The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
Beyond the County

of the Fifteenth census announced
that the census work is far behind in
many cities, owing to individuals ne
glecting or refusing to answer the ne
cessary questions.
The Graf Zeppelin, the first of her
type and nationality Germany to
cross English shores since airships
raided London during the World War,
landed at an English air port last
week.
Covering 261 miles from Miami in
two hours and three minutes, Lind
bergh and party, crossed the Carib-
bean Sea and landed at HAVANA,
completing the first leg of an inaugu
raj route.
At Baltimore, Sunday, individuals
acting collectively embarked upon a
154-day schedule of daylight saving,
with the prospect that government
and public schools would follow at
once.
"Mother" Jones, known as the Joan
of Arc of organized labor, celebrated
her Tooth birthday in Chicago today.
Mrs. Jones is living at the farm house
of Mr.. W. E. Burgess, in Maryland a
few miles out of Washington.
In Germany, scientists have sue
ceeded in mage, an artificial coal,
made from waste paper, rags, saw
dust and other rubbish, which, it is
said, produces as much heat as the
genuine product at about one-tenth
the cost. 1t is now being extensively
used.
Mrs. Hoover, wife of the President,
owing to a wrenched back occasioned
by a fall indoors couple weeks ago,
is compelled, on her physicians ad-
vice, to use wheeled chair.
In Marion county, W. Va, the
school board has passed an order pro-
hibiting the employment of married
school teachers.
In the North Atlantic states, the
freezing temperatures and snow falls,
reaching in some localities a depth of
six inches, last week, broke records
of fifty years. In the Adirondacks
the thermometer fell to zero.
In the Columbus penitentiary fire,
Albert Holland, cousin of Irene Sch
roeder, notorious Pennsylvania blond
gunman, persisted, having been re-
ceived as a prisoner just two hours
before the fire.
Senator Guy D. Golf, of West Vir-
ginia, (Republican), acting upon ad-
vice of his physicians, has announced
that i'll health will prevent his candi-
dacy for reelection this fall.
At Fayetteville, Tenn, plane,
stunning at a Legion air circus, carry
ing three passengers, dived into a
crowd which did not heed the warning
to stand out of danger, killing six
persons and injuring 20 others, the
occupants of the plane being unhurt.
According to estimate, the growth
in the last decade of cities over TO-
900 population, has been 22.5 percent.
Elkins, w. Va, as announced by the
district supervisor of census, has a
present population of 1906, gain of
518 in the past ten years, while Fair
mont reached the $4,000 mark, re-
manning the sixth city in the state.
In Wisconsin, a section of log,
identified by experts as being IL mil
lion years old, was found by excava-
tors imbedded in basaltic lava of the
Miocene period, microscopic examina-
ton indicating that the original tree
was similar to the sequoia or redwood
of the present.
In New York, deputy sheriff and
a friend, eating dinner in a restau-
rant, overheard a conversation be-
tween two other men, as a result of
which they captured three speedy
rum boats valued at $4,000 and a
cargo of liquor valued at $4,000.
It is announced that the annual
radio sales in the United States
amount to over 600 million dollars,
10 million homes are equipped with
receiving sets and the radio audience
is estimated to be 40 million persons.
In Washington, Federal agents
last week seized $50 thousand dollar
cargo of liquor shipped from Charles
ton, S. c., to firms in New Jersey in
a box car labeled as scratch feed.
At Easton, Nd, a divorce is being
sought to sever the marriage ties of a
marriage which lasted only one day,
between 78-year old plaintiff and a
23-year old defendant.