Reverend Dice's Son Plans 50,000-M mile Air Tour
Captain Lee Dice of Hillside plans a 50,000 mile aerial tour traveling through 68 foreign capitals. The project stems from Rev W J Dice pastor of St Pauls Evangelical Church who hosted a reception in Hagerstown. Dice trained at Kelly Field and with Eastern Air Lines. He is 35 and a friend of pilot Dick Merrill.
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Dice
Washington, D. C
Lee Dice
Hillside
Sun- WN. J
Hutchinson
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Hollywood
W. J. Dice
St. Pauls Evangelical Church
Mr. Dice
R. S. Daubert
St. John’s College
Annapolis
U. S. Army
Kelly Field
Texas
Eastern Air Lines
Dick Merrill
Ambassador Talks To Polish Official In Warsaw
German Ambassador Hans von Moltke met Foreign Minister Joseph Beck in Warsaw and described the talks as conciliatory. He reportedly assured Beck that Germany has no demands on Poland and noted the visit followed Beck’s March 15 conversations since Germany’s Bohemia Moravia protectorate move. Also reported is Germany withdrawing armed police and customs guards from Slovak frontier posts.
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Warsaw
Hans von Moltke
Joseph Beck
Baltic
Hitler
Col. Beck
Germany
Poland
von Moltke
Bohemia and Moravia
Used Cars Auction Offer with Wide Selection
An advertisement touts an entire stock of used cars with varied makes and years from 1932 to 1986. Items listed include 1937 LaSalle Sedan, 1936 De Soto, 1935 Plymouth Sedans, 1933 Plymouth Roadster, and many more with prices and stock numbers. The message urges immediate action for a better deal.
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Stude
Western Maryland Railway hosts 47th anniversary minstrel show
The Western Maryland Railway Co and D F Conner Lodge No 502 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen staged the 47th annual minstrel show last evening at Franklin Court auditorium with about 1000 attendees. President Charles W Brown highlighted cooperative relations, safety display, and civic projects including an Elizabeth Street underpass funded in part by the railroad. Local officials Mayor Richard Sweeney and Chamber leader John B Ferguson spoke, with W A Smeadley chairing the event and R Harper and others performing in a polished program.
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Western Maryland Railway Co
D. F. Conner Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Franklin Court Auditorium
Charles W. Brown
Western Maryland
Brotherhood
Maryland
Brown
J. L. Spalding
D.F. Connor Lodge
W. A. Smeadsey
Chamber of Com
S. A. McMurray
Spencer
W. Va
Jones
Mr. McMurray
A F. Whitney
B. of
R. T
R. Harper
Lamar McGinley
Jack Bricker
Harold Jones
W. A. Smeadley
R. B E. Harper
C. L. Robison
Many Killed In Spanish Warfare
Paris reports that with Madrid in Nationalist hands and central zone occupation underway, casualties in Spain's 32 month civil war may exceed 1,200,000. Dead estimated around 500,000 with many executions, though no official figures exist. Dispatches from Burgos cite about 500,000 assassinations. About 20,000 foreigners are believed killed or wounded on both sides.
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Paris
Madrid
Spain
Burgos
Jelly beans spark reflections on crime and history
A columnist recalls a local jelly bean theft by a boy in Washington and contrasts it with global events and figures from Hitler to the Kaiser. He jokes about grocery store arithmetic, classifies the lad’s larceny, and muses on past and present misdeeds and moral ponderings.
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Washington
Europe
Herr Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Rumania
Poland
al Capone
Were
Chicago
Real Estate Gems in Hagerstown’s Closetfied Section
A curated roundup of Hagerstown properties listed in the Closetfied Section. Homes range from compact rentals to larger family dwellings, with details on location, pricing, and access.
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Hagerstown
Police Seek Pay Increase From City Board
The police department submitted a petition to the Board of Street Commissioners asking favorable consideration of pay raises to match living standards and related expenditures. The charter caps patrolmen at 150 dollars monthly, with sergeants at 185 and lieutenants and captains at 150. Nineteen bids for fuel and oil for department use were opened but no awards were made pending tabulations.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Carl H. McCleary
Street Board
Jealous wife wins divorce for Akron man
Rufus Ross, 63, sought a divorce from his jealous wife Bessie in Common Pleas Court. He testified she pinches his ears and slaps him for looking at other women. His cousin noted his smaller stature and her domineering behavior. Ross was granted the divorce.
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Akron
Rufus Ross
Common Pleas
Oscar Hunsicker
Bessie
Alberta Steele
Ross
Stadium Lighting Estimates Given
Municipal stadium floodlights for night sports would cost 6644.85 to 13000.00 dollars with top bids near 13988.85. M. H. Miller, superintendent of distribution at the municipal light plant, announced last night. Officials expect a first class job at about 8065. Local baseball clubs want the lights ready for the upcoming season, needing about 100 lamps of 1500 watts each.
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Municipal Stadium
M. H. Miller
Last straw pun as hay charge bail joke
Joseph Dieter faced arraignment before Municipal Judge Edwin J. Hasten on delivering hay without a weight master certificate. The judge joked about bail and suspended a $25 fine, calling the situation the last straw.
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Chicago
Joseph Dieter
Edwin J. Hasten
Wealthy Maharaja of Indore Marries an American Woman
Indore March 29. Maharaja Yeshwant, Oxford educated and 30, surprised subjects by announcing his marriage to an American girl. The bride, reported as Miss Brangen or Marguerite Lawler, met the Maharaja in California and wed recently in Europe to seek mental peace for his duties.
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Indore
India
Maharaja Yeshwant of
Tokoji Rao Holkas
Nancy Miller
Europe
Miss Brangen
Marguerite Lawler
California
Fargo
N.C
Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Omaha
John Paul Brangen
Mumtaz Begum
Bawla
Mise Miller
Miss Miller
Snow Exhibit Arrives in St Petersburg Florida Store Window
In St Petersburg Florida on March 29 a New Hampshire snow display arrived by air express from Cannon Mountain. The white fluff, shown to local youngsters in a downtown store window, came packed in cartons with dry ice for protection. The New Hampshire Tourist Society provided the snow for a party display.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Air Express
Cannon Mountain
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Tourist Society
Hunt Started For Missing Teacher In Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee on March 29 1940 violin teacher Pretty Hope Brewster age 24 vanished after leaving the Memphis College of Music where she taught. Authorities fear she embarked alone in a used rowboat on the Mississippi River as police investigate with Inspector Cliff Richards and Russell Hardwick assisting.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pretty Hope Brewster
Mississippi River
Miss Brewster
Southwestern University
Memphis College of Music
Cliff Richards
Russell Hardwick
Yacht Club Misidentifies Musician as Skiff Buyer
A yacht club officer said a photograph showed a girl who bought a skiff yesterday, while two club employees observed her shove off downstream in the Hecht boat around 2 30 p m. A Texas ranch foreman and horse expert notes a horse requires only three hours of care.
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A. C. Clifton
Texas
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