Inquest Probes Lynching Of George Arrawood by Mob
An inquest into the death of George Arrawood, lynched by a mob near the county jail after a fight with state police, is set to begin at 2 PM with Coroner Edgar A Jones presiding. Attorney General Lane and G C A Anderson lead the probe with 16 civilians and 16 others summoned to testify.
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Pretessee Ma
George Arrawood
Edger
A. Jones
Testo
William Preston Lane, Jr
Robins
Baltimore
G. C. A. Anderson
Iby Lane
Edward McK. Johnson
Raxton Ridgely
State
Joseph Itzel
Sergt
Wil- Mant “Fiyon
Baltimore Deteeti Bureau
Robert F.duer
Court House
State Police
Sheriff’s Office
Lutheran S S Convention At Trinity Here Thursday
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School hosts the seventh annual Lutheran Sunday School Association convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland on Thursday October 26. About twelve hundred religious workers from Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Waynesboro Frederick Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland attend. Theme is Christ Our Example with morning and afternoon sessions led by Rev B Clinton Ritz Rev J S Simon Rev J Edw Harms Rev Ralph C Robinson Rev M A Ashby Rev Carl C Rasmussen Rev Aden B MacIntosh Rev Charles P Wiles and others. Registration 9 with reception by local leaders. luncheon at 12 30 served by Queen Heather Class. Three banners will be awarded to top schools. A musical program directed by H M Lippy Julia Belle Shenk and Dr Watkins accompanies the event.
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Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Lutheran Sunday School Association
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Waynesboro
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Mis
Margaret Fry
J. J. Fiery
W. J. Fiery
George Doornberger
Ralph Highbarger
Frank §. Leiter
Walter L. Fiery
Fred. Mowen
Crown D. Diehl
Roy A. Leiter
William H. Hartman
E. A. Corderman
B. Clinton
Ritz
Pai
J. 8. Simon
J. Edw. Harms
Ralph C. Robinson
M. A. Ashby
Association
Carl C. Rasmussen
Aden B. MacIntosh
Lancaster
Charles P. Wiles
F. C. Longaker
Roanoke College
Roanoke
James Oosterling
Oscar F. Blackwelder
J. 8. Simons
Convention Church
Catherine, Neuhardt
Frank 8. Leiter
Hagerstown
H.M. Lippy
Julia Belle Shenk
Dr. Watkins
Trinity Sunday School Orchestra
Chiseler Slang Becomes Colloquial After Roosevelt Speech
New York Oct 23 Frank H Vizetelly extra grapher reports that President Foomeveit used the word chiseler meaning one who cheats in an address last night The word is said to be elevated from slang to colloquialism by the Presidents use Vizetelly notes it may enter good English and gain dignity from such high authority
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New York
Foomeveit
Frank H. Vizetelly
Roosevelt
Vizetelly
United States
Diphtheria Epidemic Wanes in Berkeley Springs
A seven week diphtheria outbreak in Berkeley Springs shows improvement with four cases reported last week. Paw Paw in Cacapon district shows slight gains due to immunization, with the disease nearly wiped out there. Havre De Grace Hospital directors begin site investigations for a new hospital, with findings due soon.
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Berkeley Springs
Marke
Paw Paw
Cacapon
Elkion
Havre de Grace Hospital
Havre de Grace
Clean Up Drive To Start Today In Hagerstown
The city begins a cleanup drive with trucks targeting areas around Washington Street and the Pennsylvania Railroad from October 24 to 26. City Engineer Samuel Greenawalt urges residents to place rubbish in alley containers when possible and use street curbs only when no alley is nearby. No ashes tin cans bulky items like bed springs will be collected.
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Hagerstown
Washington Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Greenawalt
Railway labor to cooperate in farm strike support
Chicago October 23 Organized railway labor extended moral support to the farm strike movement for higher returns on farm products. Alexander F. Whitney chairman of the Labor Executives Association said the group pledged sympathetic cooperation after a conference with Milo Reno head of the National Farmers Holiday Association. He indicated no direct action was planned. Whitney said railroad brotherhoods, though conservative, use strikes as a last resort to improve conditions and saw no objection to farmers using the same method.
