Roosevelt Exposed Block by Interests in Housing Fight
A Senate labor subcommittee heard that Mrs Roosevelt was blocked when she began exposing how land speculators and building material profiteers hinder low cost housing. Benjamin C. Marsh cited a proposed 800 million dollar increase for slum clearance under USHA, calling current efforts hypocritical and costly swindles that favor speculators over the poor. He did not name who hushed her, and urged reform alongside labor demands for broader housing and employment supports, while AFI backed expanding the program to aid millions unemployed in construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A Wittes
Senate Labor
Franklin D
Marsh
Wagner
Michael Quill
Congress For Industrial Organization
Ellender
D-La
Quill
AFI
Harry C. Bates
USHA
Drive Launched by Mormon Church in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City April 8 The Saint Day Saints Church launches a church wide program to combat stimulant use including tobacco liquor tea and coffee. Pamphlets will be distributed to every Saint over 10 years old and a state run school education drive will reinforce the effort led by Joseph F Merrill of the Council of Twelve Apostles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Saints Church
Proto
Joseph F. Merrill
Council of Twelve Apostles
Easter Sunrise Services Across America Rise With Dawn Light
National Easter observances spread across the country from Winston-Salem to Hollywood Bowl and Chicago Soldier Field. Large gatherings in Lawton Oklahoma and Seattle draw tens of thousands, with pageants, choirs, and dramatic crosses marking the Resurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Home Moravian Church
Winston-Salem
N. C
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Oklo
Colorado Springs
Chemists Witness Prevue of Warfare
Four hundred chemists from the American Chemical Society visited Edgewood Arsenal Maryland for a glimpse of U.S. chemical warfare preparedness. They saw grenades, smoke screens, and gas masks for horses along with grotesque gas resistant uniforms. Captain William M Creuny Jr stated the U.S. equipment would match any in the world and that mustard gas remains the king of chemicals for halting ground gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Arsenal
U. S. Army
American Chemical Society
William M. Creuny, Jr
Chemical Warfare Service
Brothers Reunite After 35 Years in Hospital Ward
In Chicago at Oak Forest Infirmary, two brothers aged 63 and 60, William and Adolph Johannes, unexpectedly met in a hospital ward after 35 years apart. A welfare society rep sought Johannes, revealing the long-lost sibling, prompting an emotional embrace in the same building but different wings for four years.
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Chicago
Oak Forest
Johannes
William Johannes
Adolph Johannes
Adolph
William
Elder Canadian seeks U S citizenship and arms pledge
Henry Bogert Dean an 80 year old Canadian applicant told Federal Judge H Church Ford he would bear arms for the United States If needed. He added I can carry a pistol.
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Covington, Key
Henry Bogert Dean
H. Church Ford
United States
Dean
Running The Circus Is A Cinch A Daily $12,000 Bet
John Ringling North, head of Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey, drives a risky financial act to rescue the famed show. He bets $12,000 daily to operate the two million dollar enterprise, reshapes the tent, adds air conditioning, reduces parade length, and battles strikes and labor contracts while steering a profitable season.
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John Ringling North
North
Tere
Barnum & Bailey
John Ringling
Yale
Wall Street
New York
Frank
Buck
Charles LeMaire
Scranton
al G. Barnes-Sells Floto Circus
South Dakota
Barnes
LeMaire
Delhi
Industries of Hagerstown Boosted by Local Experts
The Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce presents articles on the citys industries, arguing local insight from residents best reflects Hagerstowns economic strengths and future opportunities. Individual sectors and prominent employers are highlighted by active community boosters.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Ribbon Company and War Time Roles
The Maryland Ribbon Company in Hagerstown makes decorative ribbons used for war efforts and daily life. The plant at 652 North Prospect Street employs around fifty workers, later growing to 110 to 150, with silk, cotton, and rayon materials supplied via New York brokers. The operation expanded wings in 1514, 1919, and 1922, and ships products through New York and Philadelphia. Also noted: Adelbert Deacon, 15, killed near the Edison highway bridge while boarding a train. Patrolman John J. Delaney, after 20 years on duty, quits as a veteran traffic cop in New York.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Ribbon Company
North
Prospect Street
George T. Scheck
New York
Philadelphia
St. Pat
Baltimore
Adelbert Deacon
Edison Highway Bridge
Frederick Weiand
Deacon
John J. Delaney
Local Jaycees Attend Mid-Atlantic Conference in 1939
Members of the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce plan to attend the second Mid-Atlantic Conference on April 15 and 16 at the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria Virginia. The gathering aims to advance Junior Chamber work through idea exchange and will adopt a state constitution and bylaws while electing officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Virginia
Maryland
Sleepy Gene Kelly Naps Through Car Crash Near Golf Course
Sleepyhead Gene Kelly dozed in a car parked on a hill beside an unwinding golf course. The vehicle rolled downhill and struck a phone pole. Police arrived, pried the door open, and found Kelly still asleep amid the wreck.
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Branford
Conn
Gene Kelly
Kelley
Kelly
Home Building Gains From FHA Liberalization in Maryland
Maryland sees a 16 percent rise in small home mortgages insured by the FHA from March 1928 to February 1939 and a 33 percent gain in total insured mortgage amounts. State FHA director Kent R. Mullikin credits amendments to the National Housing Act allowing loans up to 90 percent of property value for moderately priced new homes, boosting ownership for hundreds of families. The report notes the misbelief that New Orleans sits at the Mississippi mouth, clarifying its location about 100 miles from the Gulf.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Kent R. Mullikin
Federal Housing Administration
Mullikin
FHA
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Senate
Drive
Mormon Church
Sherwin - Williams
Schindel
Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
THE
BON Ton
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
the House of Blue White Diamonds Fog" Jewelry Co
Washington Fir
Bentz & Dunn
Miami Beach
Atlantic City
Steel Pier
Arlington Cemetery
Knights Templar
Soldier Field
San Francisco
Mt. Davidson
Yosemite
Mirror Lake
Seattle
Puget Sound
Washelli Cemetery
Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
Wrdter
Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
W. FP. George
D-Ga
W. B. Borah
Aida
Key Pittman
D-Nev
H. W. Johnson
Calif
Pat Harrison
D-Misa
R. F. Wagner
E. D. Thomas
Utah
L. B. Schwellenbach
Wash
T. F. Green
R-Ri
Sen
A. W. Barkley
D-Ky
Tom Connally
D-Tex
R. BR. Reynolds
D-Nc
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
Frederick
Hyattstown
Frederick City Hospital
Donald Whiling
George Cople
Fins Wood
Gladwin Hill
American Federation of Labor
Florida
Sun
Diabot Ray
John Ringling North the
Big Shot
Southampton
Hug
Azores
Pan-American Airways
London
Tnion
Maryland Rilshot Company
Sleepyhead
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Shockey Furniture CO
Freee Phowe
R. M. Haye & Bros., Inc
Meilink Safes
Entira
R & G Dept. Store
Miller’s Furniture Store
South Potomac Street
Summit Ave
Bunny
S Siler
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