Jim Chance To Regain World Markets Slim
Washington reports Secretary Wallace told Congress farmers have a slim chance to regain world markets in the next decade. He estimated a 20 to 1 against broad worldwide prosperity absorbing American production. The remarks accompany 1939 farm bill debate on price stability and program costs.
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Jim Chance
Sored
Washington
Wallace
Congress
Ayated
Alent
Ural Suthey Minst
Agriculure Department
Secre
H. R. Toler
AAA
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures
Report shows 24 hour precipitation with April 19 values, noting actual April precipitation 0.66 inches for 1937 and normal 0.35 inches. Report lists yesterday high 62, low last night 40, and last year's low 31. Sun sets at 6 44 p m, sun rises tomorrow 3 38 p m, moon rises 5 38 p m, moon sets 4 43 a m.
Action Instead Of Thinking Is Needed
John L. Lewis urged a public meeting to end the business recession by replacing wishful thinking with well planned action. He called unemployment the era’s most serious problem and estimated jobless totals at 13 million.
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Washington
iJohn L. Lewis
Lewis
Noted Bass o Dies in Paris
Paris April 12 AP Feodor Chaliapin the great Russian basso died today at 64 from a kidney ailment that caused anemia. Born to peasant parents he rose to fame by natural genius and simple bearing. He sang at Petrograd Imperial Opera then toured South America and the United States, later directing his own company. He was famed for Leoperello Barbiera de Seville Don Quichotte Khovantina Boris Godunov Mephistopheles and popular songs Volga Boatmen and the Song of the Flea.
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Petrograd
Gounod
Faust
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Carmen
Ludmila
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P. T. Barnum
America
South America
Chalia‘pin
Leoperello
Basilico
Barbierre de Seville
Legion of Honor
Volgs Boatmen
Daladier Wins Big Confidence Vote as Strikes Tie Defense Plants
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies backed Premier Edouard Daladier 576 to 5. He urged 150000 strikers to end the tie up of national defense factories and promised no mass firings or wage cuts while ensuring arms production resumes promptly for France's defense.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
Ends One Term Only To Commence Another
Roland E. Long, of Good Intent, was brought to Frederick county to serve time for failing to pay $350 in fines. He had been sentenced in Circuit Court a year earlier for selling alcohol and cigarettes without licenses. He received a 15 month term and $250 fine on the first count and a $100 fine on the second, with six indictments for receiving stolen goods.
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House of Correction
Roland E. Long
Good Intent
Frederick County
Long
Frederick
Denver J. Shook
Nolle
Fivo
Rev P B Beard Accepts Call To Mt Joy Charge
Rev Paul B Beard of Thurmont accepts a unanimous call to Mt Joy and St Pauls Lutheran churches. He will begin in about two weeks, is a Gettysburg College alumnus, and has served several churches since 1927. He is a native of Boonsboro and married to Ethel Ogle Webster with four children. His father Rev Martin L Beard once led the Mt Joy charge. A vacancy arose when Rev Herbert Schmidt took a Woodsboro call.
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Thurmont
Mt Joy
St Paul's
Harney
Mr. Joy
Gettysburg College
Mr. Beard
Susquehanna Seminary
Queens Village
Boonsboro
Ethel Ogle Webster
Martin L. Beard
Ailso
Mtter
Herbert Schmidt
Woodsboro
Behind The Scenes In Washington War over holding company service charges to resume
In Washington April 12 the government clashes with holding companies over charges for intercompany services under the new act. SEC must oversee cost attributions, mutualize costs, and loosen corporate structures, while Virginia case tests enforcement. AG&E faces resistance from subsidiary Virginia Public Service Co and court actions.
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Wasengton
Supreme Court
Securtes
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas & Electric Newark
Senate Lobby Committee
SEC
Hopson
Virginia
Virginia Public Service Co
Alexandria
Washington
Alexander Speer
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Speer
NEA Service. Inc
Hore-Belisha To Confer With Il Duce
London April 12 AP Prime Minister Chamberlain plans to send a key minister to Mussolini to seal Britain’s new friendship with Italy War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha would stop in Rome on his Malta trip and may pay a courtesy call on Signor Mussolini The government intends to sign a friendship with the Duce to shift him away from Hitler’s alliance
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London
Tr Duce
Italy
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
United States Seen as Key to Imminent World War
Tokyo reports Rear Admiral Totai Ishiimaru says global war hinges on American decision. He claims the United States holds the decisive factor, with England France and Russia aligned against Germany and Japan. He suggests an attack on Japan could occur in 1939 if Washington grants support, shaping future conflict.
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Tokyo
United States
Tota Ishiimaru
Japan
England
Frace
Russia
Germany
China
National Air Mail Week Plans Ahead of Local Club
Frederick Stamp and Coin Club hears plans for National Air Mail Week observed May 15 to 21. Local efforts include a May 19 flight from Frederick airport with letters stamped by club members. Club president Robert F. Nicodemus announces Tate stamp issues as the group also discusses a joint April 19 meeting with Hagerstown at Potomac Edison, and an April 23 to 30 Baltimore exhibition with talks by Black and Carter Glass Jr. About 20 to 25 members attend.
