Jimmy Hines Sentenced For Lottery Conspiracy Racket
James J. Hines a longtime Tammany leader is sentenced to four to eight years for lottery conspiracy linked to Dutch Schultz numbers racket. Judge Nott imposes consecutive terms on felony counts and suspends one to two years on a misdemeanor. Hines plans appeal and remains free on bond pending review.
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New York
James J. Hines
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Nott
Hines
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Dutch Schultz
Big Harry
Stryker
Tombs
State
Pence Declares Run for Democratic Commonwealths Attorney
Gilbert Pence Jr joined by his father in law practice announces his candidacy for Commonwealth's Attorney in Shenandoah. He faces incumbent Republican William Logan and opponent Robert D. Bauserman who has also announced his bid.
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Commonwealth
Shenandoah
Gilbert Pence, Jr
Robert D. Bauserman
William Logan
Fashions and Spinach Promises Fun at Bargain Fete
Winchester urges vacation and attendance at tomorrow’s fashion revue warning of absentees. Hospital needs equipment after extensive kiddie care. Tickets priced at 50 cents for a dollar and a half’s worth of fun. Steph ens City Glee Club praised for standout singing at yesterday’s P T A luncheon highlighting county school music progress.
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Stephens City Glee Club
P.T. A
Clipper Prepares Test Flight for Transatlantic Route
Baltimore officials announce the 42 ton Yankee Clipper will test equipment for future service. Six Civil Aeronautics observers will join the flight with nearly two crews aboard. no passengers. Planned Baltimore to Azores stopover then Marseille and return via Po nses Ireland with a side trip.
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Baltimore
Pan-American Airways
Ae Ee
Wecartack Gini
Civil Aeronautics Authorit
Azores
Marseilles
France
Poynes
Ireland
Dr. Kerlin Is Named By Elks
More than 150 Elks from Harrisonburg Martinsburg Hagerstown and other cities attended ceremonies last night as the new grill room was formally turned over to the lodge by the building committee. The meeting named officers for the coming year with R H Kerlin as Exalted Ruler and M D Mathews as Past Exalted Ruler among others. T R Cather presided at the informal banquet and former Mayor W W Glass spoke on the Elks building history.
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Harrisonburg
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Lodge
T. Bushnell
Bruce Capper
George Dunham
Altoona
R. H. Kerlin
M. D. Mathews
John Fisher
R. T. Bryarly, Jr
Irving Cather
Edwin T. Snider
Ralph Pifer
Lee Pisher
Grand Lodge
T. R. Cather
W. W. Glass
Elks
Thanking Winchester Firemen for Prompt Fire Help
W B Snider and Son thank the Winchester firefighters for their prompt efficient handling of a blaze at their business appreciating the effort of each man.
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Winchester
W. B. Snider & Son
Open for Business Coal Dept Keeps Order Prompt
The notice states that the coal department at W. B. Snider & Son remains open for business. All orders will be handled promptly, indicating continued service and customer support.
Public Sale of Household Furniture at 122 W Monmouth
A public sale of household furniture is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. at 122 West Monmouth. The notice includes parcel code 321-1p-31 and invites bidders to attend.
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W. Monmouth
Mr Rosenberger To Break Ground For New Winchester Church
Ground breaking for the South Winchester Methodist Church set for Sunday at 3 PM weather permitting. Mr Rosenberger, longtime Braddock Street M E Church leader, will turn the first earth with Rev W W McIntyre and Rev T M Swann as speakers. Choir will sing and a platform will host the program remarks.
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New South Winchester Methodist
Harry Balthis
Andret Ge
Rosenberger
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Church
Balthis
W. H. McIlwee
R. V. Whitehurst
South Winchester Church
Herman
Market Street M Church
Sany
T.M. Swann
George Butler
South Winchester Board
Herman Mc
Cannon Criticizes Apple Crop Estimates Policy
Representative Cannon criticizes the Agriculture Department for reporting total apple crops instead of commercial crops. He argues this harms growers by providing a price-lever for commission men and urges a return to estimating the size of the commercial crop as before last year.
