WPA Chief Is Questioned On Real Needs Of Funds
In Washington on March 15, a House Appropriations subcommittee pressed WPA administrator Col. Francis C. Harrington about why an extra 150 million dollars was needed. Harrington opposed rotating workers or laying off after two weeks, favoring a rotation system replacing long-time workers with those on waiting lists. Some members echoed that method. others warned cuts would target the most in need to pressure Congress. Democrats voiced unease over shifting emergency bill oversight from Rep. Woodrum to Rep. Taylor amid Roosevelt’s request for funds.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrington
Francis C. Harrington
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Ohio
New York
Amittee
House
Woodrum
D-Va
Taylor
D-Cole
Dr Victor Heiser Odysseys From Flood Survivor to Explorer
A vivid portrait of Dr Victor Heiser the boy who escaped the Johnstown flood whose travels broadened his bounds. The narrative highlights resourcefulness humor and social observations from foreign travels where Heiser often used a third person to defuse tense cab fare debates.
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Victor Heiser
Johnstown
Citizens Mass Meeting Set For March 27 Festival Plans
The citizens mass meeting to discuss the 16th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival has been postponed from March 20 to March 27. Director-General Ridge announced the change, citing the mass meeting committee and its chairman H B MacCormac want to secure entertainment from the Chesapeake and Potomac Glee Club of Washington D C.
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Citizens’ Mass
Shenandoah
Generalridge
Mass Meeting
H. B. McCor
Mac
Have
Chesapeake and Potomac Glee Club
Washington, D. C
American Church Mission School Destroyed in Ichang Raids
Reports from Ichang indicate the American Episcopal Church Mission school was destroyed during Monday raids by Japanese bombers. No injuries documented in the dispatch.
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Shanghai
Mrch
Univer
Ichang
American Church Mission
Episcopal
Astoria to Stay in Far East After Bearing Saito Body
The Navy announced the heavy cruiser Astoria will remain in the far east after delivering the body of former Ambassador Hiroshi Saito to Japan. Washington observers noted the move followed the funeral transfer.
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Washington
Navy
Astoria
Far East
Japan
Hiroshi Saito
Scrap Treaty With Czechoslovakia Urged by U.S. Official
A State Department official said the United States would have to scrap its reciprocal trade agreement with Czechoslovakia, a decision announced in Washington on March 15. The remark signals potential major changes in bilateral trade relations and policy.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Czechoslovakia
Storm warnings issued along Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia
The Weather Service ordered storm warnings for the Southeast region and warnings for small craft along the Atlantic coast. Warnings were issued at 10 30 a m today covering Eastport Maine to the Delaware breakwater and extending south to the Virginia capes.
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Washington
Atlantic
Eastport
Maine
Delaware Breakwater
Delaware
Virginia Capes
Italian liner Conte Di Savoia assists Belner freighter
The Conte Di Savoia, after aiding the disabled Norwegian freighter Belner 700 miles east of the Virginia capes, departed from the freighter at 6 a.m. and steered for New York. The Belner no longer requires assistance.
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New York
Dr Powers To Preach Tonight On Modern Men and Women
Dr Powers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will preach tonight on Modern Men What Think Ye of Christ After 19 Centuries The Modern Woman Will She Make or Break the Home Church and Nation He argues that women gain freedom and success but Christ and His Church must come first.
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Christ
Powers
M. E. Church
South
Poreee
Auto Licenses Placed On Sale In 1939
Automobile licenses for 1939 went on sale at the Chamber of Commerce office at 9 this morning. Demand was brisk with over 100 sets issued by shortly after noon. The first set went to W. F. Thompson of Buckroe Beach Virginia, followed by Maynard L. Boyd and Harry Grimm of Winchester. License renewals and registration cards were distributed by mail carriers. Over 450,000 licenses are to be issued before April 15 and about 750,000 permits to be renewed with a 50 cent service charge. Read accompanying instructions before filling forms. Temperatures today ranged from 36 to 55 degrees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Buckroe Beach
W. F. Thompson
Maynard L. Boyd
Harry Grimm
Winchester
Richmond
Rain totals for month and year with public sale notice
A report notes 1.73 inches of rain this month raising yearly total to 8.07 inches with sleet and rain adding 0.73 inches last weekend. It also records a public sale for Olivia Harmer home in Albin Virginia on March 18 at 11 a.m. in front of the Court House.
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Olivia Harmer
Albin
Front Court House
Senate supports quick action to aid business on tax plan
Roosevelt signals possible overhaul of corporate taxes while administration studies merging five levies. Senate sentiment grows for prompt action to aid business though Bankhead and Barkley warn against broad revisions. Stock exchanges press clearer manipulation rules and simpler registrations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Securities Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Bankhead
Barkley
Orchardists Hear Experts In County Courthouse Meeting
A county courthouse gathering drew orchardists and experts from across the state for a roundtable discussion on orchard problems. Speakers included John P. Bregger on air and water in bearing orchards, A H Teske on the fertilizer program, and Dr A B Groves on orchard disease.
