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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

grantors and receivers of these
tracts of land did not know just
where the 40th degree of latitude
lay On this occasion Penn seized
the opportunity to appeal to the
Duke of York, who made an addi-
tional grant of land that he had no
right to grant. This new grant to
Penn gave to him the town of Up
land and also the town of New
Castle, with its twelve mile circle;
and land from there south to the
Cape Henlopen.
This border dispute between Penn
sylvania and Maryland became a
bitter contest, lasting nearly CEN
fury. People obtained grants of
land from Lord Baltimore, and built
their homes. Then Penn would
grant the same land to someone in
his province. There were fights and
bloodshed. Some few tried to evade
taxes to either province by getting
grants from both, then claiming to
belong to the opposite province
when a collector came This has
been going on ever since
Lord Baltimore sent Col. Thomas
Cressap into the disputed territory
to hold the land for him. He settled
o,o,Doc;+o CoI,,pob ~, tba banLe of
the Susquehanna, where he built a
block house. He soon was at arms
with a group of Germans in the
same area and, with fifty men, tried
to drive them out and take their
holdings. After the first Pennsyl-
vania man was killed, Knowels
Dant, the Lancaster sheriff, with a
posse, was sent to capture Cressap
Taking their stand within the block
house, Cressap, his family, and six
associates, drove away the sheriff
and his men. But after dark, the
sheriff set fire to the house and in
the excitement that followed capt
ured Cressap and a few of his men.
One of these men was reported to
have died 'for want of sustenance. =
Cressap was taken to Jail in Phil
adelphia, where crowds of curious
people came to get a peek at him,
whom they called "the Maryland
Monster"
Colonel Thomas Cressap greeted
these visitors, when possible, with
the taunt: This is the finest city in
the Province of Maryland"
There is much more recorded
history of Mason and Dixon's line,
from Williams and other sources,
as well as innumerable old stories,
and more of this history will be
told in this column next week.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

There is an imaginary line, bord-
ering our county, the name of which
is not only a household word
throughout America, but is known
all over the world. 1t is the line,
made famous by the Civil War, which
was supposed to divide the slave
holding South from the North-the
Mason and Dixon line. In this sense,
the line was entirely imaginary and
its location exceedingly indefinite.
But there is very tangible Mason
and Dixon Line - line of solid
stone markers, extending due East
and West for the entire length of
Maryland, forming our northern
border, as well as the border be-
tween Maryland and Delaware.
When Charles l made the original
grant to Lord Baltiomre for the
province of Maryland, he set the
northern limit as extending unto
that part of the Bay of Delaware on
the North, that lieth under the for
tieth degree of latitude, where New
England is terminated; and all the
tract of land within the following
limits to-wit: passing from the said
Delaware Basin a right line with the
degree aforesaid, unto the true mer-
idian of the first fountain of the
River Potomac, thence running to-
wards the south unto the further
banks of said river etc"
King Charles either did not know,
or he overlooked the fact, that there
are two branches in the upper por-
ton of the Potomac, and this over
sight later led to a ''protracted con-
troversy' between Maryland and
Virginia Maryland was the loser
Of territory in this contest, as well
as in the bigger battle that took
place over the location of the bound
airy between Pennsylvania and
MIDI y ldiiu
So Lord Baltimore's Maryland
reached north far enough to include
part of what is now Philadelphia
city. In that neighborhood, on the
banks of the Delaware, three settle
ments had been started: one by the
Dutch; one by the Swedes; and one
by the Marylanders. Hostilities
sprang up among these groups, lead
ing Lord Baltimore to an attempt to
drive out the 'intruders" or make
them part of his own province. In
1889 he sent Col. Nathaniel Utze
''to the pretended government of a
people seated in Delaware Bay to
inform them that they were seated
within his Lordship's province with
out notice" The colonel was to try
to persuade them to become part of
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Dissatisfied Customer

The customer was definitely in
bad mood, according to Mrs. Emma
Sullivan, Baltimore lunchroom wait
ress, who told police an unidentified
to take his order-then: picked up
a bottle and smashed the glass top
of cash register; smashed a glass
pie case; picked up a seated person
and tossed him on the floor, and be-
fore getting into a car and driving
away, struck another man outside
the restaurant.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Tax NAV Net $50. 900. 600

