The Midland Journal
VOL. LX IV
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Observers For
[ Aircraft
Warning Posts
The following are those who are
serving atthe Aircraft Warning Post
at Rising Sun and Zion.
Rising Sun, Mr. W. C. Graham,
chief observer.
Observers, Jean Howery, Samuel
H. Johnson, Robert N. Jugler, Anna
A. Davidson, Mary M. McCummings,
Eugenia McVey, William McNamee,
Curtis Reynolds, Richard Gorrell,
Herman H- Slaybaugh, William E.
Davidson, Clarence W. Ashby, Lil
lian R- Hunter, Elizabeth Montgom
ery, Ina M. Davidson, Mary Garvin.
Mae Wiggins, Arvilla White, Maude
Ashby, Clara Kirk, Lula M. Robin
son, Mae Hasson, Elizabeth Love,
Leßoy Nesbitt, Malcolm Jenkins, R.
E. Lyle, Frances McCummings, Har
vey Ewing, Jr., Harold Way, James
McCardell, Violet Brumfield, J. Earl
Tyson, E. Ray Cooney, Donald L.
White, William Graham, Raymond
Shingler, Helen Reed, Deborah S.
Tosh, Marian Slaybaugh, Walter M.
Cameron, Jr., Delbert Atkinson, D.
S. Ryan, Aaron Love, Dorothy G-
Ewing, Harvey W. Ewing. Ralph El
ville, Larry Sherman, Robert Mac-
Donald Lois Willoughby, Everett F.
Johnson, George Mix, Theodore H.
Brown. Harriett S. Little, John Se
bold, Annie Dodson, John Buck, T.
Davis Boyd, Ernest Bradley, Lewis
Garvin, Jr., Robert Montgomery, Ot
is Monger, Rodney White, Vernon
Kincaid, Joseph Pogue, Carl Hamil
ton, Melvin McCumminigs, Samuel
Gregory, Ralph Hunter, Carl Hanna,
Job Kirk. Evelyn Boyd, Dorothy
Bradley, Louise Worthington, Sam
uel White, Bessie Ragan, Ethel
Gregory, Lillian Ryan, Gladys
Meeks, M, E. Dinsmore, E. L. Love,
A. H. McNamee, Philip Riley, Er
ward Gentry, S. E. Graybeal, Elean
or Reed, Rose K- Dugan, Robert
Cameron, Warren Guthrie, Marie
Shingler, E. B. Cameron, Joseph
Baird, Norman Biggs, Eleanor Fer
guson, Dorothy D- McNamee, Law
son Tosh, Jean Lucas, Russell John
son, Elsie Kennard, William Cherry,
Luna Kincaid, Agnes Eshleman,
Emma Ferguson, Ed. Jenkins, Wil
liam Goodie, Cecil McMullen, Nor
val Coale, Ciydee keifliotfCr* Hafry
Plummer, James Gorrell, Thomas
Riale, William Robinson, Dorothy
Fisher, Donald Cullen, Lewis Sny
der, Mabel Conrad, Marie Jones,
Louies Carter, Ann Johnston, Helen
Fitzgerald, Douglas Carter, Evelyn
Jackson, Rhoda Carter, N. Lieski,
Helen McCauley, Naomi Williams,
Marian Ragan, Alvin G. Lucas, Mae
Lucas, Richard Bicking, John Bick
ing, Phleet Cooper, Marvin Lucas,
Joseph Dugan, Ruby Doris Lucas,
Ruth Barrett, Evelyn Goodman,
David Sherman, Norma Price, Ruth
Jones, Grace Rawlings, Dorothy
Poist, Irene Sumner, Mary Stewart,
Gloria Hammer, A. Giles, Helen
Lyle, Blanche Johnson, David Cul
len, Ernest Richardson, Edward Mc-
Cummings, Hobbart McCoy, F.
Robinson, Mabel Rawlings, John P.
Bruce, Lewis Garvin, Sr., Ruby An
derson, Jean Burkins, Irene Mc-
Cauley, William Henry, George
Cameron, James H. Gambill, Jr.,
Nina Robinson, Ruth Jackson, Joyce
Atkinson, Barclay Giles, Walter
Cameron, Sr., Joseph Johnson, El
len Clendenin, Clarence Hammer.
Zion, Mr- Charles H. Morris, chief
observer.
