The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
Items of Interest
From Entire State

From Entire State
The 47th annual meeting of the
Maryland State Horticultural Soci-
ETY. was held in Hagerstown, Janu-
airy and at which time product
ion problems confronting fruit
growers were discussed.
Federal funds to the extent of APP
proximately $14,500,000 are exv
pected to assist in the financing OF
the $60,000,000 of roads construct
ion, repair and bridge building
now being planned by the State
Roads Commission Work will be-
gin at the close of the war and will
require at least three years to COM
plete. II will cover every section of
the state and should bring Mary
lands highway system into line
with the needs of future years.
An order effective December "a
was made by the o. p. A. allowing
V cent per pound increases in maxi
mum base prices Of dressed poultry
in Baltimore and most Of Maryland
to relieve serious poultry shortages
during the Christmas season.
AS an humble tribute" to the ac-
complishments of the members of
the Seabees in the war against ia
pan, Governor Herbert r. O'Conor
proclaimed Thursday, December 20,
the third anniversary of the estab-
lishment of this force, as "Seabee
Day"
George Fusch, German prisoner
of-war who recently escaped from
solitary confinement in the Prisoner
of War Camp No. 3, Smith Point
Md, was found and arrested by mil
itary authorities.
Forty pints of type 20" blood
were donated by persons from Fred
erick at the Red Cross Blood Donor
Center in Baltimore last week in
response to emergency calls sent
out for this type of blood to meet
Maryland's special quota for the
last Of December.
Goucher College in Baltimore, has
been bequeathed nearly all of the
estimated $500,000 estate of Miss
Julia r. Rogers, founder anc
member of the board of directors
of the Museum of Art, according Il
her will filed recently.
Maryland hunters have been ad
vised by the State Game and In
land Fish Commission that stric
enforcement will be made this seas
on of the law requiring all hunters
to submit their game kill reports by
January 10.
Nearly 1000 children of Annapoli!
and Anne Arundel County were
guests of Governor Herbert r
O'Conor Wednesday, Dec. u, at tht
Christmas Motion Picture Party
held annually by the Governor
since 1899.
War bonds and stamps will bt
given as prizes in the egg anc
chick contests in connection with
the thirteenth annual Maryland
Poultry Products Show to be helc
January 8 to IL at the Lord Balti
more Hotel in Baltimore.
Blair Lee, United States Senator
from Maryland from 1913 to 1871
died last week at his home at Silver
Spring, Montgomery County. He
was prominent figure in Mary
land politics for more than SO years
Twenty-Five Maryland State
prisoners, most of them serving
short terms for minor offenses were
granted combinations of their sent.
ences by Governor O'Conor, permit
ting their release before Christmas
Allotments totaling $605,8O0 Of
Navy funds for improvements al
the Naval Air Station at Patuxent
and at the Navy Training Center al
cambridge have been approved by
James Forrestal, Secretary of the
Navy.
James Young, Jr, 13-year-olc
Baltimore boy was stabbed to death
by a playmate welding heavy
knife while they were playing
soldiers" in the rear of cemetery