Largest peacetime army bill clears Senate passage
The $513,180,000 defense measure, larger than the House version by $15,330,000, clears the Senate in a voice vote and heads to a joint committee to reconcile House and Senate differences. Senators debate Japan and Hitler as foreign threats, while Lodge notes the army would still rank outside the 15 largest. The bill funds the calendar year starting July 1.
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Lodge
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Don Ameche at Maryland in Midnight
Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche star in Midnight shown at the Maryland Theatre. John Barrymore delivers a sensational performance as the husband while Francis Lederer plays the playboy victim. Mary Astor Hedda Hopper Elaine Barrie and Rex O’Malley support under director Mitchell Leisen.
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There’s That Woman Again at Henry’s Theatre
Henry’s Theatre opens There’s That Woman Again a Henry’s comedy from Columbia Studios. Melvyn Douglas returns as Bill Reardon aided by Virginia Bruce with Sally Reardon in comic chaos. Co stars Margaret Lindsay Stanley Ridges Tom Duncan Jonathan Hale and Gordon Oliver. Forest Service Radio Laboratory in Portland develops a bel ringing radio enabling calls similar to telephone.
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Thirty Will Face Gambling Charges in Worcester County
Thirty persons charged with gambling after raids directed by State's Attorney William G. Kerbin will be arraigned tonight in magistrates courts in Snow Hill and Berlin. Sheriff J. William Hall, Deputy Frank B. Adkins and Constable Edwin Lynch led arrests at taverns in northern and central Worcester County. In one raid five persons attempted to flee.
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Rainmaking claim in Florida drought area draws attention
Miss Lillie Stoate claimed success for her rainmaking during Monday showers in drought stricken Florida. The Weather Bureau called the rainfall an ordinary spring disturbance triggered by a low pressure area. She sat near water as citrus growers brought her to Oxford Mississippi last week. Downpours reached Lake Reedy and the northern state, marking the first rain since January and the second since October.
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Florida
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Unity appeal ends CIO convention dispute in Cleveland
The United Automobile Workers convention in Cleveland calmed internal bickering with an impassioned call from CIO secretary James E B Carey to focus on real issues. CIO Director John Brophy praised unity and urged delegates to resist dissidents, promising that disruptive forces must not trouble the group again.
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Moto Moto avenges own death in new film
The Saturday Evening Post sleuth Moto returns from presumed death in Mr Moto's Last Warning at the Academy Theatre. Conspirators plotting an international crisis think him disposed of, but Moto outsmarts them and kills the ringleader. Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field, John Carradine and others star with Norman Foster directing.
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Sol M. Wurtzel
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Why Of Conservation Essay Wins First Prize
Paul M. Shank of Hagerstown Route 4 won first prize in the essay contest during Wildlife Week. The essay urges sportsmen to act now to conserve wildlife, restore streams for fish and cover for game, and make America a model in conservation for future generations.
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Hagerstown
America
U. S
Rumanians Vow to Defend Frontiers in National Renewal Front
In Bucharest on March 27 the Supreme Council of the Front of National Rebirth heard leaders declare Romania will defend her frontiers. Premier Calinescu Foreign Minister Gafencu and former Premier Vaida-Voevod stressed border inviolability and national resolve.
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Rumania
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Grigore Gafencul
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Oil search uses earthquake echo camera to map underground
The search for oil proceeds with modern methods using an earthquake echo camera that records sound vibrations from underground explosions to geophysically map subsurface structures.
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