Medical Group Approves Plan For Washington County
A Washington County Medical Society meeting at Dorsey Hall discussed extending the Associated Hospital Service plan to the county. Dr. Colman and Robert Bonnell spoke at a March 20 dinner, noting costs a member pays 75 cents monthly and payroll deduction for coverage. The plan offers semi private rooms and non profit operation, excluding medical services, with hopes the Chamber of Commerce will pursue local extension.
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Washington County Medical Society
Dorsey Hall
Washington County
J. D. Colman
Robert O. Bonnell
Associated Hospital Service of
Baltimore
Alexander Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Idol of Millions Is Coming Here
Lee Powell former Lone Ranger star headlines Barnett Bros Big 3 Ring Circus arriving in Hagerstown for two shows on Willow Lane Circus Grounds Monday April 17. The entourage exceeds 500 staff with elephants, clowns, horses and riders. Rudy's Drug Store sells reserved seats. free parking on grounds.
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Lee Powell
Hagerstown
Barnett Bros
Ring Circus
Willow Lane Circus
Rudy's Drug Store
Slattery Accepts U S Senate Seat in Illinois
James A. Slattery, adviser to Gay and Horner, chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, accepted appointment to the U S Senate. He pledged support for humanitarian principles of the Democratic administration. He fills the seat left by the death of Senator James Hamilton Lewis and will serve until November 1940.
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Chicago
James A. Slattery
Gay
Ienry Horner
Illinois Commerce Commission
United States Senate
Suport
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
New Effort To Settle Strike
In New York and nationwide, complaints of coal shortages grow as bituminous operators and union miners press for a new labor pact to resume Appalachian production after weeks of talks. Mayor LaGuardia appeals for agreement while Congress members urge mediation and a possible closed shop with fines to enforce end of the dispute.
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LaGuardia
Congress
Rep
Randolph
D-Wya
John L. Lewis
C. I. QO
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Commission
Washington
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
West Virginian
Harter
O'Neill
Buffalo
Stand By America Day and Bergdoll’s Return
A March observance in Maryland honors Stand By America Day while Washington cuts a defense appropriation. The piece notes Italy’s threats, U S bases in the Americas, and Grover Bergdoll’s plan to return to serve his sentence, contrasting wartime losses with domestic sentiment and mothers who lost sons.
Wrights visit Hagerstown noted by aviation leader
Orville Wright, famed Wright brother and member of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, stopped at Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown on his way to Washington for next week’s conference. He said he would depart for Washington early today after discussing recent aviation developments with committee members.
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Orville Wright
Wright Brothers
Hagerstown
Hotel Alexander
Washington
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Wright
United States
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Phantom Stage Opens at Henrys Theater With Bob Baker
Cowboy star Bob Baker headlines the western Phantom Stage at Henrys Theatre in a thrilling mystery as he investigates the Phantom Stage with gunplay. The Three Stooges in Muts to You and Flying G Men chapter five also screen. A gala midnight preview features Deanna Durbins Three Smart Girls Grow Up with Nan Grey and Helen Parrish continuing next week.
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Bob Baker
Henry’s
Baker
Stooges
Deanna Durbin
Nan Grey
Helen Parrish
Charles Winninger
Cinderella on Ice ar Resting Ballet Number
Cinderella on Ice features Joan Crawford and James Stewart with Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone in The Ice Follies of 1939 at the Maryland Theatre. The Technicolor spectacle recreates the fairy tale on a sprayed ice surface with the Fairy Godmother Prince and glass slipper, Crawford singing three songs.
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Cinderella
Joan Crawford
James Stewart
Lew Ayres
Lewis Stone
Maryland Theatre
Prince
Prince Charming
Miss Crawford
Ziegfeld
Soo Folkrory
Technicolor Ballet
Cancer mortality rising among adults over four decades
A report notes that roughly one in ten people over age forty die from cancer. The statement highlights long term mortality risk and emphasizes the need for awareness and screening across adult populations.
Federal Attorney Is Freed By Jury
SANTE FE New Mexico April 15 Stanley Miller former assistant Federal attorney and son-in-law of U S Senator Dennis Chavez was acquitted with eight co defendants by a Federal court jury of conspiracy to make political use of WPA It was their second trial A jury deadlocked last February after it acquitted 14 others tried with them under a general conspiracy indictment Forty seven persons originally were named in the blanket indictment One defendant died prior to the retrial one pleaded guilty and the remainder were dismissed by the court on behalf of the government The verdict ends government prosecution of all but a few minor defendants of 84 odd indicted in connection with violations of the WPA code in New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Wagner Defends His Labor Act and Labor Peace
Senator Wagner defends the Labor Relations Act arguing that many amendments would impair the law and warning of a long period of uncertainty and strife. He appeals to workers and fair-minded employers to scrutinize proposed changes. The National Labor Relations Board cautions that most amendments would nullify workers rights and hinder administration, while stating it is not convinced amendments are needed now.
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Washington
Wagner
N. Y
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
Jane Withers Shines in The Arizona Wildcat at Academy
Jane Withers delivers a standout performance in The Arizona Wildcat a 20th Century Fox comedy with Leo Carrillo at the Academy Theatre yesterday opening night reception. Pauline Moore William Henry Henry Wilcoxon Douglas Fowley Etienne Girardot co-star as the film, directed by Herbert I. Leeds.
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Jane Withers
West
Leo Carrillo
20Th Century
Arizona Wildcat
Pauline Moore
William Henry
Henry Wilcoxon
Douglas Fowley
Etienne Girardot
Herbert I. Leeds
Cryolite Insect Spray Debuts From University of Tennessee
Dr. S Marcovitch entomologist at the University of Tennessee announces Cryolite a new chemical spray designed to kill insects. The development aims to improve pest control in agricultural settings and home gardening alike.
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Dr. S. Marcovitch
University of Tennessee
House Committee Votes For Canal
Washington April 15 The House rivers and harbors committee approved the Florida ship canal on a 19 to 6 vote Reviving a 209 million project abandoned in 1935 by Congress not funding it Preliminary work used 5.4 million in relief funds The Mansfield bill would authorize future appropriations urged by President Roosevelt To pass into law the canal would need funds later and some oppose saying the vote lacks guarantees Three committee members reserved right to oppose The plan follows Markham 1937 report for a 400 by 33 foot canal from St Johns mouth to Gulf near Yankeetown with total cost estimated at 197 million
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Florida Ship Canal
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
House Committee
Mansfield
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
Ce Markham
War Department
Board of Engineers
St. Johns River
Gulf
Yankeetown
Chicago
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