Flood Paralyzes Cumberland Area As Rivers Rise
Flooding in Cumberland Maryland halted rail traffic and disrupted wire service as water reached four feet on Baltimore Street. The Evening Times suspended print due to water in the press pit while Luke and Hagerstown reported high streams and possible Potomac flooding.
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Cumberland
Baltimore Street
Evening Times
the Star
Maryland
Luke
Hagerstown
Potomac
Girls Club to Present Movie Show at Empire Theatre
The Tie Girls Athletic Club has leased the Empire Theatre for next Thursday night to stage the photo play Women Who Give and add high class vaudeville acts between showings. The event is a benefit for the club.
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Tie Girls’ Athletic Club
Empire Theatre
Empire Theatre Office Ransacked in Break-In
The Empire Theatre office on Reuss avenue was entered last night or early this morning. All desks and filing cabinets were ransacked and contents scattered. A rear window pane was broken to gain entry. Miss McGlathery notified Manager Baker, who said nothing of value was stolen and only a few Empire Theatre records were missing.
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Empire Theatre
Reuss Avenue
Thieves Rob Cooper Safe
Police track thieves who broke into T. J. Cooper & Son’s Wholesale place one night this week. They gained entry by climbing onto a box car on a side track and entering through a window. The office safe was left unlocked and about $40 was stolen.
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T. J. Cooper & Son
Empire Program For Next Week At The Empire
Empire Theatre on Market Street announces a busy next week with a Paramount feature West of the Water Tower starring Ernest Torrence May McAvoy Zazu Pitts and George Fawcett plus a new daily musical comedy. Prices 10 15 25c tax included and seats now on sale for Venus. The Girl's Athletic Association presents vaudeville Thursday and a big picture. Continuous shows daily 2 to 11 pm with 10c children and 15c 25c adults.
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People’s Theatre
Empire
Market Street
Paramount
Water Tower
Merton
Ernest Torrence
Notre Dame
Notre Dame” and “the Covered Wagon” Has A Leading Part As Have May McAvoy
Zazu Pitts
George Fawcett
Girl’s Athletic Association
the Empire
Air Mail Measure Passed by House
Washington March 29 The House approved 1 500 000 for operation of the New York San Francisco air mail service for the coming fiscal year and 1 250 000 more for night flying air mail operations.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
New York-San Francisco
Funeral for John Summers
The funeral for the late John Summers will be from his son Charles Summers home on Fairmont avenue tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 officiated by Rev A A Kelly of Grace Lutheran Church and interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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John Summers
Charles Summers
Fairmont Avenue
A. A. Kelly
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Stock market sees another broad decline in brisk session
In New York on March 29 the stock market opened with attempts to extend yesterday's rally but profit taking and liquidation pushed many active shares to year lows. Oil and rubber issues added to the weakness while losses in popular stocks stayed fractional. Total volume around 350000 shares.
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Associated Press
New York
House Cleaning in Traffic Law Needed Here
Letter from Winchester Va resident W B Baker criticizes current driving standards and urges a fair traffic court. He argues for enforcing sobriety, age limits, and responsible driving, noting his near miss and past country driving experience. He calls for competent, fearless drivers and a shift away from permissive local norms.
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the Star
Winchester
Piccadilly Street
W. B. Baker
Miss Williams Delights Audience at Empire Theatre Benefit
Miss Susan Reid Williams drew a crowded house for Winchester Memorial Hospital at the Empire Theatre last night. She sang with Floyd Haines, accompanied by Henry F. Seal on piano and Miss Mary Louise Sartelle on violin, delivering a duet and a solo with quartet in support. Williams, a member of Roxie's Gang in New York, is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs R Gray Williams.
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Susan Reid Williams
Empire Theatre
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Williams
Henry F. Seal
Mary Louise Sartelle
You
Floyd Haines
Mr. Haines
Miss Sartelle
Mr. Seal
Roxie’s Gang
Capitol Theatre
New York City
Mrs
R. Gray Williams
Reopening the Black Cat Under New Management
The Black Cat reopens under new ownership on Saturday March 29 with a Special Spring Chicken Supper priced at 1.25. Local patrons are invited to celebrate the relaunch and new menu options at the dining venue.
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Black Cat
For Rent Two Furnished Bedrooms In New Home
Two furnished bedrooms for rent in a new home with modern conveniences. Apply at 113 W Monmouth Street. Also a sale listing notes 15 fine dairy cows horses chickens and farm implements by F E Millers sale on April 1 at Kernstown.
