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The Midland KRirnal VOL. LX.VI New Financial Responsi bility Law Motor Vehicle Commis sioner Clarities Sev eral Points “A great many questions have come into the Department concerning the new Financial Responsibility Law, effective on January 1, 1946,” states W. Lee Elgin, Oommisisoner ol' Motor Vehicles. In order to clarify several different points, the Commis sioner has compiled a group of ques tions and answers which may serve to satisfy a question in your mind. 1. Q. bhouid 1 1 report an automo bile acmdsnt that I may have outside (.i Mary tuna 1 to the Department o. i..otor \ e.:itlej here in Maryland? a. No, hut you wilt probahiy lino that the State in which you had lilt accident win have a simiiat require meat for reporting accidents and tha, their state will work reciprocally with Maryland and subsequently tilt Maryland law will be brought to beat on you. 2. Q. Do 1 have to report an acci dent where the damage involved it only to my automobile or to the cat I am driving, but is in excess of SSO? A. Such an accident would have to be reported. However, if the damage is all to your own property or to thi automobile you are driving, you wil not be requested to post any security. 3. Q. If I have an accident which is apt my fault involving SSOO dam age to another car, must I post the SSOO cash with the Commissioner? 11 1 am unable to dio so, what happens? A. You must post your SSOO with the Commissioner. If you do not. your license will be suspended within 60 days from the date of the acci dent. 4. Do you mean that under thi; law 1 could be driving my car at s normal rate of speed and in a pro per manner and some other drivei could pass a boulevard stop sign, gc through a red light, he exceeding the speed limit and he intoxicated, hit my car and damage his own to tin extent ef $350 and. then if .1 can’t post the $350, I would lose my right to drive: Isn’t this a terrible hard ship to place on an innocent party? A. Under such circumstances you would lose your right to drive unlest the other driver agreed to settle youi damages, or you post the necessary security. This law does not give the Commissioner the right to judge who is wrong; all he does is require each party to put up security for the oth er’s damages. This may seem a hard ship, but you could have very easily protected yourself by purchasing Lia bility and Property Insurance. If you elect to operate your automobile without protection for the public, then this law will work against you severely, but you have the choice be fore an accident occurs to comply with the intent of this new statute. 5. Q. If my license is suspended and my automobile tags suspended would it be all right to sell the car to my wife and then let her get the tags in her name and operate the car foi me? A. The Maryland 1 Law reads that a person transferring or selling a mo tor vehicle after suspension of regis tration for the purpose of defeating the intent of the law shall, on con viction, be fined not less than SIOO nor more than SIOOO. m Hybrid Com Show Farmers of this section will have an opportunity to compete for a prize and ribbons in a Hybrid Corn stow to be staged by Rogers Farm Supply of North East and Southern States Cooperative at the Rogers Farm Sup ply December 1. Entries, each consisting of three ears of Southern States Open Form ula Hybrid corn, may be left at the store any time between now and No vember 10. E. Z. Miller of Elkton, will pick the winners the day of the show. A blue ribbon and a bushel of hybrid corn will go to the grower of the best entry, with red and white ribbons going to the two runners-up. A grower may make as many entries as he wishes. The show corn becomes the proper ty of the store, the winning ears to remain on display until after the first of the year. ■ Opposed Dredging Of Channel At a meeting held at the Wellwood Club, Charlestown, Md„ Wednesday night of last week, a number of in terested citizens rigorously protested the proposed channel from Charles town to Havre de Grace,, as planned by the Government. RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MO.. FRIDAY. '*• 1945 RURAL MAIL CARRIERS DISCUSS DIRT ROADS At a meeting of Rural Delivery Mail Carriers, held in Elkton on the night of October 22, the carriers voiced their sentiments in no uncer tain terms as to the condition of the dirt roads ill the county, over which they travel. The unanimous opinion was that the dirt roads were not only bad, but were constantly growing worse. There are over 600 miles of dirt road in the county and many of them are impassible, according to a num ber of RFD men. Some parts of their routes have been closed to mail de livery because of conditions. With the winter approaching, the patrons along many dirt roads will he with out mail service. It was brought out at the meeting that for some time the roads have been in had shape and