Government says no new taxes planned by Morgenthau
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told business leaders no new tax legislation is planned beyond possible reimposed excises and a farm aid measure. He urged re examining tax laws for deterrents to business as economists expect an April rebound with PWA spending and housing demand.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Des Moines
Bankhead
PWA
Five Year Old Girl Injured by Clothes Hanger Hook
Beverly Ann Renner five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harle M Renner of 800 block West Washington street was badly injured yesterday when a clothes hanger hook caught in her eye. The eyeball was not harmed but she received medical treatment for a cut in the lower lid.
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Beverly’ Ann Renner
Harle M. Renner
Washington Street
New Commissioner Paxton Named for Western Maryland
Stewart C Paxton was appointed commissioner for Western Maryland for a one year term by AAU secretary treasurer Harry Bergman The United Kingdom and Ireland saw 460 234 Boy Scouts last year an increase of 16779 from 1937 raising total scouting membership in the region.
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Stewart C. Paxton
Harry Bergman
A. U. South Atlantic Association
Maryland
United Kingdom
Ireland
Sunday sales ban opposed in Maryland Senate hearing
In Annapolis on February 24 opponents packed the Senate chamber to oppose a Sunday liquor sales ban. Labor, brewers, wholesalers, retailers and roadside taverns warned the measure would hurt employment and push bootlegging. A second hearing was ordered for next Wednesday as 18 counties and Baltimore City sent speakers.
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Annapolis
Senate Chamber
Senate Temperance Committee
Baltimore City
Earl Bennett
George H. Hocker
Associated Brewers of
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Delaware
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Francis Perrott
Frederick County
Senate Finance Comittee
Senate
Baltimore
Brandywine
Prince Georges
Char
Cedarville State Forest
Mt. Rainier
Cresaptown
Allegany County
Hall Says Crime Is Like a Dream in Court
Alfred S. Hall 82 voiced a desire to die free after serving three life terms for three killings. Federal Judge W H Barrett sentenced him to two years for stealing a $1 parcel from a mailbox, noting Hall’s lengthy record and his claim that crime does not come naturally to him.
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Savannah
Alfred S. Hall
W. H. Barrett
CG. E. Hardison
Hall
Hines Lawyers Pleading Case In NY Conspiracy Trial
In New York on February 24 a second trial looms for Tam many District Leader James J. Hines charged with conspiracy linked to the Dutch Schultz policy racket. His counsel Lloyd Paul Stryker attacked the prosecution as Italian in spirit while portraying Weinberg and Dixie Davis as corrupt witnesses.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hines
Italy
General Sessions
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Hines
Schultz Syndicate
George Weinberg
Stryker
Weinberg
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Dewey
Hulon Capshaw
Jane
Tammy
William C. Dodge
Kidnap Breakfast Parties Baffle St Louis Society
In St Louis on February 24 society notes a new social sport of kidnaping. Women in cars blindfold victims to “kidnap” them for breakfast parties in suburbs and Richmond Heights with fines for nonparticipation.
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ST. Louis
Suburb
Richmond Heights
Maryland Governor's green bag brings a wave of appointments
Governor OConor unveils a sweeping slate including Lieut. Col Beverly Ober as State police superintendent and W Lee Elgin as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Other posts: Parole Commissioner Herman Moser, Welfare Board head Willis Jones, University of Maryland Regents Rowland Adams, and more. Senate action follows late night briefing and a naval militia armory bond issue debate.
