Martinsburg Aims for Ten Scout Troops by Year’s End
Martinsburg plans to field ten Scout troops by January 1 with two current troops and a new Legion-sponsored unit. A survey in Martinsburg schools will identify interested boys ages 11 to 16, hometown churches will sponsor troops, and leaders will be trained at a weekly Martinsburg session. The drive seeks community involvement to boost youth development through scouting.
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Rodgers
Dre Porterfield
Martinsburg
Winchester
McCoy Takes First Mystery Role On Screen
Tim McCoy appears in his first mystery part as production on Beyond the Sierras starts at MGM. The drama of Old California with gold fever romance opens at the Colonial Theatre Friday and Saturday.
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Tim McCoy
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
California
Colonial Theatre
Greatest screen triumph of the famous action star McCoy
The text praises McCoy as delivering a standout performance in a dual role. He sheds his six shooters for a duelist’s sword and wears a toreador robe and mask at a fiesta at a hacienda. The plot centers on love and mistaken identity causing conflict with the heroine’s people.
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McCoy
United States Cavalry
Wyoming
Haines Family Returns Home After Trip
Mr and Mrs Calvin C Haines and their little daughter Gertrude are back home after spending some time away.
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Armel, Va
Calvin C. Haines
Gertrude
Local Notes On Gardeners and Neighbors
Time with Mr and Mrs Rannie Gardner near Inwood includes visits and continued recoveries. Mrs Rannie Gardner recuperates after being kicked by a cow. Mrs Caleb Newcome improves slowly from long typhoid illness. Several families share calls and shopping in town. A new eleven pound baby is noted and healthy. The Greenway protracted meeting has closed successfully.
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Rannie Gardner
Inwood
Calvin C. Haines
Caleb Newcome
Robert T. Newcome
Httl
Helen
Debbie Jenking
400000 Women Reach for Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
A questionnaire with every bottle has drawn over 400000 replies. Ninety eight of every hundred say the product helped them. The ad urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist today.
Luther Grims to Spend the Winter
Miss Martha Pifer is sick with typhoid fever. Local residents report Grim plans to spend the winter away, while Pifer's condition is listed as illness in family notices.
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Luther Grim
Martha Pifer
Men steal car and abducted girl arrested here
Two men Shepherd and Gibson abducted a Parkesburg girl and a Garnett girl after inviting them for a ride to a moving picture show. They were later captured after stealing a radiator cap and are held for Pennsylvania authorities after Virginia papers.
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Wright
Parkesburg
Garnett
Shepherd
Gibson
Sarah Wright
Winchester
Cap
Williamsburg
EB. D. Saunders
Virginia
Doran
William Mullen
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Kidnapping Broadcast By Radio In Pennsylvania
Radio from Lancaster Pennsylvania aired a kidnapping description yesterday at 2 30 PM. The Garnett girl, niece of Parkesburg postmaster Golden Garnett, is linked to the case and authorities are holding the suspects on kidnapping charges. The Wright girl, after an all night car ride and station robberies, returned home and gave her statement to officials.
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Lancaster
Garnett
Golden Garnett
Parkesburg
Doran
Coatesville
Wright
Shepherd
New Buffalo
Wis
Gibson
Williamsburg
Chester County
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North Main Street
Parks Radio Co
Armel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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Gillette Blades
Carter
Hanes
Hana
Rand
Hanes Knitting Company
Inston Salem
N. C
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New Orleans
S.S.S
S.S
Margaret Frye
Lapel
Ind
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APPLE
Navy
Jemina
Florida
Brazil
A & P Family
Karo B. L
Golden Crown
Sultana Maple
Howe
Cape Cod
Lean
Meat Market Speciaes
Ater Mysters
Keystone
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