Observers: Clarence Harris, Nor
man Touchton, Julia Touchton,
Howard Touchton, Edgar Thompson,
George Prettyman, James Mearns,
Fred Rogers, Raymond Ramsey,
Thomas Ramsey, Horace Witman,
Albert Ewing, Harry McDowell,
Lloyd Wyker, Helen McDowell, Flor
ence England, Willard Crothers,
Mabel Ewing, Helen Harding, Fran
ces Hubis, Lillian England, L- Eng
land, Clarence Brown, Virginia
Smith, Everett England, Wray Ma
honey, Clyde Simmers, A. W. Kon
rad, Lydia McLane, Bobbie England,
Guy Rogers, Doris Thomas, Marie
Crothers Logan, Mildred Rogers,
Katherine Thompson, Davis Ritten
houes, Virginia Rittenhouse, Janet
Wilson, Helen Dillman, Charles
Reisler, H. Alexander, Ernest Coul
son, Everett McDowell, Ray Krauss,
Donald Felty, Frances Crothers,
Mary L. Wilson, Winifred DeMond,
Charles Rogers, Anne McCommons,
Gladys Pyle, Betty O’Brien, John
Crothers, Mary Crothers, Pauline
England, Jennie England, Jack
Krack, George E, Gifford, Richard
Harris, Eddie Crothers, Paul Mc-
Commons, Ruth Ewing, Ritchie
Hammer, H. Stump, Jane Janney,
Vera Yale, Evelyn Laye, Roger Men
denhall.
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Dedication Ser
jfi'hi- vice At Zion
Laymen of Zion Methodist Church
will participate in a nation-wide ob
servance of Laymen s Day on Sun
day, 1 ep’uary Hi. as part of .the
preparation program for Metho
dism's Week of Dedication wmch
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RISING SUN. CECIL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1943
JUDGE CONSTABLE
DRAWS MARCH
JURY LIST
; Judge Albert Constable, of Elk
ton, has drawn the following jurors
who will serve at the March term
; of Cecil Circuit Court:
First District: Eldridge Lusby,
John W. Brown, James P. McCoy,
1 Archie M. Crawford, John Wallace
, Scott, Norman L. Rlggin.
Second District: George E. Titter,
Frederick A. Ginn, Holden S. Ire
land, Robert B. Foard, Albert C.
1 George, Carlyle D. Stubbs.
Third District: Cletus J. Boyd,
Thomas C’ Major, Henry Dorsey,
Col.; Warren W. Boulden, Lyman
Spence, James H. Miller, Peyton R.
' Harrison.
Fourth District: Mancill L. Smith,
Cecil E. Ewing, Leroy H. Scott,
Jr., Edward MacKenzie, William
Ray Baldwin.
Fifth District: John M. Smith,
Robert C. Reeder, Frank Mason
George Wingate, Ira Cameron, M.
Van Reynolds.
Sixth District: Francis M. Ken
nard, John B. Fassitt, Perry Gib
eon, William Reynolds, Joseph
Boddy, Col.
Seventh District: William Ira
Bryan, Harold N. Anderson, Arthur
H. Boddy, Col.; Robert A. Kirk,
Fred S. Brown, Horace Smith, Sam
uel Aiken.
Eighth District: George C. Milelr,
George P. Connelly, Alvin Nickle.
Ninth District: J- Lawson Croth
ers, Alfred T. Crothers, Roy D.
Rockefeller.
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Annual Meeting Of
Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company
At the 96 th annual meeting of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Cecil County, held February 9, in
Elkton, directors were elected as
! follows: H. Arthur Cantwell, North
East; James F. Evans, Elkton; Jos
eph T. Tyson, Rising Sun; S. Wills
Lusby, Cecilton; Harry H. Howardf
Chesapeake City; Winfred T. Mor
rison, Elkton; Pierre N. Leßrun,
Port Deposit; William Sterling
Evans, Elkton, and Samuel W. Cald
well, of Chesapeake City, R. D. •
The board reorganized by electing
' the following officers: President, H-
Arthur Cantwell; secretary and
treasurer, W. Sterling Evans;
clerks, Anne E. Mahan and E. S.
Guiberson.
Reports showed the past year a
1 most successful one for the com
pany—the assets of the organiza
-1 tion now being $139,003.56.
