Lebrun in London as Soviet doubts over Stop Hitler bloc grow
President Lebrun arrived in London for a three day visit as Soviet support for a strong halt Hitler wave wanes amid Britain's rejection of a six power conference. King George and Queen Elizabeth greeted the French leader at Victoria station, with Bonnet expected to discuss the situation with British officials.
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London
Albert Lebrun
France
Britain
Sefusal
King George
Helizaath
Mme. Lebrun
Victoria Station
Buckingham Palace
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Quake Shakes Valley and Mexico Border Area
A strong shallow quake struck the Imperial Valley at 5:51 a.m. causing a roar and light shaking with five seconds of movement. felt in Galexico but not in Brawley. A separate one-second quake was reported near 12735 m. Another quake originated near Australia, recorded by Idham University seismograph with waves at 7:31 and 8:33 p.m. E.S.T. and a main surface wave at 9:35 p.m.
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York
Australia
Idham University
Asher John J. Lynch
Walher Lynch
Road Surfacing Plans Move Forward Near Downsville Edge
Work to resurface a half mile section of relocated Downsville road at city edge begins next week after railroad crossing work on the Norfolk Western line at Wargo is completed. Five shares of Potomac Edison stock sold for 107.30 at a court sale. Fred M. Kite was the auctioneer.
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Downsville
Norfolk Western
Wargoll
Downsville Ke
Funkstown Road
Potomac Edison x
Fred M. Kite
Weather Update for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Fair and continuing tonight with clear skies. Wednesday remains fair and somewhat warmer inland. Chesapeake Bay sees fair conditions with cooler tonight and a warming trend Wednesday, winds diminishing from the north and shifting to southeast or south as conditions become milder.
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Faryland
Chesapeake Bay
WPA Workers Face Job Loss From 13 Percent Cut
About 200 WPA workers in the county could be laid off within two weeks if Maryland faces a 13 percent WPA payroll reduction. Nationwide 2,000 state employees may lose work, according to Works Progress Administration officials. Local officials say they will first dissolve the least essential projects to meet the cut.
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WPA
Harry D. Wilbiar, Jr
Works Progress
Washington County
Maryland
Trout Season Opens April 1 In State
Opening day for freshwater trout season is April 1 and runs to June 30. About 38 000 legal size brook rainbow and brown trout have been planted with more in reserve. A bill by Delegate Warvey Miller would set trout fishing hours in stocked streams from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and apply to other species as well.
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Albert M. Powsey
Lewistown
Warvey Miller
House of the General Assembly
Damage suit filed over Route 40 crash damages
Frank C. Myers of this county through Attorney Daniel W. Doub filed a personal damage suit this morning against Lyman A. Knox of College York. The action stems from an automobile wreck near St Paul Church on November 3 and seeks damages of 5000 dollars.
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Frank C. Myers
Daniel W. Doub
Lyman A. Knox
College, York
St. Paula Church
Mr. Myers
Approach To Span Will Be Pushed
Work on a short gap in the relocated approach to the new Shepherdstown bridge on the Maryland side will be started early in April so that when the bridge is completed there will be no delay in opening the span. The M J Grove Company, contractor for the bridge, resumed work yesterday and concrete floor pouring will begin this week.
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Shepherdstown
Maryland
M. J. Grove Company
Quiz Pair Held in Blast Death at Harrisburg Illinois
State's Attorney Clarence E. Soward announced plans to question a man and woman jailed in Saline County Harrisburg to probe the dynamite death of Earl Austin 46 NYA superintendent. The couple Mrs Alice Austin 35 and Theodore Simmons 20 face murder charges after Austin died from blast injuries and Miss Lucille McDowell 19 survived with severe leg injuries.
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J. T. Gram
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Austin
Lucille McDowell
County Stone On Long Trip From Washington
Washington county pulverized limestone, shipped by the Security plant of the North American Cement Corporation, totals 250 tons and marks the third dispatch to the Bahrain Islands in the Persian Gulf. Local authorities note the county’s high quality products, including fruit and farm goods, and hint limestone may share that reputation. A bicycle theft report lists Robert Howard MacK of Mulherry Avenue as the complainant.
