Britain promises Poland aid as Eastern Europe welcomes pact
London reports that Britain and France would fight alongside Poland if attacked, easing fears in eastern states. Berlin awaits Hitler speech while Beck of Poland travels to London to shape a broader anti aggression pact and discuss extending the alliance to Bucharest and the Balkans.
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London
Europe
Germany
Poland
Balkans
Chamberlain
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm- Bhaven
Chequers
Beck
Viscount Halifax
Romania
Bucharest
Balkan
Paris
Warsaw
England
Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Nature In The Raw Has Compensation
Lawrence Kansas April 1 Nature's laws of compensation explained to the Kansas Academy of Science. F L Carter Wilson reported a survey of Western Kansas jackrabbits showing fewer white tails and more black tails. Dr L D Wooster Fort Hays studied a square mile of prairie to find the most important prairie mammal for meat eaters the black tail jackrabbit.
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Lawrence
Kas
Nature
Kansas Academy of Science
F. L. Carter
Wilson
Kansas
L. D. Wooster
Fort Hays College
Hancock Townsend Club Denies Bias in Election
Charles Corbett, president of the Hancock Townsend Club, denies the club backs any ticket in Hancock's municipal election. He says the club favors candidates on both sides but will not take active part in the race.
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Charles Corbett
Hancock Townsend Club
Hancock
Child lights match start house fire in Woodstock II
Mary Lee Woods, two, climbed upstairs and told her mother she lit a match starting a fire downstairs. Mrs Albert Woods grabbed her daughter and both escaped as the home burned, valued at $3,000.
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Woodstock
Mary Lee Woods
Albert Woods
Death notices of Corderman Tudor Bodmer and kin in Washington area
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Alice Virginia Corderman aged 61 years and 12 days in Columbia Hospital Washington DC after an operation. Also announced are the deaths of Eli T Stone 81, Caroline Powers Tudor 65, and Carrie Wiles Bodmer widow of Jacob Bodmer. Surviving relatives listed include spouses, children, siblings and grandchildren with funeral details and burial sites in Rose Hill Monocacy Green Life Norland and Grove Funeral Home Waynesboro. Burial and viewing arrangements set for Monday and Sunday with services at 2 PM and 2:30 PM respectively.
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Alice Virginia Corderman
Albert C. Corderman
Columbia Hospital
Washington
D. C
Corderman
William ‘Bearinger
Warnesboro
Bearinger
Willam R. Wolfkill
Eli T. Stone
St. John’s Reformer Church
Chambersburg
C. B. Lightner
Anna B. Yeager
Fayetteville
Parsons
Clayton E. Stone
G. Brooke Stone
William J. Crew
Pelie
Kain
Baltimore
Kraiss Mortuary
J. E. Stephen
Norland Cemetery
Caroline Powers Tudor
William EB. Tudor
Hibel Koontz
Carlisle
Clearspring
David and
Sarah Allen Powers Baker
Waynesboro
Tra Miller
Roadside Avenue
Elsie Mills
Norman Tudor
Ruth Williams
Mary Tudor
Ethel Koontz
Grove Funeral Home
B. Clinton Ritz
Green iLife
Carrie Wiles Bodmer
Jacob Bodmer
F. M. Campbell
28Th St. Mount Rainer
Podlesville Methodist Church
Monocacy Cemetery
Bealléville
Card of thanks and memorial notices from 1930s era
A collection of brief thank you and remembrance notices. Mrs. John Whitman and family thank friends for kindness during illness and death, pallbearers, floral tributes, and use of cars. Louisa Eakle and family express gratitude for kindness and flowers. Remembrance lines honor loved ones Richard F. Everly and a husband and father, with dates and sentiments from widow and children.
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John
Whitman
Louisa Eakle
Eakle
Debate on Jones bill grips Maryland legislature stage
In Annapolis on April 1 the Senate prepared for what lawmakers called the last major act of the 1939 General Assembly. The Jones bill would remove State Employment Commissioner Harry Jones, replacing him with an unpaid three member commission and a salaried director, a move seen as Republican-Jones removal. Administration leaders predicted final passage by 17 to 12 after a five hour debate with possible two hour extension, as both sides jockeyed for votes.
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Annapolis
Senate
General Assembly
Harry ©. Jones
Jones
John White
Prince Georges
House
Barry W. Nice
Maryland
Herbert R. O'Conor
O’conor
O. J
Civil Service System
Harry C. Jones
O'Conor
Dudley G. Roe
Queen Anne's
Baltimore City
Leon Abramson
Baltimore
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Mean Committee
Bowie
Laurel
Havre Ge Grace
J. Wilmer Cronin
D. Yarford
Harmias
Callan
James J. Lindsay
Baltimore County
April enters with a chilly start in March weather notes
The report records a 31 degree morning, rising to 53 by noon with rain forecast. March 1938 had below normal rainfall at Keedysville and Chewsville observers note 1.61 and 2.14 inches respectively. Temperatures ranged from 11 to 54, with 23 cloudy and six clear days and a half inch snowfall.
