07 Mar 1947
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1947
Page
1
The mayor and council authorize locking the city dump gate at 6 pm each evening amid reports of late night refuse deposits. A $160 Red Cross drive contribution was approved. A $2400 bid for Funkstown property along Antietam Creek was tabled as council considers future use.
Police disclosed warrants against Clyde Erickson Irvin Turner and Buster Turner for the Brunswick Moose Club safe theft of 1867 dollars. The case links to eight county men charged in two Haagerstown burglaries and related Pennsylvania robberies. Erickson posted 2000 dollar bond after re-arrest in Frederick.
A weaver working ten hours daily can produce only about ten inches of Trish linen damask, highlighting limited efficiency and output in linen weaving craft.
Mayor and Council authorize negotiating for a new Ahrens Fox fire engine costing 19 465 dollars without hose. Wil liam Ecton leads a delegation at the meeting. The truck will be the main engine with the current unit kept at the hall.
Union leaders from Loomis Local 2444 and Marvine Colliery say the court decision will be viewed as a union victory while West Virginia miners threaten a March 31 walkout if no new contract is agreed. Diggers voice concern the ruling aims to break the union.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of husband including flowers and car use. Adv. Mrs. Joseph B. Davis. Griffith memorial notes Jeanie Griffith who died March 7 1946 with a garden rose verse. Adv. By Her Grandparents.
A Maryland House bill backed by the Fish and Game Commission would raise fishing license fees by 59 cents to 2.25 dollars a year and allow District of Columbia residents to obtain nonresident licenses for Potomac fishing. The proposal would restrict Maryland shore casting for Virginians and West Virginians and trims the squirrel open season by 15 days annually, with Washington county rules.
In a draft charter discussion a senator is urged to remove or retain old provisions. The debate centers on Section 229 prohibiting city officials from profit making contracts and Section 253 about weed gang members earning room and board. The exchange questions consistency and calls for careful edits rather than tampering.
New York March 7 The late J. P. Morgan left a net estate of 4,642,791 after taxes and debts from a gross estate of 16,021,482. J P Morgan and Company announced this before state tax appraisal filing. Died March 13, 1943 at Boca Grande Florida.
The Supreme Court ruled the Lewis union policy risks economic paralysis from coal mines to major industries. It maintains a $3.5 million fine and a $10,000 contempt charge, while allowing potential relief if Lewis withdraws the notice to break the contract. The ruling signals no shutdown before the Goldsborough decision on legality of the strike.
Cambridge, March 7 A grand jury indicted Robert L Coombes 17 for murder in the slaying of 11 year old Jacqueline Maxwell. Coombes to be arraigned tomorrow as the body of the Malden girl is taken by funeral cortege past the State House to Holy Cross cemetery. The route is intended to spotlight alleged weaknesses in current laws as Massachusetts lawmakers push for tougher sex crime statutes.
The House of Delegates approved a bill to revise Hagerstown's city charter. Senator D Kenneth McLaughlin said changes are needed to fix inconsistencies and urges voter approval of controversial provisions, including consolidating boards and broad mayoral powers. He suggested attorneys review the measure.
A Homemaker writes of birds at a window feeder amid fresh snow and urging kindness to feathered visitors. A Farmer's Wife comments on daylight saving time linking farmer needs, pricing, and perceived voter influence. The piece ends noting a belief that reducing government regulation could boost prosperity.
The piece argues that the state cannot cut spending and seeks more funds. It attacks a 50 percent tax rate reaching 91 percent for high incomes, claiming such levels destroy incentives and production. It notes most revenue would fall on low and middle brackets, insufficient to raise $25 billion.
The observer notes that even if other taxes fund the individual income tax, low income groups will bear the largest share of the tax burden as spending is squeezed.
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