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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Road Commissions Ex-
penditures In 1899
Review OF Present, Projected
And Desirable New
Construction

The Maryland State Roads Com
mission received in excess of $780,
100000 during the fiscal year end
ing September 80, 1889, and dis
bursed approximately $19,500,OOO,
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor was
informed by Major Ezra B. Whitman
of the Commission, in comprehen-
sive review prepared at the Cover
nor's request.
The yearly record covers in detail
not only the State and Federal Aid
projects now under way, but also
the bridges and roadways to be con-
structed.
The conclusion gotten from this
very splendid report to the Governor
is that the work now being con-
structed on Maryland's Highway
system is being carried on with a
thorough knowledge of, and as an
integaa part of, the States highway
system and is not being done on
the hit and miss" basis that all too
often has characterized construction
work in the past.
Priority Schedule Ready
A priority schedule of Federal
Aid projects includes twenty -one
such projects that must be under
agreement by June 80 of this year.
Among these are various sections
of the Philadelphia Road still to be
competed, section of the Trappe
Road toward Easton; the approach
to the Potomac River Bridge;
the ed m on on Ave n
Extension, from the City Line to
Roland Road; and the proposed road
from wilkins Avenue to the Wash
ington Boulevard at Winans.
Among the roadways to be con-
structed without Federal aid, for
which more than $1,000,000 will be
available this year, are the follow
ing: Approaches to Glenn l.. Martin
Plant, at Middle River; the under
pass under the new Philadelphia
Road ON the Bata Shoe Company
property; a roadway about 7-mi!es
long along the righAof-way of the
w. B. & A. Railroad, from the De-
tense Highway in Washington; the
Salisbury Bypass; the continuation
of the Frederick-Hagertown Road
way, of which 3-miles already has
been built, from Antetam Creek
into Hagerstown; and a new high
way between Easton and Trappe to
replace the narrow, crooked con-
crete road now existing.
Prison Labor Being Used
The State Roads Commission is
cooperating with the Board Of Cor
rection in furnishing employment
for prisoners in the various penal
institutions in the State. 100000
per year was provided for this work,
and during 1910 it is expected that
this type of labor will be used on
projects in Prince Georges, Anne
Arundel and Queen Anne's County.
This prison labor has been used to
advantage in building bituminous
shoulders on NARROW roadways which
were heavily travelled.
To come anywhere near compile
ton of the great amount Of new
construction and reconstruction
necessary for undermining the
States roads, will far exceed the
funds which will be available from
present sources for several years.
However, the Commission will,
Major Whitman assures Governor
O'Conor, make it's selections of pro-
grams from year to year on the
basis of the actual necessity to
serve trafic, balanced against the
cost of maintaining existing roads
and bridges in their present state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Taking Business Census

harvey Davis, of Colora, census
enumerator tor this district is busy
taxing the business census and ex-
poets to complete the task by April
lsI. With, the completion OF the
business census, the WORK OF taking
enc census tor population and agri-
culture Will DegIn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Chicken Thieves Caught

John Grace, colored. and a negro
woman known as big Liz, OF near
Elkton, were lodged In jail last
week for stealing chickens. 1t Is
charged Grace stole the chickens
from the farm OF Fred Racine, who
resides en- the Gilpin place, and took
them to ire home Of the negro
woman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

A movement to test the constitu-
lionanry or the State income tax
nas gotten unaer way in baltimore.
Dy testing 1t before an appellate
court. IL Is being LED by young e.ec-
.Elc engineer. randolph L. Coekey.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
AUGUST
Sl--Germany opens war on Poland.
SEPTEMBER

