Home Guards Gaining Headway in Congress
Prompt enactment of compulsory military training was urged by the Senate military committee as essential to quickly expand armed forces. A home guard movement, built around World War veterans and backed by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, nears a Senate vote on state militias to replace guardsmen called into federal service. Debate was briefly interrupted by a heated exchange over insults as leaders set a quick vote timeline.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Guard
Holt
D-Wva
Minton
D-Ind
Snake Handling Cult Chief Faces Charge
Sheriff N N Hughes of Berrien county said a murder warrant is issued for W T Lipham leader of a snake handling cult in connection with the death of Mrs Jeffie Smith in Bay City two years ago. Lipham, jailed at Adel Ga, is charged with assault with intent to murder in the Letha Mae Rowan case. Albert Rowan, tenant farmer and father of the girl, was arrested with Lipham as a disciple of the sect leader.
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Tifton
N. N. Hughes
Berrien County
W. T. Lipham
Jeffie Smith
Adel
Rowan
Lipham
Albert Rowan
Big Six Undergoing Final Tests Before Service
The Big Six is receiving its final tests prior to going into service. The repeated gong sounds yesterday afternoon stem from the testing. The fire alarm bell is out of service since removal from the old city hall bell tower. The Ferdinand siren in Western Enterprise Hall will be toned down once Big Six resumes operation.
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Old City Hall
Ferdinand
Western Enterprise Hall
Local Motorist Convicted Of Reckless Driving
John L. Smith was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner by Magistrate Martin Bostetter yesterday. He was fined $10 and costs and filed an appeal.
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John L. Smith
Martin Bostetter
Maryland Forecast Fair and cooler at night
United States Weather Bureau reports fair and cooler conditions in Maryland tonight with Thursday remaining fair. Chesapeake Bay shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies, cool daytime and mostly clear at night and Thursday, with a continued cool trend and moderate northerly winds.
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U. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Gall Stones Recorded From Woman in Wilson Hospital
In Wilson North Carolina physicians seek a match in medical texts for a case at a Wilson hospital where 5 384 gall stones were removed from a 50 year old Black woman a record for the area. The patient was recovering well as nurses finished counting the stones after two nights of work.
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Wilson
N. C
Wilson Hospital
Farmer Killed By Lightning Near Sabillasville
Jacob M. Gray aged 76 a farmer and fruit grower near Sabillasville was instantly killed last night by a bolt of lightning. He left home to put a cow in the barn and was struck after passing between two trees the pump between them knocked over his clothing torn from the left side. Survived by his wife Grace Gray children Nellie K Mrs George Delaughter and Clyde F half sister Mrs Edward Becker near Smithsburg funeral Friday at 2 pm at the home with Masonic Lodge of Thurmont in charge burial in Thurmont cemetery
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Jacob M. Gray
Sabillasville
Gray
Grace Gray
Nellie K
George Delaughter
Clyde F
Edward Becker
Smithsburg
Masonic Lodge of
Thurmont
Thurmont Cemetery
Cool Weather Promised After Thundershower
Yesterday's thundershower brought rainfall to Keedysville totaling .83 of an inch. Weather observer J A Miller said the shower aided corn and forecast cooler, fair conditions for tonight and tomorrow as a northeast wind kept temperatures down after a 92 degree high yesterday and a 69 degree start this morning.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Former Morgan Yacht Enters British War Service
The 343 foot Cor sair, the largest U S pleasure craft, once owned by J P Morgan, sailed for British war service. The $2 000 000 vessel, fourth Morgan yacht with that name, departed Sunday with a secret destination and mission after being sold in May to a British firm representing the government.
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New York
United States
J. P. Morgan
Nazi Staff Shakeup Looms in Western Hemisphere
A German diplomatic and consular staff shakeup in the Western Hemisphere was forecast as Havana Pan American conference measures against Fifth Column activities unsettled German authorities. Officials expected withdrawals and replacements by officials less active as Nazi party members. Washington reports noted foreign agents' activities and Interstate Commission developments.
