Poppies for Poppy Day Observance at American Legion
The American Legion Auxiliary has received poppies made by disabled veterans at Perry Point Hospital for Poppy Day on May 27. Mrs. Kathryn Creager leads a busy Poppy committee counting and arranging hundreds of handmade crepe paper poppies to honor World War dead, aiming to cover the city with the memorial flowers.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Perry Point
Auxiliary
Kathryn Creager
Flanders
John McCrea
British Legion
Drop in Maryland employment and payrolls in April
Maryland factory employment and payrolls dropped in April, the labor statistics commissioner reported. Total employment rose 1 percent, while payrolls fell 6 percent from March due to holidays. Data from 655 factories employing 94,322 people showed average weekly wage of 26.62 dollars for 37.3 hours.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
John M. Phothaus
Three Injured In Highway Accident Near Waynesboro
Three employees of the Anthony Warne Hotel of Waynesboro were slightly injured late Sunday afternoon when their automobile skidded and overturned on the Cavetown Boonsboro pike. The car, driven by Miss Bessie Ohl, chambermaid, was en route from Baltimore to Waynesboro when it skidded on the wet road and overturned on its right side. John Oley, clerk, and Edward Heckman, bellboy, and Miss Ohl all suffered scratches and bruises.
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Waynesboro
Cavetown- Boonshore
Baltimore
Bessie Ohl
John Oley
Edward Heckman
Hellboy
Miss Ol
Story of Bell at Maryland Hagerstown premiere
The Maryland Theatre featured Darryl Zanuck's The Story of Alexander Graham Bell in a Hagerstown premiere. The film chronicles Bell's dreams, struggles, and achievements, presenting a simple, human romance that honors his genius and a woman's devotion.
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America
Maryland
Darryl FL Zanuck
Alexander Graham Bell
Hagerstown
Bell
20Th Century-Fox
Still Playing Cops and Robbers at Academy Theatre
Hollywood coincidence shapes a scene at the Academy Theatre where Paul Ke and William rgan, noted for Within the Law, perform in a cops and robbers interplay. Kelly impersonates the slower crook Joe Carson, a character from the original creation.
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Paul Ke
William
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Academy Theatre
Kelly
Joe Carson
Reunion after 23 years as ship Orion docks in LA
Mrs Catherine Fridlin of Seattle greets her son Thomas Edward Robinson on the British ship Orion arriving in Los Angeles. She had not seen him since being forced to leave England during World War I.
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Catherine Fridlin
Seattle
Thomas Edward Robinson
Orion
Los Angeles
Detective Cassidy Faces Boyhood Pal In Stage Pastiche
Gargan plays Detective-Sergeant Cassidy in a 1917 stage hit, recalling with regretful sarcasm that he and his former pal once played cops and robbers. Now he is about to arrest the man he grew up with, ending their childhood game in a grim reversal.
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Ard Veiller
Gargan
Cassidy
Japan Broadens Basis for Co operation With Germany and Italy
PTORYO March 28 Japan the anti Comintern partner of Germany and Italy has decided to broaden the basis for cooperation with the two European powers but without military or political clauses a high government source said Monday The anti Comintern pact is described as an agreement of consultation under which the three governments would inform each other before taking decisive steps United States Ambassador Joseph C Grew was told that Japan reaffirms close relations with Germany and Italy and offers sympathy and moral support during a courtesy call with Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita before his vacation trip home
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Grew
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Germany
Italy
Rolls Record Set at Potomac Alleys
Coacy Bla joval set a new high mark at Washington Potomac Alleys by rolling games of 142 and 170 and 151 for a grand total. The effort surpassed the previous high set for the lanes.
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Potomac
Coacy Blajoval Howler
The Cisco Kid Returns in The Return of the Cisco Kid
Warner Baxter stars as the Cisco Kid in the new 20th Century Fox drama The Return of the Cisco Kid at Henry's Theatre. Lynn Bari Cesar Romero Henry Hull Kane Richmond Robert Barrat also star in a romantic action roadmap. Shows run daily 11 am to 11 pm, with the Peru highway note as a separate factual snippet.
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Henry Hull
Kane Richmond
C. Henry Gordon Robert Barrat
O. Henry
Warner Baxter
Arizona
20Th Century- Fox
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Baxter
Cisco Id
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Cesar Romero
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Robert Barrat
C. Henry Gordon
Three Dead In Arkansas Storm Toll Mounts In Central Arkansas
A severe spring storm sweeping central Arkansas on May 23 killed at least three people and injured many others, with damages over 1 million dollars. A 50 mile per hour wind struck the Little Rock area and Cummins State Prison Farm, where debris and a toppled stockade endangered inmates. The dead include Mrs. Tom Hackett of Toltec and Annie Adams, with James W. Lee of Benton also reported killed by lightning. England suffered about 200,000 dollars in damage, and Alabama saw two inches of rain flooding Birmingham streets.
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Ark
Arkansas
Jutte Rock
Cummins State Prison
Ness Hall
Tom Hackett
Toltec
Cind
Hagland
Annie Adams
James W. Lee
Benton
England
Joss
Alabama
Birmingham
Autoist Acquitted in Hopewell Accident After Storm
David Boyer of West Franklin Street was found not guilty of reckless driving and failing to stop after an accident in Hopewell Saturday evening. Magistrate Harry E. Snyder ruled in his favor, with attorney John J. Alien defending. Water over two feet flooded downtown streets hindering traffic during the peak storm period.
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David Boyer
West Franklin Street
Harry E. Snyder
Hope
Boyer
John J. Alien
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