O Conor seeks second term in Maryland governorship
Maryland Governor O Conor announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for reelection in September. He recalled his 1938 victory over Harry W Nice and pledged to discuss major questions openly while defending wartime measures and defense readiness. The governor highlighted wartime policy, the Maryland Minute Men, and defense councils as key achievements.
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Maryland
Harry W. Nice
Howard W. Jackson
Lansdale G. Lasseer
Upper Marlboro
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William Gordy, Jr Salisbury
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United States Conference of Mayors
F. H. LaGuardia
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Maryland Council of Defense and Resources
Pearl Harbor
Maryland State Guard
Reckord
Milton A. Reckord
Third Corps
Maryland Minute Men
State Guard
Maryland Defense Council
Minute Men
Auto Stamp Tax Enforcement Clarified by WV Internal Revenue
Revenue officers will enforce the $5 automobile use tax stamp act with full Treasury backing. Citations may be issued when a stamp is absent or not posted, with penalties including fines up to $25, jail, and forced stamp purchase. Field agents warned on procedures, status of stamps, and misdeeds like loss or theft, while police deny direct enforcement on highways as the act is federal in nature.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Department
Revenue Department
Two Frederick County Drivers Lose Licenses At Hearings
State License Examiner W Dana Rudy revoked the licenses of McClure H Haupt of Feagaville and Hubert Andrew O'Brien of Rocky Ridge following hearings Wednesday. Haupt was punished for a fatal accident linked to inadequate brakes. O'Brien for a fakety stop after another crash. Several others faced suspensions or probation for various violations.
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W Dana Rudy
Frederick County
McClure H. Haupt
Feagaville
Hubert Andrew O'Brien
Rocky Ridge
Haupt
O'Brien
Woodrow W. Lawson
Tamsville
Terkinsi de
Gerald Edward Cline
Frederick Rote 4
Sylvester Ambrose Gwynn
Coll | Gred
Knoxville
Maryland Governor Outlines War Era Finances and Projects
O'Conor highlights a historic 2.5 million reversion to state treasury from unspent appropriations and notes major reforms. He cites replacing minor court fees with magistrates, advancing natural resource conservation, reducing ferry rates after Chesapeake Bay ferries acquisition, and a large road building program aimed at restoring highways to former prominence. He says no campaign tours planned due to war duties and civilian defense work.
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Chesapeake
Jap Destroyer II Torpedoed Near Kiska Island
A U S submarine reported torpedoing and probably sinking an enemy destroyer near Kiska Island after an Independence Day undersea attack in the Aleutians. The action, part of a two day operation on July 4 5, left another destroyer burning and raised overall Allied sinkings to 47 sunk 14 probably sunk and 13 damaged in the Aleutians and surrounding area.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
Navy
Aleutians
Kiska
Agaltu
Dutch Harbor
Fox
Amyitan
Magistrate delays sentence for 17 year old Brightwell
Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg announced he is not holding the sentence of Brightwell under consideration. Brightwell, 17, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in Police Court Monday, and was to be sentenced Wednesday. Ladies Aid Society of Charlesville church held a meeting with Mrs Alsin Wachter and Miss Audrey Wachter as hostesses. After a short patriotic program, refreshments were served. The next meeting will be July 16 at the home of Mrs Marv Clem.
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Alsin Wachter
Audrey Wachter
Marv Clem
Answers To War Quiz Qu estions On Page Five
Bombing Squadron Four. We would pay for almost four mules averaging $190 each. Heydrich's remains lay for a few days in this famous Prague building.
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Prague
First Steps Toward Pooling Private Transportation Here
Frederick County War Transportation Committee began steps to pool private commutes as part of a national fuel conservation plan. The meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel heard from Baltimore Association of Commerce leaders and appointed a coordinated group to map employee home addresses and plant needs for efficient car sharing.
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Frederick County
War ‘Transportation Committee
Francis Scott Key
Byron McCandless
J. H. Denton
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Richard F. Kline
G. Raymond Shipley
G. Bernard Stu
C. R Dougall, Jr
G William Stultz
John J. Schmudt
Russell H McCain
Ralph W
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Denton
Baltimore
McCandless
Detroit
Mr. Kline
Elmer Stockman
Mr. McCain
Arthur D. Phebus
Elwood Hummer
Ralph W Fahrney
A Niemann Brunk
G. Horton Peace
Arthur A. Greenhut
Arthur L. Riekell
Fined In Many Charges Dating Back To 1940
Baltimore July. Roland Meyers a 31 year old mechanic with addresses in the 2500 block of Miles avenue and Westminster was fined 5010 in the Traffic Court for parking violations dating back to December 1940. Police catch him on West Twenty fourth street with twelve warrants. He pleaded guilty to twelve warrants and two summonses but denied a third.
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Baltimore
Roland Meyers
Miles Avenue
Westminster
West Twenty-fourth Street
Frank Vitali
Edwin Savage
Meyers
Harry Noeth
Donates Home Plate From Crosley Field in 1996
The Crosley Field home plate used by the Cincinnati Reds in 1996 has been donated to scrap rubber heap by friends of the donor. The relic was recovered from the field during the 1937 Ohio River flood and its disposition was disclosed today.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Enani Finity
Cincinnati Reds
Politicians Granted Special Gas Ration Privileges in Era
Washington reports on July 8 that as registration for a new Eastern gasoline ration program nears, special provisions allow politicians to campaign by car and transport voters to polls. Federal and state lawmakers may receive extra rations for official business but must share cars and avoid daily commuting. Additional rules cover transporting voters and election officials, with no stated fuel amount. War workers in rationed areas will gain higher supplies, with identification required to access plant fuel. Helium use noted as historical context from 1921.
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Aicrals
Sululiuw UN
Cty
War Production Board
Huge German Battleship Is Damaged
The 335,000 ton Admiral Von Tirpitz, sister ship to the Bismarck, has been torpedoed twice and seriously damaged by a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea. A German transport was sunk and another damaged in the same action. The Tirpitz had recently been at a Norwegian refuge and Trondheim, with patrols keeping her bottled up near her fjord-base.
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Russia
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