Plan for identification of skeleton in Martinsburg
Martinsburg police plan to identify a skeleton found last Tuesday as Rufus S. McGain, missing from North Carolina nearly six years. Friends request exhumation. Capt. Carl H. McCleary received a Henderson North Carolina telegram urging exhumation and dental records will be checked to ID the remains. Skepticism remains about the skeleton proving to be McGain.
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Martinsburg
Rufus
S. McGain
North Carolina
Carl H. McCleary
Henderson
N.C
Alf B. Wester
Mystery of McCoin Skeleton Inferred From Disappearance Case
Reports tie a missing McCoin to a December 1932 disappearance during a trip. Skeletal remains found near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reportedly wear shabby clothes, with teeth counts differing from McCoin. An anonymous Chicago letter to Chief Judge Walter P. Stacy prompted Maryland police to search Washington County soil near Hagerstown for a body believed buried there.
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McCoin
Baltimore and Ohio
Hagerstown
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Chicago
W. Bruce Downin
D. R. Peterson
Maryland
Public Square listings in Williamsport Maryland area
A long list of numbered properties and locations in Williamsport and surrounding towns appears, detailing addresses from public buildings to garages and residences. The item attributes properties including Sharpabursa Fea Men’s Hall, Williamsport addresses on Potomac Street, Baltimore Street, and nearby towns like Hagerstown and Funkstown, with notes on ownership or occupancy. The document ends with official byline and a brief postscript about a distant event involving a military plane crash near Soderfors.
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Caroline McErien
Prospect Ave
Middlehauf
Potomac Ve
Ato
Hull
N. Locust St
Fairground
North Mulberry Street
Hagerstown
Gemce
Wilson's
Wilson’s
Washington St
Ato J and
Western Enterprise Fire Hall
Washington Square
W. Franklin St
Ato J
Wesel End
Salem Ave
Haxerstown
David Bowman
West Side Ave
Hno
Roy Myers
Bryan Place
Fisher
Halfway
Russell H. Geeting
Knadler
Richard Rauths
Charles 0. Ward
Five Die In Plane Crash Near Detroit
Five people were killed when two sightseeing airplanes collided in mid-air near Detroit on Sunday. Victims included William Stanslaw, 35, pilot. passengers Robert Lee, 26, and his son Robert, 3. Walter Paulk, 40, pilot. and passenger Frank Baby, 24. Witness Harold Frey said one craft aimed into bright sun, possibly blinding the pilot, leading to the collision and subsequent flames. One body fell from the craft into an open-air theater lot. others were burned beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William Stanislaw
Robert §. _ Lee
Lee
Robert
Walter Paulk
Frank Baby
Harold Frey
Frey
I Paul J. Thomson Publisher Dies in New Orleans
Paul J. Thomson 54 vice president of the Item Company publishers of the New Orleans and Morning Tribune died suddenly Saturday in New Orleans. Funeral services set for 11 30 a m Tuesday in Charles Town Jefferson County. Thomson a native son of Jefferson County and son of Dr Pem broke Thomson, Confederate veteran.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County
W. Va
Paul Jones Thomson
The
Item Company
New Orleans and
Morning Tribune
Thomson
New Orleans
Pembroke Thomson
Notable Speakers Named for 18th Boy Scouts Meeting in Hagerstown
At the 18th annual regional Boy Scouts of America meeting in Hagerstown October 21 and 22, Dr. Ray O. Wyland national director of education and relationships and Frank W. Braden assistant national director of Senior Scouting will headline. Wyland oversees all leadership training for volunteer and professional Scouters. Braden covers all phases of Scouting.
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Boy Scouts of America
Hagerstown
Ray O. Wyland
Frank W. Braden
Wyland
Braden
Grand Opening Set For 1938 Hagerstown Fair Week
The 1938 Hagerstown Fair opens Tuesday with a large preview crowd enjoying the preparations. Exhibits fill the main hall with domestic and farm items, a 100 foot rack of jellies, a stocked goldfish pond, and a big stage for 6 and 9 o’clock shows. Highlights include 4-H Baby Beef judging, a riding tournament, extensive poultry displays with hundreds of birds, and grand circuit horse racing.