following the rains of the past sum mer many are wrecked and impas sible. Bridges are out in many places rid mail service hampered. The mail men stated that they were not com pelled to drive their cars over im passible roads and that complaints will be tiled and the position of the mailmen recorded at Washington. A future meeting will be held at which the public will lie invited to attend. fc Anna May Wong At Elkton Anna May Wong, fascinating Chi aese-American actress, will make her iCheduled appearance in the Elkton High School auditorium, Tuesday ev ening, November 13, 1945, at 8:00 j’clock. Miss Wong will present her unusual program, "Leaves from A Jhinese Fan.” This is the first of the .our-program series being offered to he public by the Cecil County Teach ers’ Association, the series under the production of the W. Colston Leigh, me., Bureau. Miss Wong is well known to mo ion picture audiences throughout ,he world. She has contributed many notable performances, generally of sympathetic type. Her best remem oered role was that of a Chinese wo man in ‘ Shanghai Express,” which tlso had Marlene Deitrich in the cast. “Leaves from A Chinese Fan” has oeen termed one of the most unusual items of entertainment ever to be urought before the public, it is in the nature of a series of mon ilogues, portraying interesting char acters. The Leigh Bureau rates Miss vVong’s program as one of its finest n the entertainment line. Maurice Dunkle, President of the Cecil County Teachers’ Association, ,ias expressed the belief, judging irobi the early sales of season tickets hat the public is appreciative of the opportunity offered by the associa- Hon in the four-program series. A .imited number of season tickets are yet available, though sales are going on rather arpidly. Those to follow Miss Wing in the Elkton High School auditorium later in ttte season are: H. R. Knicker bocker, December 11; William Math er Lewis, January 14; Gerald Wendt, February 11. SB Sale Of Jeeps Nation-wide sale of 9100 new and used jeeps to Federal Agencies, State and Local Governments, with orders to be accepted up until midnight, No vember 6, is announced by the Office jf Surplus Property, Department of Commerce. This will be the first peacetime sale of the popular military vehicles, known officially as the Command Reconnaissance One - Quarter - Ton Truck. The total to be sold inculdes 3000 uew or rebuilt jeeps, some in their original factory shipping crates. The sale will get under way through 11 Regional Offices of OSP as soon as the available vehicles in each area have been processed for sale. OSP stated that the jeeps will be sold on an "as is” and “where is” basis. Prospective purchasers, OSP said, will have until November 6 to submit their orders to the Regional Office which will turn them over to the Washington Home Office for alloca tion among the priority claimants. it] Injured In Fall From Apple Tree Wm. S. Henry, of Charlestown, is a patient in Union Hospital, Elkton, suffering from injuries sustained by falling from an apple tree at his home. Mr. Henry was using a ladder to •pick apples, when, in some manner, it slipped, throwing him to the ground, s Chicken Supper At Zion There will be a chicken supper i served at the Zion Community House on November 8, from 6 to 8 p. m. rf'l .. ~ | • - Traffic Acci dents Take Toll Of 41 Lives Traffic accidents took a toll of 41 lives in the State of Maryland during the month of September, 1945, with 6 victims in Baltimore City and 35 in the Counties. This is an increase of 32% over September 1944, when there was a total of 31 persons kill ed in the City and Counties, in addi tion to these fatalities, the records also reveal that 1,304 accidents oc curred in Maryland during Septem ber, with 701 persons injured. Balti moe City reported 790 accidents with 351 persons injured, and the Coun ties 014 accidents with 350 persons injured. Six Counties experienced a fatali ty-free month—Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne and Wicomico. Kent County was the only county to have a perfect accident mouth with no deaths, injuries oi collisions being reported. Forty-one persons killed duirng September is the highest for any one month during this year. Traffic fata lities now total 303 as compared to 263 for the same period last year—a 15% increase. , Eighteen of the 41 persons killed were pedestrians—next, was motor vehicle with motor vehicle aud fixed object accidents 9 each; bicycle anil non-collision accidents 2 each, and train accidents 1 death. Thirteen hundred and four acci dents reported in Maryland during September is the greatest number for any one month since December 1943 when 1393 accidents were reported. The ending of gas rationing aud the 35 MPH Victory Speed Limit natur ally caused this increase in accidents —more cars are on the roads driving at faster speeds—speeds too great for, should we say, war weary ve