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Conservation Commission
Beverly Ober
110Th Field Artillery
Maryland National Guard
Ober
Elmer ¥. Munshower
Frederick
W. Lee Elgin
Hagerstown
Herman M. Moser
J., Cookman Boyd
Willis R. Jones
State Board of Welfare
John A. Sherman
Baltimore
Rowland K. Adams
Supreme Bench of Baltimore
Board of Regents
University of Maryland
John E. Raine
Robert France
Baltimore Traffic Court
Haserstown
O’conor
Edwin Warfield
William H
Bit) Labrot
House
Anne
Arundel County
Robert Harrison
Talbot County
Henry W. Cord
Landover
Land Office
State Board of Funeral Directors
Sol Levinson
George A. Farley
William F. Wooden
Edward D. Lilly
Charles EB. Delosier
Hilcatt City
Jerome Frampton
Federalsburg
Frank Hill
Salisbury
Paul E. Knotts
Denton
Clarence Robertson
Fred G. Asilton
Chestertown
Eastern Shore Hospital
Spring Grove Hospital
Walter E. Perry
Bethesda
William Hackett
Herbert L. Rhodes
Springfield Hospital
J. Stanley Grabill
Mt. Airy
James Clark
Ellicott City
Elgin
Walter R. Rudy
Carroll County
Harry W. Nice
O'Conor
Senate
Board of Regents of
Charles Delmar
Leach
Robert F. Leach
Baltimore City
Frances B. Wells
Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore Bar Association
France
Howard Bruce
William Curran
Ambrose J. Kennedy
Hooper St. Miles
Clarente Miles
Statehouse
Ereenbag
Committee On Executive
Phipps
Anne Arundel
Cronin
Harford
John Doe Heads Nation's Social Security Accounts
Baltimore February report shows John Doe as the placeholder for unidentified accounts and the largest social security balance among 42,000 accounts. Officials note rapid growth in eligible pensioners, duplication rates, and staff romance among 2,280 men and 1,840 women at the general accounting offices.
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Baltimore
John Doe
Uncle Sam
Board
Congress
J. Noyrman Milburn
Smiths
Johnsons
Jones
Milburn
General
Unitea States
Guam Project Rejected by House Vote
The Guam seaplane base plan failed in the House with 185 Republicans 64 Democrats 2 Progressives 1 Farmer-Laborite opposing and 152 Democrats 15 Republicans 1 American Laborite supporting. Critics warned of war risk due to Japanese mandate location while advocates argued harbor improvements aid commercial routes and naval needs. Senate action looms as defense measures move forward.
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Rivers and Harbors Committee
Rayburn
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
Guam
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Retail Sales Tax Movement Gains Support in Legislature
In Annapolis, Maryland, February 24, a two percent retail sales tax proposal gains momentum as lawmakers from both parties back the plan to reduce real property taxes. Leaders from Allegany and Baltimore counties say about twenty sponsors back the bill, with votes possible from critics of income tax and auto registration measures.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Jonathan Sleeman
Allegany County
Elizabeth Doub
F. H. Houck
Baltimore County
Houck
Miss Doub
Sleeman
Tobacco curing and blending topics at Kiwanis luncheon
Dr. L. B. Troxler of Phillip Morris described early U S tobacco industry history, curing methods, and blending processes at the Hagerstown Kiwanis Club meeting. He noted foreign tobaccos in demand for blends and praised American tobacco quality with care in growing to select the best.
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L. B. Troxler
Phillip Morris & Co., Ltd
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Roy A. Leiter
D. E. Stultz
David B. Griffith
United States
America
Indianapolis officers suspended for badge lunch misuse
In Indianapolis the safety board suspended one officers for five days for flashing badges to obtain free restaurant lunches. The board ruled badges will not be used to pay for meals in the future.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Poli
The
Safety Board
Beca
Two Grand Lodds Find Cash After Car Beds
Found in California on February 24 two women Helen and Esther Cone rest in their auto and discover 2180 dollars under a pillow they anticipate the elder couple who rented the cottage last night would return. They did. In Congress on February 24 the House rejected the Guam base project with Rep Barton saying Guam with the wind.
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Cal
Helen
Esther Cone
Washington
House
Guam
Bry Barton
Group chosen to study practice of federal agencies
Attorney General Frank Murphy, acting for President Roosevelt, appointed a committee to study quasi judicial federal agencies and recommend procedural improvements. Murphy notified the President that Justice Department experience enforcing agency decisions shows a need for reform in administrative law. The President replied for a thorough end comprehensive study to guide improvements.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
Murphy
Justice Department
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