Weather and crop conditions show heavy rainfall without harvest progress
A mild wet week with mean temperatures above normal and four days of heavy rain, including a major flood in the Potomac. Weekly rainfall ranged from 3.29 to 7.28 inches across locations like Chewsville Keedysville Joppatown Western Port and Dundalk. Crops and pastures grew well though field work lagged. late potatoes and soybeans advanced, apples were large in Easton and Sharpsburg, and tobacco stripping began at La Plata.
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Maryland
Potomac River
Chewsville
Keedysville
Juppa
Western Port
Baltimore
Dundalk
Weather Bureau
Homeland
Rock Hall
Joppa
Queen Anne
Rock Fall
La Plata
Easton
Sharpsburg
Delmar
Truck Registration Ends Today in Denton Armory
All truck owners with two or fewer trucks used 51 percent or more for hauling agricultural goods must report to the Denton Armory between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to complete the War Necessity certificate application. Bring registration numbers, tire size and condition, trips and mileage for 1941 quarters three and four of 1942, and estimates for early 1943. Volunteers will assist.
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Denton
We Are Americans Editorial From Caroline High School
Editorial reflects wartime patriotism and sacrifice urging unity. Notes Hawaii news and Pearl Harbor memory, evac plans, school adjustments, and community efforts. Includes alumni letters from Louise Hollister, and reports on agriculture, science experiments, and a magazine campaign with incentives for sales teams.
County officials oppose Maryland Juvenile Court Amendment
Caroline County Commissioners unanimously oppose the Juvenile Court Amendment on the November 3 ballot. The measure would establish a Baltimore City juvenile court and allow other counties to create similar courts for minors. Statewide opponents include the State's Attorney Association, several bar groups, and civic organizations. Local officials urge voters to reject the amendment to avoid a new state court system and taxpayer expense.
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Caroline County
Maryland
Baltimore City
General Assembly
J. Redden
Redden
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Mr. Redden
Samuel K. Dennis
Supreme Bench of
Commission on the Judiciary
Constitution of
Carroll T. Bond
Court of Appeals
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Bar Association of
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Grand Jurors Association of
Baltimore
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Richard F. Cleveland
Juvenile Delinquency Commission
Name and wage data on Social Security tax reports
A Salisbury Maryland official warns that every employee’s name, account number, and earnings must appear on employers quarterly tax reports to ensure timely benefit claims. The Social Security Board says wage data builds individual records for Old Age and Survivors Insurance, affecting future retirees and dependents.
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Norman P. Foster
Social Security Board
Salisbury
Maryland
Washington Eyes Fast Build of World’s Biggest Army
The plan aims to draft 18 to 19 year olds to rapidly create a massive U S Army. Debates focus on balancing military and civilian manpower, noting current imbalances in farm labor and war production.
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Washington
United States
Certificate requirement for commercial vehicles after November 15
The Office of Defense Transportation warns all commercial motor vehicle operators that after November 15 every truck bus taxi and similar vehicle must carry a war necessity certificate. Without it gasoline tires and parts will be unavailable. Carriers should submit accurate applications using CWN-4, or request blanks from Clarence E Keyes ODT district manager Dover Delaware and return in self addressed envelopes to avoid delays.
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Germany
Hawaii
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Lloyd B. Knouse
Sabiri
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Short
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Star Bulletin
Fiji
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Pearl Harbor
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Humane Society
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Clarence E. Keyes
Loeckerman St
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Wartime Food Output Discussed At Denton Meeting
Leaders from Farm Credit and Farm Security met in Denton to map credit plans for 1943 farming needs. Over 35 representatives from Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania outlined coordinated loan facilities to bolster land purchases machinery and supplies for record crop production next year.
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Denton
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Brick Hotel
Eastern
Seaboard
Maryland
Delaware
Salisbury
Cambridge
Chestertown
Georgetown
Princess Anne
Pocomoke City
Easton
Dover
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National Farm Loan and Production Credit Associations
Pennsylvania
C. C. Crabill
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FSA
John Cady
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Baltimore
Miles W. Fry
Farm Security Administration
Mobile motors and trailers reshape modern warfare
article highlights specialized army motorized units in World War II including mobile classrooms on trucks for truck mechanics training, a truck-borne optical shop with $20,000 in lenses, field lubrication systems, a camouflaged first office trailer, bomb-carrying transport, mobile laundry units, a mobile sales commissary, and recruiting trailers. It notes the wide range of roles and rapid deployment capabilities expanding army mobility.
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United States
Massachusetts
California
army
Quartermaster Corps
Landry
Vote Against All the Amendments
A political notice urges Maryland voters to oppose all seven constitutional amendments arguing they will raise expenditures during wartime and add to an imminent income tax burden. It states now is not the time to expand laws and calls for defeating the amendments to avoid increasing taxes.
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Maryland
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