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Washington
Cannon
D-Mo
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Appropriations Sub-Committee
Department
House
Commission
Church group opposes proposed Sunday laws in Delaware
The W. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church urged Delaware and Maryland legislators to reject bills legalizing Sunday movies loosening liquor laws and permitting Sunday bowling.
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Wilmington
Del
W. Conference of the Meth Episcopal Church
Delaware
Maryland
Farm Bill Fight Drives Higher Agriculture Budget
Washington committee rejects a 30 percent cut to farm benefit payments and pushes a $1.067 billion Agriculture Department bill for the year starting July 1. The package adds $244 million over the President’s request, including $500 million for soil conservation payments and $250 million for parity benefits, with weather and road budgets also adjusted.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Farm Credit Administration
Weather Bureau
President Roosevelt Advised to Rest Amid Cold
President Roosevelt, suffering another head cold, was advised to remain in his room most of the day. He planned to go to his office in the afternoon to confer with Acting Secretary Welles and Assistant Secretary Sayre and to receive 130 delegates from the conference of the Women’s National Democratic Clubs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Welles
Sayre
State Department
National Democratic Clubs
Russia Would Sign An Accord
London March 13 Soviet Russia notified Great Britain today it would sign a British sponsored declaration for immediate consultation among interested powers in case of possible German aggression. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff announced the decision in Moscow to Sir William Leeds the British ambassador.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Maxim Litvinoff
Moscow
William Leeds
Army to Expand Air Force to Six Thousand Planes
President Roosevelt's expected signature would authorize a 358 million expansion bill allowing the army to raise its aircraft to 6,000 by doubling its strength over two years. The measure funds equipment, training, and base buildup including Panama Canal defenses and a survey mission to the Caribbean for fortifications and a Puerto Rico air base.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Army High Command
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Senate
House
Barkley
D-Ky
LaFollette
Prog-Wis
Congress
Welles
South America
Pests Threaten Tobacco Industry in 1940 Appropriation Hearing
Washington dispatch reports that Congress was warned tobacco pests could cost the industry millions unless funds are provided for pest control. The warning came during published hearings of a House Sub Committee on the Agriculture Department appropriation for FY 1940.
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Washington
Congress
House
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt nominates Simpson as Hagerstown postmaster
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Thomas M. Simpson for postmaster of Hagerstown Maryland. The action was reported from Washington on March 23. Simpson is named to run the local postal office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas M. Simpson
Hagerstown
Japan and Italy Sign Cultural Treaty
TOKYO March 23 Japan and Italy concluded a cultural treaty facilitating exchange of cultural works via science art music literature theater photography and radio for mutual cooperation and understanding.
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Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Douglas a Medicine Ball Expert First Gymnast on High Court
Washington reports suggest that if Senate approves William O. Douglas for the Supreme Court he could become the first gymnast to serve on the bench. Friends note his fitness zeal while critics wonder about balancing athleticism with judicial restraint.
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Douglas
Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Senate
William Oo. Douglas
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Ems
Buckingham Palace
SEC
Hoover
Britain Faces Hitler Threat in Commons Debate
Prime Minister Chamberlain warned Germany may press beyond Europe amid calls for firm action. Eden urged conscription to halt expansion as Britain and France sought a mutual anti aggression pledge with Poland. Poland demanded military and financial commitments before signing.
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League of Nations
Alfred
Europe
Eden
Chamberlain
Commons
Anthony Eden
American Correspondents’ Association
Britain
Hitler
France
Poland
Soviet
Russia
Woman and mother attacked on lonely road in Maryland
A 74 year old woman and a 28 year old schoolteacher were assaulted on a rural county road near Ellicott City Maryland. A 28 year old man employed on a farm confessed to the attack and was arrested after the victims identified him. The assailant grabbed the women but they escaped after a struggle and the car door was forced open during the assault. A posse later found him at his sister's home 12 miles away.