State Comptroller James ]. Lacy
has estimated that Maryland's new
2 percent sales tax will produce
$20,O00,000 in its first year and said
he would study the possibility of
eliminating the tax on purchases
under 20 cents. Governor Lanes
financial program for the current
two year budget period is based on
estimates that the sales tax would
produce $18,4OO,0OO annually.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
No Laughing Matter

Miss Marion Stewart, "a, of Camp
Parole, near Annapolis, will no
doubt tell you her laughing spell
wasn't a laughing matter, actually
The other day she started chuckling
when a friend told her joke. She
kept right on bowling until an
emergency hospital doctor furnished
a dose of quieting medicine. Mar
ions mother, Mrs. Morris Stewart
said usually a splash of cold water
terminates her daughters laughing
spells.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
wheat-Insured Counties

Carroll and Kent are the only two
counties in Maryland included in
the 200 counties of the nation where
Federal crop insurance on wheat
will be in effect during the coming
year, it has been announced. These
200 counties are carrying on an ex-
pertinent in wheat insurance, by
authority of Congress, and if the
program is successful it is expected
that it will be expanded.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
jump In Telephone Rates

Having secured the approval of
the Public Service Commission for
the increase, the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company on
September l boosted its rates an
average of Is cents to 81. August
B. Haneke, vice president and gen
eral manager, said the new rates
have brought the schedules ''to
about the levels applicable prior to
the general reduction in 1886"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Baltimore Still Growing

A rs per cent increase in the past
seven years has raised the popula-
ton of Metropolitan Baltimore to
100000 persons, the Federal Cen
sus Bureau disclosed recently fol-
lowing a sample survey. The sur
vey indicated an increase of $4,000
over the 1910 census figure.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Meeting the Eastern Shore with the
rest of Maryland, one of the main
projects in reconstEucting the states
entire road system. He said that
studies for a bay crossing, which
have been in progress since last fall,
are nearly completed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Per Capita Income

A recent Commerce Department
report reveals that the per capita in
come for Md last year was 1928
for Maryland last year was $1,293.
The 1916 figures for other Eastern
states included New York, 81 ,633;
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
News Of Interest
From Entire State
Tax On Total Purchase

1t is not necessary for buyers to
pay Maryland's new sales tax on
each item when they make more
than one purchase in a store; in
stead they can add up the prices
and pay two percent on that-so
says Attorney General Hall Ham
mond.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
TelevisiOn Outlook

There will probably be more than
100000 television sets in the naS
TONS homes by the middle of next
year, says Jack Poppele, president
of the National Television Broad
casters Association.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

LET us civilize the Americans
when they Omew-Beverly Baxter.
British MP, advising ice water not
to be served to u. S. tourists.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Give all to build the world we
want or we'll all get one we don't.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

New Jersey, $1,494; Pennsylvania,
81 ,238; West Virginia, 1914. The ma
tional average was $1,000.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Plans For Bay Crossing

Governor Lane has reaffirmed his
plans for a bay bridge or tunnel con-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Enjoy the piano you wanted now The small down
payment and extended make it possible for every
to Of these fine instruments. appreciate
its Tone Beauty and Performance See the new
Wurlitzer at Shockey's
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Fifteen states require no auto
mobile driving examinations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-U.R-
DR.. Andrew Ivy, vice president OF
the University of Illinois, said to-
might an international medical code
of ethics will result from the trial
of Nazi war criminals.
Ivy returned this week from
Nuremberg where he aided the
prosecution of % German scientists
charged with using human beings
as guinea pigs for inhumane ex-
periments. He is a special assist
ant to Secretary of War Robert P.
Patterson.
The prosecution yesterday con-
cluded it's case in which it charged
that Polish girls were infected with
gas gangrene by German doctors
seeking a test for sulpha drugs.
The girls were among hundreds
of victims killed by these scientists
lin testing typhus and other drugs,
experimenting with human reac-
tons to cold, high attitudes and
drinking sea water, Ivy said.
Ivy said that the international
medical association is at work on
a medical code of ethics and has
already adopted some of it. This
code will clearly define how far
doctors can go in using humans
for their tests, he said.
Ivy said one girl had her leg
amputated just for a German
doctors pathological study and
was later killed. He said other
victims we're infected with typhus
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
issue
ULTIMATUM

