New Deal Faces Test in Iowa Primary At Des Moines
Des Moines June 6 1938 Beoutor Guy M Gillette seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress facing an acid test before an estimated 150000 voters in 2447 precincts. WPA endorsement and James Roosevelt signal support while AFL President William Green backs Gillette. rival Otha Wearin campaigns on New Deal stance and individual judgment on proposals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Beoutor
Guy M. Gillette
Bellator
Congress
Otha D. Wearin
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Gillette and
Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Homer Martin
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Gillette
United States
Green
A. A. Couch
Parking Meters Proposed Fronting Post Office on West Franklin
West Franklin street may gain parking meters to ease post office access. City officials debate placing one cent meters to allow short term parking and avoid constant policing. Police found low penny use in first days. spaces remained available most times, including Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
Postoffice
Police Department
Firemen to Meet at Smithsburg Volunteer Fire Company
The Smithsburg Volunteer Fire Company will meet tonight at the Smithsburg High School building to discuss upcoming drills and community safety events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsburg
Congregation Allows Sports Attire at Christ’s Protestant Episcopal
In Pelham New York on June 6 members of Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church may attend Sunday services in picnic and beach outfits and bring golf clubs and tennis rackets. Rector Rev Edward Thomas Taggard granted permission saying wholesome recreation is not desecration of the sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
N. Y
Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church
Edward Thomas Taggard
Planes Again Fly Over France In Unmarked Invasion
Nine unmarked gray planes in a three v formation crossed from Spain into France above Puymorens at 11 10 a m. French anti-aircraft batteries opened fire as they crossed back into Spain with no confirmed hits. Spanish authorities called the aircraft insurgent craft and pledged vigilance along the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ax-Les-Thermes
Spain
Puymorens
Puigcerda
Jackson to Speak Here on Patriotism at Meeting
Mayor and gubernatorial candidate will address on meaning and practice of patriotism. Public invited. Elks officers listed. Flag Day Committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiev
Jackson
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
John EB
France
Frank M. Gallagher
R. B. Prather
Co. L. Mobley
Esquire
Glenn Nichols
Richard B. Prather
Paul H. Zeigler
Richard Linebaugh
Robert L. Saum
Lawrence Knicely
Calvert K. Hartle
Richard Stonebraker
H W. McCleary
Deaths include Furley Poffenberger McPartland notices
Miss Susan Furley former Hagerstown resident dies near Baltimore and will be buried in Baltimore. Mrs Fannie Mae Poffenberger dies at 18 at Raven Heights. Funeral at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday Rev J B Harrs. Interment Keedysville cemetery. Harry J McPartland former Loose-Wiles manager dies. service at St Marys Church. body shipped to Philadelphia for burial.
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Susan Furley
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Furley
Jacksonville
Fla
Fannie Mae Poffenberger
William Poffenberger
Norman Poffenberger
Raven
St. Joan’s Lutheran Church
Norman M. Poffenberger
Harry c
Guilford Avenue
Fernice Ann Poffenberger
J. B. Harrs
Keedysville Cemetery
Harry J. McPartland
Greenmount Avenue
St. Marys Catholic Church
Gilbert Hann
McPartland
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Philadelphia
Death of John R. Arms at Washington County Hospital
John R. Arms aged 4 years died at Washington County Hospital on Saturday afternoon at 2:00. Funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 4:00 at the Old Folks Home.
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John R. Arms
Washington County
Old Folks Home
Card of Thanks for Paul C. Garrner
Thank you to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the death of Paul C. Garrner. The note expresses gratitude for support and assistance from Sewert and others, acknowledging both sympathy and aiding in arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Garrner
Sewert
Nee
Cars
Mrn
C, Gardeer
Pastors Return to Charg es and Ordination Highlights
The conference at St Pauls M E Church featured the ordination of thirteen members by Bishop Hughes, with Rev Harold P Sloan of New York delivering the Aldersgate address. Bishop Hughes preached on Whitsunday and Pentecost, criticizing social drinking by women, while a capacity crowd attended services and a youth council gathered with about 300 youths participating.
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John A. Gross
Clement C. Archer
Warner C. Thompson
Sykesville
Bishop Hughes
Harold P. Sloan
New York
New York Christian Advocate
AL Dersgate
St. Paul's M. E
Hughes
Whitsunday
Robert Louis Bartlett
Mt. Airy
Earl Gough Kernahan
Madison
Edward Harry Porter
Elfersville
James Arthur Richards
Westminster
Joseph Tucker Riley
Annapolis
John Lee Williams
Upperco
Iders
John Joseph Dawson
Unionville
Charles Henry Iley
Boston
Thomas Ward Kemp
Richard Theodore Scholl
Canadensis
Chester Burl Smith
Harpers Ferry
WL Va
Paul Jennings Sampson
Union Bridge
Ira William Shindle
Savage
Smithsburg
Francis R. Bayley
East Baltimore
A. H. McKinley
West Baltimore
G. Elis Williams
Washington
Marry Evan
Prederick
W. M. Hoffman
Weaver
Hamline M. E. Church
D. C
Baltimore
the Methodist Church
Clmrch
St. Paul's M. I
Hageretown
U. S. A. Heavener
Kensington
Ministers’ Wives Association
Women's Club
Tligh School
Epworth League
St. Pauls Church
de. John W. Risuin
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church
South
Washington, TC
Smart Girl Patricia Curran tops three-year high marks
Patricia Curran, a standout student at Catholic high schools, pursued five scholarship exams and won them all. Her top grades across three years show a dedication to academics and a strong chance for future study.
