Hagerstown Fire Underwriters Recommend Full Time Chief
The National Board of Fire Underwriters release an 18 page report with 33 recommendations for Hagerstown's volunteer fire department. It urges a full time chief, relocation of Engine Company No. 1, a new engine company near Guilford avenue, and stricter building and water system controls. It calls for civil service hiring, a drill school, complete fire records, and explosives regulation enforcement.
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Hagerstown
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Oak Hill
Prospect Avenues
Guilford Avenue
First Street
Civil Service
Water and Fire Departments
Chosen President of Aviation Named for Amercia Affiliation
Col John H. Jouett of Hagerstown Maryland was elected president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America succeeding Leighton W. Rogers of Washington D C. A West Point graduate and World War balloon pilot he led an American training school for Chinese pilots abroad until Sino Japanese hostilities began. Robert Gross of Lockheed Aircraft Corp and W T Piper of Piper Aircraft Co were chosen as vice presidents.
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New York
John H. Jouett
Hagerstown
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Leighton W. Rogers
Washington, D. C
Jouett
West Point
Robert Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
W. T. Piper
Piper Aircraft Co
Lock Haven
Chilean quake ruins leave city buried in mass casualties
The disaster's toll rises across towns north of Chil Hu, with Concepcion scene of massive loss. Officials report about 2 000 dead in Concepcion and 200 dead in Parral as troops assist rescue efforts. Medical teams arrive by steamer and train as shortages of water and fear of disease loom.
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Bnt
Chiltan
San Carlos
Kariis
Parral
San Francisco
Concepcion
Exeter
Talcahuano
Valparaiso
Teno
Plaza Armas
Alameda
Maryland tax program faces bitter budget battle
Maryland lawmakers return to Annapolis to confront a $95 million biennial budget and a new tax plan, including a six percent income tax on certain earnings and a one and a half percent tax on corporate net income. The proposal, backed by Governor O Conor, aims to raise about $8.38 million annually, with exemptions tightened and tax rules reformed while a constitutional tax amendment remains contested.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
O’conor
Assembly
State Law Department
Maryland urged to limit taxes for four years
The Revenue Sources committee led by William Lee Rawls of Baltimore praised by the Governor for recommending a pay-as-you-go approach. The text warns that further state tax hikes would deter business and expansion in Maryland and calls for no new taxes for four years unless necessary.
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Maryland
O’conor
State Tax Commission
William Lee Rawls
Baltimore
Investments In Spain Hard Hit
American investments in Spain declined from 21 million in 1936 to 6 million in 1987 and rose to 11.549 million in 1988 due to wartime purchases of trucks and metal products. The Spanish telephone system, American owned, is government controlled with no dividends since the war began and the big Madrid Telephone building has endured over 200 artillery hits while remaining in use.
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Madrid
Europe
Debate Over Relief Bill Sparks Telegram Storm
Senators clashed over an $875 million WPA relief appropriation as Adams accused union notices of urging telegrams to support the measure. Harrington denied the bulletin claim, while the CIO union said forms were posted on exclusive boards and the WPA did not sponsor them. The furor largely played out in backrooms as telegrams inundated Senate desks.
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Adams
D-Cole
WPA
W.P.A
W. P.A
W P.A
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Col. F. C. Harrington
Harrington
United Federal Workers of America
C.I.0
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Third Lecture Of Series Delivered
Rev. Dr. F. Berry Plummer, former Kiwanis club president, delivered the third lecture in a Europe observations series at the Hagerstown Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Alexander. He spoke on Russia noting limited free speech and a trend toward a totalitarian state while praising the United States as a better place to live. The club announced ongoing extensive activities.
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Europe
F. Berry Plummer
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Russia
England
Germany
Plummer
United States
Kiwanis Club
Club Sets Annual Ladies Night for February Fourteenth
The club announces its annual Ladies Night to be held on February 14 marking a major social event of the season. The event is described as one of the outstanding affairs of the club’s calendar.
Franco Army Pursues Government Forces Near Barcelona
Franco forces press north of Barcelona driving back government troops. Insurgents parade with red and gold banners as citizens surrender firearms. One column reportedly seizes Moncerda and links to routes toward northern Catalonia while loyal troops retreat toward the French border. Premier Negrin and others noted.
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Moncerda
Catalonia
Llobregat
Barcelona
Madrid reports hold as fronts hold in Spain
Reports from Madrid said government forces repulsed attacks in southwestern Spain and on the Valencia front at Teruel and Sagunto. Madrid's police were not yet told of Barcelona's capitulation as Barcelona remained calm and orderly with kitchens feeding residents and utilities restored.
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Figueras
Madrid
Spai
Valencia
Teruel
Sagunto
Barcelona
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