Lowering old age aid age to sixty sparks Maryland council debate
Maryland legislators including Sen. Robert B. Kimble and Delegate J. Milton Dick pressed to raise old age assistance eligibility to 60, challenging the need test and parental support conditions. Patterson warned of higher costs and possible defense-related relief shifts as he proposed minimal welfare changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Legislative Council
Robert B. Kimble
J. Milton Dick
Allegany County
J. Milton Patterson
State Welfare Department
Ted the Patterson
Sen
Kimble
Virtasl
Patterson
Allegany
Council
Treasury
Wilmer Fell Davis
Caroline
Elgin
Motor Vehicle Office
Marylana
Motor Vehicle Commissioners Office
State Road Commission
Coun
Ies Authority
Ezra B. Whitman
Commission
Midwest Blackout Tests Arm War Production Areas
Chicago reports the first general blackout test affecting 4 5 million in the Midwest as defense officials brief 12 000 volunteers and 00 00 civilians. Eastern Central time changes prompted penalties and alarms, with Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and Eureka Indiana coordinating warnings and reporting results.
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Chicago
Midwest
Minkmatsu
Midlands
Michigan Council of Defense
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Indiana
George Grunert
Sixth Service Command
Tretherminn Hau
Delate
Eureka
American Forces In India Told To Stay Out Of Internal Troubles
Washington says American troops in India are there to prosecute the war against the Axis and must avoid involvement in internal disturbances. Forces are authorized to use defensive measures only if personal safety or that of other citizens is at risk, with dispositions largely aerial and focused on aiding China via India.
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Washington
India
State Department
China
United States
Venging
Rangdon
Burma
Answers To War Quiz From Camp Livingston Training
The article notes period slang and equipment with references to Camp Livingston near Alexandria. It mentions the Panzerkampfwagen IV as Germanys new medium tank mounting a 73 mm cannon and defines Sneaking and peeping as the Army term for scouting and patrolling in basic training.
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Insania
Camp Livingston
Alexandria
Countian Kin Dies in Battle of Midway
Ensign Raymond A. Moore, nephew of Oscar F. Gaver of Middletown, was lost in action during the Battle of Midway. The Navy confirmed his death after his ship’s squadron suffered heavy losses with only one survivor, Ensign G. H. Gay. Moore, 28, studied at Annapolis and visited Frederick relatives before duty, leaving a wife and young son on the Pacific Coast. His father Louis J. Moore Sr. of Petersburg, Va., and his brother survive, along with maternal relatives and Gaver family kin.
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Raymond A. Moore
Tost
Midway
Oscar F. Gaver
Middletown
Navy
News-Post
Ensign Moore
Annie Gaver Moore
Louis J. Moore
Petersburg
Pacific
Moore
Navy Department
Gaver
G. H. Gay
Ensign Gay
Annapolis
West Coast
Frederick
California
Petersburg, Va
Mr. Gaver
Two Men Receive Ninety Day Terms In Maryland Jail
Vernon Roderick and Ridgely King were sentenced to ninety days each in the Maryland House of Correction by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett after drunkenness and vagrancy charges. Roderick has 12 recent arrests. King seven in seven months. Other youths, Thelma Herbert and Betty Jane Brown, were released to parents with a scolding. Alfred Williams was fined five dollars for unsafe driving on Route 26.
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Vernon Roderick
Ridgely King
Maryland House of Correction
Alton Y. Bennett
Roderick
Diet and
Hatne
King
Daniel E. Swomley
Baker Park
Joseph Ambush
Joseph WW
Thelma Herbert
Betty Jane Brown
Harry D. Stup
Alfred Williams
Baltimore
Ues
Mt. Pleasant
Washington County Approves Uniforms for 600 Minute Men
The Washington County Commissioners authorize use of funds to purchase uniforms for 600 Minute Men in Hagerstown. Lieut Col William Preston Lane Jr stated 474 members exist with units forming in Boonsboro Keedysville Sharpsburg Leitersburg and Williston. The group expects state legislation to authorize future reimbursements.
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Hagerstown
Board of Washington County Commissioners
Magerstown
William Preston Lane
William Maugans
Col. Lane
Lane
Boonsboro
Keedysville
Sharpsburg
Leitersburg
Wellerton
Technicolor Film Of India Shown At Rotary Meeting
Rotary club luncheon featured a Technicolor film of India by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thaw. J B Crowley arranged the showing, with a resume by William S Pricher. The film depicted Indian life, Sikh fighters, Maharajas wealth, weddings, and open air commerce, with guests E A Conroy Standard Oil Co and others.