3-Britain and France declare war on
British ship Athena torpedoed of
coast of Ireland. l.400 aboard. 43
lost.
s-Germans shell Warsaw; government
President Roosevelt proclaims U. S.
neutrality.
POLES appeal to Britain to rush aid
France invades Germany; British
NAL torpedoes sink five ships.
8-French planes bomb Siegfried line.
1O-German counterattack halts French
on western front.
Russia rushes reserves to Polish Dor.
der.
la-German forces shut wise on War.
saw.
ls-Big British army lands In France
without loss.
Polish defense cracks; Nazis move
eastward.
l6-Russian troops invade Poland to
protect minorities."
l7-Warsaw decides to fight on after
truce talk fails.
Poland's defenses collapse under
NaZi pressure.
Russian army drives so miles into
2o-Report Red purge of former officials
In Polish Ukraine.
23--French repulse wave after wave of
Nazi shock troops.
1S-French defeat Germans in two big
air battles; lombard whole length
Of Siegfried line: bomb Zeppelin
works.
n-Warsaw surrenders to Germans after
Estonia signs alliance with Russia.
29-Britain defes warning by foes TO
stop war.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
MARCH

MARCH
9o-Charles Bowser named head football
coach at Pitt.
APRIL
2--Ralph Guldahl wins Masters golf title
at Atlanta, Ga.
i7-,Joe Louis. heavyweight champion.
ls-Joey Archibald wins featherweigS weight
title from Leo Kodak in IS rounds
MAY
6-Johnstown won Kentucky derby.
20-Joseph f. Carr. National Football
.. league president. dies;
feats Ernie Roderick. British cham
pion, In Is rounds.
S0-ShaW wins Indianapolis auto race,
averaging l15035 miles per hour.
Roberts killed.
JUNE
Lou Nova scores technical knockout
over Max Baer in eleventh round.
12-Centennial birthday Of baseball cele-
brated at Cooperstown, N. T.. where
2l--Lou Gehrig, Mayo clinic physicians
announce after check.up. has infan-
tile paralysis; playing career ended.
2s-Joe Louis stops Tony Galento In the
fourth round.
JULY
e--Alice Marble wins British tennis
championship at Wimbledon.
11-American league wins all.star base.
ball game, 3 to l.
s0-Dick Metz wins st. Paul open golf
championship with record score of
AUGUST
ELMER Layden Of Notre Dame cho.
sen head coach of all-star football
l4-Chicago White Sox play first night
game In Comiskey park.
22-Lou Ambers regains lightweight title
In 15-round bout with Armstrong.
SEPTEMBER
s-Roscoe Turner wins Thompson tro-
ply air race third time.
i5-Tony. Calento stops Nova In "a
rounds.
is-5cb6IS Riggs. Alice Marble win U. s
i7-Yankees cinch American league pen.
2o-Joe Louis knocks out Bob Pastor in
2s-cincinnafii Reds win National league
peInant.
OCTOBER
e-Yankees win worlds baseball series
In four straight games.
17-Bucky Walters, Cincinnati pitcher,
voted most valuable player In Ma.
tional league.
34-Joe DiMaggio wins American league
most valuable player award.
NOVEMBER
l--M Davis stops Tony Canzoneri In
third round.
l7-Biily Conn. light heavyweight cham.
piOn, successfully defends title
against Lesnevitch In IS rounds.
DECEMBER
eddie Anderson awarded plaque a.
football coach Of year.
10-Green Bay Packers whip New York
Giants to win professional football
title.
named No. ! athlete Of all sports in
annual poll.
lS-New York Yankees voted best team
In any sport.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04

