Roosevelt veto ends 516.12 egg scramble bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to pay turkey farmer J G Bucklin 516.12 for shattered eggs from a WPA blasting accident at Rehoboth Massachusetts. He argued the payment rests on speculative outcomes of hatch and market prices, despite Congress supporting the payout. In Annapolis Maryland Governor Nice named William H Geppert a Justice of the Peace to succeed the late John Miller.
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Washington
J. G. Bucklin
Roosevelt
Bucklin
WPA
Rehoboth
Mass
Congress
Geppert
Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
William H. Geppert
Cumberland
Names and origins swirl around May in old records and arms
The passage traces the May surname from multiple theories about Mayfield and Le Mai usage, cites John May from Sussex who settled in Roxbury, and links a May family coat of arms to Dr James Rundlet May of Portsmouth. It lists notable bearers in law, medicine, sociology, and economics, noting many name variants over centuries.
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Maich
John May
Mayes
Mays
Mayfield
Sussex
England
Roxbury
Massachusetts
Sarah
Employers may engage in partisan politics under NLRA ruling
CATTLESBURG Ky June 28 Employers may participate in partisan politics on behalf of union or anti union candidates without violating the Wagner Act a National Labor Relations Board examiner ruled The examiner George Bokat dismissed charges that the American Rolling Mill Company violated the act by campaigning through supervisory officers for Ashland municipal candidates with anti union leanings He said the board does not forbid citizenship liberties but such actions may breach constitutional limits The firm’s request to dismiss charges of a nationwide conspiracy against collective bargaining and anti union propaganda was held under advisement
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Cattlesburg
National Labor Relations Board
George Bokat
American Rolling Mill Company
Ashland
United State
Kentucky
Bokat
Beach Wear Striped Play Suits Set for High Style
Beach fashion features striped cotton play suits with skirts in pale blue gray and rose shades. Designers present outfits with white accents for a fresh seaside look.
Crime School at Maryland Theatre review summary
A Maryland Theatre review praises Crime School for its stirring, true-to-life depiction of slum youths and its strong ensemble cast led by Humphrey Bogart. The piece notes the six former Dead End boys from New York as pivotal, highlighting authentic acting and social implications.
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Warner Bros
Maryland Theatre
New York
Humphrey Bogart
There’s Always a Woman opens at Henry's Air Conditioned Theatre
Miss Blondel Henry's Star notes Melvyn Douglas's rise in There’s Always a Woman, with Irene Dunn in a wacky Columbia Pictures comedy. The film opened Monday at Henry's air conditioned Theatre and runs daily from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Romeo and Juliet
Anthony
Cleopatra
Napoleon
Josephine
Melvyn Douglas
Irene Dunn
Joan Blondell
Columbia Pictures
Henry
Petition Seeks Faster Work on Hagerstown Frederick Highway
Mayor W Lee Elgin presented a petition to State Roads Commission officials urging speeding construction on the Hagerstown to Frederick dual highway. The petition, signed by hundreds of business and professional people, was handed to a secretary in the absence of the chairman. In Baltimore, Elgin and officials discussed a federal grant with BP W A officials for sewage sludge tanks to prevent Antietam Creek pollution.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Frederick
W. Lee Elgin
Homer E. Tabler
Baltimore
Elgin
BP. W. A
Antietam Creek
Western Maryland Railroad Reports May Income and Deficit
The Western Maryland Railroad posted net railway opening income of 167,144 for May, down from 329,203 a year earlier. After deducting 274,028 in fixed charges, the May deficit stood at 97,124 versus a 65,358 profit in the same month last year.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Many Numbers Are Assigned Workers In Social Security
A Maryland report by Charles F. Bailey states 552 250 applications for Social Security Account Numbers have been received in the Hagerstown office. Nationwide more than 39 million numbers have been issued to workers to credit wage earnings to old age insurance. An oyster eggs statistic is also noted: only one in a million eggs hatches and reaches five years.
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Social Security Board
Maryland
Charles F. Bailey
Hagerstown
United States
Bailey
Marylands first contour planting of fruit trees success
The University of Maryland Extension reports successful contour plantings of fruit trees in Maryland under a soil conservation plan. Terraced hillsides in Gardethour orchards, Smithsburg district, along with a 20 acre peach orchard and a new two acre orchard, were built with CCC cooperation. Terraced land, 15 acres of crop land, three acres of pasture, and three acres of hay are maintained. Observed effects include reduced runoff on 37 acres of terraced land, extended drainage after rain, and 50 percent growth in peach trees planted beneath the terraces.
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University of Maryland Extension Service
Maryland
Gardethour
Smithsburg
CCC
Jones Offers RFC Resources for Large Public Purchases
Washington June 28 RFC Chairman Jesse H Jones offered RFC resources to fund large scale public purchases of private utilities across the South Midwest and West. He launched with a 5 8 million loan to Knoxville Tennessee to buy the Tennessee Public Service Company system in Knox County. The move aims to curb private public utility competition as TVA projects progress with Lilienthal and Willkie involved. He noted potential loans for municipalities near Bonneville Grand Coulee and Fort Peck dams but limited to areas with public power development creating competitive problems.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
South
Mid-West
Far West
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knox County
RFC
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
David Lilienthal
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Jones
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Fort Peck
Montana
Nebraska
PWA
Harrison Endorsed for Presidency by Mississippi Democrats
Pat Harrison, Mississippi's senior senator and longtime Democratic leader, was included in the 1940 favorite sets as the state Democratic executive committee endorsed him for the Presidency in that year.
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Jackson, Miss
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Washington
Democratic Executive Committee
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