Labor Scarcity Shifts To Areas With War Demand
Washington reports scarce common labor in key war centers where skilled help is available, while nearby towns have plenty of workers but low wages. Officials suggest expanding Negro labor recruitment to non-busy areas if pay, conditions, housing, and transport are assured, noting resistance from unions and wage boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coimmer
War Manpower Commission
War Labor Board
Ting Wme Iiial
Reduction In Gasoline Has Been Rescinded
Atlanta August 20 reduction in the August gasoline quota for distributors in 17 eastern states, imposed August 10, has been rescinded as of August 19. F J Parks of the Office of Petroleum Administrator in the southeast announced the reversal noting demand from the armed services and transport issues justified the earlier cut but conditions have improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eastern Seaboard
F. J. Parks
Ofice of Petroleum
Southeast
Parks
Senvid
Armed Services
Retired Clergyman Plans to Join Communist Party
The Rev. Eliot White, a 71-year-old retired Episcopal clergyman in New York, announced he and his wife will join the Communist party saying Communism upholds the Bible and that the creator gave the world to all people. White was dismissed from Grace church in 1931 after seeking an ecclesiastical trial for his sponsorship of a companionate marriage and later picketed Bishop Manning's home seeking justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eliot White
Communist Party
White
Grace Church
Manning
Bishop
Safe Conduct Sought For Gripsholm Voyage
Under secretary of State Welles said the United States has requested safe conduct for the exchange ship Gripsholm and hopes an exchange of American for Japanese civilian internees will occur at Mormugao, Portugal, by October 15. The Gripsholm, a Swedish merchant ship, carried about 1300 Americans from areas occupied by Japan last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Welles
United States
Gripsholm
Mormugao
Portuguese India
Japan
State Department
Far East
Hospital Plans Will Pay 1 200 000 Bills
Chicago August 20 American Hospital Association estimates 77 Blue Cross hospital service plans in the United States will pay more than 1 200 000 hospital bills totaling 65 000 000 for workers and families during 1943. C Rufus Rorem, director of the association Hospital Service plan commission, says the amount is twice the annual total from gifts and charitable contributions and represents 13 percent of the total income of all non government hospitals in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
i-Pi
American Hospital Association
Blue Cross
United States
C. Rufus Rorem
Association
Hospital Service Plan Commission
Youthful Singer To Marry Rudy Vallee
Hollywood announces engagement of Belle Jane Greer a youthful singer under contract to Howard Hughes to Rudy Vallee the Coast Guard crooner and bandleader. Wedding date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
U.S Coast Guard
Belle Jane Greer
Howard Hughes
Valier
POOCH BOOTS Guardsmen dogs wear sand boots
Coast Guard patrol dogs receive canvas footwear to shield feet from sharp shells at the shoreline. Laces secure the over shoes around the leg above the boot opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach
Bombers Sweep Burma Targets In Coordinated Air Offensive
10th Air Force bombers hit Japanese communications centers in central Burma in sweeps yesterday. American headquarters reported wrecked freight cars and repair sheds at Thail junction and a warehouse fire at Myingyan. RAF Mohawks targeted Mawlaik, with no losses to air crews or aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
U. S. Air Force
Burma
U. S S. Army
Mawlaik
Kalane
Thail Junction
Myingyan
Nyatingbinwun
Dr John L Barnhart To Preach Farewell Sermon
Baltimore minister Rev John L Barnhart longtime pastor of Messiah Evangelical and Reformed church since 1910 will give his farewell sermon before retirement. He has been a Franklin and Marshall trustee since 1921 and was elected Potomac Synod president last June. His son, Dr William Rupp Barnhart, heads the Religion Department at Hood College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John L. Barnhart
Messiah Evangelical and Reformed Church
Barnhart
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Potomac Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Harvard
William Rupp Barnhart
Department of Religion
Hood Collowe, Freiderick
Harpers Ferry Man Accused of Hold-Up
Harpers Ferry West Virginia August 20 confined in the Hagerstown jail unable to raise the dollar bond set by court Heywood Cooper of downtown Harpers Ferry is accused of holding up telegraph operator Clinton Edward Smith on the railroad highway bridge early Saturday morning Smith called for help but Cooper warned him to lay off and demanded one dollar Smith alerted the tower operator nearby but was ignored by the intruder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Hagerstown
Heywood Cooper
Clinton Edward Smith
U S Engineers Praised By Alexander In Sicily Feat
Fifteenth Army Group headquarter commander General Alexander lauds United States troops for rapid northern Sicily conquest and extraordinary engineering feats. He says he has never seen such remarkable military engineering accomplishments and commends American engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Army Group
Sic
Bir Warel Aexander
Fifteenth Allied Army Group
Sicily
United States
Alexander
Communications Placed Under German Control
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm quoted Bern advices saying communications between May and Switzerland were under German military control. The report recalled AP dispatches from Stockholm yesterday noting Swedish correspondents in Rome described a major development in Italy but censored the transmission of any news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Bern
