Voters To Pass On Higher Pay For Legislators
The Maryland constitutional amendment would raise general assembly pay to 1000 dollars a year with 15 dollar daily penalties for unexcused absences and added pay for special sessions. Frederick County Taxpayers' Association leader Charles Feete warned the move may not meet its goal and suggested wartime cost cuts take precedence.
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Maryland
General Assembly
Charles H. Feete
Brunswick
Frederick County
Taxpayers
Feete
League of Women Voters
House of Delegates
Senate
Amino
Annapolis
Taxpayers’ Organization
Famine Strikes Honan Province in China
Reports from Chungking describe a severe famine in Honan with official figures claiming millions near starvation and 18 million as famine refugees. Drought, frosts, locusts, and war disruptions have devastated crops and roads to Shensi and Hupeh. The crisis worsens as Japan faces front-line needs, with conditions extending into Japanese-occupied areas.
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Chungking
Honan
Henan
Shensi
Hupeh
High Command proposed to coordinate war legislation in Congress
Washington report outlines Rep Dirksen’s plan for a 21 member Senate and 21 member House committee drawn from Military and Naval Affairs and Appropriations to handle all war legislation. The proposal aims to end duplicated hearings by high officials before Congress and streamline reporting to both houses.
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Washington, Ort
Rep
Dirksen
Ill
Appropriations
Senate
House
George C. Marshall
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Arbitrator's Award Restores Ford Men Back Pay
Detroit October 19 United Auto Workers CIO announced an arbitrator's award of 924000 in back pay to 1197 Ford Motor Co employees settling all but 25 NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices behind discharges. The award by Rev Father Albert H Todker totals 2600500 to date from Ford for union activity dismissals.
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Detroit
United Amnenohite Workers Cio
Ford Motor Co
NLRB
Albert H. Todker
S. J
University of Detroit
Richard T. Leonard
UVAW
Ford
Supreme Court
Edgewater
N.J
McKeldin Cleared of Campaign Car Speed Charges
Baltimore dispatch reports the War Price and Rationing Board found Theodore R. McKeldin was not accountable for a tour car allegedly traveling faster than 35 mph. McKeldin, who did not attend, argued the vehicle was not used by him and his gasoline ration book was not in use. The board noted no evidence he directed the violation and implied a protest would have helped prevent it.
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Baltimore
Baltimore War Price and Rationing Board
Theodore R. McKeldin
Leo H. McCormick
State Office of Price Administration
McCormick
Baltimore Sunday Sun
McKeldin
Carroll County
Democrats' Majority On Books 3 280 in Frederick County
Democrats increase their county registration lead by 950 since 1998 with a total Democrat count of 15 339 and Republicans 2 079. Voter demographics shift show more women and colored voters, while total registered voters rise versus 1940 but fall from 1938 and 1940 presidential levels.
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Frederick County
Board of Election Supervisors
Hood College students take charge of seven month old baby David Strawn
Hood College home management students in Strawn cottage assume care of a seven months old baby named David Strawn. The infant arrived October 13 and joins a summer program legacy of practical child care by home economics students. Miss Onica L. Pratt supervises. Each girl acts as the baby's mother for a week, handling feeding, bathing, weighing, meals, and scheduling while a record tracks physical, mental, and social development.
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Strawn Cottage
Hood College
David “Strawn
Hood
Onica L. Pratt
Reconnaissance Flights by Allied Planes
Allied air forces conducted reconnaissance flights north of Australia after a week of heavy strikes on Japanese bases in the Northern Solomon Islands and New Britain. The day followed Sunday’s raid on Bougainville, while Australian troops repulsed three Japanese counter-attacks at Templeton’s Crossing near Kokoda in New Guinea.
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MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Islands
New Britain
Southwest Pacific Command
Buyin
Bougainville Island
Satawese
New Guinea
Templeton
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Queen Victoria
Women Asked To Act As Police In Checking On Local Prices
Frederick civic club hears Horton Peace of the Office of Price Administration urge women to help police ceiling prices. Houses must post price lists and file with OPA. Members asked to avoid hoarding and support meat rationing through voluntary meatless day. Remarks encourage national war effort and public cooperation with price controls.
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Horton Peace
Office of Price Administra
Won
Frederick
OPA
Mr. Peace
Peace
Mary C. Otl
C. Cyril Klein
Army Lease Of Florida Hotels Given Praise
A House Military sub committee praised the Army lease of Florida hotels for aviation trainee housing in the Miami area. It found no evidence of excessive fees or commissions and noted total annual rentals of about 3.39 million dollars on facilities valued at 32.19 million. The panel said leases for 27 hotels averaged 5 to 37 percent below commercial rates with monthly housing around 20 dollars per man.
