Strange Fungus Disease Kills Hundreds of City Trees
College Park Md Sept 18 University of Maryland plant pathologists studied a strange fungus disease that has killed 700 London plane trees in Baltimore and hundreds more in surrounding counties. C E Temple state plant pathologist said the disease also destroyed trees in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Terror Of 57 Hours Adrift Is Related
Survivors from the Norwegian freighter Ronda recount a 56 hour ordeal after a mine sank the ship off the Netherlands. Four Americans survived with 16 crew, rescued by the Italian ship Providence.
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Netherlands
Providence
Miss Duncan
Juvenile to Face Action After Grandfather Slaying
Miami juvenile authorities meet with State Attorney Worley to decide if a 13 year old will face criminal charges for fatally shooting his 61 year old grandfather Miles D Baker. Police say the boy admitted the shooting saying he was tired of being beaten.
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G. A. Worley
Paul Martens
Miles D. Baker
Stuart K. Smith
Martens
Baker
Attorney Urges Women to Organize for Divorce Law Reform
Caroline Chatfield replies as readers debate divorce laws. A lawyer calls for a state investigator of domestic relations to probe undefended petitions and protect the home and children. The dialogue questions roots of divorce and the culture of personal rights amid ministers and public opinion.
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Appy
Caroline Chatfield
Gas Tax Revenue Forecast Across Virginia and Nation
Virginia motorists face a 5 cent per gallon gasoline tax yielding about 19.18 million dollars in 1939 with an additional one cent federal tax of 3.835 million. Nationally gasoline taxes are projected to exceed one billion dollars this year, driven by tourism and trucking growth, with taxes now constituting roughly one quarter of state revenue and about 40 cents of every dollar paid at the pump in a $1.40 total price.
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Virginia
Virginia Petroleum Industries Committee
United States
Oregon
Virginia measure seeks premarital syphilis tests for marriage
The Virginia Medical Monthly reports a proposed marriage protection bill from the state medical society committee on syphilis control. It would require premarital serological testing for syphilis and physician notification of results before a marriage license is issued, with tests performed at no charge by state health services. Violations carry fines or short jail terms. the plan goes to the October society meeting.
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Virginia Medical Monthly
Medical Society of Virginia
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State Health Department
Health Department
Medical Society
Nothing Left For Souvenir Hunters
Berlin details show Poland battlefields yield few keepsakes as Germans collect spent clips shells helmets and metal for melting. Special units salvage material to aid Nazi wartime shortages.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
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