Col Munshower Leads Vast East Coast Maneuver Area at A P Hill
Col Elmer F Munshower former Frederick mayor commands the 80 000 acre A P Hill Virginia maneuver area expanding from 30 000 acres since 1941 He notes the post is not a routine camp but a maneuver area with no permanent buildings Farmers once nearby faced crop damage during exercises while the post now employs 157 civilians and uses salvaged equipment The unit develops training and supply functions and praises the separation of army housekeeping from tactical work with advanced infantry training under wartime expansion
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Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick
A. P. Hill
Col
Munshower
Twenty-ninth
National Guard
War Department
Bowling Green
Army Service Forces
Tne
Villa
Hun
Dred
Fifteenth Infantry
Verdun
Tas
France
Mica
Colonel Munshower at A P Hill War Camp
Colonel Munshower runs a lean A P Hill outpost with two maps detailing maneuver areas and land purchases. He lives in a remodeled attic, runs an officers club, and favors practical decisions over strict compliance, insisting improvisation is key when regulations fail in the field.
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Heavy Army Boota
A. BP. Hill
Munshower
A. P. Hill
Farm Bureau Delegates Opposed To Subsidies
Chicago delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting denounce federal subsidy programs. The all day forum yielded no favorable words for food subsidies, with only a few defending incentives to grow larger crops. Farmers urged better cooperation and policy reforms.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Leaders Push Unified Agriculture Agencies
In Florida a joint operation proposal linked farm organizations with Government extension services and urged all agriculture bureaus be placed under one head for efficiency. Delegates warned that government goals remain unclear hindering production and Allan Kline, Iowa Farm Bureau president, objected to subsidies tied to inflation fears, arguing higher taxes and larger bond purchases would counter the threat.
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Allan Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farmers Seek War-Time Feed and Labor Measures
Nevada Farm Bureau head George Osiivee proposes government subsidies and calls for labor strikes to be punished by death during the war. Dairy producers in the Northeast and Southwest livestock men push for relief from feed shortages as New York delegates warn of widespread suffering if feed for milk and eggs dries up.
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George Osiivee
Nevada Farm Bureau
Clayton White
New York
Mustering-Out Pay Principle Endorsed
Washington veterans spokesmen for the postwar group endorsed mustering-out pay as President Roosevelt’s position, but warned Congress that such pay cannot guarantee a fresh soldier bonus. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines of the Veterans Administration said passage of the bill would not stop demands for a bonus after the war. The House Military Committee opened hearings on a bill offering up to 300 to armed forces members since Pearl Harbor. Chairman May of Kentucky indicated a vote was hoped on Friday. Millard W. Rice led the national effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank T Hines
Veterans Administration
House Military Committee
Wich
Pearl Harbor
May
Dky
House
Millard W. Rice
National Ser
Veterans debt and discharge pay debate heats Capitol hearing
Vice director of disabled veterans organizations argues mustering-out pay, five times wartime rate, not final. Rice warns of demands for adjusted compensation, old-age and unemployment insurance. Omar B. Ketchum says $300 pay inadequate. General Hines cites about $3.6 billion cost and nearly 1,000,000 eligible since Pearl Harbor. NO JAUNDICE CASES Health exam finds no jaundice in Jefferson, Burkittsville, Knoxville districts. Dr E C Kefauver reports.
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Hines
Pearl Harbor
Jefferson
Burkittsville
Knoxville
E.C Kefauver
County
Local Health Exam Team Expands School Checkups
Dr. Kefayver reports near-epidemic disease levels in the county as the health officer and two A. V. S. volunteers begin school examinations in Brunswick district under Mrs. T. Stuart Haller. Volunteers are Brunswick locals aligned with A. V. V. 5 under her supervision. In a separate note, William M. L. Gaver of Linden Hills shoots a six-point buck early in the Allegany County deer season opening.
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Ficer
Kefayver
Brunswick
T. Stuart Haller
Frederick
William M. L. Gaver
Linden Hills
Allegany County
Gaver
Hunter and witness in city with 150 pound deer
A hunter named Howard Smith. in the city they hunted a deer weighing 150 pounds. An unrelated statistic notes that 53 percent of office workers have defective eyesight.
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Howard Smith
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North Market Street
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Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
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Witerd
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Kemp
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