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William B. Lebhert
Frederick
Tate
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison
Baltimore Philatelic Society
Baltimore
Black
National Federation of Stamp Clubs
Carter Glass, Jr
American Philatelic Society
Guy K. Motter
Huge Purse For War Admiral Seabiscuit Race
West Chester Racing Association board approves a 100000 purse for a War Admiral versus Seabiscuit race at Belmont Park on Decoration Day, shifting from the previously discussed fall date. The announcement comes from New York with AP reporting.
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New York
Eoard of Directors
West Chester Racing Association
Belmont Park
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in Frederick District Court
Lew M Roelkey a Frederick meat cutter and F Lillian Roelkey a housewife filed separate bankruptcy petitions through attorney Alban SL Wood. Roelkey reports assets of 119.75 and liabilities of 32 20111. Roelkey lists assets of 3 and liabilities of 566.69. Petitions referred to referee Helden 5 Felton.
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United States District Court
Lew M. Roelkey
Lillian Roelkey
Frederick
Route 2
Alban SL Wood
Roelkey
Roeskey
Helden
Felton
Directors Elected At Fredericktown Savings Institution Meeting
The annual meeting of weekly depositors re elected directors Ja cob Rohrback Lewis A. Rive James E. Doi C Hays Lamar James H. Cramer Charles W. Lough GC Hunter Bowers Alfred G Zimmer man Holden S Felton. Directors to meet for organization on Thursday.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
Jacob Rohrback
Lewis A. Rive
James E. Doi
C. Hays Lamar
James H. Cramer
Charles W. Lough
GC. Hunter Bowers
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Holden S. Felton
Unemployment Rise Stretches Frederick Carroll County Areas
Captain Charles N. Staley reports a drop in new unemployment claims from 425 in February to 87 in March due to prior registrations. The Frederick Carroll county office shows 109 March placements, 33 private and 16 public, with 260 total placements for the period, many on the Frederick sewer project. The office, with five staff, ranks high in private placements, while active files fell from 3,310 to 2,188.
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Carroll County
Charles N. Staley
Frederick Carroll County
Maryland State Unemployment Service
Blue Ridge Rubber Company
Melville Woolen Mills
Sykesville
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Union Bridge
Frederick- Carroll County
Staley
Capt. Staley
Frederick
Baltimore
Loyal troops in new attack on Catalonia front
April 12 report from Hendaye says government counter-attacks broke the insurgents drive through Catalonia toward the Mediterranean. A Barcelona communique states militiamen recaptured the village of Villibon behind the insurgent line while reinforcements pressed in the Villibona mountains. Government resistance also rose at the northern front near the French frontier. The government halted militiamen flight with ster measures.
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France
Catalonia
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Villibong
Villibona
Ster
Motorist Tells Of Warning From Earle
A Pennsylvania traffic safety clash described by Landis Coffman, a lumber salesman in Hagerstown. Coffman, driving near Hanover, was approached by a dapper man who apologized, shook hands, and urged him to keep to the speed limit. The man turned out to be Governor Earle, who pressed the pledge before leaving.
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Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Landis Coffman
Coffman
Hanover
Earle
Highway To Be Named For Late Road Official
Senator Guffey and Governor Earle agreed to honor Warren Van Dyke state highways secretary who died March 36 by naming a projected Alleghenies superhighway after him. The gesture, praised as a fitting tribute, aligns with Van Dyke’s career in road leadership.
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Washington
Guffey
Dem
Earle
Pennsylvania
Alleghenies
Warren van Dyke
Warren
Rivalry Over Roosevelt Relief Program Heats Up
Washington April 12 AP reports a major congressional struggle over President Roosevelt's large business recovery plan as Vice President Garner reportedly opposes further government spending. Roosevelt plans a fireside chat Thursday to rally support after sending a relief message to Congress, while White House aides deny any open rift amid Garner’s firm stance.
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House
Stephen T. Early
White House
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Congress
Brunswick Man Seeks Seat In State Senate
Joseph B. Payne of Brunswick announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for State Senate in Frederick county. Payne, a 25 year Brunswick resident with WWII service and hospital stays, joins Democrat John B. Funk in seeking the seat. both are county General Assembly members elected in 1934. Payne, a former Army patient and Legion member, works in the B and O Railroad tower office.
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Frederick County
Joseph B. Payne
John B. Funk
Senate
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Funk
General Assembly
Stedman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Legion
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Market Eyes Impending Battle In Washington New York
Market leaders drifted moderately backward after an early rally attempt. The session showed best recoveries early, then declines as selling intensified. Traders awaited clarity on inflation and anti recession steps while bonds and commodities mixed. Wheat weakened in Chicago on bumper crop forecasts and European markets showed mixed signals.
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Congress
Chicago
London
Paris
Whitney Sent To Sing Sing Amid Extortion Case
New York April 2 AP Richard Whitney former NYSE president was handcuffed to an extortionist and an assault Convict and placed on a train to Sing Sing as about 5000 onlookers gathered at Grand Central Station to witness the departure. College Park April 12 AP Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will speak at the University of Maryland on The Importance of Knowing Your Government and Taking Part in It to students and faculty.
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Cecil Leeson
Jose Lurbi
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Percy Grainger
Whitney
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Sing Sing Prison
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College Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University of Maryland
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