SQUALLS SINKS-U. S.
Nays diving bell gets first real
test rescuing SO SURVIVORS from
sInken submarine. TtCenty-six
Others die.
JANUARY
11-The airliner Cavalier wrecked at sea
on Cape May. N. j.. three lost. 10
1s-Bomber crashes or. test hop at Los
26-Thirty thousand killed, $4,000 injured
by earthquake in Chile; towns wiped
out in disaster.
FEBRUARY
3-Japanese submarine sunk in COLI.
sion.
MARCH
2-Two hundred killed in explosion Of
munitions dump in Japan; 800 houses
destroyed.
ls-Ten killed in airplane crash near
Tacoma. Wash.
eight.
APRIL
-Four navy fiers killed when planes
collide in maneuvers.
1S-Twenty.eight killed, SO injured IN
train wreck In Mexico.
16-Tornadoes in Arkansas. Texas and
Louisiana cause SO deaths and in
juries to 300.
MAY
23-Fifty-nine trapped in sunken SUBJ
marine Squalls.
24-Thirty three rescued alive from Squa-
lus, rs dead.
JUNE
missing British submarine found
l-TWenty-two persons killed in Mexi.
can theater FIRE.
16-Seventy-one' lives lost In wreck Of
French submarine.
ls-Ten dead. 6s injured in Minnesota
tornado.
JULY
6Fifty-three drowned. a missing, in
12-S4s s.ery explosion and fire damage
navy aircraft carrier Ranger.
A-p PTuy;Scengs perish in mine blast at
17-Five killed as train hits auto in Chi.
cago suburb.
23-Avalanche. on Mount Baker. WASH,
kills two. four missing.
AUGUST
1i-Nine U. s. army hiers and two navy
hiers killed as two bombers crash.
13-Fourteen killed as Miami to Rio de
Janeiro plane crashes In Rio harbor.
Twenty.three killed. go injured, when
streamliner Is wrecked In Nevada:
rail officials charge sabotage.
SEPTEMBER
2s-s.orm in nc California eli kills 100; dam
2s-Munitions plant blast in Britain
kills Is.
OCTOBER
li-Wreck of school bus at War, W. Va,
kills six; II injured.
NOVEMBER
14-Five hundred killed and injured when
fire engulfs Venezuelan oil port.
DECEMBER
s-Typhoon ravages FIVE islands in the
Philippines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
Census Takers
Working Here
Since Tuesday
Industrial Tabulation Made
First; Population Count
To Start April 2

More than 100 census takers
began working throughout Mary
land on Tuesday morning, jan
uary 2. Preparatory work for the
big check-up had been under way
for several weeks previously at
the office of Area Manager Will
liam A. Dodd, in Baltimore.
The tabulation will be divided
into two sections, according to-
Mr.. Dodd. The first, gathering
statistics on business, manufacture
ing and mines and quarries, was
started Tuesday and may take
six months, he said. The second.
enumerating population, housing
and agriculture is scheduled to
begin April 2 and is limited by
law to a period Of 80 days.
The State has been divided into
two areas, Nos. "a and 35. Area
81 consists of Baltimore city and
Baltimore, Carroll and Hartford
counties. The rest Of the counties
make up Area 35. About IS
persons will work on the census
in the first area, with about 40
more gathering data in the re-
mainder Of the State.
In charge of the work and
under Mr.. Dodd win be William
c. Egan, Baltimore; w. Bruce
Matthews, Charles county, and
Charles Houck, jr., Of Frederick
county, as assistant area mana
gers.
District supervisors and their
assistants for Area "a have been
announced as follows: Claude A.
Hanley, Towson, and William G.
Hops, assistant; John A. Novak,
District 8, and James P. Denny,
assistant; Joseph E. Zech, District
A, and Edward E. Lyden, assist
ant; DIR. H. Ross Coppage, Dis
trict Z, and Lee d. Karwracld,
assistant.
Supervisors and their assistants
for Area 35, and their headquar-
ters win be:
District 1, William E. Ledum;
Alexander M. Holloway, assistant;
Salisbury.
District 5, Thomas E. Jones;
George L. Gardiner, assistant,
Annapolis.
District 8, Hugh M. Frampton |;
Mrs. Stella G. Bruce, assistant;
Hagerstown.
Mr.. Dodd emphasized that all
reports gathered by the census
takers would be strictly confden-
tial.
"They are to be used for sta
tistical purposes only" he said.
"They cannot be used for regula-
ton, investigation or taxation by
any other Government depart
ment. Figures regarding any
individual business or any indi-
vidual will never be revealed"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
DECEMBER

