Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09
The Week
Maryland

AS MOIOhlSTS throughout the
State took their cars to testing
stations on the first day of the an
nual inspection campaign. it was
suddenly discovered that the new
batch of stickers bore the word
MARYLAND" instead of Maryland"
Nevertheless, it was announced
that all motorists must obtain the
stickers before the close of the
safety drive on December Is. The
Case of the Missing "Y" still was
unsolved.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT an
nounced that 1000 recruits must
be enlisted before the end of the
year in the Third Corps Area,
which includes Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia and the District of
Columbia, with headquarters in
Baltimore. Instead of waiting for
recruits to come to enlistment
offices in cities in the area, recruit
ing crews will be sent out in 10
specially built trailers to sign up
young men of every rural section.
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GOVERNOR O'CONOR prom
Used that the dual highway between
Frederick and Hagerstown will be
rushed to completion by the State
Roads Commission.
WHOLESALE REVISION of the
States Merit System was recon-
mended by the Attorney Generals
office. The plea stated that many
"weaknesses" and Inconsistent
cies" had developed since the
system was created in 1920 and
that no independent study of it had
been made since that time.
BALTIMORE INDUSTRY made
substantial gains in many fields
during September, according to the
city's Association of Commerce. In
the lead were sales of commercial
cars with an increase of 209 per
cent. New auto sales were up 1913
per cent. Payrolls showed a gain
of 25.9 per cent and employment
was 1872 per cent higher than in
September 1888.
A HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
program to cover every section of
Maryland appeared imminent when
Senator Radcliffe announced that
the President had approved allot-
ment of $1,997,150 in Works
Progress funds for the project.
The program, drawn up by the
State Roads Commission, calls for
road work in all counties, including
highways in Incorporated towns.
RULES REQUIRING that all
purchasers of auto insurance be
fully informed in non-technical
language as to premiums and per-
iods of coverage were announced
by State Insurance Commissioner
Centrum. He declared that the new
ruling was to avoid discrimination
against persons buying cars
through finance companies.
AS 40 OFFICERS were gradu.
ated from the training school al
Fort Meade, Col. Beverly Ober
commander of State police, an
nounced that a permanent school
to train new recruits and offer
"refresher" courses for veterans OF
the force would be established.
o.
FEDERAL AGENTS prepared
to investigate alleged violations OF
Government waterfowl shooting
regulations on the Eastern Shore
They will follow up tips received
in an anonymous letter sent to the
U. S. Biological Survey. The letter
charged that numerous and serious
violations had occurred.
BALTIMORE LAWYERS anc
real estate operators were swamp.
ed by a flood of pro-German propa-
ganda letters. The letters, which
bore Berlin postmarks, charged
England with supplying Poland
with poison gas-among many
other claims. With typical Nazi
astuteness, the authors sent a
batch of the propaganda to the
legal representative of a Polish
consul.