Dorchester Legion Post Plans 20th Anniversary Meeting
Dorchester Post No. 91 of the American Legion will mark 20 years since the Paris Caucus with a March 15 meeting at the American Legion Home in Cambridge. A. J. Dalton and Major Winfield M Warward are listed as speakers, with Francis H. Vincent Jr. as arrangements chair. The event includes possible magician acts, refreshments, and a salute to Legion history from Paris 1919 to St Louis 1919.
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American Legion
Paris
Dorchester
Cambridge
A. J. Dalton
Veterans Commission
Fort McHenry
Winfield Mwarward
Francis H. Vincent, Jr
America
Theodore Roosevelt
St Louis
Maryland
James A. Geary
Stuart S. Janney
Legion
Dorchester County
Leonard Post
Leonard Howard
Roscoe GC Leonard
Piano Recital At Grace Church by Emilie Marine and Miriam Sachs
Cambridge residents enjoy a piano recital at Grace Church Ba aca Room featuring Emilie Marine and Miriam Sachs, Peabody Conservatory graduates, performing works by Schumann to Dohnyani with two piano pieces and a joint Andante. A silver offering will be taken.
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Cambridge
Emilie Marine
Miriam Sachs
Grace Church
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Schumann
Liszt
Brahamy
Chopin
Debussy
Ravel
Dohnyani
Medtner
Phillips Company Expands with Two New Packing Plants
Phillips Packing Company of Cambridge buys the Talbot Packing and Preserving Company plants at Cordova Talbot county and Willoughby Queen Annes county increasing Delmarva operations from seventeen to nineteen. The firm also operates plants in Cambridge Laurel Newark Oak Grove Denton Williston New Bridge Vienna Church Creek Eldorado and runs pea and lima bean operations with stations in Maryland Virginia Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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Eastern Shore
Maryland
Delaware
Phillips Packing Company
Cambridge
Talbot Packing and Preserving Company
Cordova
Talbot County
Willoughby
Queen Anne’s County
Delmarva Peninsula
Albanus Phillips
Camridge
Laurel
Newark
Oak Grove
Denton
Williston
New Bridge
Caroline County
Vienna
Church Creek
Eldorado
Dorchester County
Iiner
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Idaho
Maine
Tennessee
Caroline
Georgia
Florida
Texas
California
Phillips Delicious
United States
Chesapeake Bay Watermen Brace for Earlier Fish Runs
Chesapeake Bay watermen expect better conditions as mild winter weather allows early runs of herring shad and croaker. Fishermen prep nets boats and gear, with large-scale fishing not likely until late March or early April, while markets in Baltimore Washington and New York buy much of the catch.
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Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Fireworks Bill Draws Firemen Ire on Eastern Shore
Eastern Shore firemen oppose statewide fireworks regulation led by Prince George's county groups with support from Anne Arundel Howard and Fire Chiefs Club of Maryland. Proponents push House Bill 239 and a backup measure to restrict manufacture storage and sale. Fire chiefs back control, citing safety and life protection, while PG County firemen oppose due to profits from sales to residents and DC.
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Prince George’s
House Judiciary Committee
Anne Arundel County
Howard County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Howard County
Fire Chiefs’ Club of Maryland
B. H. Shipley
Shipley
Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Company
Maryland
District of Columbia
Fisher
Prince George's
Governor O'Conor’s Dual Commission Bill Favors Conservation Plan
Endorsements pour in for Governor Herbert R. O’Conor’s proposed dual commission conservation plan. Two measures create a five member paid Board of Fisheries led by a Governor designated Commissioner and a Maryland State Game and Inland Fish Commission. Both require prior licensure for board members and have backing from U S Bureau of Fisheries and university officials as well as opinions from several states. Resolutions and signatures pour in from Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore, with unanimous cross state support for a divided conservation structure.
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Herbert R. O’conor
General Assembly
Senate
Philip H. Dorsey
St. Mary's County
House of Delegates
P. Elliott Burroughs
Witomico County
Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries
Joseph Mish
Washington County
John B. Funk
Frederick County
Maryland
University of Maryland
College Park
Virginia
South Carolina
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maine
Scout Panjandrum Set to Open March 17 18
Boy Scouts prepare for the Scout Panjandrum with 59 troops on the program and 6,000 expected guests across Friday and Saturday performances. Organizers marshal a 45 booth exhibit a Sea Scout ship ten acts Little Theatre props and equipment setups plus radio public addresses inter-Armory lines and power for demonstrations.
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Boy Scouts
Little Theatre
Upper Shore teachers plan April 1 meeting at Washington College
The Upper Shore Region of the Maryland State Teachers Association will hold a conference at Washington College in Chestertown on Saturday April 1 1939. A general session from 9 30 to 11 30 a lunch from 11 30 to 1 00 and sectional meetings 1 00 to 2 30 are planned with multiple divisions to avoid crowding and tailor content to county needs.
