Jap Beetle Control Is Grange Plea
Frederick County Pomona Grange in Adamstown outlined a plan for countryside Japanese beetle control. A five man committee will coordinate with farm groups to develop and implement a control program. The session featured speeches by Lawrence Hatter and Car Driver, with a dress contest and a world unity program. About 130 to 140 members attended, Ballenger Grange hosting. Next quarterly session is November 1 at Ballenger prior to the State Grange annual meeting in Annapolis.
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Frederick
Austin P. Renn
Pomona
Lawrence RK. Hatter
Union Swek Yards
Baltimore
Livestock Commission
Hatter
Driver
Howard County
W. Howard Brown
Frederick County Pomona
Carroll Manor Grange
Adamstown
Ballenger
State Grange
Annapolis
Globe Girdling Flight Postponed By Odom
Chicago August 3 William Odom postpones the takeoff of his solo globe circling flight awaiting a systems check. The Bombshell, a converted 426 Army bomber owned by Milton Reynolds, faces minor delays before a planned 2 p m Monday departure for the 19600 mile round the world attempt.
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Chicago
William Odom
International “Aiport Y ‘Ont
Atic
Odom
Milton Reynolds
Teterboro
N. J
Reynolds
Roslyn
Reeded Defense Unification Plan Names Likely Cabinet Picks
The United States plans to fuse the Army Navy and Air Forces into a single Armed Forces under a Defense Secretary. Kenneth C Royall is favored for Secretary of the Army, John Le Sullivan for Secretary of Navy, and W Stuart Symington for Secretary of the Air Force.
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James V. Forrestal
Defense
Army
Navy
Air
Armed Forces Unification
W. Stuart Symington
Union Bridge plant resumes operations after closure
The Lehigh Cement Plant at Union Bridge reopened Monday after a closure of several weeks for repairs. Local residents, Brethren church attendees, and Legion post officers are noted in related items, including a camp at Penial and a Legion election. A 1937 car near Dickerson was wrecked with minor injuries to Willis Ramsburg of Buckeystown. Police investigated.
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Union Bridge
Lehigh Cement
Harold Mehring
Wanda Mehring
William Teeter
Taneytown
David Cartzenhaffner
Tnjon
Gail Harley
Jack Harris
Roger Wolfe
Brethren Church
Penial
Thurmont
Berkley Bowman
Camp Fenial
E. T. Devilbiss
Airs. Wiliam Boland
Oak Orchard
Willis Ramsburg
Buckeystown
Dickerson
Montgomery County
Treasury endorses continuing both federal and state income taxes
The Treasury Department said both levels will likely retain income taxes as major revenue sources. It noted Dewey’s plan to surrender state taxing power, favoring a shared administration and revenue split. The study outlined the administration's stance on tobacco and gasoline taxes and other tax issues.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Federal State Tax Tensions and Postwar Revenue Plans
Discussion notes that tobacco taxes are harder to collect by states than by the federal government and that interstate shipments complicate administration. A potential swap of federal and state tax areas is explored, with gasoline taxes seen as less duplicative. A table shows massive tax collections in fiscal 1946 with most revenue from overlapping levies. A side item mentions oyster shells used by Pilgrims as lime flux in early New England furnaces. Baltimore reports record motor vehicle receipts totaling 10,678,645.42, up 54 percent year over year.
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Treasury
Pilgrim Fathers
New England
Baltimore
Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles
Crass Report Shows Jump in Vehicle Registrations
The Department reported a rise in total registrations from 516,229 to 571,590, driven by higher motor vehicle license fees implemented last spring and a doubling of titles for new registrations subject to a two percent excise tax.
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Creass
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Ira Caldwell
Robert Lambert
Kenneth Hull
A. P. Smith
Donald Garner
James Fiscus
Weldon Mackley
Roy Carbaugh
Richard Robrbaugh
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Hyattstown Volunteer Firemen‘s— Carnival
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G. I. Loans
Frederick High
G. L. Thomas, Jr
Frederick, Md
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Arerive
Eeger&co
South Market St
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Carnival
Slim Stuart
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Plainsmen
Ray Mond
the Magician
Dapper Dan
Dixie
Quincy Orphanage
Ranch Boys
the News
Victory Liquor Store
Steve Kriesings
Prop
North Market St
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Ford
Frederick Motor CO
West Patrick St
ST Ofree Me. Insurance Agency
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Rocky Ridge, MD
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