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Cncago
Patricia Curran
Role Grammar
Catholi High Schools
Shem
Save a Soul creed used for traffic safety plea
The Rev Eldon A Brown pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church posted a bulletin note promoting a traffic safety campaign. The message urged save a soul today with a warning about a 25 mile per hour limit on the boulevard as part of the church effort.
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Chicago
Eldon A. Brown
Calvary Presbyterian Elurch
Tie
Motorcycles And Bicycles Wanted By Feigley’s Cycle
Feigley’s Cycle seeks used motorcycles and bicycles for cash. Located at S110 at the corner of Franklin and Wise Streets. Ady.
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Feigley
Franklin & Wise Sis. Ady
Wage Hour Fight Clouds End of Congress This Week
Washington June 6 Congressional leaders abandon hope of adjournment this week due to the wage hour fight and possible delay in enacting a 3.723 billion relief bill. A joint committee may not meet until Thursday, delaying final action to June 12. Green AFL president calls for national uniform wages and hours. AFL opposes Senate plan creating a board to fix wages by industry.
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Washington
House
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. F. of
Lids
Lemon Quits as Manager of Hagerstown Chamber
G Wray Lemon resigns after two years as manager of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. He plans a long vacation while his family remains in Hagerstown. Lemon, formerly with chambers in Troy Oil City and Johnstown, led numerous initiatives including a retail merchants group and city directory development.
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G. Wray Lemon
Heperstowns Chamber of Commerce
Lemon
Hagerstown
Oak Hill Avenue
Chamber
Troy
Chambers of Commerce
Oil City
Johnstown
National Organization For Commercial Secretaries
Canada
Insect Plague Triggers Bird Predation Debate
Pasco Washington report notes Mormon cricket invasion shaping local ecology. Kenneth Lickett, cricket control supervisor, says crews observe hawks and other birds feeding alongside bluebirds, larks and finches, consuming swarms of crickets and related insects in daily efforts.
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Pasco
Wash
James
Kenneth Lickett
Indian Executioner To Face Jury Of Own
Miami June 6 The Seminole green corn dance near Everglades marks a grim ritual as old John Osceola testifies before a white coroner s jury about the February killing of Johnny Billy. Osceola says Billy was a violent tribal member with a suspended sentence and that tribal decree ordered his death as he approached the truck.
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Miami
Fla
Everglades
John Osceola
Johnny Billy
Billy
Osceola
New Gold Is Sterilized in Treasury Move
Washington June 6 The Treasury continues sterilizing gold by closing the inactive fund and releasing 1.4 billion dollars of inactive gold into credit channels. Treasury says 93.5 million in gold has been added to the general fund to be kept unpledged for potential sales to foreign governments, offsetting imports’ credit impact. France previously sought 40 million, now involves gold payments without cashing in its credit value.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasurys General Fund
France
Freddie Hutchinson Dominates Beavers for Ninth PCL Win
In Portland Freddie Hutchinson of Seattle, a 19 year old pitching marvel, weakened in the eighth but regained form after a long water break. He stopped Portland Beavers to earn his ninth Pacific Coast League victory of the season, his first as a pro. Meanwhile Harold S. Martin of Smithsburg joins 23 Western Maryland College graduates commissioned as lieutenants in the Infantry Officers Reserve Corps.
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Portland
Ore
Freddie Hutchinson
Seattle
Les S
Freddie
Beavers
Harold S. Martin
Smithsburg
Western Maryland College
Infantry Officers’ Reserve Corps
Potomac Fish and Game Club Dinner Outing
The Potomac Fish and Game Club holds its first summer outing on Thursday at the Club Farm below Williamsport. A fried chicken dinner with accessories is served at 6 p.m. The notice mentions day and night shooting activities and invites advance RSVPs.
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Potomac Fish & Gime Club
Wmsport
PWA plans 2000 projects as spending bill edges closer
Washington reports 2000 public works projects totaling 650 million dollars will be recommended by PWA engineers once Congress sends the spending bill to the White House. States and cities will add about 290 million, with 260 million from federal loans and grants. Applications for 4000 more projects, costing 1.554 billion, are expected. WPA enrollment accelerates to 30,000 weekly, aiming for 2.86 million on roll. Direct relief of unemployables to cost 50 million.
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Washington
PWA
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Surplus Commodities Corporation
British envoy protests after raid on Hongkong targets
A British envoy protests to Tokyo amid raids that hit government buildings, railway stations and power plants in Hongkong. Officials estimate over 1,500 killed and 2,500 wounded in eight days of Japanese attacks. Japan’s consul general informed Canton officials he would forward the protest, promising pilots were instructed not to violate British and French territory in Shameen.
