Assembly Bills Being Studied in Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly committees opened work on 205 bills after the first general session. Senate President Brice signaled limited action but House Speaker Conlon said cooperation prompted adjournment. Controversy loomed over a building and loan board bill while debates on speed limits and a Game and Inland Fish Commission proposal surfaced.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
House
Assembly
O'Gonor
Arthur H. Briee
Brice
House of Delegates
Thomas E. Conlon
Dbalto
Maryland
Legislative Council
Roosevelt
O'Conner
J. Milton Dick R-Anegany
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Maryland election law and tax reform proposals debated
Lawmakers considered a unique Maryland election law requiring declared intent to citizenship one year prior to voter registration. Other measures proposed a statewide tax sales act, creation of chronic disease hospitals to replace almshouses, state wide weights and measures department, continuous property assessments, and use of prison labor on farms during wartime. Recommendations came from the State Tax Commission.
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Maryland
Senate
Baltimore City
Frederick County
State Tax Commission
Sharpsburg Notes and Social Tidings Jan 5
Sharpsburg notes list New Year exchanges among Steadman Fleming Lowe Hodges and Lowe families in Leesburg Waterford Shepherdstown and Hagerstown. Local births, visits, juvenile party prizes and a Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting are reported along with Trinity Sunday School officer elections and community news.
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Sharpsburg
Robert Steadman
Grace Fleming
Leesburg
R. G. Fleming
Waterford
Beulah Lowe
Sarah Jane
Sue Ann
Hagerstown
Geo. T. Hodges
Shepherdatown
J . Chas. A. Lowe
Willard Rohrer
Helen
P. C. Dulin
Baltimore
Anna Highberger
Ladies Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
Chas, Smith
Harry Cordle
Ted Snavely
Liord Strite
Boonsboro
Woodrow Moser
Ida Zeger
Lillian Thomas
Rick
Somerset
Aita Wilson
Ha- Pa
Ferstown
Harry Hoover
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Tendent
LW. Dorsey
E. PL Earley
Areant
Hubert Treaencor
Chas. F. Gross
Howard
Bob
Martha E.lant
Mabel
Famous Inventor Tesla Dies In New Yorker Hotel Suite
Nikola Tesla an electrical inventor died last night in his hotel suite at the Hotel New Yorker. Staff said he had suffered failing health for two years and was found dead in bed. A vegetarian, he planned meals suited to health beliefs. Born in Smiljan then Austria Hungary, Tesla began his career in Budapest in 1881 with his first invention the electrical repeater and the rotating magnetic field concept.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
New Yorker
Tesla
Smiljan
Lika
Austria
Hungary
Budapest
Theater Plans To Stage Vaudeville in Baltimore
Baltimore theater plans a January 15 return to vaudeville at the 42 year old Maryland Theater which once hosted top vaudeville and stars. The venue will mix vaudeville with movies as it reopens to its first love, reviving the gilded era for fans of the good old days.
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Baltimore
Leon Erroll
Adeline Patti
Maryland
Vyandeville
Big Pool Jotter Reports Church Service And Community News
Rev. G A Sanner spoke at Orchard Ridge Church of God on Sunday with a New Year message The Parkhead Evangelical group sung with guitar accompaniment A large hog weighed 800 lbs was butchered for lard sausage and meat by Joseph Kuhn and Alver Griffith Other items include school attendance notes local deaths a guard accident and multiple community moves and parties
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Big Pool
G. A. Sanner
Orchard Ridge
Joseph Kuhn
Alver Griffith
L. C. Huable
Iva Andrews
W. F. Murray
Ralph Dick
Billy Murray
Stanley Murray
Service Reckoning From North Africa and Nearby Staff Moves
A World War II service roundup notes French ships sheltering on a destroyer, an escaping fox hole, and a French sniper killed by a sergeant with a Tommy gun. It reports three days after landings in Morocco their transport was sunk, then shifts to promotions and postings of local service members at Moody Field, Camp Sutton, and nearby bases, with sailors and air corps personnel listed among affected families.
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Hull
North Africa
Morocco
Herman
Showe
Camp Sutton
North Carolina
Acme
Baltimore
Q. M. Salvage Repairs Co
Military families share letters and travels during wartime
Chief Watertender Hugh Terry returns from leave to duty at the U S Navy recruiting station and recalls a successful squirrel hunt in Arkansas timber. Hilton Long reports her Naval Engineer husband in the Southwest Pacific is well and sends greetings home. Staff Sgt James L Bennett Jr and brother Clarence Bennett are noted in veteran family timelines with wartime service and tragedy.
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Watertender
Hugh Terry
U.S. Navy
Winslow
Arkansas
Terry
Hurg. R
Hilton Long
Southwest Pacific
West
H. E. McDale
West Side Avenue
Long
Navy
Pacific Island
James L. Bennett, Jr
Clarence Bennett
St. John's
Newfoundland
OPA Cracks Down On Black Market In Poultry
The OPA warned Chicago wholesale dealers of violations against ceiling price rules in a growing poultry market. Warnings will be followed by arrangements to return overcharges to consumers, letting thousands of dollars flow back to buyers.
