General Moseley testifies warning of plot to overthrow gov
Major General George Van Horn Moseley testified before the House committee on un-American activities that he repeatedly warned Army chief of staff General Malin Craig about a government overthrow plot. He said the warning came through so called music scores sent by Reserve officer James F E Campbell of Owensboro Kentucky. The scores were allegedly gathered by a Harmonie Club waiter in New York and passed to Dudley Pierpont Gilbert.
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Washington
George van Horn Moseley
Malin Craig
Moseley
House Committee On un-American Activities
James FE. Campbell
Owensboro
Harmonie Club
New York
Dudley Pierpont Gilbert
F D R s Pastor In Dilemma At St James Church
At St James Episcopal in Hydev Park New York Rev Frank R Wilson Roosevelt s rector for ten years faces a seating squeeze as 250 eligible parishioners and many others seek admission for a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Only 200 seats available split by a red carpet aisle with tickets required for all.
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Hwyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
United States
Stamp collectors urged to send first day covers to Cooperstown
Postmaster Thomas M Simpson advises local collectors that the post office will forward first day covers for the Baseball Centennial stamps to Cooperstown New York for the June 12 issue. Collectors should bring self addressed envelopes and payment for the desired stamp count, with envelopes in the office before June 10 to allow forwarding time.
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Tocgl
Thomas M. Simpson
Cooperstown
N.Y
Simpson
Maryland Weather Forecast Tonight Through Thursday
United States Weather Bureau reports fair and continued warm conditions tonight with Thursday seeing increasing cloudiness and a return to slightly cooler temperatures. Chesapeake Bay remains clear and warm, with turning cloudier on Thursday, moderate westerly winds easing to gentle to moderate.
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U.S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Townsend Bill Aims at pensions but House vote seen doomed
The Townsend bill to pay old age pensions up to 200 dollars a month reaches the House floor amid long campaign and controversy. Democrats expect defeat. Boland estimates under 50 Democrats and 75 Republicans likely to support it. Hendricks reports requests for two hours of speech making from 30 proponents as debate proceeds with a possible parliamentary move to alter the measure.
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Washington
House
Boland
Pennsylvania
Rep
Hendricks
D.-Fla
Ways and Means Committee
Governor OConor Delays Sign Veto on County Measures
Unclear stance by Governor OConor on two Washington county bills holds up the 1929 county tax levy. The measures would create permanent voter registration and a permanent board of real estate assessors, affecting about six cents of the tax rate. If approved, the commission faces new assessment procedures and tax implications.
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O’conor
Washington County
Board of County Commissions
Four Damage Suits Filed Against Local Cleaner
Janes L. Lambros faces four damage suits in court over an auto crash on the Emmitsburg Taneytown road September 15, 1938. Plaintiffs John C. Eckert Sophia Eckert Sara Waltemyer and Orrin Waltemyer seek a total of 12500 dollars for injuries and property damages. Attorneys AL AL Lamkin of Baltimore and Leo Hf Miller of this city represent the plaintiffs.
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Janes L. Lambros
John C. Eckert
Sophia Eckert
Sara Waltemyer
Orrin Waltemyer
Eckert
Waltemyer
Emmitsburg- Taneytown
AL AL Lamkin
Baltimore
Leo Hf. Miller
Rescuers Save Two Climbers Near Albany Mountain Fall
In Albany May St an alpine accident left Lillian Hardy and John Cannon stranded on Helderberg mountain. Troopers and city crews hoisted Hardy with a fractured leg and possible back injuries to a hospital in critical condition. Cannon remained at the base before later rescue. both Albany residents were hurt after falling from a 200 foot cliff while at a picnic.
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Albany
N.Y
May St
Lillian Hardy
John Cannon
Helderberg Mountain
Cannon
Miss Mardy
Pred Markle
New York State Police
Speechless city campaign leaves 300 spectators puzzled
In Miami Beach on May 31, a council candidate rally showed sixteen contenders parading on stage as their names were announced. Mayor Nevi asked what was happening while park director Lemmon explained the group gathered moments before and agreed no one would speak.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Hl. Nevi
J. B. Lemmon
Farmers Get Wheat Checks
Checks totaling about 2500 dollars were issued today to Washington County farmers who complied with the 1939 wheat allotment under the Agricultural Conservation program. The payments cover roughly 50 farms, with 11 cents per bushel on 600 bushels as an example, and indicate the first of two installments, followed by a second 10 cent per bushel soil-building payment.
