Memel Fate Seen as Germany Reunification Near
In Berlin Juozas Urbys and Joachim von Ribbentrop conferred on Memel. Officials say Memel’s reunion with greater Germany is a matter of days. Memel, a Baltic district, was detached by Versailles and later placed under Lithuanian sovereignty. Authorities note troop movements and a March 25 Memel Land tag meeting as pivotal in its future.
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Louis F. Lochner
Berlin
Juozas Urbsys
Lithuania
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Memel
Greater
Germany
Slitler
Britain
Czecho-Slovakia
Ofurope
von Ribbentrop
Urbays
Hancock May Get School Hancock May Get School
The Board of Education and County Commissioners meet in executive session to decide on Hancock elementary school. Citizens urged an 18 room building due to the current structure being too small and fire hazardous. If PWA funds are available a new building may be approved. otherwise repairs to remove the fire hazard are likely.
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Board of Education and
County Commissioners
Hancock
Lu Ig
PWA
Neatness Personified on a Snowy Street
A tall elderly man trudges along East Walnut Street cleaning mud and ice from car fenders and lights. Police detain him briefly but he is released after explaining he hates dirty automobiles and would keep one clean if he owned one.
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Green Bay
East Walnut Street
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay region
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the north portion. Wednesday brings rain. Chesapeake Bay expect partly cloudy skies, then rain with a fresh south and southwest wind turning northerly late Tuesday into Wednesday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Douglas Is Nominated To Supreme Court Post
Washington March 20 William Douglas 40 year old chairman of the Securities Commission was nominated today as an associate justice of the Supreme Court If confirmed by the Senate he would succeed Louis D Brandeis who retired February 13 after 23 years on the bench Douglas a New Deal supporter and former Yale professor was born in Minnesota and educated in Washington state The nomination marks Roosevelt s fourth court appointment in less than two years with the others aging justices cited as context
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Washington
William ©. Douglas
Securities Commission
Supreme Court
Senate
Douglas
Louis D. Brandeis
High Tribunal
Yale
Connecticut
Minnesota
Washington State
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
James C. McReynolds
Pierce Butler
Will Explain Hospital Plan Meeting in Washington County
Several hundred persons are expected to attend a dinner meeting at the Motel Alexander under the Washington County Medical Society. Robert O. Rounell, president of the Public Bank of Maryland, will report on the first year of the Hospital Service Plan in Baltimore. J Douglas Colman will speak and lead discussion. The plan costs members a few cents daily and serves to cover hospital care costs on a nonprofit basis.
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Alexander
Washington County Medical Society
Robert O. Rounell
Public Bank of Maryland
Associated Hospital Service of Baltimore
J. Douglas Colman
Baltimore
United States
H. Edwin Blair
Medical Society
Divorce suit filed by Louise R. Terrell
Louise R. Terrell through attorney Martin L. Ingram filed for divorce from George F. Terrell in district court today detailing the action and parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise R. Terrell
Martin L. Ingram
George F. Terrell
Prize Tips Divided For Last Week's News Lip Contest
Prizes from last week's Traily Mail Lip Contest are split between residents and a local business man. Half the first prize goes to a Summit Avenue resident who tipped on telephone company action and operators. The other half comes from a Potomac Avenue resident on the gasoline price war. The second prize is shared by a Baltimore Street businessman who phoned in about a two men hurt crash, and a North Prospect Street youth who tipped on a thief capture. Tips must be 7:50 am to 1:30 pm on weekdays.
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Summit Avenue
Potomac Avenue
Battimore Street
North Prospect
Strong Japan quake rocks Kyushu Shikoku regions
A powerful quake described as the strongest in five years struck southern Japan. The shock at 12 23 p m local time caused destroyed power lines and hundreds of damaged homes with epicenter offshore northeast of Kyushu. Casualty figures were not yet known as residents fled to open spaces.
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Tokyo
Central
Mierological Observatory
Japan
Kyushu
Shikoku
Death by Own Action: Navy Chaplain Found Dead in Winchester
The body of Hugh R. Davidson, 48, a retired U S Navy chaplain living at 700 North Cameron street, Winchester, was found in a West Antietam street hotel room. An empty disinfectant bottle was found, and Justice Dunn ruled death by self poisoning with an inquest unnecessary. Relatives were being notified after detectives secured the scene.
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Hugh R. Davidson
North Cameron Street
Winchester
United States Navy
West Antietam Street
poHce
David Son
John D. Dunn
Three Flocks Of Geese Seen Over Hagerstown
Early morning hours in Hagerstown produced the sound of at least three large geese flocks passing overhead. The first was heard around 1 a m, the second about 3 a m, and a third noted later. Residents reported loud honking and several calls to The Daily Mail.
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Hagerstown
The
Daily Mail
Armies and Navy Ready Under Roosevelt Defense Push
Administration advisers say the ongoing arms reinforcement program and major funding will make the United States military the strongest in peacetime history within two years. The plan envisions a 6 000 plane Army Air Corps, a naval air force of 2 600, a regular army of 205 000, and a National Guard of equal size, with emergency plans for 1 000 000. Industry would output 12 000 warplanes annually and accelerate munitions production, plus stronger Atlantic and Pacific coastal defenses.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Administration
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Britain
Army Air Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
O Conor Backs Underpass Development Push
Governor Herbert R. O Conor endorses Elizabeth Street underpass project, requesting State Roads Commission proceed immediately. He cites prior steps and checks with the commission chair, aiming to prevent delays. Western Maryland Railroad has allocated 110000 dollars in federal funds for crossing elimination.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Elizabeth Street
Wlee Elgin
State Roads Commission
Western Maryland Railroad
Waynesboro Man Given Jail Term for Drunken Driving
Waynesboro resident Wilson C. Differderfer was sentenced to 35 days in jail in place of a $500 fine after crashing his car into Owen L. Stumbaugh’s machine on the Daystown pike at 9:20 last night. Both drivers escaped serious injury, with Deputy Leister Isanogle leading the investigation and arrest.
