Stabilize living costs pledges by Wickard Henderson
Washington Feb 2 Weathered together Wickard and Henderson announced complete agreement on stabilizing food and farm prices and preventing inflation. They pledged abundant production and shifts to keep feed costs reasonable while safeguarding fair distribution and consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claude Wickard
Leon Henderson
Agriculture
Wickard
Henderson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wickard-Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Department
Cars damaged in collision on South Market Street
Two out of town drivers collided Monday night on South Market Street causing damage to both cars. Dale Grahams of Hagerstown moving north struck Francis P. Schaecher of Baltimore proceeding east on South Street. No charges were pressed by Officer George Crum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Market Street
Dale Grahams
Hagerstown
Francis P. Schaecher
Baltimore
South Street
George Crum
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
The page lists five items from today’s Cranium Crackers Q and A. It notes the Emperor of Japan visiting a Shinto shrine to inform ancestors of the war, William R. Arnold as chief of United States Army chaplains, Catholic bishops pledging support to the President, Japanese saying Adolf Hitler descended from Mohammed, and the church pennant allowed to be flown above the Stars and Stripes during religious services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Arnold
United States Army
Adolf Hitler
Mohammed
Federal Power Is Increased By Opinion
The Supreme Court strengthened federal power over local business, upholding that Congress can regulate interstate commerce even for intrastate trade. It affirmed a 1937 Marketing Act price order for Illinois milk and ruled Alabama cannot block federal inspection of renovated butter, while New York must recognize Soviet nationalization of Russian assets in a case connected to U S recognition policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Illinois
Chicago
Alabama
New York
Reed
Bult
Stone
Frankfurter
Murphy
Byrnes
New York Ofice
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Jackson
Douglas
Train Strikes Thurmont Man’s Car Near Woodsboro
Donald Long of Thurmont escaped injury when a Pennsylvania Railroad steam engine struck his car at a crossing by Woodsboro early road station. The car and Long were dragged about a hundred feet along the tracks before the train halted. The car was not overturned, and officials cited this as a reason for Long’s safety. The wheels were dragged atop the rails as the freight, led by Conductor J N McCall, York, northbound, passed around 2:40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Long
Thurmont
Pennsylvania Railroad Streight
J. N McCall
York
Baltimore Gains 250000 Population Boost From War Industry
Postal survey shows influx of war industry workers and Washington overflow boosting Baltimore metro area population to 1,097,810. The 1940 census counted 859,000, ranking seventh largest in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington
Assets Show Large Increase in Richmond Fed Review
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports 1941 assets rising from 774.75 million to 1.043 billion, as business and industry set records. Debits to individual accounts show Maryland trade gains, with Baltimore 28 percent higher, Hagerstown 35 percent, Cumberland 29 percent, and construction contracts in Maryland spiking 103 percent from 1940. Districtwide output common across June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Maryland
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Baltimore
Frederick
Salisbury
Virginia
West Virginia
The
Savings Bank of
Williamsport
Fedcral Reserve
North
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Gasoline Taxes Top One Million In January Maryland
Maryland drivers paid 1 239 634 91 in gasoline taxes in January 1942 with 67 264 59 refunded. Net revenue 1 172 389 62. After debt service 42 166 07 and distribution, totals show 1 130 223 53 to Roads Commission counties and Baltimore City. Roads Commission received 382 301 81 for maintenance and 117 450 64 for grade crossing fund. Counties shared 306 083 37. Baltimore City got 131 794 4 for lateral roads and 163 843 63 for maintenance. 293 622 22 for its grade crossing fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
State Roads Commission
Baltimore City
Roads Commission
Uncle held after confrontation with niece in Frederick
Edna R Gibson colored eleven-year-old is in Frederick City Hospital after an incident at her uncle Leroy Carroll's home at 15 South Bentz street. Carroll thirty eight, arrested without bond by Sergeants Dorsey and Dietz on a charge of a reported incident. Preliminary hearing set for Friday night in Police Court. Carroll has prior larceny and related charges. girl in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna R Gibson
Frederick City Hospital
Leroy Car
South Bentz Street
Carroll
Sergi
Frank Dorsey
Norman Dietz
Welders Return to Seattle Tacoma Shipyard Amid Walkout
Fifty welders abandoned a picket line and entered Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding yard for night shift as a back-to-work movement spreads in Tacoma and Seattle. Government officials urged welders to repudiates leadership amid war effort concerns. observers note only a small number resumed work at Boeing and Associated shipbuilders, with full disruption unlikely before a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
AFL International
Donald Nelson
Stimson
Navy
Knoxsand Maritime Commission
Emory S. Land
AFL Boilermakers’ Union
Corporation
Union
Walter L. Green
Defense For Youth Zonta Club Subject Defense For Youth
The Zonta Club met at Hotel Frederick M with Mrs Bertha Culler presiding. Dr Bertha Loomis of Hood College spoke on Defense for Youth stressing youth as the nation s front line. She urged religion and education to train habits accuracy balance tolerance justice and self examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M Inday
Bertha Culler
Bertha Loomis
Ancient Language
Hood College
Hitler
Loomis
Demosthenes
Socrates
Sighted Submarine Off Cape Hatteras
Officers of the American freighter Bellingham sighted an enemy submarine off Cape Hatteras on the night of January 27. The Third Naval District announced that no attack was perceived by bridge officers, though a fireman on the after deck house later thought he saw a torpedo cross their wake. Captain H. C. Willis reported the 5,343 ton vessel with a crew of 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellingham
Cape Hatteras
Third Naval District
Norton Wood
GM Directors Cut Dividend To Fifty Cents A Share
New York Feb. 2 Directors of General Motors Corp voted a dividend of 50 cents a share on the common stock a reduction of 50 cents from payments in June September and December last year In the first quarter of 1941 a payment of 75 cents was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors Corp
Fleet Hitting Back At Japs
Honolulu February 2. Admiral Chester W Nimitz said the United States Pacific Fleet is fully utilized to strike the enemy. He praised the Gilberts and Marshalls attack as fulfilling Navy tradition to seek out and destroy the foe. He noted the vast Pacific, stretch of ocean, and the fleet’s ongoing efforts to harass the enemy and protect America. The remarks marked his first public comment on the southwest Pacific assault in which many enemy vessels were sunk and many planes destroyed.
