Nazi Victory Foreseen by German Official in New Orleans
Baron Edgar Von Spiegel, German Consul for eight southern states, predicted early victory over France and said the United States aided Germany’s enemies. He warned of possible trade reductions but claimed Germany would be self sufficient with grain from Russia and supplies from Holland and Romania. Spain was forecast to join the war. Germany reportedly had 26,000 fighting planes. In a separate item, a Corning, Arkansas man killed his wife, her parents, and himself in a triple murder-suicide amid domestic troubles.
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New, Orleans
France
United States
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
New Orleans States
von Spiegel
Washington
John H. Sherman
Tampa
Fla) University
Germany
Florida
Georgia
Louisang
Africa
Holland
Romania
Russia
Jegs
City to lease market house for NYA training workshop
The Mayor and Council approved a one year lease with the Federal Government to convert the former notice department building into an NYA youth training workshop for air plane and related craft. About 6000 dollars of equipment is in use for sheet metal work with 152 dollars monthly stipends for roughly 175 trainees. Several graduates have found work at Fairchild and Glenn L Martin plants. The council also granted two weeks paid vacation to salaried staff and urged departments to devise summer vacation plans for all employees.
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Notice Department
NYA
Fairchild
Glenn L. Martin
Nine Fatally Hurt In Airplane Fall
An unidentified American and eight others aboard a Finnish passenger plane en route from Tallinn Estonia exploded in midair and fell into the Gulf of Finland. The victims included two Finnish crewmen two French two Germans two Swedes and one Estonian. The craft carried 220 pounds of diplomatic mail. Wreckage floated and bodies were recovered. The plane was due in Helsinki at 2 25 PM and radioed that all was well before disappearing.
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Hkelsink
Frn
Tallinn
Estonia
Finland
Helsinki
Slemes
Flag Day at Park to Honor National Symbols in Hagerstown
Brigadier-General John Markey of Frederick will speak at the Flag Day exercises Sunday night at City Park sponsored by Hagerstown Elks Lodge. The event, at 7 pm with the Municipal Band under Dr. Peter Buys, will include a history of the flag, singing of America, and a national program of music. In case of rain the ceremony moves to lodge rooms.
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John Markey
Frederick
Thirst Infantry
Maryland National Guard
City Park
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
Hagerstown
Peter Buys
Elks
America
Calvert K. Bartie
Markey
Bagley King Orry
Wood Nioba
de Robertis
Orange Blossoms
Herbert
Gould Woodpeeler
di Lazzara
Arlen
Lampe
C. L. Mobley
Ralph A. Shecler
George H. Buys
B. Franklin Conrad
C. V. Harbaugh
Industry can meet demand for 50 000 planes a year
Cambridge June 16 Col Louis Johnson Assistant Secretary of War said he was confident industry could meet President Roosevelt's order for 50,000 planes annually and warned that failure would threaten national safety He urged American readiness on both military and industrial fronts at Harvard Business School Alumni Association remarks noting Britain and France were unprepared and Germany was prepared highlighting strategic lessons in production and defense.
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Cambridge
Mass
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
America
Harvard Business School Alumni Association
Englanh
France
Germany
Young Married Man Is Held As Slayer
Bellefonte Pennsylvania June 15 state motor police announced the arrest of Richard Millinder 22 a road worker and father of a ten month old baby living across the street from the Fay Gates home Mt Eagle as the man who smashed the 25 year old factory worker s skull amid a struggle Millinder confessed though police say he was not connected to the later slaying of Rachel Taylor a State College coed whose mutilated body was found March 28 near the same area authorities had said the two killings appeared to share identical circumstances
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Bellefonts
Comely
Fay Gates
Gates
Mt. Eagle
H. E. McElary
Richard Millinder
Millinder
Rachel Taylor
State College
G O P Convention Committees Named Maryland
W David Tilghman Jr state Republican chairman announced six appointments to convention committees for the upcoming Republican National Convention. J Glenn Beall of Frostburg joined the resolutions committee. Maryland appointees include David G Harry Pylesville to Credentials Davis Burroughs Easton to Rules and Order of Procedure George M Moffett Queenstown to Permanent Organization J Cookman Boyd Baltimore to Notification of nominee for President and J Frank Small Jr Clinton to Notification of nominee for Vice President.
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Baltimory
W. David Tilghman, Jr
J. Glenn Beall
Frostbore
Maryland
David G. Harry
Pylesville
Davis Burroughs
Easton
George M. Moffett
Queenstown
J. Cookman Boyd
Baltimore
J, Frank Small, Jr
Cinton
Merchant Cruiser Is Sunk By U Boat
London dispatch reports the armed merchant cruiser Scotstoun sunk by a torpedo attack. Crew kept guns firing amid rising water as waves hid their positions. Two officers and four seamen died. others recovered claim they damaged the submarine before sinking. Scotstoun, 17,046 tons, formerly Caledonia, tied to the New York Glasgow route and sister ship of the Transylvania.
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London
Scotstoun
Caledonia
New York
Democracy Ideals Attacked at Clarksville Graduation
Governor O'Conor told Clarksville High School graduates that a "far too large minority" in America is undermining core ideals. He warned self serving cliques and unhealthy doctrines are spreading, even within schools, challenging democracy's traditional standards of conduct and honor.
