Hope For Trapped Miners Fades As Death Toll Rises
The report notes 142 miners in the mine with 31 removed alive, later counts showing 151 below and 30 rescued. Workers say no one has been saved since Tuesday night, after an explosion. Sixteen bodies found over a half hour, eleven more discovered early today. Illinois State mine inspector Driscoll Scanlan cautions slow progress may extend rescue.
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Young
Rowkamy
Driscoll O. Scanlan
Ilinois
Rescue Efforts Continue in Mine Ventilation Upgrade
Workers probe the passage to its end as mule power replaces machinery to avoid sparks. Gas masks protect rescue teams while side diggings on the east-west route are boarded up to improve ventilation for the operation.
100 Workers To Handle New Tax
Annapolis Maryland outlines a new two percent sales tax with a dedicated division in Baltimore employing about 100 workers. Merchants collect the tax and receive three percent commission. exemptions include food for home use and medical prescriptions. Details of tax brackets and token considerations are described by Chief Deputy Comptroller Joseph O C McCusker.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph O’c. McCusker
McCusker
House of Delegates
Specials in Store: Canned Goods and Prunes Highlighted
A listing of canned goods and pantry items appears with brands and sizes. Items include sour kraut No 2 cans, cut green beans, cut beets, mackerel and salmon pink tins, fruit cocktail No 214, sour cherry tomato juice 46 oz, tomato sauce, pork and beans No 244, Del Monte rai 15 oz box, and Sunsweet prunes extra large.
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E. J
Manning’s Heath
Cam
del Monte Rai
Bob Harry To Play For Policemen's Ball
Plans for the spring Policemen Mardi Gras ball on April 11 at the state armory advance. Pangborn Lodge 8 OFPOL sponsors the event with Bob Harry and his orchestra providing music. Harry, a self taught clarinetist, leads 35 musicians and played with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Army band. He toured with Jimmy Dorsey and Sammy Kaye before forming his outfit. IN MEMORIAM Comer In loving memory of my husband Rev Charles P Comer who died three years ago today March 27 1944.
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State Armory
Pangborn Lodge §8
Order of Police
Bob Harry
Ken Keeley
Harry
York
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Jimmy Dorsey
Sammy Kaye
Comer
Charles P. Comer
Card of Thanks for Mrs Lettie A Coleman
Acknowledges friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of Lettie A Coleman. Thanks for floral tributes cards and use of cars. Signed by Adv Children and Sisters.
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Lettie A. Coleman
Cays
Adv
Carrie Summers
Camp Dir
N. J
Gennevie McSherry
James F. McSherry
Daylight Saving Time Forum Tonight On WJEJ Radio
The daylight saving time issue will receive its first general public airing tonight on the Junior Chamber of Commerce radio forum over station WJEJ at 8:30. Representatives of citizen and business groups will participate, including Walter Bromley, head of the county Grange, and Herman Stockslager.
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Chamber of Commerce
WJEJ
Walter Bromley
County Grange
Herman Stockslager
Public to Join Forum on Radio Broadcast Tonight
President of the county Farm Bureau Harry Vollmex and Jaycees Benjamin Pruzan attend with Hagerstown Retailers as a Manufacturers' Bureau representative joins but unnamed. Earl Knott of the Junior Chamber will moderate the studio program inviting public questions on the topic.
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County Farm Bureau
Harry Vollmex
Jaycees
Benjamin Pruzan
Hagerstown
Manufacturers’ Bureau
Earl Knott
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Distillers Debate Grain Use and Conservation
A court exchange questions the point of grain usage limits for distillers. The judge hears concerns about how grain can be conserved while maintaining production.
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Harry
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