Note Reduction In Traffic Toll
CHICAGO June 29 A 27 per cent reduction in traffic fatalities in May was hailed by the National Safety Council as another victory in the campaign against highway slaughter. There were 298 deaths in May compared with 3,120 in the same month last year. Despite a 3 percent increase in travel, traffic fatalities during the first four months of 1938 decreased 20 per cent, the council reported. June 1 marked seven consecutive months of the downward trend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Fighting Talk Points to Possible Anglo French Action Over Hainan
The Anglo French warning to Japan over Hainan signals a potential allied move if Japan proceeds with plans to use Hainan as a base to control southern China trade. The piece notes munitions flow through Indo China and the strategic value of Hainan against Hongkong and Singapore.
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Japan
Mikado
Hainan
Nippon
China
Hongkong
England
Singapore
Britain
France
Tokyo
Indo-China
Paris
Hanoi
George Bonnet
Bonnet
Indo- China
No-Man’s Land
Investigation Ordered in Defense Leaks Scrutiny Intensifies UK Crisis
In London on June 29 Duncan Sandys charged he was told to appear before a military court in uniform to testify about leaks. The affair centered on possible use of the Official Secrets Act and concerns over Britain’s anti-aircraft defenses amid a broader debate in Parliament.
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London
Britain
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
Sandys
Winston Churchill
Commons
House
Territorial Army
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Army Council
House Committee On Privileges Oe
War Ministry
Edmund Ironside
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Donald Somervell
Frederick County school office to close Saturday afternoons
By permission granted at a recent meeting of the Frederick County School Board the office of Division Superintendent Leslie D. Kline will be closed on Saturday afternoons during July and August.
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Frederick County
Luck Overtakes Transcontinental Train Again
The Milwaukee Road’s “Olympian” crash near Ingomar Montana follows a prior flood related wreck at Custer creek east of Miles City. A head on collision with an east bound CCC special train left one dead and 13 injured.
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Milwaukee Road
Custer Creek
Miles City
Mont
Ingomar
Inquiry Could Shape Chamberlain Government Over Sandys Case
A committee's inquiry, distinct from the War Office mandate to identify who supplied Sandys with his information, looms large with potential consequences for Prime Minister Chamberlain's government amid public concern over Spanish insurgent air raids on Britain's merchant fleet.
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War Office
Sandys
Chamberlain
Britain
Opportunities In U S Civil Service Announced
The U S Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams for posts in agriculture fisheries engineering public roads and more with deadlines mostly July 25 or July 11. Positions include assistant home economist junior home economist aquatic biologist chemical engineer explosives Navy civil engineering aids and electric rate investigator among others. Herman Lee serves as secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Fisheries
Dcere of Commerce
Navy Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agricul
Ture
Bureau of Public Roads and Soil Conservation Service
Engineer Department
War Department
Oral Power Commission
Herman Lee
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Watch Dog Terrier Swallows Wrist Watch in Stomach
Seneca Falls NY a 3 year old wire haired terrier named Spot is a real watch dog after an x ray showed a wrist watch in its stomach. A veterinary surgeon may operate to remove the watch.
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Seneca Falls
N. Y
Spot
Arrangement Is Made For Count To Face Charges
London June 29 An arrangement was made for Count Haugwitz-Reventlow to face a British court on charges from his heiress wife Barbara Hutton that he wrote a threatening letter. Attorneys for the couple met with a Bow Street magistrate. no hearing date was set until the Count returns from Paris. Scotland Yard attended the private session, suggesting he will not be jailed on a restraining order to compel his appearance.
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London
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Paris
Scotland Yard
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs May In Bergton
The obituary notes Mrs. May died by her own hand with a fractured neck. Her body lay at Omps funeral home before burial at Phannuel's Lutheran Church in Bergton where Rev L W Hendrickson officiated. She is survived by husband Wilson May and her mother plus several Whetzel siblings including Jason Victor Olin Warren Basil and Licy, all of Bergton Criders Mt. Jackson and Grimes areas.
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Ed Clerk
Clarke County
May
Omps
Phannuel’s Lutheran Church
Bergton
L. W. Hendrickson
Mathias
W. Va
Aaron Anderson
Lutheran Church
Wilson May
Harrisonburg
Jason Whetzel
Grimes
Victor Whetzel
Olin
Warren Whetzel
Criders
Basil Whetzel
Mt. Jackson
Licy Whetzel
Bergton, Va
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