tNO41SkAaSo
wears. II of which have been spent
in Palestine.
The uItimatum concerning the
kidnap victims was delivered by
the Palestine high commissioner,
1t. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, to
two members of the Jewish
agency. official spokesman for
Jews in the Holy Land.
Sir Alan told Eliezer Kaplan and
Mrs. Coda Myerson that unless
Collins and Windham were re.
turned "unharmed within a stated
period" the British would take
steps to Withdraw civil admins
tration and facilities from certain
areas which would be placed under
military control"
Two Jews were detained for
questioning in Jerusalem as he'll
melted troops searched the Jewish
quarters for the five men and a
girl who abducted Collins from his
residence.
Several Jewish organizations pre-.
pared statements condemning the
kidnappings.
Before Gruner's stay was made
public, a riot broke out among
prisoners in the Jerusalem central
Jail. in which he is confined. Two
British constables wer seriously
injured and four prisoners were
less seriously hurt.
Police said that Jewish prisoners
clashed with Arab inmates after
the Jews began shouting that Cruz
er's sentence should be commit
ed. The fighting lasted for al
minutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
Observation-Disclosures
OF hhuman Experiments

to test the efficiency of v%accines.
1.-THE worst part of all about
these experiments was that they
proved utterly worthless to the
medical profession" Ivy said.
"They did not add n single bit
of knowledge to our store"
Ivy said the German doctors lied
to their own %superiors about the
success of their experiments in
order to avoid punishment. They
sent great quantities of worthless
typhus vaccine to the front be-
cause Hitler demanded it in great
er amounts than they could pro-
.duce.
A phoney method of turning sea
water into fresh water killed sew
eral prisoners on which it was
tested before it was abandoned.
Ivy said two of the physicians
have confessed to murders. They
are Drs. Waldemar Hoven and
Herta Oberhauser, small fry SIS
officials.
Among the defendants are three
world famous German scientists,
DR.. Paul Rostock, professor of
surgery at the University of Ber-
lin; Gerhard Rose, professor of
bacteriology and hygiene, Uni
versity of Berlin and International
ly known expert on tropical medi-
cine; and George August Weltz,
University of Munich, m e d
radiologist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
BOMBER CRASH
CLAIMS LIVES

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Minister Lord Nathan said the air
safety board would look into the
whole matter of plane loads,
possibly tomorrow.
Lord Nathan said that the United
Kingdoms weight limit for Da-
kotas (the English name for the
deb was 49, 900 pounds, and that
this had not been considered ex-
cessive, particularly in view of the
fact that the wartime limit was
80, 900.
NANKING, Jan. 27.-A9-A Chi
nese National Aviation Corp. air.
liner, missing since Saturday with
18 persons aboard, still was being
sought today in the rugged hills OF
Szechwan province near Chung
king.
The plane, reported piloted by
Jack M. Blackmore of West Los
Angeles, last radioed its position
Is minutes from Chungking on
a flight from Canton.
The official Chinese Central
News agency said early today that
the plane had been found near
Nanchuan, Szechwan, with all
aboard dead, but later withdrew
this account, stating it was due
to an erroneous translation of a
coded dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
VICTIM OF BLOOD
DISEASE REPORTED
IN FAIR CONDITION

Nancy Stack, three-year-old vic,
i'm of Lukemia, a dread blood
disease, was reported by attaches
of James Walker Memorial hos
pital to be resting comfortably
last night.
This report on Nancy's condi-
ton following a blood TRANSMISSION
Yesterday, at which time she was
described as being IN a serious
condition.
The TRANSMISSION was made pos
sible when Mrs. J. J. Fiizp. trick OF
1872 Princess street, went to the
hospital and donated blood after
learning of the child plight.
Nancy lives with her grand
mother, Mrs. C. B. Parker, al
1902 Market sereet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
TAR Heels meet
S. {. 5 TONIGHT
Camecocks Tied With Duke
For Southern Confer
ence Lead

