Stamps Trace Europe’s Turmoil Through Nations and Industry
The article reviews two recent stamp issues reflecting Europe’s unrest. A Nazi Party Day stamp portrays Hitler amid Sudeten tensions tied to Czechoslovakia, issued to honor Nürnberg rally history and fund cultural efforts. A Czechoslovak green stamp highlights Skoda’s Pilsen plant, noting its wartime output and decentralization amid border shifts and rising armament concerns.
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Czechoslovakia
Europe
Nazifuehrer
Praha
Nurnberg
Hitler
National “Culture Fund
Skoda
Pilsen
Sudeten
Germany
Emil Skoda
Krupp's
Belgium
Liege
Rumazia
Heroes of Peace candidates named for 1939 series
Ten Americans are said to have been suggested to President Roosevelt for the heroes of peace honor. The list includes Ralph Waldo Emerson for philosophy, Walt Whitman for poetry, Mark Twain for prose, Stephen Foster for music, James A. McNeill Whistler for painting, Augustus Saint-Gaudens for sculpture, Thomas A. Edison for invention, Horace Mann for education, Walter Reed for medicine, and Jane Addams for sociology.
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Roosevelt
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Stephen Foster
James A. McNeill Whistler
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Thomas A. Edison
Horace Mann
Walter Reed
Jane Addams
Bryce 3B elected president of Rockville Chamber of Commerce
Bryce 3B was elected president at the October meeting to lead the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Morris Stern. New officers include Edward H. Cashel as vice president and Robert S. Billhimer as secretary, with Dr. George L. Edmonds as treasurer. Delegates to Montgomery County Civic Federation were named, along with alternates and an expanded executive slate.
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Rockville
Bryce
Robert S. Billhimer
G. Dudley Ward
Judge DeLashmatt
B. Steinberg
J. Darby Bowman
L. Fletcher ‘Schott
Morris Stern
John T. Denver
Frederick Fair opens its 76th exhibition with festive displays
Frederick Fair launches its 76th edition featuring a cleaner, toned down midway yet still packed with dancing girls and notable attractions. Exhibits span Household Department shifts due to higher entry fees, Photography and China Painting in Art, Maryland State School and Bind booth, Henry Myers glass blowing, and a large Poultry display with 1,200 entries.
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Paris
Dolly
Frederick Fair
Floy M. Hiteshew
Camera Club
R. E. Clapp
John W. Scott
Hughes Company
Baltimore
National Photographic Association
Helen Smith
Rio de Janeiro
China
William M. Simons
Alry
Maryland State School
Maryland
Henry Myers
Myers
Poultry Department
The
Air
H. H. Brish
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Harry J. Wolsiffer
Valley Forge Menor
W. H. Rice
University of Maryland Poultry Extension Service
W. G
Telephone trailer shown at Freder ick Fair by local company
Boileau Middletown reports the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co shows a 21 foot long aluminum roofed trailer with five wirephone booths at the fair. An attendant desk handles calls and charges while customers use private booths. the exhibit aims to provide ready telephone facilities at events and fairs.
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Boileau
Middletown
Frederick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Raymond H. Bussard
Mr. Bussard
York Fair
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C. E. Johnson
L. M. Zug
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E. W. Mackley
Huber Manufacturing Co
D. J. Carey
Case Threshing Machine Co
Harry F. Evans
Woodbine
D. W. Stauffer
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Sears Roebuck and Co
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