Rails Claim Treatment is Unequal
A Kiwanis luncheon in the Francis Scott Key Hotel featured a film on railroads and a call for federal action to end discriminatory taxation and tax policy. Walter T. O’Brien urged Congress to repeal the 10 percent excise tax on passenger fares and shorten depreciable lives to speed reinvestment. The meeting highlighted railroads’ importance and job losses from over-regulation and subsidization, with several local figures attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Walter T. O'Brien
Speakers Bureau Railway Community Committee
Baltimore
O'Brien
Club
Congress
Hermann A. Hauver
Clyde M. Roney, Jr
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Jac Bucheimer
Reisterstown
Douglas Wright
Jim Fahey
Hagerstown
Staley Grimes
Mr. Reitsnyder
Oscar Hartman
Robert Troxall
Sharpe
Rail executives urge business. fight nationalization trend
Leaders from B and O Western Maryland and Pennsylvania railroads appealed to Maryland and West Virginia business groups to oppose government tax and regulatory policies they call destructive. They toured aboard the Magna Carta Special, pledging to compete with other transport modes and urging public support for tax and policy revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Railroads
Chester T. Williams
Eastern Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Williams
Baltimore and Ohio
Western Maryland
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
B&o
South Carroll
Stoonhoyer
Charles R. Zarfors
Western Maryland Railway
George M. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kenneth BR. Ekin
U.S
Secretary of Commerce
Zarfoss
Chicago
Ohio River
Rockville
Baltimore In
Ohio
End of line for Carroll County B&O station at Point of Rocks
The Baltimore and Ohio station at Point of Rocks, built in 1875, is closing with no demolition plans. Commuters will buy tickets from conductors and freight bound for the point will be sent to Brunswick. The depot may be offered to a historic or civic group to maintain, given its distinctive architec ture along Route 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Point of Rocks
Brunswick
C. T. Williams
Eastern Division
B&o
Sta
Carroll County
Carroll County Public Library
Taneytown Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Taneytown notes list visits by Mrs. Joh Leister and family in town, dinners with Mrs. Jeager and Mr. Jones, and several households hosting guests from Baltimore, Hanover, and Gettysburg. Church activities include a Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting and a U S C men’s gathering at Trinity Lutheran Church with talks by Dr. Charles Gladfelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh Leister
Taneytown
Carroll. N. Yount
Wilkesboro
Cn.c
Stanley B. Jennings
Kathy
Susan
Otto Jeager
Gibson Island
E. N. Jones
Baltimore
Hanover
Hubert J. Null
William Scott
David
Gettysburg
Frank Stambaugh
Jacob Stambaugh
Marvin Ebaugh
Harve de Grace
Leila Anderson
Board of Christian Education
The
United Church of Christ
John S. Messler
Adelaide Englar
York
Messler
Theodore Fair
Flag Hater Jailed in Mexico City
Roberto Sierra Partida aged 22, airport baggage handler, jailed for cursing the Mexican flag. He said his hatred was toward flags in general, not Mexico, to police officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Roberto Sierra Partida
Mexico
National Negro Business Club hears needs of community
The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs held its monthly meeting at 105 S Bentz. Miss Eunice Hutchins opened the session and introduced guest speaker Mrs Edward D Storm who outlined local needs and possible actions including recreation, adult programs, high school graduate employment, an adopt a friend project and craft instruction opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc
S. Bentz Street
Eunice C. Hutchins
Edward D. Storm
Frederick County Scouts Trail Discussion Held
Frederick County Commissioners met with Boy Scouts leaders in the court house to explore establishing a scouting trail in the area. No details of the Monday meeting were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Boy Scouts
Scout and Homemaker Anniversaries Scheduled in Frederick
The Frederick County Girl Scouts invited commissioners to the 50th anniversary event during a Monday meeting. They were also invited to the 40th annual Homemakers meeting at Hood College on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Frederick County
Girl Scouts
Hood College
Lotuka Tribesmen Rarely Smoke Tobacco in Sudan
Men of the Lotuka tribe in southern Sudan seldom use tobacco, but the tribesmen do smoke pipes with regularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
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Rails
Women's Fellowship of Westminster Church of the Brethren
Kenneth Ecker
Peggy Ecker
Helen Kyle
Wynetta Tenney
Mary Little
Jean Myers
Caroline Eller
Doris Haines
Ellajean Key
Margaret Wimmer
Catherine Newton
Miriam Brickett
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Wellesley
Mass
Time Magazine
St. Andrew’s Church
CD Baltimore
Steuart J. Pittman
Civil Defense
Dale A
Dale A. Borrer
Kenneth EB. Ekin
Clarence R. Zarfoss
Carroll Library
Margaret J. Hoefer
Montevue
Elinor Brown
Mary E. Thomas
Amanda Bayton
Kenya
M. J. Seroney
London
Market St
W. Patrick St
Epvic Cc
Serwigy
Efoples Drug ‘Stores
Electrolux
Harry Hohman
Philco
Zenith
Motorola
N. Carroll St
Melvin M. Engle
Watkins - Burdette Motor CO
Frederick, Md
East Fourth Street
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wyngate
Cloverhill
Ubdivision
E. W. Ausherman, Inc
Valent Sonotone
Sonotone of
Hagerstows
Roy B. Furr
Hagerstown, Md
Travel Fair
E. Harp
Gilbert
E. Harp Gilbert
Frederick Optical Co
South Market St
Mercer's Drug Store
West 3Rd & N. Market Sts
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