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Monmouth Street
F. E. Miller
Kernstown
Death Summons Chas McDonald B and C Employee
Charles P McDonald 57 signal maintainer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Winchester territory died at 8:30 this morning at No 315 South Braddock Street after a week of illness from a cold that turned to pneumonia. Survived by widow Miss Clouis Belle Unger and daughter Mrs May Starr. Funeral Monday 2 PM at Braddock Street residence with interment Mount Hebron Cemetery conducted by Rev J F Morgan.
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Charles P. McDonald
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester
South
Braddock Street
Mr. McDonald
Frederick County
Presley and
Frances Kyle McDonald
Pughtown Road
McDonald
Clouis Belle Unger
Morgan County
W. Va
May McDonald Starr
Melvin R. Starr
Washington
Starr
Lewis McDonell
William Ryan
Clarence Martin
Martinsburg
Charles Martin
Baltimore
Mount Hebron Cemetery
J. F.morgan
First Christian Church
Moose Lodge Reopens in New Quarters With Festive Meeting
With every chair filled the Moose lodge held a splendid meeting in the new lodge room on Thursday night. Four candidates were initiated and the goat performed tricks. Members voted to meet weekly, plan a visit from the supreme dictator's representative, and enjoy a closing smoker.
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Moose Lodge
Moose Entertainment Committee
Laura La Plante and Hoot Gibson Star in Ride for Your Life
Laura La Plante, fresh from Universal training, stars opposite Hoot Gibson in Ride for Your Life, a new Universal western at the Strand Theatre Monday. The feature, adapted by Raymond L. Schrock from Johnston McCulley, showcases Gibson’s cowboy skills and La Plante’s romantic lead in a film praised for its action and drama.
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Laura LA Plante
Hoot Gibson
New Western
Universal
Strand Theatre
Gibson
Raymond L. Schrock
Johnston McCulley
Public Auction At Waverly Midlothian Va
Small farms and homes sale at public auction in Waverly and Midlothian Virginia on Wednesday April 2 at 1 00 PM rain or shine. Free 100 in gold offered. Barbecue dinner provided. Conrad Realty Co advertises cherry pear and shade trees roses hedge and related offerings by J Franck Baylis.
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Waverly
Middletown
Conrad Realty CO
J. Franck Baylis
Home For Sale or Exchange In Harris Addition
Six room house at 315 S Stewart St with Ford Garage on Braddock street. Listed by Geo B Chapman phone 395. Located in Harris addition offering exchange for smaller place.
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S. Stewart St
Harris
Ford
Braddock —Street
Geo. B. Chapman
Objectives of Valley Society Shenandoah aims
The Shenandoah Valley Inc outlines aims including increasing residents inviting both full and part time occupants, promoting tourism with hotels and boarding houses, improving rail and transport, developing suitable county areas for homes or farms, cheaper power and new industries, a children’s contest Book of Inspiration, developing national forest and park, expanding the apple and fruit industry and promoting Valley apples, and publicizing scenic historic and natural attractions.
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The
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Harrisonburg
Jane Novak Stars in The Lullaby at Colonial Theatre
Actress Jane Novak headlines The Lullaby produced by Chester Bennett and distributed by Film Booking Office. The drama, adapted from Lilian Ducey with Hope Loring and Louis Lighton, follows a peasant mother falsely jailed, whose infant child grows to three as pivotal scenes unfold.
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Jane Novak
Chester Bennett
Film Booking Office
Colonial Theatre
Miss Novak
Lillian Ducey
Hope Loring
Louis Lighton
Bennett
George Washington Hotel to Open in June With Lease Arrangements
Directors of the George Washington Hotel Corporation met last night to discuss the June opening. It was announced the opening preparations should be completed within days and a representative will travel to New York to arrange leasing to a hotel management organization before a follow up meeting on return.
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George Washington Hotel Corporation
New York
Waverly Farm Sale Set for April 2 in Middletown Va
Conrad Realty Co to auction 298 acres of Waverly farm and home sites in Middletown Virginia at 1:50 a.m. on premises with rain or shine condition. Public auction action listed.
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Waverly
Middletown
Conrad Realty CO
Waverly Farm Sale Offers 298 Acres in Middletown
Conrad Realty Co announces a farm and home site auction at Waverly Farm in Middletown Virginia. The sale on Wednesday April 2 starts at 10:30 A M and includes 298 acres across farming land and home sites with a $100 in gold free incentive.
