Wound Fatal to Gridiron Authority in Columbus
Dr Fonso A Lambert nationally known football authority dies from wounds after a family quarrel in Columbus. Police say his son Samuel 17 fired in self defense during the struggle. Lambert a former adviser to the national rules committee and OSU alumnus 1910 held posts at Columbus Serum Co and taught veterinary medicine. He leaves widow, son Samuel and daughter Marthe 15.
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The
National Rules Committee
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Columbus
Ohio
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A. Lambert
Lambert
National Football Rules Committee
Ohio State University
Columbus Serum Company
College of
Ingenious Kentucky Boy Floods School Basements
Russell Kentucky March 22 an Ingeniua schoolboy opened floor traps in the basement of the grade and high schools flooding both. School authorities dismissed 800 pupils as a result and classes may not be resumed for several days.
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Russell
Ingeniua
Ohio Valley Flood Reaches Peak Amid Calm At Cincinnati
The Ohio River flood surge peaks with 5,000 people fed in the flood zone. In Cincinnati and Portsmouth the river stalls around 63.7 feet and 60.2 feet respectively. Five hundred Louisville families displaced. ten deaths reported. millions in damage. Red Cross aid active as authorities monitor the crest and expect a gradual fall in days ahead.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Mississippi
Portsmouth
Indiana
Louisville
Red Cross
River Drives Rats Out To Their Death
Hundreds of rats swarmed from the town dump at Williams Port as the Potomac rose. They were driven into the open and shot by a battery of rifles and shotguns during the high water this week. The hunt drew several men for several nights with some marksmen using flashlights on shotguns. The firing, loud as machine gun fire, continued two nights past midnight.
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Williamsport
Potomac
What Down-and Outers Think What Down-and-Outers Think
New York March 22 The Salvation Army poll of 260 voters asks who deserves the highest salaries in American business The results show President Roosevelt 185 votes Babe Ruth 140 votes Al Smith 12 votes Jack Dempsey and former Mayor McKee of New York each Herbert Hoover 4 votes Charles M Schwab Henry Ford and Joe E Brown 3 votes each
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Gold Dust Lodge
Salvation Army
President Roosevelt
Babe Ruth
al Smith
Jack Dempsey
Mayor McKee
Herbert Hoover
Charles M. Schwab
Henry Ford
Joe E. Brown
House Expected To Ratify Farm Relief Bill Before End Of Day
Washington March 42 A prediction that the House would pass the administration farm relief measure today by an overwhelming vote was made by Representative Burs floor leader as four hours of debate ended. New York Democrats Cullen and Curry indicated strong backing from Tammany and allied members. Roosevelt planned to send to Congress another phase of farm aid proposals refinancing agriculture and home mortgages at lower interest.
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House
Administration Farm
Representative Burs
Representative Cullen
New York
Tammany
Empire State
John F. Curry
Boas
Tammany Hall
Cullen
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Who Made It An Issue In The Hagerstown Election
The piece argues Republicans injected the municipal light plant issue into the campaign, not Democrats, recalling prior efforts four years ago. It asserts Democrats have supported and will preserve the plant, owned by the people of Hagerstown, with safeguards in place and funds reserved to protect the plant.
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Democratic Party
Friends of the Light Plant
Hagerstown
Ward 3 Rally Tonight With Reisner and Geiger
Ward 3 voters gather in Hagara town Battery Company room at 33 Baltimore Street to hear Democratic mayoral candidate W Harry Reisner and council candidate Park Geiger Sr. The Blue Ridge Mountain Orchestra will perform and organizers led by Henry Bester expect four to five hundred attendees with women urged to attend. A joint Ward 1 and 6 meeting is set for tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Austin's garage to hear Democratic candidates.
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Park Geiger, Sr
Hageratown Battery Company
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Blue Ridge Mountain Orchestra
Henry Bester
Austin
West
Washington Street
Cherry Blossoms Set to Bloom in Washington This Spring
Easter time will bring cherry blossoms to Washington as trees gifted from Japan are expected to turn pink by April 1 and reach full bloom by April 16. Frank T. Gartside of the park division notes this marks the first overlap of Easter and cherry blossom timing in four years.
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Washington
Japan
William Howard Taft
Frank T. Gartside
Park Division
Estate Inventory Values Clark Estate At Three Million
Cumberland March 22 34 a partial inventory of the estate of James Clark banker and business man shows an estimated value of about three million dollars including real and personal property with substantial holdings in several firms and banks, indicating a large wealth portfolio.
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Cumberland
James Clark
Campaign to End With Big Feed Friday in City
The Democratic Campaign Committee announces a monster meeting and big feed Friday night at the Democratic Organization Club in the Price Building. Attor ney General W Preston Lane will speak, joined by mayoral candidate W Harry Reisner and five Democratic councilman candidates as preparations for feeding thousands are underway.
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Democratic Campaign
Richard Duffey
City Democratic Committee
Democratic Organization Club
Price Building
Duffey
W. Preston Lane
W. Harry Reisner
Apeak
Ward Four Meeting Draws Six Hundred Democrats in Hagerstown
Ward 4 Democrats gathered at Charles Bair's place with about six hundred attending. W Harry Reisner pledged to work with President Roosevelt's back to work plan and Claude Bowers promised strong ward and city representation. William Wingert praised new industries and the City Park project as refreshments followed.
