Maryland Senators Clash Over Budget Transparency
Annapolis February session opens with a Republican bid to force Governor O’Conor to clarify his budget message. Senator Len Wilmer Davis leads a one man fight for an itemized salary and expenditure list while Senator Lindsay resists, urging referral to the Finance Committee. Four new bills appear, including a liquor law revision, and discussion turns to publication of officials’ arrears and state aid to private colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
General Assembly
O'Conor
Sanat
Len Wilmer
Davis
Caroline
Senate
Noor
James J. Lindsay
Baltimore
Arthur H. Brice
Kent
Finance Committee
Lindsay
Legislative Council
Funk
Finance
William R. McClayton
Tdi
Doe Apposui Mehe
Joseph R. Byrnes
Assembly
Joint Assembly
Groundhog Lindsay
Mittee
Ito Cerwin
Lovernor O'Conors
Milton A. Reexord
Third Service Command
Senate Finance Committee
State Guard
Dwight H Mohr
Beverly 5
Obert
Mohr
Ober
Senate Committee
Slaying Details Emphasized in Sleeping Car Case
Albany February 1 A rail car murder case unfolds with detailed testimony from sleeping car cook Robert E B Folkes. District Attorney Harlow L Weinrich reports Folkes gave a new, straightforward account of the Mel Martha Virginia James slaying nine days after the pre-dawn attack on a California bound train. Motive remains unknown as detectives and state officers press the case toward the February 10 circuit court session. The report includes earlier statements to Los Angeles police, all un signed, and Folkes’ reluctance to discuss specifics. Class notes follow about Grace Reformed church school’s Mathers Bible class meeting with 15 members and three guests.
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Albany
Pretty Mel
Martha Virginia James
Robert EB
Lee Folkes
Harlow L. Weinrich
Los Angeles
Weinrich
Folkes
Weinrick
California
Oregon
Needik
R. R.howard
Joseph Beeman
State Police
Kathleen Miller
Welnrick
Farm Machinery Released by USDA War Board
The USDA War Board announces release of 80 percent of milk coolers and all tubulat ar surface type milk coolers frozen since Oct 31 1942. Transfers will be regular through trade channels but sales to farmers require rationing by county committees. Irrigation and centrifugal pumps also rationed. farmers urged to consult county rationing boards for spring needs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Joseph E. Blandford
Maryland
Usda War Board
Fred S. Wallace
Special War Board
County War Board
Seventy Called Up by Board Two for Tests
Sixty seven volunteers and transfers were summoned by Frederick County Draft Board No. 2 for examination and induction in Baltimore within ten days. The list names active callups from multiple towns including Thurmont Emmitsburg Smithsburg and Frederick with numerous inductees and a transfer Kenneth Earl.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Amun Shegeeelibey Gude
Febru
Herbert Lee Calimer
Lanle
Melvin Miller Federline
Lewistown
John Robert Gall
Thurmont
Elmer Clay Rice
West Fifth Street
Frederick
Vincent DePaul Topper
Emmitsburg
Harry Victor Eyter
Washington
D. C
Donald Elsworth Debold
Sabillas
Carroll Joseph Portner
RFD
William Jacob Grimes
Richard Leroy Hahn
Archie Leon Godhenour
Thomas Eyler Hoke
Charles Henry Bell
Jameville
Frank Walter Albaush
Wilbur Daniel Ridge
Paul Marion Fox
Sabiliasville
Raymond Joseph Lingg
Roscoe Mel Clellan Wiles
John Floyd Horne
Smithsiburg
Harlés Edward Ridenour
Frank Allen Gardner
Mt. Airy
Robert Lee Lewis
Smiths‘burg
John Edward Bowers
Emimissoure
Marion James A. Brown
Lante
Howard Francis Sweeney
Graham
Charles ‘Luther Dubel
William Holtz Hamm
John Pauli Koontz
Taneytown
Howard Kenneth White
New Market
Robert Samuel Stup
Edwin Lewis Carty
Edward Ban Coleman
Sabillasville
William Joseph Riordan
Libertytown
Lacy Harey Simpson
Harold Miles Tregoning
Lawrence Walter Gourley
Truman Leroy Grimes
Woodsboro
Donald Andrew Duncan
Donald Rudell Hoffman
Raymond Hamilton Kipe
Sahillesville
Kenneth Earl
Seven Fredericktonians To Face Gas Hearings In City
Six Fredericktonians and a Brunswick citizen will appear for OPA hearings in the circuit court before Former Judge Arthur D Willard and William M Storm Friday at 10.00. Cornelius P Mundy Baltimore head enforcement attorney will prosecute cases of pleasure driving. Hearings set to gather evidence for State OPA Director Leo H McCormick to decide ration revocations. Total gas line revocations show 11 so far with 4 440 license numbers reported to law enforcement agencies.
