Maryland Road Network Pioneered but Funds Lacking
Russell H. McCain told Kiwanis Club at the Francis Scott Key hotel that Maryland needs 216 million dollars to rehabilitate its 2,500 miles of aged primary roads. He traced the road program from 1898, noting early surveys, state funds, and the shift to concrete shoulders, explaining the current shortfall and the impact of a general fund surplus.
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State Roads Commission
Russell H. McCain
Siwanis Club
Francis Scott Key
McCain
Board of Aldermen
Maryland
Kiwanis Club
Maryland Geological Survey Commission
Maryland Geological Survey
Baltimore City
Group From Here Enlistees For U S Army Amid Meade Prep
Nine of ten volunteers recruited for the United States Army under the GI Bill were accepted at Fort George G. Meade. The group pictured includes Ernest Paul Magaha Jr, John Franklin Thompson Jr, Harold L. Lydard, Philip Charles Geraci, Kirke Lambert Rowe, Richard Lewis Schindel, Deimus Wesley Rice, Lesuadd Tsuge Davis, Dickerson, David Wise, and Roy Christian Blumenauer. Some selected three years for Army Air Forces and Willram at San Antonio. others 18 months. Lydard and Rice are ex Navy. Rice served with the Seabees. Local recruiting office in Winchester moved to Room 47, East Wing, Winchester Hall.
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U. S. Army
Fort George G. Meade
Ernest Paul Magaha, Jr
Dh! Avenue
John Franklin Thompson, Jr
East Second Street
Harold L. Lydard
West South Street
Philip Charles Geraci
Mt. Airy
Kirke Lambert Rowe
West Patrick Street
Richard Lewis Schin
Del
Fairview Avenue
Deimus Wesley Rice
Thurmont
Lesuadd Tsuge Davis
Tuule i
Dickerson
David Wise
Dill Avenue
Roy Christian Blumenauer
Meade
Lydard
Rowe
Magaba
Gernod
Thompson
Army Air Forces
Will Tram
San Antonio
Tex
Schindel
Fort Belvoir
Armored Division
Fort Knox
Rice
Seabees
Army
Court Street
Winchester
State Roads plan aims to fix Maryland roads
The Maryland Roads Commission plans a workable program for the next legislative session as lawmakers confront funding hurdles. Speaker McCain urged a solution so Maryland can reclaim its title for the best roads, with Walter E. Eiker introducing the plan and Benjamin B. Rosenstock among attendees. Aberdeen reports a truck crash near town killed Amos Sylvester Davis and Carl F. Olatson, injuring eight others. two died at Harford Memorial Hospital. New Zealand geography note closes the excerpt.
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McCain
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Walter E. Eiker
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Olandful
James H. Grove Jr
Kiwanis Club
Aberdeen
Amos Sylvester Davis
Baltimore
Carl F. Olatson
Richmond
Australia
Harfort Memorial Hospital
Havre DeGrace
U S Grand Jury To Take Up Garsson Case
Washington Oct 8 Attorney General Tom Clark announced a special Federal grand jury will convene Thursday to consider the Garsson case. The munitions combine developed by Henry M Garsson and Murray W Garsson were studied by the Senate War Investigating Committee. Assistant Attorneys General Paisley and Matlack will present the case. Judge Laws will supervise. FBI inquiry into books and records continued.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Garsson
Henry M. Garsson
Murray W. Garsson
Senate War Investigating Committee
World flight planned for B-29 Superforts by U S Army Air Forces
Washington reports a round the world flight plan for eight to 24 B-29 bombers within weeks pending State Department approval. Symington says aim is crew training and solving technical problems in moving long distances, routes likely Cairo India and across the Pacific, Europe possible but uncertain.
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Washington
IPD
Army Air Forces
State Department
Cairo
India
Pacific
Russia
United States
Mnet
W. Stuart Symington
War For Air
Symington
Europe
Alang
Furloughs Hit Baltimore Biscuit Plants Over Shortening Scarcity
Baltimore officials announced 300 National Biscuit Company workers would be furloughed within a week due to a shortening shortage. Several smaller Baltimore bakers also shut down last week. Maryland Biscuit Company said they do not plan a full shutdown but have laid off 73 of 200 workers.
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Baltimore
National Biscuit Company
Maryland Biscuit Company
29 Ounce Baby Born In Bromley England At Home
A physician reports a baby girl born alive and well weighing one pound four ounces. Delivered at home in Bromley Kent on October 8 the infant was taken to a hospital and placed in an oxygen tent. The two year old mother is reported well. Sugar cane a perennial requires a warm moist climate.
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Bromley
Kent
England
Union Leader Bolts Maritime Conference
Washington Oct 8 A West Coast union leader quits the maritime conference and says he will fight on the Pacific. Secretary Schwellenbach intervened to urge a negotiated agreement on preferential hiring for deck and engineer posts. Earlier a potential accord faded over writing terms.
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Washington
Lab Schwellenbach
Atlantic
C. F. May
We: Coast
AFL
San Francisco
Blanc
Pacific Operat
Schweilenbach
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C.£. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
U. S
FBI
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Criminal Division
War Fraud Section
Purchase Heights
Glenn H. Worthington
Orphans Court
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
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Mary Ruth Pfeil
Richard A. Worthington
Julie H. Martin
John ©. Worthington
Dorothy M. Reed
Schnebly
Hagerstown
Lewis A. Schnebly
Farm Security Administration
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W. W. Baker
Schnehly
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English Morocco
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Morocco
Hendrickson
Allen's
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Trieste
WEA Radiophots
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Packard Sales & Service
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Patrick Street
Young Democrats
Young Democratic Club
Frederick County
Francis Scott Key Hotel
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Arch McDonald
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JON
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Max W. Rickard
Hazar
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Anne Shaw
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Merediths
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White Mountains
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Pease
Shanghai Passage
Jengie Advenider Boys
Windy Island
Trece Harper
Voberger’s
N. Market St
Frederick, Md
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