hicles, vehicles that have been ne glected mechanically for the past 3 Yu years. Governor O’Conor, the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission and other agencies coopearting in Traffic safety take this opportunity by asking all who are using the streets and high ways in Maryland TO DRIVE AND WALK CAREFULLY —and, as our slogan for the month, we say, “Now, Let’s Fight A War Against Acci dents.” ae Home Canning Sugar All War Price and Rationing Boards in Maryland will discontinue issuing home canning sugar rations after October 27, Leo H. McCormick, OPA Maryland State Director, has announced. Home canning sugar ap plications now filed with the Boards will be processed and ration certi ficates issued. Applications received too late for processing so that certi ficates can be issued on or before Oc tober 27 will NOT be honored. ■ War Veteran Killed By Train Leonard Gumerirck, aged 25 years whose home was in Baltimore, miss ing from Perry Point Hospital, vet eran of World War 11, was killed when struck hy a train on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad on Thursday Oct. 18. The State Police Department was notified of the missing man and be gan a search. The body was horribly mangled. A piece of clothing bearing his name was found along the tracks and in this manner identification was made. The remains were shipped to his former home in Baltimore for burial. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Vannemau, Princeton, N. J.„ were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Haines. Miss Mary Belle Smith, of Wilmington, Del., was entertained at the same home, the two ladieß having oeen classmates at Dickinson College. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Ewing, Wilson and Kuth Ann were among the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crothers, who helped Mr. Croth ers celebrate his brithday anniver sary. Guests Saturday of Mrs. Mary Cherry and Miss Louise Worthing ton were Mrs. Irvin P. Knipe, Norris town, Pa., and Mrs. Brantley Duddy, Doylestown, Pa. Mrs. Florence McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Habbara McCoy and children were recent guests of Mrs. William Hart man, Lancaster, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Monger, daugh ter Betty and Joan Hanna were Sun day guests of lvirs. Joe Cooney, Ar lington, Va. Miss Mildred Garvin was the week end guest of Mrs. Samuel Kirk patrick, Folcroft. Pa, * r , ■s' '•?£>. - ' .•* ’ y Annual Mary land W.C.T.U. Convention '[lie Maryland Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convention was held in the North Avenue Methodist Church on October 24 aud 25, with very good attendance. Cecil County was represented hy Miss Bertha M. Tyson, Miss Bertha Balderston, Miss Virginia Abrahams, Mrs. Samuel Kennard, Mrs. Raymond Watkins. Mrs. Robert Given and Mrs. Charles Pyle. Mrs. FJli T. Reynolds was also in attendance at one session. The Convention was opened hy the Rev. N. O. Schrivner, pastor of the church. Miss Bertha Tyson presided through all the sessions and was re elected for another year, as were the other Slate officers. Tills is Miss Ty son’s tenth year, and she insists it is ier last year, as she finds the work .cry confining and taking more ener gy, both physical and mental, than she feels able lo carry, it is hoped she will find more to help her this year than she has in the past two or three. Several members came for ward to take charge of parts of the work which should lighten her bur dens. The organization, far from being a dying one is very much alive and many new members are rallying to the cause of “Total Abstinence.” Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, National President and guest speaker, gave a very stir ring address bringing out the fact that the only way to get rid of the liquor problem is to “shut off the faucet.” She does not favor the idea of spending time mopping up the re sults while the liquor interests are al lowed to keep the faucet wide open with all kinds of insidious advertis ing. Alcoholics need help, but why have alcoholics? The Youth Temperance Council was very much in evidence giving the opening part of the evening program in a very fine way. There is not much danger that this age-old curse will be allow'ed to go on undisturbed when the present “Old Fogies” die off. The Women's Christian Temper ance Union is in the fight to the fin ish. “We will not quit till the liquor sellers quit.” Bertha Balderston Cecil County President m . Five Dollar Federal Auto Tax There is rejoicing in motorist circles over the approaching repeal of the $5 Federal “use” tax, already doomed by the House and marked for abolition in tfie report of the Senate Finance Committee. "This tax,” said George E. Ken eipp, Manager of the Keystone Auto mobile Club in Maryland, “is prob ably the most obnoxious ever to rise the ire of the motoring public. Key stone waged a vigorous