Mc Laughlin backs county wide vote on movie question
State Senator D Kenneth Mc Laughlin says petitions show 854 signatures not near a thousand for a Sunday movie vote. He notes 28 percent of signers live outside Hagerstown and urges a county wide referendum in November next year, opposing a city only vote on the 22nd.
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D. Kenneth McLaughlin
Daw-Cio
Hagerstown
McLaughlin
Uaw-Cio International
Paul Wagner
Williamsport
Funketown-Boopsboro
Clearspring-Hancock
Smithsburg
House of Delegates
Senate
McLaughin
House
Petition Vote Clash Over Hagerstown Residents
In a letter to the UAW-CIO representative the author cites that over 26 percent of petition signers are Hagerstown hot residents who cannot vote on the bill yet would vote on a different one. He argues the only constitutional path for a March 22 vote is a health and safety declaration. The signer urges sending the petition to delegates to preserve a vote next year, warning that defeat could end voting until 1952.
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Uaw-Cio
Hagerstown
Secretry Royall Nears Exit as Truman Takes Rest
Key West reports presidential confidants say Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall will resign within ten to twenty days. The President, on a Florida vacation, arrived at Boca Chica and plans to speak at Rolling College in Winter Park after a stop in Orlando.
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Key West
Fla
Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Florida
Boca Chica
Orlando
Winter Park
Rolling College
Maryland Senate weighs constitutional amendment for graduated income tax
Senator Storm proposes a constitutional amendment in Annapolis to authorize a graduated income tax and set up a referendum in the 1930 general election. He aims to ease tax burden on the “little fellow” but the measure faces constitutional questions and likely legal scrutiny.
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Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Asa
Order of Business
Storm D-Frederick
Storm
Maryland
Hall Sammond
Electrical safety in the bathroom and kitchen
Do not touch a radio, electric heater, or light switches while in the bath tub or washing dishes or similar. Keep electrical appliances away from water to prevent shocks. Ensure outlets are protected and unplug devices when not in use.
Regular Air Service Arrives Faster Than Rail Here
An article contrasts All American Airways rapid entry into Hagerstown with historic slow railway growth. It recalls 1827 public meetings over rail, later routes to Weverton and Chambersburg, and the 1872 Western Maryland Railway arrival. The piece notes legal battles, funding woes, and the region’s challenging terrain shaped transport milestones.
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All-American Airways
Hagerstown
Pitt
Balt
Wash
All American Airways
Washington County
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
Chesapeake and Ohio
Weverston
Bemuel Emmert
Chambersburg
Franklin Railroad
Franklin County
Chambersburg Artileriats
Franklin Blues
St. Thomas Artillerists
Pen Mar
Norfolk and Western Reaches Hagerstown in 1880 Steam Era
Blue Ridge Summit and Blue Mountain shaped the line's fate as the Norfolk and Western opens service to Hagerstown with its first train, marking a decade-long planning effort. Plans shifted from a New York route to a local connection, reflecting strategic constraints.
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Blue Ridge Summit
Blue Mountain
Hagerstown
Norfolk and Western
Ge Feoane
New York
Hagerttown
Bull transfer records
Roy H and Vadda J Flook of Boonsboro Maryland purchased a registered Holstein bull from J Fred Roulette of Sharpsburg Maryland. The ownership change for Ormsby Pontiac Rag Apple Duke was recorded by The Holstein Friesian Association of America. The willow wood is noted for durability in water among common timbers.
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Roy H
Vadda J. Flook
Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
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Cabinet
Truman
Sree Faken
Aone
Finance Service
MTSU
Natic Bank
Reservations and Ticketa Downtown Office
Mathias-Miller Co. Travel Dept
Potomac &J. Ph
Ford
Der
Ford Dealer
NBC
Ford Theater
Gur Ford
Sharrett Motors
Yuans TS ‘Toker Coal
Victor Cushwa & Sons
Dream Come True
Heausehold Arts
Flatbush Station
Bookbinding & Printing Co
Cooper Klipper A
Brices & Stratton
R. D. McKee
City Hall
Cy Pela Eke
Sears
N. Potomac ST
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