Maryland Legislature Ends Session with Budget Details
Last week in Annapolis the legislature wrapped up a session amid hints of final adjournment. The budget breakdown shows a $106,963,772 biennial general fund and $46,048,600 for general disbursements with $5,241,680 earmarked for state education and universities including $4,700,160 for the University of Maryland and $373,680 for state teachers’ colleges.
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University of Maryland
Morgan College
St. Mary's
Department
Insect Forces Plane Down Near Nashville Field
A flying insect became lodged in a plane's carburetor causing motor trouble near Nashville. The student pilot MP Jones reported the insect caused the crash scare. he escaped injury though the tail of the aircraft was damaged.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jones
Here
Landmark store burned in Union Mills blaze
Westminster March 24 fire destroyed the Yeiser Kindis general merchandise store and warehouse at Union Mills one of Carroll County's landmarks. Two nearby dwellings were damaged. The flames were discovered early Sunday morning by motorists and controlled during the day but reignited Sunday evening.
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Westminster
Yeiser-Kindis
Union Mills
Carrol County
Power Shortage Warned as Industry Growth Surges
The Federal Power Commission warned Congress that careful planning is needed to prevent a repeat of 1918 light shortages as industrial growth accelerates. It urged a giant high capacity transmission network and stronger interstate pipeline control, with expanded natural gas regulation and data publication to protect consumers.
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Commission
Woman Searches For Lost Library From Fire Twenty Years On
Portland resident Mrs. Clara Gurer recalls a house fire fifteen years ago that destroyed her modest library. She recently bought a book she believes is one from that lost collection, seeking to identify it.
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Portland
Ore
Clara Gurer
Matador Garza Vows Six Bulls Challenge After Disgrace
Mexico City reports Matador Lorenzo Garza plans a six-bull series to erase a string of public humiliations. Manager Rodriguez says the event will feature the largest, bravest bulls in Mexico with Garza fighting one by one on April or April 13. Garza previously failed to kill bulls with nine sword thrusts, drawing fines and jeers from fans.
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Mexico City
Garza
Opposition in Senate Dwindling
The article notes dwindling Senate opposition to a lease program and outlines opponents’ attempts to amend or block the measure. Senator Taft Robio argues for higher taxes, backing income and manufacturers’ excise levies, while others discuss funding the $7,000,000,000 program and adding annual $3,900,000,000 tax hikes.
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Dean Lesher Buys Paper In California
Dean S Lesher formerly of Williamsport has purchased the Merced Sun Star of Merced California and taken charge of the paper Merced is the county seat of Merced County in the San Joaquin Valley He previously owned and published the Daily Tribune of Fremont Nebraska This is his first newspaper tenure He is a son of Dr and Mrs BD Lesher of Williamsport and a graduate of the University of Maryland and Harvard Law School He practiced law in Kansas City before moving to the newspaper field The Lesher family has moved from Fremont to Merced.
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Williamsport
Mer‘ted Sun-Star
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Cal
Merced County
San Joalquin Valley
Lesher
Daily Tribune
Fremont
Neb
BD. T. Lesher
University of Maryland
British Bomb Berlin Despite Weather Lulls
British bombers raided Berlin last night described as medium heavy and less intense than the March 22 attack. RAF forces also hit targets along the Northwestern Germany flight route and the channel ports, with some bombs on Berlin’s center and diplomatic quarter. Civilian casualties were reported as residential districts bore the brunt and reports of heavy explosions crossed the English Channel.
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Axis pressure and Allied moves swirl across Europe and Africa
A four day crisis in Yugoslavia unsettles Belgrade as Axis ties draw protests and resistance grows. Britain reports advances in Ethiopia as Neghelli falls to British forces. R A F bombers hit Kiel and Hanover while Berlin suffers fires from incendiaries. Matsuoka’s Moscow visit and Grew protests mark Axis diplomacy amid tensions.
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Nazis stalk convoy and sink 22 ships in epic battle
An eyewitness aboard a German battleship described a two day clash as the German flotilla led by Admiral Luetjens attacked a British convoy north of a marked area. The encounter saw ships from the Queen Elizabeth class and German Scharnhorst and Gneisenau exchanging fire. The convoy reportedly lost 3,000 tons of ships at night and 10,000 tons the following day, with a 5,000 ton freighter also sunk during the engagement.
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County Officials Head to Annapolis for Conference
The Board of County Commissions left for Annapolis to attend a conference with state officials. Four hundred housing projects costing 1.5 billion dollars had been undertaken by the Federal government in defense efforts by the end of January.
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Annapolis
Board of County Commissioners
Defense
Hosiery Plant Reopens Amid Picket Lines
The hosiery plant in question reopened today with a few workers returning to production while clerical staff and executives were exempt from the strike. Picket lines continued at the mill entrances with minor clashes and police present but uninvolved. Manager Mulliss said negotiations are not being pursued and the plant will run for those who report to work. the mill makes men’s hosiery only.
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Eight Women Arrested for Sunday Poker in Boston
In Boston on March 24 police removed eight women from a room where they were playing poker. Police Sergeant Thomas P. Davin and other officers transported them to patrol cars. They were charged with gambling on the Lord's day.
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Thomas P. Davin
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Chicago Grain Market Quotations From Stein Bros and Others
Grain prices listed for wheat corn and rye with May July and Sept futures. Quotations show opening highs lows and closes across contracts from Stein Bros Boyce McComas Armstrong Building Hagerstown Maryland.
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U S to Acquire Base Sites Under Title 10 Plan
Reported plan details U S to obtain six base sites in Bermuda and Newfoundland for 99 years free of rent with ownership of crown land transferred to the United States. The British and Colonial Governments would hold title to privately owned land within site bounds and be compensated through a lump sum based on real estate surveys. The U S would administer and control bases via the Navy and Army with no duties on materials or equipment for construction and maintenance.
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Navy
Two Women Die in Baltimore Fire at 1349 North Oater Street
A two alarm blaze swept a three story house at 1349 North Oater Street in Baltimore killing Mrs Bestie Edwards and her daughter Mrs Isabella Carroll who perished in a second floor bedroom. A third resident suffered serious burns.
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North Oater Street
Bestie Edwards
Isabella Carroll
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