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Washington County
Agricultural Conservation
Milt D. Moore
Last day to renew traders licenses with ten percent penalty
Merchants, garage owners and others needing traders licenses are reminded today is the final day to renew and avoid a ten percent penalty. Clerk of Court Edward Oswald’s records show about 200 delinquents in the county.
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Edward Oswald
Clarence Dagwalt Disorderly Charge At Pen Mar Park
Clarence Dagwalt aged 18 paid a $5 fine in city court after being charged by officers with disorderly conduct at Pen Mar Park yesterday. Police warned that disturbances at the park this summer will not be tolerated.
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Clarence Dagwalt
Pen Mar Park
Justice M. V. B. Bostetter
Lightning strikes cow on Miles farm in Big Springs area
A valuable cow owned by Earl J. Miles in the Big Springs section was struck by lightning Saturday afternoon and died the next day. Investigators found the animal standing near a wire fence when the bolt jumped from the fence to the cow.
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Earl J. Miles
Big Springs
FDR weighs adjournment date with congressional chiefs
President Roosevelt met with Vice President Garner Speaker Bankhead and leaders Barkley and Rayburn to hear a tentative adjournment target of July 15 with plans for a possible mid June trip. Rayburn and Bankhead expect passage of neutrality and tax measures later. filibuster risk looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Garner
Bankhead
Senate
House
Barkley
D.-Ky
Rayburn
Auto Driver Sentenced After Drunken Driving Arraignment
Julius Ratas of State Sanatorium was arrested last evening for drunken driving and arraigned before Justice Harry E. Snyder. He received six months in the House of Correction as a second offender after witnesses testified officers had to support him from behind the wheel. Paul Keesecker, 35, cited for driving without a Maryland license, was fined 25 dollars and costs by the same justice.
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Julius Ratas
Harry E. Snyder
House of Correction
Ratas
Potomac Avenue
Bible
Kuhlman
Paul Keesecker
West Virginia
Maryland
Justice Snyder
Thousands At Meet Open In City Park Track Championship
Thousands of children from nearly every public school in Hagerstown and the county gathered at City Park for the 25th annual track and field championships. Events began at 9:30 with high school and elementary competitions split between City Park venues and South Potomac Street Junior High and Municipal Stadium. Thomas C. Ferguson directed the program with a large staff of officials assisting.
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Hagerstown
Thomas C. Ferguson
South Potomac Street
Municipal Stadium
City Park
Memorial Service To Be Held Sunday
The annual Confederate Memorial service will be held Monday at Washington Confederate cemetery in Hagerstown at 2 30 p m. There will be no speaking. Music by a quartet and placing flowers and Confederate flags on graves of Confederate soldiers. The public is invited to this service.
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Washington Confederate Cemetery
Hagerstown
Bergdoll Buried Pot Of Gold Tale Revived By Return
The return from Germany of Grover Bergdoll last week has revived the legand of a buried pot of gold west of Hagerstown. Reporters spent days here chasing the tale of $100000 to $200000 reportedly hidden by the fugitive in the mountains as he fled to Nova Scotia and Germany. Ike Stecher, his former chauffeur, voices guarded credence but doubts the treasure is still near Hagerstown.
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Bergdoll
Germany
United States
Grover Cleveland
Hagerstown
Nova Scotia
Washington
Erwin
Cal Hotel
Philadelphia
Eugene
Ike) Stecher
Grover
Stecher
Cannon Ball Back On Dry Land Again
Wilmington Delaware May 31 Milard E Dawson 18 recalls a summer thrill while fishing in Brandywine River after six months a 30 pound Civil War cannon ball he removed from a war memorial and rolled into the river He was sentenced to retrieve the relic or face stiffer punishment for disorderly conduct Today with two companions he brought the cannon ball back ashore and home hoping to deliver it to Judge John F Lynn by August 15 to keep his reprieve.
