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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1941
Page
6
The Maryland Industrial Accident Commission began distributing about 5000 placards detailing required procedures after accidents. Chairman Charles E. Moylan said notices must reach employers quickly and outlined filing rules, time limits, and penalties for noncompliance.
Dr C H Halliday of the State Health Department said the March measles outbreak in Maryland is abating as most susceptible individuals have already had the disease. Weather conditions are noted to have little effect on measles and the infection remains fairly evenly scattered across the state.
The wartime rush to preparedness brings back wooden ships in Maryland. Sail and motor boats repair, new builds rise, and small vessels take on coastwise duties to support defense, with crews drawn from Baltimore yards and port towns along the bay.
A weather crop report notes mild early April with a cold March the coldest since 1916. Weeks mentions good color in wheat rye barley and grasses, greening by late March except in the Allegheny region. Early potatoes peas and clover sown on the Eastern Shore as rains on April 1 2 and 5 improved surface soil and grain growth.
Weeks reports grains and grasses greening well with good to excellent yields. Wheat and rye are solid, barley good to excellent, pastures fair to good. Wheat reaches six to eight inches, early crops advance, and peach and pear trees in the eastern half have budded. Last December was the mildest since 1931, January and February were moderately cold, and March was the coldest since 1916 without severe cold.
Southern States Cooperative announces a 500 word essay contest on What Southern States Can Do to Better Serve Farmers of Tomorrow. W G Wyser says prizes range 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 dollars with entries due by May 12 directed to H P Martin in Richmond Virginia. The organization has 1088 junior board members across Virginia Maryland Delaware West Virginia and North Carolina.
Junior board members in Dorchester County include B. B. Brinsfield Jr Herman Boog Reginald Sellers John Baumgartner Vienna Fred Eberspacher Jr Daniel Rue John Gore Jr Ellis Eskridge and Elvin Thomas Cambridge.
County delegates join 400 to 500 attending the Improved Order of Red Men in Frederick for the 106th Maryland council session. Edwin C. Wilcox of Dayton Ohio Great Tneohonee will speak April 24 and install new officers.
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