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Chesapeake City
Fire Company
The following officers and direc
tors have been elected by the Ches
apeake City Fire company, for the
ensuing year: Presiuent, Albert
otapp; vice-president, Harold Key
uoius; secretary, Lewis Collins;
treasurer, Fletcher Nickerson; cmei,
fvrchie Bramble; chief engineer, H.
’ jacason Reed; chief hoseman,
trank Bristow; directors, John M
[ Reea, Jr., Lewis Collins, Fletcher
\ mckerson, Harold Reynolds, John
mason, urie Conner, Z. T. Cooling,
arctue Bramoie, Albert Stapp, H.
, jackson Reed.
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Maryland Welfare Budget
, The total funds requested tor the
, otate Weuare department tor 1944,
, is $9,332,945.00. Of tnis amount
, $200,292.00, would come from me
, r euerai Government and tne re
- mamder irom the State and local
, sources- The request for 1945, is
- $9,255,232.00, of wmch $275,680.00
- is to come trom the Feaeral uovern
i mem ana tne remainaer trom tne
- otate and local sources. Of these
- amounts it is estimated tnat tne au
, minisirauve costs tor the entire de
i partment would amount to $924,-
, oao.oo, in 1944, $956,949.00, in
- 1945.
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- Additional Fay For
Mate £.uiplO)ecb
> The bill to provide for an emer
> gency additional payment to state
1 employees including scuooi teachers,
3 is attracting attention. The payment
1 of a bonus of s2ou.uo to tne geaer
i ai State employees is looked upon
- with tavor but it is apparent tnat
3 tne administration is not wining to
> accede to the request ot the senool
■ teachers to make their temporary
increase a two year proposition pay
able monthly, rather than a lump
sunit
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i Thieves Enter Elkton
:1 High School Building
The Elkton high school building
e Mas entcieu one night last veoa uj
l i .d WHO iuuiiu me caietei'ia,
hI, p—*, *i-in —and c—i'iien
Iva vU pay pawn*
AIR RAID SIGNALS REVISED
AND NEW SIREN RULES ISSUED
1
From February 17 until the bells
ring out for peace, a change has
been ordered by the Army, so that
confusion will not be created by
1 sounding warning signals.
Orders affect ambulances, police
’ and fire departments, and even lo
j comotives approaching crossings and
j terminals.
I The regulations now call for all
’ such moving vehicles to sound short
blasts—and NOT at frequent or reg
' ular intervals. For short blasts at
such intetrvals signify that hostile
’ craft are actually overhead, under
the new air-raid warning regime.
SIGNALS REVISED
■ i In the counties of Maryland vol
■ unteer firemen will revise their sig
-1 ■ nals as follows:
For local fires the departments
1 will sound three, and only three,
short blasts, calling the firemen to
1 duty for ordinary fire fighting.
1 On the “blue” air-raid signal the
long blasts hitherto used to an
nounce fires, will mobilize firemen
and other workers for raid duty.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
The Presbyterian Missionary So
-1 ciety will meet with Mrs. Emma
Cameron, Thursday afternoon. De
votional Leader, Mrs. T. N. Hite.
’ “The Negro in America”, Mrs.
Curtis Irwin; “Africa,” Miss Louise
Worthington.
Mr. Clemson Brown, of Calvert,
who was seriously injured when a
five foot cement wall fell on him
several weeks ago, has so far recov
ered as to be able to return to his
home from the Hospital.
■ Edwin H. Barnes, attendance of
; ficer of Cecil Countyt Schools, spent
! the last week in the south interview
i mg colored graduates for positions
. in the county for next year.
i Mrs. Clarence Gifford has been
* spending some time in Florida, visit
. mg her brother, Pvt. A. H. Benson,
, at Camp tiianding, and Mr. and Mrs.
: J. J. Hanna, at Orlando.
Miss Anna E. Haines, of Jeffer
: son Hospital, Philadelphia, was the
week-enu guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin L. Haines.
Pvt. Howard W. Terry, of the At
lantic Air Force, has been trans
, terred from Atlantic City to New
■ Orleans, Louisiana.
Miss Catherine Kirk entertained
the Young Woman’s Club last Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Ella Reese, of Philadelphia,
was a Rising Sun visitor during the
. week.
. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby are
spending a few days in New York.