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Wilmington
Del
Milard E. Dawson
Dawson
Brandywine
John F. Lynn
New Trial Up For Argument
Clarence E. Sweigert, 38, convicted of manslaughter, may have his new trial motion heard as the May term opens at 1:30 pm with Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan presiding. Also set to hear a $5000 damages suit by Mary P. Feiser v. Thomas M. and Emma Sembsaugh, and possible sentencing if Sweigert’s motion is denied. Sloan missed the morning session due to a Cumberland funeral.
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Clarence E. Sweigert
D. Lindley Sloan
Sweigert
Mary P. Feiser
Thomas M
Emma Sensabaugh
Lawson C. Delauter
Sloan
Cumberland
Company B Seeks Seven New Guardsmen by July First
Company B announces a recruitment drive for seven new members with signup due by July 1 to qualify for August 5 camp training. The unit leads the National Guard in drill attendance, averaging 99.45 over nine years.
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National Guard
Two bicycles stolen from Maryland Theater alley
Paul Stuyre of Sharpsburg Pike and Paul Mentzer of the 00 block Salem Avenue reported to police last night the theft of their bicycles from the Maryland Theater alley.
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Paul Stuyre
Sharpsburg Pike
Paul Mentzer
Salem Avenue
Maryland Theater Alley
Divorce suit filed for Hermia Gigeous against Mark Gigeous
Hermia EB Gigeous through attorney W P Wachter filed a divorce suit in court today seeking dissolution of marriage to Mark O Gigeous. The action names the spouses and their attorney in a standard declaration of divorce proceedings.
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Hermia EB. Gigeous
W. P. Wachter
Mark O. Gigeous
Nazi Danish Pact Signed in Berlin
Germany and Denmark signed a mutual non aggression pact at the foreign office in Berlin. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Danish envoy Herluf Zahle signed as the ceremony concluded swiftly. The accord follows Roosevelt’s April 15 peace appeal and extends a pledge not to attack each other.
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Berlin
Germany
Denmark
Roosevelt
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Herluf Zahle
Reich
Foreign Office
King and Queen Swing East on Royal Canadian Tour
Britain's touring sovereigns head east through Canada toward Washington D C. The royal train will depart from Vancouver at 2 30 p m PST en route to the United States capital, with King George lamenting the missed Arctic regions and Canada’s future in the north.
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Victoria
B. C
Britain
Canada
Arctic
United States
WPA Recalls 76 Men To Antietam-Harpers Ferry Project
Seventy six WPA workers furloughed a week ago returned to work today on the Antietam Harpers Ferry road project. The relocation of Mountain Lock hill and a two mile re build from Samples Manor toward Sharpsburg are planned. Asphalt placement on Hancock Creek road began and will finish except for the link to the new Potomac River bridge, awaiting State Roads Commission approval.
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Antietam-Harpers Ferry Road
Mountain Lock Hill
Samples Manor Church
Sharpsburg
Hancock Creek
Potomac River
State Roads Commission
Estate of William B. Catshall Probated in Frederick
The will of William B. Catshall former president of the Western Maryland Trust Company disposes of a $150000 estate. A $20000 trust fund is established for his widow and the remainder is to be divided equally among his four surviving children and two grandchildren.
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Frederick
William B. Catshall
Western Maryland Trust Company
Molotov criticizes British French peace front efforts
Moscow may 31 premier foreign minister molotov dismissed british french peace proposals as insufficient and ineffective. he warned that no one should expect western aid to halt aggression and stressed vigilance. he cited stalin’s remark about pulling chestnuts from the fire and pledged strong defense of frontiers including outer mongolia amid border clashes with manchukuoan forces.
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Moscow
Molotoff
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Baltic States
Britain
France
Biggest Trout Tops Three Pounds in County Contest
Daniel Moats of St James landed a brown trout weighing three pounds ten ounces, the heaviest so far this season opened April 1. Patrolman Lil Stoner reported two brown trout from Beaver Creek, weighing one pound eight ounces and one pound four ounces, measuring 14 and 15 inches. The season ends June 30.
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Daniel Moats
St. James
Semler’s
Lil” Stoner
Beaver Creek
Clever Phoney Ten Dollar Bill Found Here
A counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve note from the New York bank was found in Hagerstown this morning. It bears serial B 685910387 A and shows a plate short by about an eighth inch with misaligned numbers especially the 8. Merchants are warned to watch for similar notes.
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Hagerstown
Federal Reserve
New York Federal Reserve Bank
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