Grave concerns over Merit System split in state positions
State Employment Commissioner Harry C. Jones warns of a growing tendency to exclude many jobs from the State Merit System. He has asked Attorney General William C. Walsh for a legal ruling as protests mount over removing positions from classified service. The dispute covers the superintendent roles at the State Penal Farm and the House of Correction women’s division, versus wardens at the Penitentiary and House of Correction.
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Harry C. Jones
William C. Walsh
Walsh
John S. White
House of Delegates
Willis R. Jones
Board of Correction
Mr. Walsh
State Penal Farm
House of Correction
Willis Jones
Penal Farm
Jessups
Harry Jones
Board
Penitentiary
Women’s Department
O’conor
BR. Chester Cromwell
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
Cromwell
Philip A. Myers
Myers
State Comptroller’s Office
State Employment Commissioner
Ritchie
4 H Club Tour To County Corn World's Fair Completed
The 4 H Club tour to the New York Worlds Fair is set for August 6 to 23. Eastern Shore 4 H members travel via Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road with hotel stays at St George in Wilmington and subway, bus, and fairground access in New York. Reservations and $14.20 payment are due by August 10 through the County Agent or Home Demonstration office.
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Camridge
Eastern Shore
Wilmington
Elaware
Otel St. George
Fair Grounds
New York City
Storge Hotel
Subway
St. George
Agricultural Division
B. & O. Railroad
New York
St. George Hotel
4H Council
B. & O. Railway
Maryland crops update shows strong corn and wheat yields
County agriculturists predict about 26 000 acres of Dorchester planted corn will yield over 750 000 bushels. Maryland crop service notes August 1 conditions with winter wheat production up and corn prospects better than a month ago. Oats and barley yield poles lower due to drought and winter injury.
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Dorchester
Talbot Tle
Maryland
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
New Welfare Board Named by Gov O Conor
Governor O Conor named Maryland s new State Welfare Board selecting Charles H Roloson as chairman and Mrs J Enos Ray the first woman to sit on the board The appointments include George M Moffett Thomas W Pangborn Lee L Dopkin Wil L Galvin and J Milton Patterson praising the appointees as experienced leaders in charity and public welfare.
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O’conor
George M. Moffett
National Food-Products Corporation
Maryland
Thomas W. Pangborn
Hagers
State Department of Public Jewish Charities
Lee L. Dop
Wil L. Galvin
Messrs
Dopkin
Galvin
Hollander
State Aid and Charities
Garvin
Ritchie
Charity Board
Roloson
Baltimore
Moffett
Corn Products Refining Company
United States
State Welfare Board
Pangborn
J. Milton Patterson
Public Welfare Department
House Advances Seafood Cooking Education Bill
The House passed a bill sponsored by Representative Caldwell to create an educational service within the Bureau of Fisheries to teach cooking and preparation of fish and seafood. It would authorize 75000 dollars annually for five years to fund demonstrations for teachers clubs schools and support for fishery studies at colleges universities and other institutions.
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House
Caldwell
Dem
Fla
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of the Interior
Telephone Co Cites Oper Costs and June Revenue in 1939
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City reports June 1939 operating revenues of 1 352 458 with expenses 1 085 760 and net income 266 698. Taxes totaled 198 764 for June, 15 percent of bills.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Maryland
Maryland Public Service Commission
State WPA staff cuts in Maryland announced
Approximately fifteen members of Maryland's WPA administrative staff have been discharged due to cuts in the work relief appropriation. State administrator Francis H. Dryden said more administrative employees would be dropped in the next two months, but he could not estimate the total number affected.
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WPA
Maryland
Francis H. Dryden
Dryden
Maryland to Receive 15101 39 From Pittman Robison Act
The Game Department of Maryland will receive 15101.39 under Pittman Robison Act terms. The state must contribute 5034 to total 20135.99 for a proposed State Game demonstration preserve. Game Warden LeCompte reviews potential properties but no decision soon.
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Game Department
Maryland
Washington
Oxford Canoe Surfers Mishap At Cambridge
The Chesapeake Bay log canoe Mystery, recently purchased by Norman Gibson, capsized in her Cambridge regatta race after a sudden breeze caused the bowsprit to fail and the jib to break loose. No crew members were injured and the boat will race again at St Michaels and Oxford.