Russell Johnson is now stationed
at Camp Bowie, Texas
’ Accepted Into School
Of Nursing
. Mrs. Martha Holmes of South
. Queen Street, Rising Sun, Maryland,
was one of tne eighteen student
nurses who was formally accepted
into the School of Nursing of the
- West Baltimore General Hospital,
, Baltimore, Maryland, after success
iuliy completing the Preclinical
’ course of nve months. The Capping
, exercises were held on Monday eve
. umg, February fifteenth in tbe
L Aurses’ Home. Mrs. Holmes was one
, of fourteen members of her class
, io have been granted tbe use of a
. lederal scholarship, by means of
, wuich the West Baltimore General
j Hospital is cooperating with the
. government's ettorts to increase
student nurse enrollment in the
. present national crisis,
j Mrs. Holmes is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde eKilholtz, of
Rising Sun, Md.
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Receiving Congratulations
i Mr. and Mrs. Warren Terry are
receiving congratulations on the
oirth of a daughter on Feb. 10th.
“ me baby has been named Joanne
cee Terry.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
1 Mrs. George Cox, of near town, on
Saturday, at Union Hospital, Elk
, ion.
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- Community Tire
P• ■ •
Company Auxiliary
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Com
munity Volunteer Fire Company of
Rising Sun, has elected the follow-
Sing officers tor the ensuing year:
president, Mrs. Robert Cameron;
B Vice-president, Mrs. Frances Ken
/ __4a, ueosuier, Mrs. John Mackey;
l. isfccieuuy, mis. Daniel Fraser; chap
u J .am, inrs. vY. L. Ely; historian, Miss
And short blasts continuing for
two minutes will indicate the "red”
signal, with an actual or test raid
in progress.
To acquaint Marylanders with the
new air raid system a daytime "edu
cational” alert was ordered sounded
on Wednesday of this week, when
the revised signal system became
effective.
For the first time radio stations
were to assist in the test. Commen
tators announced the sounding of
the “blue” signal and explained
what the populace was to do.
Within two weeks after the day
time “educational” alert, an an
nounced blackout will be held, to
clarify the new night-time provi
sions.
Signals will be the same, with
all street lights going out on the
‘blue”, and all traffic halting on
the “red”. The switching on of the
street lights will indicate the “all
clear”, for which no audible sig
nal has been authorized.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ferguson
gave a beautifully arranged dinner
on Tuesday evening, February 8,
for _ Charles Pierce, before he left
for U. S. Service at Fort Meade,
Md. The guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Riale, Mrs. Carroll Adams
and Mrs. Gerald Ailes.
David: Rawlings, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Rawlings of Porters
Bridge, left on Wednesday for Camp
Meade, having been inducted in the
U. S. Army. Two other sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Rawlings are in the U. S.
armed forces.
The University of Maryland has
presented David B. McDowell, of
near Calvert, with an honorary de
gree for his work in promoting ag
riculture in the State of Maryland.
Omar D. Crothers, Jr., of the Elk
ton Bar, has been commissioned a
First Lieutenant in the Intelligence
Division -U. S. Marines.
Mrs. A. M. McNamee is under a
physician’s care at her home on
Cherry Street, suffering from a se
vere illness.
Mrs. Louise Brokaw and Mrs.
Kirk Brokaw were week-end guests
of Miss Ann Roberson, Washing
ton, D. C.
Miss M. Lidie Stewart returned
on Wednesday after a visit of sev
eral weeks with Philadelphia rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mix and son
Warren, were recent guests of rela
tives in Baltimore-
Miss Hilda Bradley, R. N-, Balti
more, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ern
est Bradley.
Attended Gift Show
In New York
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby, of
our town, attended the New York
Gift Show, held February 16 to 19,
in the Hotel New Yorker, New York
City.
The show is an annual event, held
in order that dealers may keep
abreast with the new ideas and of
ferings in their line of trade-
In addition to being a helpful
business educational affair, it en
ables tbe dealer to pass along to
his customers the benefits of this
knowledge gained in the purchase
of his stock. The show is a wonder
ful display of advanced handicraft,
with more than 500 exhibits to
charm the eye, and is a rare artistic
treat to all who attend.
B
Nurses Are Needed
Your nation is asking that 65,000
qualified students enter scUoois of
nursing this year, to replace those
required by the military forces, and
to serve growing neeas at Uome. li
the war goes on, the number must
be inci eased next year. In tbe emer
gency, every patriotic young wom
an is asking herself: “Can 1 help in
this most vital war work for wnich
women are responsible?”
