Fire Service Extension awards 32 Maryland volunteers
About 32 Washington County firemen received certificates at a banquet at Ike's Tavern for completing a 20 week University of Maryland Fire Service Extension course. Prof. R. B. Grinnell and Simon Clopper presided, with 300 Maryland firemen overall finishing the program this season.
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University Maryland
Washington County
R. B. Grinnell
College of Engineering
Fire Service Extension
Unity of Maryland
Maryland
Smithsburg
Donald Brenner
Archie B. Clopper
C. M. Clopper
Verdeen Clopper
R. Ferguson
Harry D. Ferguson
Lawrence Hershberger
Chester E. Kendall
Clifford Kendall
William Kendall
Boyd Smith
Guy Smith
Wilbur Thompson
Antietam Fire Company
Charles O'Connor
Junior Fire Company
Charles McP. Smith
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
R. L. Brandenburg
E. R. Clark
Western Enterprise Fire Company
Ralph Bowman
David E. Clark
Leon Flook
William F. Havermill
Robert Lindsay
Boonsboro Volunteer Fire Company
Richard Carson
Labor Union Set to Discuss Wage Bill in Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Central Labor Union will hold an open Thursday meeting at Carpenter's Hall 361/2 Summit Avenue. Representatives from the American Federation of Labor will discuss the pending wage and hour bill and its relation to unemployment. An open forum will follow on unemployment insurance.
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Hagerstown
Jail Term On Assault Charge In Han cock
Charles Hensley of Round Top was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Justice of the Peace Cornelius for assaulting Chief of Police Robert Miller in Hancock. Thomas Hensley received a suspended sentence after also being convicted of the same offense. Both men were arrested Saturday night after resisting Miller during his attempt to take Thomas Hensley into custody for drunkenness.
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Robert Miller
Hancock
Charles Hensley
Round Top
Justice of the Peace
Cornelius
Thomas Hensley
Miller
Thomas Henaley
Senate Votes to Create Civil Aeronautics Authority Anew
The Senate approved creating an independent Civil Aeronautics Authority to regulate civil and transport aviation. The five member board would earn 12 000 annually and issue certificates of necessity, set rates, and oversee air safety with a separate five member Air Safety Board at 7500 each. Existing airmail contracts would be cancelled but carriers would continue mail service under the new agency.
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Senate
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority
McCarran
D-New
Post Office Department
Commerce Department
Air Commerce Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather Bureau
World’s Tonic delivers immediate relief claim
Mrs. William Keller of Cumberland Maryland endorses World’s Tonic after long stomach distress including gas bloating and irregular digestion. She reports rapid relief from constipation and improved sleep and mood, attributing overall health gains to the tonic. Sold at Rudy’s and other drug stores.
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Mra
Willian Keller
Cedar St
Cumberland
Rudy's
People’s
Cauffman's
McCarran Seeks Rate Review After Competitive Bidding Ended
McCarran insists new measure ends competitive bidding for Sirma contracts to curb loss making bids. He says firms have bid low, hoping the authority will raise rates to a profitable basis.
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McCarran
Editor's Mail Box Response From J Berry Gantz
J Berry Gantz defends his Boonsboro Burgess bid and denounces D Frank Miller's attacks. He rejects claims of political influence, cites Lions Club service and town projects, and notes a State Liquor Board check while criticizing voter coercion and the retiring council's finances.
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D. Frank Miller
Miller
Corporation
Boonsboro
Burgess
Wade
Isserion
Lion's Club
Hernhberger
Hagerstown
Dr. Wade
Liots Club
Boonaboro
State Liquor Board
J. Berry Gantz
Railroads Warned Against Pay Cuts
A group of six Senators warned railroads against cutting wages for 925,000 employees by 15 percent, vowing to oppose RFC loan terms liberalization. Led by Sen. La Follette, the attack in the Senate drew support from Hatch, Maroney, McCarran, Shipstead, and Truman.
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Washington
la Follette
Wis
Senate
Hatch
N. M
Maroney
Conn
McCarran
D. Wney
Shipstead
F. 1. Minn
Truman
Veteran Of First Air Mail Flight Recalled 1918 Milestone
A veteran flier recalls the May 15 1918 start of regular air mail service. The four army pilots faced mechanical woes and delays as they launched mail runs from Washington to Bustleton and Belmont, with President Wilson watching. The story marks two decades since the historic feat and notes later improvements in air mail speed and routes.
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First Air Mail
U. S
Washington
United States
Long Island
Buffalo
George Boyle
Polo Field
Bustleton
Philadelphia
Paul Culver
Belmont Race Track
New York
Torrey Webb
Belmont
R. H. Fleet
Boyle
Wilson
Culvert
Webb
Culver
Fairy City
Army
Transporta
Alr
Gene Brown
Dick Merrill
Don Johnston
Atlanta
Pitcairn
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Spy Sentenced To Prison By Court In Edinburgh
May 17. Jessie Jordan 51, tray-haired beauty parlor operator, is jailed four years in Perth for German spy work along the Scottish coast. She pleaded guilty to mapping a prohibited military area and admitting money and messages from a German agent. She is the fourth spy jailed in Britain in two months.
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Edinburgh
Perth
Jessie Jordan
Germany
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Lillian Kroll
Washington, D. C
Memphis Hospital
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Buddy Clark
Lexington
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Ralph Hitz
Persia
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Rug Cleaner Set Co
Everly
Labor Union
NEW Aviation Bureau
Agency
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James C. Edgerton
U. S. Air Mail Service
New York-San Francisco
San Francisco
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Charles Town
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