Elgin Urges Revised Bus Inspection Law in Maryland
Baltimore report says W Lee Elgin calls for state or county takeover of school bus inspections, criticizes current law, notes only about 400 of 1002 buses inspected this fall, and outlines interdepartmental talks headed by Governor O Connor to confer authority and enforcement.
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Baltimore
W. Lee Elgin
Department of Motor Vehicles
County Boards of Education
County Board of Education
Elgin
Maryland
Baltimore Transit Company
Pust
Staryland
O’conor
Tony
State Law Department
Attorney General
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr
Beverly Ober
Earl Lightner Jr to Appear on Mutual Radio Program
Seaman Earl B Lightner Jr son of Mr and Mrs Earl H Lightner of 39 Laurel Street will be heard tonight on the Mutual network in the American Eagle in Britain program produced by the BBC from 7 to 7 30 p m EWT The family received a cablegram confirming his appearance on the program.
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Seaman
Earl B. Lightner, Jr
Mutual
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
EWT
Earl H. Lightner
Laurel Street
Divorces Rise to Near One Per Day in 1944 Nine Months
Divorces filed at an almost daily pace in 1944 through nine months. 265 suits by day nine, with 35 filed this month. August led with 41, total year projections suggest surpassing 300. Marriages for nine months lag behind 1943 and 1942 figures, with 1382 licenses issued versus 1646 and 2430 previously.
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Mrs. Randall Seeks Release On Parole
ANNAPOLIS Md Sept 30 The case of Helen Aileen Randle serving a five year sentence in Women's Prison for the manslaughter shooting of a 17 year old student on Jan 30 1943 was continued for further consideration by Parole Director Herman M Moser The continuance is virtually equivalent to a parole recommendation Walter Sckolow 41 year old life term convicted for conspiracy in slaying a Baltimore building contractor during an attempted holdup in 1922 was also heard and continued Mrs Rachel Wright Day convicted of larceny forgery and false pretenses and sentenced to nine years in the Women's Prison was continued conditionally The Randle case occupied much of the hearing as her attorneys William Curran and George B Woelfel presented witnesses advocating release
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Annapolis
Helen Aileen Randle
Herman M. Moser
O'Connor
Walter Sckolow
Baltimore City
Patients Sicker Dr Cullen States
Dr Victor F Cullen head of Maryland tuberculosis sanitoria reported that patients at the four institutions are much sicker than ever before. He said the war economy drives this trend with people delaying care to spend wages, leading to desperate hospital admissions.
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Baltimore
Victor F. Cullen
Maryland
Tuberculosis Sanitoria
Cullen
Shell Violation Charge Heard Before Rationing Board
A local firm faced an OPA violation hearing for overcharging a box of 16 gauge shotgun shells. The panel noted a seven cent per shell ceiling and ordered refunds and future compliance. The session also reviewed a service charge violation by an auto shop over a hot patch on an inner tube, which will refund and abide by ceilings. Market stall operators generally complied, with a large cooperative sign displayed and price lists available for fresh produce.
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Rationing Board
OPA
Boundary Survey Planned in Green Ridge State Forest
ANNAPOLIS Md Sept 30 State Forester Joseph F Kaylor and State Game Warden E Lee LeCompte will survey boundaries between closed and open sections of Green Ridge State Forest Oct 4 Forestry officials said the commander of the prisoner of war camp in the forest would be asked to approve the boundaries A controversy over closing the area to hunters because of prisoners cutting pulpwood was settled by reopening two thirds of the 30000 acres and reserving the remainder for pulpwood cutting.
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Annapolis
Joseph F. Kaylor
E. Lee LeCompte
Green Ridge State Forest
Forestry Department
French auto leader Louis Renault jailed before trial
Accused by French officials of dealings with Nazis Louis Renault, once a leading automobile manufacturer, and his plant manager have been consigned to Fresnes prison in Paris to await trial on charges related to collaboration.
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France
Louis Renault
Fresmes
Paris
Fair Attendance Sets Record Despite Rain in Frederick
Frederick officials announced the fair’s financial success was assured after heavy rain, noting Thursday’s attendance was the largest in the event’s history. They also cited the conversion rate from fresh grapes to dried raisins as four tons of grapes producing one ton of raisins.
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Frederick
Frederick Fair
Defend Red Tape As Democratic Process Says OPA Leaders
Baltimore Sept 30 Leo H McCormick and Lucien E Gaudreau of the State Office of Price Administration defended red tape as the democratic process in a joint statement. They replied to Judge William Coleman who said the OPA suffers from statisticitis and is wound up in its own red tape. They described the rent case as private litigation by tenants against landlords seeking treble damages under the price control act.
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Baltimore
Leo H. McCormick
State Office of Price Administration
Lucien i E. D. Gaudreau
William ©. Coleman
OPA
Board of Appeal Will Meet Today
The Selective Service Board for seven Western Maryland counties will hold its regular monthly meeting today at Hagerstown City Hall. Officials from State Headquarters will join, with Thomas W. Pangborn presiding as chairman.
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Selective Service Board of Appeal
Maryland
Hagerstown
Selective Service
Thomas W. Pangborn
Awards Made At Fairchild Plant
An awards ceremony at Fairchild Aircraft Plant 2 honored employees for winning wartime production suggestions in September. Vocalist Jane Taft led off, with Kathy Ingream on piano. Stewart Paxton and J Earl Steinauer spoke. Lynn Walck, Victor Smith, and W D Lemon presented awards to office and production staff alike, highlighting multiple first and second time winners across departments.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Jane Taft
Kathryn Ingream
Stewart Paxton
J. Earl Steinhauer
General Service Department
Lynn Walck
Victor Smith
Dawcio
W. D. Lemon
Virginia Logue
Dorothy Clark
Library Provides Wage and Hour Reference Service in Hagerstown
Washington County Free Library announced a new service for local business firms and industries in Hagerstown to provide up-to-date wage and hour regulation material. A weekly Wage and Hour Report summarizes news from the Bureau of National Affairs, with the 1942 and 1943 Wage and Hour Manuals also available. Information for employers is accessible by telephone or in person at the library. Tomato plants were first cultivated in Europe on the coast of Spain and Portugal around 1635.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Free Library
Bureau of National Affairs
Washington
Father Held For Drowning Of Son
COSHOCTON O Sept 30 A young father Warren Patterson admitted dropping two of his four sons into the Mohican River reportedly to spare them life without a home. One boy drowned the other crawled out to safety. The other two were left under a tree half a mile away with only a blanket in cold rain. Prosecutor Russell Lyons said a murder charge would be filed tomorrow and a special grand jury was summoned to meet Monday.
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Coshocton
Russell E. Lyons
Mohican River
Lyons
Warren Patterson
Common Pleas
J. C. Daugherty
Patterson couple split custody amid abandonment arrest
Lyons testified that he and his wife separated two months ago and he gained custody of their sons three weeks later. Mrs Patterson was arrested at Ashland, their home, on a formal abandonment charge and jailed.
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Patterson
Lyons
Ashland
Jin
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