Mild Weather Persists Across Regions Amid Spring Haze
The eastern United States experiences mild spring weather as leaves are raked and a smoky haze from burning debris covers sections of city and county. Weather Bureau notes show yesterday’s readings near record highs but not records, with springtime temperatures climbing from 40 to 66 degrees by nightfall.
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Weather Bureaus
United States
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Missouri
J. A. Miller
Mercury
D. Paul Oswald
Health Service Continues TB Study in Hagerstown
The Health Service will extend its tuberculosis study in Hagerstown area schools with Dr. S. S. Shafer examining 4,500 children who had tuberculin tests. Findings show 11 percent positive in elementary and 38 percent in high school. The work, funded by Public Health Service and Tuberculosis Association, aims to improve global TB control.
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S.S. Shafer
Sabillasville
Hagerstown
McEneely
U. S. Public Health Service
Tuberculosis
Young Hearst To Wed A Showgirl
New York March 22. The most beautiful girl in Paradise will wed tomorrow. Hope Chandler Sr. will marry David Hearst 22, son of William Randolph Hearst. Hearst works in the advertising department of his Baltimore paper, the Baltimore American. The couple will honeymoon abroad.
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New York
Hope Chandler
David Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Samuel Coley
Miss Chandler
Life Magazine
Hearst
Hisothers
Baltimore
The
Baltimore American
New Auto Tags Service Ad Promises Quick Results
An 1938 advertisement by Delphey's at 31 E Franklin St touts a daily service for new auto tags with no trouble, no worry, and no delay. The compact promo emphasizes fast processing and convenient handling for motorists seeking tag replacements.
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Delphey's
E. Franklin St
Adv
Tornado Spreads Debris From Oak Ridge Home 50 Miles Away
In Waltonville a storm dump scattered book covers in Harce Gay's pasture. The covers bore the name Eli James of Oak Ridge district Cape county Missouri. The book had blown from James' destroyed home fifty miles distant when the tornado struck.
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Waltonville
Harce Gay
Eli James
Oak Ridge
Cape County
Missouri
James
Hitler Bill Hypothetical Delays Parlor Game Debut
Lillian Albertson considers charging Adolf Hitler $500 for delaying the debut of World Power a parlor game by Emerson Treacy and issued by Albertson. She expects about 3400 in changes to complete the project.
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Hollywood
Lillian Albertson
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Emerson Treacy
Miss Albertson
Death notices from Garfield area claimants in Frederick county
Deaths report Annie V Kelbaugh of Garfield aged 61 with service at Mt Bethel M E church Garfield burial in local cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs Retta Stouffer Wiles of Waynesboro age 69 with service at Trinity Reformed Church interment Green Mount. Charles Edward Casey of Mason Dixon age 61 with funeral at Macedonia United Brethren Church and burial. viewing details noted.
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Annie V. Kelbaugh
Garfield
Frederick County
John and
Mary Kelbaugh
Methodist Church
Emory
Irving Kelbaugh
Charles
St. Louis
Edith Kelbaugh
Hagerstown
Alverda M. Rudy
Smithsburg
Mt. Bethel M. E
Irvin Stottlemyer
Dickey
Retta Stouffer Wiles
David G. Wiles
Millard L. Ringer
Waynesboro
Wiles
Upton
Trinity Reformed Church
Carrie Speck
Fred Speck
Clearspring
Ringer
Green Mun
Charles Edward Casey
Mason-Dixon
Pleasant Hill
Macedonia United Brethren Church
Edgar Landis
J. J. Weidner
Ouster Fight Over TVA Chief Affects Congress Probe
Morgan contends the TVA director can only be removed by Congress while President Roosevelt seeks ouster. Roosevelt faulted Morgan for insubordination and refused to resign, opening possible court action. Sen Norris and Barkley urged joint Senate House inquiry into TVA activities alongside power-company concerns.
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Congress
Norris
Ind-Neb
Senate
House
Barkley
Roosevelt
T.V.A
TVA
TVA Board of Directors
T.A
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Humphrey
Supreme Court
Arthur E. Morgan
White House
Green Opposed to Sweeping Reorganization Bill
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, opposed the Administration's government reorganization measure as a sweeping delegation of power to the President. He urged Senators to send it back to committee for study to shelve it this session. Green pressed Congress to retain constitutional authority and democratic procedures while expansion of power is resisted. Administration leaders remained confident the Senate would approve the bill, despite multiple defeated amendments.
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Washinsion
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Congress
Sénate
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Play Safe With Your Eyes See Dr Brown Gptometrist Ad
An eye health public notice advertises Dr GC Ai Brown a qualified optometrist at 3 Public Square with contact number 1388 J for eye care. It urges readers to seek professional eye examinations and protection.
