Floods claim near 200 in Southern California toll rises
Los Angeles reports an evolving death toll from a two day rainstorm and floods as mud and debris turned streets to chaos. Casualties number 74 bodies found with 56 identified and 122 still missing while isolation lingers in Orange and Riverside counties. Thousands endure homelessness and ongoing flood damage while authorities tally deaths across Los Angeles San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
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Youth Rejuvenation Fluid Reports Promising Results
Baltimore March 4 A Johns Hopkins Hospital study of a synthetic male sex hormone showed promising outcomes after two years on seventeen patients. Dr Samuel A West and Dr John Eager Howard announced the findings noting extremely satisfactory results and potential as a youth treatment.
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Two Recalled Envoys In Moscow Conspiracy
In Moscow a secret ink letter linked two recalled Soviet ambassadors to a treason plot in a sprawling conspiracy trial. D V Bogomoloff former envoy to China recalled from Nanking last September is named, as is Dr Constantine Yourenoff recalled from Berlin.
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Percheron Horse Breeders Tour Planned in Frederick County
One thousand invitations were issued for a Frederick County Percheron breeders tour on March 12. The event, by the Percheron Association of Frederick County with support from the Frederick Chamber of Commerce, will visit multiple farms from the Fair Grounds to Tyrconnel Farms Knoxville, featuring horses of other breeds along the route. The association lists about 300 registered Percherons among thirty member breeders and states Frederick County as a strong breeding region with rich pastures and streams. Officers include Luther C. Powell, John M. Crum, and Henry R. Shoemaker. The group meets Monday to finalize tour plans.
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Liability and payment duties in lease assignment case
The text analyzes who is liable when a lease is assigned. Jones remains bound by his express rent obligation, and Brown is liable because the assignee owes the lessor the total rent, even if the lease states otherwise. Smith cannot recover the full amount from both Jones and Brown. It also notes that most ducks in the United States are Pekin variety.
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Hog Receipts Down Prices Continue Up
Hog receipts dwindled to a small volume for this time of year while prices rose 15 to 25 cents, topting at $9.80 per hundredweight, highest since last November. The run totaled 10,000 head, 1,000 below forecast and 3,000 under last week, offsetting Lent’s bearish effect. Cattle and sheep markets were weak or unchanged amid light cattle and large sheep supplies. Wheat futures fell nearly 3 cents amid weak demand and favorable domestic moisture. Frigate Bird wings are notably large relative to body size.
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Phoebus Trial Before Nice Ends
Baltimore March 4 Labor Commissioner Harry T Phoebus trial on malfeasance charges concluded late today Gov Harry T Nice said he would study four days of testimony and decide soon Kimble urged removal while Phoebus denied any irregularities and alleged a witness was warned not to testify with questioned testimony noted for the record
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Wage-Hour Plan May Fail At Present Session
President Roosevelt voiced doubt that the wage hour bill can pass Congress this year while reaffirming core aims. He noted opposition from Southern lawmakers who fear harm to regional industries and said a sub committee may redo the bill. He marked five years since his inauguration, urging progress on financial stability purchasing power and ending special privileges.
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Jackson Confirmed By One-Sided Vote
Washington March 4 An overwhelming 62 to 4 Senate vote confirmed Robert H Jackson for Solicitor General. The 46 year old New Yorker, already an assistant Attorney General, sharply criticized big business and helped draft plans to curb monopoly. He will replace Stanley F Reed, a Supreme Court justice, and will defend congressional enactments before the high tribunal.
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Frederick County Commissioners Hear Assessment Hearings
Frederick County Commissioners held a district hearing on reassessments by the Board of Assessors in Mt. Pleasant district. About twenty property owners spoke, objecting to high assessments with few changes reported. Four to five days are needed for hearings in Frederick district as reassessment work continues. Grayson H. Mercer and Ernest C. Speaks lead the effort. New assessments will appear on the 1939 county and State tax bills after hearings and notification to property owners.
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Archduke Otto and the Austria Hungary question item
Archduke Otto, son of the late Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary. False. Leader of tribesmen fighting British in India. By tolls and the profit government might make on land it bought along the routes. Rights to sign legal papers and to have bank accounts.
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Son of the newest electric kitchen stoves have cigarette lighters
A readable fragment notes that the latest electric kitchen stoves include cigarette lighters as a feature. The item appears in a brief appliance update column from an era when electric stoves gained popularity.
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