Good schools of nursing accept
only high school graduates, whose
scholastic rating has placed them in
the upper third of their class. Clue
or more years of college work will
• help you.
! Write your State Nursing Council
■ For War Service, or State Board of
Nursing Examiners at the state
capitol, or National Nursing Council
■ for war Service, 1790 Broadway,
New York City. Mrs. J. B. Fassiti,
■ Gibing oeu, jua., Cecil County enmr
-1 uian ot md- Buue Nursing council
(tor War survive
TEACHERS TO HAN
, DLE RATION
REGISTRATION
i
The Board of Education met in
j regular session on Tuesday, Febru
, ary 9th. Those present were Dr. T.
’ b. Moore, President, Mrs. Wallace
Williams, Vice-President, and Mr.
Reuben Reynolds.
A delegation from Mechanics Val
ley, Mrs. Harry McCreary, spokes
man, came before the Board to pro
test the bus service they were re
ceiving in that section of the county.
J The following resignations were
received and accepted with regret—
Mrs. Adeleen W. Hansen, Assistant
in the Elkton High School, and Mr.
Hammond T. Staley, Assistant in
the Elkton High School.
A letter was received from Mr.
deorge J. Balog, former principal
of the Chesapeake City High School,
now in the U. S. Army, asking that
his original year’s leave of absence
be renewed for another year. This
was granted by the Board.
The appointment of Miss Harriet
M. Lindsay, as Assistant in the Elk
ton Colored High School, was con
firmed by the Board.
The matter of the impending reg
istration for War Book No- 2 was
then discussed by the Board. It was
brought out that the teachers are
expected to handle this registration
and in view of the fact that it was
much more complicated: than the
previous registrations, that it might
be necessary to close the schools for
a day or two.
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Filling Station
Operator Indicted
Thomas M. Lee, Elkton filling
station operator, is accused in a
Federal indictment of illegally
transferring gasoline to consumers
without receiving ration coupons
and of filling in license numbers on
the back of coupons in order to ob
tain a large quantity of gasoline.
Lee was charged in seven counts.
Three counts accused him of trans
ferring a total of 28,154 gallons of
gasoline to consumers without re
ceiving valid coupons. Three others
with accepting the transfer of gas
oline for a total of 6,216 C coupons
and 1-908 T coupons which he did
not receive in the normal course of
his business.
The remaining count accused Lee
of receiving 9,314 gallons of gaso
line for 1,7 66 C coupons and 450
T coupons on the back of which he
had noted license numbers of his
own handwriting.
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Cecil County Boys
Leave For Camp Meade
Following is a list of those from
Cecil County who left for Camp
Meade Wednesday morning of last
week:
Romanus Peters, Marvin L. Tem
ple, Robert R. Jenkins, Ralph R.
Jenkins, Ralph E. Northrup, Ray
mond W. McNeil, Walter E. Ke
mether, Wilbur C. Morrison, Bern
ard A. Onizuk, Harold W. Way, Al
bert Harris, Wilson S. Campbell,
Lewis Simpers, Robert Kern, Geo
rge K. Madron, Ralph W- McKinney,
William D. Rothwell, Donald C.
Yerkes, David R. Rawlings, Joseph
H. Anderson, Edward S. Patrick,
William H. Bedwell, Jack Long, Al
bert Thomas, Delbert W. Taylor,
Elmer M. Horn, Cantwell Calvert,
Jack W. Baldwin, John E. Eastridge,
Charles M- Pierce.
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Warpole—Strickland
Miss Ellen Mae Warpole, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William War
pole of Elk Mills, and Pvt. Freder
ick R. Strickland, son of Mrs. Ethel
Strickland of Elkton, were mar
ried Sunday afternoon, February 7,
at Camp Howze, Texas, where the
groom is serving with the armed
forces.
Dean—Mein turff
Miss Emma Dean of Elkton, and
' Stanley Mclnturff, of Chrome, Pa.,
were married on Sunday, January
1 ji, at Zion, by Rev. Prettyman. The
groom is a machinist at Walton’s
' garage, Oxford. They will continue
io make their home with his moth
er, near Chrome.
