New Pension Law Passes in House With One Dissent
Washington May 2 The House backed a bill to extend and start pensions for nearly 90 000 World War veterans 60 000 widows orphans and dependent parents with only one vote against it Representative Costello of California the sole dissenter. If Senate and President approve 18 751 000 will be paid out in the first year and costs may rise as eligibility expands. The plan raises or starts pensions for widows orphans and parents of disabled veterans and adds a minimum 100 monthly for several hundred veterans including those from earlier wars. The vote was 359 to 1.
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Washington
House
Senate
Costello
Calif
Herald Mail Classifieds Promise Quality and Fair Prices
Regular readers of the Herald Mail highlighted the section's focus on dependable quality listings and reasonable pricing, delivering clear ads and value for buyers seeking trustworthy deals.
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Herald‘Mail
Life Terms Given On Kidnap Charge
Yuba City May 2 Robert and Ollen Grimes Louisville Ky brothers convicted of kidnaping Mrs Norma Meeks 55 last Sept 1 were sentenced today to Folsom Prison for life. Defense attorneys filed notice of appeal. The brothers arrested in Louisville January 30 denied they were in California the night of Sept 1 when Mrs Meeks was abducted from her Rio Oso home and her husband William R Meeks fruit rancher was bound and ordered to pay 15000 for her release. She escaped from her captors hideout three days later. The ransom was not paid.
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Yuba City
Robert
Ollen Grimes
Louisville
Norma Meeks
Folsom
California
Elections In County Towns In Clearspring And Funkstown
County town elections yielded 101 votes in Clearspring and 32 in Funkstown. Donald Ankeney was reelected Burgess of Clearspring with other officials named. Funkstown elected Guy R. Hebb Burgess while C. Guy Homaster, C. G. Bowers, and John K. Smith were named as officials and Lowman and Sowars tied for third with 20 votes each, with withdrawal anticipated.
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Clearspring
Funkstown
Donald Ankeney
Burgess
Robert E. Roach
David R. Brewer
J. C. Downs
Clarence Pound
Guy R
Real Estate Board backs Maryland permanent re assessment bill
The Hagerstown Real Estate Board endorsed the Washington county permanent re assessment bill awaiting Governor O Conor signature. State Senator Mish explained the plan creating three permanent assessors with the taxes supervisor as chairman. One fifth of the county will be re assessed annually, terms run ten years. A telegram urging the signature was sent from Annapolis following a Patterson hotel luncheon.
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Hagerstown Real Estate Board
Washington County
General Assembly
Herbert R. O'Conor
Joseph D. Mish
Senate
Annapolis
Patterson Hotel
R. H. Nickerson
A. Highbarger
Five Bishops Will Retire In Church Union Plan
Kansas City May 2 Retire ment of five current bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church was assured as the first general conference of the new single church was called for the first Wednesday in April 1940 The retiring bishops Hughes Nielsen Mead Blake Brown were chosen because their 70th birthdays before the conference date Their successors will be selected by jurisdictional conferences within a year After union the church will have six jurisdictions five geographical and the Central Conference for Negro churches Delegates began fixing geographical boundaries amid overlapping memberships in Oklahoma Missouri Southern California and other states The subdivision locations were to be debated where overlaps occur
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Kansas City
Soan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington
John L. Nuelson
Geneva
Switzerland
Charles L. Mead
Edgar Blake
Detroit
Wallace E. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
United Conference
Central Conference
Uniting Conference
Oklahoma
Missouri
California
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
New Mexico
West Virginia
Illinois
Pinball Machines Vanish After 1937 Law Expiry
Yesterday, pinball machines disappeared citywide as an emergency act expired leaving them unlawful. Operators, who often shared takings with premises, reportedly moved many machines to other states where legal. About 10,000 machines existed statewide, valued from 100 to 500 dollars and taxed 35 dollars under the old law.
Nine Injured In Waynesboro Highway Crash
Nine persons were injured two seriously when a trans continental Greyhound bus collided with a lumber truck and crashed into an embankment at Waynecastle. Passengers said the east bound bus struck the truck as it veered left. serious injuries included Thomas B. Biggs and Mrs. Ertie Klock. They were taken to Waynesboro hospital. May 2 Washington dispatch notes Hull hinting at revival of debt commission to consider foreign settlement offers. Hungary offer before Congress expected soon.
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Trans-Continental Greyhound
Waynecastle
Thomas B. Biggs
Catonsville
Ertie Klock
Washington
Waynesboro Hospital
Hull
Old Foreign Debt Commission
Hungary
Congress
Experts Try Cross Breeding to Produce Bug Proof Crops
Washington May 2 Experts from Uncle Sam's seed doctors work on preventive farm remedies through cross breeding to create bug resistant crops. They focus on Hessian fly resistant wheat with Kawvale a partially resistant variety from Kansas. oats cross Boone shows resistance to three diseases and will reach Iowa distribution in summer 1940. Thatcher spring wheat from Minnesota studies continues to improve stem rust resistance.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Kansas State Experimental Station
Kansas
Kawvaie
Kawvale
Slate Experiment Stations
U. S
Boone
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Screwdrivers Warned Off By Hagerstown Police Chief
Chief of Police Carl McCleary warned Hagerstown motorists about so called screwdrivers who break traffic rules. He announced a loudspeaker tour tomorrow to admonish drivers to share the road and avoid dangerous maneuvers. The sound car loan comes from local Shell Oil dealers.
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Carl McCleary
McCleary
Elmer
Lizzie
Washington
Potomac
Hagerstown
Chinese Aviatrix Injured In Crash
Hilda Yen, 25 year old niece of former Chinese ambassador W W Yen and famed as China’s Amelia Earhart, was severely injured when her monoplane Spirit of New China crashed near Montgomery during takeoff. She regained consciousness and said she would gladly die for the cause while hospitalized. Yen was en route from Mobile to Birmingham on a tour for Chinese war refugees.
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Montgomery
Ala
New China
Hilda Yen
Miss Yen
W. W. Yen
United States
Mobile
Birmingham
America
China
Amelia Earhart
Chiang Kai-Sheih
Many Found Jobs During The Month
Maryland employment service reported 3,618 placements last month across private and public sectors. Private jobs numbered 2,378 with 1,240 sent to public works. Baltimore City saw over 1,500 placements, while Hagerstown office totaled 150.
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Baltimore
State Employment Service
David L. B. Fringer
Fringer
Baltimore City
Hagerstown
Poison ivy cure lands man in hospital
Lewiston Idaho May 2 Jack Wilson tried to brew a cure from poison ivy leaves after contact with the plant. The home remedy worsened his condition and he is now hospitalized.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Jack Wilson
Lost and Found Ad Tiker Guidance
A fragmented notice offers advice on creating a lost and found advertisement using a simple ad ticker to help readers locate missing items. The source emphasizes tracking and clarity without excessive details.
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