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 27.-(P-
South Carolina, currently tied
with Duke for the top of the
S il e r Conference bas-
ketball race with four victories and
no setoacks, plays North Carolina
here tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
in Woollen gymnasium.
The game will inaugurate a
tn ee-game road trip for the
Gamecocks who play at David
son Wednesday and at Furman
Friday.
1t will be the first home appear
NICE for the White Phantoms of
Coach Tom Scott nee last week
ends road trip which found North
Carolina dropping close decisions
to Maryland and Navy.
However. SCOTS boys are deter
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
CHARLQTTE GOLF
MEET DATE SET
$1,000 Tournament Will
Be Held March
II To 30

CHARLOTTE, Jan. u up
Sponsors of the S10,0 900 Charlotte
Open Golf tournament announced
tonight that the event would be
held as scheduled, March 27-3O.
The tournament previously had
been tentatively cancelled because
the Professional Golfers AssoeI.
alton had not guaranteed the APP
pearance of leading professionals.
c. R. billiard, chairman of the
golf committee of the Myers Park
club, sponsors of the tournament,
said the P. G. A. had furnished
a list of players who will appear
here and that the list includes
National Open Champion Lloyd
Mangrum. E. j. Dutch Harrison,
who won the Charlotte tournament
in 1914, and Bob Hamilton, 1916
champion.
billiard said the list was signed
by the golfers and contained the
nemes of a representative group
of the top money winners.
THE terms first offered by the
PEA wern unsatisfactory" billiard
said, "but since then we have beer
in touch with the PGA and are
impressed by the willingness to
to corporate with us. We have de-
cided to stage the tournament and
believe it will be a fine one.
The Charlotte tournament will
be staged between the Greensboro,
N. C. open and the Augusta, Ga,
masters event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
BOLTON SPEAKS
TO LIONS CLUB
Leland Chapter lnducts Six
New Members At
Session

An address by Neil Bolton. ag-
ricultural agent of the Tide Water
Power company. highlighted a
meeting of The Leland Lions CLUB
in "Miss Carries restaurant yes
terday.
Speaking on the subject Better
Farms for Better Living. Bolton
told the club of his companys Ell
eorts to create better living in ag-
ricultural regions throughout
southeastern North Carolina
Joe Hunt, president of the WI
nineton' Lions club, indicted SIX
new members during the program
They we're Louis White. o. D. VIII
Jams. Roy Martin. Billy Adams
the Rev. ]. D. Withrow and V. u
Pierce. -
Glenn Tucker reported on the
progress of the Lions club scholar
shin fund and of the explanation
If the program to the Leland stu
dent body.
Tucker was named to head a
speciaI committee to lay plans 1of
The presentation of a Fiddler's con-
vention in February 10 raise f''nos
for the scholarship program. Chos
en- to assist in this project were
Lonnie Gainey, Rev. Wi4proW.
Adams, Thurman Skipper, ano
White.
Club president Rufus Williams
presided at the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
PASSENGER TRAIN
WRECK KILLS 4
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the Logansport Press, gave this de-
scription of the scene:
This is a terrible accident, and
Wreckage is scattered from one
end of Walton to the other.
There were ten or II cars in
caused the wreck. 1t appears that
one set of trucks got off the
tracks as the train was coming into
town. Ties were cut for half a
mile and then the whole train went
off the track and piled up - ex-
cept the last two coaches.
II can see a dead man and a
woman in a smashed day coach
and I can see the fireman lying
dead under the locomotive. There
must be others.
THE locomotive has turned COM
pletely around and is lying upside
down. The baggage car behind it
is smashed flat as any pancake.
There yer ten or II cars in
the train. In addition to the two
still on the track, two others are
standing upright beside the road
bed. Five others are c-ross-crossed
down the line"
Manfred Wolf, Walton undertaken
said a number of injured were
taken from the wreck but he could
give no estimate.
Kokomo police headquarters re-
ported three injured persons had
been brought there and that others
were being taken to Logansport
and Peru. All available ambulances
were sent from all three towns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
GEORGIA RULING
SET FOR FEB. 6
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claimant, pending adjudication by
the courts.
The senate adjourned until tomor.
row without considering its version
of the house-rejected recess reso-
luton. The house adjourned shortly
after calling up the white pri-
mary bill.
Gloomy supporters of Lieut. Gov.
M. E. Thompson, rival claimant Of
executive authority, regarded the
defeats as direct Legislative rebuke.
Earlier in the day Thompson had
sent his first message to the legis-
lature as "acting governor" ask
ing the assembly to recess until
the courts could rule. He suggested
further interim study" Of white
primary legislation.
Thompson. however, professed
himself undismayed. He said he
would make no nominations to
the senate for rival appointments
because 1 want to spare my
friends the embarrassment of not
being paid" But. he insisted. he is
still confident of ultimate victory
in court.
Talmadge %jubilantly predicted
prompt enactment of white SUI
premacy legislation, which he said
had been wilfully delayed by his
opponents. He also displayed hand
fulls of money and checks, receiv-
ed from Talmadge faithful in re-
Spouse to radio appeals for moral
and financial backing. He said the
funds would be used for radio time,
executive department salaries,
postage, and whatever else is
necessary until state funds are
made available"
While the legislature wrangled
over recess and appointments, a
group calling itself 1.-The Aroused
Citizens of Georgia" held a state
wide meeting in Atlanta to pro-
test Talmadge's election as govern
or by the legislature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
ATOMIC ENERGY
TAKES TOP NEWS
AS CHANGES FLY
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first conference with Secretary OF
Stale MARSHALL and told newsn.an
the American policy on information
al control rem?ins unchanged.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower dis
closed the War department mas a
special staff whose sole response
bility is to prepare for a possible
super blitz" against the United
States in case of another war He
said this staff goes only to one
group for its information-the
scientists"
President Truman personally
made the decision to use the atomic
bomb against Japan. he divulged
in a letter published in the At
lantic Monthly.
Henry L. Stimson, former secre-
tary of war, writing in Harpel's
magazine, reported the bombs
dropped on Hiroshima and Maya
saki were the only two the United
States had at the time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
P~PAY-FOR-PPESS
WEE SET ASIDE BY
CHURCH ACTION

