France Prepares Armies to Counter European Tensions
Paris reports the French Cabinet approved a decree to raise military strength toward a standing army of one million. The plan adds officers and men, drafts captains and lieutenants from reserve forces, and creates new divisions from war-baby classes. France aims to grow from about 800,000 to near 1,000,000 by 1940 as Germany faces a similar birth-rate decline.
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Paris
Francé
Europe
France
Meutenanta
Germany
State Firemen In Convention Opens In Baltimore
Fire fighters from across Maryland arrive for a three day convention with the Maryland State Firemen's Association. Eastern Fire Chiefs Association delegates from New York to Washington D. C. join in, with about 15 000 visitors expected. Sessions begin at 1 30 p m with a kickoff dinner and a Friday parade to showcase equipment. The gathering will push for stricter statewide fire prevention laws, a state fire marshal, and tighter regulation of inflammable liquids and fireworks.
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Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Eastern Association
Antiblaze
Chiefs’ Association
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Requests Grow For Workers At Homes In Hagerstown
Summer weather spurs homeowners in Hagerstown and Washington county to seek help, with Maryland State Employment Service reporting rising requests for garden work painting and small carpentry while housework for women increases. Local men registered at 18 West Franklin Street available at no cost to employers or workers. June placements were below average due to seasonal plant slowdowns, with an uptick expected. Company B Maryland National Guard to summer camp July 16 with 40 small arms qualifications at Camp Ritchie. armory construction in Denton for Company G Fifth Regiment National Guard priced at 42 600 to finish by mid October.
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Washington County
Maryland State Employment Service
West Franklin Street
Angerstown
Maryland National Guard
Thin City
Camp Ritchie
Denton
National Guard
Dawes Leaves Hospital for Chicago Trip
General Charles G. Dawes former Vice President left a hospital after nearly two months of serious illness and boarded a train for Chicago today, beginning a return from New York.
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New York
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Eighty Five Graduates Bid Farewell to Tall at To wson College
In Towson Maryland on June 15 the eight five graduates marched past Dr Lida Lee Tall president of the State Teachers College as she closes her final year. Tall retires next September after twelve years of service during which she advanced the college to its four year standing.
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Towson
Lida Lee Tall
The
State Teachers College
Gilead Encampment to Confer Degrees Tomorrow Evening
Gilead Encampment No 6 I C O F will confer the Golden Rule and Royal Purple degrees on a class tomorrow evening at 8 o clock. The Horb Encampment of Martingburg will attend and present a class. Refreshments will be served.
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Horb
Martingburg
Final Plans For Airport Exercises
Final plans for the municipal airport dedication will be decided at a Junior Chamber meeting in the Chalet room of Hotel Alexander tonight. Arley Sica, president, said only a few details remain for the big celebration Sunday afternoon. Attendance is estimated at 15 000 people and 4 000 automobiles.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Alexander
Arley
Sica
Junior Chamber
Tax Collections To Start Monday In City And County
County Treasurer Harry E Keedy and City Tax Collector D Lea Staley will begin tax collections on Monday June 20. The city tax rate is 85 cents per $100 while the county rate is $1.10. County offers a 5 percent discount in June and the city offers 4 percent, with no city discount after June 30.
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Harry E. Keedy
D. Lea Staley
Postmasters Get Lifetime Posts
Washington June 15 Congress voted lifetime jobs to most incumbent postmasters by sending a Civil Service bill conference report to the White House. Postmasters would finish four year terms and then face a non competitive Civil Service exam for reappointment, enabling most incumbents to hold posts for life.
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Congress
White House
United States Tops Suppliers to Nicaragua in 1937 Report
The Pan American Union Latin American economic survey shows the United States rising as Nicaragua's chief supplier in 1937 while Germany Great Britain and France ceded ground to rising American trade influence.
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United States
Nicaragua
Pan American Union
Germany
Great Britain
Frages
Selling Drive Launches National Sales Crusade Here
About 150 dealers and salesmen gathered at the Franklin Court Building Auditorium to launch a country wide drive named Sales Mean Jobs sponsored by Nash Kelvinator. The two month campaign urges ten daily follow ups and will be led locally by Bohman Warne Inc with nationwide support from Nash Kelvinator and other concerns. Speakers in New York praised the effort, noting Lincoln Nebraska as a successful early example and stressing hard work, cooperation between business and government, and renewed consumer demand through active selling.
