Big flood eases as roads and railways resume normal service
Western and Southern Maryland recover from flooding with B&O rail service back on schedule and highways reopen except for some washouts and bridge losses. Repairs will be costly but needed. Cumberland and surrounding towns restore utilities, inoculations proceed, and Red Cross aids flood victims while priority work begins on furnaces wiring and meters. Fredericksburg endures tank fires and a fatality as river floodwaters subside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay. 1
Associated Press Railroad
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Caaimar
Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Cumberland
Free State
Red Cross
Lonaconing
Whitman
Raade! Commission
Cry
Ayrshires Sold at Rocky Ridge Farm Sale
Eight cows from one of the county's Ayrshire herds with calves sold at an average price over 300 dollars at the sale conducted by Harry, Valentine and Sons on Thursday at Rocky Ridge farm. The ten next highest heifers averaged over 200 dollars. Calves under six weeks brought up to 70 dollars. Three bulls averaged about 6200 dollars.
Britain Reclaims Derelict Lands for Food Production
Britain, in a wartime push to free shipping for vital needs, reports reclaiming 3000 acres of derelict marshland in Norfolk for crops. Twenty one workers manage 3000 acres with low wages, long hours, and steady seven day operations. A 400 acre Sussex wheat field also transformed from derelict land supports the national effort.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Massy
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Pontine
Norfolk
Ustless
British Isles
Sussex Downs
England
Women's Land Army
O'Conor Probes Liquor License Appeals System
Gov O'Conor orders immediate inquiry into liquor license appeal procedures and calls for jurist led review. Speaker Conlon assigns another investigation, favoring courts for final say while noting past cases like Chanticleer show administrative reversals without new evidence.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O'Conor
Thomas E. Conlon
House of Delegates
Legislative Council
O'Conor
Cumberland
Conlon
Chanticleer
Charles Street
Board of Liquor License Commissioners of
Alcoholic Beverage License Appeal Board
Frank P. Bratten
Silver Spring
Balti More Board
Joseph H. A. Rogan
Bratten
Appeal Board
L. Franklin Purnell
Ocean City
W. Clinton McSherry
Frederick
Formet
Sixth Judicial Circuit
State Board
West North Avenue
Feed Best Quality Of Hay Available For Calves
College Park reports dairy nutritionist Dr. L A Moore of the University of Maryland urges feeding the best leafy green hay rich in carotene for young calves. He notes vitamin A is vital from birth to four months, urges liberal feeding of good hay to keep plasma carotene high, and warns poorer hay limits intake during early weaning.
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College Park
L. A. Moore
University of Maryland
Moore
Dairy Nutrition Laboratories
U S Bureau May Be Set Up In This City
A possible wartime U S government bureau may be housed in Frederick. The Frederick Chamber of Commerce said space has been surveyed for 25 clerks and families, with duties under the War Department. Washington experts expect action within 30 days as investigators consider Frederick and nearby towns for relocation.
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South
Gilmore Street
State Board
Bratten
McSherry
Frederick
Baltimore
Lqeel Chamber of Commerce
G. Horton Peace
Chamber
Washington
Capitol Area
Peace
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol
Hagerstown
War Department
Lespedeza Hay Raises Calf Blood Carotene Levels
The article reports that annual lespedeza hay has high carotene content, higher than alfalfa, and increases blood plasma carotene in calves fed this hay. It notes lespedeza was successfully used as dairy hay throughout winter in the University herd.
Massive RAF daylight raid razes Le Creusot armament works
London reports a seven minute daylight assault on the Schneider armament works at Le Creusot in occupied France. RAF Mosquito bombers and American Fortresses led a precise strike, with minimal losses and heavy damage claimed to critical German war material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Schneider
le Creusot
France
A. T. Harris
Bomber Command
Ab Lille
al Waa
Krupp
Essen
Vichy
Jap bombing raid over France and air battles described
Casualty figures vary between unofficial Vichy and Berlin reports with 80 killed and 200 wounded cited. British accounts confirm one bomber down, due to a transformer strike at Henripaut supplying a Schneider plant. RAF followed with fighter sweeps over Northern France. one German bomber shot down off the French coast.
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Vichy
Scarch Por Thane
Berlin
Henripaut
Schneider
Air Ministry
le Creurot
Thane
RAF
France
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Rappahannock
Ned
Nathan Gardner
Virginia
Virginia Electric and Power
Josiah Rowe
Free Lance Star
NEA Service
By Faul Manning
O’conor
State License Bureau
U.S
Earl
U. S
Loire
Atlas Evangelical and Reformed
Lewistown
Eiaie Smith
Frances Snaith
S. R Kresge
Jesus
Frank Martz
Murray Barker
Joseph Clem
Madeling Lenhart
Cheater Lenhart
Frank Mariz
Austin Kipp
Merri] Remsberg
Walter Keyser
China
Manchukuo
United States
Europe
U. S. Navy
R. Sanders
Sanders
US Air Force
Nea
Vern Haugland
MacArthur
Helena, Mont
Independent
New Guinea
Associated Press
Haugland
Shreveport, la
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