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Washington Cautans
Bahrein Islands
Persian Gulf
Washington County
North American Cement Corporation
Islands
Robert Howard
Mack
Mulherry Avenue
Compromise on WPA Fund Held Likely
Washington March 21 The House WPA subcommittee pressed for a compromise as it rushes to approve President Roosevelt’s 150 million relief request. Officials warned rolls must be cut this week without sufficient funds, with a majority favoring about 160 million. Supporters argued better management could have stretched the 125 million provided earlier.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
W.P.A
Congress
To Train Pilots At College Park
Washington reports that the University of Maryland would be chosen among about 300 schools to train airplane pilots if Congress approves legislation. The plan would train around 20,000 students yearly, backed by the President and the CAA, with current pilots educated at a few schools using National Youth Administration funds and requiring regular appropriations to expand next fall.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
University of Maryland
Roosevelt
CAA
National Youth Administration
Wash County National Farm Loan Assn Elects Officers
With a full attendance the Wash ington County National Farm Loan Association held its annual election. Directors named: Bernard Seibert Simon L Downey Robert Br Rench Charles M Rinehart and ph Mutl éore. Downey elected president Rench vice president Bushong secretary treasurer. Borrowers total 59 with loans exceeding a half million dollars. mortgages co op with Federal Land Bank for 34 year terms at 4 percent interest.
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Washington County National Farm Loan Association
Bernard Seibert
Simon L. Downey
Robert BR. Rench
Charles M. Rinehart
Ph Mutlenéore
Downey
Rench
Stuart-Bushong
Federal Land Bank
WPA project to widen two road sections near Lapans Crossroads
An application is being prepared by the local WPA office to finish widening and shoulders on two small segments of the Williamsport Boansboro road from Lapans Crossroads toward Boansboro. About four to five miles were widened last year inclining the Devil's Backbone area. A separate request from Boonsboro officials seeks an alley and sidewalks project. Police aided the county in the search for Margaret Jenkins of 421 West Cimreh Street who had not returned home last night.
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WPA
Williamsport
Boansboro
Lappans Crossroads
Lappans
Boonsboro
A8ney Couny
Margaret Jenkins
West Cimreh Street
Quick Confirmation Of Douglas Seen Presidential Possibility
Washington March 21 President Roosevelt’s nomination of William O Douglas to the Supreme Court headed for speedy Senate confirmation. Western senators voiced disappointment at no regional pick but expected quick approval led by McNary and Barkley. Rankin predicted the appointment could signal a future presidential bid on the Democratic ticket. Speculation rose on a new SEC head as remaining commissioners weigh policy direction. Jerome Frank as a possible stay and chairmanship was discussed by insiders.
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Senate
Rankin
Douglas
Washington
Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
McNary
Barkley
Rep
D-Miss
SEC
Jerome Frank
Route 40 Relocated From Hancock to Hagerstown Area
The National Highway will be moved two miles from Hancock east toward Hagerstown to cut sharp curves. A new bridge over Little Tonoloway Creek near Hancock is planned, with surveys showing the alignment parallel to the Western Maryland railroad tracks. Rights of way are not yet obtained and the project aims to keep the road above flood waters as in past floods.
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Hancock
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Millstone
Western Maryland Railroad
Tonollowar Creek
Washington
Collumbus
Conococheague Creek
Licking Creek
Bill Regulates Care Of Insane Patients
Maryland bill proposed by Delegate J Howard Johnson would require separate enclosures for mentally infirm patients, restrict access for physically ill patients to the mental division, and mandate faculty examinations within 72 hours with release if sound. It also allows patients or friends to petition for examinations and requires action within ten days.
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Annapolis
Maryland
J. Howard Johnson
Johnson
Garretts Buy Fountain Head Heights Property
William H. Garrett and his wife purchase a Fountain Head Heights property from John R. Ames for an indicated price of 7500 dollars.
