Wire Tapping Wins Approval
The House passed a bill allowing FBI wiretaps in sabo tage treason and espionage cases while FBI field officers move to 24 hour shifts. The Interstate Commission on Crime urged probes into Nazi propagandists using legation attaches. Hoover said the around the clock pace would aid national defense. Schafer denounced the bill as a Stalin monstrosity, claiming it would let agents enter every home.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
House
FBI
Interstate Commission On Crime
United States
Conference
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Schafer
R-Wis
Rebecca at Academy theater thrills with starry cast
Based on Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca features Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in lead roles. The Academy presents the film with United Artists release. Alfred Hitchcock directs from a screenplay by Robert E Sherwood and Joan Harrison with a notable supporting cast including Judith Anderson George Sanders Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper and Nigel Bruce.
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Daphne du Maurier
David 0. Selznick
Rebecca
United Artists
Screen
Laurence Olivier
Joan Fontaine
Reginald “Denny
Judith Anderson
George Sanders
Aubrey’ Smith
Gladys Cooper
Florence Bates
Nigel Bruce
Alfred Hitchcock
Lady Vanishes
the 39 Steps
Robert E. Sherwood
Joan Harrison
Edward Small premieres South of Pago Pago at Maryland Theatre
Producer Edward Small declares South of Pago Pago a true great screen property and brings the South Seas romance epic to the Maryland Theatre tomorrow via United Artists release, with renewed energy and high expenses.
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Edward Small
Maryland Theatre
United Artists Release
South of Pago Pago a Swift Thriller of Pearl Lust
An impressive cast led by Jon Hall Frances Farmer Victor McLaglen and Gene Lockhart star in South of Pago Pago. Bucko Larson and Ruby Taylor lead a perilous expedition to a pearl bed where greed and violence enslave island natives on Manoa. Kehane the chief's son falls for Ruby as danger and drama build to a climactic showdown. Alfred E Green directs from a George Bruce screenplay.
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Jon Hall
Frances Farmer
Victor McLaglen
Gene Lockhart
Douglas Dumprille
Olympe Bradna
Francis Ford
Manoa
Kehane
Ruby
Larson
Alfred E. Green
George Bruce
Peter Lorre at Henry's Theatre in Island of Doomed Men
Peter Lorre stars in The Island of Doomed Men at Henry's Air-Conditioned Theatre today only. The film portrays a tyrant who rules a desert island of enslaved convicts, with Rochelle Hudson and Robert Wilcox in supporting roles. Continuous shows run 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Peter Lore
Henry’s Theatre
Peter Lorre
Columbia
Henry
Lorre
Rochelle Hudson
Robert Wilcox
Miss Hudson
Wilcox
Tobruk Hosts Italy's Principal Eastern Libya Base
Tobruk serves as Italy's main air and naval base in the eastern region of Libya, coordinating operations from this strategic port and air facility. The installation supports naval patrols and aerial missions in the area.
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Italy
Libya
Tobruk
Beetles Soon to disappear in Maryland beetle season
Baltimore Aug. 7 Old age is catching up with Maryland's 1940 Japanese beetle horde and they will be gone by Aug. 15 with a few hardy individuals remaining through Sept. 1, says University of Maryland entomologist Er nest N. Cory. He notes peak destruction occurred July 25 to Aug. 2 during the heat wave and hotter days drive more feeding.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland
Cory
Johnson urges unity and defense in radio speech
Louis Johnson former Assistant Secretary of War told the National Association of Broadcasters to boost national defense and hemispheric unity. He warned an unprepared America could end civilization, urged radio broadcasters to craft a national motto and promote discipline, labor dignity, and loyalty while stressing hemispheric solidarity across Anglo Saxon and Latin cultures.
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San Francisco
Louis Johnson
America
National Association of Broadcasters
War Department
Johnson
Dem chair J. Murray Wooker dies in Roanoke at 66
A. J. Murray Wooker, long time Virginia Democratic chairman since 1926 and former Fifth Virginia District representative, died in a Roanoke hospital this afternoon at age 66.
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Roanoke
J. Murray Wooker
Virginia Democratic
Virginia
Assault convictions in Greensburg and nearby towns
Found guilty of assault in Smithsburg with Russell Long necker Harmon Wade Greensburg fined 10 dollars and costs for an alleged Saturday night attack. Otho Toms and Paul Davis released. Donald Ressler Waynesboro fined 10 dollars and costs for assault on Joseph Brockmyer Cascade and drunken and disorderly conduct. W L Morganthall Mercersburg forfeited 25 dollars collateral on reckless driving stemming from a July 27 Cearfoss accident.
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E. G. Miller
Smithsburg
Russell Longnecker
Harmon Wade
Greensburg
Donald Ressler
Waynesboro
Joseph Brockmyer
Cascade
W. L. Morganthall
Mercersburg
Cearfoss
Bicycle crash injures rider in Pike area report
Deputy Leister Isanogle and Constable Frank Winters investigated a Pike incident where a bicycle rider sustained injuries. Classified ads filled with opportunities noted in the page segment.
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Pike
Leister Isanogle
Frank Winters
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