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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1939
Page
3
The Daily Mail urges Washington county delegates at Annapolis to back a fireworks ban. It questions why volunteer firemen sell fireworks that cause injuries and deaths and argues for safety measures to protect adults and children.
Dr. Mont R. Reed of the University of Cincinnati urged 600 physicians in Atlanta that stomach pains should not be treated with soda or remedies. He called appendicitis mortality a national disgrace given medical knowledge and education. He cited 20,000 to 30,000 deaths yearly, mostly healthy adults, and endorsed school campaigns over clinics to warn against mis’ treating pains.
The Maryland bill to ban fireworks faces stiff opposition, led by Prince George's county volunteer firemen who profit from sales. Companies earn 250 to 1000 dollars yearly and set stands near towns with bans, undermining safety as children are often injured. Some fire companies now back a limited five day sale starting July 1, while The Baltimore Sun editorializes on their role.
A vintage column cautions that extreme caution on highways can spark impatience among speedsters, risking crashes from both careful drivers and reckless others. It notes past speed limits and states like Tennessee permitting liquor sales while some states remain dry, then ends with pithy quips about fame, independence, and aging perspectives.
Pope Pius XII delivered a benediction to the people of the United States during two half hour audiences with William Cardinal O Connell and George Cardinal Munde rein, archbishops of Boston and Chicago. He noted the blessing was especially for Boston and Chicago and spoke after the election of the new Pontiff. He also expressed pleasure at visiting the United States before his pontificate.
New Yorker Senor Daniel Del Solar, once a Chilean newspaper man, arrives with little English and a comical misreading of Valentine cards. He sends daily postcards to a secretary, unaware of the holiday's meaning until a joke reveals the mix up. He now reads English well and avoids misinterpretations.
A century old dispute over sea bottom ownership to three miles flares again as Charles Edison seeks a federal claim to California offshore oil. The fight began with Senator Nye's push for federal ownership of all offshore beds, drawing in California Texas and Louisiana. The issue raises fears over titles and leases from New York harbor to Gulf and Atlantic coast shores.
In this reminiscence the speaker recalls the old parlor as a sanctuary for refined guests and family treasures. The weekly room showed wear with patched carpet and hidden scratches while holidays opened the door to formality. Fifty years have passed since the parlor last closed.
On the Klyrazma river outskirts of Moscow a new film complex rises described as a private Hollywood for newsreels. The center will include 15 buildings centering on a main newsreel hub with four large studios, plus administrative offices, a library and preview rooms.
The notice urges dormant sprays to control pests and fungous diseases on cherry trees, especially sweet varieties. It promises a free copy of the schedule upon request and invites readers to mail name and address with a stamp to THE DAILY ALAIL Agricultural Editor in Washington DC.
Dividends from Cherry Sprays. Commercial cherry growers rely on a regular spray schedule to prevent fungous diseases and control insects. For backyard orchards, apply lime sulphur dormant spray if scales are found, then follow a three spray sequence after bloom to combat leaf spot and brown rot, and address aphids with nicotine sulphate. Write for a full spraying schedule. about 30 million people live in South America, over half in Brazil.
Fragmented OCR reads like stray verses about gender, a baseball metaphor, and a robbery scene with doors and bars. It mixes banal comments on women, a line about learning words, a dog theme, and steel bars, yielding a disjointed, unclear note.
Milwaukee police arrested a man after weeks of complaints about collapsing seats in theaters. A search of his residence yielded nuts screws and washers. authorities say he had a mania for them and he was jailed.
In Cape Cod town Billingsgate during Old Home Week, Asey Mayo is recruited by Weston Mayhew to investigate suspicious activity around quilts and antiques. Aunt Sara, the Postmaster General, guides the town’s events while tensions rise over thefts, preparations, and a looming danger to the festivities.
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