FDR asks Congress to adjourn by next May short session urged
President Roosevelt reportedly wants Congress to wrap up routine business and adjourn no later than May. He assured aides he would offer no new proposals to avoid post session controversy starting January 3. He views a brief session as beneficial to the nation and his party. The neutrally framed outline cites foreign policy settled, revenue decisions left to the people, and potential tax or borrowing debate for defense needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Vimland
Vote favors soil district in Washington County farmers seek erosion relief
Washington County farmers voted overwhelmingly for a soil conservation district in a referendum announced by the county agent. Out of 681 voters, 543 supported forming the district, with none opposed. Twenty-two communities petitioned months earlier. The State Soil Conservation Committee with chairman Dr. T. B. Symons is expected to act soon. Farmers will organize to work with federal and state groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
State Soil Conservation Committee
T. BR. Symons
Third Ward Club Installs Officers
The Third Ward Democratic Club held its monthly meeting last night with several talks by visitors. Newly elected officers were formally installed: President R Charles Jamar, Vice-President J Harry, Secretary Joseph Martz, Assistant Secretary Normen Wont, and Treasurer Samuel Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Democratic Club
R. Charles Jamar
J. Harry
Joseph Martz
Normen Wont
Samuel Gray
Maryland Weather Forecast Fair Skies Rising Temperatures
Weather Bureau reports Maryland fair conditions with rising temperatures tonight and Sunday. Chesapeake Bay remains mostly clear with warming trend and moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.
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I, S Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for the Middle Atlantic
The forecast calls for snow in the north and rain or snow in the south early week, with a repeat of precipitation Thursday or Friday. Temperatures fall sharply in the north and south early week, rise around midweek, then turn colder again toward week’s end.
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Middle Atlantic States
North
Dimpled Knees Invited To Doll Bowl Parade
Bartlett Texas invites Elsie Crabtree to display her knee dimples at the Doll Bowl parade on December 16 after prior controversy over knee length. The note mentions a football game between Allen Academy and Hillsboro Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Tex
Elsie
Elsie Crabtree
Nevada
Allen Academy
Hillsboro Junior College
Farm Policy Faces a Test in Southern and Western States
Washington dispatch reports administration farm policy under scrutiny as about 2.3 million eligible farmers in Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida Georgia Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina New Mexico Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia vote on a marketing quota for cotton next year. Officials expect two thirds to approve, repeating last year’s 84 percent yes vote. Also noted two tobacco grower ballots earlier this fall approved quotas as in 1928.
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Washington
Administration
South
Far-West
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Kennuck
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Toy Matinee Big Success at Maryland Theater
Toys of description numbering over a thousand were collected at the Maryland Theater doors this morning for admission to Warner Brothers new toy giveaway benefitting Santa Claus Inc. About 1200 children attended, each gifting a toy. Toys go to Santa Claus Inc. for distribution to needy Hagerstown children. Manager George Payette praised Warner Brothers for support and organized a program of cartoons, comedy, sport, and historical features. Local unions donated time and service for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Warner Brothers
Santa Claus, Inc
Hagerstown
George Payette
Payette
Stage Wands
Ford Motor Co Held Responsible for 1988 Strike
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Ford Motor Co responsible for a 1988 CLO strike at its Long Beach California plant. The order requires reuniting with the CIO United Auto Workers union upon request and to restore effective bargaining with the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Co
Long Beach
Cios United Auto Workers Union
U S Hopes Britain Eases Ban on Paid Exports
Washington reports indicate the United States would accept a partial easing of Britain's blockade on German origin goods. The State Department seeks permission for safe passage of ordered German items paid for by Americans, including scarce tools and instruments, while preserving international law rights. Officials expect Britain to meet these practical concessions with little trouble.
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Britain
United States
Washington
State Department
Legion Head Urges Industrial Peace
National Commander Raymond J. Kelly urged industrial peace as a premier precautionary measure for national defense. Speaking to Pennsylvania Legionnaires in WARRISBURG, he emphasized presenting a united American front to foreign powers and avoiding internal stress that could threaten peace.
