Oil Line Delayed By Pumping Equipment Shortage
Washington reports the 535 million Texas to Illinois oil line will be useless for more than a month after completion next week due to inability to obtain pumping equipment. Harold Ickes disclosed delays in Bethlehem seel mills finishing and long-term oil movement to the East remains in doubt as railroads face pressure to speed tank car shipments.
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Washington
Texas
Hinois
Harold {. Ickes
Bethlehem Seel Mills
John J. Pelley
The
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Ickes
Jum
Baroness Von Trapp Praises Silent Night at Frederick High
Baroness Marie von Trapp led the von Trapp Family Singers in a Christmas program at Frederick High School highlighted by Silent Night. She called it the most Austrian of music and urged prayers for Austria’s peace. The group performed in Austrian costume around a candlelit table, with early church music and folk songs, then announced Town Hall concerts in New York on December 13 and 20.
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von Trapp
Frederick High School
Marie von Trapp
Fran Wasner
Salzburg
Austria
von Trapps
von Trappe
Frederick Cooperative Concert Association
Baron George
Warner
New York
Vermont
Trapp
America
Town Hall
Johannes
Christas
New York City
Service Men Praise USO Entertainment and Aid
Technical Sergeant Afitson Schaefle of Fort Benning praised USO facilities in Columbus Georgia for providing entertainment, meals, sleeping quarters, and Traveler's Aid. He noted four large USO houses in the city with nightly events for thousands of service members across units, and cited similar sites in Phoenix City Atlanta and Baltimore. Private Richard Redcliffe recalled Biloxi Mississippi USO offerings including dances music reading rooms a library and mathematics classes.
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USO
Sergt
Afitson Schaefle
Fort Benning
Sergt. Schaefle
105Th Parachute Infantry
Columbus
Travelers’ Aid Branch
Alea
Airme
Phoenix City
Sergi
Schaefle
Atlanta
Baltimore
Fort Meade
Frederick
Richard M. Redcliffe
U. S Army Air Corps
Biloxi
Miss
First USO Center Earns High Praise from Navy Man
Robert G. Helm, a Navy Signalman Second Claw with the American Expeditionary Force, recently stationed in New York, praised the new USO center as essential for morale. He noted centers in New York are especially valuable for country boys who would otherwise go “batty” without access to the shows and tickets offered.
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USO
Robert G. Helm
Navy
Second Claw
Tas Tum
New York
Bors
Are You in This War or Out of It
A wartime appeal urges Americans to invest surplus funds in three new U S Treasury securities through the Victory Fund Committee. It stresses every citizen has a stake in victory and encourages participation to support the war effort with personal financial commitments.
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U. S. Treasury
United States Treasury
Treasury
Victory Fund
America
Victory Fund Committee
Treasury Lax Savings
U.S
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Donald M. Nelson
Eastern Oil Service
Italy
Belgium
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Circuit
Ellis C. Wachter
Horace M. Alexander
James Messeramith
Cline’s Furniture Store
FTS “Worth-While
Baroness von Trapp
Gil
Fred W. Spielman Ewing Machine Service Center
Patrick Bt
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling
Fhons
Citizens National Bank
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Frederick County National Bank
Western Maryland Trust Co
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