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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1938
Page
3
A sports note from a Maryland area paper remarks on fan behavior at a recent game. It cites Don Budge as a potential pro and warns that fans who yelled and threw objects would ruin the contest if he goes pro and earns big money.
The piece reflects on mass production and workers, noting Hudson Motors hiring 6000 more over ten weeks to produce a lower price car, plus Don Budge’s disappointing Sydney exhibition loss to Baron von Cramm. It defends Budge’s effort and calls for fair treatment of athletes who perform under pay.
A long editorial discusses the U S unemployment census noting the method flaws and undercount risks. It cites John D Biggers and the U S Employment Service plan to register jobseekers and use the decennial census as a reliability check while questioning the digit by digit accuracy of unemployment figures. It notes more people may be out of work since November and highlights the need for action to put workers back to work. It also mentions a Brazilian political situation with Fascism concerns and a light humorous aside on a long married couple.
Fragmented OCR of a crossword with numerous garbled clues. Readable entries hint at across and down hints including animal terms, measurements, and common words. The legibility is poor with many mis-spellings and stray characters.
Washington Daybook surveys historical payouts by governments after American deaths abroad. It cites Panay casualties, Imbrie in Persia, lynchings of Italians and Mexicans, a 1927 Mexican oil foreman death, Chinese, Japanese and French incidents, and a missionary case in Persia with disputed sums. It notes varied indemnity levels from $2,500 to $150,000 and how funds were used or memorialized.
Garland Lincoln says Jimmy Mattern plans a nonstop round the world flight in spring. Mattern would take off from Paris and land there, avoiding the United States, with mid air refuelings in Northern Canada Russia and two other European points.
Daniel J. Doherty national commander of the American Legion charged that the Ludlow amendment requiring a popular vote before entering a war would seriously impair the functions and utility of the Department of State, seen as the first line of national defense.
The piece cites Louis I Dublin jr noting more than 7 000 American infants die annually in accidents. It lists smothering, foreign bodies in air passages, burns and falls as main hazards and offers preventive tips. Emphasizes sleeping apart, securing bedding, small hard pillows, and keeping objects out of reach to reduce risk.
A compact poetic reflection on safety zones and courage, contrasting daily risk takers with calls for peace. The piece questions excuses for violence and notes human error and watchfulness, concluding with a remark about the Southern Cross visible in the southern hemisphere.
Paris dispatch reports employers insisting that stay-in strikers evacuate factories before any conciliation talks. INES and C. J. Gignoux of the General Confederation of Employers reiterate the firm stance, replying to Premier Chautemps' invitation for a conference to restore industrial peace.
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