Wartime tax and the stay of telephone charges
In Maryland the first income tax law emerged in the 1930s to steady state finances while a 10 percent wartime tax on certain services including telephone use remained in force after World War II. Economists debate taxing wealth and luxuries. telephone tax costs about $20 per subscriber yearly. Proposals call for balanced budgets with reduced debt, offset by spending cuts or other tax increases.
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Maryland
Congress
Social Joe Fowler Named to Johnson Treasury Post
Henry H. Fowler, nicknamed Social Joe, will succeed Douglas Dillon as Secretary of the Treasury at month’s end. A Virginia Democrat with a long public service record, Fowler helped Kennedy and Johnson campaigns, served as Under Secretary, and is expected to support the president’s stance against tighter credit restraints while steering Treasury policy.
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the Treasury
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Virginia
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Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
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Toronto study links smoking to cancer via enzyme block
The report by Dr. William A. Kerr and colleagues shows cigarette smoking raises urine levels of ortho aminophenols linked to cancer risk. The team observed decreases when subjects quit and increases with resumed smoking, with heavy smokers showing higher susceptibility.
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Toronto Canada
William A. Kerr
University of Toronto
Department of Surgery
Joe Eisenhauer's Notebook Reflections on a Passing Life
A brief note by Joe Eisenhauer reflecting on the chance to do good while passing through life. He urges immediate kindness and action, stating he will not pass this way again and urging readers to make the most of each moment.
Teaching Careers Transform History Through April Education Month
A long piece urges April as Teaching Career Month to elevate teaching, inspire youths to enter the profession, and emphasize education's pivotal role in shaping history. It highlights gratitude for schools, calls for parental partnership, and sketches the teacher’s essential role in developing the individual student.
All Saints Street and the Saintly City Reflections
Thornton M. Pratt laments the incongruity of East All Saints Street in Frederick as he recalls nightly views of the city from Braddock Mountain. He contrasts sacred imagery with secular consumption and questions who truly remembers the saints while noting the glass monument to sanctity on the street.
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All Saints Street
ALL Saints
Barbara Fritchie
Frederick
Candy
East All Saints Street
E. All Saints
Thornton M. Pratt
McMurry Street
Prospects Bright for Hood College Pedagogy Chair
Fifty years ago on March 27 1915 the News Post reports clear prospects for establishing a pedagogy chair at Hood College financed jointly by the School Board Frederick Female Seminary and Hood College with a director to be chosen soon. Meanwhile Fredericks fishing season opens June 1 but enthusiasts already try their luck. The Frederick County Farmers Association invites women to join on equal voting rights with men, and wheat drops four cents to 1.45 while corn is 3.60 per barrel.
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Frederick Female Seminary
Frederick County
Frederick
Cumberland Residents Lacking Ham For Easter Week
Twenty years ago in Cumberland shortages hit meat markets with no hams available and scarce other meats. James E. Eshleman, son of Elmer I. and Mrs Eshleman of 4 East Church Street, earned a top honor at Mercersburg Academy as a senior. The funeral director business of the late Theodore P. Jenkins of Hancock was privately sold to William F. Bast and Sons of Boonsboro, ending a century of Jenkins family mortician service. Dr T H Legg of Union Bridge bought the Shellman Farm near Clear Ridge from Dr and Mrs L E Stauffer.
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James E. Eshleman
Elmer I. Eshleman
East Church Street
Mercersburg Academy
Theodore P. Jenkins
Hancock
William F. Bast and Sons
Boonsboro
Funneral
Jenkins
T. H. Legg
Union Bridge
Mrs. L. E. Stauffer
Clear Ridge
Shellman
Court rebukes NLRB over union card elections
In a Fifth Circuit decision the court rebuked the National Labor Relations Board for relying on signed union cards to grant bargaining status rather than a secret ballot. The ruling notes cases where cards misled workers and calls for clearer card designs to prevent misrepresentation. It criticizes broad board practice that favors union card elections over secret ballots and discusses prior rulings and implications for civil rights.
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National Labor Relations Board
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Fifth Circuit
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