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Washington
Havana
Interstate Commission
Tides High In Storms Wake
Nineteen persons were missing as a tropical disturbance moved west along the Louisiana coast toward Texas. The two day old storm drove gulf waters to near record heights in lakes and bays, forcing trappers and fishermen to seek refuge in inland courthouses, schools, and other public buildings.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf
Sailors and Floozies painting pulled from Navy exhibit
In San Francisco on August 7, the Navy objected to Paul Cadmus's Sailors and Floozies hanging at Treasure Island's Palace of Fine Arts. Officials called the work unnecessarily dirty and said it was not a masterpiece, prompting its removal to avoid a fuss.
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San Francisco
Paul Cadmus
Palace of Fine Arts
Treasure Island
Walter Heil
Fine Arts
Navy
Stabbed girl found at hobo camp in Springfield
The gagged and stabbed body of Rose Lodi, 22, a Springfield match company employee, was found in a roadside thicket. Her clothing was torn and two liquor bottles lay nearby as police sought a narrow blade used in the killing. The father found the body after following the girl’s routine route near a New Haven rail bridge over Watershop Pond.
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Springfield
Mass
Rose Lodi
Springfield Match Company
Angela
New Haven
Watershop Pond
Charles J. Downey
Dartmouth Woods
Irene Perry
New Bedford
Match Company
Lodi
P. O. Clerks Will Attend Convention in Cambridge
The Maryland Branch of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks holds its annual state convention in Cambridge Maryland from Saturday August 31 through September 2. Murray E Ejler of the Hagerstown post office serves as secretary of the State Association. A group of eight or ten Hagerstown members will attend.
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Maryland
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Cambridge
Murray E. Ejler
Hagerstown
Fisherman Samuel Poffenberger nets four bass in Potomac
Samuel Poffenberger of Williamsport enjoyed a lucky day on the lower Potomac yesterday catching four bass. He landed two three pounders and two averaging about two pounds each for a clean string of five ears.
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Samuel Poffenberger
Williamsport
Potomac
Fourth Ward Democratic Club Meeting Tonight
The Fourth Ward Democratic Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at its clubrooms on North Mulberry street. Reports on the recent annual outing will be made and other business trans acted.
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Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
North Mulberry Street
Ghost towns rise from battle-scarred northern France
A Descriptive dispatch from Luxembourg by Preston Grover notes that more than a month after fighting, northern France towns lie deserted and scarred. Unharvested crops remain, farm families toil after dark, and ashes scent the ruins as German guides shuttle reporters through the region. Brighter pockets exist in Alsace and Brussels as populations slowly shift under occupation.
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Luxembourg
France
Flanders
Karlsruhe
French Fontier
Rhine
Petition for Dual Highway to Connect Hagerstown and Frederick
The State Roads Commission faces petitions led by Dawson Horine urging immediate completion of the dual highway from Hagerstown to Frederick Maryland. Petitioners argue the road will shift trade to Hagerstown and improve safety after noting past motor vehicle accidents on the old National Highway.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Frederick
Dawson Hormne
Myersville
Horine
Maryland
Lightning strikes ledge at University Hospital
A lightning bolt struck a ledge around the top of University Hospital in Baltimore during a violent thunderstorm, tearing loose four blocks of concrete and sending them 13 stories to the ground. No injuries were reported though a large fragment narrowly missed a parked car as streets and cellars flooded across the city.
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Baltimore
University Hospital
Amish Aid from Pennsylvania Builds Maryland Barn in One Day
Benjamin Stoltzfus leads an Amish migration of about 100 members from Pennsylvania to Maryland. They travel 160 miles by private car and bus to help Maryland colonists construct a 75 by 58 foot barn in a single day. The Amish prepared lumber from their own land and used their sawmill for beams and boards, while women prepared and served meals. Only the foundation and first floor platform were prebuilt, as the team hammered shingles into place by nightfall.
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New Market
Benjamin Stoltzius
St. Mary’s County
Maryland
Stolzfus
Pennsylvania
Court Scores May December Marriage in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 7 Judge G Malcolm McDonald criticized the May and December marriage of 20 year old wife and 64 year old husband eloped in 1936. He denied custody of their two year old daughter and ordered Meyers to pay eight dollars weekly in support.
