National defense debates shape future policy
The piece analyzes how peacetime resources must adapt for defense growth. It discusses strategic questions about what to defend, two-ocean navy limits, and risks if the British fleet shifts to Canada. It notes labor role, hours, skilled shortages, factory retooling, and the need for better coordination across government and industry.
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Philippines
South America
Greenland
British West Indies
Germany
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Canada
Forty eighth meeting of Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society set in Williamsport
The Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society schedules its forty eighth annual meeting for May 9 and 10 in Williamsport with speakers from industry health departments medical societies nursing groups sanatoria and research leaders. A symposium titled Conquering Tuberculosis a Task Requiring Teamwork will include five groups. The society plans a fiftieth anniversary in 1942 supported by Christmas Seals and Bond sales.
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Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society
Williamsport
William Devitt
Devitt
Allenwood
Union County
Napoleon’s surgeon and the ambulance reformer
The text credits Napoleon’s surgeon-in-chief with elevating military surgery and introducing the modern field ambulance used on battlefields to remove the wounded. It notes the system’s pivotal role in shaping contemporary medical evacuation practices.
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Napoleon
Eternal Hall of Records Carved Beside Mount Rushmore
In the Black Hills of South Dakota a vast subterranean hall is being blasted behind Mount Rushmore. Gutzon Borglum plans a continuing civilizational record chamber 150 feet deep, meant to endure for thousands of years and be viewed by future generations.
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Black Hills
South Dakota
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Gutzon Borglum
Broadcasts From Britain Now in 18 Languages
The BBC has expanded its foreign language broadcasting to 18 languages by January 1938. Over 100 linguists staff the service, supporting two main services: foreign news broadcasting and the monitoring service, each using multiple languages. Finnish damage estimates put losses at 176 million dollars from Russian bombardments in non-ceded territory, stated by Prime Minister Risit Ryti.
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London
Tower of Babel
British Broadcasting Company
BBC
Foreign News Broadcasting
Risot Ryti
Finland
Snow in May Falls in Chicago Across Four Dates
Snow in May accumulated in Chicago four times as tracked by the weather bureau. The observed dates were May 1, 1888 May 3 1907 May 9 1923 and May 1 1940.
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Weather Bureau
Chicago
Mt Zion United Brethren Children Day Program Plans
The Mt Zion United Brethren Sunday School schedules its annual Children Day Program for Sunday morning June 9 at 9 30. Participants include the Little Jewels Precious Pearls Little Helpers Busy Girls and Busy Boys classes with teachers and a playlet cast. The choir includes multiple sopranos altos tenors and basses and the superintendent will preside.
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Mt. Zion United Brethren Sunday School
Jane Summers
Janet Spotts
Charlotte Ramsey
Helen Martin
Vernon Mast
Richard Summers
Donald Martin
Glenn Hillard
Kermit Summers
Harry Brower
Lewis Schrack
Lewis Trego
Raymond Hoover
Robert Fryberger
Allen Martin
Ernest Supplee
Leroy Spotts
Gene Weiler
John Mast
Kathryn Summers
Alice Supplee
Evelyn Summers
Florence Wilson
Marie Finnigan
Lettie Martin
Thelma Summers
Ruth Ramsey
Lois Spotts
Peter Summers
Arthur Weiler
Robert Ream
Robert Summers
Amos Hoover
Charles Supplee
David Supplee
Harry Finnegan
Robert Mast
Raymond Elmer
Roy Ramsey
Robert Stauffer
Kinzer Weiler
Lewis Hillard
Kathryn Simpson
Jean Mast
Marian Wilson
Dolly Brackbill
Philip Supplee
Joseph Supplee
Paul Summers
Vernon Elmer
Donald
Kenneth Spotts
Charles F. Ream
Geraldine Summers
Elizabeth Martin
Elsie Kessler
Esther Spotts
Henry Ludwig
Guy Mast
Hayes Geiger
Mary Supplee
Dorothy Elmer
Charles Emery
Wilson Martin
Paul Ramsey
Lloyd Spotts
Allen Summers
Harry F. Ream
Ethel Summers
Floyd Trego
F. E. Druckenbrod
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mt. Zion
Anna Seldomridge
Mary Weller
Mary Martin
Ruth Summers
Esther Summers
Evelyn Hillard
Sarah Mast
Lillian Dukeman
Ebelhar
Cambridge
Evelyn Mast
West Chester State Teachers College
Ethan Mast
Jacob Hoover
White Horse
Lancaster Hospital Ties Names to Tonsil Removals
Trego Miss Dorothy Plank Thomas Supplee Mr and Mrs Jacob Hoover and their sons Amos and Raymond Donald Martin son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Martin and Kenneth Wenger son of Mr and Mrs Ephraim Wenger had their tonsils removed at Baker Hospital in Lancaster on Monday.
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Trego
Dorothy Plank
Thomas Supplee
Jacob Hoover
Amos
Raymond
Donald Martin
Wilson Martin
Kenneth Wenger
Ephraim Wenger
Baker Hospital
Lancaster
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Eee
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John N. Lauder Auto Co
New Holland, Pa
Fisher Brown
Nat Falk
Dominique Jean Larrey
Tulare County
California
Britain
BBY Bros. and
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Blue Ball, PA
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Wilisiée Pirlogi
Lillie Ludwig
Hazel Mast
F. B. Drackenbrod
Sarah Drackenbrod
Legal and
Sullivan
Frank L. Steller
Leacock
Pennsylvania
Leola
Henry M. Martin Notary Public Farm Bureau
Automobile Insurance
Blue Ball
Chester A. Diller
N. Duke St
Lancaster, Pa
John L. Hamaker
N. Duke Street
East Main St
Ephrata
John L. Halligan
New Holland, R. D. 1
Styer and Evans Real Estate and Insurance
Victor D. Kling
Intercourse
Edgar B. Getz
Justice of the Peace Fire Insurance
N. H
William C. Stork
Attorney-at-Law
West Main Street
H. B. Slack
Bell Phone
R. K. Reitz
D.C
J. C. Penny Store
Ephrata Ephrata
Russell’s
M. M. Kling
Amos E. Burkholder
Duke Street
Old Bank Building
Wayne S. Martin
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