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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
2
Governor elect Herbert R. O Conor told Maryland Police Association members he will seek a constitutional amendment to end fee based pay for county magistrates. He argues profits from case load create temptations and pledges a major reform of lower courts during his administration. He noted no existing comprehensive reform plan for county justice courts.
Cupid and the Law staged a race here yesterday but the Law won by a nose. Eugene Jones 19 and Mary Anne Ayter 16 of Sperryville Va were detained near the Court House as they sought a marriage license to avoid the 48 hour waiting period. Patrolman Charles Welty detained them until Virginia authorities requested their return.
The speaker calls for one or more central courts in each county to handle criminal and civil cases. He argues extra local justices are useless, supports full time judges on salaries, abolishes the fee system, and proposes a central auditing office with dockets, clerks, and bonded appointments.
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics expects higher fruit production in the coming years with apples as the possible exception.
In Cedar Rapids on December 8, G A Evans reported his campaign costs for Linn county treasurer. He filed a single item in his expense account: four cents for a statement of election expense.
T M Beavers of People's Drug Company told a Senate profit sharing committee that profit sharing resembles kissing a wife in the morning, improving relations but inefficient if watched by a government agent. He noted the firm pays about 20 percent of net earnings in bonuses and wage dividends and abandoned an employee stock plan due to market drops.
Orange New Jersey’s Tony Galento defeated Otis Thomas in nine rounds in St Louis after three of his blows were ruled fouls by referee Walter Seisner. Galento weighed 227 to Thomas’s 208 and earned a potential clash with Joe Louis after signing to meet Max Baer on February 21 in Atlantic City.
Daniel Callman a 73 year old Negro resident near Trego shot himself with a shotgun. Sheriff and coroner confirm death by self inflicted wound after health complaints. Survived by son James and brother Grafton of Chicago. Funeral set for Saturday at Red Hill church with Rev. David Keets officiating.
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