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Chicago
Jan
OPA
Prayer Services Conclude Week of Prayer Tonight
The Week of Prayer ends this evening at 7 30 with the theme Faith Plus and the general theme Faith Giveth the Victory. Speakers include Rev Harry Gonso at Emmanuel United Brethren Church and Rev Scott R Wagner at Zion Evangelical and Reform ed Church.
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Emmanuel United Brethren Church
Harry ©. Gonso
Summit Avenue Church of God
Paul E. Holdcraft
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
W. H. Southwood
Salvation Army
Scott R. Wagner
Asbury Methodist Church
H. R. Tomlin
Walter Camphor
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
M. A. Keesecker
Washington Square Methodist Church
Roy L. Sloop
Bay Nursery Day Nursery Thanks Holiday Supporters
The Day Nursery expresses gratitude to numerous groups and individuals who contributed generously during the holidays. Names include Women’s Club Philanthropy Section, Mrs. Hofsteeter, Mrs. Eyerly, Miss McKee, Santa Claus Inc., Gradate Sorority, Mrs. Cushwa, Fairchild Social Club, Mrs. Stevenson, Schindel and Rohrer, Mrs. Roessner, South Potomac Junior High School staff and students, St. John Junior High School, Mrs. Martin, Gray Fur Shop, Margaret Hess Bible Class, St. Paul’s A. B. Canteen, and Rebekah Stonebraker, Harry Rudy, among others.
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Philanthrophy
Women's Club
F. N. Hofsteeter
Charles Eyerly
Misses McKee
Santa Claus Inc
V. 4M. Cushwa
Fairchild Social Club
Stevenson
Schindel and Rohrer
Walter Roessner
South Potomac Junior High School
Ruth Dusenbury
St. John Junior High School
H. Jane Martin
Gray Fur
Margaret Hess
The
Presbyterian Church
St. Paul's
A. B
South Potomac
Rebekah Stonebraker
Harry R. Rudy
Building Activity Reaches 1942 Peak In Ra perstown
1942 building activity in Ra perstown topped prior years with permits totaling 542 623 in construction and 925 50 in fees. 69 permits covered 176 dwellings valued at about 641 165 with an average around 3 640. Major permits included two apartments 22 006 81 garages 14 952 three offices 31 050 two factory additions 335 009 and 63 resident alterations 49 901. Plumbing permits numbered 178 sewer permits with 3 245 in fees and 270 permits for 659 plumbing fixtures.
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Raperstown
Charles W. Smith
J. W. Munson
Temple Builders Class Reaches Pledge Goal at Grace Church
The Grace A B Sunday School Temple Builders Class met Tuesday evening in the church social room. The apron opened with 117 dollars, bringing the class pledge to 250 dollars and exceeding the goal by 55 dollars. Harry M. Staley praised it as the best year.
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Temple Builders Class of Grace
A. B
Harry M. Staley
Shiloh Church Notes and Christmas Social Recap
Shiloh services on January 3 include Sunday school at 9 30, Endeavor groups at 7, and a 7 30 evening sermon by Rev EB R Andrews. A Thursday social drew about 95 attendees with Santa Claus and a Donald Gaylor solo. Local families and service members’ Christmas visits are listed among community recollections.
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Shiloh
EB. R. Andrews
BE. R. Andrews
Santa Claus
Howard Johnson
Donald Gaylor
Edgar Smeyer
Dundalk
Jesse Holmes
Russell Fouke, Jr
Camp Forest
Tenn
Ruth Fouke
Iris Fouke
Charles Uzelac
Camp Meade
Stern Uzelac
Carl Morris
Anna Fouke
John McNairn
Elmer Black
Veronica Mae
Paramount
Emerson Harshman
Waldo Harshman
Wallie Harshman
White Hall
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Oregon
John Hammond
Jack and
Roger Charles
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N. Y
Chas. Swain
Ladies Democratic Club
Robert D. Earley
Charles Town
A. L. Poffenberger
Lester Marshall
Beaver Creek
Lumm
Mir
Byron Hoffman
Walkersville
H.R. Earley
W. i. Shealey
H. R. Earley
Sarah Jane Remsburg
Allen E. Poffenberger
Western Maryland College
Chas
Gouker
Milford Kauffman
Chas. Roulette
Leonard Hudson Conly
Ieft
Brooklyn
Ivan Jesse Roper Mohorovich
Atlantic
Jesse Roper
Hardy
Thomas Donnellan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
H. E. Tabler, Jr
H. E. Tabler
Hancock
Army Air Corps
Moody Field
Georgia
T. E
Milford C. Gossard
Charles M. Gossard
Tampa
Florida
Radio Communications Department
Air Corps
William E. Thomas
U.S.N
William Thomas
Summit Avenue
Virginia Beach
Jacksonville
Thomas C. Pappas
Harry
N. Jonathan St
Congoleum
Everly
Caskey’s
Caskey Baking Co
Greece
Egypt
China
India
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France
Lourts
Aix En Mains
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Hercules
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Boss Ansler
MERC
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