Washington Features and Wartime Transport Oddities
A Wide World Features piece recalls wartime Washington logistics with a 60 percent conveyor belt priority for a 100 foot line and odd transit mishaps. Anecdotes include a bus misrouted No 2 on No 4, a trolley switch error near Cabin John, and a private’s money remittance home amid metropolitan life complications.
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Chevy Chase Circle
Checker
Cabin Jown
Maryland
Health Department to Seek Hike in Funds
State Health Officer W B Grayson announced the department would ask the Legislature for a 108000 increase for 1943 45 to hire 60 clerks in the Bureau of Vital Statistics and to cover maintenance of the New Health Department Building Moving from 430000 in 1941 43 the request targets more birth certificate processing and building upkeep while a 20 strong staff currently handles demand.
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