Hallgren Nears Maryland Senate Challenge in Primary
Washington April 1 political scouts examine Maurits Hallgren Maryland’s ark horse candidate as he appeals on peace. They note his World War Marine service and journalism stints in Berlin and Germany plus recent farm speeches in Howard County suggesting potential Roosevelts support. Other dark horses include Sumner Welles Bill Stanley and Dean Acheson while Nellie Ross adds a farm angle as Maryland politics mix with national figures.
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Decision in Bail Battle Delayed in Rail Empire Fight
New York April 2 Federal Judge Albert Coxe postponed until Monday a ruling on legal aspects of the fight between Robert R Young Cleveland financier and Wall Street bankers for control of the Van Sweringen rail empire valued at about 2 billion dollars. Meantime Coxe kept in effect an order restraining Guaranty Trust Co from voting Chesapeake & Ohio Railway stock it holds as trustee.
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Robert R. Young
Cleveland
Wall Street
van Sweringen
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Guaranty Trust Co
United States
Chesaspeake Corp
Guaranty
Young
General Motors Corp
J. P. Morgan & Co
Guaranty’s
Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Morgan Stanley & Co
Chesapeake , Ohio
Bell System could cut telephone rates 25 percent
Washington April 2 The Communications Commission urged Congress to grant authority to regulate Bell System policies and pricing claiming rates could fall about 25 percent without harming earnings. AT&T president Gifford criticized the report as one sided and inaccurate defending the system’s service and profitability. A separate note reports Walter Watkins injured in an industrial accident and hospitalized.
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Welker
Gopher Man Digs In As Woodland Seeks Quiet Life
In Woodland California a reclusive man known as The Gopher has dug a hut among old boxes and sheet iron. Henry Till or Tillman, 68, refuses meals relief and keeps to his self fashioned dwelling. Locals report he lives on nuts rice and vegetables and avoids explanations about his taste for solitude.
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Henry Till
Til
Horoscope for April 2 1938 forecasting risks and gains
The column notes benefic aspects for business and advertising, urges caution against deceit within organizations, and warns of propaganda and isolationist trends. It predicts natural disasters including winds floods earthquakes and tremors, with notable references to Aries births including Thomas Jefferson born 1743 and other individuals.
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United States
Aries
Open House at CCC Camp Boonsboro Planned
Plans are set for an open house at Camp Pleasant Valley CCC camp in Boonsboro to observe the CCC fifth anniversary. Visitors can tour buildings, meet enrollees acting as guides, watch lectures and movies, and see soil conservation work from 12:30 p.m. to evening. The camp houses 174 boys under Lieut. Gilbert M. Payne with Norman R. McCardell as project manager.
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William Sport
Weverton
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
William F. Lines
Howard T. Palmer
Deputy Will Visit Council Tomorrow
A special meeting of Hagerstown Council No 1365 Knights of Columbus will be held Sunday evening April 3 at the home on West Washington street. The Maryland State Council annual convention in May will be discussed. State deputy John S Flannigan and State Chaplain Monsignor Harry E Quinn will attend and speak. Charles B Humelsine district deputy will preside and introduce the speakers. All local council members are urged to attend. Knights from other area councils will also be present.
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Birth day celebrants Nicholas Murray Butler and Reginald Parker
Herald Mail classified note highlights celebrate birthdays for Nicholas Murray Butler university president in 1562 and Reginald Parker writer and motion picture director in 1886. Ad copy mocks fake ads while offering help to craft effective worded ads by phone or office visit.
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Reginald Parker
Herald - Mail
Army men pluck lilies near snakes in hyacinth grinder
Army engineers unveil a $100,000 floating hyacinth grinder on a southern waterway to combat rapid purple water hyacinth mats. The machine grinds plants into pieces, ejecting material overboard, while snakes are diverted by a screen to avoid injury to the crew.
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New Orleans
Round trip by Imperial Airways flying boat to Bermuda
The Cavalier landed in Baltimore at 5 45 p m on Friday after a record Bermuda round trip of 12 hours five minutes. Officials said it was the first passenger plane to voyage from the United States to Bermuda and back in one day. The Cavalier left Baltimore harbor at 6 40 am carrying two passengers and was piloted by Capt. William Neville Cumming. First officer was Neil Richardson.
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Neil Richardson
German Shepherd Dog Copper Performs Many House Tricks
A friend from Atlanta Georgia describes a German shepherd named Copper who can answer the telephone close windows switch on lights raise window shades play ball sound the car horn and perform other house tasks, almost companionable to a human.
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Mies Mary Bringhurat
Atlanta, Ga
Paintings Adorn Bavarian Home Exteriors
In Bavaria home exteriors feature large ornamental paintings often on doors. These religious designs date from ancient times and were believed to ward off evil spirits as a protective custom.
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Bavaria
Mayor unsure over job applicant as city to open green bag
Cumberland Md April 2 Mayor Thomas W Koon received a letter from Patricia Jones applying for the mayor’s chauffeur post. He notes he has no chauffeur and either drives himself or is driven by a family member. The date appears in question as the city prepares to open the green bag Monday.
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Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Patricia Jones
Local Men Held In West Virginia
Arthur Shumaker, a local man, is held in Martinsburg on charges of taking meats, apples, and gasoline from Stephens City Virginia. He denied fleeing justice at arraignment before Judge D. H. Rodgers after extradi tion papers arrived from Governors Price and Holt. He said he could show by witnesses he was not in Virginia at the time of the robberies and was given until April 16 to present reasons to be freed.
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Martinsburg
Stephens City
D. H. Rodgers
Price
Virginia
Holt
West Virginia
Shumaker
Berlin Women Predominate in Population Share
A report notes that 54 percent of Berlin residents are women, making the city the most feminine by share among German cities. It also states that about half of Berlin's residents are married.
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Berlin
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