Navy Favors Big Dirigible As Carrier Concept
Rear Admiral A B Cook told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee of the Navy's great possibility in using a mammoth dirigible as a mother ship for nine bombers and 22 to 15 attack planes. He noted a release altitude of 8,600 to 10,000 feet and stressed no serious current pursuit of such construction. President Roosevelt halted plans and Congress struck a $500,000 allotment from the naval bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Congress
Swanson
Senate
Mrs Grady To Address Women Event Details
Mrs Grady will address a women’s gathering with presiding chairwoman Mrs Frances E McFadden of Mount Rainier and general chairwoman Mrs Brewer L Stouffer of Hagerstown. Attending dignitaries include Lansdale G Lasscer and Mrs Lasscer Mayor Howard W Jackson and Mrs Jackson Attorney General William Walsh and Mrs Walsh State Comptroller Millard Tawes and Mrs Tawes Judge Elizabeth R Menefee and Judge Joseph C Mattingly Senator Tidings cannot attend. Reservations due by Saturday May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansdale G. Lasscer
Lasscer
Howard W. Jackson
Jackson
William ©. Walsh
Walsh
Millard Tawes
Tawes
Elizabeth R. Menefee
Joseph C. Mattingly
Senator Tidings
Frances E. McFadden
Mount Rainier
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
Maryland
United Democratic Women's Clubs
Ralph A. Wells
Silver Spring
Women’s Democratic Club
Montgomery County
Townley Gambie
Stouffer
Smithsburg Dance Thursday With Two Orchestras
Smithsburg hosts a Thursday dance featuring continuous music by the Dixie Ramblers and Buddy Newman’s Swing Band with a cakewalk and admission 25 cents in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsburg
Dixie Ramblers
Buddy Newman
President's Aides View On Farm Measure Split Over Sign Veto
Washington May 17 President Roosevelt's aides on Capitol Hill debated whether to sign or veto the 1.218 billion Agriculture Department bill. Senate additions include 225 million for parity payments and 113 million for surplus crop disposal. Garner urged veto while Wallace-backed advisers favored signing. Senator George argued revenue revisions need not reduce income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Wallace
Garner
Congress
Mrr
Congressional
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
New courthouse plans and costs announced by official
Mr. Maugans stated the county favors a new five story courthouse with jail and sheriff's quarters on the top floor. Projections show a 100 by 200 foot building, fireproof, with an annex possible. Estimated remodeling costs total 659,131 dollars, county share 494,348 dollars, under a 400,000 dollar bond issue not all bonds to be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maugans
Board of County Commissioners
Mangans
Mr. Maugans
70 000 Take Nazi Census
A volunteer army of 70 000 Germans began a census in Berlin to map occupations and labor supply. Officials say the count will guide regimentation of life and reveal areas needing training. The figures are expected to shape future education and vocational policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reich
Germany
Deaths and funeral notices from Smithsburg and nearby regions
Obituaries record the deaths of Mrs. Lillian West Shank in College Park aged 73 with services at her home and burial in Smithsburg cemetery. Dr. George Michael Fisher dies at 11 in Palerman Creek West Virginia at 11 after illness. list of survivors and funeral details follow in Patterson Creek. Card of thanks from Mrs. B F Dayhoff and family for support after husband and father’s death.
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Lillian (West) Shank
James Milton Shank
College Park
David N. and
Abeus (Hughes) West
Smithsburg
Hughes A
Riverdale
James O. C
Elizabeth R. Shank
George Michael Fisher
George I. Fisher
Paleraan Creek
W. Va
Premmonia
Hage
Mintrva J. Fisher
W. Shears
Springfield
Paui Admins
Fort Ashby
Charles Erb
Baltimore
Larttolow
Flintstone
Leonard B. Fisher
Abraham L. Fisher
Mat Verson Creek
W. Val
Jamey
Fisher
Mary B. McKibbin
Tingerstown
Patterson Cr
Buck Valley
F, Dayhoff
Accomplice Arrests in Cleveland Linked to Crime Ring
Authorities say the syndicate may have killed over 100 people in eastern states by poison drownings and staged accidents. Investigators consider a second federal agency angle as Postal Inspectors look at matrimonial agencies used to recruit for insurance murders. Carina, a principal, faces murder charges in Pietro Stea's poisoning. police seek details on five other men who courted her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDevitt
Yoover
Bureau of Postal Inspectors
Bernard Leckie
F.T.I
G-men
S. Carina
Pietro Stea
Kelly
Roosevelt urges Monopoly Committee to move idle money into productive enterprise
President Roosevelt urged the Monopoly committee to find specific measures to channel idle savings into productive private investment. He argued that funds saved by Americans are not flowing into productive enterprise, risking slower growth and unemployment. Harvard economist Alvin Hansen suggested heavier taxation on savings to force investment and noted self-liquidating government investments distort budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Monopoly Committee
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Harvard
Alvin H. Hansen
Hansen
Surrey P T A Meets Tomorrow
Surrey School PLT A will hold its final meeting of the year tomorrow evening at 7 45 o clock. The theme is The Child s Wealth Insurance Supervised Play. Dr FH Edwin Blair will be guest speaker and Mrs N E Geiselman will read with a piano solo by Sariett Roney a sixth grade pupil. Next year s officers will be installed.
