O Conor Plans To Reveal His Liquor Views
Governor O Conor signals plans to outline strict liquor regulation including Sunday closure. He appoints Charles T Leviness as Baltimore Board of Liquor License Commissioners chair, aiming at tougher enforcement and possible compromises on Sunday bans. Senior lawmakers across the Eastern Shore back closings, while Baltimore officials and Western Shore districts raise opposition and hearings are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Leviness
Tie Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Baltimore
Leviness
Senate
John T. McGinnty
O'Conor
State Law Department
Dudley G. Roe
Dem
Queen Anne’s
House
Batimore Leislators
Washington
Tidewater
Earl Bennett
Dorchester
Senate Temperance Committee
Thomas E. Conlon
Fifth Baltimore
Wilmer C. Carter
Third Baltimore
Wilmer F. Davis
Caorline
Baltimore Ministerial Union
George W. Crabbe
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
W. W. Davis
Lord’s Day Alliance
Little Political Bee Teases Cambridge Democratic Machine
The Little Political Bee lampoons the Old Democratic Political Machine amid a Harmony banquet fiasco. It notes fierce press panning, ticket giveaways, and party loyalty resolutions to Gov. Herb, with Cambridge papers lampooning factional politics and upcoming election stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Sacramento
California
Peter Pan
Petey
Little Political Bee
Cambridge
Herb
Watt Webb
Daily Banner
Cambridge Record
Watt
O’conor
Brohawn
Organization
State Central Committee
Democrat & News
Rambler
Nottle
Armory Building
O Conors Reception to Legislature Slated
Governor and Mrs O Conor will open Government House to General Assembly members on March 2 from 9 to 11 PM. In the receiving line will be State Senator Arthur H Brice of Kent County President of the Senate and Speaker and Mrs Thomas T Conlon of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conor
Executive Mansion
Government House
General Assembly
Arthur H. Brice
Kent County
Senate
Thomas T. Conlon
Baltimore
Canning Crops Conference Held at University of Maryland
The annual Canning Crops Conference will be held at the University of Maryland February 23 and 24 in the Horticulture Building auditorium. Dr. A Lee Schrader announces the event with sponsors including the College of Agriculture Extension Service and Experiment Station in cooperation with the Tri State Packers Association. Key speakers include J E Metzger J G Horsfall C A Greenleaf Herman A Hunter and Dr. A Lee Schrader. A special Friday session will gather canners to discuss research and extension needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
A. ‘Lee Schrader
Department of Horticulture
Horticulture
College of Agriculture
Extension Service
Experiment Station
Tri-State Packers’ Association
Inference
H. C. Byrd
T. B. Symons
J. E. Metzger
J. G. Horsfall
Geneva
F. M. Shook
Tri-State Packers Association
AAA wheat payments set at 11 cents per bushel
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced an 11 cent per bushel price adjustment payment for wheat, based on normal yields within 1939 acreage allotments. Cooperators receive 17 cents more for soil building practices, totaling 28 cents per bushel with conservation and price adjustments. An estimated 64.1 million dollars will go to wheat growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Nashel
Rev Lambert Addresses Cambridge Woman's Club About Church and State
Rev. Frank Lambert spoke on church versus state at the Cambridge Woman's Club last Friday, drawing applause. Hostess Mrs. Russell P. Smith promised a third invitation. Tea followed as Mrs. Herbert Dozier served home made cookies. President Mrs. White announced a tax study update and committee revisions will be voted later. Girl Scout consultant Mrs. Austin Roberts outlined Scout activities and met with the club mothers. The Civic Department closed with duets by Betty Stoker and Shirley Sullivane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Woman's Club
Frank Lambert
Lambert
Russell P. Smith
Herbert Dozier
White
Henry Hooper
Jonathan Wheatley
Taxpayer
Quackenbush
Hobbs
Irving Jackson
S. L. Byrn
Austin Roberts
Sadlersville
Dorchester County OKs REC Service Extension by Choptank Co operative
Dorchester County commissioners granted permission to the Choptank Cooperative Inc to extend Rural Electrification Administration power lines in the county. The routes include Vederalsburg to Preston, New Church to Zion and farms of Velma Gachringer and C W Horn, and Elwood Camp Ground area south toward Beulah and Back Landing Bridge. A further REC extension discussion was set for 2 PM in Centreville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County
Board of County Commissioners
Choptank Co-operative, Inc
Rural Electrification Administration
Eastern Shore
Co-operative
Vederalsburg
Preston
Eastern Shore Publicc Service Company
New Church
Zion
Velma Gachringer
C. W. Horn
Elwood Camp Ground
Charles H. Cohee
Elwood
Beulaht
Beulah
Hunting Creek
Back Landing Bridge
Choptank Co-operative
Centreville
Fellowship Award For Local Church Mission Drive
Cambridge Methodist Episcopal Church receives a certificate of honor for meeting its quota in the Million Unit Fellowship Movement. The movement aims for 500 000 units and one dollar a month per person, expanding spiritual life and funding World Service missions. So far about three quarters of a million dollars has been added to church income for missions and benevolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Methodist Episcopal Church