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Chicago
Alexander F. Whitney
Labor Executives Association
Milo Reno
Des Moines
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Whitney
Farm Council Named by Governor in Maryland
Eight Maryland farm leaders named to an Agricultural Advisory Council by Governor Albert C. Ritchie will meet in the governor’s Baltimore office on Thursday to discuss farm debt and mortgage refinancing under the Federal Farm Credit program. The group aims to craft plans to reduce debts so farmers can access Federal loans, with a meeting set for Oct. 26 at 3 PM.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Baltimore
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Federal
Charles T. Cockey, Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
A. G. Ensor
Forest Hill
Harford County
Maryland State Grange
Miles. H. Fairbank
T. B. Symons
College Park
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
Greensboro
Caroline County
Roy C. F. Wearley
Hagerstown
W. H. Holloway
Snow Hill
Granville H. Hibberd
Brooklandville
Federal Farm Credit, Administration
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Agricultural Advisory Council
Serious Charge Against Doctor F T Strother Trial in Maryland
Dr George T Strother a 33 year old Brunswick Md physician went on trial before a circuit court jury charged with manslaughter in the death of Mrs Erma Lee wife of Milton Lee a horse trainer near Berryville Va The state says Mrs Lee died about four hours after an illegal operation Aug 30 The cane will go to the jury next The principal witness for the prosecution Milon Lee testified he consulted Strother Aug 25 and the fee was set at 50 36 or 25 based on ability to pay The doctor testified the death stemmed from a crude operation performed by Mrs Lee herself He said he refused an illegal operation and advised hospital care Lee said his wife was taken home after he refused the hospital transfer
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Frederick
George T. Strother
Brunswick
Erma Lee
Milton Lee
Berryville
Lee
Strother
Frederick Hospital
Notable Weekend Visits and Local Social Happenings in Clear Spring
Clear Spring notes a Pittsburgh visitor Mr Isaac Shank spending the weekend with local kin at Big Pool. Philadelphia guests include Mr and Mrs Paul Stover with Philadelphia ties. Multiple locals welcomed visitors, sewing club activity, and World’s Fair travel stories among residents and their kin.
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Clear
Isaac Shank
Pittsburgh
Big Pool
Paul Stover
Philadelphia
Fred Speck
Millard Shank
Joyce
Mesera Fred Speck, Jr
Harold Lesher
McKinley
Gwendolyn
Hancock
Zimmerman
Mary Bartle
Hagerstown
Fred Sprecher
Preston Sprecher
Paul
Albert Charlton
Virginia
Elaine
Bertha Irene
Patricia
Hertha Sprecher
Claudius
Straley
Bartle
Sewing Club
Jesse Hull
Helen Houck
Guy Boward
Clydeshupp
Mary Young
Lillian Funkhouser
Thelma Moore
Harry Bain
Hubert Solliday
Virginia Seibert
Red Cross seeks larger nationwide membership in 1933 poster
National appeal urges Americans to join local chapters and the Junior Red Cross amid the fourth year of economic distress. It notes more than six million school children as Junior Red Cross members and highlights disaster relief, maternal and child health, first aid, and veterans’ relief efforts supported by memberships and donations. President Roosevelt backs the effort.
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Red Cros
Red Cross
Filencal
Roosevelt
The
Remembering Prof Henry W Keating On Ridgeville Tragedy
Do you recall Prof Henry W Keating 61 of St James School staff killed in an auto accident at Ridgeville The Liberty Loan was being planned D Lee Staley reportedly critically ill with pneumonia at Norwood California George Hoffman Guy Holland Eddie Semler Jay Miller Kieffer Bowers and Guy Kidwell listed as training to be soldiers at St Johns College No peace but surrenderWAR President Wilson's reply to Germany's armistice plans
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Henry W. Keating
St. James’ School
Ridgeville
George Hoffman
Guy Holland
Eddie Semler
Jay Miller
Kieffer Bowers
Guy Kidwell
St.John's College
Wilson
Germany
Frederick Fair attendees and local projects noted
Directors including Barry Martin and Robert Case attended the Frederick Fair while county officials discussed a mile long road project costing 1730 dollars. Byron's Tannery main building brick work nears completion. Boonsboro and Rohrerville Lutherans called Rev. L A Bush of Scalp Level. Clayton Fahrney won two trotting purses of 500 dollars each.
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Williamsport-Downsville
Pike
Board of County ‘Commissioners
Byron's
Clayton Fahrney
Frederick Fair
Graf Zeppelin Leaves Miami for Chicago Expo
Graf Zeppelin departed Miami on October 23 bound for Chicago and the Century of Progress exposition, following a rapid overnight flight from Rio de Janeiro. The airship’s voyage continues the long journey toward the world’s fair event.
