Bus Operators Seek Equipment Upgrades Amid Rising Costs
Local bus operators expressed hope to equip present fleets with sewer and larger vehicles, but plans hinge on future earnings. Potomac Edi gon Company's A F MacDonald and Potomac Motor Lines' J S Bowers noted recent trends match national data showing ATA figures: 1948 revenues up 6.41 percent while operating expenses rose 7.29 percent, leaving a $1,060,000 net decline from 1947. Wages absorb about 66 percent of income, suggesting fare hikes may be needed to sustain service as costs outrun revenues. The transit industry serves a weekday average of 66 million passengers nationwide.
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A. F. MacDonald
Potomac Edigon Company
Bowers
Potomac Motor Lines
American Transit Association
ATA
Deadly Gun Named Long Tom Seized From Duck Gang
Atlantic coast game wardens seized a deadly weapon known as Long Tom from a gang involved in killing ducks for market. The gun used one and one quarter pounds of shot and fired with two pounds of powder.
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Atlantic Coast
Cultural swap to build real friendship across seas
New York reporter argues postwar ties should be cultural exchanges not charity. He cites Morganville Kansas sending a script to Feves France and Chanute Kansas linking with Zevenbergen Holland, urging town-to-town gift programs, pen pals, and American life magazines to foster understanding and lasting friendship.
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By & Burton Heath
NER
New York
Morgansville
Kansas
Feves
France
Morganaville
Charles L. Todd
Operation Democracy
Todd
Holland
Luxembourg
Voice of America
Army Radio
Stuttgart
Chanute
Kang
Zevenbergen
Russia
United States
Western Europe
Beards Unpopular Now In Russia
Moscow a Jan 25 report says beards are less common in Russia than in the British Royal Navy. The piece notes a trend away from facial hair amid shifting styles and regional customs, reflecting broader grooming shifts in the country.
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Russia
Moscow
Beards Fade Across Russia Under Modern Trends
The barber trade and cheap shaving gear have reduced beards in pre and post revolutionary Russia. Peter the Great sought to enforce clean faces but failed. The Soviet era has largely abandoned beards, though some churchmen still wear long bosom-beards, leaving only a few in the country.
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Peter the Great
Ussr
U.S. Share of Global Cars and Trucks Cited
A historical snippet notes the United States with under seven percent of the world population owns about one percent of the globe's passenger cars and seven percent of its trucks.
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United States
History Group Ready For Show At Franklin Court Auditorium
Preparations for the Washington County Historical Society exhibit at Franklin Court proceed with articles arriving for a large display. The event opens to the public tomorrow and Thursday with guides assigned for the receptions and a diverse array of 19th century artifacts on show, including a child’s bedroom themed display from Clearspring and pieces dating to 1835. Weather and safety note warn of lightning risk during storms on beaches and fields.
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Washington County Historical Society
Franklin Court Auditorium
Franklin Court
Historical Soc
Iety
C. Nell) Bavier
Robert Wf. Campbell
Joho B. Ferguson
Joseph D. Mish
Marguerite Campbell
Charles M. Danzer
C. Welles Little
Fortune Odendhal
Clearspring
Carroll Stansbury
C. Harold Snyder
Snyder
Donald Haugh
Jacques
Elizabeth Troupe
Leon Cushna
James Dorrance
Pilgrim's Progress
Nenta Schnebly
Undelivered Municipal Primary Campaign Letters Pile Up
Postmaster Thomas Simpson said hundreds of political mail items were undelivered in today’s municipal primary due to outdated registration lists and wrong addresses. Many letters were addressed to deceased residents and some were third class, with forwarding forbidden.
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Thomas Simpson
Simpson
What the YMCA Offers for Health and Recreation
The YMCA promotes swimming as the best all-round exercise and a key lifelong skill. It highlights its role in treatment and rehabilitation, life-saving training, and wide participation, noting the county YMCA pool’s sanitation, lighting, heating, and constant water filtration.
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YMCA
The
Hagerdtown “Y
Washington
Washington County
Seven Sisters a Motorists Menace
Dillon Colorado January report describes the Seven Sisters snowslides blocking U S Highway 6 for up to 600 yards. The parallel avalanches start when one slides causing a chain reaction, according to Wilfred Davis of the Forest Service. Winter driving in the high passes can be dangerous as slides strike.
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Dillon
Colo
Seven Sisters
Loveland
Wilfred Davis
U. S. Forest Service
Avalanche kills traveler near Stanley Peak in steel-pressed car
Davis recalls a traveling salesman killed by an avalanche near Stanley Peak. The snow crushed the car, pressing the roof to the floor, creating a steel sandwich effect.
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Davis
Stanley Peak
Stow
Senator Tydings to Address Hagerstown Manufacturers Bureau
Senator Millard E. Tydings will address the Hagerstown Manufacturers Bureau at Hotel Alexander tonight. The senior Maryland senator will speak at the bureau’s annual meeting in the hotel ballroom at 7 p.m., after a reception at 6 p.m.
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Millard E. Tydings
Hagerstown
Manfac‘turers Bureau
Alexander
Maryland
Manufacturers Bureau
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