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Ellicott City
Oward
C. Dorsey Hobbs
Elizabeth Zentner
Ada O'Donnell
Gibson
Conference To Be Held By Virginia Valley Central
The annual meeting of the Virginia Valley Central Conference of the Congregational Christian Church, led by Roy A. Larrick of Winchester, will convene March 30 at Bethlehem Church Ten Legion Rockingham. Rev. F C Lester of Eton College N C is principal speaker. Afternoon devotions led by Rev R A Whitten. Also planned is the annual Sunday School and Christian Endeavor conference in Winchester on June 8.
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Virginia Valley Central Conference
Congregational-Christian Church
Roy A. Larrick
Winchester
Bethlehem
Tenth Legion
Rockingham County
Larrick
F. C. Lester
Eton College
N. C. Ore
Roy D. Coulter
R. A. Whitten
Timber Ridge
Christian Endeavor Conference
Nomination of Judge Harry Balodner Reconfirmed
The committee today approved unanimously the renomination of Judge Harry Balodner to the Eastern Pennsylvania Federal District bench confirming strong support for his appointment.
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A. Conga Auib-Guppites
Wittee
Harry E. Balodner
Pennsylvania
Treaty Grants Slovakia Autonomous Sovereign State Status
Berlin reports a German Slovakia treaty declares Slovakia an autonomous sovereign state with its own foreign minister and diplomatic missions. Germany offers protection against attacks but does not establish a protectorate as with Bohemia Moravia. Slovakia will issue its own currency and run its own posts and telegraphs.
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Berlin
Germany
Slovakia
Bohemiand Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Budapest
Hitler
Cemetery search follows poison plot case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on March 23 a death sentence for spaghetti salesman Herman Petrillo, found guilty of murdering a WPA laborer, spurred investigators to exhume bodies in a probe into a supposed poison ring. Det. Samuel Riccardi said 70 known victims exist and 70 warrants will follow.
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Philadelphia
Herman Petrillo
WPA
Samuel S. Riccardi
Petrillo
Riccardi
Ferdinand Alfonsi
Ison
New York
New Jersey
Maryland Politician Tied to FCC Vacancy Speculation
The name of former Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland was mentioned today in speculation over who might be appointed to the vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission.
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Washington
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Federal Communications Commission
Hitler visits Memel seals Baltic annexation display
Adolf Hitler concluded a two hour Memel visit aboard the battleship Deutschland and then the torpedo boat Leopard leaving Memel as Lithuania yields the port. He urged unity under a greater Reich telling Memellanders they are frontiers of a strong Germany while denying harm to others.
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Memel
Adolf Hitler
Baltic
Leopard
Lithuania
Hitler
Germany
Volksgenossen
German Reich
Puehrer
Hitter
Poland
Deutschland
Potomac Edison workers injured in scaffold fall
Two men were injured when a scaffold broke at the Potomac Edison sub station in Frostburg Maryland. Joseph Ward 34 suffered two fractured ribs a fractured right wrist and finger abrasions. Harry Fuller 66 sustained several fractured ribs. Both men were taken to Miners Hospital.
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Frostburg
Potomac Edison
Joseph Ward
Welsh Hill
Harry Fuller
Bowery Street
Miners’ Hospital
Norway doubles navy recruits amid northern Europe tension
OSLO March 23. Norway decided to double its naval recruits to meet rising regional tension. Seven trained sailors were kept in service and new recruits begin duty April 1, doubling the number on active duty.
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Oslo
Norway
Europe
Rail freight cars rise slightly in latest weekly report
The Association of American Railroads said 594 566 revenue freight cars were loaded during the week ending last Saturday. This marks a rise of 2 877 cars or 0 5 percent from the prior week.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
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