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Washington
Florida
Miami
War Department
Four Minor Cases In Police Court Heard
Four minor cases were heard by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett in Police Court last night. Maggie Smith, colored, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined $5 or five days. Bass Heaton had charges of drunkenness on the street dismissed for lack of testimony. James Henry Conway of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to drunken on the public highway and received five days in lieu of a fine. Clarence S Montgomery was found not guilty on disturbing the peace. Several defendants forfeited collateral for failing to appear for hearings, including Raymond Pittinger Union Bridge speeding $1 and Leroy Mason Goshen Ind operating without tags $10. Others included Eddie B. Smith Washington speeding $5 Jean E. Fee Painsville Ohio operating on expired license $10 and Raymond F Schwartz Frederick Reckless driving $25. James Newman drunk on street $5 Webster Brown drunk and fighting $2.50 Harold Fisher Oldfield disorderly conduct $5. Henry Wise drunk and disorderly in public place $5.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Maggie Smith
Raymond .Pittinger
Union Bridge
Leroy Mason
Gosnen
Ind
Eddie B. Smith
Washington
Jean E. Fee
Painsville
Ohio
Raymond F Schwartz
Rotte
Frederick
James Newman
Webster, Brown
Harvey and
John Jarels Pan Beffet
Boyds
Harold Fisher
Oldfield
Henry Wise
Miss Everhart Admitted As Member Of WAACS
Dr. David G. Everhart Sr learns his daughter Nannie M. Everhart has been accepted by the Women's Army Corps and will be sworn in at Fort Myer Virginia at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon. She resigned her post at Fort Belvoir to volunteer for foreign service and will attend six weeks of basic training in Des Moines Ta before assignment. The note also recalls that in the late 1840s the American whaling fleet numbered 680 sailing vessels.
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David G. Everhart
Nannie M. Everhart
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Fort Myer
Everhart
Miss Everhart
Engineering Board
Fort Belvoir
Des Moines
Rissig Speaks on Religion in National Life
Rev. Dr. Frederick Rissig, president of the Washington Federation of Churches, addressed the Frederick County Ministerial Association on the role of religion in public life. He urged leaders to carry faith into political and social streams, stressing the home as church’s primary focus and the church’s duty in community issues. New members welcomed included Rabbi Hans Hirschberg and Rev. Harold C. Baer.
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Frederick Rissig
Washington Federation of Churches
Frederick County
Rissig
Rissignan
Rochester
N. Y
Washington
Federation of Churches
Hans Hirschberg
Harold C. Baer
Frederick ministers meet with Traver absent in Louisville
William Sprenkel of Frederick, Thurmont Rev Kesler, Buckeystown Rev Jones, Buckeystown Rev Colwell of New Windsor, and Rev J H Schmitt presided in the absence of Rev Dr Amos John Traver who was in Louisville. The ministers then held a luncheon at Hershberger's dining room.
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William Sprenkel
Frederick
A. D. Kesler
Thurmont
J. B. Jones
Buckeystown
Ernest Colwell
New Windsor
J. H. Schmitt
Amos John Traver
Louisville
Hershbergers
Union Petition Denied In Baltimore Oil Firm
The National Labor Relations Board denied a petition for certification of Truck Drivers and Helpers Local No. 355 AFL as bargaining agent for American Oil Company of Baltimore. An October 7 election of 10 eligible employees produced four ballots for the AFL and six against. The local affiliate is part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
American Oil Company
Baltimore
NLRB
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Guard Against Wartime Constipation Says Kellogg’s Cereal
Wartime readers urged to fix diet for constipation by eating Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal. It stresses bulk from fiber, warns against relying on laxatives, and promotes regular intake with ample water. Kellogg’s Battle Creek production noted.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
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Harry Savage
Charl Foote
Iameville
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el Ras
Medes Inn
Kemp
Terr
Carmack
Great Northern
Campbbell’s Tomato Juice
Swift
Duz
Lange
Legislative ‘High Command
David ‘Strawn
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
American Bankers’ Association
Josephine P. Richison
Victarian
C. Burr Ariz
Cavalcade of America
Girl Scouts
Jane Adams
Raymond Shank
M.C.A
Holden
Felton
Rosewood
D. Princeton Buckey
Glenn O. Garber
Rockwell Terrace
Edward D. Storm
George P. von Eff
Mary C. Ott
James Albin
Henry Shipley
Jone Hankey
George B. Hoke
Clarence A. Bussard
Ath Remsberg
G. Horton Peace
Emma French
Army Lease of Florida Hotels
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WAACS
Dr. Rissig
Williamson
Kem P
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