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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1939
Page
3
The piece compares Napoleon’s expansions across Europe with Hitler’s actions, arguing the latter’s imperial drive mirrors past conquerors. It notes the danger of unrestrained ambition, suggesting a Moscow awaits if expansion continues, and recalls that conquerors rarely end happily.
A reflective piece urges clearing mental clutter by discarding bigotries prejudices and superficialities. It advocates saving essentials and orderly embracing what truly counts, comparing mind cleanup to emptying a waste basket to make room for meaningful thoughts.
The piece analyzes the Munich partition, Germany’s eastward thrust, and the amplified danger to Central Europe. It weighs how far Hitler may push, the likely responses of democracies, and the shaky independence of Romania and Yugoslavia amid growing Nazi influence as the map of Europe shifts.
A newspaper column argues against a national referendum to declare war, saying it would tie the nation's hands and risk provoking aggression. Senator Hatch of New Mexico is cited praising swift congressional decision over public vote, warning of months of delay and strategic harm. Congress should retain responsibility for war decisions.
The Council of State Governments in Washington with 46 states represented moved to curb trade barriers. It calls a national conference in Chicago next month to discuss measures to halt the damaging trend as many bills extend barriers in 42 legislatures in session. Consumers are awakening to the impact on the economy and domestic cohesion.
Washington Daybook reports Secretary Ickes and Senator Pittman clash over Lake Mead and Boulder Dam recreation plans. Pittman seeks 12 miles of parkland around the Vegas arm. Las Vegas and Nevada legislature back the idea while Boulder City opposes. Ickes accuses gamblers of seeking influence. Pittman asserts state law would bar gambling. The dispute pits interior policy against public land use with broad political stakes.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates that hundreds of millions are added to the annual food bill. This supports belief that a remedial program through interstate compacts will be reached at Chicago. It will come none too soon.
A fragmentary column by Jimmy Judd argues that prohibitory laws affect family life and set precedents for youth guidance. The piece suggests education as a path to emancipation, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
The poem blends reflective musings by Edgar A. Guest on aging and memory. It contrasts lifeless wisps as seeds of future blooms, and an aging man content with yesterday, with a critique of money hoarded by misers who never learn their worth before death, and a paradoxical joy found in enduring pain.
Four Negro residents perished in a Sunday fire that wiped out nine homes in Logan's Shantytown and a Mountain State Machine Corporation warehouse. Two other fires in Logan County destroyed five houses, with damage about 10500 dollars. Victims include Mary Brown age 5 and her grandchildren Freddie Burch 9 Flora Mae Burch 3 and Edward Burch 1.
New York columnist George Tucker argues Pearl White Valentino Gilbert shaped Hollywood's rise. He proposes a Hollywood museum honoring Pearl White Rudolph Valentino John Gilbert with rooms and galleries to celebrate their impact and attract visitors, suggesting affordable admission to fund it. He notes the idea could aid charity and preserve film history. The piece ends contrasting this with Chicago’s $149,981,000 annual city government cost.
The 1938-39 cotton crop of India amounts to 4,085,000 bales exclusive of Burma a drop from 1937-38 expressed as a percentage.
Asey Mayo investigates missing artist Mike Slade during Old Home Week events in Billingsgate. Madame Meaux, Slade’s former partner, reveals debt and possible motive as Mayo navigates gossip, performances, and a tense social scene to uncover who vanished and why.
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