Reserve Officers Association speaker outlines training and plans
Colonel William Fisher of Harrisburg told the Hagerstown chapter that R O A work has only begun and highlighted improved training programs by national headquarters and the War Department. He discussed proposed Congressional legislation and changes to Army Extension Sub Courses. Captain Philip Wertheimer led a technical session on the Regimental Staff in the Field.
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Reserve Officers Association of the United
Fisher
Committees of
Congress
R. S. Poole
Philip Wertheimer
Stat
Department of Maryland
Baltimore
William H. Sparrow
Baltimore City
James S. Webb, Jr
J. F. Leary
J. Marrone
P. Wert- Heimer
J. BH. Hannel
CG. McVay
J. Ww. Powers
V. R. Martin
W. H. Sparrow
H. B Hoopes
WR. Beall
D. L. Onten
GM. Payne
W.F. Lines
0. L. Wallis
Oxygen masks yield dramatic relief from heart pain
A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association describes a new oxygen mask delivering 80 to 100 percent oxygen that produced rapid, dramatic relief from severe angina in patients unresponsive to narcotics and sedatives. Doctors note prompt relief within 10 minutes and see potential for treating coronary thrombosis and arterial disease with continuous high concentration oxygen.
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Chicago
Journal of Wew
American Medical Association
Edward W. Fland
Los Angeles
Bold
Walter M. Boothby
W. R. Lovelace
A. F L. Buthulian
Mayo Chinfe
Rochester
Minn
Boland
Film Comedian Wins Damages In Automobile Injury Case
Film comedian High Herbert was awarded damages after a jury found Consolidated Film Industries liable for injuries from a December 1998 truck collision in Los Angeles. Herbert sought 67,000, arguing the crash impaired his acting career and earning power.
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Los Angeles
High Herbert
Wp Sulk
Consolidated Film Industries
Tac
Herbert Eaid
Walter Welcher
Employa
Iim Company
My Ackor
Japan Agrees To U S Policy On Netherlands Indies
The United States declared a hands off policy toward the Netherlands Indies in the Pacific. Secretary Hull warned that intervention or alteration of the islands’ status by any power would threaten regional stability. The note followed Japanese concerns over the future of the Indies as Europe’s war loomed. The text cites long-standing Dutch control and the Indies’ strategic rubber, tin, quinine, copper, and petroleum resources.
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Washington
United States
Netherlands
South Pacific
Japan
Secre
Tary
Hull
Netherlands Indies
Mull
Arita
Tokyo
East Indies
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Islands
Me De France May Join Queen Mary In Service
A BBC report said the French liner Me De France now in New York would soon follow the Queen Mary into service. The Queen Mary, which sailed March 31, and Mauretania had left New York. all were tied up awaiting transport service assignments.
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New York
British Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
Severe quake shakes Athens and Patras in 1824
The April 1824 tremor jolted Athens and Patras with people forced from homes. The report notes Byron’s death around the era and mentions Isyelonghi as a distant context, describing a dramatic period amid independence struggles.
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Athens
Mistolonghi
Lord Byron
Patras
Byron
Isyelonghi
Deny Seeking Party Control Appears in Democratic Row
A statement from Democrats defending Senator Radcliffe asserts many Democrats will back him and oppose anti organization charges. It argues delegates lack control of the county Central Committee and pledges no disruption of the Democratic machine. Radcliffe is set to speak Monday at Franklin Court auditorium.
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Radcliffe
County Central Committee
William P. Lane
Democratic
Wade
Franklin Court
Hopes To Restore Sight To Child
In Memphis on April 18 a surgeon began the second operation to remove a cataract from Barbara Joyce Davis an 11 year old girl who has been deaf and blind since infancy Doctors hope the procedure will reopen sight though the patient may still lack hearing. The case parallels Wesen Keller who overcame similar disabilities.
