Maryland governor aims to abolish real estate tax
Governor Lane told about 600 Charles County farmers the state may abolish or cut the current real estate levy of 10 cents per $100 valuation to help finance the new tobacco experiment station. He noted the tax yields the state $3.8 million next fiscal year and joked about his nickname Two-Cent Lane while stressing the goal of future benefits for Maryland families. Charles Town marks V J Day with rally and fireworks.
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Chapel Point
Maryland
Lane
Charles County
County Farm Bureau
Board of Public Works
Landover Road
Upper Marlboro
Collington
Betty Linton
Brumette
Timonium State Fair
Sam C. Linton
Western Maryland College
Mayors Morison and Roberts Speak at Legion Event
Erang Moepital served as principal speaker at a community celebration sponsored by the Jackson-Perks Post of the American Legion. Mayors G. P. Morison of Charles Town and W. J. Roberts of Rawson also spoke, with Veterans of Foreign Wars members taking part.
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Jackson-Perks Post
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Population growth reported in postwar estimates
Washington reports the U S population reached 341,228,693 as of July 1 1946 up about 9 16 million since 1940 The figure includes overseas forces and compares with China India and Russia The Census Bureau cautions against foreign estimates due to war boundaries and claims Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Tennessee show notable gains while others vary. Freeman County of Frederick streetlights cleaned as humidity and sun beat down with many Japanese beetles found in light globes.
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Washington
Census Bureau
China
India
Russia
State Department
Bureau
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
May Re-Arrest in North Carolina Lynching Case
Seven white men expected to be re-arrested in North Carolina for alleged kidnapping conspiracy and jailbreaking plot tied to the attempted lynching of Godwin Buddy Bush last May. Gov. Cherry calls grand jury action a miscarriage of justice and orders the case reopened. Bush fled after a predawn abduction from Northampton County jail and hid in the woods before surrendering to authorities. He had narrowly escaped a fatal shooting during the episode.
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R. Gregg Cherry
Bush
Northampton County
Tyler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
One Killed Many Hurt In Commuter Crash
In West Philadelphia at 30th and Spring Garden streets a Schuylkill Valley line commuter train and a steam locomotive collided. Motorman J. D. Klingerman died, about twenty injured were treated at Philadelphia General and Presbyterian hospitals, as workers toiled to remove the body two hours after the wreck. The electrically powered train had departed Suburban Station at 3:43 p.m. for Norris Town, Pa, when the collision occurred.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuykill Valley
30Th
Spring Garden Streets
West Philadelphia
J. D. Klingerman
Philadelphia Art Museum
Philadelphia General
Presbyterian
Norristown
Derailed train slows traffic on suburban rails
A derailment slowed traffic on the railroad’s suburban lines though the spokesman said the crash, the second on the Pennsylvania line within 36 hours, did not materially affect traffic on the New York Philadelphia tracks. A separate coast guard search in Ocean City for Rev Earl W. Klein, 33, missing after a fishing trip drowning, continued with fishermen reporting no findings.
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Pennsylvania
New York-Philadelphia
Ocean City
Earl Ww. Klein
Shermen
Coast Guard
Minister Believed Lost In Sinepuxent Bay Incident
A regional minister from nearby Berlin is thought to have fallen overboard in Sinepuxent Bay. He was married with three young children and the community awaits official word on the tragedy.
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Berlin
Sinepuxent Bay
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Mich
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Michigan
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Ralph W. Boyer
W. Patrick St
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Austass Lin Ie
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Frederick County
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N. Y
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Westinghouse
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Better Homes Equipment CO
E. Patrick Sr
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Wallelover
Johnnys Market
Chuck Roast
Potomac
Swift
Doz
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Renton
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