House Leaders Seal Quick Route on Monetary Bill
In Washington on June 28, House leaders blocked a GOP bid to stall finance legislation. They gained Rules committee power to move the Administration's monetary bill to a Senate House committee for possible compromise before the President's devaluation powers expire at midnight Friday. The plan aims to extend the President's authority for two more years while seeking a Senate agreement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joes
Capitol
House
Rules Committee
Senate House Committee
Senate
House Committee
Eggs thrown as CIO drive kicks off in Jersey City
Pershing Field echoed with cheers boos and egg throws as the CIO began a long blocked organizing drive in Jersey City near Mayor Frank Hague. No injuries were reported as eggs splashed the public address truck while about 4,000 to 10,000 people gathered, with police maintaining order.
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Jersey City
Naune
Pershing Field
CIO
Frank Hague
William J. Carney
Brophy
William Vo MelLanemiin
Slap Slayer Is Sorry Now in New York
A New York elevator operator, Verman Teck, expressed remorse after being charged with homicide in the fatal slapping of nine year old Stewart Goldberg. Police say the boy died from a skull fracture after his head struck a marble vestibule floor during a noisy ball game dispute in front of an uptown apartment building. a crowd of about 250 gathered as Teck was led away.
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New York
Verman Teck
Hoek
Uptown
Wack
Stewart Goldberg
Young Goldberg
Heck
Nomination Of Jones Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed Jesse TE Jones as head of the Feaneat Lending Agency created under Roosevelt's government reorganization plan. The agency would begin operation July 16.
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Washington
Senate
Yestricing
Jesse TE Jones
Texas
Toe
Feaneat
Roosevells
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay area
Patchy showers drift across northern Maryland tonight with clearer periods elsewhere. Thursday is mostly cloudy with isolated afternoon or evening showers and possible thunderstorms in the Chesapeake Bay region. brief clearing may occur in some locales after sundown.
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U. & Weathersurean
Maryland
North Portion
Chesapeake Ba
Why dollar devaluation and broader powers spark debate
Washington notes explore the push for devaluing the dollar and expanding monetary powers. Experts trace arguments to 1933 banking turmoil and currency shifts, when 30 countries left the gold standard and the dollar was later devalued to $35 per ounce from $20.67, aiming to boost U S exports by cheaper foreign prices.
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Washington
America
United States
Crackers Banned In City Firework Zone For Fourth
City enforces strict anti firecracker zone in business district with fines up to $25 or one day in jail for discharging selling or possessing any explosive fireworks. The ordinance defines a zone bounded by South North Prospect streets Church Hast avenues Mulberry streets and East West Baltimore streets.
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Tadanti
North Prospect
Church and Hast Avenue
Mulberry
West Baltimore
New Signs Set For County Speed Limits
A county survey will precede State Roads Commission work placing new speed limit signs on state maintained streets in Hagerstown and county highways. Two sign types will mark 20 miles per hour zones in congested areas and 50 miles per hour on open highways. The survey will locate where 20 mph zones end and 50 mph stretches begin. The prior open road limit was 45 mph while some congested areas were 20 mph.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Derrair Turners Proclaim Duty of German Citizens
Aurekan, vice president of the Derrair Turners, announced the organization has received a proclamation reminding German citizens born in 7420 they are subject to compulsory military and civilian service under the Reich in 1989.
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Detroit
Arthur
Aurekan
Derrair Turners
Nazi Forces Enter Danzig as Civilians at War
The Express Telegraph reports 1,400 men in civilian clothing entered Danzig from East Prussia, bringing the total to 2,400 for a “free corps.” Danzig police placed in a state of emergency as war materials allegedly smuggled in. A separate dispatch notes plans to strengthen the Nazi police with hundreds more trained troops and a 1,500-man goal. London reports claim 4,000 German officers and men entered Danzig, 1,000 horses requisitioned, pigs slaughtered for the corps, gag masks issued, Polish workers dismissed, and teachers told to stay in Danzig during summer.
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Warsaw
Express Telegraph Agency
Danzig
East Prussia
Free Corps
Free City
London
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Leibnitz
Local Firms Receive Charters and Dissolutions
The Clerk of Court’s office today received certificates of incorporation for four local companies from the State Tax Commission including Norris Inn Inc, Pen Mar Franklin Paint and Glass Co, West Franklin St, Boone Hotel Inc and Wagerstown Auto Exchange Inc on South Potomac St. A stock issuance certificate for Washington Apartments Co and dissolution articles for Fairchild Airplane Investment Corp were also received.
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State Tax Commission
Norris Inn, Inc
Pen Mar
Franklin Paint and Glass Company
West Franklin Street
Boone Hotel, Inc
Bounsburg
Wagerstown Auto Exchange, Inc
South Potomac Street
Farm Bureau Cooperative, Inc
Marin Avenue
Washington Apartmens Company
Fairchild Airplane Investment Corp
Courthouse and City Offices to Close for Three Day Holiday
County offices and city offices will observe a three day holiday this weekend with Saturday noon closure and reopening Wednesday morning. All courthouse attics will be closed. Banks and state offices will also close for the holiday.
