Roosevelt tells Democratic women candidates to spell out plans
President Roosevelt urged Democratic women gathered at the White House to demand clearer programs from candidates instead of blanket condemnations. He questioned how nominees would balance the budget and maintain New Deal welfare, noting the impact on the coming election and asking which approach voters favor in governance and safety.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Demp
National Institute
Democratic National Committee
Report Attempt to Enter House at Bester Home
Police Commissioner Harold F. Bester investigated an intruder who climbed to a roof adjoining the South Prospect street home and attempted to gain entrance to the second floor. Detectives Peters and Schmidt found no trace of the intruder, while the note ends with a misused quotation about Thomas Jefferson.
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Harold F. Bester
Bester
South Prospect Street
Peters
Schmidt
Mayor Proclaims Music Week in Hagerstown
City declares May 5 to 12 as Music Week honoring National Music Week. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney urges citizens to enjoy and support planned events to promote art, culture, and local prosperity during the 1940 proclamation dated May 4.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Norwegians Sue for Peace Amid Retreat and Guerilla Strife
News recounts Norwegian resistance dwindling as German forces advance from Narvik toward Trondheim. Reports cite a 440 man Norwegian volunteer group ambushing 400 Germans near Lod, with heavy casualties and prisoners. Troops evacuated to other ports amid collapsed front, while small bands continue fighting in mountains.
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Narvik
Namsos
Stockholm
Roros
Norway
Dahl
Steinkjer
Trondheim
Namses
Chamberlain Faces Revolt in Conservative Ranks
A leadership rift emerges as a Conservative defections threaten to bolster Liberal opposition. Sir John Simon vows a united front against political scalp hunters while the prime minister challenges critics over recent war policy. A stray classified line about a room for rent appears in the margins.
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Hitler
Chamberlain
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Law
John Simon
Exchequer
Jaycees Plan To Aid Drive In Hagerstown
A 26 member Junior Chamber of Commerce team will raise 5000 of 20000 needed to house a new industry in Hagerstown Hudson Woven Label Company plans to hire 75 initially and grow payroll. drive launched at Hotel Alexander with Harold Helm presiding 40 percent of the stack subscribed. progress reports in Harald and Mail.
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Hagerstown
Mills
Leo Miller
Washington County
Fred C. Wright
Fred Wright, Jr
Rawlings Poole
Merle Kaetzel
David Crowley
Louis Nyberg
Harvey Koyser
Arley Sica
Frank Itely
John Dalton
Thurman Lindsey
Charles Pottenbarger
Ben Atwood
Merbert Rice
Harold Helm
Joy Danzer, Jr
Herbert Logaden
Harry Welchman
Richard Henson
Yom McCardell
Chester Clipp
Sidney Grinsfield
Wilson Caskey
Charner of Commerce
Harald and Mail
Parachute Jump Planned Tomorrow at Municipal Airport
Bryant Mudge, 25, a Fairchild Corp. employee and famed jumper with 140 jumps, will parachute Sunday afternoon at the Municipal Airport weather permitting. Dick Henson will pilot the plane. Frank Cusack will pick up the jumper upon landing. The height will depend on conditions and the event is open free to the public.
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Bryant Mudge
Mudge
Fairchild Corp. Ia
Dick Henson
Plana
Frank Cusack
Detectives Respond To Call At Dr Edwards Office
In Omaha Nebraska detectives rushed to the office of Dr Lee Edwards after a man said the doctor abruptly ended a telephone call with I'm being held. Edwards explained he meant he had no time for further conversation.
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Omaua
Neb
Lee Edwards
Multiple Problems For U.S. If Italy Enters War
Washington observers warned that Italy’s entry into the European war would create the most U.S. problems since the conflict began. A shift of British shipping away from the Mediterranean prompted focus on Mussolini’s moves and the Norway situation. Officials see a real risk Italy joining Germany would declare the whole Mediterranean a combat area, blocking American shipping to many countries and complicating trade with Russia and Hungary. Italy remains the United States’ largest Mediterranean customer, buying 58.9 million dollars of goods and selling 385.5 million last year, with Egypt and Turkey following in importance.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Mediterranean
William Phillips
Premler
Benito Mussolini
Count Ciana
Middle Sea
Norway
Ttaly
Massolini
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Japan
Albania
Bulgaria
Egypt
Turkey
Palestine
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Haty
Rumania
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Morocco
Yugoslavia
Iraq
Abgeria
Soviet Russia
Russia
Black Sea
Hungary
Tran
Persia
India
Chambersburg Man Hurt In Accident Near Line
W F Riley aged 42 of Chambersburg was injured last night about 9 o clock in a crash on the Mid Heburg pike just north of the state line. He was taken to Washington County Hospital where doctors found scalp lacerations cuts on the chin a cut above the eye and brush burns on both legs.
