Two smart men and a Long Island plant hoax
Maryland Senator Tydings and Navy Under Secretary Forrestal were duped by a forged letter from a supposed Guadalcanal Marine praising a California plant. The author, John Desmond, with Brewster Aircraft, admitted the hoax, and the affair sparked Senate remarks on mismanagement and false heroism, revealing the ruse behind the labor critique.
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Millard Tydings
James V. Forrestal
Wall Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Guadalcanal
California
Bill Smith
Long Island
Forrestal
Brewster Airplane
OWI
Maryland
Tydings
Senate
Congressional
John Desmond
Brewster
Desmond
Brewster Bulletin
Gona
New Guinea
America
Navy
Brewster Company
United States
Harold Walker
St. Michaels
Evie Robert
Mayflower Hotel
Orphans' Court Grants Administration in Joslin Estate
The Orphans Court met with Judges Handy, Dennis and Fooks to approve admin grants for And G. Joslin’s estate. Zora J. Nuttle appointed administrator, with bond and creditor notices ordered. Inventory, debts, and mortgage transfer actions filed for the Merriken estate.
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Orphans’ Court
Handy
Dennis and
Fooks
G. Joslin
Zora J. Nuttle
Merriken
C H S Students Report News and Sports Highlights
The 1940s Carroll High School edition covers student editors, staff and class news. It notes Belgium’s wartime resistance, student Robert Lane’s basketball and soccer, a Victory Book Drive, daily student activities, and a Greensboro basketball loss with C H S players scoring details.
Navy V-12 Training Set for High School Students
The U S Navy will start the V-12 program to train future naval officers in college while on active duty. Eligible are male U S citizens aged 17 to 19 by July 1 1943 including high school seniors and graduates and college students, unmarried and physically qualified with at least 18 20 uncorrected acuity in both eyes. A preliminary test will be at Caroline High School April 2 from 9 to 11 a m with application blanks available there.
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Belgium
Leopold
Europe
Hitler
la Libre Belgique
Free
Robert Earl Lane
Denton
Robert
Leathernecks
Everett’s
Buck
Jim Cooper
Jack Everngain
Dolores Higgins
Billy
Peggy Homer
Rue
Miss Thompson
Alfred Smith
Greensboro
Olga Svatik
Robert Thawley
Gilbert Emerson
Sam Young
Army
Navy
Jimmy Emerson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Camp Daffey
Randolf Peters
Phoebe Titus
State College
William Shakepeare
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Walter Scott
Hughes
Evernham
Area
C. HS. Quink
W. Smith
Kirwin
Spence
Pippin Oo
Totals
United States Navy
United States
Navy Department
Caroline High School
General Assembly
Caroline County Fails February Bond Quota
Walter N Ruth state War Savings official informs Caroline County War Savings Committee chairman J Roland Chaffinch that the county missed February’s quota by 7124.00. March target remains 90000.00 in Series E bonds with March demand stressing war supply needs for tanks, guns, jeeps, rifles and field gear. Citizens urged to invest at least ten percent of gross income in bonds and stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter N. Ruth
War Savings Staff
Treasury Department
J. Roland Chaffinch
Caroline County
Last Day Dates for War Ration Coupons and Tires
The notice lists final usage dates for ration coupons and tires: fuel oil and No 26 coffee stamps in War Ration Book 1 end March 20 and March 21 respectively. No 11 sugar stamps end March 15. No 4 gasoline coupons end March 21. tire inspections for A cards end March 31 and for B OC fleet operators end February 28. No 17 shoes stamps end June 16.
O Conor presses court reform and tax cuts in radio address
Governor Herbert R. O Conor outlined two major measures before the Maryland General Assembly in a Sunday broadcast on WFBR. He urged public backing for the Bond Commission Court Bill and proposed income and real estate tax reductions while stressing the need for voter decision at the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conor
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
General Assembly
WFBR
Bond Commission
Court of Appeals
February Health Department Activities Report
February activities include three Home Nursing and three First Aid classes across county high schools, plus distribution of Book II rations. Heating problems slowed offices. clinic attendance fell. Public health nurse emphasizes home demonstrations to aid sick patients, prevent diseases, and improve family hygiene. Vaccination note and measles chickenpox rise lead to next month’s report. Statistical recap shows cases of gonorrhea, measles, pneumonia, scarlet fever, syphilis, tuberculosis, typhoid, and whooping cough, plus numerous clinics, visits, and sanitation efforts.
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Health Department
Caroline County
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Marilyn Henry
Marta Maxwell
O'Neill - Linden
Rogers Pa
Nates
Ciareai
Pernt Acta Wan An Pe Ra Td
Red Skelton
Dixie
Ann Rutherford
George Bancroft
Guy Kibbee
Diana Llewisse
Sylvan Simon Wa
George Haight
Reading
Fred Waring
Dick Powell
Priscilla Lane
Rosemary Lane
Warner Bros
William Keighley
Dick Whiting
Johnny Marcer
We. Anp
Frank Wilco
Schrxx
Ben Stoloff
Craig Stevens
Elisabeth Fraser
Julie Bishop
Ruth Ford
Willie Best
Anthony Coldewey
Raymond
Rufus King
Gene Tierney
George Montgomery
Lynn Bari
China
Ane
Drew Pearson
Washington
Omaha
William Jeffers
Truman
Gilbert Dailey
Baltimore
Buck” Cash
Democratic State Committee
Cash
Hampton Magruder
Internal Revenue
Magruder
Atlantic Seaboard
Dailey
Roosevelt
Radcliffe
Treasury
The
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Orphans' Court
Eattinch
Helen June Booth
Audrey Adams
Ernestine
Josephine Cannon
Barbara Fitzgerald
Betty Lou Tribbitt
Betty Ann Messer
Henry Osterman
Bernard Heinel
Mary Louise Hignutt
June Hollister
Walter Palmer
He Ontering Pendarket
U.S. Navy
Caroline
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