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Hongkong
Toyoiichi Makamura
Canton
Tokyo
Shameen
Wag
Watching for ransom notes in cape sable manhunt tale
A long list of names and a 10000 ransom payment are tied to a kidnapping case. Twelve of 2000 volunteers patrolled Cape Sable and the Florida Keys as authorities pursue leads. Betty Moward, a Miami bar waitress, identified among suspects and aided by two agents at the FBI but offered no details. The child nicknamed Skeegie has been missing nine nights, with federal rules delaying action across state lines.
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Cape Sable
Florida Keys
Cape
Betty Moward
Miami
FBI
Skeegie
Rumors Swirl Over Sixth District Congressional Nomination
Washington rumors circulate about candidates for the Sixth District nomination to succeed Senator Tydings. Names mentioned include Samuel D. Schell of Frederick and former State Senator William D. Byron of Williamsport, with some talk favoring Byron. Edward J. Ryan, tied to the O’Conor campaign in Allegany, is also noted as a prospect. Schell is a World War I veteran who has served with the Shipping Board and Maritime Commission and has worked closely with Joseph P. Kennedy.
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Washington
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Samuel D. Schetl
Frederick
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Lewis
Byron
Edward J. Ryan
O’conor
Allegany
Schell
Engineer Corps
France
United States Shipping Board
Maritime Commission
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
Four Crew Members Die in Maryad Bombing Near Alicante
An official communique says four crewmen of the British tanker Maryad were killed when it was bombed by an insurgent seaplane near Alicante. Earlier reports had only one fatality. The government said bombing planes were shot down in two raids on Barcelona yesterday.
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Barcelona
Maryad
Alicante
Grain Market Quotations By Mackubin Legg Co
In Chicago a market listing shows quotations compiled by Mackubin Legg and Co from the Wareham Building in Hagerstown Maryland with the contact number 2353 indicating price directions for grain trades and market activity.
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Mackubin, Legg
Youths Admit to Robberies by Four Teens
Four youths aged 15 to 17 admitted to a spree of robberies in town after police questioning. Lloyd Stine, Charles Hadley, Buddy Hawbaker, and Marion Boward faced November arraignments before Justice C. Edward Heard with $500 bond each. They admitted to stealing from the Recreation Center, Palace Bowling Alleys, Simisen's store, Marshall's Hatchery, autos, and a car containing a camera, with loot largely recovered by investigators. Harley Cooper received three months for bicycle theft. Three younger youths, 10 to 12, were questioned over bicycle thefts and break ins at Ayers Brothers offices. bicycles were found along Middlebury pike.
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C. Edward Heard
Lloyd Stine
Jefferson Street
Charles Hadley
East Franklin
Buddy Hawbaker
Second National Bank
Marion Boward
North Mulberry Street
Palace
Simisen
Marshall’s Hatchery
Edward McCann
Wi. H. Peters
Joseph Desmond
Peter Limberg
Harley Cooper
House of Correction
Edward Heard
Cooper
McCleary
Isanogle
Ayers Brothers
Middlebury Pike
Young
Pilgrimage at Old Mt Hebron Cemetery Noted by Many
A large crowd gathered yesterday at Old Mt Hebron cemetery in Keedysville for the annual pilgrimage to the site of the first United Brethren Church in the United States. The 1769 church founding is recalled as Bishop George A Geeting rests in the cemetery, originally from Germany in 1758, with founder Philipp Otterbein buried in Baltimore. Rev Ira Ernst of Carlisle PA delivered the address and a KR program followed.
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Mt. Hebron
Keedgeville
United States
George A. Geeting
Germany
Philpp Otterbein
Balmore
Ira Ernst
Carlisle
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Owa
Congressman Wearing
Saum’s
H. L. Mills
Vinit
W. Washington St
C. Head
Tlagérstont
Magerstown
Antietam
Lemon Hag
Women’s Club
Tle
Lion and the Lamb
Columbia College
Hagerstown, Md
Ambler
Trinity Memorial Church
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Richard V. Mattison
Amer
Can
Amer, T
Amer, Wat
Wks
Atchison Activety
Beth. Steel See
Cceae
Tos
Chrysler Enegan
Consol Cas
Consol
Crown Ck
Gen Foods
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Nat’l Dist
N. Y. Central
North Amer
Penna
Ne Bis Ltd. Olof N. J
Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific « Weat'House Elec
Heale
M. Aly
Rey
Gardner's Liquor Store
N. Potomac
W. Franklin St
Hebrew Ladies’ Auxiliary
Tom Cross
Saum
Timken
OIL Burner & Air Cond. Co
W. Wallington St
Hagerstown Industrial Savings & Loan Co. Thomas Building
Jonathan St. Industrial Lending
Studebaker
Willys
Chevrolet
Hudson
Mars
D.H. Benedict Agency
Mageratown
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