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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1939
Page
9
The Advertising Club of Hagerstown will be formally organized at a meeting on Wednesday evening March 29 at o o clock in the Chalet room of Hotel Alexander. Officers will be elected and a constitution and by laws adopted to improve advertising conditions and promote better goods, with membership open to any merchant.
In Salisbury Maryland on March 28 a judge and jury watched as city police fed nickels into a pin ball machine. John L Averitt and Juston L Spear were found guilty of permitting the operation of pinball machines that rely on chance and were fined 350 dollars each after jurors tested the game themselves.
The article profiles key rulers and officials shaping the looming conflict. Romania's King Carol plays a cautious political game amid Nazi pressure, Hungary's Regent Horthy exudes charm and military sway, Poland's Col. Beck steers diplomacy while guarding Silesia corridor, Lithuania's Antanas Smetona champions nationalism and stability amidst pressures from neighbors.
Chicago dispatch reports two men paraded at a police show as the alleged hold up suspects from Sunday morning. Rich identifies the pair while Yamamoto apologizes and Sergt Edie questions the display. An auto dealer compares listings in the crowd with the involved figures.
Fort Hoyle Md March 28 A dog being struck by a car spooked a six horse team momentarily unhitched and bolted killing Private Joseph H Callahan of Pittsburgh and injuring five others Sergt Carl Sanders Priv Ray Seiwell Priv John Bartel Priv John Kostick and Lloyd Rager all from Battery D Sixth Field Artillery The incident occurred as soldiers were unhitching after drill and the dog ran toward the crowd before the horses charged through the group
Marvin Eichelberger of Dargau section was arrested yesterday afternoon near Funkstown by Deputy Leister Isanogie on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. The officer said Eichelberger’s car narrowly missed several trucks.
Jacqueline Cochran pictured in New York with model planes is named the world’s top woman flier in a global aviator poll. Her feats include winning the 1938 transcontinental race at the national air meet, and she is identified in private life as Mrs Floyd Odium. An electronic microscope now magnifies up to 20 400 times with 25 times greater resolving power than the best conventional lenses.
Since 1923 the cash income of Texas farmers from cotton has fallen from 748 million dollars to 155.401 million, with the latter figure including government payments.
Norman Baumgardner, 12, leaped from a 50 foot rail way trestle to escape a Western Maryland train emerging from a tunnel. He suffered a broken arm and internal injuries and was rescued by bridge crew beside the Potomac river in Cumberland after rain stopped.
Ray Obitts and Wallace Myers of Williamsport were arrested yesterday by Constable Frank Winters and sheriff s officers on a charge of larceny of a guitar and some fruit from a Williamsport resident s home. They will be given a hearing.
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