Budget includes fund for Washington county celebration
The supplemental budget proposed by Governor Nice seeks 7560 dollars from Avy Wats of Maryined to mark Washington county anniversaries Hagerstown and Antietam next September. It funds a state wide committee to coordinate events as part of a 6900000 two year appropriation with 400000 contingent on revenue and 220000 from the operating surplus. The measure also provides for a Nice portrait, 650 dollars, a Hammond Harwood house purchase for a state museum, and lighting work for the State House under Public Works.
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Senate
Nice
State House
Explorer Le Van Safe in British Guiana After Deserted Voyage
American psychologist and explorer J. G. Le Van reached Georgetown after a grueling month in grassy savannas. His porters fled, fearing he was an evil spirit when he uncovered warrior skeletons 300 years old, leaving him to navigate to a village and later recover in Georgetown.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
J. G. le van
le van
Kenalma
Budget allocations list for various programs and institutions
The document lists contingent and supplemental funding items including 50 000 for Japanese beetle control 200 000 for Baug s disease control at the university 40000 for a budget advisory commission 80000 for Negro scholarships dependent on a bill 12000 to the Aviation Commission 7560 to Towson State Teachers College 1760 yearly to the Boy Scouts of America 5000 for Maryland s 130th Constitution anniversary an extra judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit 7791 67 South Baltimore General Hospital 10000 extra to Johns Hopkins University above regular budget levels.
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University
Aviation Commission
Towson State Teachers’ College
Boy Scouts of America
Maryland
Sixth Judicial Circuit
South Baltimore General Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Road program provides work and roads progress noted
D C Whipp, Hagerstown Automobile Club manager, cites Congress figures from the U S Bureau of Public Roads showing 6 million man months of direct road work over three years with 90 cents of each dollar spent returning as wages. Three-year total road build 38 220 miles at 636 622 61 dollars.
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D. C
Thhe Federal Road Agency
Lastfall
AAA
Bureau
Budget Battle Over University Funding Rages On
Bitter budget battle as Gordy proposes using a 306000 surplus to fund a 273000 university item. Coad and other senators warn of a floor fight and accuse politicking, while restored salary funding remains under debate. The Senate plans floor action after 450 amendments are printed and read.
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Byrd
Gordy
J. Allan Coad
St. Mary’s
Finance Committee
Ridgely P. Melvin
D.anne
Coadh
Senate
Coad
Goodald
State House
House Ways and Means Committee
Disputed University and State Police Bloc Pact Claims
Reports deny that a university bloc and state police bloc joined to press for both appropriations. Dr. Byrd attended the State House last night and stood in the Senate gallery as the bill excluding a $273,000 item was reported to the floor.
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University
Bloc
Byrd
State House
Senate
Increase In Farm Income Reported
The Department of Agriculture said Maryland farmers earned nearly three dollars for every two in January 1936, lifting total farm income to 3,711,000 from 2,820,000 a year earlier. Sales of farm products totaled 3,617,000 with 94,000 from government payments, continuing a rise since 1934 and a marked jump in 1936.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Hall's Expectorant Advertises Quick Cough Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Expectorant as soothing irritated throat membranes and rapidly checking coughs caused by colds. It claims more than 25 years of relief, high demand, and urges readers to ask their druggist for Hall's Expectorant.
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Hall
Maryland House considers longer race season and higher taxes
Maryland measures seek to boost racing days at Bowie Laurel Pimlico Havre de Grace to 120 annually and raise county fair meeting taxes to 500 dollars plus a 1 percent bet on fair races. A whisky tax extension and State executive order disclosure also move, with other actions on clerks and driver safety badges advancing in the legislature.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
Samuel B. Friedel
Baltimore
Bowie
Laurel
Pimlico
Havre de Grace
Friedel
Senate
House
Court of Appeals
Emanuel Gorfine
Kent Muthkin
Secretary of State
First Measure of Session Is Killed in Maryland Senate
Annapolis March 10 The Maryland Senate moved to kill a local measures bill proposed by Raymond E Kennedy to empower county commissioners. The Judiciary Committee reported unfavorably and the panel's action was adopted, halting the measure. The plan would have set pink drivers licenses and restricted driving on vehicles with honor badges.
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Annapolis
Senate
Creamery Marks 50th Anniversary
The South Mountain Creamery of Middletown observed its fiftieth anniversary, tracing back to February 1887. Led by George S. Funkhouser, the Hagerstown-based operation has grown to two million pounds of butter annually with modern equipment, a ready market for local farmers milk cream and a network of buying stations across Maryland West Virginia Virginia and Pennsylvania for Greenfield butter.
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Maryland
South Mountain
Middletown
George S. Funkhouser
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Greenfield
Lenten Service at Trinity Lutheran Chapel Thursday Evening
Lenten service will be at Trinity Lutheran Chapel Liberty street Thursday at 7 45 o clock led by Edward L Burger superintendent Miss Blanche C Lengla deaconess of St Pauls United Brethren Church will preach the sermon During 40 years as a country physician Dr L E Moore of Maydelle Texas ushered 2729 babies including 13 sets of twins into the world
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Trinity Lutheran Chapel
Liberty Street
Edward L. Burger
Blanche C. Lengla
St. Paul’s United Brethren Church
L. E. Moore
Maydelle
Texas
Typical March Day in Oakland Maryland
A March day in Oakland featured showery periods, winds limiting visibility to 30 feet, and brief sunshine. Temperatures stayed just below freezing as two inches of snow fell. the scene reflected typical early spring conditions amid reporting on federal prison public health staff.
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Oakland
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