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W. Harry Reisner
Claude Bowers
Charles Bair
Elias B. Hartle
Reisner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hagerstown
Bowers
William Wingert
Park Commission
Stave Business On Boom Again
In Fayettville Arkansas on March 22 a stave demand for beer kegs drives a timber boom in the northwest Arkansas Ozarks. About 70 stave mills across six counties employ farmers and mill workers as $12,000 a day goes into preparing for the return of legalised beer.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Northwest
Arkansas Ozarks
Boy Murders Father Calls Him Tyrant
New York report states an 11 year old boy Anthony Malandro killed his father Angelo to protect his mother from a tyrant after he witnessed the father beat Mrs Malandro with an iron bar. The boy grabbed a hammer, struck the father on the head, who then fell. The father allegedly attacked the daughter Josephine before collapsing.
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New York
Anthony Malandro
Angelo
Prohibition Office Doubles Force To Ten In Hagerstown
The transfer of three prohibition enforcement agents to the Hagerstown office increases the force there to ten men. Salisbury office adds two, while existing squads are reduced from four to three. Deputy administrator Lowell R. Smith says three investigators can stop vehicles quickly and more squads will expand coverage to curb liquor manufacture and transport.
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Prohibition Enforcement
Hagerstown
Lowell R. Smith
Prohibition
Baltimore
J. T. Long
Ralph Stover
James T. Ash
Salisbury
Smith
Youth Is Hurt In 10-Foot Fall
Kenny Spence, son of Mr and Mrs K F Spence, was injured this morning after falling 10 feet from a porch at his aunt Mrs Roy French's home on Virginia Avenue. He was playing with another boy when the fall occurred and was rushed to a doctor’s office. No bones were broken and it is unclear if he suffered internal injuries.
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K. F. Spence
Mealey Parkway
Roy French
Virginia Avenue
Maryland Faces Beer Legalities Amid Dry Counties
March 22 report notes liquor laws in Maryland resemble a jigsaw puzzle with eleven dry counties and only a few wide open areas. Baltimore City plans to repeal old laws and set new licenses, while Montgomery and Allegany counties remain open. Eastern Shore counties enforce a gallon a month limit and many other counties are bone dry.
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State General Assembly
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Hich
District of Columbia
Washington
Allegany
Cumberland
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Caroling
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Talbot
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Garrett
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Carroll
Cecil
Frederick
Howard
Ellicott City
Charles Counties
Wheat farmers urged as rains boost crop prospects
County wheat farmers receive encouraging signs of a bumper yield with favorable rains over the past week and rising prices. Local market followers foresee 75 cent wheat at harvest, while the current price stands at 60 cents.
Bill to legalize sale of beer in Wicomico County
Annapolis March 22 A bill by Senator David J Ward seeks to revise county local option laws to permit beer sales at licensed establishments in Wicomico County The 1914 gallon a month hard liquor rule remains and malt beverages are now allowed under new terms License fees are 300 yearly for retailers 150 for wholesalers One license per establishment funds go to the county general fund
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Annapolis
Wicomico County
David J. Ward
Dem
Wicomico
Senate
County General Fund
Nomination of Robert Worth Bingham Approved
In Washington on March 22 the Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved the nomination of Robert Worth Bingham of Louisville to be ambassador to England. The committee had delayed action for a week.
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Washington
Robert Worth Bingham
Louisville
England
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jobless in Hagerstown rally behind Democratic ticket
In Hagerstown jobless voters urged support for Democratic candidates in the upcoming municipal election. The piece cites Roosevelt's plan for employment and Maryland Governor Ritchie advancing measures with a Democratic mayor and council likely to cooperate. It contrasts with the prior Republican administration, noting tax cuts and a treasury surplus amid talks of progress.
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Hagerstown
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Ritchie
Maryland
W. Harry Reisner
Roosevelt plans unemployed enlistment in conservation corps
President Roosevelt aims to select unemployed for a conservation corps under the labor department. Enlistment stations would be in the War department, but the corps will not be military. Camps will run with orderly discipline. pay is a dollar a day plus government expenditures for food housing and medical care. About 250000 of 12 million unemployed would participate. not seen as competitive.
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Washington
Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Department of Labor
War Department
Beer Bill Signed Too Early For Sale Date
President Roosevelt signed the 3.2 per cent beer and wines bill with photographers present as the date for sales remained uncertain whether April 6 or 7 would start. The measure is expected to trigger a long constitutional debate to reach the Supreme Court, with Treasury estimates placing new revenue at 125 to 150 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Lover
Vule
Supreme Court
Treasury
Beer Law At A Glance In Washington
Washington reports outline major beer bill provisions allowing beer and wine up to 3.9 percent alcohol by weight and four percent by volume. A federal tax of five dollars per barrel of 31 gallons is imposed, with effectiveness 15 days after enactment. Regulation remains at the state level, while the Webb Kenyon act remains to block interstate shipments to dry states. Brewers must pay a yearly federal license fee of 1000 dollars per brewery.
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Washington
Roosevelt unveils plan for bank and railroad reforms
President Roosevelt shifts to concrete measures for reforming banking and railroad systems under the new deal. Proposals include sworn statements on securities commissions, federal oversight of holding firms and exchanges, stricter national bank supervision, separation of commercial and investment banking, and redistribution of Federal Reserve funds for speculative use. Railroads face national support tied to reorganization, regulation of motor carriers, and firmer control of railroad holding companies. Advisors and congressional leaders participate as work continues toward action in the current session.
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