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Upper Shore
Maryland State Teachers Association
Washington College
Chestertown
Teachers’ Associations
Livingood
Phipps
Talbot County
Federal Agent Addresses Club on Crime Survey
J J Maguire assistant to J Edgar Hoover of the Federal Investigation Bureau in Washington spoke before the Cambridge Woman's Club. He reviewed national crime conditions, praised modern police and detective efforts, and urged citizen cooperation in crime prevention and education. The Civic Department closed its year with Mrs Russell P Smith chairing.
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Cambridge Woman’s Club
James Locke
Civic Department
J. J. Maguire
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Investigation Bureau
Washington, D. C
Maguire
Mr. Maguire
Fugitive From Justice
Mr. Hoover
Bureau
Russell P. Smith
Civics
Logan Wynne
Arthur Brown
Viola Brinsfield
Perfect Attendance At Hoopers Island Grades 1 2 3
Perfect attendance noted for Hoopers Island students in grades 1 through 3 and 4 through 7. Listed names include teachers Mrs Frances P Simmons and Robert E Smith and students Frances Hall Virginis Tyler Albert Farks Thelma Simmons Billy Ruark Leonard Flowers Bobby Creighton Norman Tyler Robert Scott Dewey Tolley Gladys Phillips and others.
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Frances P. Simmons
Rudy Aaron
Frances Hall
Virginis Tyler
Albert Farks
Thelma Simmons
Billy Ruark
Leonard Flowers
Bobby Creighton
Norman Tyler
Robert E. Smith
Kenneth Cannon
Billie Lewis
Howard Simmons
Ella Hall
Annabelle Ruark
Nancy Stuart
Ruth Tall
Ruth Todd
Billy Flowers
Paul Louis
Emmitt Phillips
William Rhea
Robert Scott
Dewey Tolley
Jack Wallace
Beatrice Phillips
Faith J. Clift
Isabelle Cannon
Juanita Creighton
Doris Flowers
Dorothy Parker
Clinton Simmons
Hobart Wallace
Toiley Yates
Gertrude White
Little Political Bee Warns Dorchester on Old Machine Plot
The Little Political Bee reports to Peter Pan about a rumored county scheme by the discredited Democratic Political Machine to drive up public projects and debt through misused taxpayer money. He calls on Dorchester residents and the Board of County Commissioners to resist rash expenditures and political manipulation.
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Annapolis
Dorchester
State House
Peter Pan
Bee
Petey
Board of County Commissioners
The
Hook-Lince
Sinker
Little Political Bee
Tribune
Dorchester County
Little
Political Bee
Old Boy
Hell
Opposition to Gill Net Legalization in Maryland Waters
Lawmakers and watermen clash over proposals to legalize gill and buck nets in Chesapeake Bay. Critics warn nets would devastate food fish and reverse conservation gains, while supporters cite practical management and split commission reforms debated at the Statehouse before Governor O’Conor.
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J. Frank Fairbank
Dem
Talbot County
Chesapeake Bay
F. H. Houck
Baltimore County
Bowman Reorganization Committee
Oystermen
Chesapeake Watermen
Statehouse
Herbert R. O’conor
Split Commission
Watermen
Marine Fisheries Commission
Houck
A Little Princess presented in Cambridge by Clare Tree Major
Clare Tree Major presents Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess at the Grand Theatre Cambridge on March 16 at 8 pm under the Academy Parent Teachers Association. Tickets 25c for children 50c for adults with reservations available this week.
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Clare Tree Major
Cof the
Children’s Theatre
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Cambridge
Academy Parent-Teachers Association
Grand Theatre
Race Street
Brown to Die Friday for Wife Murder
Dorchester County farmer Fred L. Brown faces execution by hanging on Friday for the murder of his 17 year old wife and mother to his 13 month old son. Brown confessed to strangling her when she threatened to leave him. His body was found weighed down in the Nantcoke River. Governor O Connor has not issued a stay or public statement.
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Fred L. Brown
Dorchester County
Iis
Herbert R. O'Conor
Brown
Maryland
Baltimore
Jimmy
Nantcoke
Harry W. Nice
O’conor
Maryland Tuberculosis Campaign Emphasizes Early Diagnosis
Eight of ten TB cases in sanatoriums are already advanced officials of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association report. The drive pairs with state and national groups to raise awareness through lectures films posters and clinics. Free monthly county clinics and semi weekly urban sessions train Negro physicians in diagnosis. Miracle House preventorium for underprivileged children at Claiborne opens in June.
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Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Maryland Association
Maryland Wberculosis Association
Miracle House
Claiborne
Women’s Club Finalizes Banquet Plans and Travelogue
The Business and Professional Woman's Club finalizes details for the annual banquet to be held Monday March 20 at the Cambridge Hotel. Miss Evelyn Moore presides as the meeting reviews the program, ticket, and decorating chairs. Mr H Burge Caton presents a travelogue of Yellow stone Park.
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Willard Hooper
Nina Pink
Ruby Meredith
Caton
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Legion Post
Emilie Marine Paradies
Brahms
Medtner—Caprice
Miriam Sachs Brahms
Intermezzo
Liset
Capriccio
Emilie Marine Chopin
Miriam Sachs Marine-Sachs
Phillips Company
Shore Counties
Bill
Panjandrum
Hoopers Island
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