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Maryland political currents in 1940s looking ahead
Maryland readers learn of House and Senate votes on the mustering-out pay bill and rankin measure, with Beall opposing the conference plan while others voted to avoid no payment. Edges shift for Ward Andrus Roe contest as Andrus gains Washington clout and Davis looms, amid shore factionalism and Pettin. Waren Evans departs as potential Matthews prosecutions swirl, while Annapolis Gazette marks 218 years and a 100 year farm club anniversary, reflecting the state’s enduring civic pages.
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Beall
Streett Baldwin
Ellison
Thomas D’alesandro
Leger-De-Main
Tommy
Congressional
Lemke
Senate
House
Maryland House
Ward
Andrus
Andy
O’conor
Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Wilmer Davis
Davis
Shore
Roe
Prentiss W. Evans
Somerset County
Rives Matthews
Millard Tawes
Evans
Edgar Jones
Matthews
Harry Dashiell
Tawes
Dashiell
Crisfield Ration Board
Politi
Free State
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Maryland Gazette
Sandy Springs
Montgomery County
Farm Club
Richard Bentley
Benjamin Hallowell