Dairy Profit Probes Reach Distributors Under New Agreement
Federal officials and dairy firms push for scrutiny of distributor payments and profits as a Philadelphia campaign questions alleged price excess. A visitor from Washington hinted a certified public accountant would review distributor books to determine if profits exploit consumers and farmers under the new terms.
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Adred
Tarmere
Fete Questonnaires
Washington
Philadelphia
Farmers Trip to Century of Progress Exposition Chicago
Maryland Extension officials and the Maryland Farm Bureau plan a trip to Chicago to view agricultural exhibits at the Century of Progress and to visit the American Farm Bureau Federation headquarters and related agricultural institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers of Wash
University ‘of Maryland’ Extension Service
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
Baltimore
Century of Progress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Scouts Seek Volunteers for Historical Character Research
The notice calls for volunteers to assist in research on a historical character. Applicants must be accurate, follow theories, and be ready for adventure. Scoutmasters’ permission is required. Applications accepted at the Scout office at 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 28. Taumontite is a hydrated calcium aluminium silicate that crystallises in the monoclinic system.
Fatal Storm Casualties Reported in Maryland
The Baltimore dispatch lists storm victims and missing in Maryland on Wednesday. Names include Sergeants Downing and Barkey of Fort George G. Meade, Roy Stoddard of Rawlings and Baltimore, Addison Dryden a construction foreman, A. H Bryde and J. H. Faye, plus others drowned at Elkridge Oak Mills Bear Creek and Hooper Island with several missing.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Downing
Barkey
George G. Meade
Elkridge
Roy Stoddard
Rawlings
Addison Dryden
Salisbury
A. H Bryde
Washington
J. H. Faye
Perryville
Tuxedo
Walter Parrish
Oak Mills
Bear, Creeks
James Tqain
Charles Riggin
Hooper Island
Demurrers Set For Argument On September Date
Demurrers filed by Dr. Perry F. Prather and J. Vincent Jamison Jr. to the answers of John D. Dunn and Clyde E. Brewer will be argued in court Tuesday September 5 subject to approval by Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan and Associate Judge Albert A. Doub who must travel from Cumberland to preside. Dunn and Brewer answered petitions for writs of mandamus filed two months earlier seeking removal of the street commissioners and reinstatement of the petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr
John D. Dunn
Clyde E. Brewer
D. Lindley Sloan
Albert’ A. Doub
Cumberland
Dunn
Deaths in Springfield and nearby towns noted
Margaret A Breitvreiser died at Springfield State Hospital aged 78. Survived by daughter Effie I Kreisinger of Hagerstown. Funeral announcements pending. Grant Van Goshen, about 70, found dead in Al Hetver home near St. Paul after living there. Coroner ruled natural causes after review. Van Goshen leaves two brothers Farney of Berkeley Springs and EB Van Goshen of Martinsburg. William A Marks 3%, died suddenly in Penns Grove New Jersey. Survived by mother Lena Marks and multiple siblings. Funeral announcements pending. burial in local city.
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Margaret A. Breitvreiser
Springfield State Hospital
Effie I. Kreisinger
Haegerstown
Grant van Geshan
al Hetver
St. Paul
Charles Kreigh
Clearspring
W. Bruce Downin
van Goshen
Fiarney
Berkeley’ Springs
EB. J. van Goshen
Martinsburg
Wiliam A. Marks
Pennsgrove
N. J
Lena Marks
Clarence M
Paul I
Charles E
Cecil H. Woodrow W
J. P. Smith
Virginia L
Gladys M
Maryland coast ravaged as storms isolate islands
Reports from Salisbury and surrounding areas describe heavy damage across Maryland and Virginia islands near the coast. Walls of water and washed tracks hinder communication while Hog Island and Wallops Island are cited as severely affected with possible drownings and station destruction.
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Salisbury
Maryland
Virginia
Coast Guard
Wallops Island
Hog Island
Hagerstown pageant tops legion convention lineup
Thousands of Legionnaires bands and troops flood Hagerstown for a grand pageant at the Fairgrounds. Major General Paul B. Malone and Colonel George Trams address the banquet at Masonic Temple. Lieut Graves arrives from Camp Meade with tanks for the mammoth exhibit and the evening parade features many units in marching order.
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Hagerstown
Algo
Tank Corps
Thhe Masonic Temple
Paul B. Malone
Third Corps
George Trams
United States Veterans Bureau
Fairgrounds
Graves
Camp Meade
Mneap
Legon
First Infantry
Frederick
Cumberland
Jiageh Field Artillery
Legionnaires
Ocean City Storm Ravages Boardwalk and Homes
Ocean City battled a fierce storm as waves flooded the city and tore away boardwalk sections. A 150 foot inlet formed south of the city, with another offshore channel possible. Rescue crews saved the Bradford family and capture stories of heroism as 100 workers clear streets and lines while residents salvage belongings.