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Waverly
Middletown
Conrad Realty CO
Justice Files Examined as Senate Committee Delays Disclosure
The Senate Daugherty committee resumed its inquiry into former Attorney General Daugherty delaying public disclosures. It moved confidential files to executive session while hearing testimony from Nicholas Cimino about Daugherty's ties to Howard Mannington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Daugherty Committee
Department of Justice
California
Coolidge
Daugherty
W. J. Burns
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Nicholas Cimino
New York
Howard Mannington
H. L. Staife
Mitsui
Gaston B. Means
Jess Smith
A. F. Myers
Miliona Staife
D. Goss
Myers
Saree
Eral
George B. Wickersham
Mitsui Company
Cimine
Ino
Saurbaugh Back From Hospital After Multiple Operations
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Saurbaugh of Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania report he is out of the hospital after several months of operations on his leg. He remains under medical care and will miss work for months, having feared amputation at one point. He is a son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Seabright of this city.
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J. W. Saurbaugh
Wilkinsburg
Sirbaugh
Lucresne Light Company
Pennsylvania
Jacob Catlett Dies at 73 in Whitacre County
Jacob Catlett age 73 died at his Hinckle home in North Frederick county last Friday morning. Burial was held Sunday at Salem with Rev. P. J. Lawrence officiating. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him and is survived by his widow Martha Hinckle and three sons Robert W of Whitacre Hilary J of Berkeley Springs and Denver E of Alleghany county Maryland.
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Whitacre
Jacob Catlett
Hinckle
Frederick County
Salem
P. J. Lawrence
Martha Hinckle
Jacob Hinckle
Robert W
Hilary J
Berkeley Springs
Denver E
Alleghany County
Dozens Risk Arrest Over Unlicensed Cars in City
About a dozen residents who own cars have not obtained city licenses. Police warn they will arrest those delinquents if licenses are not secured by Monday after noon.
Death of William Henry Roy in Berryville Virginia
William Henry Roy, colored, died in Berryville Virginia at 6 30 this morning aged about 51. He leaves his widow a daughter Louise Roy of Baltimore two half brothers William and Richard FE Jenkins of Washington DC and two sisters Alice Dixon of Berryville and Daisy Harris of Washington. The funeral will be Monday at two oclock from Zion Baptist Church near Berryville with burial in Milton Valley cemetery.
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William Henry Roy
Berryville
Louise Roy
Baltimore
William
Richard FE. Jenkins
Washington, D. C
Alice Dixon
Daisy Harris
Washington
Zion Baptist Church
Milton Valley Cemetery
Waverly Farm Sale Set for April 2 Across 298 Acres
Conrad Realty Co announces a public auction for 298 acres of small farms and home sites on April 2 at 10 30 A M rain or shine. The event features a free barbecue dinner and invites buyers to bid on the parcels listed.
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Waverly Farm
Vanderlip Probes Private Bureau In New York
Vanderlip, a banker in New York, hints at cabinet changes and says investigations may expose charges against the War Veterans Bureau and a petty custodian. He notes detectives aiding a committee’s probe led by Attorney General Daugherty and criticizes press coverage as insufficiently clear.
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Associated Press
New York
Vanderlip
Citties
War 5 Veterans’ Bureau
Caoan Eee
Tip Putte
Cme
Aero States
Interpr
Daugherty
Conference notes from Virginia Maryland lay delegate dispute
A fragmented report mentions Frederick cow as lay delegate and fouls at a church event. The text references the conference territory covering a large part ofVirginia and Maryland, indicating regional church governance concerns.
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Frederick Cow
Court Dismisses Case Involving Brown Heir Land Dispute
The case against David F. Brown, a county hauler, over taking a stove to land owned by the Himelright estate was dismissed in the constable's court. The dismissal followed a motion by two parties and Brown had been granted permission to questtract the land ownership.
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David F. Brown
Stove
Brown
Himelright
Bergdoll Returns to German Hotel After Draft Evasion
German authorities report draft evader Carl Bergdoll back at a Berlin hotel after a brief departure. Bergdoll said he plans no immediate return to the United States and would consider returning only under certain conditions, which he indicated were not met.
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Atd
Associated
Germany
Grater C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll
United States
Scrivener Child's Funeral Postponed Due to Floods
The funeral of little Mary Beth Scrivener, daughter of Mrs. Walter Scrivener, near a brook, was postponed because high waters prevent crossing. The service was to be held tomorrow at Whitacre, but authorities learned the conditions make travel unsafe, delaying the burial to a later date.
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Mary Beth Scrivener
Walter Scrivener
Farm sale notice under F. E. Miller at Farm Villa Road
Auction set for 10 A. M. on the day of sale for dairy farm equipment and cows. Sold to settle estate of F. E. Miller at Farm Villa Road. Auction terms list parcel numbers 1p-41-22, 26, 27, 31.
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Villard
F. E. Miller
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