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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1939
Page
8
Prince Frederick Maryland August reports locals angry over visitors’ clothing as Magistrate W W Duke notes no laws are being broken yet. Rural residents complain about attire from bay shore areas with concerns over too much or too little fabric revealing figures.
Prince Frederick locals debate beach attire amid a wave of public nudity. Residents, citing aesthetic concerns, say the display is inappropriate for Calvert County, which sits five miles from the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay.
Woodruff Randolph of Chicago, secretary treasurer of the International Typographical Union, accused AFL President William Green and the AFL executive council of "cheap dramatics" after Frank Morrison read a resolution from Atlantic City. Randolph said the STU considered IWA suspension conditional, not automatic, and condemned the phrasing used by Green in press reports.
In Ballarat a nine year old boy William Sur ridge swallowed a shilling sixpence and threepence he held in his mouth after being drawn to a performer in a shop. An operation saved him. Seven killed in London by lightning and a heavy storm. Sixty-eight injured. Also a note on saving money via classified ads for groceries.
Washington reports a significant opium influx tied to Japanese held China and Shanghai areas. State Department expert Stuart Fuller says heroin found in U S illicit traffic largely originates from the Japanese concession at Tientsin and blends Chinese and Iranian opiums. He notes most opium comes from China and cites rising seizures.
A lifeguard from the Municipal Swimming Pool located the drowned man in Hogue's Creek near Front Royal Virginia on Sunday after a Friday night drowning. Roger Schlosser Jr. located the body in about six feet of water weighted with a rock. He is known for water safety instruction and swimming skill.
A whale struck the oxford near Auckland and was killed by a propeller. No harm came to the boat or crew. The incident occurred on August 21.
Fifteen thousand Mexican families are expected to return to Mexico this year in response to President Cardenas plea. They are offered 20 acres of irrigated land or 50 acres non irrigated. In Texas at Mt Bleasant oil company drills on school grounds.
Federal grand jury charges Abe Shushan with using the mails to defraud along with four New Orleans leaders over nearly 400000 in fraudulent fees tied to refinancing bonds of the New Orleans Levee Board. Also named are Herbert Wagnespack Robert J Newman Norvin T Harris and Henry J Miller. Dr James Monroe Smith faces income tax evasion charges. Mount Morgan hill in Australia has yielded 125000000 in gold from prospectors at 5 per acre.
Washington Aug 22 The treasury announced the arrest of two Japanese residents of Los Angeles for attempted exportation of pistols and ammunition to Japan. The men faced charges in federal court and were taken into custody pending further proceedings.
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