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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1948
Page
10
Pictured Bulgarian diplomat presented credentials to President SLittie in a scene tied to a sequence of clues including 14 Receipts 15 Run 16 Compass point and 19 Golf mound. The garbled OCR reads like a word puzzle with scattered terms across 2 previews and a stray note on a Brazilian macaw.
A bridge column explains artificial club bids and their outcomes. The expert analysis follows a hand where South opens artificial clubs, North shows five clubs, and the play unfolds with strategic finesses and trumps. The narrative cites Oswald Jacoby on odds and concludes with a six trick contract.
Maryland farmers could cut about 40000 to 400000 dollars from their 1948 tractor fuel bill by proper carburetor adjustments. Extension engineer Guy Gienger notes average tractors waste 3 to 130 gallons yearly and cites causes such as improper settings and temperature. Recommendations include clean fuel, not storing gasoline long, correct carburetor tuning, and following the operator manual. He emphasizes engine temperatures and safe adjustment practices and invites 4-H youth to tractor maintenance programs and a talk at Walkersville High School on April 5th with a tractor care movie.
In Brattleboro Vt and Frederick Md readers weigh in on whether to retain the margarine tax. Respondents from city and Camp Detrick split, with most opposing repeal citing competition with butter while two defend keeping it. A dairy cow in Frederick records 428 pounds butterfat in 313 days. The NYSE trading volume fell from 263.7 million in 1846 to 253.6 million in 1947.
The Agriculture Department reports farmers plan larger plantings of principal crops and livestock feed crops to ease a recent feed shortage. A bumper feed crop this year could lift meat and livestock output next year, with total acreage around 361 million acres, about 3.2 million more than last year, but still about one percent below the government goal.
Baltimore March 394 J Mil ton Patterson director of the State Department of Public Welfare reports a notable rise in women losing jobs. He cites this factor as a reason for higher public assistance payments totaling 1 041 549 in February up from January marking the third straight month above the million dollar level. The biggest jump is in aid to dependent children due to illness disablement and parental job loss. The Board of Public Works has allotted the department 387 000 to cover a prospective budget deficit for the fiscal year ending July 1. February costs rose by 11 000 but may ease in spring.
Greensboro March 19 A U S court today refused to reduce a three year sentence for Hugh N Rakes Leesburg Virginia dairyman. Rakes was convicted in the Fredericksburg bank case charged with aiding and abetting misapplication of between 400000 and 500000 by William R Gardner executive VP Planters branch Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fredericksburg. Attorneys for Rakes offered juror petitions seeking leniency arguing acquittals of other defendants would have changed the verdict. American railroads carry a billion passengers and 2500000000 tons for freight each year.
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