Plans Completed For Annual Woodmen Picnic At Middletown
Plans for the Modern Woodmen of America Middletown Camp No 12 picnic are set for Saturday at Woodmen Park east of Middletown. The schedule includes two baseball games shooting gallery horse shoe tournaments and several contests with prizes. music by the Frederick County School Band and the Black and Tan Serenaders. Old time fiddlers contest and various beauty prizes are planned with spaces free for exhibitors and concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aine Wright
Wilson Borden
Middletown
Woodmen of America
Mod‘ert
Woodmen Park
Midddltetown
Frederick County
Prof
Riley
cAmong
H.8. Jones
Five Believed Killed In British Plane Crash
A British Airways plane en route from London and Hamburg to Copenhagen crashed about sixty miles south of Copenhagen. Four passengers and one crew member were believed dead, including an American named Simonton. Pilot Clifford W. Read escaped with injuries and was rescued by a fishing boat. The wreck occurred in a strait near a bridge linking Falster and Masnedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
British Airways
London
Hamburg
Here
Simonton
Clifford W. Read
Falster
Masnedo
Plattsburg War Games Are Begun
Plattsburg New York August 15 1930 Route marches over rugged terrain loosened the muscles of 36000 National Guardsmen with regular army troops for maneuvers near Lake Champlain. The drills began two weeks of mock warfare to harden troops in peacetime training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Answers to Today's Quiz
Answers printed on page 4 cover topics from chemistry to geography. Items include wood alcohol, Albert Einstein, Caspian Sea, a no response, the Washington Senators, and names such as Daisy. Also noted are Southern India, a pronunciation cue, and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Einstein
Caspian Sea
Washington
Daisy
India
Iowa
Funkhouser Named to Advisory Committee
J H Funkhouser of Frederick County elected by directors of five associations to serve on the advisory committee to officers of the Production Credit Corporation of the Second Farm Credit District Baltimore. The committee represents 32 associations across five states. Funkhouser is Shenandoah Production Credit Association incorporator and operates a 1600 acre farm active in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alian A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Braddock Heights
J. H. Funkhouser
Frederick County
Shenandoah Association
Production Credit Corporation
Funkhouser
Janet Gaynor and Gilbert Adrian Wed in Hollywood Style
Hollywood couple Janet Gaynor and Gilbert Adrian wed in Yuma Arizona after their arrival from Los Angeles. They were married by Justice Ed M. Winn and then departed for El Paso to enter Mexico for a monthlong honeymoon, with Gaynor wearing one of Adrian's blue and white traveling suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
Mexico
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Gilbert Adrian
M-G-M Studio
Ed M. Winn
el Paso
Tex
Miss Gaynor
Up State Farmers Withholding Milk Across 30 Counties
The Dairy Farmers' Union began a milk strike in 30 upstate New York counties to press for higher prices. Archie Wright, general chairman, said the action started “with a bang” and noted Ogdensburg's largest plant was “one half dry” as protest against the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Dairy Farmers’ Union
New York
State Agriculture Department
Archie Wright
Ogdensburg
Treasury shows daily deficit and debt rise
Treasury figures from August 12 report receipts of 12 million with outlays of 19.3 million, pushing gross debt to 40.818 billion and marking a daily increase of 44.55 million. In Los Angeles a purse theft yields a quip from the thief about luck and getting caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
The
Treasury
Los Angeles
Famine Threats Rise as Rice Law Fails to Stop Shortages
Riots loom as the Rice Law stalls amid transport hurdles from Wuhu and Yangtze centers. Slump in Chinese dollar delays foreign rice purchases from Saigon and other ports. Shanghai fears tighter food flow as Japanese control limits supplies. Shantung reports eight months without rain with crops burned by heat and winter famine risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuhu
Yangtze Valley
Saigon
Shantung Province
Chefoo
Movie Industry Under Scrutiny
