Johnson Seeks Hidden Pact On Navy Alliance Rumor
Washington Feb 11 Senator Johnson California charged there may be a secret US Britain alliance unknown to Secretary Hull amid Senate debate on Roosevelt naval expansion. He proposed asking Hull about any understandings or naval cooperation with other powers. Hull said no such understanding existed. Johnson supported the big Navy bill but warned against using the Navy for any Nazi strategy. City worker Lewis Leopard, a mechanic in the city garage, suffered a leg injury in a fall near the market house and was hospitalized.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Hull
Johnson
Calif
Senate
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Secretary of State
Lewis
Lewis Leopard
Market House
Washington County Hospital
Delayed Couple With Old License Spurs Mix Up
William Jerome Dee Jr. and Mary Valeria Ward wed in Cohoes New York. On a honeymoon trip in Mrs Mary Dee’s car they were detained in Maryland due to 1957 plates. Dee called his brother in Chicago to mail new plates but address was forgotten. Mrs Dee later located him in Washington DC and promised to rush licenses.
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Chicago
Dee
William Jerome Dee
Mary Valeria Ward
Cohoes
N.Y
Mary G. Dee
Tody Dee
Maryland
Loren
Auto Tags Turned Over To Officers
James A. Short Jr turned in two Dattered Maryland license tags found near Williamsport. Investigators traced the tags to no crime as they were discarded by a reputable citizen. Detect Peters praised the youth for his observance and potential lead in the Keedysville bank robbery case.
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James A. Short, Jr
Maryland
William H. Peters
Williamsport
Keedysville
Peters
Hitler Health Rumors Shake Berlin Amid Crisis
Feb 12 reports say Reichschancellor Hitler’s health prompts friends to urge a rest or cruise after his Rome visit to Mussolini. Rumors swirl of military reshuffle Nazification of the army and Ribbentrop becoming foreign minister. Berlin streets show carnival masks, while officials deny sensational claims about revolts or executions.
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Berlin
Reichschancellor
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
der Fuehrer
Reichstag
Germany
Werner von Blomberg
von Blomberg
Pest
Erika Gruba
Europe
Paris
London
Warsaw
Vienna
Amsterdam
Foreign Office
Propaganda Ministry
World’s Fair faces ban on tipping for visitors
New York February 11 1939 The fair corporation weighs a strict tipping ban for attendees Grover Whalen president says tipping is generally seen as unsound economically and socially The announcement signals possible cost savings for visitors planning a budget trip to the upcoming fair
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New York
The
Fair Corporation
Grover Whalen
Electricity Merit Badge Requirements and Scout Troop Details
The article lists electricity merit badge tasks such as demonstrating electrical effects, distinguishing AC and DC, building a simple electromagnet, battery cell basics, telephony, fuse and wire work, rescue methods, auto wiring diagrams, and meter reading. It notes Troop 16 led by Scoutmaster Richard Cocklin with 16 Scouts, sponsored by Potomac Edison Co, displayed at Scout-O-Rama.
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Richard Cocklin
Potomac Edison Co
Lincoln Program Planned Sunday
A Lincoln Day program organized by the Board of Education of the Methodist Church will be held at Asbury M E Church on Jonathan Street at 11 o clock Sunday morning with Miss Vivian Jackson as superintendent and Alexander Edemy Jr presiding. The event features church choir music and the theme All Gods Children.
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Board of Education of the Methodist Church
Asbury M. E
Jonathan Street
Church School
Vivian Jackson
Alexander Edemy, Jr
Methodist Church
Walter S. Jackson
Haiti
Engineer to survey plant for economic operations in city disposal
A consulting engineer will survey the city disposal plant under Mayor and Council. The plant already operates well, but new equipment could cut costs by 20 to 25 percent and improve sanitation. A digestion tank would process sludge, generate gas, and power blowers, reducing electric expenses.
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Joseph I. Lyon
Sunshine Class Meets. Forest Program At Village School
The Sunshine Class of Evangelical Sunday School gathered at Mrs. Clara Gerhart’s home for a birthday handkerchief shower honoring Mrs. L. G. Shank. The Village School seventh and eighth graders presented a forestry themed program with student costumes, talks, poems, and forest life drawings. Local residents visited, sign of spring noted by Willard Hart, and several pupils were named January attendees plus new school librarians Clyde Hofe, Stanley Murray, and Lowell Murray.
