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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1939
Page
4
Experimental facsimile transmission begins on a three station network with WOR WLW and WGN carrying 60 minute blocks, each station sending 20 minutes after a 2:30 p m start. Tests last week, equipment noted, potential for printed mats pictures maps handled via facsimile.
AP dispatches from Clearwater Baton Rouge St Petersburg Pasadena Avalon New Orleans New Braunfels Lake Charles report scattered notes on camps. Dodgers and Yankees protests homer and touch plays noted. Giants plan power from a strong batting order. Joe Gallagher and Charlie Keller shine in Yankees camp. Hayes knee recovery and Beltran vs McNair at White Sox. Cubs rookies versus regulars in Avalon. Indians consider trades for Heffner Kress and Averill. Phillies criticized by Doc Prothro amid losses. Connie Mack urges daily camp games to keep teams active.
After watching his boys fumble futilely against the New York Giants, Mack decided more practice under fire was needed. Exhibition baseball notes and yesterday’s results show St. Louis over Cincinnati in 11 innings and New York defeating Brooklyn.
New York March 14 insiders say Lloyd Jordon Amherst Athletic Director is the heir to Doc Sutherland at Pitt. Syracuse Herald editor Lawrence Skiddy doubts Jordon will telegraph or write. Fred Perry tennis prospects rise if reconciliation with Helen Vinson occurs.
Officials debate momentous moves as commissioners Brown Phelan and Wear consider votes shaping Louis and Galento to Yankee Stadium. Looming notes on Rudy York’s role, Lakeland wires cited as possible interest. spring practice totals, and a charity event by Jack Roper envisioning a chin‑built climb for Joe Louis.
The fighter said yes and no but never both on the same day. Preparations begin for a personal appearance tour of eastern theaters with Galento polished for the road.
Fumitaka, son of former Japanese premier Konoye, serves as dean of a Japanese‑sponsored college in Shanghai. The report notes controversy over a Negro contralto denied use of a DAR auditorium and mentions Mrs. Roosevelt’s resignation from the organization. Includes prices or limits and mentions childless couples in Germany and Manuel Azana of Loyalist Spain in France.
Local quotations show prices for wheat barley and corn at mill and barn listings for potatoes country ham onions and eggs. Buyers and sellers note varied rates for lard bacon and chickens with per pound or bushel figures.
Cumberland Maryland March 1 The City Council overruled Chief of Police Oscar A Eyerman and issued the Cumberland Building and Construction Trades Council permit to picket a gasoline line station construction project. Eyerman had refused the permit citing no labor trouble at the project. Electricians refused to work when they reported not all workers on the station were union members.
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