Maryland and Virginia youths visit College Park for agricultural instruction
Special to The Washington Post College Park Aug 2 Maryland agriculturists and homemakers attending a weeklong program at the University of Maryland will hear greetings from Secretary of Agriculture BT Meredith who arranged a morning reception at 9:30 in front of his office. The event kicks off a sightseeing trip to Washington with special cars taking the group from College Park to the Capitol. The program features county winners and two girls selected for club work, with university officials and extension staff in attendance.
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Washington Post
College Park
Socialista
Waryland Extension
Culege Park
Cowity
Symons
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Growth of Virginia towns doubles population in Fen
The last day saw population increases across several towns in Virginia with Jonesville reporting more than double its prior figure and others showing notable gains. Local officials and residents weighed impacts on infrastructure, services, and future development as 1970 figures shift trends. The piece notes several names and places tied to the shifts, reflecting a broader regional growth pattern.
Jail Breakers Captured After Escape From Laurel Jail
Laurel Maryland Aug 2 Elvin Campless of Salisbury Maryland and Martin Snarpt of Tennessee, the young men who escaped from jail here Saturday night, have been located in Maryland. Officers have gone after them with outside aides aiding the escape by prying open bars. Campbell, though 18 years old, is said to have escaped from the Maryland house of correction, and twice from jail Berwyn. Funeral services for Charles L Opperman aged 33, who died Friday of typhoid fever in Washington hospital, were held yesterday afternoon. He leaves a wife and one child. Opperman was a well known writer and formerly agricultural editor at the University of Maryland.
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DIED BARTEMAN LEN NOX ULYY AIGUAT F 1920
Interment at Arlington National Cemetery and memorial notices for veterans and family members, listing associations with the United States Volunteers and the Loyal Legion. Names include PATR IOK and CONNELL among mourners, with references to Capitol street and a funeral service in Washington.
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Stat Foielr
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Yes and Friends
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NATO Care
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Borwick
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Hanee
Narayan
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Feday
Ariugaa National Cemetery
Patrion— Minitary Order OF the Loyal
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Columbia
Washington
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Thomas Hom
Pitney
Jona
Prices and markets for grain and livestock across states
Grain and live stock prices across Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and nearby states. Corn oats and cotton futures listed with bid offers and market movers. Cattle calves sheep and feeder lambs reported with steers and heifers price ranges and activity notes.
Monoplane Aerial Mail Path Finders Visit Omaha
All metal monoplanes flying the New York to San Francisco aerial mail route arrived in Omaha yesterday and will stay in the city today as part of the transcontinental service. The visit highlights advances in air mail transport and showcases new aircraft technology to local residents and officials.
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Omaha
Nebr
New York
San Francisco
Ino Milk Combine, Producers Deny Milk Cartel Claims
The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association rejected charges that a milk combine controls Washington supply. Secretary Thomas R McLaughlin said no objection to New York farmers or Newark producers selling milk if they meet sanitary regulations. An FBI or district attorney investigation may be ordered to test the accusations.
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Maryland
Virginia
Producers’ Association
Department of Justice
United States
District of Columba
Thomas Ro Mclaughlin
Virginia Milk Producers' Association
New York
Newark
Free Radium for Cancer Patients Begins Oct 15
New York August 2. Free radium treatment for cancer patients will start October 15 at the State Institution for the Study of Malignant Diseases in Buffalo. A $225,000 appropriation funds 25 grams of radium. Any U.S. citizen will be treated free, with preference to New York State residents. Harvey R Gaylord, director, announces the program.
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State Institution
Buffalo
United States
Harvey R Gaylord
New York State
New York Peat Graduate Medical School
Radium Board Formed To Study Malignant Disease Cure
Establishment of a radium research board to study cures and standard sea treatment for malignant diseases. Steps are ordered to purchase 1 gram of radindip valued at about $220,000 to carry on the work. Postal clerks protest. Chicago Aug 2. Pierce E Butler, president of the Chicago Postal Clerks Union, and Harry W Starr, assistant city prosecutor and former postal clerk, head to Washington to seek a court of appeals for fair treatment and reduced departmental authority. They will seek Samuel Gompers’ aid. The delegation’s trip follows charges of unbecoming conduct from Washington against ten loyal clerks who ran a publicity campaign for higher pay and better working conditions. They were ordered to show cause within five days why they should not lose their positions.
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Pterce E Butler
Postal Ferks’ Union
Harry W Starr
Washington
Wilson
Court of Appeals
Samuel Gomper
Ferry Fire Causes Panic on Jamestown Line
A motor truck explosion aboard the Jamestown ferry on the New Jersey to Manhattan run caused a panic as wooden flooring on the Ithaca burned. Passengers donned life preservers while the crew fought the blaze and were transferred to a nearby vessel. The fire was soon extinguished.
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Murphy tax case may be dropped
New York August 2 Associated Press reports Supreme Court Justice Lyden granted inspection of the extraordinary grand jury minutes in the Murphy-Tammany Hall indictments for conspiracy to defraud the government. He indicated good and sufficient reasons might exist to dismiss the indictments, citing public welfare and the defendants’ access to papers. The action affects Murphy, James E Smith, John A McCarthy, Arthur J Baldwin, Ernest B Walden, and the Corn Products Company tied to glucose wartime profits. The case centers on alleged inflated profits from glucose sales during the war.
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Tammany Hall
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Tammany
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Ernest B Walden
Corn Products Company
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