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Brom
Jas
Bradford
Coast Guard
Teddy Laurie
Roy Jarvis
Robert Willis
Thomas Hastings
Blades Bishop
Sam MuLane
Anthony Quillen
Cyrus Jarman
William JW. McCabe
McCabe
Ocean City
Western Maryland Railroad Restores Service After Washouts
The Western Maryland Railroad resumes operations on its division from Baltimore to Hagerstown after repairing washouts caused by the Monocacy River flood. Train No. 1 arrives about 6 56 from Baltimore. No. 6 departs on schedule. Damage estimates pending, with crews clearing the heaviest washouts between Thurmont and Emory Grove.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Tra
Baltimore
Monocacy River
A. M. Smith
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Emory Grove
Pair Found Dead in Havana Hotel Room
In Havana on August 25 authorities found the bodies of a man identified as Worth H. Seldman 45 of Sarasota Florida and a 13 year old girl Mary Ann Shefferd. The man reportedly shot the girl and then died by his own hand. Claudia Jones of Largo Florida stated they arrived from Miami by plane two weeks earlier and that the man registered under the name Edwards.
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Havana
Worth H. Seldman
Sarasota
Fla
Mary Ann Shefferd
Claudia Jones
Largo
Fis
Miami
Edwards
Airt
Hagerstown Mardi Gras plans extended into fall week
The Hagerstown Summer Mardi Gras will continue into a fall week with General Chairman John T. Myerly announcing it. Events run daily with daytime activities and evening dances, a mutt show judged by A B Thomas, and a planned public wedding to attract wide publicity involving a 62 year old groom and 22 year old bride who will be unnamed.
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Hagerstown
John T. Myerly
Lane
A. B. Thomas
Mrerly
American Legion
Fairgrounds
Mardi Graz
Potomac Edison Company
Willow Lane
Texas Votes Tomorrow On Repeal Issue
Last minute appeals split the camp as Texans prepare to vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and legalizing beer manufacturing and sales. U S Senator Morris Sheppard leads the prohibition side while Governor James E Ferguson and Rep Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr back repeal.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
Dallas
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr
Extradition Sought for Samuel Insull in Greece
Athens reported that the American government reasked the extradition of Samuel Insull who sought refuge in Greece after utility troubles in the United States. Also notes about 450 unemployed registering at the National Re-employment Service center and Roosevelt signing the rayon weavers code. Ocean City traffic expected to normalize by sunset per Maryland official.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
United States
National Re-employment Service
New York Markets Rally On Fed Security Purchases
New York trading opened with Brocks and commodity markets getting a fresh boost as the Federal Reserve system stepped up government securities purchases to widen the credit base under the N R A drive. The 12 central banks bought 35 million dollars of Federal issues in the week ending Wednesday, more than triple the recent averages. Shares rose 1 dollar to 96 in a brisk early rally.
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New.york
Federal Reserve
Ite
N. R
Apples Hit by Wind Damage in Mid Atlantic Belt
Windstorm damages about one third of the apple crop in the Shenandoah Cumberland Potomac belt affecting Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania totaling about 4 600 000 barrels with bruised fruit unlikely to grade as No 1. Peach orchards also lost much of their remaining commercial crop and none of the damage is insured due to windstorm policy gaps.
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Shehandoah- Cumberland-Potomac
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Clean up under floodlights after Crescent derailment
Two wrecking crews reported an almost complete cleanup of the Crescent wreckage after a derailment over the Anacostia river. The Pennsylvania bridge remains out, routing rail traffic from New York around the site. Seven of thirteen injured were released from Washington Hospitals. two in serious condition.
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Washington
Crack Crescent Limited
Anacostia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Railway
New York
Chicago Grain Market Quotation Report and Local Incident
A Chicago grain market quotation feature from The Sticker Sales Corporation lists prices while a separate note reports Miss Eleanor Kearney, a chorus girl, was jailed for intoxication and disturbance after an incident with a temmiliceman's cap.
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Eleanor Kearney
Chicago
Temmiliceman
Toll of Storm in Pennsylvania Leaves 14 Dead
The northeastern storm across Pennsylvania causes widespread damage. Rail and highway communications are restoring slowly as rivers and creeks flood and more bridges are washed away. Berks County reports about 9,600 homeless, while the Schuylkill River area's devastation extends to the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
State Highway Department
Dewere
Weikenad
Homéleaz -In- Berks County
Schuylkill River
Delaware River
Penny Hard Hit and Reading Floods Describe Coastal Disaster
A New York priest drowned while trying to wave marooned parsons at Mt Temper as a fierce storm floods the coast. The ship City of Norfolk stuck in mud, trains wrecked, and many small boats abandoned. Virginia suffered 11 dead and multi-state casualties totaling dozens with property losses around three million dollars.
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Switzerland
New York
Thisbost
Parsons
Mt. Temper
Norfolk
Poes- Smoke Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Ocean View
Virelnia Beach
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Re-nominated President Heads Maryland Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Ow ena Wheatley of Cambridge was unanimously renominated for 1933 34 as president of the Department of Maryland American Legion Auxiliary. Nominations were made for state officers including first and second vice presidents, treasurer and historian, with district directors also named. A parley dinner and reception were scheduled as part of the meeting activities.
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Ben
Milton A
Ithe American Legion
Tears Win for Women in Court
In Chicago on August 25 a veteran lawyer advised that tears in a woman witness’s eyes signal failure for the attorney during cross examination. Gay H. Brown, former New York Supreme Court justice, delivered the remark to members of the International Association of Life Insurance Counsel.
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Chicago
Interrmational Association of Life Insurance
Gay H. Brown
Supreme Court’ Justice
New York
Mao
De Cepedes Declares New Elections After Ousting Machado Regime
Provisional President De Cepedes seized power in Havana and issued a decree to erase Machado era remnants. He dissolved congress and announced elections set for February 24, 1934.
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Havana
de Ceepedes
Machado
Congress
Ioe
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