D. E. McLain
United States
Mission Unit Fellowship
World Service
Mandatory 843 Justice of the Peace Appointments Asserted
Maryland Attorney General LeViness says the state requires the governor to appoint 843 justices of the peace, a duty he asserts has been violated for fifty years. He notes past governors failed to complete all appointments, urging reform legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Charles T. LeViness
LeViness
O’conor
State Senate
North Wins Shore First Muskrat Skinning Contest
George North, 56, won the Eastern Shore muskrat skinning contest by skinning five muskrats in three minutes three and five-tenths seconds to claim a $5 prize. Curtis Insley finished faster but a torn hide ruled him out. Eight trappers competed on stage amid applause in hip boots and plaid shirts, with a 14 year old contestant Shriver Mills noted as the youngest. North later claimed the title by skinning a rat in fifty six seconds blindfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George North
North
Curtis Insley
Shriver Mills
TV Am
Wesley Robins
Robbins, Md
Maryland DMV Holds License Plate Applications Up
Maryland motorists face delays in about 15 000 license plate applications due to address changes. State official Walter R. Rudy says unnotified movers will not receive blanks and must mail or deliver old and new address plus vehicle title number. About 2 500 more fail vehicle inspection rules. total state registration around 410 000. Tags due by March 31 and usable after March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Walter R. Rudy
Rudy
Senators Back Ridgely as Maryland Police Head
A bloc of fourteen State Senators urged Governor O Conor to appoint Lieut Ruxton Ridgely as superintendent of the Maryland State Police. Senate President Arthur Brice and Sen James Lindsay delivered the recommendation. Ridgely, commanding the Eastern Shore district from Easton, would be promoted over Capt Edward McK Johnson, both Merit System appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conor
Ruxton Ridgely
Senate
Arthur Brice
James Lindsay
Elmer F. Munshower
Niece
Frederick
Frederick County
Democratic Central Committee
Munshower
Maryland National Guard
Ridgely
Eastern Shore
Easton
Edward McK. Johnson
Crescent Class Holds Annual Banquet at Hotel Cambridge
The Crescent Class of Zion M. E. Church held its annual banquet with 45 members and guests at the Hotel Cambridge. A twenty minute play, music by Miss Marysaret Matthews, and toastmaster Miss Ernestine Messick highlighted the evening. Dr. Dayton McClain extended greetings, Miss Nora Dunn gave the welcome, and Miss Ernestine Taylor was honored with a corsage for her service as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Class of
Zion M. E. Church
Cambridge
Ernestine Taylor
Ernestine Messick
Marysaret Matthews
Henry Hooper
Miss Matthews
Nora Dunn
Dayton McClain
Zion Church
McClain
Crescent
Orbers
Irwin W Windsor Dies At Hurlock
Irwin W Windsor a Dorchester County detective died of a heart attack at his Hurlock home. He served as chief county detective since January 1 and previously as justice of the peace for the fifteenth district. Survived by his widow three sons his mother and a sister. Funeral held at Hurlock Methodist Protestant Church with interment in East New Market Cemetery.
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Irvin W. Windsor
Dorchester County
Hurlock
Windsor
Salisbury
Work On New Sewer System Progressing
Cambridge advances a new sewer treatment plant with government aid and employment for about forty winter workers. The $30,000 project, part of Dorchester County efforts, supports carpenters electricians plumbers bricklayers cement finishers and precasters. When operational this summer the State Board of Health may lift the polluted area ban ahead of the oyster season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camibridge
Volmleion
Cmubridge
Dorchester County
State Board of Health
Goldsborough Confirmed for D C Bench
The Senate confirmed Representative Goldsborough of Maryland as associate justice of the District Court for the District of Columbia. He has served the First district for eighteen years and will resign his House seat around April 1 to take the new post. Senator King was the sole opponent on the Judiciary Committee, objecting that a local attorney should have been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori
Clin K K. Higgins
Congress
Senate
Ion
Herb
Peter Pan
Meebe
Gally
Representative Goldsborough
District Court of the United States
District of Columbia
Goldsborough
Eastern Shore
Maryland
Vr Court
King
Utah
Senate District Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Vr Oldsvorough
Hing
New Use For Farm Products To Be Sought
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an Eastern Regional Research Laboratory to develop new uses for surplus regional farm commodities. Located in Windmoor y Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, the lab will employ about 250 staff in a three story Ushaped building on 32 acres, serving potato tobacco milk apples and vegetables producers in Maryland and nearby processing industries along the Delaware river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Wyndmooy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Delaware River
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Canning Crops Conference
Rev. Lambert
Shore
Insley
Irwin W. Windsor
D.C. Bench
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