More Interest In Taxes Urged
COLLEGE PARK Maryland August 15 Increasing taxation on license tags and gasoline and better highway planning are among the biggest problems confronting the American farmer Chester H Gray director of the National Highway Users Conference told Grange Lecturers Conference members Thursday This survey in 15 states shows gasoline taxes and vehicle registration fees amount to more than 80 percent of general property tax and farmers should check if license fees and taxes paid at filling stations go to highway construction and maintenance and not diverted to other purposes He said much money is being spent on highway construction but a $15 000 a mile secondary road can fit needs better than $100 000 a mile high speed roads.
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College Park
Chester H. Gray
National Highway Users’ Conference
Grange
Gray
Highway Users’ Conference
No Trimmed New Autos Ordered by Industry Conference
Washington reports a conference of motor industry reps and defense officials agreed to eliminate decorative trim from new cars and substitute scarce materials in nonfunctional parts. No final action will be taken until an Office of Production Management order. Critical materials cited include aluminum chrome nickel zinc copper and rubber.
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Washington
Motor Industry
Defense
Office of Production Management
Better Highways and Funding Shift Highlighted
The conference director explained that 200 years ago roads failed due to limited weather and drainage knowledge, not traffic. He noted modern highways use improved financing, with pay as you go and bond issues funding ongoing construction.
Westminster Ministers Conference Set for Aug 25 29
Westminster Maryland plans for the annual Westminster summer conference of ministers sponsored by the Washington area Methodist Church to run August 25 to 29 at Western Maryland College and Westminster Theological Seminary. Open to all ministers and wives, it is the second annual five day program of lectures and devotions with guest speaker Prof. Andrew W Blackwood of Princeton Theological Seminary delivering Evangelism and the Local Church.
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Westminster
Washington Area Methodist Church
Western Maryland College
Westminster Theological Seminary
Maryland
Andrew W. Blackwood
D. D
Princeton Theological Seminary
Dr. Blackwood
Navy reports two sailors missing after ship collision
Washington Aug 15 The Navy said two sailors probably drowned after Patrol Craft 457 formerly the small yacht Trooper collided with the steamship Nortuna off Puerto Rico on Thursday The patrol vessel sank The missing men are H D Osborne seaman first class and F C McKenna fireman second class both Naval reservists No other injuries reported
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Washington
Navy
Trooper
Nortuna
Puerto Rico
H. D. Osborne
F. C. Mclkenna
Probe opens into death at Georgia prison camp
In Trenton Georgia coroner and investigators probe the death of Lewis Gordon 40 after 22 black inmates were confined for 12 hours in a 7 by 74 foot cell at Rising Fawn prison camp following a sit down strike. Prison warden C A Jacobson faces blame though no charges filed. Three prisoners were shot and wounded during the mass confinement as inmates recounted delays in being removed and calls for help. Copper head a prisoner testified that guards mocked detainees while they prayed and shouted.
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Trenton
Georgia
Dade County
W. A. Tidwell
Lewis Gordon
C. A. Jacobson
Innegroes
Claude Mayne
Tidwell
Copperhead
Legion Plans Resolutions at Maryland Convention
Baltimore August 15 The American Legion delegates at the twenty third annual Maryland convention consider resolutions to aid draftees. A top measure would raise base monthly pay from 21 to 30 dollars and allow family allotments with government matching up to 15 dollars. A parade and Miss Maryland 1941 pageant cap the day after a banquet where Governor O Conor urged unity for defense.
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Baltimore
Department of Maryland, American Legion
Congress
Maryland
O'Conor
Legion
First Fall Frocks And Pattern No. 3370 Catalog
Our Fashion book shows over 100 up to date pattern styles including Aket Dress No 3370 in sizes 16 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 and 50 with specified fabric yardage for dress and jacket Soft shoulder Dress No 3110 in sizes 14 16 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 with fabric yardage listed Send 15c 10c with pattern order Your Name Address and Style Number to Daily Mail Pattern Department 121 West 19th Street New York NY.
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Daily Mail
West 19Th Street
New York
N. Y
Unity call from Legion amid Roosevelt Churchill talks
The speaker urges national unity, praising the Legion’s experience in defending the country and backing Roosevelt and Churchill after their sea meeting. He attacks isolationists as jingoists, urges Americans to support defense efforts, and warns of Europe’s peril if France’s leaders had not faltered.
