Army Reforms To Be Put Into Effect Belief
Washington April 7. Secretary Patterson and General Eisenhower inclined to back Doolittle Board reforms to correct Army abuses and attract men. Actions include ending potato peeling duties for enlistees, standardizing uniforms after mid-1948, and plans to overhaul courts martial with civilian lawyers. Pay rise to 20 percent sought. terminal leave pay debated.
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Washington
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James H. Doottle
Army Air Forces
Army
War Department
Congress
Department
Budget Bureau
Doolittle Board
Hagerstown Industries Gear Up For Peacetime Output
Hagerstown industries switch swiftly from war to peacetime production. Fairchild Aircraft expands C-82 Packet output while Pangborn Corp plans growth. Housing shortage tightens as veterans seek homes. city allocates 50 units. Population rises toward 40,000. bank assets surge. Labor steady despite scarce migrant workers. no major strikes. postwar plans for prosperity outlined.
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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Pangborn Corporaton
Essory
Hagerstown
Roosevelt Estate Becomes National Shrine in Hyde Park
The Roosevelt birthplace mansion and its rose garden become a national shrine on Friday to mark the first anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. Interior Department restorers, guided by photos approved by Roosevelt, have recreated the house as it appeared in 1940. Grounds feature fresh plantings, new walks, and a spring cover of myrtle and pachysandra around the grave.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Department of Interior
George A. Palmer
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Katharine Wiles
A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wires on East Fifth Street in honor of their daughter Katharine Wiles. About twenty couples attended and many gifts were given to the guest of honor.
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William Wires
East Fifth Street
Katherine Wiles
Frills For Ladies Restored and Coats Eased by OPA
Washington reports the Civilian Personnel Administration lifts bans on double cuffs pocket flaps and belts for women and children's garments. Shorty coats, previously restricted to 32 inch length, are allowed again due to tight supplies. Leaders warn violators may face compliance actions. In France, Soviet wheat shipments reach Marseille as part of a broader promise of 560000 tons of grain to help France.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
OPA
Treen
France
Marseille
Soviet Union
Klim Voroshilov
Odessa
United States
Russia
Moscow
Great Britain
Rope May Be Clue To Young Woman's Death
In Waynesboro Pa on April 7 a piece of new rope possibly used to strangle Betty Jane Kennedy was found near the scene where her nude body was discovered. State Police tie the rope to the earlier garrote theory and note the victim wore a red dress when last seen with a man near a restaurant. The coroner cites strangulation and a broken neck as the cause. Major Clark is noted in ongoing investigation updates.
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Waynesboro
Betty Jane Kennedy
Hagerstown
Alfred B. Verbecken
Chambersburg
Carl Hartman
Verbecken
Routerville
S. D. Shull
Franklin County
Shull
Martin Benshoff
Hartman
Mary~land State Line
Charles C. Clark
The
Slain Woman Identified in Waynesboro Area
State Police noted no footprints or vehicle wheel marks on the cinder ground where she was found in a wooded section. Hartman said several men have been questioned and released regarding the slaying. The victim's mother Sadie Kennedy and sister Pauline Gonder of Hagerstown identified the body at a Waynesboro funeral home.
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Hartman
Sadie Kennedy
Pauline Gonder
Hagerstown
Waynesboro Fu
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