Firms. disable Russian cruiser with
500 aboard.
Russians capture Finnish port.
New cabinet takes over Finnish gov
eminent.
Germans sink Eve ships Of four ma.
tons.
q Finnish rebel regime cedes territory
to Russians.
evacuation of all southern towns.
Sweden tghteng its defenses.
British tanker sunk, two German
ships sunk and liner beached.
S-British planes attack German naval
base and score hits on German war.
Firms shatter Red troops in Arctic
battle.
League Of nations summoned to hear
Finnish appeal for aid.
Britain puts blockade against Ger.
man exports into effect.
German pocket battleship sinks Brit.
ish steamer Doric Star In south At
lantic.
ties on Soviet troop concentration.
e-Finns repulse Russian army of 20O..
600 on three fronts.
Russians to blockade Finnish coast:
British lighting planes beat of Ger
Sims repel offensive on Karelian
iSthn1us.
lO-Finns report Russian attacks re.
PEELED on all fronts.
1l-League of Nations requests Russia
to cease hostilities against Finland.
PRUSSIA rejects league of nations pro.
posal to mediate conflict with Fin.
land.
German liner Bremen runs British
blockade to home port.
13-British ships disable and chase Ger.
man raider Graf Spec into South
American port.
tons.
Uruguay gives Graf Spec 70 hours to
make repairs.
16-Finn coast artillery sinks Russian
destroyer.
18--Germans scuttle Graf Spec outside
Montevideo harbor rather than risk
fight with British ships waiting out
side.
l9-Huge Red forces storm Firms noun.
tain positions.
Germans claim "a out of "A British
planes shot down in battle over
Heligoland.
British claim sinking Of German
cruiser and damage to two others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04

charges Munich man with
beer cellar explosion: arrests two
British agents. ~
Britain declares unrestricted block
ade of Germany in reprisal for IL.
Legal mine warfare; torbids neu'
destroyer sunk. 40 missing.
Nazi bombers raid Shetlands. no
damage done.
French report torpedo boat sank two
subs.
3 Eight more vessels sunk: total for
six days, rs.
France and Britain claim 20 air VIC
tories in three days on western front.
Exiled Polish government begins
functi0ning In France.
Bulgaria permits British to establish
propaganda center in Sofia
a British cruiser damaged in port by
blast rom mine or submarine.
French repulse German attack east
Of Moselle river.
claims bombers hit four Brit.
ish warships; London denies.
Six nations protest British ban on
German trade
,6-Two hundred eighty-seven die in
sinking Of Polish liner Pilsudsh and
eight back British planes attempting
to raid Kiel canal.
British fights for n new Europe.
Chamberlain says.
Finnish guns kill four Russian sol.
diers, Soviet charges.
~ Russia demands Firms remove sol.
diers from border; Finland offers to
negotiate border issue: Russia
threatens war.
b. Russia denounces nonaggression
pact with Finland: Finland declares
Russian reports of border attacks
false.
Germany claims British cruiser sunk
by submarine; Britain denies.
troops invade Finland after
breaking of diplomatic relations:
Firms stunned by break.
claim 10-mile advance into
Finland: bomb Helsingfors; declare
Firms attacked first. Finnish cabi-
net resigns after declaring war on
Russia
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04

0-proportion Of civil service employees
reduced under President Roosevelt.
2-U. s. court upholds wage.hour law in
Montgomery Ward case.
supreme court voids cities ban on
handbills.
President suggests special taxes for
half billion increase in defense ap.
preparations.
30-President summons budget director
to discuss departmental cuts.
N-Morgenthau declares next congress
must lift legal debt limit.
0-Chrysler company and C. l. o. agree
on basis Of peace after auto plants
3e-Jury finds German-American bund
leader Fritz Kuhn guilty on forgery
and theft charges.
9o--Roosevelt sends sharp note to Russia
asking that bombing Of cities stop.
DECEMBER
1-Curtiss plants speed building Of war
s-Winnie Ruth Judd. insane slayer,
f fKs SSp baS S PTssn IN AT5Sns
to prison for two and half years.
upward trend seen In several lines
Secretary Hull protests British block.
s-Roosevelt orders special naval dis.
trict In Caribbean.
1l-RFc grants $lO.OOO.0oo loan to Fin
U. S. Supreme court bars evidence
gained by wire tapping.
to be rear admirals.
l4-lCC approves trainload RAN rate re-
ls--Garner announces candidacy for
Democratic presidential nomination
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
NOVEMBER

