Highest Officials At Trooper's Rites
Maryland officials led by Governor Lane and Col. Carey Jarman attended the funeral of Trooper Lauren M. Ridge amid legal action against Steve Oris for Ridge's death. About 60 State Police members served as pallbearers as Ridge was laid to rest near Middleville, Pennsylvania.
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Maryland
Lauren M. Ridge
Martin Ingram
Washington County
Steve Oris
Gardner
Lane
Col
Carey Jarman
Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church
G. L Rider
John Neff
Frederick
Ridge
Pennsylvania Line
Pennsylvania
Middleville
Hollywood’s West Lot Runs Like a City Within Itself
Hollywood’s MGM gates are staffed by 87 policemen and 30 night watchmen led by W. P. Whitey Hendry. The studio operates 21 firemen, two engines, a neon shop, a junk yard, and a three story prop building with 200 cattle chutes, 500 sheep and 10 horses for shoots. The production department trims scripts for cost and schedules wardrobe and makeup, while aging Louis Calhern for The Magnificent Yankee showcases prosthetic techniques. The lot even features its own bus line and a vast array of set pieces and materials for productions like Vengeance Valley.
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Hollywood
M-G-M
Slim W. P
Whitey
Hendry
Star
Studio
Chicago
Culver City
West
Robert Taylor
Los Angeles
Jack Heinz
Heinz
Louis Calhern
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Vengeance Valley
Jewelry salesman reports missing diamonds in vault mix up
A New York jewelry salesman says his suitcase containing $30 000 in diamonds and rings vanished from a local company's check vault. He identified a mix up at the Hotel King Carter where one of his bags was left in the vault with only newspapers and a brick found later. The case is being investigated by Richmond police.
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Richmond
New York
Sagman
Fifth Ave
New Y. . City
King Carter
Granddaughter Pauline Elliott’s 3d Birthday Party at Mt Pleasant
Mrs Emma Elliott hosted a July 9 gathering for granddaughter Pauline Elliott’s third birthday at 3 pm. Guests included Irene and Nancy Boyce Bobbie Freddie Junior Boyce Gary and Jackie Hershman Margaret Elliott and others. Also present were Mr and Mrs Richard Boyce Mrs John Perry and several relatives from the Elliott and Perry families.
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MT. Pleasant
Emma Elliot
Pauline Elliott
Irene Boyce
Nancy Boyce
Bobbie
Freddie
Junior Boyce
Gary
Jackie Hershman
Carol
Linda Lake
Margaret Elliott
Richard Boyce
John Perry
Allen Heishman
Earl Heishman
Ernest Elliott
Jimmie How
Clarence Boyce
Loyd Milhon
Ladies Aid and Friends
Earl Lantz
James Allamong
Williams
Philip W. Perry
Local Social Roster and Notable Facts From Brucetown Area
Community guests include Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Butzner Jr and Betsy from Fredericksburg. Travelers visit New York and Kingsport. Williams and Hildebrants host in Craigville and Baltimore. Residents move to Rest and Middleway. Harrisonburg and Baltimore visitors noted. Michael Faraday’s self education highlighted and Kibo near the Equator noted.
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Brucetown
W. W. Butzner, Jr
Betsy
Fredericksburg
George M. Beltzhoover
Samuel J. Swimley
New York
Joseph Pickett
Sandra
Bernie Fields
Kingsport
Tenn
Cleveland
Rene
John Williams
Craigville
W. Va
George Hildebrant
Hildebrants
Baltimore
Edward Emee
W. B. Castleman
Mable Thompson
Harrisonburg
Onita Jobe
Richard Bragg
Baltimore, Md
Donald Dennis
Middleway
Michael Faraday
Kibo
Equator
Africa
Tug O War Stirs Rain in Mandalay Belief
In Mandalay locals stage a tug of war to appease Nats spirits in hopes of rain. Burmese superstition holds rain is produced when spirits are excited by earthly events.
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Rangoon
Mandalay
Soldiers Dig Up Treasure in Burmese Hills
In Kengtung Shan States a Burmese army fatigue squad uncover four gold containers three gold bricks and emerald studded gold images of Buddha while digging a gun emplacement. The treasure, believed buried during the Japanese occupation, was entrusted to the Shan chieftain for preservation in a pagoda.
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Rangoon
Thar Hills
Kengtung
Shan States
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Hollywood Column
By Gene Handsaker
Brick
U. S. Geological Survey
Bee
Mabel Perry
Mrs
George Beltzhoover
Breyers
Breyer
W. Rotz
Bellevue Ave
Hagerstown
Shoe Center
Shoecenter
Quality Footwear
Winchester
Ostermoor
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
Winchester Retail Merchants
Ass’n
Roy Rogers
King of
the CowbOys
Rogers
Dooley
Ozark Ike
By Ray Gotto
Ozark
Dinah
Blondie
Resisteres
Pathnt Ome
Henry
Chic Young
Om Fae
By Carl Anderson
By Mel Graff
Washington
Phil
Mildred
Big Sister
Beth
Etta Kett
U. S. Patent Office
By Les Forrave
By Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
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