Mobilization Plan Trimmed for Faster Wartime Readiness
Washington December 10. Army and Navy revise their national mobilization scheme for the next war to simplify central control of factories prices food fuel power and labor. The revamped plan aims to shorten deployment time and updates a 1920 concept approved by Woodring and Swanson.
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Washington
Army
Woodring
Swanson
Congress
Rep
Starnes
D-Ala
House Military Appropriations Committee
West
Great Lakes
Philadelphia
Girl Scouts in New York City Reach About 17000 Members
Membership in the metropolitan area stands around 17 000 with New York City hosting a large portion of the total. The figure reflects ongoing recruitment and community engagement by local councils.
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New York City
Metropolis
Mills Brothers On Capitol Stage With Meet The Girls
The Mills Brothers perform on the Capitol Theatre Stage Sunday at midnight and also a matinee and evening Monday. The feature screen attraction is Meet The Girls with June Lang.
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Mills Bros
Mills Brothers
Capitol Theatre
June Lang
Pruning to Cut Cull Pile Aims to Save Virginia Apples
A Virginia agricultural piece warns that cull apples drag down prices as marketing and grading fail. It argues for pruning and thinning to remove low grade fruit, improve size and color, and reduce culls in 1939 amidst market pressures.
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Virginia
Sentencing in Maryland slaying case reaches three defendants
In Prince Frederick Maryland 18 year old Margaret Abell received a 10 year prison term for manslaughter adding to Walter Stinnett 24 who was jailed for life for the July 12 killing of 55 year old tobacco farmer William Warren Gantt. Evelyn Bajowski 18 awaits trial after a venue change. Associate Justice William Laker lectured the sobbing defendant on mercy and guilt.
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Prince Frederick
Margaret Abell
William Warren Gantt
Walter Stinnett
Evelyn Bajowski
Frederick County
Maryland
William Laker
Waynesboro College Nips Potomac State In Home Opener
Waynesboro College defeated Potomac State Teachers 59 to 31 in their home opener. The Yellowjackets raced to a 40 to 20 halftime lead and maintained control throughout the game at Waynesboro Pa.
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Waynesboro
Waynesboro College Cagers
Potomac State Teachers
Keyser
W. Va
Yellowjackets
Potomac State
Daily Crossword Clues From a Fragmented Page
Readable puzzle prompts mix across and down clues with stray letters and partial phrases. The readable items include showy pronouns repent old interjection forms and various clue fragments for animals metals and ancient terms embedded among garbled letters and stray characters.
Geminid Meteors Show Expected Across Western Sky
The Geminid meteor shower is due to light the western sky in the evenings starting Sunday. Observers have logged 24 to 96 meteors per hour in past years, with Portsmouth, Maine recording the high count. The shower peaks before midnight, with a low western horizon, white hues, short paths, and occasional bright trails.
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New York
Portsmouth
Maine
McLeod Wins Senior Golf Title Despite Eight Over Par
Fred McLeod, 56, Washington D C pro, won the second annual Seniors' Golf Tournament in Augusta after an 80 in the 36 hole event. He defeated Otto Hackbarth of Cincinnati who had 82 in the playoff. Rain reduced play from 54 to 36 holes.
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Augusta
Fred McLeod
Washington, D. C
McLeod
Otto Hackbarth
Cincinnati
Cagey Plan Proposed for Drunk Drivers in Brookfield
Brookfield Village Magistrate L Morell Gross proposes placing drunken motorists in a cage and hauling them through the streets on Saturday afternoons. He asked Village President J G Bergman for his opinion on the plan. The magistrate suggested a wild animal cage he could obtain from the Brookfield 200.
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Chicago
L. Morell Gross
Brookfield
J. G. Bergman
Tim McCoy at Hable's Palace Theater Featured Star
Palace presents Aces & Eights with Tim McCoy today only and The Fighting Devil Dogs as a second feature. Anne Shirley Nan Grey Ralph Bellamy and Noah Berry Jr star in Girls School at the Palace Monday and Tuesday with a Fox News Reel and a cartoon also shown.
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Tim McCoy
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Tim
Anne Shirley
Nan Grey
Ralph Bellamy
Noah Berry, Jr
Palace Theatre
Fox News
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