Irene Henesy
Elizabeth
Harbaugh
Lester Plume
Travinger
HK. H. de Hart
C. B. Smeyer
Holmes
Holms
Edith Baker
Russell Baker
Leader
Impressive Mothers Day Pageant Closes Program
Rainy evening fails to dampen turnout for a Mothers Day program. Sunday services on May 15 list Sunday school at 5 30 and preaching at 10 30 by Rev. Paul Cooper. Junior Christian Endeavor at 7 1, Senior and Intermediate at 7 30. Mrs J L Holmes, Mrs Ruth O Fouke and Mrs Wm Harbaugh attend the Washington County Council of Religious Education at Beaver Creek Christian Church. Sunday visitors in Rov Henesy’s home include Misses.
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Paul Cooper
Christian Endeavor
J. L. Holmes
Ruth O 'Fouke
Wm. Harbaugh
Washington County
Local Names List Includes Dehart Smeyer Holmes Dehart and Mann
A fragment lists individuals including Ruby Dehart Mildred Smeyer Kath leen Holmes Paul Dehart Carl Mann Daniel Forest and William, suggesting a community or court record. The exact context or event is not provided in the readable text.
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Ruby Dehart
Mildred Smeyer
Kathleen Holmes
Paul Dehart
Carl Mann
Daniel Forest
William
South Smithebore Hosts Palmer and Sporsts Social
Mr and Mrs Robert Palmer host a gathering in Hagerstown with Mr and Mrs William Sporsts and Mrs W S Miller attending a local social event amid community circles.
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the Washington Restaurant (Incorporated
Kodak Picture Developing
Heidwohl
West Washington St
West
Franklin Street
R. D. McKee
Harry S. Myers
Highhargien
Optometrist
Potomac
Citr
Fred E. Speck
Clearspring
Joseph FE
Oiri
Possie
McFaddin’s Sport Shop
Jonathan Street
Wagerstown
Hoosier
Miller’s Furniture Store
South Potomac Street
Charlie Chaplin
Liza Grey
Lillian Spicer
Los Angeles
John D. Myers & Co
North Potomac Street
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Musey & Evans
Hoffman
Chevrolet
W. Washington St
Chicago Market Co
Potomac Street
Uxdorsers
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co., Inc
Rais
Washington ST
Ik. M. Hays & Bros
Washington Street
Hone
Oldsmobile
E. Franklin ST
The
Mimeograph
Gagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co
Franklin and Jonathan Stete
Roney Bros
LEE Tire Conshohocen Sales CO
Potomac St
Pougias Anks
Tszong
Vitaphone
Bobby Watson
Morton Downey
Osgood Perkins
Paneaonsnear
Willard Mack
Myrna Loy
William Collier, JR
Sens
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