campaign for its repeal on the ground that the tax, which annually ‘rooked’ the motorist out of $140,000,000, was utterly without justification. Motorists pay their way over every mile of road they travel by the tax on fuel in ad dition to registration and other fees, and there never was any logical ex cuse for imposition of a further ‘use’ tax. “In a recent appeal to members of Congress, Keystone received assur ance of their support in having the tax repealed. This pledge now is close to fulfillment, a fact which will give satisfaction to the million of motor ists who felt they were unduly impos ed upon by tihs competely indefen sible tax,” Pfc. Wilson Ewing, New Castle, Del., enjoyed the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Ewing. Major Alec Crothers, who has been discharged from the Army returned from overseas last week, and visited at the same home. Hallowe’en parties were very pop ular this week. Tuesday evening, the Junior choir, Wednesday, the MYF choir, and Thursday evening, Circle No. 1 W. S. C. S. Mrs. Sara P. Wilson, of near Fair Hill, and Mr. Frank Kitchens were united in marriage at Rock Presby terian church on Wednesday, Oct. 24. They were attended by the bride’s sister, Mrs. Cecil Gregg and brother, Harvey I. Payne. Lloyd G. Gifford. ABM l|c, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, was a Monday afternoon and evening visitor in Farmington and Rising Sun. Mrs. Sadler, of Virginia, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sadler, Far mington. Miss Elizabeth R. Stephens is vis iting Rev. and Mrs. Wm. H. Michaels in Media, Pa. 1 PLANS FOR SCHOOL RADIO PROGRAMS Plans are being advanced steadily l Governor Herbert R. O'Conor has made known, for establishment by i the Public School System of the State , of a system of FM radio transmission i through which additional broadcasts i will he made, not only to the child ren of the schools but. probahiy also in connection with the expansion of i adult education. I The State Department of Educa tion has enlisted the services of Jan i sky and Bailey, Consulting Radio Engineers of Washington, through a grant of $3600 recently made for i the purpose of conducting tests and i surveys to determine the proper lo cutions for the transmitting stations. Transmitting sites of the State Po -1 ice Radio System are being cheeked in tlie present survey, and it is en tirely possible that one or fhore school transmitters may be located on sites now used hy the State Police. it is planned to develop the radio program hy stages, the Governor said iih the possibility that the first sta -1 tions will be located in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas, where a great deal of the State’s pop ulation is centered- Present plans call for most of the programs during daytime for dissemination to the var ious schools in any locality. Not only will programs originating in the schools he included, but possibly also network programs of particular in terest from an educational stand point. The broadcast will also be used in connection with adult courses, ac cording to present expectations, with the probability that a system of early evening broadcasts may develop in tliis field. B Navy Day At Bainbridge A large number of our residents availed themselves of the opportun ity to view Bainbridge Naval Train ing Center on Saturday afternoon, when Navy Day was observed by Open House on the grounds, and the gates thrown open to the public for the first time since the Center was established, afte rthe beginning of World War 11. A parade of several thousand blue jackets and Waves was one of the features of the after noon. The Base houses between 30,000 and 40,000 men and is a city of ad rjHnistration buildings/- barracks, drill halls, recreation centers, etc., fell paved streets, beautifully land leaped grounds, and was a revelation to most of the laymen who viewed it from the inside for the first time |ince it had been transformed from | peaceful countryside to a Center Bristling with Armed Naval activi ties. a Cook-McCool Miss Lavinia Jane Cook, daugther of Mrs.. Henry Davis Cook and the lute Mr. Cook, of Elkto.n was mar ried in Old Swedes Church, Wil mington, Thursday afternoon to Lieut. James Victor McCool, son of Mrs. George McCool and the late Mr. McCool, also of Elkton. The Rev. E. Edgar Hammond per formed the ceremony in the presence of tlie immediate family. A reception followed at the Hotel DuPont. Mrs. McCool is a graduate of Hood College, Maryland. Lieut. McCool has just returned from three years’ ser vice in the Europeon theatre of war. J— SI Chaplain Dies On Bombed Prison Ship The Rev. David L. Quinn, formerly rector of St. Mary’s Church, North East, and a Chaplain was killed De cember 1944, the Navy announced last week. Mr. Quinn was held as a prisoner of war on the Philippines since 1941. He was with the outfit of General Wainwright when the surrender was Blade to the