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Franklin Court Building
Bohman-Warne, Inc
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U. S
Kelvinator
John
New York
Roy A. Leiter
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Bannera
J. P. Scott
Baltimore
George M. Bohman
Henry W. Burritt
Nash Kelvinator
George W. Mason
James Blaine
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
Burritt
Nagh
Lincoln
Nebraska
Blaine
R. Paul Smith
The
Potomac Edison
William A. Tobias
D. Lee Staley
W. Lee Elgin
City Borrows For Needs For Relief
Baltimore City arranged a $2,000,000 bank loan Tuesday to meet current expenses amid rising relief program costs and reduced cash balances. Mayor Howard W. Jackson said the borrowing, the first in five years, would cost about $1,600 for roughly 60 days and was made against anticipated July tax collections.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
Howard W. Jackson
Southern Army Moved Through City 75 Years Ago
A Civil War era group paroled after cheering for Jeff Davis. Miss Lucille Western performed East Lynne while Senor Bliss loomed at the Baltimore museum. Confederate cavalry pursued Federals to Pikesville nine miles away as martial law paused Maryland clubs. Ewell’s men then fortified a pontoon bridge and received orders to advance toward Harrisburg.
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Lucille Western
East Lynne
Senor Bliss
Baltimore
Pikesville
Maryland Club
Ewell
Lee
Warrisburg
the Confederacy
Deatiny
Mass casualty in Potomac avenue trees reported
The incident last night left about 50 injured or dead among starlings and crows in Potomac avenue trees as Patrolmen Carroll and Lillard were fatally hurt while public safety items were involved. Mexico's Otomi Indians donate funds to support governance amid expropriation by President Lazaro Cardenas. they sent 400 pesos (roughly $1000) to the government to cover the 17 oil companies' expropriation costs.
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Carroll and
Lillard
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Recreation Work Planned for Adults and Children
Recreational activities will start at 5 p.m. for children with evenings set aside for adult recreation at the high school grounds. An adult softball league is shaping up with teams from Two WPA groups, firemen, Potomac Edison, Byron's tannery, Cushway brickyard, Federal silk mill, churches, golf clubs, Hee Haws, and a colored team. The program is free for children and funded by community donations and a government director provided with equipment by the community. Tag Day on Saturday June 18 will raise extra funds.
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Potomac Edison Co
Byron's Tannery
Cushwa’y Brickyard
Federal Silk Mill
Scouts to Camp Ritchie Encampment Starts This Morning
One hundred Boy Scouts and twenty leaders from seven troops in the Francis Scott Key district Frederick Md arrive at Camp Ritchie Cascade for a two weeks summer encampment today.
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Frederick
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Shelved Labor Bill Stifles Lewis Push at House
Washington June 15 John L Lewis CIO chief failed to secure floor action on a labor bill after the House rules committee pigeonholed it delaying consideration. The measure would require contractors with government contracts above 2000 to follow wage hour standards and NRB rulings or lose future contracts and face fines. Lewis pressed Bankhead for a roll call vote but speakers delays blocked action amid opposition tied to a broader wage hour push. Lee Pressman Tom Kennedy and CIO Mine Workers officials left the Capitol to plan next moves.
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John L. Lewis
House
House Rules Committee
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Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Perkins
Rules Committee
Lee Pressman
Tom Kennedy
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
CIO
Capitol
Watchman Killed At Rail Crossing In Martinsburg
Martinsburg West Virginia June 15 Charles Dick age 60 a former Berkeley County Court member was struck by an eastbound passenger train while crossing the Baltimore and Ohio tracks inside the city limits He was en route to his night watchman post at a plant within 100 yards of the accident The widow four daughters and two sons survive Justice of the Peace J D Smith acting coroner ruled the death accidental and no inquest will be held.
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W. Va
Charles Dick
Berkeley County Court
Baltimore and Ohio
Veace
J.D. Smith
Property Sold In Willamaport-Nownaville Sale
AncUoneer Fred M. White yesterday sold the Kline property on the Willamaport Nownaville prke for $360. Estelin Kling was the purchaser.
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Fred M. White
Kline
Willamaport-Nownaville
Estelin Kling
Delmar Questions WPA Use in Maryland Senate Issue
Washington reports Charles Delmar of Frederick county accuses WPA funds of building a private road to Senator Millard Tydings estate and funds used for public works near Havre de Grace. He denies leaving the Senate bid to aid Republicans and urges an investigation while noting business reasons for withdrawal. Representative Lewis has entered the race.
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Charles Delmar
Frederick County
Battler
Tydings
Senate
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Robert Archer
WPA
Grante
Harford County
S Park
Havre de Grace
Delmar
Repub-iean
Millard HE
Rescuer Recovers Boat Motor After Ohio River Rescue
Ollie Eissler aided in rescuing four persons from a capsize on the Ohio River in Evansville Indiana. He then dragged the river until he recovered the boat motor, completing the salvage.
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Ind
Ohio River
Ollie Eissler
Pimples Kill Romance Promises Relief From Skin Ailments
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a quick fix for skin blemishes itching pimples eczema and red blotches. It promises money back if a single applicator fails to delight and adds that the product also soothes irritated feet and cracks between toes.
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