Lead Poisoning Blamed For Death Of Walts Herd
A Millsville area farm near Ijamsville reports eleven cows dead from suspected lead poisoning after cattle feed ground in a hammermill was used to grind Venetian red lead based paint. Charles T Brandenburg values losses near $1000, with several cows still at risk. A veterinarian cites possible link to the mill with mixed feed and molasses, while hogs and chickens fed the same mix fared better. State vet tests may follow to confirm cause.
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Charles T. Brandenburg
Ijamsville
Brandenburg
Bernard J. McClellan
McClellan
Eviction Fight Involving 23 Ez Potomac Street In Circuit Court
The V. Kaplan Co of Brunswick seeks rent and distraint while Homer A. Jones and wife Geraldine Jones seek an injunction to void a bill of sale. Testimony shows a $469 cash offer for three months rent declined to $88.50, sparking court action and jurisdiction transfer. Patrick M. Schnauffer and Robert E. Clapp Jr. represent the Joneses. H Kieffer DeLauter for Kaplan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Kaplan Co
Brunswick
Ez Potomac Street
Arthur D. Willard
Homer A. Jones
Jones
Geraldine S. Jones
Kaplan
William H. Campbell
Campbell
Myer Kaplon
Fim
Victor Kaplon
Circuit Court
Kaplen
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Kaplan Company
Colorful eggs lure color minded customers
George Black of Arcola feeds his hens harmless dyes to produce multi colored eggs. He says the dyes do not alter flavor and are aimed at attracting buyers in Bloomington, Illinois, as reported by AP from February 25.
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Bright
Bloomington
George Black
Arcola
Black
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Summary
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am yesterday none. February to date 71 inches. February normal 295 inches, 1937 actual 146 inches. Deficiency in 1938 February to date 1.51 inches. Yesterday high 40, two years ago 43. Last night low 19, a year ago 29. Sun sets 5.47 pm, rises tomorrow 7.01 am. Moon rises 9.27 pm, sets tomorrow 8.15 am.
Taber Presses Team Work to Meet Threats
Louis 3 Taber, leader of the Nations Grange, appears in America to fund his own business and urges team work and common sense over turmoil. He calls for farm and home week sessions as defense against alien influences and argues democracy faces a major clash with totalitarianism.
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Kihheeans Nloy
Louis 3. Taber
the Nations Grange
América
Taber
Power House of Defense
Masons Honor GeO Washington Masons 10 Honor GEO
Close to 306 masons are expected to attend Washington's Birthday celebration and anniversary of the Constitution observed by Lynch Lodge No. 163 in the Masonic Temple Thursday evening. Congressman Samuel E. Pettingill of Indiana will be the speaker after a turkey dinner at six and the lodge address at 7:30.
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Washington
Lynch Lodge
Congressman Pettingill
James Roosevelt
Pettingill
South Bend
Ind
Portland
Ore
Grafton
Vermont Academy
Saxton's River
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Yale University
St Joseph
Ind. Bar Association
Indiana Bar Association
American Bar Association
Board of Education
House
Market Slips And Then Almost Stops
New York stock market eased through the morning and slowed near a halt as prices dipped from the day’s low. By midafternoon gains were small and losses persisted with traders awaiting clearer guidance. Foreign exchange opened with the pound at $5.03, up fractions.
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New York
WPA Road Work Transport Policy Stands Firm
Officials stated there would be no transportation for workers transferring from Point of Rocks to a Broad Run project. About 40 percent live near Point of Rocks, 40 percent in Sunnyside, and 20 percent elsewhere. some own cars and may carpool. Long routes possible in bad weather, but no transport authority exists.
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Broad Run
Point of Rocks
WPA
Point of Rocks-Jefferson
Catoctin Mountain
Project
Sunnyside
Broad Run Project
Jefferson
Jefferson Pike
Ballenger Creek
Frederick
Petersville
State Roads Commission
44 Hour Work Week Law Under Court Ban
Harrisburg Pa February 16 AP A Dauphin county court granted an injunction restraining Pennsylvania from enforcing its 44 hour work week law. The act enacted by the 193% legislature became effective December 1 with enforcement delayed to January 1 for conformity. Over 600 firms challenged the law and the judge ordered the Industrial Board to refrain from enforcing or expending Commonwealth funds on enforcement until further hearing or order. A state appeal to the Supreme Court is expected. The state already has a 44 hour week for women in effect since September, not yet challenged.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
W. C. Sheely
Pennsylvania Industrial Board
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Woman And Her Ninth Husband Separated
Virginia Overshiner Cogswell Bromley reported she was on the verge of losing her ninth husband after a weekend of married life. The Georgia native said Charles R. Bromley of Atlanta, with whom she eloped to Elkson, Ald., last Saturday, excused himself for a phone call Monday night and did not return. She planned to seek an annulment.
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New York
Virginia
Cogswell Bromley
Georgia
Charles R. Bromley
Atlanta
Elkson
Ald
Move to limit debate fails in Senate
The Senate rejected the move to limit debate on the anti lynching bill by a 48 to 42 vote. The vote foreshadowed continued filibuster and prolongation of the stalled measure despite emphasis on emergency relief funds of 250000 dollars discussed for Kentucky.