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Wilson C. Differderfer
Waynesboro
Owen L. Stumbaugh
Daystown Pike
John Dann
Leister Isanogle
Difenberger
Teen waved from bus loses hand gesture in crash
Salt Lake City report says 17 year old Marjorie Schmittforh waved to friends from a bus to no avail. Her hand was lacerated when the bus rounded a corner and she was hospitalized with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Marjorie Schmittforh
Gandha
Soviet Russia Appears Calm Amid Nazi Advance
Moscow remains calm as German forces push toward the Soviet border. The government refuses to recognize Hitler's absorption of Czecho Slovakia, condemning it as arbitrary and aggressive. Confidence persists in Moscow regarding potential cooperation with Western democracies. Vice Defense Commissar Mekhli’s prediction looms.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
L. Z. Mekhli
New Industries Fund Urged In Hagerstown Luncheon
The Jagerstown Real Estate Board urges using part of parking meters receipts to create a fund to attract new industries to Hagerstown. The luncheon at Hotel Patterson includes city representatives, the Chambers of Commerce, and four service clubs. Receipts fund meter maintenance after paying for two meter groups and supporting local institutions.
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Hagerstown
Jagerstown Real Estate Board
Hotel Patterson
Chambers of Commerce
Archivist Dr James A Robertson Dies at 65
Archival historian Dr James A Robertson of Maryland died at age 65 in Annapolis from a cerebral hemorrhage. A former librarian in the Philippines, he collected about 20,000 Philippine literature pieces, the world’s largest such collection, and served as Maryland archivist since 1925 to preserve colonial state records.
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Annapolis
James A. Robertson
Maryland
Robertson
Fia Philippines
Romania Prepares to Trade With Germany Restrains Politics
Romania negotiates with Germany over trade while rejecting political concessions. Dr. Helmuth Wohlthat links with Romanian finance ministry report a near conclusion amid mutual understanding. Romania plans greater German trade but will not yield political rights or full German dominance. look to the West for aid to avoid economic dependency and possible German colonial status.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Germany
Helmuth Wohlthat
Bohemia- Moravia
Skoda
Rum
Damascus Taken Over as French Troops Occupy City
French government assumed police and security powers in Damascus and French troops began occupation amid a rising revolt across Syria. Rioting was reported in Damascus Homs and other cities as Syrian nationalists protested France's mandate and treaty terms.
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Damascus
Syria
Homs
France
Indesa Feheee
Police To Run Club Dinner Program At Washington Square
The Police Department will oversee the Little Heiskell Club monthly dinner meeting tonight in the Washington Square Sunday School room. Captain Carl McCleary announced a planned program featuring former American League umpire Dol Derr from Baltimore to present films along with additional entertainment by the church ladies.
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Little Heiskell Club
Washington Square
Carl McCleary
Doi Derr
Baltimore
Britain plans united front in response to German drive
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain will review its expansion of defense funds as part of a three point plan. The steps aim to rally anti aggressor nations, counter German economic pressure with a Romania trade mission, and maintain talks with Soviet Russia on security. Chamberlain spoke as officials signaled continued close discussions with Moscow amid Czechoslovakia’s crisis.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Germany
Europe
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
Czecho-Slovakia
Communist Bandit Uprising Reported in Kirin Province
A Domei dispatch from Hsinking reports a bloody uprising by 300 bandits in Kirin province near Sinatien. Six Manchoukuo guards were killed and 28 kidnapped in the raid on the forestry headquarters, with bandits fleeing after taking loot and provisions. Manchoukuo authorities launched a punitive expedition.
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Tokyo
Kirin
Manchankuo
Domei
Hsinking
Manchoukuo Forest Guards
Sinatien
Manchoukuo
Daladier Plans Armed Demonstration To Bolster Rumania
Paris reports state Daladier plans regional mobilization on the Rhineland frontier as a warning to Germany over Rumania. Premier to use unprecedented powers, recalling troops to swell the French army toward about 1,000,000 men. Fortified measures linked to Britain and Czecho Slovakia developments. 125000 fortress troops recalled. potential 240000 more.
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Paris
Rhineland
Germany
Rumania
Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Nazi Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
War Ministry
Robert Coulondre
British to Send Trade Mission to Romania
London March 20 Oliver Stanley President of the Board of Trade announced the British government would send a trade mission to Romania. Stanley made the statement in the House of Commons after a weekend of German Romania negotiations caused wide spread concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Rumania
Stanley
House of Commons
Germany
Romania
Smithsburg Elects Today in Town Board Races
Citizens of Smithsburg vote today in a two ticket race for town offices. Incumbent burgess Charles I. Wolfinger leads the Wolfinger slate with Robert L. Towson as assistant burgess and J. Wm. Detrow, Gardenhour, and Hoy D. Newman as commissioners. On the Gardenhour ticket, Joseph C. Gardenhour seeks re election as commissioner and burgess, with C. M. Cloppar as assistant and Charles H. Slick Elmer Kindle and Jacob E. Delauter as commissioners.
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Smithsburg
Burgess
Charles I. Wolfinger
Joseph C. Gardenhour
Gardenhour
Wolfinger
Robert L. Towson
J. Wm. Detrow
Hoy D. Newman
Scottsville bans bachelors from city jobs ordinance
Scottsville Kentucky March 20 Scocious council passes ordinance forbidding the employment of bachelors in city positions to protect married city workers.
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Scottsville
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Alder
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Protector
Konstantin von Neugath
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