Japs and at the time of his death was being transferred from the Philippines by the Japs to a prison camp in Japan. Quinn was in the famous “Death March on Bataan." He served in the i first World War. He was a native of Crisfield, Md. Mr. Quinn served as : rector at St. Mary’s for two years. He went from North East to a charge in Texas and when the war broke was given a chaplaincy commission 1 as a lieutenant. a Needlework Guild ' Plans for the Needle Work Guild meeting on Nov. 10th are making jprigress. We hope to have visitors from our neighboring Branches to ■ bring greetings and help us celebate | this sixtieth anniversary or the Na tional Guild- Directors please try to have your ; garments at the Colors School House • by noon, and plan, to spend as much time there as possible to help with the exhibit. Meeting will call at two * o’clock. | Ruth Lippincott, President I ' Property , And Income I Tax Cut Elimination Of Real Es t tate Levy Closer To Realization In announcing the further reduc tion of the State real etsate tax to 10 cents per SIOO of assessments —the . second reduction this year, and the seventh cut in this levy under the O’Conor administration— Governor O’Conor re-emphasized his desire to eliminate entirely this impost upon real property holdings in the State. In only one period in the last 100 years, namely the several years prior to the Civil War, has the State pro perty tax been reduced as low as it is at the present time. He voiced ex treme pleasure over the State’s finan cial position, which made it possible thus to lighten the burden of taxes on more than 400,000 property hold ers of the State. Coupled with the Governor’s “good news” to State tax payers with re gard to real estate taxes, was the equally gratifying announcement that individual income tax payers were now authorized to deduct 50 per cent from their payments for the cal endar year 1945. The double reductions thus an nounced represent savings of sl,- 4 25,000, which are in addition to the $2,855,000 cut in the Governor’s budget in January by the one cent reduction announced at that time on the real estate tax and the one-third on income taxes. In reiterating his desire to do away entirely with the real estate tax, Gov ernor O’Conor emphasized that a great start had been made in this di rection through the reductions effect ed during this Administration in the amount of the State’s bonded debt. This debt was in excess of $48,- 000,000 when he took office, the Gov ernor pointed out, and it is now down to approximately $22,000,000. How closely this reduction has been rep resented by a corresponding cut in the tax rate is shown by the fact that this levy is now 10 cents against the 2 a.?■ 5-gyrate., which he found when he took ofj&ce." Thai the financial affairs of the State are being handled wholly in the interests of the State taxpayers is evident by the fact that $24,000,000 has been saved to residents of the State in income tax and real' estate reductions under this Administration while at the same time, an additional $9,000,000 from surplus funds has been allocated to the Post-War Con struction Fun.d thus making it un necessary to issue additional bonds to that amount for post-war con struction purposes. . ffl Pony Day At Perry ville Playground The Lions Club of Perryville, Md., extends to every child of Perryville, Perry Pqint, Bainbridge, Principio Furnace, and the surrounding area an invitation to come to the Lions Playgrajtnd Center for free pony rides oh Saturday, Nov. 3rd, begin ning at IQ A. M. On display that day will be “Sil ver,” a. beautiful pinto pony, which the Lions Club will give away at the annual Christmas Party. The Club will provide plenty of ponies, and every child, regardless of size and age, will be welcome to enjoy this day. Refreshments will be on sale. Come and spend the day and enjojfr-the free rides. m October Meeting Of W. S. C. S. The W. S. C. S. held its October meeting Thursday evening in the Church auditorium, Mrs. Ruth C. Ewing presiding. Mrs. Isabel C. Wil- • son was the leader of devotions. Sing ing •‘The Highway of the King.” Prayer by Rev. Bicking. Scripture reading. Singing, “O Zion Haste.” Miss Isabel McCoy sang “Abide With Me.” The President introduced Miss Clara Belle Smith, who gave a splen did talk on China, telling of her ex periences in China during the Japan ese conquest. Like all other missiou aries, Miss Smith is hoping to soon be at work in China again. The service closed by singing, "The Kingdom Is Coming.” A social hour-lnVtke church dining room fol lowed. Refreshments of sandwiches, coffee audi mints were served. Both auditorium and dining room weere beautiful with autumn foliage and chrysanthemums. Wednesday afternoon the W. S. C. S. held a prayermeeting in the care of the Spiritual Life committee, at of Mrs. Jean Shepherd. • B Fiasco puts strings on his bill ot ■ riaMfc. These are Li sfaacist ties. NO. IS