Opposition to disarmament conference in Washington
Washington report says opposition to calling a world naval powers disarmament conference is likely. House Foreign Affairs chair McReynolds and Senate chair Pittman doubt success, while King and Maverick push separate invitation legislation. Fish proposes granting Japan naval equality, prompting Vinson to note Japan’s single ocean defense compared to U S two.
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Washington
McReynolds
D-Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
King
D-Ctah
Representative Maverick
I-Tex
Japan
United States
Representative Fish
R-Ny
House Naval Committee
Fish
Vinson
D-Ga
South Carolina and North Carolina as the first and last seceding states
The passage notes that South Carolina was the first and North Carolina the last among the eleven southern states to secede in the War Between the States, framing the sequence of states leaving the Union during the conflict.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Horoscope for February 15 1938 highlights travel and deceit
The planetary reading marks travel as fortunate with aviation rising in popularity. Neptune's aspect signals possible deceit in high places affecting international relations. The piece stresses honesty, warns of health risks to digestive, heart, and nervous systems, and notes romance and social intrigue during perilous times. Notables born on this day include Cyrus McCormick 1809 Elihu Root 1845 and Susan B Anthony 1820.
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Neptune
Secrs
New York
Washington
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Elihu Root
Susan B. Anthony
Action Is Sought on Payment Delay in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland on February 15, about 2400 unemployed workers gathered at City Hall to press Baltimore officials for faster unemployment compensation. Registrations, led by Textile Union clerks, drew 400 in two hours. Cumberland employment chief Fred Hetzel said many received only one or no checks and would miss new payments. Mayor Thomas W. Koon warned those awaiting checks cannot obtain relief from other sources.
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Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Baltimore
Textile Union
Fred Z. Hetzel
Cumberland Employment Office
Koon
Une
WPA to Grade Memorial Boulevard Street Project
The Mayor and Council will apply to the Works Progress Administration to grade Memorial Boulevard from near the Municipal light plant to Funketown as a WPA project. Officials expect about $100000 for grading and beautifying the right of way and cleaning Marsh Run. Memorial Boulevard is to run from City Park Circle to near the Antietam creek bridge at Funks town.
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Memorial Boulevard
Municipal Light
Funketown
Works Progress Administration
Elgin
Marsh Run
W. Lee Elgin
City Park Circle
Antietam Creek
Funkstown
Board of Street Commissioners
Summit
Virginia Avenues
Summit Avenue
Prison sentences fall on illegal still raid group
Clyde E Cross of Mt Briar yesterday drew one year and one day in prison plus a $600 fine for illegal still operation. Maxwell R Jones of Brownhill Va received eight months and a $600 fine. Elmer Metz, arrested with the group, pleaded not guilty and awaits jury trial. Alvin L Meyers and Clarence W Willingham of Brownhill Va were each given one year and four days and $600 fines for charges tied to a raid on a still near Urbana Frederick county last July.
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Clyde E. Cross
Mt. Briar
W. Calvin Chestnut
Maxwell R. Jones
Brownhill
Elmer Metz
Charles E. Qushwa
David Walker
Alvin L. Meyers
Clarence W. Willingham
Urbana- Frederick County
Georgian Married to Ninth Husband in Valentine Wedding
Elkton Maryland on February 14 Virginia Overshiner Patterson known as the Georgia Peach and Miss Georgia 1924 wed Charles R Bromley engineer of Atlanta in a brief Gretna Green style ceremony. She listed 30 as age, writer by occupation, moving from 1145 Peach tree Road to 916 Bromley’s home. Previously married eight times, she had announced a book Seven and Out about her marriages. She named husbands Asa Patterson Ivan Stark Lord Charles Seeger Albert Gilbert Robert J Kahn and Arthur Cogswell.
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Elkton
Virginia Overshiner Patterson Stark Blank
Seeger Gilbert Kahn
Raymond Bromley
Charles R. Bromley
Atlanta
Georgia
Peachtree Road
Bromley
Gretna Green
Richarr Raymond
Peoria
Asa Patterson
Ivan Stark
Lord Charles Seeger
London
Albert Gilbert
New York
Robert J. Kahn
Arthur Cogswell
Death of W. H. Pyle at age 51 in Pylesville
Wallie H. Pyle who endured 53 operations over his life has died at 51 in his Pylesville home. Born with a rare bone disease he had his first operation at age five and his last in September.
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Baltimore
Wallie H. Pyle
Pylesville
Phoebus Optimistic On Republican Gubernatorial Outlook
State Labor Commissioner Harry T. Phoebus, the only announced Republican gubernatorial candidate, said today his campaign indicates he will be elected without opposition. The Somerset County senator asserted it will unfold as it has in the past.
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Phoebus
Baltimore
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset County
Milo Thomas Elected President Of I C S Club
Milo Thomas was elected president of the I C S Club at a meeting last evening at the local Y M C A. The club formed for fellowship and reviewing work, meets first and third Mondays. Veterans note 27 years since starting engineering studies. Speakers included W G McAfee district superintendent Reading Pa Willie Chambersburg rep Dick Welder Hoffman Chevrolet. Other officers elected: Roger Haynes Ralph Zentmyer Melvin Shellman William Penner George Draper W Harold Wyand Mike Farrle. Any student of an I C S course may join.
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Milo Thomas
Y. Mc.a
I.C. S
W. G. McAfee
Reading
A. Willie
Chambersburg
Dick Welder
Hoffman-Chevrolet
Roger Haynes
Ralph Zentmyer
Melvin Shellman
William Penner
George Draper
W. Harold Wyand
Mike Farrle
Style Whimsies Color Names for Spring Accessories
New stocking hues aim to pair with spring shoes. Peris and an iridescent copper offer a sunny red sandstone look. Paribleu, a navy shade, complements navy costumes. Dartrouge, a wine tone, matches leather colored shoes.
Language spoken by German speakers in South-West Africa
A minority of the 9,632 European residents in the former German colony of South-West Africa speak German as their home language, indicating linguistic diversity within the community.
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South-West Africa
Western Maryland Exhibit Wins First Prize at Outdoor Life Show
The Western Maryland exhibit at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore won a silver loving cup. Designed by T. Stuart Haller, the Frederick landscape architect, it showcases mountain scenery with a five foot waterfall and trout pool, using a centrifugal pump for white water. Built in Hagerstown and transported to Baltimore, the display was a cooperative effort of Freder ick and Hagerstown Chambers of Commerce, the Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association and the Hagerstown Izaak Walton League, drawing praise from many local attendees.
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Western Maryland
Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore
T. Stuart Haller
Frederick
Chambers of Commerce of
Frederick and Hagerstown
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Hagerstown Izaak Walton League
Hagerstown
Batimore
Community Chest Plan Is Proposed in Frederick Md
Frederick's Chamber of Commerce proposes a city-wide Community Chest campaign to replace eight or ten annual drives. President Roger B. Wolfe says the plan works in other Maryland cities and could ease growing difficulty meeting quotas, prompting a public meeting Wednesday night.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Roger B. Wolfe
Chamber
Maryland
Father John's Medicine Claims Eighty Year Merit
This old family remedy for colds and body building began with Rev. Father John O'Brien of Lowell Massachusetts in 1855. His physician prescribed it to him and the parishioners, spreading the medicine’s fame. Advertising alone could not have built the reputation over eighty years.
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John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Father John
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