Wage Boosts Proposed for Maryland State Employees
Annapolis Md June 13 Gov OConors budget plan will include more than a million dollars in pay increases for state workers based on Salary Standards Board recommendations totaling 1 325 million over two fiscal years. The changes would add 625 000 in 1943 44 and about 700 089 in the following year with first effects starting October 1 and retroactive bonuses of 200 for workers earning under 3 000 a year to be paid next calendar year.
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O’conor
Legislative Council
Americans Score Over Japs 15 1 on Guadalcanal Patrols
Reporter visits Guadalcanal front noting Japanese defenses and brave, skilled troops. Marines and Army officials describe slow, dangerous jungle warfare, with Japanese dug in at three bases and camouflaged. Captains Kynett and Jor lead a patrol uncovering dugouts, buried ammo, and retreating enemy positions as U S forces advance to form a new front.
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Guadalcanal
Martin W. Kynett
Clyde D. Jor
Chicago
Captain Kynett
Five Charged In Lynching Case In Mississippi
Five individuals Pryor Jones Johnson Shotts and Coleman are indicted in Mississippi for conspiring to deprive Wash of life and to oppress him in his constitutional rights under federal law. They face trial in the Hattiesburg district federal court, with potential start in the April term, after the jury voted 10 to 2 against capital punishment. The defendants include a Laurel plant worker Pryor a farmer Johnson and a wholesale firm employee Shotts. The indictment cites two counts under federal statutes related to deprivation of life and rights, alleging conspiracy to hinder due process and equal protection. Covers the charges and the legal framework surrounding the case.
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Mississippi
Pryor
Jones
Laurel
Johnson
Shotts
Toxex Hall
U. S
Hattiesburg
Miss
Coleman
Jones and Johnson
Howard Wash
Lions Hear Address By District Leader
Lou Brown district governor of 224 spoke at yesterday's Hagerstown Lions meeting at the Hotel Alexander. He praised Lions for community service and character building, noting closer fellowship among members. Goodyear sponsored a film, Drive for Victory, on home salvage and conservation to aid wartime effort.
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Lou Brown
Hagerstown Lions
Alexander
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Jungle Patrol Tactics Tilt Advantage in Pacific War
The narrative describes Japanese three man patrols using decoy flares to reveal positions while a trailing pair opens fire. A U S patrol led by Kynett evades a possible trap by choosing an alternate route through the gully. American jungle fighters avoid triggering ambushes and gain ground as Japanese artillery remains limited and United States artillery mounts.
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Kynett
Restrictions on Overseas Shipments to Army Enforced
New rules tighten overseas mail to Army personnel. Subscriptions must be requested in writing by the addressee or already active. V-Mail continues by air where possible. other air mail for letters is uncertain after port of embarkation. Parcels require addressee description, full address, signature, and approval by battalion or theater HQ or installation CO.
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United States
War Department
W. Griffith
South Mulberry Street
Pvt
Ray Griffith
U. S. Army Air Forces
Africa
Pvt. Griffith
A. P.D
C-O
New York City
N. Y
O'Conor Proposes Ten Point Plan for Postwar State Work
Governor O'Conor outlines a ten point program for postwar reconstruction and social reform. It calls for a postwar planning commission, new chronic disease hospitals, juvenile delinquency measures, expanded unemployment benefits, hospital wage readjustments, selective inmate releases for sanatoria work, use of inmates in agriculture, preflight aero nautics courses, expanded public health surveys, and tax refinements including medical expense deductions. He stresses preserving state rights while temporarily yielding to federal needs.
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Court of Appeals
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Cumberland Republican
Carroll T. Bond
Senate Chamber
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O’conor
Armed Services
Department of Education
Father of 11 Inducted After Draft Deceit Claim
Private Christian, on furlough in Atlantic City after an appendectomy, told draft officials his dependents status was misreported. He claimed he declared a wife and 11 children on the occupational form and disclosed ulcers, sinus trouble, and slight hearing loss, but says he nonetheless passed the physical.
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Christian
Atlantic City
Army member answers roll call in Texas House
On January 13 in Austin Rep. Choice Moore of Bonham, a soldier, answered the Texas House roll call with Here, sir. The brief scene highlighted the Army’s presence as the chamber opened.
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Austin
Tex
Texas House
Choice Moore
Bonham
Dehydrated soup tested as ideal war food by agriculture
Department of Agriculture tested a new dehydrated soup made from pea meal soybean grit and dry skim milk. It was found to be an ideal war food. the report notes improved nutrition and shelf stability suitable for military rations.
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Department of Agriculture
Names Sent To Letter League In Washington County
Washington County Letter League heads plan an early mailing of names and addresses of men and women in service overseas. President Thomas W. Pangborn urged families to submit data via coupon or by calling 3500 to include all county members in the initial mailing.
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Washington County
Thomas W. Pangborn
Helen Fisher
More motorist license numbers reported in price ban
Baltimore reports 306 additional license numbers of motorists suspected of violating the Office of Price Administration ban on pleasure driving. The total motorists reported to date reaches 592. Cumberland Country Club in Cumberland Maryland, operating since 1920, was ordered closed by its board to aid the war emergency ban on treasure driving.
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Baltimore
Jan
Office of Price Administration
Country Club
Cumberland
Cumberland Country Club
Joins Air Forces Veteran Bartholomew Enlists
Fred die Bartholomew, a veteran film and genuine figure, joins the air forces. Born in Los Angeles, the long time performer is stepping into military service amid recent enlistment waves.
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AIR Forces
Les Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Arong Othe
Miners Debated Strike Truce As War Board Weighs Seizure
The War Labor Board signaled support for possible government seizure of 15 strike bound collieries to end the anthracite walkout that has shut major mines and worsened a critical wartime fuel shortage. The board reiterated that industrial disputes must be settled peacefully, urging production resumes and detailing recent mine operations and company involvements.
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WLB
Richard Maize
War Labor Board
Tri-District Mine Committee
United Mine Workers District 7
John L. Lewis
UMW
War Department
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Anthracite Industry
Senate
Cincinnati
Misa Perkins
Glen Alden Coal Company
Hudson Coal Company
Scranton
Luzerne Anthracite Company
Forty Fort
Susquehanna Colleries Company
Cleveland
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkes-Barre
Farleton Shaft
Hazle Mines
Hazleton
Glen Alden Company
Truesdale and
Loomis Colleriaz
Labor Board
Wayne L. Morse
United Mine Workers, District 50
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of
Elkhart
Ind
Morse
Island life and military notices from a wartime column
A Marseille island column describes tropical scenery and native flora then shifts to service updates. It lists local residents joining U S Army training in Colorado and Alabama, assignments at Fort McClellan and Camp Blanding, furloughs, and letters from overseas, with addresses and service numbers for recipients and relatives.
FINE 18 IMPOSED IN DISORDERLY CASE FIASCO
Mrs. Charles Flare, a principal in the Smithsburg disorderly conduct case, was fined $15 and costs by Magistrate E. G. Miller. Her husband earlier paid $15, Paul Cartee was fined $10, and the fight was recorded on a disc for the magistrate at trial.
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Charles Flare
Smithsburg
E. G. Miller
Paul Cartee
Flare
Cartee
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