Unemployed Registration Schedules Set in Washington County
The National Reemployment Service announces county wide registration for unemployed residents in Washington County. William H. Bradley leads the effort with Miss Alice Edmonds aiding the county schedule. Registration begins at 9 A.M. with dates and local venues listed across Hancock to Blue Ridge Summit through September 28.
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Washington County
North Jonathan Street
Brewer L. Stouffer
Managr
Etober
William H. Bradley
Alics Edmonds
Washington County Welfare Federation
Hancock
Gilleece’s
Clearspring
Justice ‘Kreigh’s
Big Spring
Chariton
Fairview
Rhady Bower
Wilson's
Indian
Lappans
St. Mark's
Tilghmanton
They’re Bringing Their Parents to the World’s Fair
Lorraine Lemire eight of Manchester New Hampshire and Kenneth Jones four of Rumford Rhode Island won a Boston newspaper contest as the most typical New England boy and girl and a trip to the Fair as prizes. They obtained permission to bring their parents along for the excursion.
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Chicago
Lorraine Lemire
Manchester
N. H
Kenneth Jones
Rumford
Boston
New England
Roanoke Man to be Taken for Robbery Charge
Aubrey Simpson 35 of Roanoke Va will be taken to Roanoke City this morning by Chief Manning and Officer Johnson to answer a robbery charge. He has been held in the local jail months awaiting action by the November Grand Jury on taking two motion picture cameras from R M Hays and Bros. He was arrested by Detective William Peters. Roanoke officers arrived here yesterday.
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Roanoke
Aubrey Simpson
Manning
Johnson
Simpson
Grand Jury
R. M. Hays and Bros
William Peters
Conococheague Friends Spend Holiday Week With Kin
Local note lists visits by Mrs Clyde Gordon and children and many relatives from Baltimore Hagerstown Chambersburg and Washington D C over Labor Day weekend. Families mentioned include the Baer Frush Snavely Ridenour Sellers Reel and Seibert with several cousins visiting and returning home. The item closes with a garbled line referencing the Hindu god Kubera and Mrs Alice Sellers.
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Conococheague
Clyde Gordon
Baltimore
Helen
Mary Cowden
Chlorene Kreps
Spickler's
Rolla Baer
Howard Baer
Luther Frush
Spickler
Mr. Berg
Ridenour
John Reel
Mapleville
Howard Reel
Harry Snavely
Henry Snavely
Hagerstown
Russel
Alice Sellers
Harsh Family Reunion Held at City Park
The seventeenth annual Harsh family reunion gathered Aug. 1 at City Park with a large turnout of relatives. A program featured Myers orchestra, hymns, readings, recitations, memorial service for seven deceased members, and a closing hymn. Contests crowned winners. Delores Ann Baker was the youngest attendee, and Miss Mary Stuart traveled from Dallas to attend.
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Harsh
Myers Orchestra
Charlton
Annie Cornelius
J. M. Harsh
Cornelius
William Myers
Lizzie Potfenberger
Ida Blanche Ward
Lorraine Cunningham
Reading
Ambrose
Royetta Leatherman
the Valley Ramblers
Gladwin Palmer
Glenn Ward
Wade Huffman
Loretta Teach
Marie Ridenour
Jeannette Harsh
William Ward
William Stanton
Martin’ Resh
John Harsh
Zeger
Sarah Harsh
Annie Lauxmann
Effie Sprecher
Jesus
W. W. Siech
Agnes Pettitt
Mae Palmer
Oscar Stone
Paul Walsh
Adam Harsh
Wil- Mumsport
Mary Stuart
Junior Ward
Delbert Anderson
June Ambrose
Clyde Warner
Beckley Harsh
John Hose
Fred Renner
Tiese
Yale economist Professor Henry Farnam Dies at 78
Prof. Henry Walcott Farnam prominent American political economist died after several weeks illness from pneumonia. He was 78 years old. Farnam served on Yale University faculty for forty years until 1918 when he became professor emeritus and was hospitalized on August 15.
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Economist Cies
New Haven
Conn
Henry Walcott Farnam
Yale University
New Haven Hospital
Pair Charged In Chicken Theft Ring
Jonathan Mentzer and Samuel Charles were arrested on larceny charges for stealing thirty chickens from Mrs. William Eckstine on Irvin Avenue. Deputies Brant and Taylor led the investigation, with the birds found with a Waynesboro chicken dealer. Charles was previously shot by a trap gun on a county farm. Mentzer said he was shot while escaping Pennsylvania officers years ago.
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Jonathan Mentzer
Samuel Charles
William Eckstine
Irvin Avenue
E. H Brant
Waynesboro
Foundry Street
Robert Taylor
Britcher, Mentzer
Pennsylvania
Charles
Sharpsburg
Cumberland Man Given Jail Term
Earl B. Benton a 42 resident of Cumberland Maryland was sentenced to two years in Dauphin County jail retroactive to August 8 after being found guilty of obtaining money from judges lawyers and clergy through fictitious accident pleas Benton claimed he chose victims from a list of kindly disposed persons provided by a stranger upon arriving in Harrisburg from Canada
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Harrisburg
Earl B. Benton
Cumberland
Dauphin County
Benton
Canada
NRA Rally to Be Held in Cumberland with Local Officials Speaking
Representative David J. Lewis and NRA field coordinator Frederick Vining Fisher will speak at a county wide rally in Cumberland Maryland tomorrow night. Mayor George Henderson will give a welcome address and former mayor Dr. Thomas W. Koon will introduce the speakers.
