The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-02-13
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Germans are paying an annual war
time tax bill of over 1872 billions out
of 40 billion national income.
A pledge by General Weygand
(French) that Germany would get no
base in Tunisia was published widely
in unoccupied France.
Senator Wheeler has demanded a
probe of German interests in the
United States.
The House passed the lease-lend
bill 260 to 165 after refusing to place
7-billion ceiling on the program to
lend or lease war supplies to democ-
racies resisting aggression. The Senate
will probably not vote for three
weeks.
Gene Tunney, former heavyweight
boxing champion, purchased two es-
tates on the Eastern Shore.
A three million Thomas Jefferson
memorial in Washington nears COM
pletion.
A new chemical process which pro-
tects foods against decay without
changing their natural flavor or APP
pearance has been approved safe by
two medical authorities in California.
Wendell L. Willkie arrived from
England by Pan American clipper.
Members of the third Byrd Antarc-
! tic expedition are enroute to U. S.
after IS months in Little America.
An Argentine rode a small pony
into Washington ending a 16,500-mile
horseback trek from Buenos Aires.
He left Argentina July 27, 1888.
Two cities lost since the ancient
Inca civilization lowered in South
America have been found 10000 feet
up in the Peruvian Sierras. The ma
sonry unearthed rivals the Egyptian
pyramids.
A new drug, sulfadiazine, described
at Johns Hopkins, is said to be most
effective of the "sulfa" group.
The FBI advised business men and
other citizens that fake FBI agents
were going around gathering defense
data.
The House gave new life to the
Dies committee. Then Dies collapsed
in his office but recovered.
Gas explosions in a denseIy settled
part of Philadelphia killed four and
wounded 49,
Discovery that fumes of pure gaso-
line are a good anesthetic was an
nounced at the University of North
Carolina.
The General Assembly turned down
a proposal to abolish the whipping
post for Maryland wife-beaters by
vote of So to At. A similar bill has
been introduced every session since
1929.
A heart attack was fatal to Will
liam G. McAdoo, colotful politician
for more than qua Ter centul
In Me-. York a aa IS, CHI ..
with soliciting aim. ID $3.50
the bank.
United States indicted Is for hook
up of companies controlling magne-
SUM and aluminium.
Representative Joseph W. Martin,
Jr., chairman of the Republican Ma
tional committee, will submit his res
ignation March "a.
Income of individuals in 1910 was
IA billion dollars in America.
British censors at Bermuda were
increased from II to 700, to examine
both mail and passengers aboard
liners and clippers.
The food shortage in Belgium was
deemed the worst since 1914.
WPA relief rolls are remaining
above one million in spite of demand
for people on defense and in industry.
Medical science is attempting to
discover the virus causing Americas
present flu epidemic with ferrets,
weasel-like animals.
Bootlegging of food, silk stockings,
soap, gasoline and other rationed
items was SAID to be a big business IN
German-occupied France.
The A. F. of L. announced it had a
majority at the Ford Lincoln and
River Rouge plants.
Four hundred midshipmen of the
U. S. Navy received commissions this
week, the first mid-year graduating
class.
Graysonia, Ark, Ophir, Colo, and
Eagle Harbor, Md, each reported two
residents in 1910 census to share ely
weight population Title" for incor-
porated towns. Other small ones list
ed included Brandonville, w. Va, 113.
ancing class against class is carried