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Pittsburgh
G. Malcolm McDonald
Jarry Meyers
Beetles Trapped Across Washington County Report
Japanese beetles have been captured in almost every part of Washington County, with nearly 500000 insects trapped this week. Hagerstown leads with 334006 beetles, followed by Weverton with 89050, and other areas_reporting: Halfway 10686 Williamsport 977 Funkstown 2469 Clearspring 82 Boonsboro 8 Mangansville 394 Smithsburg 125 Hancock 8.
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Washington County
Beetle Control Department
Hagerstown
Weverton
M Halfway
Williamsport
Funkstown
Clearspring
Boonsboro
Mangansville
Smithsburg
Hancock
Irish Ready for Invaders in Ulster and Eire
In Belfast and across Ulster and Eire police officials revealed hidden arms caches. About five hundred rifles revolvers machine guns and large ammo stocks, long buried for eighteen years, were distributed to local home guards as tensions rose with potential invaders.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Eire
Home Guards
Accra Liner Sunk Off Tyish Coast With Survivors Reported
Unconfirmed reports from shipping circles said the British motorship passenger liner Accra, 9337 tons, was torpedoed off the Tyish coast three days from England. The loss of life was heavy with many child refugees en route to New York and Canada. only about 30 survivors reported.
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New York
Accra
Canada
No Designs on Americas Declarations From Gayda
Virginio Gayda the Italian Fascist editor rejected Hulls warning of Axis aggression toward the western hemisphere. He said Germany and Italy have no intention of expanding the war to the American continent and that Hull creates a phantom menace for political ends. He defended the Axis stance that their war aims are European.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
United States
Hull
Germany
Italy
Gayda
Il Glornale d'Italia
Tull
Hemisphere
John R. Mahoney Dies After Illness at 94
John R. Mahoney, 94, longtime organizer of the Anti-Saloon League of America and a founder of the District of Columbia chapter in 1893, died today after a six week illness.
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Washington
John R. Mahoney
Anti-Saloon League of America
Lady Buckland Captures Nazi Flier At Large
London Aug 7 Lady Buckland widow of Lord Buckland and sister-in-law to Lord Camrose publisher of the Daily Telegraph captured a Nazi aviator who had roamed England nine days. She spotted him on a country road near Bristol, questioned him and escorted him to authorities. The airman bailed out of a disabled plane and had been sought by military police since then.
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London
Lady Buckland
Lord Buckland
Lord Camrose
London Daily Telegraph
England
Bristol
Italy massing divisions on Libyan frontier to strike at Egypt
London reports at least two Italian divisions near the Libyan Mediterranean coast with Cairo denying crossings. British HQ notes one general and 818 Italian officers and ranks remain on Egyptian soil, while a mobile British force conducts guerrilla raids in Africa. The Italian advance is feared to aim for Suez.
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London
Mediterranean
Egypt
Mussolini
Suez
Cairo
Bardia
Africa
Daily Xpress
Lord Beaverbrook
Must Extend Preparations for War Chief Says
London Aug 7 A government spokesman said Britain must embark on a much more extensive program tied to American defense preparations to win the war. Laborite minister Arthur Greenwood told the House of Commons that Britain must supplement its production by using North America’s vast capacity, noting that since France fell the need has greatly increased. He said a committee chaired by Greenwood with Neville Chamberlain and Sir Kingsley Wood will direct the nation’s economic war policy.
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London
Britain
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
North America
France
Greenwood
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Kingsley Wood
Italian Planes Bomb Haifa Port in Third Raid
Rome reports Italian air force struck Haifa in Palestine for the third time in a major Near East and Red Sea bombardment. Aden and Berbera naval bases on the gulf of Aden also suffered an effective bombardment in the same attack.
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Rome
High Command
Haifa
Palestine
Near East
Red Sea
Aden
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Police examiners hold driving tests at city hall
State Police examiners test automobile license applicants today at city hall due to Armory closure while Company B is away. Tests occur in the reception room using the Frank Ying genase as an improvised office, reflecting a temporary arrangement.
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Company B
Frank Ying Genase
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P. O. Clerks
By Preston Grover
Strasbourg
Reich
Alsace
Lorraine
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Suez Canal
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Montreal
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