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Warrisburg
American Legion
United States
Raymond J. Kelly
Pennsylvania Legionnaires
America
George Washington Carver Reported Seriously Ill
Dr. George Washington Carver, famed Black scientist at Tuskegee Institute, was reported seriously ill. Friends cited last week’s New York trip for the Roosevelt science award and a Midwest speaking tour as factors contributing to his declining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
New York
Midwest
Pedestrians Highlighted as Major Traffic Fatality Cause
Commissioner W Lee Elgin returning from Philadelphia conference of 12 state motor vehicle officials said pedestrians are the biggest traffic fatality problem. An educational campaign will be launched with municipal help to reduce pedestrian deaths. The American Association of Motor Vehicles Commissioners will hold its annual meeting in New Mexico next June.
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W. Lee Elgin
Philadelphia
Eastern Conference of
Elgin
American Association of Motor Vehicles Commissioners
New Mexico
Bonds Sold At Premium For Refunding Issue
Halsey Stuart Company Chicago and Marburg Price and Company Baltimore were highest bidders for 161000 dollars of refunding bonds. Brunswick sold last night at a premium of 100471 on the hundred dollars. Elvan Unger prepared the credit survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey, Stuart Company
Chicago
Marburg
Price and Company
Baltimore
Brunawick
Elvan Unger
McAl Accountamt
Granted Divorce Granted absolute divorce by Judge Wasaman
Miller is granted an absolute divorce from Rosalie M Miller in Be. He is represented by attorney WL PL Wachter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Frank G. Wasaman
Rosalie M. Miller
WL PL Wachter
Vanishing Heiress Drama Deepens in New York
In a Manhattan case of vanished heiress Eileen Herrick the court weighs parental consent versus marriage. Broker George Lowther, linked to the elopement plan, seeks contempt actions against Herrick parents after a closed car took Eileen from the Long Island estate.
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New York
Manhattan
Romeo
Jns
Julies
Park Avenue
Eileen Herrick
George Lowther
Eileen
Long Island
Lowther
Eli Johnson
Suffolk County
I. Barron Till
Walter P. Herrick
Johnson
Nelle O'Connor
Fileen
Efteen
Artz Elected to Maryland District Dairy Society
Claude C. Artz of Hagerstown, food and dairy inspector, was elected a member of the Maryland District of Columbia Dairy Technology Society. The body aims to keep members updated on dairy nutrition and sanitary advances with monthly meetings rotating between Washington and Baltimore. Sanitary inspector S. Brinsfield and several peak dairy figures are listed as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude C. Artz
Hagerstown
Maryland
Oeak Dairies
British and German sea war intensify with ships sunk
In the fourteenth week of the sea air war Britain reports capturing a German vessel and sinking at least two or possibly three U boats. Allied losses reach 122 lives and seven to eight ships. Tonnage of captured ships rises to 91622 plus 86570 sunk by crews or Allies. Germany peaks at Black Friday with five ships lost and 76 sailors dead. On land, 250000 young men aged 20 to 23 are being registered for early next year conscription. Gas masks ordered, Finland to receive 60000 masks.
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London
Germany
Finland
Alleged Robber Returned Here From Harrisburg
Joe Mikucki alias John Mahui alias Joe Sharp wanted here for assault with intent to kill Lloyd Eichelberger night attendant at Moose Hall and for robbing cash receipts was returned yesterday from Jarvisburg. He was arraigned before Magistrate Harry E Snyder and held for a hearing next Thursday with bond set at 2000. He faces two charges assault on Eichelberger and robbery. He was released yesterday from Dauphin County Prison at Harrisburg where he had been confined for some months. It is alleged last June he entered Moose Hall, slugged bound Eichelberger and ransacked the cash register for cash. Authorities traced him to Harrisburg where he was captured and sentenced.