Forecasted Showers May Postpone Fight At Yankee Stadium
New York June 28 Tony Galento weighs 88 38 pounds and holds an eight pound edge over Joe Louis for tonight heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Louis 2005 pounds and Calente weighed in at 83 38 pounds. Commission physician Dr William Walker says both men are in fine condition though Galento appears keyed up.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis
Tony Galents
Tate
Tony Salento
Calente
Louis
William Walker
Galento
Plate honors naval hero Joseph Israel from 1804 death
A brass plate found with the scrapped U S S Israel honors Midshipman Joseph Israel of Hagerstown who died September 4, 1804. The plate will be given to the city if no descendants are located and may be placed in the new city hall museum. Mayor Sweeney will search for descendants or accept the plate for the city.
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Joseph Israel
Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
W. W. Darsie
United Shipbuilding Company
Baltimore
U.S. S. Israel
United States Navy
Maryland
Tripoli
Darsie
New City Hall
Sweeney
Churchill Warns Europe Faces Rising War Tensions
London June 28 Winston Churchill seconded Daladier fears that Europe may plunge into war. In a City Carlton Club luncheon he warned July to September could see the worst tension, noting United States support as crucial while insisting Britain seeks no favors from any nation.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Daladier
France
Europe
Churchill
Carlton Club
United States
Sixth Circuit Sets Aside NLRB Runoff Order
Cincinnati June 28 The Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously set aside a National Labor Relations Board order for a run off to determine the bargaining agent for 2100 Consumers Power Co employees in Jackson Michigan The IBEW had sought an injunction and the company has appealed with arguments to be heard next fall against the Wagner Act violations cited in the cease and desist order.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Taday
Consumers Power Company
Jackson
Mich
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AIL
NLRB
Consumers Power
Farmers sentenced to six months together in jail
INDIANA Pa June 28 Two scrapping farmers must spend six months in the same jail cell to become friendlier Judge EB E Creps presiding D M McCreary 57 and Harry Walker Jr 29 fought over a property boundary and were sentenced to the joint confinement to settle the dispute
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Indiana
EB. E. Creps
D. M. McCreary
Harry Walker, Jr
State's Attorney Opens Jury Trial in Club Slot Case
State's Attorney Charles FL Waganmian this morning presided over a jury trial in the Fountain Head Club slot machine cases, which automatically puts the matters on the November court docket. County Investigator Wayne Seliman seized three machines on Monday afternoon, including nickel, dime, and quarter varieties, and they were taken to the jail.
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Charles FL Waganmian
Fountain Head Club
Wayne Seliman
Alley Project Here Started In Wagerstown
The first unit of an alley construction program in Wagerstown began yesterday with WDA workers. Nine alleys will be built under the approved blanket project. The initial alley runs west off Avalon avenue to the west end of Devonshire road, with rights of way issues being cleared by the engineering department. Workers were moved from the Vista street sewer project. The WPA also announced expected approval later this week for the Smithsburg water line extension, laying about 1,600 feet along Pennsylvania avenue from Smithsburg to Ringgold.
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WDA
Wagerstown
Avalon Avenue
Devonshire Road
W. P. AL
Vista Street
W. P. A. Attice
Smithsburg
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ringgold
Princess Sophie Poisoning Sparked World War Spark debate
Sarajevo reports cite magistrate Pretter claiming Princess Sophie was poisoned to ensure her death to advance Austria Hungary against Serbia. He recalls autopsy denial and says the archduke and wife’s deaths aided war actions, with Serb suspect Gavrily Principa confessing overcrass questions.
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Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Jane Ts
Sophie
Leo Preder
Franz Perdinand
Austria-h Hungary
Br Leer
Pretter
Serbia
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Pfeffer
Gayrilly Prinzip
Big Transport Plane Circles Over Halfway Section
A large twin motored transport plane circled low over the Halfway section about six times this morning while searching for a landing site. R B Liskey reported the plane in sight within 100 feet of the ground and heading toward Hagerstown before turning back. Dick Henson attempted contact from Halfway as the plane drifted toward Martinsburg and then disappeared. The day featured very low ceiling and poor visibility over the valley.
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R. B. Liskey
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown
Liskey
Senate halves PWA allotment amid relief bill delay
Washington June 28 Senate proponents of a new Public Works appropriation cut their demand in half to 250 million dollars when unable to add the full amount to the relief bill. The Appropriations Committee rejected 14 to 7 a 500 million proposal and 13 to 6 a 250 million allocation, with Senator Russell noting a good chance for a floor vote if relief measures advance. Action is delayed while committee amendments are resolved and the relief bill awaits final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russell
D-Ga
P.W.A
Flyers Fail to Smash Record in Springfield Flight
Decatur airmen Tunter Moody and Wilbur Parrish attempted a new world sustained flight record in a small monoplane. They landed at 5:23 a.m. after 58 hours and 17 minutes, 58 hours and 17 minutes short of the 218 hour mark, with engine trouble forcing an early return to earth at the municipal airport after 59 hours and 4 minutes.
