Lions Club Backs Fingerprint Plan for Civil ID
The Hagerstown Lions Club endorsed voluntary civilian fingerprinting as a national program with co operation from the FBI and Justice Department. Harold Helm, vice president of the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce, urged identification via a central noncriminal file to aid locating unidentified bodies, missing persons, and disaster victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold N. ‘Helm
Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown Lions Club
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Hélm
Washington, D. C
United States
Heim
Potter’s Fields
Hagerstown
Dummy performs dangerous and intricate tasks in modern work
A short piece notes that many risky or intricate jobs are now handled by dummies rather than men, with recent examples illustrating the shift toward automation or mechanical substitutes in labor.
Community Leaders Endorse Jaycee Program and Lions Offer Braille Courses
In a roundup of local activities, Rotary, Monarch, Unity, Eagles, Jacob’s Speaking Club, D. A. R., and the Washington County PTA backed the Jaycee program. The Orlando Lions Club plans free six lesson mail braille courses for county blind residents, coordinated with local Lions. New members and officers were discussed, with committee assignments and a 1939 officer ballot slated for May 23.
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Jaycee
Rotary Club
Monarch Club
Unity Club
Eagles
Jacob’s Speaking Club
Washington County Council
Parent- Teachers Association
Lions Club
Orlando
Florida
Lion Spofford
Lion KR. L. Sumner
Lion Frank Welty
Lion J. T. Bohn
Waynesboro
Lion
John H. Howard
Lian Keller
Liona de Vries and
Wisherd
Lion Harold Mullendorf
Lions Dale and
Rowe
Lions Morrow and Kenny
Miller Resigns From County Welfare Board
Attorney Leo H. Miller tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Welfare for Washington county due to business pressure. He is the second board member to resign that week after Edgar C. Jones, the chairman, did so earlier. Vacancies will be filled by the Board of State Aid and Charities with the county commissioners' consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo H. Miller
Board of Welfare
Washington County
Miller
Edgar c Jones
Board of State Aid and Charities
Board of County Commissioners
Bayley to Head Council of United Methodist Church
The Rev Francis R Bayley of Baltimore elected president of the main judicial council in Kansas City MO. Martin E Lawson Liberty MO named vice president and H R Van Densen Scranton PA secretary. A general commission on World Service and Finance established to budget and allocate funds while preserving church independence of trust and local finances. Eleven separate missionary corporations to operate under the new board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis R. Bayley
Baltimore
Hagerstown
United Methodist Church
Kansas City
Martin E. Lawson
Liberty
H. R. van Densen
Scranton
Reserve Judicial Council
Supreme Court
General Commission On World Service and Finance
Financial Commission
General Conference
General Commission
Board of Missions and Church Extension
New Missionary Board
Examination for Second Lieutenant to be Held
An examination for Second Lieutenant will be conducted at the State Armory next Monday at 7 30 p m to fill a vacancy in Co B Maryland National Guard. Eligibles are Sergeants J F Metz Victor P Conrad and BE P Schlotterbeck with reserve commissions. Major McNeil will lead a board with Col Elmer F Munshower Major W B Harvard Capt George Trout. Co B seeks recruits. apply at the armory Monday or Friday evenings. Outdoor firing begins at Camp Ritchie on Sunday May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Co. B
Maryland National Guard
J. F. Metz
Victor P. Conrad
BE. P. Schlotterbeck
National Guard
McNeil
Regular Army
Elmer F. Munshower
W. B. Harvard
George Trout
Carl McCleary
Lecal Company
Camp Ritchie
Clean-Up Drive Is Big Success
The Junior Chamber of Commerce campaign for Clean-Up and Paint-Up gains momentum as citizens and schools participate actively. Pupils paint and scrape, one school clearing a field of rubbish and rocks. A city truck will remove stones. offices handle inquiries daily 3 to 6 PM. Report sheets due May 15 will be collected by the advisory Parent-Teachers' Association for selecting top six from each school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Summit Avenue
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Scouts to Judge Entries for PTA Final Winner
The Boy Scouts will check entries and the Parent Teachers Association will select the final winner from each school based on the checked sheet. Prizes will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Elusiveness of Happiness by Leslie Beard
A poetic meditation on happiness as a coy, capricious force. The speaker chases a shifting, elusive joy across day and night, across lands and seas, wondering if true grasp or lasting favor is ever possible. The verse laments happiness as a phantom that flees whenever pursued and appears in different realms of science, letters, and arts.
Slayer Executed In Prison In Ohio
Nicky Babich a WPA worker from Warren was executed in Ohio’s electric chair for the December slaying of a neighbor and the crushing of his wife’s skull. He muttered about the chest strap, then died after crying I wish you good luck. He was 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Nicky Babich
WPA
Warren
Ohio
Babich
Dan Gross
Board Discusses Courthouse Plans
The Board of County Commissioners in regular session yesterday reviewed plans from a Washington architect for a modernistic courthouse building. No definite action was taken on building or site as protests continue and referendum petitions fill the air. Routine meeting business was also handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Washington
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Hurff
Earles Department Store
Icodemus
Sherwin - Williams Paint
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
St. Potomac St
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
R. D. McKee
Emil
Schleswig-Holstein
Iron Joe
Virginia Barnett
Joe
Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
New York
People’s Store
W. Wath. Street
DR. Bayley
Prince
Crown Prince Olav
Norway
Marine Guard of Honor
Tennessee
New York City
Admiral Watson
Splendid
Jaycees
Cuticura
Malden
Mass
Mai
Leslie Cc, Beard
Slayer
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