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Zeppelin
Miami
Fla
Graf Zeppelin
Chicago
Century of Progress
Rio de Janeiro
Giant dirigible ties up at Naval Air Station Opalocka
Thousands of spectators cheered as the huge airship sailed low over the city skyline and secured to a stout mast at the Naval Air Station in Opalocka, drawing a large crowd and public attention.
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Naval Air Station
Opalocka
Local Notes From Sharpsburg and Surroundings
Community calendar items include a Crystal Grotto outing for the Senior Christian Endeavor at Boonsboro, a purchase of Antietam Garage by Frederick Mone, and delegates named for the Trinity Lutheran convention in Hagerstown. Marriages, social visits, and church services fill the week as Miss Charlotte Toulette wed Howell Davis at Boonsboro and Hallowe en plans loom for the Town Hall event.
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Sharpsburg
Raymond
Stillwell
Antietam
Society of Christ Reformed Church
Crystal Grollows
Boonsboro
Melba
Garmony
Hagerstown
Rker
Frederick Mone
Martha Snavely
Louise Cipp
Trinity Luther. Am
Allen
Poffenber‘gur
Dorothy
Peneble
Baltimore
Johs Mumberger
Charlotte Toulette
Howell Davis
Trinity, Reformed Church
Groff
Clarence ‘Nasterday
J. W. McQuay
Sharpebine
Bart
Keedysville
Milk Dumping And Picketing Mark Strikes In Des Moines
Milk dumping and picketing marked the first direct thrust of the national farmers strike at produce marketing in Des Moines and across Wisconsin and Nebraska. Pickets spilled loads en route to Wisconsin condenser ies while 800 pounds of milk reached a Nebraska town. Plans for peaceful picketing of highways to Sioux City market were announced by W C Daniel, Woodbury County Farm Holiday Association president, with support from adjacent counties. Across Missouri River markets, most commodities moved in average volumes, with some declines in Council Bluffs and Omaha rail and truck shipments.
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Des Moines
Wisconsin
Fatr
Weaper
Nellaville
Sioux City
Iowa
W. C. Daniel
Woodbury County Farm Holiday Association
Benth Dakota
Nebraska
Bronx
Boone
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Omaha
Neb
Lindberghs Welcome by Galway Fisher Folk
The Lindberghs landed in Galway as crowds cheered, after a five and a half hour flight from Southampton. They planned to tour Connemara's coast and continue surveys of potential North Atlantic airfields.
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Galway
Irish Free State
Charles A. Lindbergh
Southampton
England
Connemara
Lindberghs
North Atlantic
Washington chief forester dies from fall in blunge
Robert Young Stuart, 60, chief forester of the United States, died today after plunging from a seventh floor window in downtown Washington. He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Dickinson College and Yale University.
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Washington
Robert Young Stuart
United States
Cumberland
County
London clergyman scolds churchgoers on powdered noses
Rev. Stewart Bernays of London told his congregation that those who powdered their noses in church had crossed the line into bad manners, urging improved decorum during services.
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Stewart Bernays
London
School Patrols Invite Participation in October Parade
School patrol members in Hagerstown and Washington County are invited to participate in the Animal Mumei Day Parade on October 41. They must report to police headquarters at 7 o clock the night of the parade. Ber xenuit, John Divine and W Lawrence Marpel head the division from the AAA. Joseph Free of Princeton will give an illustrated lecture Friday evening October 97 at 7:45 in the First Christian church. The Washington County Christian Endeavor Union sponsors the event and a silver offering is welcomed at the door. Henrys Theatre completes carpet and hardwood floor replacement without interrupting performances.
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Hagerstown
Washitton
Ber Xenuit
John Divine
W.lawrence Marpel
Joseph ‘Free
Princeton
N. Qa
First Christian Church
Washington County Christian Endeavor Union
Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative in 1930s Ads
A medical view favors liquid laxatives to prevent constipation and avoid damage from harsh pills. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is promoted as a safe, nonhabit forming option. claims include regular bowel action in weeks, suitability for pregnant women and children, and ready sale in large bottles.
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Dr. Caldwell
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Seston
Massachusetts
KAY Jewelry CO
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Roy C. F. Weagley
Clearspring
D. Lee Staley
Barry Martin
Robert C. Case
Harvey ‘Wachter
Dix’ Hartle
John Artz
Harvey Musselman
Rohreravils
L. A. Bush
Scalp Level, Pa
Brown’s Smart Shop
Isconsin
Los Angeles
John Rivielle
Heather
Angel
King
Henry's Theatre
Chicago Market Company
Moskin
Ginalr ‘Trust
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