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W. F. Riley
Chambersburg
Mid- Heburg Pike
Pennsylvania Line
Riley
Washington County Hospital
Yellow traps to be used this year in Maryland
College Park Md May 4 The well trapped Japanese beetle will be wearing yellow this year Yellow traps replace the familiar green and white ones used to catch the voracious shrub destroying insects Dr George S Langford specialist in Insect Control for the University of Maryland Extension Service announced Tests by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine showed yellow traps may catch 50 percent more beetles than green traps Experiments tested shades of green green and white and other colors Yellow proved to have the greatest attraction for the beetles.
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College Park
George S. Langford
University of Maryland Extension Service
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
War on Pneumonia With Two New Weapons Described
Baltimore May 4 A Maryland health conference heard about field tests of two pneumonia fighting tools Immunization to prevent invasion and a chemical bullet sulfapyridine to kill germs Dr Noyd D Felton of NIH outlined tests nearly 700000 volunteers vaccinated 8000 in Washington County Md 574 treated with sulfapyridine yielding 8.1 percent mortality Preliminary results show about 10 percent fail to develop antibodies and researchers aim to identify those susceptible for targeted vaccination
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland State Health Department
Noyd D. Falton
National Institute of Health
Washington, D. C
Washington County
Maurice C. Fincoff
of the State Control Committeee
Felton
First U.S. Tariff Act Date Marked July 4 1785
The first tariff act of the United States was enacted on July 4, 1785, establishing duties on imported goods. This milestone marked early federal efforts to fund government and regulate commerce.
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United States
German No 34 machine gun aids Norway blitzkrieg
Washington reports lightweight weapons adapted for rugged terrain credited with aiding German advances in Norway. The No 34 machine gun, air cooled and operable by one or two men, weighs less than the Browning and fires belts, with tanks and light artillery also used. Military observers note air supremacy and prewar planning as key to the blitzkrieg, while U S tests of lightning warfare unfold in Louisiana and Texas.
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Washington
Norway
Oslo
War Department
United States
Louisiana
Texas
Street cleaner becomes bishop in Brooklyn church
A 38 year old Brooklyn street cleaner will be consecrated as bishop of the Church of God, leading over 400 Italian speaking Protestant churches while continuing his broom pushing in Brownsville. Rev Eustachio Paolicelli, born in Italy and in the United States since 1916, says street cleaning is useful and spiritual. He plans to oversee Italian speaking churches in the US, Canada, South America and Italy.
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New York
Handel
Brooklyn
Church of God
Brownsville
Supreme Authority
Eustachio Paolicelli
United States
Department of Sanitation
Peter
Paolicelli
Little Paul
Church of God In
Viola
Anthony
South America
Italy
Q Canada
Photographs aid mass Oklahoma liquor conspiracy indictment
Federal Agents use secret photos to indict 169 people for conspiring to transport liquor into dry Oklahoma. District Attorney C A Summers says the mass indictment is the largest ever returned for federal liquor law violations in Oklahoma. Names withheld pending arrest. many named as professional liquor runners and dealers. One rumored Oklahoma millionaire allegedly joined the runs for fun.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
C. A. Summers
Summers
Roosevelt visita to Hagerstown marked 1912 campaign stop
The item recalls Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the Hagerstown Fair Grounds 28 years ago in 1912 for the Bull Moose party. It notes he returns to life on screen at the Maryland Theatre, referencing his 1912 visit on May 4.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hagerstown
Fair Grounds
Maryland
First well sunk in 1859 on Qi Creek Pennsylvania
The initial well in the United States was drilled in 1859 along Qi Creek in Pennsylvania, marking an early milestone in local water supply efforts.
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United States
Qi Creek
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