NEW YORK. Jan. 27-WP-The
United Lutheran church in Amerl-
ca today set aside Jan. 29-Feo' 4
as '.Pray-for-the-Press week
Ordinarily people criticize ana
c,,ss reporters and editors a
statement from the church SAID,
adding the church was asking us
81o.o76 members to pray fdf news
men every evening at 7 O'Clock
during the week.
DR.. F. Eppling Reinartz. secre-
tary of the church, recommended
this prayer:
Let us pray for all who gather
and publish news, that they may
discharge their trust in the IN
terests of Goodness and good
order"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
MAN HAD BRICK In HIS
STOMACH FOR 10 YEARS


One man recently stated that for
10 years he felt like he had a brick
in his stomach. This feeling was
due to the lump of undigested food
he always had inside of him. He
was weak, worn out, headachy,
swollen with gas and terribly con-
stipated Recently he started TAX
ing INNER-AID and says the feel
Ing like a brick in his stomach
disappeared the second day. BoWels
are regular now, gas and mead
aches are gone and ne 1eeIs Ike
a new man.
INNER-AID contains II Great
| Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
| gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over, %
don't go on suffering! Get INNEh-
AID. Sold by all drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
mo RETREAT"
STAND SOUNDED
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(COntlnued from rage OHeJ
enable our citizens to secure this
year some reduction from the op-
pressive individual income taxes
which were imposed fo- war pur-
poses"
Halleck told newsmen the repub-
licans are committed to tax re-
duction as well as economy, but
he said he does not feel the party
is bound by any specific percent.
age figure for the tax relief.
"It may be less than 20 per cent
and it may be more than 20 per
cent" he said. II believe it can
be 20 per cent"
Chairman Bridges GRIND of the
senate appropriations committee
said he and other republican lead
ers are convinced that the senate.
house budget committee will have
to fix an arbitrary limit for ex.
penditures.
This should be at least 10 per
cent below Mr.. Humans $37, $780,.
900, 900 figures, he said.