Switzerland
Associated Press
Rome
Thaly
Delay filings in Rockville rationing case
Thirty eight folders of gasoline ring records in Montgomery courts were ordered to withhold filing of applications for exchange of books for new type until Friday August 27 to allow the local rationing board time to clear the tax change books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery
Frederick Alumni Fall Dance Planned at Braddock Pavilion
The Frederick High School Alumni Association will host its annual fall dance at Braddock Heights pavilion on Friday September 17. Joe Stephens and his orchestra will provide music. tickets go on sale later with dues collected for the new year. Members in good standing and armed forces will be admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Igh School Alumni Association
Joe Stephens J
Braddock Treights
Ban- Panet
Jone Venta Ompalind
Braddock
United States Armed Forces
Association
Austin Fogle
Helen Crampton
Roger Heck
Dorsey Shipley
Charles Troxell
Royal observers visit Quebec and Saguenay cruise
Canada’s Mackenzie King and Winston Churchill tour Canada amid diplomatic farewells and wartime chatter. The group visits Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre and sails the Saguenay river while Quebec hosts excitement before a return to New York. Miss Mary Young visits Baltimore. Chaplain Mumford heads to Army Chaplains School at Harvard. family visits Frederick as arrangements unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
MecKenzie King
England
Winston Charchill
Quebec
St. Anne de Beaupre
Saguenay
Wax of
New York
Rotarians Host Watermelon Party After Family Picnic
Rotary club members and families enjoyed a speedball game and a watermelon iced tea party at Hood College on Wednesday evening. J Richard Ramsburg W L Hussong and W H Anders led arrangements while Elias B Ramsburg Jr serves as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hood College
Messrs
J. Richard Ramsburg
W. L. Hussong
W. H
Anders
Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
Local notes highlight residents and visitors across communities
Master Robert Zimmerman and others listed their families and addresses as local notices flow. Army Air Force detachments in Utah are noted for Pvt. Meredith Redmond, with a family address at Kearns Field. Ministers, travelers, and visitors from Pittsburgh, Newport News, and Baltimore are recorded along with vacations at Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Redmond
Chas. M. Redmond
Army Air Force
Utah
T. G
Kearns Field
Social notes from Grand Beach and Washington visits
Street left Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Wilke at Grand Beach Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Russeil Bury observed their thirtieth wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Mrs. Sappington, on a trip from Washington to Cape May New Jersey, was formerly Miss Ann Graham Dennis of Frederick. Miss Louise Frey returned to Washington after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J Marshall Miller and Miss Virginia H Miller Norton Market Street. Mrs. Walter M Turpin of Washington visited this week with her parents in this city where she was joined by her husband on Tuesday.
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Marriet
Evangelical Reformed Church
Elmer F. Munshower
West Patrick Street
Fredericksburg
Col. Munshower
Mise Belloh Stratley Munshusen
Munshower
Hood College
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Virginia
Quebec
E. Schmid
East Third Street
Ruth Kentus
Beni Delo
Canada
Harrisburg
Rochester
N.Y
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Chateau Frontenac
Roosevelt
Floyd Green
Columbus, O
Frederick
Theron D. Green
Rockwell Terrace
Theron Green
Baltimore
Esther Sutro Weinberg
Leo Weinberg
West Second Street
Weinberg
Virginia Bar Weekly
Richmond
Amelia Weinberg
Troy
Ala
Troy High School
State Teachers College
Henry Oscar Burali
New Market
Unionville
Washington
Winchester
Fayetteville
N.C
Burall
Christiana Burall
Harvey A. Burall
Marian A. Burall
Street
William Peter Wilke
Grand Beach
Mich
Wilke
Henry Russeil Bury
Park Place
James
Louise Frey
J. Marshall Miller
Virginia H. Miller
Norton Market Street
Walter M. Turpin
Harry J Fromke
Local School Camp Alumni Return and Domestic News
Several youths return from the Greenbrier Military Academy summer camp near Lewisburg West Virginia including Charlies Rozz IV Jack Bennett Robert Thomas and George Fellows. Other brief notes mention Mrs Richard Potts visiting Washington and Miss Garnetta Jennings vacationing in Atlantic City New Jersey while Sgt Roger Burkholder moves to Northern Ireland and Mrs Marianna Wachter travels to Alamogordo New Mexico to visit her husband Corp E Ray Wachter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies W. Rozz, IV
Jack Bennett
Robert Thomas
George Fellows
Greenbrier Military Academy
Lewisburg
W. Va
Dances to Continue Despite Weather in Frederick County
Promoters Dorsey Shipley and Pierce Gaver announced Friday night dances will run every Friday through October 1 at Braddock Heights pavilion. About 400 attendees each week, many in uniform, use special trolley cars to reach the event from 8:30 p.m. to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Gruber
Frederick County
Braddock Heights
PH Macking
Braddock
Dorsey Shipley
Pierce Gaver
Private John W. Null Jr Enjoys Home Town News
Pvt. John W. Null Jr of the 58th T. G. Keesler Field Mississippi writes his new address praising the hometown paper. He says he enjoys the paper and looks forward to receiving it daily, commending the service as excellent and hoping it continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Null, Jr
T. G. Keesler Field
Engine idling reduces crankcase oil dilution
The text notes that less automobile driving leads to more dilution of crankcase oil because the engine often fails to warm enough to evaporate moisture that condenses.
