County Home Rule Proposal Is Again Up
Baltimore officials report the 1945 General Assembly will see bills to grant counties more power and curb local lawmaking. The Legislative Council urges constitutional changes to limit last minute bills and broaden home rule across 20 of Maryland’s 23 counties. Proposals include tax and land transfer records, recodification of oyster laws, a Calvert County park, hunting licenses, and reporting injuries for auto and weapon incidents.
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Maryland Law Reforms Consider Broad Welfare and License Measures
A roundup of proposed state reforms spans marriage license rules for Merchant Marines, hospital and insurance expansions, and pension plans. Actions include delaying marriage licenses, extending hospital coverage to medical and dental care, boosting insurance regulator powers, juvenile case transfers, and wider unemployment and workers compensation provisions. An unrelated note mentions Arabs spraying perfume to mask meal odors.
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Wage settlements urged for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
War Labor Board panel urged Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone to eliminate all borrowed employees by February 15 1945 and reimburse living expenses for out of town operators for more than four months. It called for wage increases for operators and a revised progression schedule, while clerical staff in the wealth department were urged to bargain on pay. Stalin met US Ambassador Harriman at the Kremlin with no further details released.
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Six State Department nominations get Senate committee vote
Chairman Connally announced the Foreign Relations Committee’s favorable recommendation for six nominations. Archibald MacLeish was backed after a proxy from Senator Wagner, despite a 10 to 10 tie earlier. Also approved were Joseph C. Grew as Undersecretary and four Assistant Secretaries. The panel allowed Wagner and Nye to proxy their ballots if reachable. The December meeting of Calvary Methodist Church’s Woman’s Society of Christian Service ran 7:30 p.m. with a program on Christmas in homes and settlements.
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Clyde Thomas
Wilbur Smith
R. J. Ford
L. L. Wilson
Man killed by Baltimore police in gun battle after prior crimes
Stanley J. Hunt alias Stanley Abromyptis a Lithuanian immigrant with a ten year crime record was shot by patrolmen Harry Spahn and John Malm during a stop at a car lot after resisting and firing at Officer Kasper Utz. Previously jailed for automobile theft, he had sought deportation as an undesirable alien in 1937 but remained in the United States pending federal action. The shooting occurred Wednesday night and was reported Thursday.
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Hunt to serve four years in the House of Correction
Judge Willard sentences Hunt to four years in the House of Correction after a prior Baltimore arrest for larceny of an automobile on November 6, 1940 and a two year penitentiary term. He escaped May 13, 1941 from a state farm, was recaptured June 1, 1940 in Selma, Alabama, and returned to finish his sentence as patrolmen Spahn and Mullaney face habeas corpus proceedings.
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No Blame On Oil Industry He Says
Washington reports Petroleum Administrator Ickes rejected blame on the oil industry for the gasoline shortage tied to Lt. Gen. George Patton's Third Army drive toward Germany. He said there was no shortage in combat areas and that the fast Patton advance outpaced transport, with fuel flown from beaches to the front.
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Wells Criticises Churchill Position
London December 14 novelist H G Wells attacks Winston Churchill calling him a would be British Fuehrer who has lost his head over Greece He says Churchill must retire before the debt we owe him is forgotten and that his Greece intervention discredits the nation Wells concedes his past service but argues he has outlived his fighting symbol role.
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Greece
Britain
Winston
Postal Service Pay Hike Passed by House
The House approved a bill to raise postal worker pay, adding 400 to base pay for regular employees and boosting fourth class postmasters and related staff by 23 percent. A similar raise applies to third class postmasters for clerk hire, replacing a temporary 300 raise expiring next June 30.
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91 Planes Of Japs On Luzon Destroyed
Washington reports American carrier based aircraft destroyed 91 Japanese planes on Luzon in the Philippines during a Wednesday attack. Fourteen enemy planes fell in combat and seventy seven were eliminated on the ground. The Navy said airstrips on Iwo Jima were also bombed as efforts continued against Japanese bombers bound for Saipan. Strong anti aircraft fire and fighter activity were noted during the Iwo Jima operations.
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