Fire wrecks elevators in Chicago grain district
A massive blaze destroyed five grain elevators in Chicago on May 12, killing eight missing workers and injuring eighteen others. The Rosenbaum firm’s elevator A was hit hardest as flames engulfed the complex, causing extensive damage estimated over 3 million dollars and threatening nearby facilities and rail cars.
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Chicago
Rosenbaums-Prothers Grain Company
Hos
Rosenbaum
Norris Grain Company
Prizes Awarded In Theatre Ad Contest
The Herald-Mail and City Manager Payette co hosted the event naming contest winners for the Dark Victory ad contest. First prize went to C Robert Dean of Hagerstown and James B Marker of Hagerstown Jr for second. Ten runners up received two guest tickets each with names including M Frances Martin Raven Heights and Nona Turner among others. The film Dark Victory screens all week starting May 15 at the Maryland theater.
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Herald-Mail
Payette
Maryland
C. Robert Dean
Hagerstown
James EB
Mary Lou Mayes
Fairground Avenue
Roy Saum
Baltimore Street
Coleman QB. Messersmith
Madison Avenue
Mercy Slayer Is Acquitted in Bronx Manslaughter Case
Louis Greenfield, a Bronx milliner, was acquitted of first degree manslaughter after admitting he chloroformed his mentally impaired 16 year old son Jerome to end his suffering. The jury of married men and women deliberated four hours. Greenfield and his wife Anna planned to adopt a child and begin anew. prosecutor argued a parent cannot decide a child’s life.
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New York
Louis Greenfield
Jerome
Bronx
Greenfield
Anna
George Tilzer
Veteran Printer Is 83 Years Old
William D. South aged 83 quietly observed his third birthday yesterday at home on Locust Street. He is a veteran printer and former Morning Herald employee who retired years ago. South is an avid baseball fan and takes daily long walks for exercise.
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William D. South
South Locust Street
Mr. South
The
Morning Herald
Fires Sweep New England Across Counties
An army of volunteers and C C C youths contained a widespread forest blaze while two other fires struck Winchedon Massachusetts and Sharon New Jersey. Plymouth police held an incendiary suspect over a Carver fire that burned over 400 acres after a three hour battle. Restrictions tightened statewide with smoking banned in many woodlands and 17 000 men mobilized in Massachusetts with conscription for able bodied men 16 to 50 to fight fires.
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C.C.C
Mass
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Sharon
N. J
Plymouth
Carver
New England
Editor's Mail Box Attorney Discusses Referendum on Courthouse Bond
Letter writer questions Morning Herald reporting on a four hundred thousand dollar courthouse bond referendum and emergency status under Maryland Article 16. He cites constitutional rules about emergency laws and election timing, urging accurate public information. The document also notes a stat line: U S corn oil consumption rose from 42.8 million pounds in 1931 to 72.77 million pounds in 1938.
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Daily Mail
Morning Herald
Washington County
Court House
Maryland
General Assembly of
Tom
Chas
W. Wolf
United States
Dr Richardss Talk On Psychology In Everyday Life
Dr Esther Richards of Johns Hopkins discussed good mental health as equanimity and happiness at a Child Study Section luncheon in the Women's Club auditorium. She urged reducing prejudice against psychiatrists, noted temperament shapes emotions, and emphasized parent education and community mental health efforts.
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Esther Richards
Women's Club
P. J. Potter
Johns Hopkins University
Richards
Dr. Richards
Washington County
Mason Knox
State Department of Health
Honors for Local Student James S Webb Jr
James S Webb Jr son of Mr and Mrs James S Webb of Virginia Avenue will graduate Tuesday May 30 from the University of Alabama with a journalism major and has won wide recognition for his work.
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James S. Webb, Jr
James S. Webb
Virginia Avenuue
University of Alabama
Webb
Journalism student Webb wins gold key at university
Webb, managing editor of the Crimson White, received the gold key for outstanding journalism and a cash award for best editorial The University s Place in the Life of the State published in the Anniston Alabama newspaper. He served as City Editor for a Birmingham Post edition and is active in dramatics. Farm economists forecast similar tobacco demand in 1939 40 as in 1938 39.
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Crimson White
Webb
Anniston
Ala
Birmingham Post
Average Motorist Sees Highway Progress Yet
Mr Hoffman argues that highway improvements lag auto construction but the U S is awakening to better roads. He notes most trips are short under 50 miles and that 90 percent of car journeys are under 30 miles, with most travel aimed at town visits.
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United States
Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
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