State Insurance Head Speaks on Duties and Safety
John B. Gontzrum Maryland Insurance Commissioner spoke at the Hungers town Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Alexander. He outlined the duties of the office, praised insurance company managers, and noted cross state cooperation to protect policyholders. He emphasized fire safety measures and the need for experienced, trustworthy leaders in the industry.
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John B. Gontrum
Maryland
Hungerstown Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Gontzrum
State Officials Praise Insurance Firms and Fire Companies
Commissioners from several states recall insurance firms and inspect practices. Mr Gentrum lauded city and town fire companies as cooperative and helpful to his work. Donovan R Beachler of the Hagerstown Kiwanis Club introduced the speaker to the club. The excerpt ends noting surprising values in daily classified ads.
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Gentrum
Donovan R. Beachler
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
Western Maryland groups plan three riverfront, canal, and road projects
Directors of the Confederation of Western Maryland Communities meet in Hancock at 6 p m to discuss forming a roads committee for Route 40 turnouts from Braddock Heights to the border, coordinating with the National Park Service on canal area restoration, forest fire protection, and parkway landscaping, with Congressman Byron invited to attend.
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Confederation of Western Maryland Communities, Inc
Hancock
J. H. Gambrill, Jr
Frederick
State Roads Commission
Gambrill
Braddock Heights
National Park Service
C. & O. Canal
Maryland
William D. Byron
State Department
R. B. Wolfe
Charter Given To Hancock Lions
A charter was presented to the new Lion’s Club of Hancock at a dinner and ceremonies held Tuesday evening in the Episcopal Parish Hall. Harold L. Loreman of Salisbury, Md., Lions district governor, presented the charter. The Frederick Lions via C. Thomas Summers and Richard F. Simpson welcomed the group into the national organization. The event drew 150 people from Frederick, Thurmont, Boonsboro, Hagerstown, Cumberland and nearby Pennsylvania communities.
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Lion's Club of
Hancock
Episcopal Parish
Harold L. Loreman
Salisbury
22Nd District of Lions
C. Thomas Summers
Western
Maryland
Frederick
H. E. Tabler
Worthington P. Wachter
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Boonsboro
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Hancock Club
Frederick Lions
Daladier Blames Hitler for Broken Peace Efforts
Paris Sept 22 Premier Edouard Daladier charged that Adolf Hitler blocked peace by aligning with the Soviet Union against Poland while Western powers seek a solid basis for victory. He warned France will fight to final victory as Germany prepares renewed offensives amid Allied talks.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Adolf Hitler
United States
France
Hitler
Germany
Roosevelt
Congress
Daladier
Poland
Russia
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Moffett Field Chosen for New Aeronautical Lab
Washington reports that Moffett Field near Sunnyvale California was selected for a new 10 million dollar aeronautical research laboratory. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics announced the choice from 54 sites proposed by as many communities. Congress provided 1.9 million dollars at the last session to begin development.
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Washington
Moffett Field
Sunnyvale
Calif
Aeronautical Research Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Congress
Soil Conservation What It Means in Harford and Nearby Counties
For two centuries Harford and surrounding counties have endured soil loss as farming shifted from tobacco to mixed crops. Contour plowing, rotations, and grass include soil retention, while a strong local identity and family land stewardship prevent wild transformation and waste.
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Middle Atlantic
New England
Joppa
Harford County
Patapsco
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
England
Harford
Condemnation Laws Draw Maryland Road Delays
In Annapolis Ezra B. Whitman, chairman of the State Roads Commission, told Governor Herbert R. O Conor that condemnation laws slow state road projects. Delays reach six months with a Philadelphia road section held 33 weeks awaiting compensation. O Conor agreed law stalls work but said the Attorney General’s office has secured rights of way at fair prices.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Herbert R. O.conor
Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Whitman
Philadelphia
O'Conor
Elderly woman dies in Md house fire
Elkton Md Sept 22 Mrs Anne Albanese 70 burned to death when a fire destroyed her home trapping her on the second floor She called for help from a window but rescuers who attempted to reach her heard no more cries and the body was not recovered
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Elkton
Anne Albanese
Carries Unshaken Faith To Grave
Mrs Mary Martin Vann travelled under guard to the funeral of her husband L W Vann 64 in Pensacola Florida. Vann later died after a long illness and Mrs Vann who is serving a 10 year term for conspiring to pull spikes from a rail on a curve and seeking life insurance and freedom to marry another man was not believed to be implicated by the engineer. The case involved two negroes also serving sentences who prosecutors said confessed to removing spikes.
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Pensacola
Fla
Mary Martin Vann
Florida
L. W. Vann
Vann
Country
Reason and profit drive justifications for action
The idea argues that moral correctness is often claimed to align with economic gain. It critiques how societies accept expedient choices by asserting ethical support for profitable outcomes.
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Few Door From Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown Industrial Savings & Loan Co
Jonathan
Icodemus
Aloe Bank
R.D. McKee
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Sherwin - Williams
S. Potomac St
Hancock Lions
Fuehrer
North Potomac Street
Te Zacks-Mills CO
Washington Street
Davenport
R & G Dept. Store
Kelvinator
Bohman-Warne, Inc
Weat Franklin Street
Sale Women’s Shoes
Earles Dept
EAD
Hagerstown Gas Co
Milly
Potomac Street
Betsy Ross
Zacks-Mills CO
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