Return from Southern Trip Highlights and Local Events
Nellie Bientinger Elmina Hen and Charles L Bientinger returned midweek from a southern tour visiting Shenandoah Valley Asheville Knoxville Chimney Rock Mountains North Carolina Winston-Salem Charlottesville and the Skyline Drive Dinner honored upcoming nuptials Miss Margaret Albaugh and Rev. Paul Gleichman. Local guests included Misses Crum Feaga Young and others. Also noted Littlestown anniversary at Agnes Hoffman Orphanage with Henry Co Leiphart Memorial Chapel dedication and Rev. Raubenhold address.
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Trir
Nellie Bientinger
Elmina Hen
Charles L Bientinger
Shenandoah Valley
Asheville
Great Lacky Mountains
Knoxville
Tens
Teases- Norss Dam
Chimney Black Mountains
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
N. C. Charlovesville
Margaret Albaugh
Paul H. Gleichman
Afiss Jutis Beli Hanna
Laurens Bowers
William Mack Moore
Mildred Crum
Beverly Feaga
Katherine Young
Meredith Mackley
John Insley
Littlestown
George W. God Agnes Hoffman
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Henry Co
Sarah J. Leiphart
Irvin A. Raubenhold
Grace Reformed Church
York, Pa
Baltimore
Connecticut
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Charles R. Rogers
Margaret Kieffer
Kieffer
Paul Kieffer
New London
Conn
Frederick
Henry H. Spangler
Mercersburg
Bronze statue stirs protest over museum purchase
A bronze statue labeled as 2400 years old from Egypt sparked a furor after being bought by the art museum board for 14400. Critics questioned the piece’s authenticity and the museum’s judgment, while supporters noted potential artistic value and relief needs.
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S& Louts
Art Museum
Egypt
Behind the Scenes In Washington Mystery Yarn Unfolds
Rodney Dutcher chronicles a tangled La Follette committee episode in Cleveland involving Elmer Lohman Republic Steel workers Balint Favorite and Damich with police Capt Dewey Jones Walter Malone and others. The piece sketches alibis claims blackmail attempts and a suspected sting tied to union organizing and payroll intrigue.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
LaFollette Committee
Lttle Steel
LaFoltette
Elmer Lobman
Republic Steel Steam
Cleveland
Republic Police
Dewey Jones
Alex Balint
I. P
Republic Steel
Vincent Favorite
Union Lodge
Bozo Damich
Jim Williams
Republic
Walter Malone
Damich
Lohman
Jones
Balint
Stout
Malone
Hollis
Chiczen
la Follete
Lassering
Holienden
Willams
Jit Lohman
Williams
Lohiman
Damach
LaFollette
Balint Favorite
John Frey
A. F. of
Netherlands Indies Air Purchases Alarm Washington
Washington reports that the Netherlands East Indies have bought more war planes and related supplies from the United States than almost any other country outside China and Japan. The vast tropical empire, with 60 million people and Java housing 45 million, lies near Japan and has long feared Japanese aggression. The region’s attitude toward Britain and Europe is shaping its defense posture as tensions rise in the Far East.
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Preston Geovee
Washington
Netherlands East Indies
China
Java
United States
State Department
Japan
Equator
Britain
Netherlands Indies
Far East
Holland
Favorite's Communist Ties Surface in Union Organizing Tale
A 1938 NEA Service report sketches a figure labeled Favorite as a Communist who previously served a private detective agency before turning to union organizing. The piece outlines alleged career shifts and political affiliations shaping labor activism during the era.
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NEA Service, Inc
Soviet War Lord Arrives in Trouble Zone to Oversee Ops
Field Marshal Vasily Blücher arrives at Novokovsk in the troubled zone to supervise operations amid the Dutch Indies defense buildup. Dutch Indies rush bombers from the United States Germany and Holland totaling about 109 planes as land forces mobilize for potential invasion. British forces at Singapore remain the main protection, aiming to raise invasion costs for any foe. Arle Harrison, 35, Sandy Hook, furloughed railroad worker, is noted as improving.
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Russia
Japan
Vassily Bluecher
Novokovsk
Dutch Indies
United States
Indies
Netherlands
Germany
Holland
Singapore
Harrison
Arle Harrison
Sandy Hook
Plainspoken shift in Pacific power protects empire interests
The text notes a large population needing protection but cannot rely on Holland, turning to Great Britain for security in the Pacific. It describes English trade gaining favorable treatment as a quid pro quo, with a longstanding British “hands off” stance during Japan’s 1931 China advance, shaping imperial dynamics.
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Holland
Pacific
Great Britain
Europe
Indies
Japan
China
Martinsburg tram accident injures two riders near Bulls Eye Bridge
W Vary shows improvement at Martinsburg City Hospital after falling from a Baltimore and Ohio freight tram near the Bulls Eye Bridge. Harrison suffered a skull fracture and a badly broken leg when he rolled from the tram he allegedly hopped for a ride to Martinsburg. John Rose of Sandy Hook was on the same train but injured when he debarked west of Martinsburg.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Bulls Eye
Martinsburg
W. Vary
Martinsburg City Hospital
Harrison
John Rose
Sandy Hook
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Latrobe
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University of Alabama
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North Market Street
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Grove’ S Grocery Bee OF Good Eats
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Washington Daybook
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Pimento
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Pure Santos Coffee
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