The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Items OF Interest
Cleaned From the
Entire State
Important Happenings of Past
Week In Various Counties of
Maryland Told In Condensed
Form.
John r. Spellissy, former admin
istrative assistant TO Governor
O'Conor, Thursday assumed the du-
ties of superintendent of the State
accident fund, worlumen's insurance
agency authorized by the State. He
was appointed by the State Acct
dent Commission for an indefinite
period The position has been va
cant since December, 1912.
Maryland ranked second in May
collections of waste fats in the third
region, including Maryland, Penn
sylvania Delaware, Virginia and
the District of Columbia, the State
Salvage Committee reports.
Farm wage rates in Maryland on
June were at the highest level on
record, according to a report Of the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics,
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The rates with board were $4675
per month, and 500 without board.
Day wages with board were $270
and without $3.45. Women and girls
formed 81 per cent of total farm
workers in the State
J. Edgar Harvey, of Salisbury, for
four years special attorney of the
State Accident Fund, has been APP
pointed Assistant State Attorney
General to succeed Robert T.. Clapp,
Jr, of Frederick, who has volun-
teered for army service. Donald
Bowie, Jr., Of Montgomery county,
will succeed Mr.. Harvey as special
attorney fore the State Accident
fund.
According TO a Census Bureau
report, the total negro population Of
Maryland, 81 years and over, was
1916 in 1910, compared with 1853,
464 in 1890
A food advisory committee, rep
resenting retail and wholesale
groups and chain store suppliers,
has been named by Leo II. McCor-
mick, State OPA director, to con-
fer with the OPA price division on
problems requiring investigation
and correction.
With the ending of the States fis-
cal year at midnight on June 30, the
Maryland budget for the fiscal years
1914 and 1945 became effective on
Thursday. Total estimated receipts
for each of the two years will APP
proximate 500, 100000 with notice
able losses in the motor vehicle,
gasoline and racing brackets. APP
preparations for the two years will
total $95,O00,000, with educational
expenses Of the State receiving the
largest sum, about $25,000,000.
Fifteen persons, including several
Baltimore merchants, face prosecu-
ton in Federal Court on charges out
of the theft of merchandise valued
at more than $4,000 from Penn
sylvania Railroad depot in that city.
K. Thomas Everngam, assistant
u. S. attorney for Maryland, has
been named special assistant to
the Attorney General of Maryland
and assigned to the State Roads
| Commission.
Six owners of registered Holstein
herds in Maryland have cows which
were among the nations highest
producers in 1912 in their respective
age groups and milking classical
tions of the yearly or ten-months
division of the advanced registry
test, according to the Holstein-Frie-
sian Association of America. The
herds are at Dunloggin Farm, Eli
colt City; U. S. Dairy Division,
Belts; McDonough School, McoDn-
OCH; Bellevue Farms, Hyattsville;
Wimbledon Farms, Annapolis, and
Donaldson Brown, Port Deposit.
The OPA's idea of values is shown