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Munition Worker
t
Struck By Automobile
\ Miss Minnie Sexton, aged 24, an
| employee at the plant of the Tri
‘ umph Explosives, Inc., at Elkton,
was struck by an automobile as she
~ was crossing Main street in that
town one afternoon last week. She
j suffered a fractured leg and is a pa
tient in Union Hospital. The auto
’ mobile was driven by Arthur Purn
’ or, ot near chesapeaae City.
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Why stUnUUtt ddVgtt Uxt
Fraud, Bribery
Charges Against
Decker & Others
i
Attorney-General Biddle announc
ed Wednesday of last week the in
-3 dictment of nine persons charging
bribery, false claims and fraud con
spiracy involving an estimated
. 11,418,617 in alleged overpayments
. on Army and Navy munitions con
. tracts with Triumph Explosives,
. Inc., at Elkton.
The indictments were voted by a
. federal grand jury at Baltimore,
. Biddle said.
The Triumph plant an important
producer of war material, has been
operated by the Navy Department
since October 13 upon orders of
President Roosevelt as a result of
preaudit by the Navy’s renegotia
tion section which led to bribery
charges against six persons.
Announced as defendants are:
Gustav H. Kann of Pittsburgh,
president of Triumph, and Joseph
B. Decker, of Elkton, executive
vice-president and general manager,
who are charged, Biddle said, with
falsifying production costs and mis
appropriating more than $500,000
to their own use.
Alfred P. Shipley, Floyd B. Ol
cott and Forrest G. Nichols, mem
bers of a Washington contract brok
erage partnership, named in two in
dictments charging false represen
tation and conspiracy to defraud.
Joseph A. McCambrldge and An
thony P. Fabrizi of Elkton, civilian
War Department inspectors, and
Frank W. Forrestell of Elkton, a
Triumph employe, charged with con
spiring to defraud.
Reginald Gregory of Elkton, chief
civilian Navy inspector at Triumph,
■ charged with accepting an outboard
motor, a bicycle and a $l6O suit of
clothes as bribes.
Decker, Fabrizi, McCambridge
and Gregory have been at liberty
under bond on a bribery complaint
filed in October, a Justice Depart
ment official said.
Decker was made a defendant in
five indictments and the others in
from one to three indictments. The
department said the maximum pen
alty possible if Decker were convict
ed on all counts would be 123 years
in prison and $94,978 in fines.
Twelve persons on Tuesday were
indicted on mail fraud charges in
connections with army and navy
munitions contracts with Triumph
Explosives, Inc., of Elkton.
Five of those named in four in
dictments on Tuesday were among
the nine individuals accused last
week by the Federal grand jury of
bribery and fraud charges.
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Resolution To
Repeal War Time
Delegate H. W. Zeigler has intro
-1 duced in the Maryland Legislature
a resolution requesting Congress to
repeal or amend the Act of Congress
providing for “War Time”.
The Resolution sets forth that
■ War Time has proven highly unsat
■ isfactory to the people of Maryland,
as well as elsewhere, especially dur
■ ing the winter months.
The efforts of our farmers, dairy
' men, agriculturists and others en
• gaged in the production of food and
' other forms of husbandry, are being
1 seriously hampered and interferred
• with by this change in time.
Little, if any, conservation in the
’ consumption of electric current has
• been effected, and no essential dif
■ ferences can be noted in the produc
tion of munitions and armaments,
since most of these industriee are
active throughout the twenty-four
hours of each day.
■
Zero Weather
i About the most severe weather of
■ the winter has been experienced
, this week. An inch or more of snow
> covered the ground Saturday and
I the temperature began to go down
rapidly. By Monday morning the
bottom appeared to have almoet
dropped out- Thermometers in var
ious sections of town that morning
! ranged from four degrees above to
1 two below zero, with a high- keen
’ wind raging and making it difficult
1 to keep homes and places of busi
ness comfortable. At Cameron Bro
’ thers mushroom plant, near Syl
' mar, the mercury registered five be
low zero Monday morning.
The intense cold prevailed thru
out the day, with the biting wind
blowing.
As night fell the wind died down
and the cold eased up a trifle. Tues
day morning the mercury registered
1 two above zero, and the weather
moderated somewhat, as the day
• wore along, with the sun shining
8 brightly.
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- Appointed Rural
Mail Carrier
Frank During, a member of the
faculty of West Nottingham Aca
demy, has been appointed rare)
mail t*am Qalopa mil aflfla
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