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Springfield
Tunter Moody
Wilbur Parrish
Decatur
Women Who Propose Quite Happily Wed
Fort Collins Colorado June 28 A Reuters report quotes Dr Paul Popenar in Los Angeles family relations stating that a large majority of women who propose end up with husbands and are quite happily married. He notes proposers tend to be much older or younger than their partners and suggests a possible rise in aggression or desperation.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Paul Popenne
Dr. Popénar
Los Angeles
Farm Brings 69 An Acre Near Hagerstown
The Meury J. Strive farm of 14 acres near Miller's Church, north of the Hagerstown Leiterstown Pike, was purchased by Marshall and Martha VL Strive. The property, in good tillage, sold at about 69 dollars an acre.
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Meury J. Strive
Hagerstown - Leitersburg Pike
Miller's Church
Marshall
Martha VL Strive
Poverty and Law Split Family on Deportation Train
In Los Angeles on June 28 a destitute Canadian veteran John McNeil 39 his wife Ano 38 and their children faced separation as immigration law and relief status forced them toward Halifax. They sought to keep the family together but the Canadian government refused to accept Edna Colleen Marjorie 14 and Shirley 10 all born in the United States. The family awaited an institution placement for the minors as the parents faced deportation and life apart.
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Los Angeles
United States
John McNeil
Ano
Jack
Halifax
Nova Scotia
McNeil
Edna
Colleen
Marjorie
Shirley
Cline Named Shrine Head in Imperial Potentate Rise
Baltimore June 28 Walter D. Cline of Wichita Falls Texas was named Imperial Potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the Shrine convention secret election. He succeeds A A Rahn of Minneapolis who has traveled many miles on Shrine business since last year. George F. Olendorf of Springfield Missouri moves up to Imperial Rabban and becomes Cline’s Deputy Imperial Potentate. Olendorf will be Imperial Potentate in 1940. The sole contested election for Esteemed Outer Guard was delayed until noon.
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Baltimore
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Tex
Mystic Shrine
Cline
A. A.D. Rahn
Minneapolis
George F. Olendorf
Springfield
Rabban
Olendorf
MacArthur says invasion of Philippines costly for Japan
Manila June 28 General Douglas MacArthur, adviser to the Philippines, reiterated that conquest of the islands by Japan would be costly in men and money. He told reporters he saw no reason for predictions of a bloody future or destruction of an independent Philippine nation and estimated an invasion would cost the enemy about 500,000 lives and over 5 billion dollars, with added risk of foreign intervention.
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Manila
Douglas Macarthur
Philippines
Japan
MacArthur
Claim Short Wheat Yield
Wheat farmers predict a short crop with some estimating a 2 percent drop. County Commissioner Allen Seibert notes light shocks and longer stalks as indicators of reduced yield, while harvesters judge weight of shocks to assess the crop condition. A separate item reports a state police radio alert for Brownie the bloodhound that went AWOL from the Salisbury station, with officers asked to return him dead or alive.
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Allen Seibert
Hunt
Salisbury
Brownie
Maryland
Delaware
Ron
Japan and Britain plan Tokyo talks on Tientsin dispute
Tokyo says negotiations will address the Tientsin controversy and the question of British currency support. Japanese officials from Tientsin will be summoned to Tokyo for the talks, with arrival expected within days. The British side awaits word on timing as talks may start soon.
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Tokyo
Britain
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Comei
U S Warns Japan Over Attacks on Chinese Ports
United States Consul General Clarence E Gauss warned Japanese officials that Japan would be held responsible for damage to American interests in any attempts to seize Foochow and Wenchow. He reiterated that U S naval vessels would protect citizens wherever necessary, matching prior replies amid Japanese moves and Swatow occupation. No American warships were at Foochow or Wenchow as Japanese forces prepared for direct attacks.
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Shanghai
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Japan
Foochow
Wenchow
Gauss
Swatow
Fresh Food Arrives After Blockade in Concessions
British and French concession markets report fresh food supplies today easing two lean, high-priced weeks since the Japanese blockade. Residents show relief and hope for an early settlement during Tokyo negotiations.
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Sientsin
Tokyo
Sunday Amusements Facing A Ban In King County
Seattle reports Sunday amusements including motion pictures baseball games and horse races banned under a revived 1909 blue law in King County. The law bars Sabbath amusements and labor except essential or charitable work, with shaving and haircuts also prohibited. The item notes a governmental crackdown in a campaign against gambling and vice.
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Seattle
King County
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