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GC Ai Brown
Public Square
J. Adrt
Cabinet Resigns Rumor Shakes Lithuanian Government
Kaunas March 21 reports circulated that the entire Lithuanian Cabinet had resigned amid tension over the governments Poland policy. Two ministers were known to have tendered resignations while others offered to quit. President Smetona reportedly delaying action pending adviser consultations.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Poland
Smetona
A Job Well Done Chicago Shine Master of 50 Years
A 64 year old Chicago man received a gold watch inscribed To Tony for 50 years the shine master of America from local merchants along Franklin Street. The event marked a half century of work with the street’s shoe shine trade.
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Chicago
Dunate A. Mecha
Franklin Street
Tony
America
Mexican Oil Expropriation Prompts Investor Assurances
Assurances given by officials to protect and encourage investment in Mexico detail plans to aid economic and social development. Secretary Eduardo Suarez invites 17 expropriated oil company representatives to discuss indemnity and payment terms. Labor plans a Wednesday parade showing support for government control of oil.
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Treasury
Edouardo Saurez
Central Bank of Mexico
Pictures Show Pneumonia Serum Aid in Hagerstown
Pictures presented to the Mayor and City Council display how the new pneumonia serum saved lives in Hagerstown and Washington County. They show a feverish young girl near death before serum treatment, calming after, and a smiling recovery twenty four hours later. Other set reveals a young man’s rapid improvement. The Health Department explains how sputum tests and mouse injections identify pneumonia type, with serum available locally or from Baltimore for rarer cases.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
State Health Department
Baltimore
Health Department
Real estate sales listed for several parcels in town
Real estate transactions include R Nibiser selling on North Mulberry for 3000, D W Byron selling to Flohr Greenawalt and Kramer at Cascade for 12500, Lewis Shank selling Roessner Ave property for 3500, Lefever selling near Lester's Mill Dam for 7000, and Roy Eikelberger selling West Franklin Street property for 4500.
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Lington R. Nibiser
North Mulberry Street
D. W. Byron
John
Flohr
Joseph A. Greenawalt
Irvin J. Kramer
Blue Mountain Candy Co
Cascade
Lewis D. Shank
Gardner B. Miller
Roessner Avenue
Benjamin C. Lefever
Ernest Williams
Lester's Mill Dam
Conococheague
Roy S. Eikelberger
Robert E. Sowers
Franklin Street
Thompson Sentenced to Jail After Larceny Charge
Elwood Thompson, 22, of 600 block George Street, arrested on a larceny charge, was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Justice John D. Dunn. He had testified for the state against a partner in crime last week, and admitted looting items from a parked car belonging to David K. De Grange of Funkstown. Thompson implicated Amos Red Eversole, who was later convicted and given two years in the House of Correction.
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Elwood Thompson
George Street
John D. Dunn
Thompson
William Peters
David K. DeGrange
Funkstown
L. V. Crist
Amos
Eversole
Pennsylvania
House of Correction
.plan to shift pension costs in Maryland
Baltimore March 22 plan considers employees paying part of cost for a new contributory pension system. State contributes a 2 flat sum, last year about $40,000. Salary deductions would fund a pooled pension with state matching, managed from a consolidated fund.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Harry 2. Jones
Board of Trustees
Jones
William S. Gordy, Jr
George Buck
State
Teachers’ Retirement System
Air bombardments condemned by Hull in horror statement
Washington March 21 Generalissimo Franco's air bombardments of Barcelona drew a strong rebuke from Secretary Hull who expressed a sense of horror at the raids. He said the loss of life among innocent noncombatants was perhaps greater than ever before in history.
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Washington
Franca
Barcelona
Hull
Red General Sees Defeat of Japanese in Shanxi Shansi
Reports from Peiping indicate Japanese forces in southern Shanxi faced encirclement as Chinese mobilized rail cuts and river crossings. Yu Pinjun described three rapid Chinese offensives near Taiyuan and multiple raiding clashes along the Peiping Hankow line with heavy Japanese casualties and Chinese losses minimal.
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Shansi
Peiping-Hankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Yellow River
Taiyuan
Shantung Province
Footing
Hsinlo
Mingyuwebu
Chacho
Peiping
Kaoyang
Machu
Insurgents Reach Sierra As Fran comebt Forces Advance
Dispatches from Madrid say insurgents try to punch west of Huesca as government troops stall the offensive. Barce lona reports reinforce ments rushed to slow General Franco. Government claims one Spaniard to seven foreigners in Francoist force of 150,960 marching toward the seaboard from Belchite.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Franco
Belchite
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