Coroner Probes Death of Man From Johns Hopkins Hospital
Coroner Dr. Paul Schenker opened an inquiry into the death of Frederick Eugene Lucas a 32 year old Wellsburg West Virginia resident who fell from the seventh floor porch of Johns Hopkins Hospital Halstead Clinic after being admitted December 15 for a brain ailment. Lucas a millworker for Carnegie Illinois Steel in Mingo Ohio had been recovering from surgery when he walked onto the clinic porch and vanished to fall to a grass plot below as a delivery boy witnessed.
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Baltimore
Paul Schenker
Frederick Eugene Lucas
Wellsburg
W. Va
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lucas
John Johnson
Halstead Clinic
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Mingo
Ohio
Brain Tumor Claims Life. Widow and Two Children Survive
A brain tumor death leaves a widow and two children, Betty Lee aged seven and Shirley Virginia aged five, as survivors. The brief obituary notes the family structure and ages of the children.
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Betty Lee
Shirley Virginia
Arlington Delays Quick Marriage Trade With Three Day Wait
Arlington and Alexandria halted the quick marriage trade by enforcing a three day wait between license application and issuance. Circuit Court Clerk C Benjamin Laycock announced the policy citing a Virginia law allowing clerks to require a waiting period while the application is investigated.
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Arlington
Alexandria
Maryland
C. Benjamin Laycock
Virginia
Old Rail Line To Be Used For New Highway
The State Roads Commission voted to purchase about 40 miles of the former Washington Baltimore and Annapolis railroad right of way for roughly 80 000 dollars. The route will become a 30 mile air line highway from Baltimore to the Washington city lines with one curve. Chief engineer Nathan L. Smith stated work has begun on a section near Odenton. The purchase includes about 10 miles between Annapolis Junction and Annapolis. An eight mile segment will run from the DC line to the Defense highway near Buena Vista in Prince Georges county, with the Washington end crossing Eastern Avenue in Seat Pleasant.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Baltimore and Annapolis
Washington City
Nathan L. Smith
Commission
Odenton
Doyle Sails to Italy Amid Secret Marriage Suspicions
Irish fighter singer Jack Doyle heads to Italy aboard the Cellina to polish operatic repertoire. Movita, the Mexican screen actress, waves goodbye as Doyle hints at a secret marriage and hopes to win the British heavyweight title while abroad.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jack Doyle
United States
Italy
Cellina
Movita
Doyle
America
Middies Leave Acadeey Thursday For Vacations
Annapolis December 21 midshipmen at the Naval Academy begin Christmas leave with 2000 men traveling home across the east. Those unsat in studies get four days holiday while others may have 11 days. Classes resume January 3 for scholastically proficient students and many midshipmen will visit relatives and friends across the country.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Mississippi
Penn State and Harvard Honored on All Eastern Eleven
STATE COLLEGE Pa Dec 21 The easts only two major undefeated soccer teams Harvard and Penn State today boasted of two players each on the 1930 all eastern elevens selected by the coaches for the Associated Press Seven other teams were represented on the first team They were Army Princeton Navy Swarthmore Temple Brown and Haverford.
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Harvard
Penn State
Associated Press
Army
Princeton
Navy
Swarthmore
Temple
Brown
Haverford
Special Service At Mt. Olivet
The Rev. Charles Beard of Martinsburg West Virginia will preach at 7 30 p m Sunday evening Christmas at Mount Olivet Church five miles west of Capon Bridge West Virginia There will be special singing Everyone is invited Miss Beatrice Lovett arrives Friday from Virginia Interment College in Bristol Virginia to spend holidays at home
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Charles Beard
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mount Olivet Church
Capon Bridge
Beatrice Lovett
Virginia Interment College
Bristol
Terrors Tamed for World's Eaters Benefit
Washington reports on agriculture department efforts to popularize food innovations. Officials cite seedless oranges, non-splatter eggs, streamlined turkey, and refrigeratable watermelons as easing meals, while noting ongoing research to curb odors and other kitchen challenges.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Holly Wreath Makers Working Against Time
In Mt Holly Maryland wreath makers rush to fill last Christmas orders as holly berries are scarce. Dealers face shortages driving wreath prices to ten dollars per dozen, with typical prices two to four dollars. Louise Adler, a leading local maker, sold 700 to 800 wreaths last year but this season lacks good holly like others on the Eastern Shore.
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MT. Holly
Dorchester County
Louise Adler
Man Searches Hats Then Escapes Through Back Door
A man in Evanston Illinois entered a women s hat shop in search of a hat for his girl but could not find a match. He examined every box labeled size 22 and then fled through a hole cut in a metal back door panel.
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Evanston
Ill
Counterfeit Bill Found At Thrift Office
A ten dollar counterfeit note was received at a thrift office. the bill passed as genuine with a worn U S Treasury reverse and other indicators of spurious currency. The U S Secret Service issued warnings and steps for the public to detect and report counterfeit notes, including not returning the note and noting descriptions and license plate numbers.
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U. S. Secret Service
News-Record
United States
Federal Reserve
Carols May Be Sung Legally
Mount Vernon New York officials lift a nine year ban on singing Christmas carols in public schools. The board ended the prohibition after protests from religious groups and a request from two hundred religious organization representatives to remove the ban.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Bethlehem
Board of Education
God
Christ
Sleepy five year old found after two show skip
Ronald Abrahamson slept through two movies at a Minneapolis theatre while his parents and police searched. His father found him on the final exit as the last customer left, the five year old sleeping under a row of seats.
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Ronald
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