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Honolulu
United States Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Pacific Fleet
United States Navy
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Nimitz
Pacific
Marshall
Pacific Ocean
America
Southwest Pacific
Junior C of C To Meet In Cumberland Convention Picked
Cumberland Md February 2 selection of Cumberland as the 1942 site for the Maryland State Junior Chamber of Commerce convention was announced by James B Reinhart Cumberland delegate and Maryland director After a bid from Frederick Cumberland was chosen May 2 and 3 were set for the annual session John L Towler will be general chairman Delegates from eight Junior Associations will attend with Baltimore Bethesda Salisbury Frederick Hagerstown Hanover Frostburg and Oakland represented A meeting in Hagerstown led to the decision Ralph M Race Frostburg state president presided Twenty five directors from clubs statewide attended the session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Maryland State Junior Chamber of Commerce
James B. Reinhart
Cumberland Junior Chamber
Maryland
Reinhart
Hagerstown
State Board of Directors
Frederick
John L. Towler
Baltimore
Bethesda
Salisbury
Hancock
Frostburg
Oakland
Ralph M. Race
V M L Thomps Md In Close Fracas
V M L Thomps Md defeated Maryland 46 to 41 in Lexington Virginia. Travis led Maryland with 19 points while Emil Sotnyk and Ross Walker each added 12 for V M L. The game stayed fast throughout with V M I taking an early lead and closing strong on three Walker field goals and Sotnyk basket. Vince Thomas of Norfolk paced the Keydets in tough spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
University of Maryland Quint
Travis
Maryland
Emil Sotnyk
Ross Walker
Walker
Sotnyk
Vince Thomas
Norfolk
Six Parisians Are Executed
Six Parisian youths described as Jews and Communists were executed by Nazi firing squads in Paris, with 100 others exiled to Eastern Europe. Simultaneously two Walloon Belgians, Traymond Soupart and Henri Jouvenois, were executed at Mons on German orders. The February 2 1942 notice cites multiple January terrorist acts against German troops. DOJ: also reports murder charge in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Paris
Ernest von Schaumburg
von Schaumburg
Europe
Mons
Traymond Soupart
Henri Jouvenois
Soupart
Jouvenois
Depreciation Is Reduced On Auto Assessments County Officials Say
County officials explained that automobile assessments for 1942 show little depreciation due to halted new car production and a rising used car market. Protests occurred as first tax payments began. bills for cars are not mailed yet as records are finalized this week. The county fears reduced auto tax revenue unless production resumes, while real estate and personal property taxes arrive from the weekend filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Falk
Frederick
Garden School Slated In Rockville On Feb 13
In Rockville on February 13 a garden school will teach nutritional value and crop production and how to combat crop diseases. Otto W. Anderson and Miss Edythe M. Turner will lead the session from 9 30 a m to 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Otto W. Anderson
Edythe M. Turner
Cab Driver Found Guilty In Wife Assault Case
James Fox a Frederick cab driver was found guilty in Police Court of assaulting his wife Mary Fox. Magistrate Weinberg deferred sentence pending a separate court action. Mrs Fox testified of a brutal January 23 beating at home on DeGrange Street after asking for money for herself and their three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
James Fox
Mary Fox
Maruel M. Weinberg
DeGrange Street
Alton Y. Bennet
Norman Thompson
Willian Schreyer
West Patrick Street
Schroyer
Aussin Roderick
Committee Meets On Baker Carillon Plans In City Hall
The Baker Carillon committee met at City Hall on Monday afternoon. Chairman Prof. Henry T. Wade said the group had nothing to announce after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Carillon
City Hall
Henry T. Wade
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Louis
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture Department
Midwestern War Boards
National Farm and Home Hour
Middle West
Pearl Harbor
Wickara
William Birl Batt, Sr
SKF Industries
Ball Bearings
Uncle Sam
Negro
Niece
Zonta Club
Junior C. of C
V.M.L Thomps Md
Chambersburg
Elmer Lee Dagwalt
Mercersburg
Harry R. Tawney
Tawney
Here
Daywalt
Franklin County
Justice of the Peace
John
Gillan
Joseph Saltzinger
Tampax
Allen's
North Market ST
Frederick’s
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Delphey’s Daily Auto Service
West Patrick ST
C. E. Cline & Son
Hendrickson
Hhur
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