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Wiliam H. Garrett
Fountain Head Heights
John R. Ames
Move to Break Hunger Strike at San Quentin
San Quentin California authorities moved to end a second hunger strike by inmates, targeting about fifteen ringleaders and threatening to revoke good behavior credits, potentially extending sentences by about fifty percent. Sixteen hundred inmates refused his evening meal yesterday, while many others returned to their cells.
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San Quentin
Cal
San Quentin Prison
Court Smith
America
Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
Smith
Painter Hurt In Fall Near Ridge Avenue
Walter Trumpower of Ridge Avenue was severely injured today when a ladder slipped while painting a two story house for William Everly. He fell about 20 feet, hitting his head and hip, and was unconscious briefly before being transported to Washington County Hospital.
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Walter Trumpower
Ridge Avenue
William Everly
Washington County
Trumpower
Fall Is Fatal To Aged Woman
Mrs. Hyantha Penner aged 81 died at 4 30 this morning at Washington County Hospital after a three week stay for injuries from a fall at her home 16 East Antietam street She was a member of St Johns Lutheran church Survived by son J L Penner sisters Eliza McFaddin and Mrs Harry Rice brothers George Pine and John Pine Funeral at Suter Funeral Home Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Tr John Edward Harma Interment Rose Hill cemetery
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Hyantha Penner
Jacob Penner
Washington County Hospital
East Antietam Street
Penner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. L. Penner
City
Eliza McFaddin
Harry Rice
George Pine
Columbian. O
John Pine
McConnersburg
Suter Funeral
John Edward Harma
Rose Hill Cemetery
German Doctor Shot After Argument in Brasov
In Bucharest on March 21 a German citizen Dr Hjalmar Krartz was shot by a doorman after an argument at a Jewish community house in Brasov. Krartz is in grave condition. Officials say Romania will pursue a free commercial policy and trade talks with Germany will extend for days.
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Bucharest
Brasov
Carol
Balkan
Hjalmar Krartz
Krartz
Germany
Romania
Hungary
Germany May Retaliate Against U S Tariffs
Boersenzeitung the Berlin financial paper warns that Germany may retaliate against the United States 25 percent countervailing duty on German goods. It says Germany will consider countermeasures while noting American farmers in the Midwest must export to solve the trade issue.
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Berlin
Germany
United States Treasury
Boersenzeitung
Middle West
U S envoy to quit Prague amid legation closure
Wilbur J. Carr United States minister to Czecho-Slovakia begins packing on orders to close the legation and return home. He will remain several days with Mrs. Carr before departing for Washington accompanied by Major Lowell M. Riley military attaché.
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Prague
Wilbur J. Carr
United States
Washington
Carr
Lowell M. Riley
Wife Beater Is Given 5 Lashes
Louis Woolshlager, a 200 pound seaman, was strapped to a post in Baltimore jail and whipped five times with a cat-o nine tails for wife beating. Sheriff Dee gan administered the lashes as the inmate endured the punishment without wincing, finishing with a 30 day sentence.
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Baltimore
Louis Woolshhlager
Joseph C. Deegan
Woolschlager
Woolshlager
Margaret Woolshlinger
Lithuanians Quit Memel Move Toward Reunification
In Kaunas and Memel reports say Lithuanians are evacuating families as Memel appears set for reincorporation into the German Reich. Dr. Ernest Neumann, Nazi leader in Memel, declared expected surrender imminent. Berlin talks hint at un contended absorption. a Memel Diet vote is anticipated.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Ernest Neumann
Berlin
Germany
East Prussia
Hungarian Army on Rumanian Frontier
Hungary kept most armed forces on the Rumanian frontier while denying partial mobilization. Officials rejected the phrase and said many troops were summoned with more to come. Observers estimated about 500,000 under arms, with at least half near the border, especially in the unfortified Carpatho-Ukraine area.
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Budapest
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraline
Rumania
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