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John Thomas Croghan
Bernard R. Baumgardner
Frederick
Anthony J. Cincotta
Brunswick
OPA
Leo H. McCormick
Bel Air
Elkton
Mundy
Maryland
Home Makers Meet In Montgomery Arranged
February meetings of Montgomery County homemakers clubs announced by Miss Edythe M. Turner home demonstration agent list events across Potomac Valley Cedar Grove Jersburg Poolesville Barnesville Dickerson Burtonsville Four Corners Browningsville Wheatland Rockville Travilah Darnestown Silver Spring Glen Olney Germantown Burtonsville Colesville with hosts named. Also notes Smith Frederick local draft board and majority summons in 18-20 group.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Edythe M. Turner
Potomac Valley Club
A. B. Castle
Cedar Grove
Damascus
Willore Johnson
Welty R
Jersburg
Millard Gartner
Poolesville
Barnesville- Dickerson
Glen
Joseph Haller
J. C. Henderson
Burtonsville
Lawrence Thompson
Four Corners Club
Fletcher Merrick
Browningsville
Gladfill
Wheaton
Edna Graves
Porter Butt
Travi
Smith
Frederick
Washington
Army Needs 7 500 000 Men To Win War
President Roosevelt outlined a rough estimate of 7 500 000 as the maximum army size needed to win the war, given questions from legislators after Casablanca talks with Churchill. He noted troop totals in Africa and potential spring increments, while warning the fighting could be lengthy and costly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White Mouse
Casablancs
Churchill
Great Britain
Afria
Casablanca
Jozef Stalin
Russia
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Pacific War
Japan
Tokyo
Tost
Africa
Hull
State Department
Sumner Welles
Harold R Stack
White House
Stark
European
Stephen Early
Carly
Congress
Capitol
IWG
State Slips In Campaign To Collect Fats Balimore
Maryland salvage efforts lag as grocers refuse fats and a truck shortage limits collections. Executive secretary James F. Solley reports only 33 percent of the 202,500 pound monthly quota is gathered. Some grocers hold fats for their own sale while others ignore regulations. Five stores in one Baltimore block failed to remit. He urges grocers to comply and contact state headquarters for details. Also, Alvin M. Bopst sues Robert Murray and wife Gertrude for 325 dollars, with a non resident attachment.
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Balimore
James F. Solley
Maryland
Solley
Somej Efacers
Baltimore
Bopst
Alvin M. Bopst
Alton Y. Bennett
Robert Murray
Bob Murray
Gertrude Murray
Urray
Frederick
New Strategic Transport Plane Exceeds 3500 Mile Range
A newly designed transport aircraft for moving guns tanks ammunition supplies troops or paratroopers reports a maximum range exceeding 3500 miles, signaling a major capability improvement for rapid deployment and logistical support.
Three Swanson Children Hurt In Coasting Accident
Three children of Mr and Mrs Ernest Swanson were seriously injured while coasting on a tin sled on a snow crusted hillside near their new home. Gloria Swanson 19 Ruth Swanson 15 and Junior Swanson 16 suffered back injuries and a probable skull fracture after their improvised sled struck an apple tree.
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Ernest E. Swanson
New Home
Frederick City Hospital
Gloria Swanson
Ruth Swanson
Junior Swanson
Rabaul Raids Escalate Amid Pacific Action
Allied warplanes attacked Rabaul New Britain Island starting 22 fires with flames visible 25 miles away. Ground fighting continued in New Guinea as Allied artillery bombed Jap positions near Salamaua and Mubo-Sau, with attack planes in support. In a separate civil action Miss Jane Zimmerman seeks to amend a $1 300 claim against estate executors to $2 000 for services rendered during the late Miss Anne Weinberg’s life. Salvador voting remains compulsory for men and optional for women.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Lakunai
Rapopof
New Guinea
Mubo-Sau
Salamaua
Sherman P. Bowers
Jane Zimmerman
F. Ross Myers
Benjamin L. Shuff
Anne Wine
Patrick M . Schnauffer
Leo Weinberg
Zimmerman
Army seeks government seizure of 7 million cars
Washington reports the War Department urged requisition of about 7 million of the 27 million U S automobiles plus spare tires and bans on long distance hauling by trucks and buses. Jeffers and Patterson clashed over rubber allocation and synthetic production delays from Pearl Harbor to date.
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Washington
Army
House Committee
Hopert P. Patterson
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Baltimore
Navy
Armed Services
Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Retary of the Navy
Navy Department
American Automobile Association
Pearl Harbor
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Ile O.P
Charles K. Hoffman
Pic
John W. Hoffman
Morris Hoffman
Charles Hoffman
Camp Edwards
Mass
Joan W. Hoffman
Cano Shelby
Camp Meade
John Hoffman
Creagerstoan
Montgomery
Re. Allen's Cut
Nicaragua
Republic
Delphey
Jap Base
Salvador
War Dept
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