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Hagerstown
Hagerstown Fair
s#djacent
Charles W. Huyett
Ataiisin
Potomac Vally Camera Club
Washington County Free Library
Washington County
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
C. Walter Baker
Jacob Burtner
Roy Hennnesy
Nts
H. Beggs
W. H. Roane
Poultry Department
Maryland
State Game Farm
William McHenry
Corn yield report tests Lancaster Sure Crop at Smithsburg
The Reuben Brown farm at Smithsburg tenanted by John Clopper yielded 71 bushels of corn per acre. With 914 acres planted in corn, production reached 450 barrels or 675 bushels. The Lancaster Sure Crop variety is noted. Agricultural colleges are criticized as lacking courses on translating and unraveling crop-control law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Brown
Smithsburg
John Clopper
Lancaster
Capital Mansion Offered For Sale In Washington
Washington October 17. A For Sale sign hangs on the mansion once home to Princess Alice Longworth and Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House. Thomas W. Sandoz, agent for Mrs. Longworth, says she will sell due to lecture engagements keeping her from Washington, though she will keep a smaller Washington residence. The mansion previously hosted social diplomatic and political leaders.
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Washington
Alice” Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Washington Society
Thomas W. Sandoz
Longworth
Woman Presides At Her Own Wake
In Cleveland on October 17 Mrs. Mary Higgins aged 71 read condolence cards at her own wake after a mistaken funeral invitation. A son in law informed Mrs. Lantry in Kentucky that his mother had died, leading Higgins’ relatives to travel to what they believed was her funeral and greet a living matron instead.
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Cleveland
Mary Higgins
Mary
Higgins
Will Lantry
Covington
Cincinnati
Charles Zeigler
Harrison,c
Attributes Show Ward Week Sale Spurs Economy Boost
Business conditions strengthen as Ward Week Sale opens nationwide aided by Montgomery Ward orders. J E Wells credits last summer’s large orders for factories running full time, jobs saved, and increased local spending across communities served by Ward stores. Also noted is Rev Dr Joseph P McComas named Vicar Emeritus of St Pauls Chapel Trinity Parish NYC after retirement at 68, with chapel activities and services continuing.
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Montgomery Ward
J. E. Wells
Ward
Montgomery d
Mr. Wells
Joseph P. McComas
Henry A. McComas
Hagerstown
St. Paul's Chapel
Trinity Parish
Broadway
Fulton Street
New York City
Br. McComas
St. Paul's
City Hall Bids To Be Opened In Hagerstown
Bids for a new City Hall in Hagerstown will be opened November 10 at 3 PM in a special Mayor and Council meeting. Estimated cost 560000 with breakdowns 250000 general, 30000 heating, 20000 plumbing, 25000 electrical, 25000 elevators. Bid approval by the PWA required. work hoped to start by December 30. federal aid up to 178000.
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Hagerstown
PWA
W. Lee Elgin
Plane Nosedives On Emmitsburg Field Flew Off Course
Two young men escaped injury when their plane nosedived and settled on its back while landing on a field at St. Joseph's College in Emmitsburg Maryland. Alfred J. Mace of Rossville and Miguel A. Firpe a Johns Hopkins student were aboard. The brakes locked as the improvised field landing occurred. the plane was badly damaged.
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Dver
St. Joseph’s College
Emmitsburg
Allfred J. Mace
Rossville
Miquiel A-Firpe
Johns Hopkins Unice
Mace
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Skeleeton
John D. Myers & Co
Potomac Street
Deivgists
Registration of Voters
Acts of the General Assembly
Bagby
Public General
Board of Supervisors of
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Fea
Public Square
Sharpabursa
Ip Town
Council Room
Cochergus St
Williamsport
Firemen's Truck Room
Gonocochsarue &T
Summit
Iart Smith
Potomac St
Wendler
West
Baltimore St
South Hagerspre
Funkstown
Mae
M. Hall
Sandy Hook
Walter
Lex’ Cabin
Dargan
Paul Smith
Tilgh
Manton
Reaener
Cearfoss
Inal
Ringgold
Elmer Benchett
Cascade
Indian Bring&, Md
Cnet
Beaver
Troy Launch Garage
Weratown
Harry Schoeler
St. Hagerstown
Smith and Schnader
S Potomac St
Chewsville
Coston Motora
J and E
In & M. Bloom & Co
N. Potomac St
Sweden
Soderfors
Detroit, Mich
Paul J. Thomson
Samous
Eople’s Store
W. Wesh. Street
Meyers & Berkson, Inc
Icodemus
Nationa
Scout Meeting
Ray C. Wyland
Ae En Dee En Lee Aol
MC Ao
House of Blue White Diamonds
W. Washington
Crane
Factory
Potomac
Oldsmobile
Fairgrounds
JS. Snowberger
Philco
Ron
Philco 70
Pen
Philcos
Bohman-Warne, Inc
West Franklin Street
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