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Joe Mikucki
John Mahui
Joe Sharp
Lloyd Eichelberger
Moose Hall
Jarvisburg
Harry E. Snyder
Mikuchi
Hichelberger
Dauphin Counury
Harrisburs
Mincki
Moose
Eichelberzer
Harrisburg
French High Command says German patrols repulsed
The French high command today stated that renewed German patrol attacks along the northern flank of the Western Front had been repulsed.
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Paris
Russia May Quit League of Nations Says Foreign Sources
Moscow reports foreign observers forecast Russia could resign from the League of Nations rather than face expulsion over Finland's aggression charges. Council hearing Finland's complaint in Geneva gathered nations urging Russia's ouster, while a naval blockade against Finland risks broadening European tensions.
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Moscow
Russia
League of Nations
Finland
League
League Council
Geneva
Finnish Port Is Bombarded By Russian Warplanes
Helsinki reports Danish and Norwegian trade feel effects of the Russian Baltic move. Hanko, a fortified Finnish port on the southwest coast, was heavily bombed by Russian warplanes with casualties undetermined. Reports from Stockholm say at least two Russian submarines operate in the Bothnian Gulf as the Russian blockade threatens Swedish shipping.
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Copenhagen
Hanko
Finland
Stockholm
Bothnian Gulf
Estonia
Gulf of Riga
Germany
Finish St Paul Road To Be Completed With WPA Aid
The State Roads Commission, meeting in Baltimore, plans to apply to the Works Projects Administration to complete the St Pauls road section from Route 40 to the Pennsylvania line. The runs about 0.9 miles away from Route 40 and should finish in about two months. a one mile stretch between a new bridge and Broadfording crossroad remains. The Route 49 entrance relocation at St Pauls church is done but will await project completion. Eastern railroads seek a nine month extension of the 2.5 cent basic passenger coach fare set since 1938, expiring January 31, 1940, with earlier reductions to 2.25 cents per mile for first 100 miles and a decreasing tail to LF cents for longer trips.
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State Roads Commission
Baltimore
G. Bates Chaires
Hagerstown
Works Projects Administration
St. Paul's Road
Pennsylvania Line
St. Paul’s Church
Washington
Eastern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thirty Blenheim Planes Reach Finland in Reinforcement
Thirty British Blenheim bombers were reported to have reached Finland to bolster its air forces against the Russian invasion. Earlier reports noted 50 Italian planes already joining Finnish units as military supplies from various countries arrived. Civil authorities kept quiet on specifics, while civilians drew reassurance. Finnish troops, backing their premier, claimed to halt a 200,000 strong Soviet force at the Karelian isthmus as air raids loomed and the campaign on the eastern front intensified.
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Helsinki
Finland
Karelian
Community Christmas Tree Experiment Planned in Williamsport
The Volunteer Fire Company adopts a permanent living Christmas tree in Community Park to avoid scarce suitable trees and labor. A funds requesting committee led by Warren M. Seymour will raise support. the tree was decorated and lit last night alongside the nearby recreation building.
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Williamsport
Volunteer Fire Company
Warren M. Seymour
Charles N. Harsh
Richard Houpt
Paul Kitchen
William Palmer
William Ainaworth
Benjamin Garrish
Charles Byers
W. P. Turner
O. V. Delawter
Rollin McCard
Insurrection Report In Oil Region Of Western Ukraine
Reuters reports an armed insurrection against Russian troops in the Dohogrytc oil region of western Ukraine, part of the Soviet occupied zone. Insurgents attacked troops, causing many casualties. Russian officers and men were in a hospital at Lwow. No insurgent identity is given.
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London
Reuters
Aday
Dohogrytc
Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Lwow
Lemberg
New Notary Louise Beckley Commissioned by Governor Cone
Louise Beckley of this city has been commissioned as a public notary by Governor Cone. The ceremony and oath were performed in a formal public session with local officials in attendance. Municipal records reflect the new commission and its validity for noted terms.
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Louise Beckley
Govermer 9
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Barron Hill
U.S
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Italy
Pennsylvania
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
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