Weather and crop conditions in Maryland week report
A sunny warm week with two cool days and one rainfall day. Rainfall totals for the month to date run 7.01 inches in Baltimore and 6.56 in Keedysville. Crops show vigorous growth with oats, wheat, corn, tomatoes, and potatoes progressing well or better. Potatoes and fruit pickings continue. some fields flooded or rotted from wet weather. soybeans bumper in Highland and Ridgely with vines heavy. overall good to excellent yields reported for most crops. JOHN R. WEEKS.
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Baltimore
Keedysville
Allegheny Mountain
Maryland
Grantsville
Flintstone
Cheltenham
Joppa
Highland
Federalsburg
Rock Hall
Sadlersville
Delmar
Hurlock
Unionville
New Market
Northeast
Ridgely
JOHN R. WEEKS
Four Freedoms War Bond Appeal at Home
Citizens urged to support the war effort by buying War Bonds with every payday that amounts to a 10 percent contribution. The message emphasizes sacrifice at home to back the war for freedom.
V Mail Service Gains Popularity for Overseas Letters
The Post Office announces V-Mail, started June 15 1942, now past experimental stage with weekly increases in letters to U S troops overseas. War and Navy Departments boost facilities, plan for Iceland, and give V-Mail priority to conserve air transport weight. Letters are photographed, micro filmed, and delivered via sealed envelopes. savings in weight boost military cargo capacity. Public urged to use V-Mail whenever possible.
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Post Office Department
War Department
United States
British Isles
Australia
India
Hawaii
Iceland
Department
War and Navy Departments
fice
V-Mail
War
Navy
Post Office
Mar-Del League Play-offs Begin Sunday At Centreville
Denton travels to Centreville for a Sunday playoff doubleheader with Church Hill at 2:30. Felton faces Bridgeton at Felton. The two winners meet for the championship. Maryland Defeats Delaware All-Stars 3 to 2 in a tight nine inning game with key plays by Plummer Wimbrow and Grant. both teams now tied 2-2 in the series.
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Centreville
Denton
Church Hill
Felton
Bridgeville
Maryland
Delaware
Stratton
McCoy
Jonghly
Hughes
Cole
Grant
Bohannon
Plummer
Nuttle
R. H. Po
I'Tribbitt
rf. Bohannon
rf. Hutchins
K. Hoch
Brown
p Willin
Married Men To Be Inducted Into Army Right Away
Colonel Henry C. Stanwood, director of Selective Service for Maryland, says married men with dependents and others will be inducted as needed to support war production. He emphasizes transferring skilled workers from non essential jobs to war plants, and weighing occupational status alongside dependency when selecting inductees.
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Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Maryland
Stanwood
A. A. Liveright
War Manpower Commission
manpower commission
Congress
Open Season On Migratory Birds And Bag Limits Listed
Open season spans September 1 to October 31 for migratory birds including wild ducks coots wild geese woodchuck and brant November 2 to January 10 for others doves September 16 to October 15 with local bans in Allegany and Garrett counties. Woodcock runs November 15 to 29 with federal rules superseding state laws on certain shorebirds. Bag limits include ten wild ducks two wild geese two brant fifteen bag birds ten doves and more, with hunting hours sunrise to sunset and restrictions on gear and possession. Maryland license and federal duck stamp required for migratory waterfowl hunters, and several counties impose deer squirrel and game restrictions.
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Allegany
Garrett
Maryland
Washington
Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
Washington county
Frederick county
Woodmont
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Frederick
Goose Economy Tax Bill Persuades Finance Committee
Senator George, chair of the Finance Committee, argues for a tax measure that would yield at least 8.7 billion dollars annually while not hindering war production or harming the nation’s business. He aims to keep the “goose laying eggs” for revenue.
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Congress
Senate Finance Committee
George
Finance Committee
Treasury
Fill Your Coal Bins Ahead of Winter War Drive
The government urges all coal users to stock up now to prevent peak winter demand and to avoid competing with war needs. Buying coal early ensures a steady supply and supports the war effort.
