Pomona Grange opposes courthouse referendum plans
Members of the Pomona Grange at Grange Hall Leitersburg opposed building a new courthouse without a statewide referendum. They criticized a last Legislature bill restricting courthouse records info and planned to cooperate with the Washington County Farm Bureau for the August 24 Farmers Picnic at Hogstersown City Park. The session featured Rev. Fred B. Norris and Dr. T B Symons noting county agriculture shifts and future dairy focus while cantaloupes and red raspberries were praised.
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Grange Hall
Leitersburg
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Hagserstown
Hagerstown
Washington Pomona
Middletown
Frederick County
Pomona
Washington County
Fred B. Norris
Methodist Church of
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T. B. Symons
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Iie
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Leatherman
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Local man injured after pedestrian collision at city intersection
Otis Ewing, 42, of 300 block Jonathan Street, was slightly injured Saturday afternoon when he stepped from behind a parked car into traffic at Jonathan and Washington Streets. Police say he walked into the path of a car driven by William F. Hammer, 300 block Ridge Avenue.
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Jonathan Street
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Washington Streets
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Rose of Washington Square at Henry's Theatre
The preview at Henry's Theatre Sunday midnight praises Rose of Washington Square as a landmark 20th Century Fox musical. Starring Tyrone Power and Alice Faye with Al Jolson, it follows Alexander's Ragtime Band in tone and songs like My Mammy and Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye. Continuous shows run daily 11:00 am to 11:00 pm all week.
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Tyrone Power
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al Jolson
Mammy
Lin
Harry
Avalona
Toot
California
Henry's Theatre
Stolen Car Recovered Near Wilson Boulevard
The automobile of James W. Byron Mercersburg, stolen Saturday night from Broadway, was recovered early yesterday morning by police on Wilson Boulevard.
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Mercersburg
Broadway
Wilson Boulevard
Governor to Veto Bills in Maryland Referendum and Divorces
Governor Herbert O Conor said he will veto a bill for a Ocean City Sunday amusements referendum deeming it improper delegation of power. He will veto two divorce measures, approve one, citing unequal rights and potential misinterpretation.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Ocean City
O’conor
William C. Walsh
Former Mayor of Atlanta Dies at 71 in 1980s Style
James Lee Key, who as Atlanta mayor gained national attention by denouncing prohibition in Paris, died of pneumonia at St Joseph Hospital. He would have turned 72 on July 27. A long time stormy figure in Atlanta politics, Key served ten years as mayor and retired from public life in 1986 after years of declining health.
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Panhanle
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Antietam Street
Potomac
Franklin
Prospect
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Academy Theater
Ali Ghan Temple
Masonic Temple
Two Injured In Highway Crash Near Sharpsburg
J Webster Jamison 38 and Rus sell Grove LT both Sharpsburg district residents were hurt when Jamison collided with Grove on the Sharpsburg pike north of Sharpsburg Saturday night about 9. Jamison had cuts to head and right arm while Grove suffered a broken nose. Both vehicles were demolished. Deputy B C Bender investigated.
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Russell Grove
Sharpsburg
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B. C. Bender
Too Dictatorial Family Pressures Woman to Choose Love
A 20 year old woman seeks Betty Brainerd's advice about family control over her dating life and work. She loves a man with paralysis risked by heredity claims from relatives. The columnist urges medical proof, careful discussion, and personal independence while criticizing family constraints and urging pursuit of happiness with proper partners.
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Five Children Die In House Blaze
A coroner's jury viewed the bodies of five small Price children who burned to death last night in their two story frame home in Tama Iowa. Daniel about one year La bella 5 Johnny 5 Bill 7 Harry 9 died in the charred ruins while the sixth child Richard 12 fled. The parents and two older children were away. Clifford Shaw neighbor recounted the tragedy as firemen found the burned remains on the top floor amid smoke and flames.
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Tom Price
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Adella
Johnny
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Finan Dies at 61. Cumberland Industrialist and Banker
Thomas B. Finan, a leading Cumberland industrialist and bank figure, died age 61 from complications after an appendicitis attack. He helped form Liberty Trust and steered major local firms including Dime Savings, Fort Cumberland Hotel, Strand Theatre, Potomac Edison, and Oliver publications. Survived by widow Mary M. Dolan, son Thomas Jr., and daughter Mrs. De Sales Mudd.
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Finan
Frostburg
Thomas Bernard Finan
Maryland
Flintstone
Allegany County
Patrick
Catherine Finan
Ireland
Cumberland Dry Goods Company
J. C. Orrick Company
Cumberland Banking
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Dime Savings’ Bank
Third National
Liberty Trust Company
Fort Cumberland
Strand Theatre Company
Footer Dye Works
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Cumberland Electric Railway
Potomac Edison Company
Liberty Trust
First National Bank
the Times and Alleganian Publishing Company
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
First National
Citizens Bank of Frosburg
Finan, Inc
William C. Walsh
Mary M. Dolan
Thomas, Jr
Maryland Law School
de Sales Mudd
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