3-Norway frees City of Flint and In.
terms German prize crew. Finland
defes Soviet threat: ready TO fight.
7-Belgium and Holland offer to medi-
ate peace between warning nations.
s-Hitler escapes plot; blast In Munich
beer cellar kills 8 and Injuries 80
o-Dutch open defense bikes: clash at
border with Germans.
French repulse night infantry raids
by Germans.
1O-French repulse two German attacks
iS-Four more merchantmen sunk in sea
warfare.
l7-Germans shoot nine Czech students.
seize 1900 and close academies for
three years.
la--Dutch liner hits German mine In
North sea, sinks with 100 lives.
10 -Four more ships sunk by German
mines of England.
Germans extend war at sea; 10 YES,
sels sunk since November 10: 1873
dead or missing.
French Belgian treaty seen as chan
mel for France to get German coke.
cserInapv opens officers ranks 70 al
soldiers: ROYALTY backs Hitler
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
OCTOBER

britain calls $4,000 more troops.
7--Hitler makes peace proposals to Brit.
ain and France; seeks armistice.
o--Hitler sets aside area in Poland for
Germans to be transplanted from
other countries.
lO-French premier spurns Hitler's peace
l2-Britain refuses peace based on Nazi
c0nquests.
ll-British battleship Royal Oak sunk
by sub, 1856 lost.
Waterman planes raid Scapa Flow
Iron Duke, training ship damaged.
2P--British report three U-boats sunk.
Germans capture American ship City
Of Flint and take 1t to Soviet port.
EAmerican ship City of Flint, turned
gtt over TO Germany by Russia. sails
from Russia.
B-Germans claim lis foreign ships sunk
IA since war began.
Five freighters sunk by Germans.
E ,l-Soviet demands raise new crisis In
Finland
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
FEBRUARY

7-President makes new demand for
$50 millions more for PWA after sign.
ing appropriation bill with that
amount cut out.
e-House passes bill making state and
municipal employees subject to In.
come tax.
l3-Justice Brandeis retires from the
u. S. Supreme court.
15-House approves $376. 100000 defense
bill.
25-James ]. Hines, Tammany chief,
convicted of violating lottery laws.
27-U. S. Supreme court rules sit-down
strikes illegal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
MAY

MAY
e-King and queen Of Great Britain
sail for Canada.
| liking and queen of Great Britain
welcomed at Quebec.
ls-King and queen start on tour Of
Canada.
25-Bin setting up dictatorship over in.
dustry introduced In British parlia.
ment.
29-New border war develops between
Japan and Russia In Manchukuo.
JUNE
1O-Bombs in mail in England iniure
seven persons.
14-Japan presents Britain with new de-
mands as troops tighten blockade
at Tentsin.
Tientsin to escape Japanese economic
blockade.
liking and queen given tremendous
reception on their return to England.
Mongol border: shoot down IS planes.
T-Japs report shooting down SO Soviet
planes in battle over Outer Mongolia.
JULY
l3-France jails two newspaper execu.
tives, charged with receiving pay
TO- Danzig political police purge city Of
Chamberlain promises Britain win
stay out Of Japan's way in China.
Japan orders Canton river closed TO
26-Four bombings in England blamed
on Irish Republican army.
AUGUST
s-Britain offers to mediate Japanese.
Chinese war;
plicity in Staying Of civil guard Off.
Ger.
Sudden German food shortage rouses
public.
SEPTEMBER
26-French cabinet decree ends Com.
27-Bulgaria seeks trade pact with Rus
STA,
S-Constantine Argesanu appointed pre-.
nnier of Rumania.
OCTOBER
RDelegates Of q republics at an inter;
q safety zone around two Americas.
| 3-JapaneSe admit loss of $1,000 men
in fighting Russians.
S1Chinese halt Japanese drive in HUI.
nan province; report 10000 slain.
| 10-Soviet returns Wilma to Lithuania.
11-Britain and Russia sign trade agree
ment.
17-Pope Plus in encyclical assails die.
tators.
i 28-Thousands arrested as Czechs and
Nazis battle in Prague.
NOVEMBER
2-Slovak mob wrecks shops and news.
papers in Bratislava, Hungary.
British threaten to abolish self-rule
in India.
20-Ex.kaiser narrowly escapes death in
storm at Doom.
DECEMBER
3-Japan faces scarcity of food this
winter.
Peru opens great new port facilities
to Callao.
11-Italy quits league Of nations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
NOVEMBER

