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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
5
Federal Court in Baltimore issued consent injunctions restraining two city residents from further OPA violations. Carlton Paul Jones, a local gasoline distributor, was named in an OPA complaint alleging abusive practices.
The decree bans W. H. Horn, a local cattle dealer, from further cattle sales or purchases unless complete and accurate transaction records are kept. Consent injunctions were issued against Frederick gasoline distributor Irvin J. Ramsburg and two Baltimore men for counterfeiting coupons and selling gasoline without valid purchaser coupons.
The French press agency quoted a Madrid dispatch that civil guards and armed opposition groups clashed near Columbriano in northwest Spain. Three civil guards and six members of the anti Franco group were killed in the fighting, according to a Paris broadcast cited by the FCC.
A Sales Management survey places Hagerstown as Maryland's second city after Baltimore for retail and wholesale sales in 1944. It estimates the city at 38,000 population, $52.5 million in effective buying income, and $40.9 million in retail sales including food and drug sectors. Wholesale sales reach $25.7 million, with Washington County totaling $51.1 million in retail and $80.9 million in buying income. Farm earnings are $9.55 million for 1944.
Hagerstown Realty Company started laying foundations for ten brick six room residences on Woodland Way under a government quota. Excavati ng to begin soon. Two homes for discharged veterans are under construction on Bellevue and Summit avenues, with plans for more city housing later.
A meeting in City Hall explained OPA record keeping for dealers and distributors. J. Allison Ballenger and William J. Roach outlined timelines: start complete records by June 1, begin monthly inventories June 30, and balance records with inventories at place of business. Registration must be filed by July 10 with the OPA inventory control unit in New York City.
Be assured due to war conditions and many tires used in rehabilitation of Europe and increased use in the Pacific. He urged dealers to cooperate as in the past with OPA regulations to spread out tire supplies for essential workers and users. N. B. Pilsen, member of the local fire panel, presided at the meeting.
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