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John P. Bregger
Division of Research
The
Soil Conservation Service
A. H. Teske
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Weatherford
D. A. Tucker
Britain and Germany Clash Over Czech Occupation
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that he deeply regrets Germany’s occupation of Bohemia and Moravia while urging continued pursuit of peace by agreement. Halifax said the move shocks confidence and noted lack of earlier notice to Britain, Italy, and France. The debate followed Halifax’s call to hold further British loan payments to Czecho-Slovakia until the situation clears up.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Bohemia
Moravia
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Czech
Halifax
Hitler
Reich
Britain
Italy
France
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
R. S. Hudson
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Paris Not to Intervene as Germany Takes Czech Lands
Paris advised to keep hands off as Berlin announced the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. France would not take a position on the Czech dismemberment while Bonnet conferred with Petain and Daladier faced calls from deputies and senators.
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Paris
Germany
France
Bohemia and
Moravia
Central Europe
Berlin
Foreign Ministry
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Robert Coulondre
Great Britain
Poland
Colondre
Prance
Petain
Georges Bonnet
Marshall Henri Petain
Spain
Burgos
Daladier
Czecho-Slovakia
Italy Studies Czech Situation in Cabinet Meeting
Rome reports Mussolini and his cabinet discussed Germany extending protection over parts of the Czech Slovak split. Diplomats measure Italy Germany ties as four to one in Germany’s favor, noting Germany backed Italy in Ethiopia and supported Rhineland remilitarization.
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Rome
Mussolini
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Rhineland
Commissioners Named to Oversee Semi-Pro Leagues
New York March 15 announcement names 27 state commissioners to supervise the organization and conduct of semi Pro baseball leagues and tournaments for the 1939 season per the National Semi Pro Baseball Confederation.
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New York
National
Axis expansion policy and Italian concessions in 1938
The passage notes Italy's expansion program and its support for Germany in the Austrian Anschluss, sacrificing a cardinal point of Italy's policy for a separate Austria under Italian influence. It also states Italy backed Germany on the Sudetenland annexation, widening the axis power gap in Germany's favor.
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Italy
Germany
Austria
Sudetenland
Charlie McCarthy Kidnapped By HAL BOYLE
Edgar Bergen reports his ventriloquist Charlie McCarthy missing after a hotel kidnapping in New York. A bellhop described as Brown aided by two men allegedly took the dummy to a Waldorf Astoria floor, with Bergen noting the incident could affect his Sunday broadcast. Police pursue possible publicity motive with no ransom yet reported.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
East 51St Street
Charlie
Frank D. Brown
Belmont Plaza Hotel
U Brown
37Th Street
Eleventh Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Ethel Mutherin
the Waldorf
Bergen
Brown
James McGowan
Frank
W. C Fields
Population Seems Stunned By Eastward Expansion After Hacha Capitulation
Following the German demand for dismantling the Czech Army and the capitulation to Hacha, the populace displays shock at what appears to be a partial fulfillment of expansionist aims. The event signals a dramatic shift amid mounting regional tensions and nationalist fervor.
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Hacha
Hitler orders Czech occupation troops to enforce will of German government
Berlin reports Hitler as commander in chief tells troops not to view Czechoslovakians as enemies but bearers of German will. German forces seize Prague and major cities as Emil Hacha capitulates, while Hungary's army advances and Mussolini discusses mid European power shifts.
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Berlin
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraine
Mussolini
Italy
mid-Europe
Fire so huge in Everglades creates rain over muck lands
A fire burning 15 000 acres of Everglades muck west of Fort Lauderdale produced a smoke column up to a mile high and a slow muddy rain. Meteorologist Ernest Carson said such fires are rare but can generate their own rain as heat lifts air and condenses moisture.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Everglades
Here
Miami
Ernest Carson
Cather Tops Judging Contests for Frederick County Farmers
Clarence Cather of Round Hill won two judging contests for Frederick County farmers. He placed first in a corn contest at Middletown and previously led oats, barley, and wheat scores. Second and third went to Herbert Manuel Middletown and Earl Cather Winchester. Ray Brumback Opequon and Earl Cather also ranked highly in both contests. At last night’s meeting members discussed small fruits and hybrid corn and planned a talk by Zeorpack Company on small fruits in April. John Pickerell presided the club meeting.
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Middletown
Herbert Manuel
Earl Cather
Winchester
Ray Brumback
Opequon
A. S. Brumback
Zeorpack Company
Frederick County
Kansas City
John Pickerell
Delaware bans annexations without referendum
Dover Delaware residents approved a new law prohibiting cities from annexing neighboring areas until a referendum gives voters a chance to state their views. The measure applies to all municipalities across the state and aims to ensure local consent before boundary changes.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Bricklayers Do Fast Work On This Job
Chicago report describes Joseph Lenzini of Highwood using a crew of well drillers to build a brick and steel laundry on his site. The eight ton drill apparatus must be removed, forcing partial wall teardown to extract the equipment.
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Chicago
Joseph Lenzini
Suburb Highwood
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