Mail Christmas Packages Early To Insure Delivery
The Post Office urges early mailing to prevent a Christmas mail jam amid wartime strains. With 25,000 postal workers redirected to war effort and limited transport, parcels and letters must be mailed by set last dates for each region to ensure delivery by Christmas Day. It notes the New York area handles about 350,000 overseas parcels daily in late October and lists final mailing deadlines by state groups.
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Department of Commerce
War Services
Army
Navy
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Iinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
W. Virginia
Caroline High School Scrap Drive Thanks Community
Caroline High School extends gratitude to all connected with the scrap drive. Credit goes to CHS boys who gave free hours to load trucks, volunteers who lent trucks, and those who searched attics and cellars for scrap metal to aid the country.
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Caroline High School
War time P T A meeting and school notes in Denton
The first term Denton P T A met with about 100 parents Tuesday. Dr Thomas G Pullen Maryland State Superintendent spoke on war efforts in schools and teacher shortages. Also covered were Thanksgiving reflections, Saturday school days, honor lists and class news across grades with notes on attendance and upcoming senior and junior activities.
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Denton P.-T. A
C. H. Ss
Thomas G. Pullen
Maryland
Pullen
Betty Hubbard
Ella Marie Brown
Ward Jump
Barbara Fitzgerald
Doris Butler
Jimmy Emerson
Harry Hughes
Helen June Booth
Doris Cahall
Louise Chaffinch
June Hollister
Mary Louise Hignutt
Betty Mae Jester
Andrey Tribbitt
Catherine Mae West
Bernard Heinel
la Verne McNeal
Sam Martin
June DeFrank
Hope Starkey
Doris Hynson
Marian Kaufman
Jane Brown
Dale Palmer
Betty Freisse
Betty Mescer
Edith McNeal
Patricia Pine
Claudonia Carmen
Martha Ann Zeigler
Sally
Barbara
Poritraying
Armory
America
Betty Jane Lutz
Jeanne Reynolds
Betty Beauchamp
Myrtle Ann Neal
Eugene Brooks
Shelby Clendaniel
Betty Jane Dennis
Record War Bond Sales Is Goal Of Women At War Week
Washington in a national push led by Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt to make Women At War Week Nov 22 28 the largest War Bond drive since Pearl Harbor. Harriet Elliott and Mrs Henry Morgenthau Jr head the effort with local War Savings Committees planning parades pageants and booths while volunteers wear armbands.
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Washington, D. C
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury Department
War Savings
Harriet Elliott
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
War Savings Committee
Morgenthau
New Heights
Harriet Elliote
Women at War Week Spotlight on War Bond Sales
Washington D C Women at War Week opens November 22 to showcase women’s role in financing the war through War Bonds and Stamps Six million women are on War Savings payroll plans with monthly deductions totaling 70 million dollars In 148 000 businesses payroll savings enrollments are active and 25 000 firms are converting at least ten percent of gross payrolls into bonds every payday Associate Field Director Engelsman notes women’s direct and indirect contributions to the record The Treasury aims to enroll 3 000 000 women workers by New Year advancing the payroll savings campaign.
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Washington, D. C
Maine
California
Ralph G. Engelsman
War Savings Staff
Engelszman
Treasury Department
Treasury
Women At War Week poster shows grit and bonds drive
The text highlights a WW II era poster linking women’s wartime roles to war bond investments. It notes a savings plan and 5,000,000 more men with deductions surpassing ten percent, plus details on pontoon bridges and rubber components. It urges every American to invest at least 10 percent of income in War Bonds each payday to support troops.
What You Buy With WAR BONDS Pontoon bridges shown in ads
A wartime advertisement explains wartime purchases with war bonds. It notes ponton bridges cost from $15,000 to $700,000 and features a large ponton bridge made of individual metal pontons. The piece compares pronunciation and illustrates the small and large bridge designs.
October Fatalities Hit Three Year Low in Maryland
Maryland recorded 34 traffic deaths in October, a three year low, with 1 272 accidents and 606 injuries. Fatalities fell 39.3 percent from October 1941, while accidents and injuries dropped 34.8 and 38.3 percent respectively. Baltimore City had 12 deaths, a 7.7 percent drop. twelve counties had a fatality free month. The 1942 year to date totals show 379 deaths versus 491 in 1941. The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission urges a 35 mph Victory Speed and home-front conservation.
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Maryland
Baltimore City
Allegany
Caroline
Charles
Dorchester
Garrett
Howard
Kent
Prince George's
Queen Anne’s
St. Mary’s
Talbot
Washington
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
All State Departments In Capable Hands In War Time
Public hearings on the proposed State Budget for 1944 and 45, led by Governor Herbert R. O Conor, reassured taxpayers groups and lawmakers that state administration is in capable hands. Department heads explained budget requests and justified increases while the governor pledged to avoid new positions unless essential to the war effort. Willis R. Jones urged adding a psychiatrist and psychologist to classify prisoners, but wartime constraints limit new programs despite support for modern prison handling.
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Herbert R. O’conor
State House
O'Conor
Willis R. Jones
Board of Correction
O’conor
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