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Washington
Senate
Frederick plans Harpers Ferry park site for Civil War history
Frederick citizens and representatives from three states will meet in Harpers Ferry to discuss a 1300 acre national historic site. A. B. Cammerer of the National Park Service will join discussions with lawmakers and local officials on land acquisition and potential extension of the Skyline Drive through Bolivar Loudoun and Maryland heights.
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Virginia
Frederick
Chamber of Commerce and Service Clubs
M. J. Croghan
Skyline Drive
Harpers Ferry School House
National Park Service
National Parks
Harpers Ferry
Randolph
Maryland
Loudoun
Bolivar Heights
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Must Not Kill More Ducks Than Produced Must Not Kill More Ducks Than Produced
Baltimore February 16 AP The United States Biological Survey aims to protect breeding game stocks and fairly distribute hunting rights. Dr Ira N Gabrielson chief urged restraint to allow a restoration program, noting duck numbers increased this year but cautioning limits to six to ten million birds annually nationwide.
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Baltimore
United States
Biological Survey
Ira N. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Harry Grove dies suddenly at his home here
Four weeks of heart illness culminated in a fatal attack on James Harry Grove at his East Patrick street home. Aged 74, he owned a trucking business and longtime chief marshal of the Frederick Fair, also active in local agricultural groups. Survived by wife Jessie Strailman Grove and sister Carrie Grove Humm. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from his residence. burial at ML Olivet.
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James Harry Grove
East Patrick Street
Mr. Grove
Reuben
Catherine Mercer Grove
Frederick
Benjamin F. Reich
Hughes, Ford
Grove
Frederick Fair
Frederick County Agricultural Society
ML Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Checks Delays In Unemployment Benefit Reach Local Applicants
Many unemployment checks are overdue in Baltimore due to heavy application volume and new program complexities. McCardell says some totally unemployed for three weeks will get back payments in the third week, with payments following the two week waiting period after registration. Maryland offices handled 290000 claims in January. Frederick Carroll County office processed 7760 claims. Local staff report long interviews needed for registration. five Baltimore assistants aided 112 registrations, with 237 more scheduled. The office posted the highest private placements per staff member among eleven state offices, with 50 placements in January and 122 per December. Active files total 2716 names, with 266 new applications, 728 renewals, and 1298 reinterviews.
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Baltimore
Albert N. McCardell
Unemployment Compensation Board
McCardell
Maryland
Frederick, Carroll County
Charles N. Staley
Carroll County
Staley
Westminster
Hyattsville
Salisbury
Staf
Frederick
Sfty
Sem Jed
Three Held In Theft Of Auto Near Ellicott City
State Officer J A West arrested Floyd H Jackson 24 Lawrence N E Howard Parmeter 24 Lodi N D and Sidney Delepine 22 Beaver Creek Ore after a gas station hold up in Ellicott City. They confessed to stealing a car in Oswego Kansas January 9 and driving 7000 miles. The suspects were fingerprinted and tied to the Kansas theft for later trial.
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Ellicott City
J. A. West
New Market
Floyd H. Jackson
Lawrence
Howard Parmenter
Lodi
Sid_ney Delepine
Beaver Creek
Ore
Frederick
Jackson
New York
Oswego
Kans
Eva Sewrite
Wichita
J. K. Cushna
Kansas
Van Nuys defies foes in Indiana for reelection
Washington reports Senator Van Nuys a Democrat from Indiana, a leading foe of the Roosevelt court bill, will run again via an independent committee of 100,000. He says no official or politician can dictate his retirement and hints at running independent if denied the Democratic nomination. Syracuse U plans a reenactment of constitutional convention costumes.
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Washington
van Nuys
Indiana
Roosevelt Court Bilg
Senate
van Nurs
van N
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Austria’s Cabinet Opens to Nazis After Amnesty Move
Anxious Europe watches as Austria’s anti Nazi Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg meets Hitler in guarded secrecy. Nazi sympathizers gain cabinet posts and over 2,000 imprisoned Nazis are freed, linking Austria’s fate to Rome Berlin axis amid Britain’s debate on protection of Austrian independence.
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Associated Press
Europe
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Germany
Hitler
England
London
Anthony Eden
Britain
House of Commons
Marines Turn Back Jap Patrol In Shanghai Standoff
U S Marines repelled a 13 man Japanese patrol twice more at Shanghai's International Settlement as authorities discussed authority in the sector. Japanese censors threaten the post office as Lunghai railway advances loom toward Hankow amid China’s crumbling resistance to the Japanese onslaught north of the Yellow River.
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Shanghai
United States
A. M. Chape- Tain
Post Office
Lunghai
Yellow River
Hankow
China
Japan
Sunghai Railway
Social Security payments rise to 2,023,207 for 76,775 claimants
The Social Security Board announced that 2,023,207 has been certified for 76,775 claimants since January 1937 when the old age insurance program began. January payments averaged 31.68 dollars, about double the average through August. Pennsylvania led with 2,929 certified claims in January, totaling 259,1358. Maryland reported 1,379 claims totaling 37,1423.
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Washington
Bob
Social Security Board
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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Arthur ¥. Casselman
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
Hood College
Tuesay
Mary Gerhard
North Japan College
Frank Mof
Taneytown
Shook
Frederick County
Rinehart
Frances L. Parsley
Miami
Fla
Quits Hospital
Memphis
Dean Noe
Virginia Cogswell
Elkton
Bill Foe
Syracuse University
Schuschnigg
Vienna
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