blouse votes against embargo on
arms; bill goes to conference.
$-Congress passes neutrality repeal bill
and adjourns
4-President signs repeal bill and bars
war zones to American shipping
6-Supreme court rules state cannot
tax Hole mortgages.
1-Old age pension plans defeated In
Ohio and California.
AAA viii make loans to cotton grow.
ers on new crop.
6-Navy sends marines TO Hawaii TO
strengthen Pacific defense.
Fifteen u. s. oil tankers transferred
to Panamanian registry.
e-Roo6evet demands Lewis, head Of
c, l. o.. resume peace negotiations
with A. +. of L.
L-Dr. Smith. former president OF L. s.
u, given 8 to "a years for univer-
14-Louis Levy, New York lawyer. dis.
barred In Manton scandal
16-A Capone. gang leader, released
from federal prison: enters Baltimore
DR.. Smith, former L. S. U. priest.
dent, attempts suicide In prison.
General Motors found guilty In anti
trust suit; II individuals acquitted.
70 Michigan governor offers state pro-
lection to Chrysler employees who
want 10 work.
Foreign nations reported TO be heavy
buyers Of copper.
Court upholdg G. /. q. over A. y. 81
l.. m union Eight
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
FEBRUARY

Spanish loyalist army Of 200 900 fees
to France to escape trap.
6-Japan refuses to give up inundated
islands Germany lost In war.
l2-TWo hundred thousand move past
bier Of Pope Plus in st. Peters.
14-Pope Plus buried in tomb beneath
st. Peters cathedral.
10-Spanish loyalists offer to surrender.
France occupies African area once
coded to Italy.
20-Italy moves to place colony Libya
on war footing.
23-General Franco hands Britain final
terms for peace with Spanish loyal.
lists.
Britain and France decide to recog.
nize Franco government in Spain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
DECEMBER

3-Alfred Granger. prominent architect.
Princess Louise, duchess Of Argyle,
oldest living child OF Queen Victoria.
marshal WI Peisfu. poet-soldier Of
Republican China
J. Butler Wright, American ambas-
sador TO Cuba.
s-col: John s. Hammond. sportsman
and soldier.
ll-Douglas Fairbanks ST.. stage and
screen star
Charles r. wslgreen. chain drug
store head.
is-Heywood Broun. columnist
Released bv Western Newspaper union.i
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-04
JANUARY

l-Chinese dictator ''purges" govern.
ment ranks of 200 peace party"
leaders.
3-Japan's cabinet resigns over poll.
cies In China.
Spanish rebels report capture of Ar.
tesa.
e-Hungarians and Czecho. Slovaks fight
along border.
15-Spanish rebels take Tarragona In
drive toward Barcelona.
18-Madrid rushes fresh troops to de.
tense of Barcelona.
22-An citizens Of Barcelona called to
dig trenches.
sSsSs: s Esss' sss nsrs sfSoa,
battle.
30-Hifier demands return of colonies