Legislature Sets Special Session To Consider Pay Raises
Maryland Governor Lane calls a May 25 special session to decide on a ten percent cost of living raise for state employees. He cites a total payroll impact of about 32 million dollars and notes 6,429 positions affected with 2,697 boosted since 1946. He aims to implement raises by July 1 1948 while weighing funding options and welfare department needs.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Lane
Hooper 5 Miles
Miles
Bureau of Revenue Estimates
Budget Bureau
Board of Public Works
Compptroller
Welfare Department
J. Milton Patterson
Legislative Council
Senate
Joseph R Bymes
D-Balto
Tnday
Pleasant Grove Homemakers Club Meets Apr 27
Pleasant Grove Homemaker's Club held a Tuesday meeting with Mrs Merril Hahn hosting. The vice president opened with the Collect and Battle Hymn of the Republic. Members discussed cancer drive plans and wardrobe demonstration.
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Pleasant Grove Club
Merril Hahn
Airy
Wes
Pleasant Grove Homemaker’s Club
Presivg Dent
Mirs
William Lawson
Jan Vermeer
Aubrey Davis
Leason
Raymond Barnes
Lawson
Hamilton Linthicum
George Weast
Mian
Charles F Wilcom
Will Admitted To Probate For John R. Ewell
John R. Ewell of Urbana left most of his estate to widow Clara Grove. Orphans Court admitted the will to probate and Mrs. Ewell qualified as executrix. Estate valued about $11,550 with real estate jointly held and personal property. Bequests include $100 to E. Daw son Grove and specific jewelry to relatives.
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John R. Ewell
Urbana
Clara Grove
Ewell
Orphans’ Court
William M. Storm
Hettye A. Hahn
E. Dawson Grove
Evelyn Kinsey Barnes
Baltimore
Spencer W. Kinsey
William P. Walker
Lesson on common word usage and pronunciation
English lesson notes discuss misused phrases and pronunciation with examples. It includes acrimony meaning a biting sharpness and cites Horace on ridicule. A Baltimore snippet reports Arthur K R Wilkerson, 46, sentenced to three years for embezzlement.
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Baltimore
Arthur KR. Wilkerson
Baltmore Court Bets Lose Funds To Ice Cream Firm Probe
Baltmore Court testimony reveals a sum of 29 563 dollars taken from the Better Ice Cream Company and diverted largely to horse race betting. Officials allege the misuse occurred during company operations and involve multiple transactions.
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Better Ice Cream Company of
Baltmore
States' Rights Call Meeting in Birmingham Proposed
In Jackson Mississippi on May 10 Dixie States' rights Democrats vote to call a Birmingham Alabama conference in July to actions if the national Democratic convention approves civil rights. Georgia delegates withdraw but remain observers. Governor Ben Laney of Arkansas may set the Birmingham date, with July as a suggestion.
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Jackson
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
National Party Convention
Truman
Horace C Wilkinson
Alabama
Georgia
State Democratic Committee
James Peters
Peters
Wilkinson
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Thurmond Warns South If Democrats Nominate Civil Rights Backlash
South Carolina Governor J Strom Thurmond keynoted the convention claiming the South was stabbed in the back by the national party's civil rights program. He urged Southern voters to withhold support and cast electoral votes to reflect their states manifest will, threatening action if nominees fail the test.
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South Carolina
J Strom Thurmond
South
Teuman
Thurmond
States Democratic Organization
Frederick News Officers Elected in 1848
The article lists newly elected officers and directors for the organization. D Eugene Walsh is president, F Stanley Tevis Jr vice president, E C Seitz secretary, C Russell Scheeffer treasurer, and J Edgar Barnes with J Randolph Shilling as directors. They will assume duties beginning July.
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D. Eugene Walsh
F Stanley Tevis, Jr
E. C. Seitz
C. Russell Scheeffer
J Edgar Barnes
J. Randolph Shilling
Weather data snapshot for May with temperatures and sun/moon times
The report lists 24 hour weather ending today with no precipitation. May precipitation to date is 756 inches vs normal 366 inches. May actual 19.7 inches with 2.29 inches excess to May 1. High yesterday 87 and low last night 56. Sun sets at 8:13 p.m. and rises tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. Moon rises at 8:36 a.m. and sets at 12:31 a.m.
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Sa Om
Westminster Rotary elects new officers at weekly dinner
At the Westminster Rotary Club dinner held May 10 at the Charles Carroll hotel, election of officers and directors took place with results announced to members.
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Westminster
Westminster Rotary Club
Charles Carrol Hotel
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Milwaukee
CIO Brewery Workers Union
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William A. Walker
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Seiberling
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BELID
Damascus
Baker’s
W. Patrick Street
the News
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North Court
Cs Alae
Cellowax Furniture
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Ann Sutton
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West Patrick St
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Valley Forge Distributing
Virginia Avenue
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