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Chesapeake Bay
Norman Gibson
Cambridge
St. Michaels
Oxford
Yacht Club Tender Engine Fails Cronin Swims to Safety
Timothy Cronin swam a mile and a half to Jefferson Island after the motor on a 37 foot Maryland Yacht Club tender failed amid heavy seas near Poplar Island during the week long Eastern Shore regatta cruise. Coast Guard search found the water filled craft hours later. Cronin, a former navy man, returned to Baltimore.
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Timothy Cronin
Maryland Yacht Club
Poplar Island
Oxford
Cronin
Jefferson Island
Coast Guard
Howard Bregal
Yacht Club
Dionne
Navy
Baltimore
Quenstedt Drops Appeal of O Dunne Ruling on Warden Case
Walter E. Quenstedt will not appeal Judge O Dunne's ruling dismissing his mandamus suit seeking reinstatement as warden of the House of Correction. Counsel S. Robert Levinson and William Saxon disclosed the decision after an inquiry into the ouster. The case cited lack of hearing and alleged improper prisoner releases as issues in the dispute.
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O’ Dunne
Walter E. Quenstedt
House of Correction
S. Robert Levinson
William Saxon
Quenstedt
Cut
Niece
Board of Weare
O’dunne
Governor And State Officials Cruise On Bay For State Work
Governor O Conor and senior officials sailed aboard the state yacht Du Pont off the Cambridge Yacht Club for a day of meetings on public works budgeting workmen’s compensation vacation and sick leave for state employees. Attending were Comptroller Tawes Treasurer Miles Deputy Comptroller McCusker Budget Director Kirkman and Attorney General Walsh with Henderson on hand for the sessions. The cruise followed a long day of handshakes and telephones as they sought to advance pending state matters.
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O’conor
du Pont
Cambridge Yacht Club
J. Millard Tawes
Hooper Miles
Joseph O'C. McCusker
Walter Kirkman
William C. Walsh
William Hen
Shore farms face poor returns on several crops
Cantaloupes and watermelons barely fill pockets as prices stay low. Strawberries were small and scarce. cucumbers failed despite fair yields. Only sellers who move produce to city recoup costs, aided by saved freight. Rains delay cantaloupes, 60 percent of expected crop harvested. tomatoes tolerate water but suffer if flooded. Foresees double 1938 acreage next year.
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Bueyers
Garrett Tract Transferred To University of Md
An agreement transfers for 99 years an 1800 acre Garrett County tract to the University of Maryland for use as an outdoor laboratory in biological sciences engineering forestry and wildlife conservation. The Garrett project totals 35635 acres begun in 1935 under a national land development program.
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University of Maryland
Garrett County
H. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
4H Club
Works Progress Administration
State of
Maryland
State Forestry Department
Power Boat Crabbing Law Delayed Enforcement
The State Conservation Commission pauses enforcement of the engine restriction in crabbers' boats at Crisfield until August 15 to allow watermen to comply. The delay follows an inspection trip after talks with legislators, crabbers, and seafood packers aboard the state conservation boat. Glenwood Evans led crabbers from Smith Island and about twenty five others to the meeting. Last week over one hundred summonses were issued for using engines while dragging scrapes along the bottom for crabs. The law allows engines in boats collecting crabs from long lines of bait.
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State Conservation Commission
Crisfield
Glenwood Evans
Smith Island
Wheat prices plummet to five year low in county
Farm markets show a sharp fall as wheat touches a five year low last week amid heavy July rains. Tomatoes also slump, farmers say profits narrow as prices dip below 60 cent a bushel loan levels, testing the Agricultural Adjustment Act programs.
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Wallace
Dorchester County Adopts New Audit Driven Fiscal Safeguards
Auditors Ernst and Ernst complete a year long review of Dorchester County finances showing antiquated methods and possible losses. Commissioners plan a modern system to ensure proper deposits and eliminate favoritism in tax collections. The audit will be published in county newspapers next week for public review.
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Ernst & Ernst
Board of County Commissioners
Dorchester County
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Jones
County Corn
New Welfare Board Board
State
U.S
LeCompte
Garrett Tract
University of Md
Board OF County
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