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Clarksville
America
O'Conor
Clarksville High School
Driver Held After Fatal Berkeley Springs Accident
Magistrate J. D. Hichelberger held Charles Dupuis of Berkeley Springs for grand jury action on a charge of failing to stop after an automobile accident that killed 72 year old pedestrian Ober to Lanham.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
J. D. Hichelberger
Charles Dupuis
Oberto Lanham
Exclusive Alice Brooks Aprons Pattern 6661
Two easy to make aprons in one pattern, one with applique and one with easy stitchery. Pattern 6661 includes transfer motifs, applique pieces, making directions, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents coin to Daily Mall Household Arts Dept. 259 W14th St New York NY for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
X.Y
Couple Will Face Charge In White Slavery Case
Charles Edward Cox 26 of Burlington North Carolina and Ethel Davis Gray 23 of Raleigh were arrested after living together in a West Franklin street room. Cox charged with violating the Mann White Slavery act and Gray with prostitution. Cox claimed a 1935 Raleigh prison sentence and Texas custody. Gray admitted activities. she said she had been married but left her husband. Police questioned them at length with Capt. Peters present.
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Charles Edward Cox
Burlington
N. C
Edward Kuhlman
Ethel Davis Gray
Raleigh
N.C
Cox
West Franklin Street
Western Maryland
William J. Peters
Texas
Hagerstown
Debt Postponement Is Voted By House
Washington June 15 With no dissent both Houses passed legislation to postpone Tinland war debt of 159 398 due today. The bill now goes to President Roosevelt as Hungary also pays 9828 16 of a total 37410 66 due tomorrow amid war disruptions.
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House
Washington
Congress
Tinland
Roosevelt
Hungary
Maryland halts first female hanging with commutation
Martha Hose of Burkittsville, a convicted axe slayer, is sentenced to life imprisonment after Governor O Connor commutes her death row fate. The governor cites constitutionally dangerous behavior and expert opinion that she cannot be safely released. Warden Brady is relieved of duties tied to the planned execution.
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Annapolis
State Penitentiary
Patrick J. Brady
Maryland
Martha Hose
Burkittsville
O'Conor
Martha Rose
Directors of Parole and Probation
Penal Institution
Frederick County
Bixler Named Williamsport Exchange Manager
Announcement by John C. Bondurant of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company names Paul S. Bixler Sr as local Williamsport Exchange manager. Born in Westminster Maryland, Bixler trained at Westminster High and Bliss Electrical School and joined the company in 1939 rising to installer and plant duties. He will oversee all Williamsport office matters. The 1940 Arizona cotton king is Sam Joy of Glendale with a 40 acre farm yielding 728 pounds of American Egyptian cotton per acre.
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John C. Bondurant
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Paul S. Bixler
Williamsport
Mr. Bixler
Westminster
Westminster High School
Bliss Electrical School
Telephone Company
Williamsport Exchange
Arizona
Sam Joy
Glendale
Sundays Motoring Tour to Gettysburg and Carlisle
Earl H. Howard of the Automobile Club of Maryland organizes a Sunday motoring tour starting at Hotel Alexander Building in Hagerstown, detailing routes and distances to Waynesboro Gettysburg Carroll and Chambersburg including towns like Leitersburg Route No 60 Route 16 34 11 and 34 11 with stops at Marion Cearfoss and Shippensburg ending back in Hagerstown.
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Earl H. Howard
Auvtomobile Club of Maryland
Alexander Building
E. Washington Street
Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Carlisle
Waynesboro
Potomac Street
Bear
Leitersburg
Routerville
Buena Vista
Charmain
Fountain Dale
Teft
Fairfield
Sat Square
Flora Date
Gardners
Idaville
Goodyear
Hunters Run
Mt. Holly Springs
Chambersburg
Willow Street
College Street
Mooredale
Dickinson
Hockersville
Walnut Bottom
Lee's X
Dr Fox Is Called To Active Service
Charles Town West Virginia June 15 Dr Merrill R Fox Charles Town physician and lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve will report for active duty at Norfolk Naval Hospital Portsmouth Virginia on or before July 1. He served with the Naval Medical corps at Chelsea Naval Hospital Boston for two years after graduating Johns Hopkins 1924. He practiced in Charles Town since June 1936 after earlier work in Idaho and Charleston West Virginia.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Merrill R. Fox
United States Naval Reserve Corps
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Fox
Naval Medical Corps
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Boston
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Idaho
Charleston
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Fam
Faridey
Shariff I. R. Rutevald Ellis Greer
Timeeff
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Body Dent Hughes Motor CO
Se Pieers
R. D. McKee
Hagerstown Industrial Savings & Loan Co
N. Jonathan St
H. E. Bester Block CO
Academy Hui
Henry JW. Arnold, Jr
West Point
Army Air Corps
Beatrice Catherine Hickey
Webster J. Olver
Brooklyn
N.Y
United States Customs Court
Building For
General Markey
Mediterranean
Navy
Hast
Brooklyn Nav Yard
North Carolna
U. S
Isabel Young Hoey
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
New York City
Alice Brooks
Cool Comfort
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O’conor
Bixler
Kelvinator
Wringer
Madsey Kelvinator Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin ST
Dr. Fox
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Ireland
Galway
B.S. T
Harry S. Myers
North Potomac Street
Troy Laundry
Peoples Store
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Triangle Food Stores
Shockey Furniture Co
Hagerstown Gas Co
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