Jurors Drawn For October Term Of The Circuit Court
A list of jurors drawn to serve at the October term, 1942, of the Circuit Court for Caroline County. First District includes W. Clark Quillen and others. districts two through eight list names such as Earl Harrington, Levin Taylor, Geo. W. Beck, Madison Lane, Elwood Bailey, Floyd Garey, Roger Ringgold, Frank Doerr, Sherman Hubbard, Blaine Bullock, and more.
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Caroline County
W. Clark Quillen
Henry Shulties
J. Spencer Lapham
W. Clarence Jones
William Collier
Harold K. Shultz
Earl S. Harrington
Howard B. Thomas
Levin Taylor
Edward C. Carter
Ernest Kilsen
Thompson E. Gibson
Geo. W. Beck
Harry H. Nuttle
Donald MacDonald
Edwin W. Breeding
John R. Ricards
Wm. Waples
Madison H. Lane
Olin Thomas
Joseph Roy Cherry
Thomas RB. Starkey
Calvin D. Lynch
Wm. S. Carroll
Clark Murphys
Frank H. Doerr
Sherman R. Hubbard
J. Blaine Bullock
John R. Andrew
Wilbur N. Vanscoy
James H. Knox
Farm Bureau Members May Join Blue Cross Plan
Blue Cross announces higher benefits after November 1 for Maryland subscribers including hospital care during pregnancy. Enrollment is group based, with Farm Bureau in Caroline County a key adopter. Non-subscribers must join by September 15 to obtain November coverage. literature and forms to be mailed this week.
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Blue Cross
Maryland
Caroline County
Farm Bureau
C. J. Kern
Frank D. Zeigler
State Teachers College Announces 100 Percent 1942-43 Teaching Placement
State Teachers College at Salisbury Maryland reports full placement of its 1942 graduates and 1942-43 seniors in teaching positions. The board permits 1942-43 seniors to teach if they return for summer sessions in 1942 and 1943. Names listed include graduates from Anne Arundel Caroline Cecil Harford Howard Prince George's Worcester and Delaware districts.
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J. D. Blackwell
State Teachers College
Salisbury
Maryland
State Board of Education
pie
Anne Arundel County
Marie Bounds
East New Market
Frances Durham
Millington
Genevieve Gibson
Mechanicsville
Augusta Heath
Nanticoke
Olie Horsman
Benedict
Mildred Johnson
Crisfield
uoulin Jones
Virginia Kuenzle
Elkton
Agnes Martin
Indian Head
Doris McVey
Rising Sun
Dorothy Siddons
Princess Anne
Ellen Taylor
Beatrice Todd
Preston
Virginia Vincent
Caroline County
Phyllis Leese
Denton
Cecil County
Margaret Hornbarger
Perryville
Harford County
Doris Gross
Rocks
Howard County
Carrie Carr
Delmar
Jeanette Rencher Insley
Prince George’s
Ruth Brandon
Stockton
Worcester County
Emily Dryden
Snow Hill
Delaware
Irma Wootten Aydelotte
Josephine Taylor Williams
Hebron
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Lyana Wallers
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BROD CRAWFORD
JACKIE. COOPER ANNE GWYNNE
UNIVERSAL PICTURE
JAG-MEN OF
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TYRONE JOAN POWER
FONTAINE
SCHINE
FF ErENERA DERALSBURG
High Seas
FBI
Bill (Hopalong) Boyd
Andy Clyde
Celor
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Lee BOWMAN
Jean ROGERS
Donila COLEMAN - CRISP
Barbara George Geraldine STANWYCK
BRENT
FITZGERALD
Marsha Hunt
Richard Carlson
Martha
Grand Central
Van Heftin as
Rocky Custer
The
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
TVE
U.S
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Weaver
Tribbitt
Roe
Thawley
Coleman
B. Hoch
Moore
Walls
Hurches
Thewle
Phanmer
Loller
Killen
W. Plummer
Coleman H. Thawley
Delaware Brown
Grant Stratton
Army
Circuit Court
Blue Cross Plan
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