Lindbergh urges America to stay out of European war
Washington dispatch notes Col Charles A Lindbergh warns against entering fights abroad arguing frontiers lie across oceans and neutrality matters loom as Congress reconvenes. President Roosevelt hints at neutrality act changes and broad territorial definitions while Lindbergh speaks in seclusion about avoiding entanglement in European quarrels.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Lindbergh
Congress
Roosevelt
Agatn
Ghengia Kahn
Xerxes
Stews The Star Spangled Banner Benediction at service
A brief church notice lists Chaplain from the Sons of Confederate Veterans leading a Benediction after a service featuring The Star Spangled Banner. The fragment confirms a local racial or patriotic context without specifics.
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Sons of Co
Policy of fairness or force in postwar Europe
The speaker argues Europe wavered between fairness and force after World War I guiding Versailles revisions and Germany’s weakness. A new, prostrating war could follow, threatening Western civilization and youth. He stresses America’s safety lies in internal strength and a capable military, not in fighting European wars.
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England
France
Germany
Europe
America
Sharpsburg Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Harrisburg couple Elwood Sigmund and wife spent the weekend with the Churchey family. Roanoke and Baltimore visitors joined gatherings with Easterday and Wyand households. Numerous bridge prizes awarded. extended visits to Washington New York and Pittsburgh figures noted.
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Elwood Sigmund
Harrisburg
Churchey
Philip Himes
Roanoke
Hubert Easterday
Baltimore
Wm. Easterday
Martha Gross
Bridge Club
J. W. Dorsey
Mary Cox Smith
Helen Remsburg
Fred Mose
Theodore Poftenberger
Kleo Burter
Robert Wyand
Grace Baker
Rudolph Eavey
Carl Eavey
Hagerstown
J. W. Eavey
Chester Nichols
Washington
Wm. Wyand
Ruth Otto
Eddie Moats
New York
Frank Hull
Enoch Vickers
Morgantown
W. Va
Luther , Vickers
Shepherdstown
Rose Mary Hull
Ed Moats
Vernon Beachley
James Ferguson
Pittsburgh
John Hiram Beachley
Edna Beachley Clipp
Frederick
Edgar Beachley
Leonard Coster
Estella Staley
Fannie Leibman
Fannie Pulse
Anna Knode
Walter Jones
Anna Mabel Grayson
Irvin Catterton
Virginia Blackford Hopkins
Emma Blackford
Samuel Painter
Richard Reilly
Leonard Heighberger
Frank Zimmerpan
Alligator Catches Maryland Waters Turns Out Pet
Baltimore date line reports a three and a half foot alligator was landed in Long Green run by T Somerad Fitchett Jr on hook and line. The reptile, first such capture in Maryland, proved to be a pet from his grandfather’s pond that escaped two months ago.
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Baltimore
Maryland
T. Somerad Fitchett, Jr
Long Green Run
Young Fitchett
Families and Friends Gather Across Washington Circle
A series of weekend and holiday visits connect Washington residents with relatives and friends from Baltimore Keedysville Hagerstown Roanoke and Camden. Notable meetups include Mr and Mrs Walter Kline Mrs Agust Lohman and the Crampton family with local Loimaa Dorsey and DeLauney households.
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Washington
Walter Kline
Agust Lohman
Wm. Crampton and Son
Baltimore
Albert Crampton
Jane Wilson
J. W. Dorsey
Willard Canfield
Wallace Griffin
Lester Fisher
Keedysville
Remsburg
Freddie Otto
Big Pool
Lorena Hover
Chas. Klaire
Helen
Laura DeLauney
Lester Marshall
Terry
Roanoke
Lloyd Fisher
Wm. Crane
Camden
N. J
Wm. A. Smith
John
Hagerstown
Victor Smith
Louis R. Smith
Woman Injured In Auto Accident In City
Mrs. Rickard wife of Patrolman Fred N Rickard of Lee street was slightly hurt yesterday evening when her car collided with one driven by Quentin C Mowry of Manns Choice Pa at the Baltimore and Locust streets intersection. Patrolman A C Castle who investigated said Mowry ran a red light. Cars were only slightly damaged.
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Rickard
Fred N. Rickard
Lee Street
Quentin C. Mowry
Manns Choice
Baltimore
Locust Streets
A. C
Castle
Pennsylvania
Sisters Tell of Trip Home Across War Torn Atlantic
Misses Kathryn and Janet Mowrer sisters of Dr and Mrs Charles L Mowrer Oak Hill avenue recounted a perilous Atlantic crossing and rescue at sea aboard the Staatendam after the British freighter Winkleigh was torpedoed. They sailed Sept 5 from Rotterdam and arrived in New York on Thursday aboard the Holland-America liner Staatendam.
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Atlantic
Europe
Kathryn
Janet Mowrer
Charles L. Mowrer
Oak Hill Avenue
Mowrer
New York
Staatendam
Rotterdam
Katheryn Mowrer
Winkleigh
South Hampton
English Channel
Miss Mowrer
Boulogne
France
Kathryn Mowrer
Hageretown
Paris
Germany
Hitler
Cheese study highlights vitamin A content
In a study of 22 kinds of cheese Roquefort Camembert and Lieder kranz rated high in vitamin A content.
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Roquefort, Camembert
Liederkranz
Soil Conservation Origin From Washington and Jefferson Letters
Letters by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson reveal early measures of soil defense in the United States. Washington, writing to Arthur Young in 1787, laments tobacco focus and crop rotation neglect. He notes corn and wheat cycles, lack of grass reseeding, and overexploitation of land. He hopes American farmers will adopt a regular cropping system.
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Washington
Arthur Young
Truck Drivers Strike Shuts Hagerstown Terminals
Cumberland Motor Express strike started Tuesday at 5 pm affecting mainly over the road drivers with picketing in front of Main Avenue terminal. Officials say a contract expired and drivers rejected the company's new proposal after several fruitless talks. About six Hagerstown men are affected as peaceful picketing continues in Baltimore Cumberland Pittsburgh and other terminals.
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Cumberland Motor Express
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Main Avenue
American Federation of Labor Union
Motor Express Company
Germans Claim Air Victories Over Polish Forces
Berlin reported the German High Command said 31 Polish battle planes were destroyed Friday on the Eastern Front. The air force caused havoc on railways and roads east of the Vistula River hindering the Polish retreat.
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Berlin
Vistula River
Wounds Wife, Kills Self Near Jeannette
James Campbell a WPA worker shot and wounded his wife at their home near Jeannette then killed himself. The incident occurred amid concern over illness. Campbell is reported to have acted alone in the September 15 event.
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Jeannette
James Campbell
WPA
Alfred Hotin Fined for Disturbing the Peace in Cambridge
In Cambridge at dawn Alfred Hotin a 31 year old songwriter was composing In the Bluest of Moods when two policemen entered. He was fined $10 in court for disturbing the peace.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alfred Hotin
Hotin
County Has Good V Record In August
Traffic fatalities in Maryland rose by 47 percent last month compared with August last year, but Hagerstown and Washington County remained unblemished with only ten personal injury accidents recorded.
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Maryland
Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland Death Tolls by County During Eight Months
The county figures show nine deaths in a month while Maryland outside Baltimore City tallies 34 fatalities in August, compared with 23 in August 1938. Harford and Washington counties each report 11 deaths in the eight months, Prince George's leads with 34, then Baltimore County 19, Anne Arundel 17, and Howard 14.
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Maryland
Baltimore City
Harford
Washington County
Prince George's
Baltimore County
Anne Arundel
Howard
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