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Sunshine
Evangelical Sunday School
Clara Gerhart
L. G. Shank
Ruby Gerhart
Justa Tedrick
Gaye Weller
Lee Mummart
Irma Repp
Robert Gerhart
Stanley Murray
Lowell Murray
Connie Murray
Clyde Hofe
Dorothy Shoemaker
Mary Catharine Mort
Roy Souyder
von King
Billy
Bruce Gerhart
Washington
I. C
Kenneth Linn
Betty
Robert Betts
Hagerstown
J. D. Hart
Walter Funkhouser
Guy Mummart
Willard Hart
Farmer
Howard Bohler
Edwin Bohrer
Junior Snayday
Jackie Michael
Audrey McNairn
Alene Hate
Carroll Zimmerman
Billy Everitt
Anna Poffenberger
Dotty Spielman
Comway McNairn
Norma Everitt
Boyd Michael
Janice Mort
Bobby Everitt
Joyce McNairn
Silas Shives
Bib Springs
Zimmerman
Thomas Shives
Shives
Cearfoss Letter Sequences of Local Visits and Guests
Cearfoss on February 9 lists visitors and relatives from Harry Hollinger Clay Hill and Magerstown to Waynesboro Broadfording and Hagerstown. Samuel Carpenter and family hosted relatives on Broadfording Road. Thelma Spickler visited sisters Mildred and Margaret Spickler in Hagerstown. J Edgar Mower family from Clearspring and Joseph Wolfkill from Hagerstown joined C S Hykes at a Sunday gathering.
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Cearfoss
David Hollinger
Harry Hollinger
Clay Hill
Helen Miller
Magerstown
David Bender
Jerry
Waynesboro
Lazy Boppe
Martin Boppe
Ethel] McLanathan
Clinton Carpenter
Samuel
George
Melvin
Samuel Carpenter
Broadfording Road
Thelma Spickler
Mildred
Margaret Spickler
Hagerstown
J. Edgar Mower
Clearspring
Joseph Wolfkill
C. 8
Tributes Paid to Veteran Publisher William Allen White
Emporia Kansas February 11 1930 William Allen White marked his seventieth birthday amid a Rotary Club surprise and a noisy public serenade. He arrived at the Emporia Gazette office waved aside a large birthday cake and dictated his daily editorial as 1000 citizens and a 40 piece band joined the celebration outside.
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Emporia
Eac
William Allen White
Ista
Emporia Gazette
Rotary Club
Bedlam
News Conscious
Livingstone Circle Visits Bellevue
The Livingston Circle of the First Baptist Church visited the Bellevue Home for a meeting on Wednesday. Mrs. W. A. Menefee presided and introduced Rev. G. L. Lowell who spoke on Psalm 34. The visit included prayers, songs, and a tour of the building, with guests praising the care at the home. A second item notes a 87 chart series completed by the Coast and Geodetic Survey for pilot use.
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Livingston
First Baptist Church
Bellevue
W. A. Menefee
G. L. Lowell
David
Menefee
B. E. Lowe
E. R. Hamilton
H. C. Barnhart
Lowell
Wildwood
B. &. Lowe
Louise F. Fout
Joe Batman
W. L. Eckard
Lorraine Eccard
L. P. Shenk
George L. Lowell
Charles’ Athey
United States
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Home of H W Myers hosts Sunday visitors in Nova area
The home of H. W. Myers in Nova, Pennsylvania, welcomed Miss Thelmas Spickler who visited Mrs. Roy Sneckenberger and Mrs. Preston Cearfoss. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Springer of Utton, Pennsylvania, were Sunday evening callers with Mrs. Miley Carbaugh and a family.
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H. W. Myers
Nova, Pa
Thelmas Spickler
Roy Sneckenberger
Preston Cearfoss
J. M. Springer
Upton
Miley Carbaugh
May Encourage Home Builds in Hagerstown
Mayor W. Lee Elgin and City Council consider a moratorium on all residential permit fees to spur new home construction. He notes foundation and building permits act as long-term rent before occupancy and says waiving them could boost housing, heat, lighting, plumbing, and related trades, creating jobs and encouraging several developments already under review.
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Hagerstown
W. Lee Elgin
Elgin
Itinerary Mapped For Tax Experts In Maryland
Annapolis Md Feb 11 William 8 Gordy Jr state comptroller drew up an itinerary to send eight traveling representatives to 6 47 cities and towns to aid taxpayers in preparing state income tax returns. Offices already open in Baltimore Hagerstown Cumberland since Feb 1 and remain open until March 15. The team will open offices in county courthouse sites and in banks to align with federal tax periods.
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Annapolis
William
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