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Surrey School
PLT. A
Edwin Blair
N. E. Geiselman
Sariett Roney
Airliner Landed at Morta En Route to United States
The Lieutenant De Vaisseau Paris a French airliner landed at Morta in the Azores on May 17 while en route to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horta Horta
Azores
Deputy Commissioner John R. Kirk killed in crash
May 17 report from Washington states John R. Kirk deputy commissioner of internal revenue was killed and his wife seriously injured in a head on collision between their car and a bus carrying 30 Lakewood New Jersey high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Kirk
Internal Revenue
Ahus
Lakewood
N. J
Beatrice High’s Star Becomes Bride in Local Nuptials
Beatrice Neb May 17 reports Beatrice High School’s best known graduate Arlington Brugh, known as Robert Tijor of film, is reported to be wed to Ruby Stevens, film star Barbara Stanwyck. The local newspaper notes the couple’s marriage and their dramatic arts connections.
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Beatrice, Neb
Bay Wedson
Arlington Brugh
Ruby Stevens
Beatricun
Beatrice
Robert Ti Jor
Barbara Stanwyck
Defendant Sells Car After Faulty Brakes Case
In Spartanburg on May 17 magistrate J W Davenport fined a defendant $10 for operating an automobile with faulty brakes. The car was sold to raise money, bringing $6. the rest was borrowed from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
8. C
J. W. Davenport
Soap Box Derby Rules for Washington County Derby
The Morning Herald Daily Mail and Hoffman Chevrolet sponsor a local Soap Box Derby for Washington County boys ages 10 to 15. The winner advances to the Akron finals on August 13. Eligibility excludes immediate family of Herald Mail or Chevrolet staff. Sign up at Hoffman Chevrolet, W Washington St, with a parent or guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Herald-Daily Mail
B. P
Ellis
Washington County
Akron
Ohio
Herald Or Mail
Hoffman-Chevrolet Co
Chevro Jet
Chevrolet
Hoffman-Chevrolet
Washington Street
Soap Box Derby Plans Announced in Local City
The B P D Elks held a meeting to launch the second Soap Box Derby in Washington county open to boys aged 10 to 15. The grand prize is a trip to Akron, Ohio for the national and international finals on August 13. Sponsoring partners include the Morning Herald and Daily Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. D. Elks
Washington County
Akron
Ohio
The
Elks
Morning Herald
Daily Mail
Frank Gallagher
Hoffman-Chevrolet
West Washington Street
Charles W. Hoffman
Warry Brnning, Jr
Frank Colley
John Kerr
Charles Rouzer
Paintings Displayed at St James School Exhibition
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts presents a second exhibition of reproductions by old and modern masters at St James School. Works include van Gogh Portrait of a Young Man and Boats on the Rhone, Durer Knight on Horseback, Cezanne Park Landscape, Vermeer Head of a Girl and Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine, Degas Ballet Dancers, Vilaminck Tandi sexpe, Renair Piazza of San Marco Venice. The first show ran October 29 to November 10, 1938, and the third and final installment will open next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Paul Cezanne
Jan Vermeer
Edgar Degas
Maurice de Vilaminck
Piazza of
San Marco
Venice
Auguste Renair
Knights Attend Services Thursday by St Bernard's Commandery
Members of St Bernard pos Commandery Knights Templar will attend Ascension Bay services at St John s Episcopal church Thursday evening at 7 44 o clock. They meet at Magonia Temple at 7 15 p m in full uniform, marching with the Y M C A band to the church. Dr Walter Byron Stel will preach. The choir will sing Onward Christian Soldiers as they enter. An early morning Holy Eucharist is noted for Ascension Day.
