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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
2
Washington reports the Treasury is mailing about 20 million 1945 income tax refunds and aims to finish by September end, faster than 1944 when 16 million refunds were issued. Refunds on 1948 taxes totalled 600 million dollars, with this year’s refunds on last year’s taxes expected to reach 800 million. Aspirin ad urges Joseph aspirin at 10 cents, 100 tablets for 35 cents.
About 150 people attended Memorial Day events at Baker's Woods near Keedysville for one of the area’s largest Jersey Field Days in seven years. Contests highlighted cattle quality with champions named among bulls and cows, including Lorraine Baker’s four months to one year bull and Haymond L Baker’s senior grand champion bull. Awards covered heifers, cows, and produce of dam with winners from Boonsboro and nearby towns. Ringside judging favored Lyle Mellett and John Shank, while several youths and adults won show classes and sale calves.
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles told Senator O'Mahoney that extra meat rations would be issued to miners on an individual basis to meet dietary needs. Details of the new program are being worked out and will be announced soon. The exchange followed O'Mahoney's protest that miners require more meat than sedentary workers.
The noted French statesman Georges Clemenceau taught French at a Stamford girls school from 1866 to 1869, adding a notable early chapter to his long public life.
Potomac Edison's rural service expansion is expected to accelerate as staffing allows, per the PE News. War Production Board actions lifting animal unit restrictions enable line extensions to new customers. PE also unveils pole-top construction that eliminates cross-arms, using six steel pins per pole for lower cost and easier installation. Maude Adams' family name was Kiskadden, but she used her mother's surname.
The Boy Scouts of Hagerstown and nearby towns collected 16 tons of scrap paper last Saturday, below the normal average. Eleven towns participated in Hagerstown with trucks donated by local concerns. Scouts worked from 8 a.m. to noon, with county districts joining in various locations, as some planned future collections. The Camporee near Waynesboro, Pa., did not greatly affect turnout. Last week’s total was 21 tons. The next collection is set for Saturday, July 7.
The Department of Maryland and Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will celebrate its silver anniversary in Baltimore on June 22 23 and 94 Joseph F Stetka department commander announced. Governor O Conor Mayor McKeldin and Senators Tydings and Radcliffe along with other Congressional representatives are invited to attend sessions.
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