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Memphis
Tenn
Barbara Joyce Davis
Silence
Darkiess
Barbara
Wesen Keller
World’s Tonic touted to relieve kidney distress and backache
An advertisement claims sluggish kidneys cause backache and frequent night urination. It promotes World’s Tonic a liquid remedy with herbs from the old world, sold at local drug stores.
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United States
Ruby’s
People’s
Cauffman’s
The Shop Around the Corner at the Academy
Today only at the Academy a star director pairing shines in The Shop Around the Corner a Budapest shop tale with Margaret Sullavan James Stewart and Frank Morgan The program also features Andy Panda Goes Fishing and Movietone News shows run daily from noon to 9 PM.
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Academy
Ernst Lubitsch
Ninotchka
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Mr. Smith
Washington
Academy Theatre
Hollywood
Bach
Budapest
Miss Sullavan
Stewart
Frank Morgan
Nan Grey
John Sutton
Cedric Hardwicke
Cecil Kellaway
Forrester Harvey
Andy Panda
Walter Lantz
Movietone
Last Day for The Invisible Man Returns at Henry's Theatre
Universal's new mystery drama The Invisible Man Returns, suggested by H G Wells, ends its run today at Henry's Theatre. The film presents advanced disguising trickery and a suspenseful plot as Vincent Price leads a superb cast in the tale of an unseen man seeking the killer of his brother.
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Universal
H. G. Wells
Henry's
Vincent Price
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe at Colonial Theatre
The serial adventure Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe opens tomorrow at the Colonial Theatre with new exploits across the planets. Also featured is South of the Border a western highlighted by Gene Autry Smiley Burnette and Lupita Tovar with June Storey in a siren role plus the final episode of Zorro’s Fledgling Legion. The Big Ben bell in London weighs over 13 tons.
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Universal
Flash Gordon
Colonial Theatre
Gene Autry
Rio Grande
Smiley Burnette
Mary Lee
New York
Fed Weems
Lupita Tovar
June Storey
Lois
Large Attendance At Cooking School
Miss Lucille Morton, a nationally known lecturer, drew a large audience at a cooking lecture in Hagerstown sponsored by the Gas Company. An amplifier aided hearing for women in the rear of the Masonic Temple auditorium. the school runs daily through Friday at 2 30 PM. Prizes were awarded to numerous women and men including Dorothy Plank, E. L. Sladen, Edw. Summers, Samuel Strine, Hi May, and others.
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Lucille Morton
Hagerstown Gas Company
Masonic Temple
Aud&torium
Priley
Dorothy Plank
E. L. Sladen
Summers
Samuel Strine
May
William Ford, Jr
Ned Martin
Jake Bare
Willian Schnesky
D. Lehman
H. H. Robertson
Margaret Lennon
Charles H. Spigter
D. C. Hager
Gladys Long
William Baker
Katherine Snyder
Alicea Lehman
Viola McGowan
William Garver
G. W. Tullis
J. E. Glosser
Mary Howard
Ann Seibert
Seasonal apple storage found in Appalachian area
The wave-hour division reports cold storage apples in the Appalachian region as a seasonal industry and largely exempt from Wage-Hour act provisions. Petitions for review are allowed for 15 days before the finding becomes final. The region spans parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia along defined county lines.
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Washington
Appalachian
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Blue Ridge
Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst, Bedford and
Henry
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Dutch East Indies
Roosevelt
LaSalle
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la Salle
SUZAG
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Hoffman
Cadillac & la Salle
Wash
St. Ani
Hagerstown
Angle Motor Sales
Talley Solder Motor Company
Key
Chevrolet Sates, Inc
Chambershare
Patrik St
Speers’s Garage, Inc
Martinsburg
W. Va
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George St. Shenandoah
Hofan Chevrolet Company
Cumberland
Winchester
Ranenck
Embert J. Boffman S. Patominec
Waytesbura, Pa
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Henri Guisan
Universal Picture
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Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Maryland Theatre
Invisible Man
London
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Oliver Hardy
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