Foreign Agents Register Under New Law Highlights
The State Department revealed 106 registrations of foreign principals with agents including former ambassadors and business figures. British, Japanese, German, Italian, French and Spanish registrants span corporations, railways, and tourism efforts, with some noting legal representation and others promoting national viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
State Department
Italy
Henry P. Fletcher
Chile
Williams. Culbertson
Culbertson
Culbertson and Leroy
Washington
Juan Francisco de Calderas
United States
General Franco
Spain
Cardenas
Tobacco Taxes Address Stance by O Conor in Maryland
In La Plata Maryland on October 11 Attorney General Herbert R O Conor Democratic gubernatorial candidate told tobacco growers there that there would be no additional tobacco taxes during his term. He urged fair treatment for Maryland growers noting southern prices are strong while Maryland prices by sample are unusually low. Also mentions the birthday of Rear Admiral Cary Travers Gray son born 1878 and commemorates Theodore Thomas 1835 and Harlan Fiske Stone 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Plata
Maryland
Herbert R. O.conor
O'Conor
South
Cary Travers Grayson
Theodore Thomas
Harlan Fiske Stone
United States Supreme Court
Water Boom Deluges Disney Oklahoma Homes
Water shortage since mid July forced residents to keep taps running. City engineers opened a new flow without notice, sending water booming into mains and homes. Disney experienced a miniature flood as the supply stabilized.
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Disney
Okla
Oct. l
Notice of election board sittings in Washington County Maryland
The Board of Supervisors of Election for Washington County announces that the boards of registry, appointed for the election districts and voting precincts, will sit at the designated places in each district and precinct on the following days. This notice cites the 1927 Maryland Acts and Bagby Annotated Code as the legal basis for the sittings.
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Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland
Bagby
Board of Supervisors of Election
Washington County
Boards of Registry
Voter Registration Sites and Dates 1938 in Washington County
The notice lists multiple registration locations and dates in October 1938 for voters in Washington County. It specifies October 4 and October 11 from 9 AM to 9 PM, with additional registration venues across Sharpsburg Williamsport Hagerstown Hancock and other towns. The list includes Red Men Hall Williamsport Fire Halls Junior Order of Am veterans halls Odd Fellows halls and many storefronts and private residences as registration sites. The notice is signed by the Board and includes true-copy attestations.
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Creager’sardware
Hancock
Main St. Boonsboro
Bank Building
Central Trust Co
Smithsburg
New Town Hall
Robrersville
Sellersburg
Coston Motors
W. Franklin St
Hagerstown
Ato J
Z—Inc
M. Bloom & Co
N. Potomac St
Caroline McBrien
Prospect Ava
Middlehauft
Potomac Ave
Hull
X. Locust St
Fairground
Mulberry Street
Wilson’s
Wilson's
Washington St
Western Enterprise
Washington Square
West End
Salem Ave
David Bowman
West Side Ave
Roy Myers
Bryan Place
Fisher
Halfway
Driver Held After Two Boys Die Near McConnelsburg Pa
Harry Hendershot of Sharp near McConnelsburg was held for court on involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene after eight year old son said Daddy did it. Police say he admitted driving the car that struck two youths, Gordon 16 and Lemtel 15, as they walked on a mountain road Sunday night. Huston Richards 19, also with them, was not injured. The auto fled after the collision with one headlight out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hendershot
Sharp
McConnelsburg
A. W. Achenbach
G. R. Wagenseller
F. R. Soders
Hendershot
Justice of the Peace
Lewis Wible
Livestock Tax Quip Over Dying Percheron Stallion
In Lincoln on October 11 a Nebraska corporation told the secretary of state it owed no capital stock tax because its only asset a percheron stallion had died. The reply was contained in a letter cited by the state official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Flowers and treachery at Munich meeting play to the crowd
A reader’s valedictory on the Munich conference mocks the leaders Mussolini Daladier Chamberlain and Hitler. Flowers on the table become a symbol of betrayal as headlines condemn the 1938 pact and warn of Czech fate, reparations and future land grabs under Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Chamberlain
Versailles
France
Belgium
God
Hitler
Williams Treatment promises relief for aches and fatigue
A long running cure advertisement claims the Williams Treatment (regular prescription quantity) helps with uric acid related stiff joints sore muscles rheumatism neuralgia and fatigue. It offers one 12 bottle supply for ten cents with diet and herbal advice, no obligation, and lists East Hampton Connecticut address.
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Williams
East Mampton
Conn
Puzzler Confronts Captain McCleary
Captain McCleary faced a puzzler as 92 people blocked headquarters over a back to church fund offering 38 cents on the dollar. Police held 47 donor names while two others were listed as friends. The canvass occurred last week and those involved were ordered to leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. McCleary
Donners
Fragmentary World War II Rhetoric In Occult Threat Remark
A fragmentary wartime remark warns of concealing a hand grenade in a bouquet to strike the Fuehrer, reflecting fear of assassination and the urge to inflict irreparable loss if a Czechoslovak survivor or his kin could score a bull’s eye against Nazi leadership.
Father Held For Slaying His Son
In San Diego on October 21 a father, James P. Cordova, 29, faced a murder complaint after a hatchet attack that killed his three year old son William Cordova and left another son, Richard, 6, near death. Cordova was unconscious from a throat slash.
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San Diego
Calif
William Cordova
James P. Cordova
Cordova
Richard
Chicago man arrested on false pretense charges in Pa
Lawrence Bateman, 44, of Chicago, was arrested last night by Detective William Peters and Patrolman Schaub for alleged wanted status in Washington County. Louisiana contains over 700,000 acres in wildlife sanctuaries, fish and game preserves, and state parks.
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Washington County
Lawrence’ Bateman
Chicago
William Peters
Schaub
Louisiana
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U. S. Department of State
Icodemus
Aeerawe
The
House of Blue White
Jargetstennmece
W. Washington Bt
Meyers & Berkson, Inc
R. & G. Dep’t Store
Tae Lee
New
Tiemmswick
Bill Wilson
Hart Point
N. C
Desperado
Romeo
James Godwin
Hickory
Godwin
Lula Belle Kimel
Lexington
A.P
Registration of Voters
Public Square
Sharpsburg
Town Councy Room
N. Cone
Antietam
Summit Ave
J—Rinehart Smith
S. Potomac St
Wensler
West Baltimore St
South Haserstown Fire Co
Guilford Ave
First
Odd Fellows’ Stall
Clearspring
J—In
Smith and Schnader
Petemacst
Ghewsville Co-9
Malm &J
Russell H. Greeting
Knadler
Richard Rauth
Charles
Ward
McConnellsburg
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardoza
RED Cross
Mussolini
Daladier
Munich
London
New York
England
Adolph
International Sudetenland Commission
Unilon
Holmes
Dubonnet
Webster
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Saiit Ave. A. Fe Simpenn, Ser
Hawerstown. Md
Puzzler
Captain McCleary
Electrolux
China
Eyerly S
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