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Legion
O’conor
Europe
Far East
Washington
France
Tilghmanton Bible Study and Local Notes
Bible study sessions planned across Tilghmanton Bakersville Manor and Fairplay with services listed. Community members reported health updates including Mrs Moats and Norman Emmert on the sick list. Local visits reference Dr Sprecher Elkton and various family gatherings around Benevola DownsviIle and St Pauls.
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Tilghmanton
Bakersville
Manor
Fairplay
Edward Moats
Norman Emmert
George Morin
Mary Jane Eakle
M. WW. Sprecher
Elkton
Oscar Stone
David Seibert
St. Paul's
A. S. Dietrich
Wm. Cunningham
Benevola
Frank Adams
Embezzler Joseph Barkdoll Held on Local Charge
Joseph Barkdoll, 26, was taken into custody by County Investigator Wayne Sellman and is held at Washington County Jail on embezzlement charges involving several hundred dollars from a former employer. He awaits a preliminary hearing in magistrate's court.
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Joseph Barkdoll
Wayne Sellman
Washington County
Housing Adequate in Hagerstown Says State Official
F. B. Gambrill of the Maryland State Employment Service told Hagerstown real estate dealers and business leaders that housing is ample for current and near-future defense employment. He cited plans for over 750 ready to occupy units and potential conversions of 100 homes into 1 3 apartment buildings, with about 840 more units needed for new workers, mostly in low rent classes. The group met at the Alexander Hotel with Chamber leaders to assess supply and cost, noting government housing could be tax free but raising questions about post emergency use.
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Hagerstown
F. B. Gambrill
Maryland State Employment Service
C. C. Young
Baltimore
Gambrill
Chamber of Commerce
Messers Gambrill and Young
Alexander Hotel
Leo Miller
Chamber
Chamber Board of
Sweeney
Maugans
Brewer L. Stouffer
Gampbrill
Office of Production Management
Washington
Defense
Pollution Control Program Is Started on Potomac River Basin
Washington Aug 15 The Interstate Compact for pollution control on the Potomac river basin moves to a permanent program with a meeting of the Interstate Commission executive board F W Kittrell chosen as chief engineer and secretary and permanent offices to be established in the transportation building all ratifying members except Pennsylvania participate in the action and full commission confirmation is needed in fall Kittrell brings 18 years sanitary engineering experience to oversee the program with collaboration from member state commissions May include Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia
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Washington
Potomac River
Interstate Commission
Congress
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
F. W. Kittrell
Tennessee Department of Public Health
Kittrell
Sons Of Legion To Compete Today In State Drum Corps
The Sons of Legion Drum Corps from Hagerstown, 40 strong, departed this morning to enter the State drum and bugle corps championship at the Fifth Regiment Armory, then march in the American Legion parade and finish with a dance at the Legion Home. A member promised they would bring home the bacon.
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Sons of Legion
Hagerstown
American Legion
Legion
Fifth Regiment
Baseball umpire Pat Kennedy joins Interstate League
Pat Kennedy widely known basketball referee has donned the blue serge of an umpire in the Interstate Baseball League. President Arthur Ehlers announced the signing yesterday. He worked his first game last night in Wilmington after being a familiar figure to basketball fans from Madison Square Garden.
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Baltimore
Pat Kennedy
Arthur Ehlers
Kennedy
Madison Square’ Garden
Wilmington
Fire Threatens Major Greencastle Block Near Post Office
A blow torch ignited materials in the repair room of A. G. Crunkleton Electric Co. sparking a fire that Greencastle firefighters confined to the repair room after an hour of effort. Estimated loss runs about $6,000. The store sits in the T. W. Brendle building at the square’s SE corner.
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Greencastle
United States Post Office
A. G. Crunkleton Electric Company
Crankleton
T. W. Brendle
Greencasitle’s Square
Physician Dies on Tilghman Island
Dr. Charles Franklin Smith age 44 of Uniontown Pennsylvania, physician, died of a heart attack on Tilghman’s Island Thursday.
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Tilghman, Md
Charles Franklin Smith
Uniontown
Tilghman’s Island
European sleeping car service discontinued
The Department of Commerce reports that sleeping car service has been discontinued in many European countries.
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Department of Commerce
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