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Cumberland
David J. Lewis
Frederick Vining Fisher
National Recovery Administration
NRA
George Henderson
Thomas W. Koon
Local Social Roundup from Reid on September First
Mr and Mrs Claggett Bovey of Hagerstown called on Mr and Mrs W H Beachley. Charles Martin and family visited Jacob Hartrantt. Noah Shank and daughter Kathryn visited Annie Oberholzer and Amos Lehman. D A Blubaugh and children Irene and Paul from Waynesboro visited Daniel Boward and family. Mary Burkholder and daughters Edith Bertha and Fannie Horst visited Norman Burkholder and Esther. David Baumgardner and daughter Mary Viola visiting his mother Mary Baumgardner. Vida Oberholzer spent Tuesday with grandmother Annie Oberholzer. Eber Burkholder Adin Showalter and Abram Baer with Ethel Cora Showalter Bertha Baer toured Job W Va to visit Warren Kratz and Alvey Cook families. Fannie Horst visiting sister Mary Burkholder. Lois Beachley visiting Henry Sheffler. Mrs Alvey Cook and Pauline visited Mrs Ralph Morris and Charlotte Lawson. Charlotte Lawson visited Virginia Sellers.
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D. A. Blubaugh
Irene and
Paul
Waynesboro
Daniel Boward
Mary Burkholder
Edith
Bertha
Fannie Horst
Norman Burkholder
Esther
David Baumgardner
Mary Viola
Mary Baumgardner
Vida Oberholzer
Annie Oberholzer
Eber Burkholder
Adin Showalter
Abram Baer
Ethel
Cora Showalter
Bertha Baer
Job
W. Va
Warren Kratz
Alvey R. Cook
Pauline
Clarence
Ralph
Lester Conner
Funkstown
Lois Beachley
Henry Sheffler
Middleburg
Alvey Cook
Ralph Morris
Charlotte Lawson
Virginia Sellers
Local Social Roundup in Mapleville and Nearby Towns
Mrs William Shafer of Springfield and relatives visited Mapleville and Boonsboro areas along with the Cunningham and Gantz families. Charles Huntzberry of Hagerstown spent days with the Huntzberry and Keadle families. Beulah Keadle returned home with them. George Kennedy and George Smith of Hagerstown were guests of the Kennedy family. Mary Foltz and son Clarence visited the Foltzs in Martinsburg. Emmett Shifler and wife visited Pearl and Sophia Poffenberger in Keedysville. Paul Lightner and family, and Madeline Stroup of Frederick, were guests in Ned Keadle’s home. Orville Bear of Shippensburg also visited. Mrs Edward Starteman of Winchester was a weekend guest of the Fahrneys. H Minnebraker and W D King from Boonsboro attended a Rosemont orchard picnic with Senator Byrd near Berryville. Hattie Hartsock of Latrobe spent days with the Markleys.
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Ralph Keadle
George Kennedy
George ‘Smith
Hagerstown
Kennedy
Mary Foltz
Clarence
Fred Foltz
Martinsburg
Emmett Shifler
Pearl
Sophia
Mattle
Katie Fahrney
H. Minnebraker
W. D. Kitg
Boonsboro
Rosemont
Senator Byrd
Brother Thomas
Berryville
Hattie Hartsock
Latrobe
Robert Markley
Captured closes today in town amid fanfare and drama
The film Captured closes today presenting an adaptation of Fellow Prisoners by Sir Philip Gibbs. It focuses on the love triangle of Captain Allison Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Margaret Lindsay as Allison's wife.
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Warner
Sir Philip Gibbs
Britain
Captain Allison
Leslie Howard
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Lieutenant Digby
Allison
Margaret Lindsay
Girl in 419 Sparks Romance Amid Emergency Hospital
The Girl in 419 dramatizes the police emergency hospital flow from accident report to doctor hands, revealing the routine unseen by laypeople. Stars James Dunn and Gloria Stuart navigate the fast paced sequence as other cast members support the tense medical backdrop at the Union Theatre.
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Cnionial Theatre
James Dunn
Gloria Stuart
Waterfront Show at Henrys Ends Today
Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon star in I Cover the Waterfront at Henrys Theatre for the last times today. The film follows Max Miller the waterfront reporter, with themes of Chinese smuggling nude swimming harbor dredging and domestic romance in a cozy apartment overlooking the harbor.
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Claudette Colbert
Ben Lyon
Henry
Max Miller
United Artists
Jim
Peterson's Ointment promises rapid eczema relief
Advert describes Peterson's Ointment easing itchy sore skin in minutes and improving cracked heels, feet and athlete's foot. Claims include quick itching stop, scales shedding, overnight results, and money back guarantee. Available at drugstores.
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Peterson
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