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St. Bernard’s Commandery
Knights Templar
Ascension Bay
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Knights
Magonia Temple
Walter Byron Stel
D. D
Marines Land At Kulangsa In International Zone Clash
Marblehead landing party joins cruiser Bulmer at Kulangsa while four British warships gather in Amoy harbor amid the Japanese invasion of the international settlement. Admiral Yarnell reports the American sailors’ landing, signaling U S Britain joint concern in Kulangsa during the Sino Japanese war. Japanese say the landings were a self defense measure after a Chinese man was fatally wounded.
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Marblehead
Kulangsu
United States
Bulmer
Amoy Harbor
International
China
Harry BE. Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Britain
Kulangsa
Plan for building new Odd Fellows temple approved
Preliminary plans for a $35,000 Potomac Lodge temple were approved at a Po tomac Lodge No. 31 meeting in the W C W hall. York Pa architect W. Yessler was invited to proceed with permanent plans. The structure will reuse the fire-damaged foundation and stone wall on South Potomac Street, with a 300-seat public auditorium in the basement and offices, lodge rooms, and rental spaces on upper floors. Bids hoped by June 1.
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Potomac Lodge
W. C. W. Hall
Il i
RB. Yessler
York
South Potomac Street
Odd Fellows
John Beard
Maurice Hutzell
Luther Wiles
Ernest Finiff
Jimer Miller
Freeman Sinn
Charles E. Brezler
Noble
Lauren Funk
VW. KK. Yessler
Haferstown
Old Temple
Hagerstown Unionization Drive Gains Broad AFL Support
The Hagerstown federation reelected President Joseph P. McCurdy and officers without opposition. The convention endorsed AFL policies, backed a 35 hour workweek for federal workers, opposed age 40 discrimination, and called for investigations of DC traffic accidents by trained police. Rabbinic leaders denounced Hitler and Mussolini as demagogues while labor officials praised collective bargaining and Maryland workers protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Joseph P. McCurdy
McCurdy
F.N. Kershaw
Baltimore
John Locher
Washington
Harry J. Thompson
G. Kingston Howard
John L. Geist
Hagerstown
Paul W. England
Cumberland
Mr. Coleman
Robert Lester
Robert J. Buxham
District of Columbia
Morris S. Lazaren
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Rabbi Lazaron
Congress
Howard T. Colvin
U. S. Department of Labor
America
Chicago Grain Market Prices From Jein Bros and Partners
Quotations in Hagerstown Maryland from Jein Bros and Boyce with bid prices for Wheat Opeigh May and July, Oats May and July, Rye July and Sept, and mixed figures for other months. Prices shown include futures bids and market terms, reflecting a mid‑20th century grain trading page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jein Bros & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Bidg
Hagerstown, Md
Opeigh Low
TDA
al al Hos
Mine unions and troops in Kentucky coal fields
A press conference notes the governor's primacy in troop use, Turnblazer expects new talks with the union amid mixed operator standpoints in Kentucky. J L Lewis and UMW criticisms prompt the governor to defend actions, while negotiations on a contract proceed in Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnblazer
Harlan Turnblazer
Warlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Furkin Coal
Kentucky
Lexington
J. 2. Johnson
Manard
Treehiy
Chandler
Frankfort
John L. Lewis
UMW
CLO
Kenucky
John JL. Lewis
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Mrs. Grady
Prairie Ramblers
American Tavern
407
West
Wash
Si. R. ©. Provard
George’s Creek
Lykens Valley
Tom Cross
Universal Day Cleaner
H.L. Mills
Baltimore St. Thone
Timken
Brin
TAG Money
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Ave
Cleveland
Annapolis
John T. Jones
District United Mine Workers Executive
Herbert R. O'Conor
Organized Labor
O'Conor
Jones
Allegany County
Aps
Princess Anne
Somerset County
Princess Anne and Marion
Surrey
Herald-Mail
Derby News
Amoy
SAUM
Jonathan St
First Hose Co
Joseph D. Mish
I. M. Ornburn
Labor Trades Department
AFL
Frank Fenton
Mish
Ornburn
Herbert R. O’conor
WL A.m
Lazaron
Stein Bros & Boyce
McComas-Armstrong Bldg
Amer. T. & TL. Amer
Wat
Atchison
B&o
Nhf
Beth, Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Crown Ck. & SI
DuPont
Ji Ms
Goodyear Nat'l
Central
Tak
North Amer
Fee
Penna
R. R. Gee
St. Oil
Adika U
Steel Ve
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
West’house
Elec
Western Union
Wast
Loews Air
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Chicago Grain Market
RAUP
Raup Camera Center
Alexander Building
Tall Cedars
Masonic Temple
Consumer’s Finance Service, Inc
Roam
William C. Maugans
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