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Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Oswald
Meeting Tonight by Knights of Pythias and Council Balloting
The Commercial Travelers group meets tonight at Knights of Pythias Hall with initiation and election of a Grand Council representative on the agenda. Also notes Frederick housing act actions and a horse sale dispute, plus regional lending rates and an Easter cash offer at Satm’s Jewelers in OlN GOLD.
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Caiveu
Knights of Pythias Hall
Grand Council
SATM
Jewaley
N. Jonathan St
Legislature Pushing Bills Amid Civil Service and Fireworks Fight
Maryland's legislature sped through 148 new laws as Governor O Conor aims to finish his program before adjournment. A civil service overhaul seeks to replace the 10,000 state-employe system with a three-member board. Fireworks regulation sparked a major Senate showdown over licensing and penalties, with amendments and procedural maneuvers shaping its fate.
Hitler Speech Cuts Off in Broadcast From Wilhelmshaven
London dispatch reports BBC and NBC broadcasts of Hitler's Wilhelmshaven address were abruptly cut due to German fears of rebroadcasts. Shortwave links to Germany were shut two minutes after he began, with no city telephone reports available immediately.
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London
Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Germany
Drab Prospect At Collieries
New York April 1 coal mining communities observed a holiday as the drab prospect colliery whistles failed to blow and 238000 soft coal workers did not report for work due to unresolved wage and hour contract talks between managers and the United Mine Workers of America. Negotiators extended time as eight states in the Appalachian area prepared for possible stoppages in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Eastern Kentucky Western Virginia Central Tennessee and parts of Maryland and Michigan.
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New York
United Mine Workers of América
Appalachian
John Mitchell
John E. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
Michigan
Brighten Your Parade with Saums Jewelry Ad
A brightener parade segment promotes Saums Jewelry Store at 21 Jonathan Street offering tailored terms. Also announces a weekly big square dance at Guilford Gardens formerly at L.O.F. Hall with Dixie Ramblers music and a cake walk. Admission 25 cents.
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SAUM
Monathan St
Guilford Gardens
F. Hall
Dixie Ramblers
Ady
Trout Fishing Opens in Maryland with New Regulations
Thuring trout season opens in Frederick County streams as 1000 fishermen gather amid new rules. A 7 am to 7 pm fishing period in the Catoctin area extends to 8 pm in May and June. Creel limit is ten trout daily, minimum seven inches. Washington figures including Kingman Brewster and several congressmen attend at lodges along Little Hunting Creek.
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Thurmont
Frederick County
Catoetin
Washington
Kingman Brewster
Unting Creek
U. S
W. J. Bulow
South Dakota
Charles Jackson
Bureau of Fisheries
Thomas G. McMillan
James P. Richards
South Carolina
William Colmer
Mississippi
Fishing good Easton reports better season for fishermen
Early reports indicate a stronger season for Talbot county fishermen. Fishermen are netting large quantities of shad, perch and herring with encouraging signals from Tilghman’s Island, St. Michaels and Oxford.
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Easton
Talbot County
Tilghman's Island
St. Michaela
Oxford
Local Market Prices for Fresh Produce and Staples
A dated list of grocery prices shows chickens at various ages and cuts from 30 to 40 cents, eggs 17 to 19 cents, butter 16 to 30 cents, lard 7 to 10 cents, potatoes 20 to 75 per sack, sweet potatoes 10 cents, brussel sprouts 25 cents per quart, tomatoes 1 to 15 cents, celery 10 cents, lima beans 80 cents per bag, cabbage 5 to 7 cents, spinach 10 to 11 cents per pound, apples 20 to 35 cents per bag, and related items including pork products, beans, and walnuts with unit variations.
Chicago Grain Market Quotations and Prices
Grain market notes from Mackubin Legg & Co in Hagerstown list open high low figures for Wheat Corn and Rye with May September and July futures, indicating varied prices and percentages across contracts and months.
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Mackubin, Legg
Mackubin, Legg & Co
Wareham Building
Hagerstown
Wilyee
President in Close Touch at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt, at Warm Springs, receives play-by-play reports on European diplomacy by telephone and telegraph as he monitors German moves and the British French response to Poland. He plans drives and dedicates a new school and hospital building for Warm Springs patients funded by Catherine Tuck and Grosse Pointe.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Mountain Cottage
State Department
Washington
Europe
White House
Hitler
Munich
Warm Springs Foundation
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Kindergarden
Catherine Tuck
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Grosse Paint
Mich
Smokey Mountain Boys Play Tonight at Sunrise Inn
The Smokey Mountain Boys perform a music night at Sunrise Inn in Funkstown Maryland tonight. The venue is one mile southeast of So. Atly with sunset time not specified.
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Sunrise Inn
Smokey Mt. Boys
Funkstown
Atly
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Thomas Boonshorf
Ian
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Colman R. Hauver
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Tom Cross
Consumer’s Finance Service, Inc
Room 407
Virginia Ray
Buddy Merryman
Pete and
Oscar Genial
Jerry Harp and His Orchestra
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