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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1933
Page
7
Harry Parsons reports two two year old youths attempted to rob his wife at 819 Dale Street yesterday afternoon around 2. A youth guarded the door while the other ordered Mrs Parsons to stay quiet and searched his coat pocket, hinting at a revolver. A salesman arriving frightened them away. police have a description of the suspects.
County Agent Milt D. Moore reports over 400 wheat allotment contract applications in Washington County covering more than 17 000 acres about 37 4 percent of county total. Applications extended to nights. next step is contract preparation and review by local and county committees with checks due soon.
Bleze E. Shaw of Washington D C was fined 100 and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated before Magistrate Ross Fite in Hancock yesterday. Shaw, pursued on the National Highway by Constable Charles A. Barnhart, overturned his car on a tollgate hill near Hancock but escaped injury.
In Hagerstown residents ponder whether missing county people might return as Maryland Theatre presents Bureau of Missing Persons. The Morning Herald invites letters telling true county tales up to 250 words with prizes of 5 dollars for first, 2 for second, and 2 for third. winners announced Thursday September 28.
Officials warn that stories must be grounded in real facts and signed by authors. Missing persons' names will be withheld, while the named witnesses and defendants will be preserved in records for verification.
Albuquerque reports Governor Lee Seligman of New Mexico died after addressing the New Mexico State Bankers Association. The 60-year-old Democratic governor, born in Santa Fe and Swarthmore-educated, had just finished his talk and felt chest pain while listening to another speaker. He was serving his second term and had been Santa Fe mayor and Democratic National Committeeman.
Chariton notes a flurry of family visits in the area including Olive Ankeney of Reisterstown spending time with her parents, and numerous relatives from Hagerstown Martinsburg and Kemps Mill visiting or traveling. The column also records new students at Clearspring High School Clyde Ankeney’s owl incident and a local corn cutting milestone. Building permits in Miami and Miami Beach for eight months in 1933 totalled 2,389,929 dollars.
Katherine Hepburn delivers her finest screen work to date as Eva Lovelace in Morning Glory, praised as the best Maryland Theatre offering in weeks. The film follows a girl’s hard climb to stage success in New York, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan, Aubrey Smith, and Yowell Sherman directing and co starring.
Harold Lloyds Movie Crazy plays at Henrys Theatre with a clever funny comedy plot about a camera shy country boy mistaken for a film star. Constance Cummings portrays the actress, with a clever Spanish disguise and a light romantic chase ending in a comical fight sequence.
Irene Dunne showcases new summer fashion in The Silver Cord at Colonial Theatre. The star wears a pliant wool suit in Eleanor blue with a short jacket and large sleeves, featuring a feint herringbone weave and a curving skirt with two small pleats.
An ad claims Hollywood 18 delivers weight reductions from 14 to 41 pounds with an easy pleasant method. It promotes a glass before breakfast and urges readers to ask any druggist for the product.
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