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10Th Air Force
Harpers Perry
U. S
F. HS
Cornelius S. Moberly, Sr
Washington Street
Wallam R. Barnahart
State Harbor
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Harold Bostes
Mount Vernon Place
Balrare
Mus
Harry Hauer
Frederics
Mends
Charlottesville
Liewtz
Edgar FL
Nicodemus
Deming
Ave
Furid
Dem- NM
Gurlonga
G. Paxson
Third “Street
Jas
Pater
Fll
Allan& DeLane
Augusta
Georgy
Batt
Bits
Jug Bridge Club
Jug Bridge Women's Club
Wayside Apartments
Ronald Kling
Ijams+ville
Albert King
Ely Tend Seda
Ee de Moull Lulu
Ignatius Bjorlee
Maryland
State School For the Deaf
Minnesota
Joyce Horner
University of New Hampshire Writers’ Conference
Arcadia
Lime Kiln
Kiwanis Club
Wold
Virigobona
the Heights
Elit
Mary Young
East Second Street
Brunswick Foster
Karl Luther Mumford
Brunswick Lutheran Charge
Army Chaplains School
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mumford
Helen, Jr
Brunswick
Ellicott City
Grinze Beard Young
Maryland Lutheran Synod
Raymond C. Sorrith
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Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Lindbergh Avenue
Pine Grove Girl Scout Camp
Carlisle
Charles Scully
Mary Kathleen Scully
Washington, D. C
John R. Fitzpatrick
Robert Zimmerman
Leonard Norris
Jesse Swomley
Clarence Fleming
Wayne Fleming
County
H. Austin Cooper
Pleasant View
William Brokaw
Pittsburgh, Pa
James Marrone
Fairview Avenue
J. M. Miller
Knoxville
Ruth Gale
University of Maryland, College Park
Clarke Place
Jennings Palmer
Newport News
Francis D. Howard
Charles McC. Mathias
Miss Theresa Mathias
Trail Mathias
Court Square
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Roderick Dorsey
M. Louise Johnson
Dorsey
T'singies
Catan Tao, Ching
Cada
Howard St. Brugh
Philadelphia
Edward D. Grove
Elizabeth Getzendanner
Mrs Grove
Emma Thompson
West Church Street
Ocean City
Lester Eugene Bartholow
Charles W. Smith
Harry S. Bartholow
George Tollenger
Carroll Albaugh
East
R.R
American Timber Products P
Fairground Road
East Church St
Richard Potts
Alice Elizabeth McCain
Cornelia Dertzbaugh
Louise and
Mary Russell Hendrickson
Joanne Johnson
Ann Smith
Flo Beth Carty
Camp Whippenwill
Pasadena
Roger W. Burkholder
Northern Ireland
Margaret Burkholder
West South Street
Garnetta Jennings
Burkittsville
Atlantic City
N. J
Jennings
Potomac Edison Company
Marianna Wachter
South Market Street
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Corp
E. Ray Wachter
Army Air Corps
Ollie Nase McCafferty
Los Angeles
Calif
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. M. Daily
America
Ao Prevent
Avalle
International Shoe Company
Winthrop
Shoes
Winthrop and
Vitality Shoes
Glick Shoe Store
North Market St
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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