The federal government opened a sweeping investigation into a major segment of the film industry in Los Angeles. Charles H. Carr said the three fold probe would last about 30 days with possible indictments when the grand jury is impaneled September 13. Letters from the attorney general authorized the inquiry in federal court outlining the key questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles H. Carr
United States
Murphy
Carr
Federal District Court
Bank Messenger Robbery Looms Over $70,000 Heist
Edward Podson, a National City Bank messenger, and Patrolman James Legouri were held up near the Long Beach post office as three gunmen robbed them of cash. A stolen New York City sedan, a rear seat gunman, and a blocking truck aided the escape. The loot was estimated around $70,000 by Sun Indemnity Company official William Kearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Podson
National City Bank of
Long Beach
King
James Legouri
Federal Reserve Bank
New York City
Legouri
William Kearns
Sun Indemnity Company
Widow Slapped By Japanese Sentry (Continued Prom Page One)
Mrs. Richard, initially refuses, later yields a document under a sentry’s promise to return it. A second Japanese official then orders her release amid ongoing restrictions on the foreign concessions around June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Britain
China
Peer Rites Held for Edward E. Peer
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Edward E. Peer at his Gray Avenue home with Rev. T. M. Swann and Rev. H. J. Womeldorf officiating. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by wife and three children, sisters, and brothers. Distanced relatives listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist Church
H. J. Womeldorf
The
Presbyterian Church
Edward E. Peer
Gray Avenue
Mount Hebron
Taylor Barr
Harry Athey
Carson Spillman
Grier Potts
Dennis Fields
J. W. Crider
E. Bruce Shade
Cincinnati
Charles Fisher
Gary
Ind
Charles Peer
Charles Town
W. Va
Bud Golliday
Woodstock
Luther Dyke
Strasburg
Kirby Orndorff
Martinsburg
Purner’ Lutz
Hector Allen
Loring Anderson
James Hartnett
Washington, D. C
Ray Miller
Bunker Hill
Robert Miller
Gerrardstown
Peer
Pauline Peer
J. Carl Peer
Hollis Clowser
O. L. Peer
A. C. Peer
Oil Producers Go Into Huddle Over Shutdown Debate
Oklahoma City August 15. Representatives from nine states met to discuss a shutdown of 177800 wells producing two thirds of the nation s crude. Texas ordered 87000 wells shut for 15 days, sparking further legal and regulatory maneuvering as operators threaten suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Inter- State Compact Commission
Texas
Mid-Continent
Railroad Commission
Oklahoma
Kansas
J. S. Bridwell
Wichita Falls
Police recover stolen watch of Captain Dempewolf after long chase
Persistence across states Ended in Eugene Oregon as San Francisco police traced Army Captain Hermann C Dempewolf’s stolen timepiece through Montana New York Kansas and finally to Oregon after ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene, Ore
San Francisco
Hermann C. Dempewolf
California
Montana
New York
Kansas
Eugene
TVA to concentrate on Tennessee Valley development
Willkie argues government power program should retreat from private markets outside Tennessee Valley. He notes the government is acquiring electric property at about 80 percent of value and cautions taxpayers face higher taxes to subsidize such operations while customers may enjoy lower rates temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Great
Tennessee Valley
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Tennessee
Tennessee Electric Power Company
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederick County School Band
Pan American Airways
Rio de Janeiro
Bers
Sikorsky
Buenos Aires
Plattsburg
Middlebourne
W. van J. Hercer
Tyler County
Merves W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Central Press
Southern Pacific
Carlin
Nev
Humboldt River
Shanghai
DuPont
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Braddock St
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Mstly
Honan
Winchester Furniture
South Main St
Diehl Signal
Westinghouse
INO. S. Solenberger & CO
N. Loudoun St
Moscow
Uncle Sam
U. S
Canada
Europe
North America Assurance Society of
Richmond
Andrew G. Briggs
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Hubert A. Kerr
Virginia
North America Assurance Society
Bureau of Insurance and Banking of Virginia
Dist
Main St
Richmond, VA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!