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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1933
Page
2
Annapolis reports Governor Ritchie finished hearings on bills taxing chain stores, allowing Sunday matinees in three counties and regulating dentistry. He designates next Friday for final action to sign or veto all measures.
The Governor heard arguments for and against chain store tax Sunday movie bills and liberalizing blue laws in Allegany Baltimore and Prince George counties. Lord's Day Alliance critics urged veto while supporters said the measure gives counties a chance to express views and that Sundays could allow motion pictures in Allegany. Proponents argued chains would not raise consumer food prices and independents fund charities, while opponents warned of higher costs and lost competition.
Lawmakers debate measures to regulate dentistry in Maryland with proposals on signature and veto authority still unsettled. Proponents and opponents clash over licensing, standards, and enforcement as session progresses.
West Virginia lifts 20 year beer ban as Governor Kump signs the 3.2 percent act. Licensing begins, but bonds delay releases while distributors await funds. Remaining beer stocks are scarce with only a few hundred cases initially available in Charleston. White Motor Co reports 69 truck orders from four breweries in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Cleveland.
In New York a Brooklyn or Yonkers area family barricades doors and boils water to block a physician from treating Helen Vasco, whose eye tumor risks her life. The case involves her twin Anna and a court battle, with social workers and doctors urging removal of the eye.
The Baltimorean offers direct rides to Baltimore or Washington with no extra fare. It departs Hagerstown daily from the Blue Ridge Terminal in the Alexander Hotel Building at 7:00 A M and 1:05 P M.
Unfavorable weather reports tonight led Capt. Alger H Dresel skipper of the U S S Macon to postpone the huge aircrafts first trial flight which had been tentatively scheduled for 6 30 a m tomorrow.
In Denton Maryland on April 13 J Owen Knotts was sworn in as Associate Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit to succeed the late Lewin W Wickes. Memorial exercises for Judge Wickes followed. Joining the bench are Chief Judge William H Adkins and Judge Thomas J Keating. Wickes died at his Chestertown home Saturday.
At Hotel Alexander yesterday Kiwanis Club welcomed new members B. Phillips and Raymond K. Holinger introduced by Rev. Dr. F. Barry Plummer. EB E Bradley spoke as committee chair on Business Ethics, urging honest service as a daily standard in business.
Mr. Bradley stated the chief aim of business is not material gain but man’s soul and the domino impulse in relations with others. Next Thursday Governors Day will be held with Edwin F. Hill in charge and A. M. Tyree of Albany as a guest. The New York Central Railroad authorized the purchase of 9 000 tons of rails.
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