Christmas Seal Sale Brings in 140000 for Maryland Tuberculosis
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reports its Christmas Seal Sale closed on Christmas Eve with 140000 raised. Treasurer Philip S. Morgan notes the total trails 1944 and urges faster returns to fund expanded X ray surveys and health education in 1946. He cites a 35 millimeter X ray unit and more than 50000 X rays conducted, early detections aiding faster cures.
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Philip S. Morgan
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Morgan
Maryland
Ferry traffic on Chesapeake Bay up sharply in November
Governor Herbert R. O Conor announced Ferry Manager B Frank Sherman report showing November traffic on the Point Matapeake route rising from 64 180 total passengers in 1944 to 88 057 this year. Cars totaled 25 465 trucks 4 857 and passengers 58 2384, reflecting double digit percentage gains.
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Point-Matapeake
Herbert R. O’conorx
B. Frank Sherman
Chesapeake Bay
Or. Conor
Navy Seamen Honorably Discharged at Separation Centers
Jonathan L. Hughes of Denton AMM 2c, Robert P. Schuyler of Denton, and George W. Vander Woude of Marydel, all received honorable discharges from naval service at Shoemaker California and Bainbridge Maryland separation centers.
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Jonathan L. Hughes
AMM
Denton
United States Navy
Naval Personnel
Shoemaker
Calif
Robert P. Schuyler
Naval Service
Bainbridge
George W. Vander Woude
Marydel
Dr Symons honored by American Farm Bureau
Dr T B Symons Extension Director and Dean of Agriculture at the University of Maryland received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago on December 19. Farm Bureau president Edward A O Neil presented the award praising his untiring work for farmers.
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T. B. Symons
Unversity of
Maryland
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Maryland Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Edward A. O’neil
Symons
Maryland Agricultural College
America
Extension
Reenlistment Privileges Under 1945 Act Expire January 31
A new Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 outlines several reenlistment privileges, including the option to retain the current grade. The stated expiration for this particular privilege is January 31.
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Armed Forces
Overseas Service Pay Raises Propose Increases
A proposed pay plan boosts overseas service pay by 20 percent, adds 50 percent for members of flying crews and parachutists, and increases pay by 3 percent for each three years of service.
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Army
Rvice Service
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Preston Motor Co
Preston, MD
T. Clayton Horsey
Greensboro
Kent County Mutual Insurance CO
Dover, Delaware
Hartford Fire Insurance CO
Hartford
Connecticut
DR. Symons
American Farm Bureau
BEA
U. S. Army
Arehde
N. Federald St
Stewart Bldg
Abbeee
the Peoples Bank of
Sherwood
Betheline
Sinclair
Betheline Motor
Spark
Virginia
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