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India
Rotary
Maharajes J of
Lawrence Thaw
Esso
General Motors
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
J. B. Crowley
Standard Oi! Co
William S. Piicher
Regnadios
Rutsieu
Charles McC. Mathias
Club
Elias Ramsburg
Pricher
E. A. Conroy
Standard Oil Co
Charles R. Zweiftig
Greensburg
A. Edwin ,Clabai
The
Baltimore Sun
S. L. Bradford
Hagerstown
Gable Enlists in U S Army as Buck Private
Hollywood idol Clark Gable, 41, enlisted as a private in the United States Army in Los Angeles after a private ceremony in the Federal Building. He expressed aim to become a gunner and depart for Miami for three months of basic training, with hopes to serve alongside cameraman Andrew J. McIntyre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Federal Building
Gable
Col
Malcolm P. Andruss
Andruss
United States Army
Miami
Carole Lombard
Fla
Andrew J. McIntyre
Army
Washington
James F. Brower
Nero Proclaims Victory After Olympic Extortion Scandal
At the 66 A. D. Olympic Games Nero declared himself victor in music and returned to Rome with 1800 prizes allegedly extorted from the judges.
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A. D. Nero
Rome
Grand Opening Of New Store In Frederick
The formal opening of the new Peoples Service Drug Store at Church and Market streets runs 3 PM to 10 PM Saturday. It is one of 140 sister stores across multiple states and one of two in Frederick with 37 employees led by manager H E Schindel and assistant manager C L Mullen. Gifts will be given to customers. The store features modern lighting, fixtures, air conditioning, extensive floor space, photography murals of Frederick, open drug section and a popular soda fountain with 15 booths. The article notes two years prison for Robert Sheriff for failing to file a draft questionnaire and address change after moving from Hancock to St Louis.
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New Peoples Service Drug Store
Church and
Market Street
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
Tennessee
West Virginia
Frederick
H. E. Schindel
C. L. Mullen
Warthoy
Baltimore
Robert Shearif
Hancock
William C. Coleman
St. Louis
Hagers
May Line Box Cars To Haul Oil To East
Preview of a new synthetic rubber lining for boxcars to carry gasoline and oil will be shown by Glenn L. Martin Company and United States Rubber Company officials. The six cell car carries 13 500 gallons and may extend to other transport modes. demonstration in Indiana for Joseph B Eastman and others. Open point on rail transport and rubber supplies noted.
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Washington
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Martin
Indiana
Joseph B Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Middle West
Bostran
Water Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Glenn L. Martin
United States Rubber Company
Reid B. Gray
Martin Laboratories
Gray
Dr McCurdy Leaves Estate To His Widow
The Orphans Court admitted the will of Dr Ira J McCurdy probate naming his widow Mrs Lucy E McCurdy executrix with all assets deemed nominal. Real estate and joint bank accounts noted. dated February 21 1934 witnessed by Leo Weinberg and I Mary Staley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Ira J. McCurdy
Lucy E. McCurdy
Clark
Philip Clark
Mt. Airy
Leslie N. Coblentz
Dorothy BE. Reyes
Verva M. Clark
Ruby Hahn
Willian
Jesse
James Clark
Amos A. Holter
FACES DRIVING CHARGE IN REISTERSTOWN
William H. Hill of Reisterstown faces drunken and reckless driving charges and a $1000 bond set for a Police Court hearing Friday night. Hill was arrested by Sergt. Frank K. Dorsey Wednesday at 9 15 on East All Saints street. Also present, William Kimmell owner of the car, was charged with being drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hill
Reisterstown
Hill
Frank K. Dorsey
East All Saints Street
William Kimmell
Airy
Guilty Second Time Countian Loses License
Charles Henry Warthen near Thurmont was convicted of a second drunken and reckless driving offense and had his license revoked by License Examiner W. Dana Rudy. Other drivers faced suspensions or probation for speeding, reckless driving, or failing to appear at hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Warthen
Thurmont
W. Dana Rudy
Jessie Cornelius Mercer
Ralph I. Moser
Middletown
Raymond E. Stevens
West
Patrick Street
Richard Orville Stitely
Frederick
William A. Brandenburg
North Avenue
Douglas Edward Harley
Fairview Avenue
Walter Samuel Bidle, Jr
Frank S. Eiker
Emmitsburg
Bidle
Eiker
Steel wage dispute placed before War Labor Board
The War Labor Board assumed jurisdiction in the wage dispute between U.S. Steel Corporation and the CIO United Steelworkers of America and ordered an expeditious decision.
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Washington
War Labor Board
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
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Charles C. T. Stull
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Maryland Safety Commission
OPA
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Herald-News
Countian
Ensign R. A. Moore
House of Correction
Pirate Ambulance
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Peoples
May
East
Rockville
Montgomery County
County Board of Education
Westbrook School
Frank H. Karn & Son
Victory Bicycles
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Ray L. Spurrier
Rocky Springs
Mary E. Burker
Warthen
Henry
Henry’s
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RED Fox
Market St
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