Kiwanis Christmas Dinner Honors Rev Baer and Members
The Kiwanis Club Christmas dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel featured Rev. Harold C. Baer on the "Plazards of Christmas" and a poinsettia donated by Edward H. Sharpe. Walter F. Zeigler received the plant. proceeds support the crippled children fund. Capt. Glenn Stovall announced over $83 raised at a Salvation Army kettle. Gifts, inscribed brushes from Ox Fibre Brush Co, were given to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Baer
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Mr. Baer
Jesus
Edward H. Sharpe
Walter F. Zeigler
Glenn Stovall
Salvation Army
Belringers
Kiwanis
Ox Fibre Brush Company
H. O. Schroeder
Clarence C. Carty
Dan Wight
R. X. Gibo
Capi. Stovall
Nine More Draft Appeal Panels To Be Added
Baltimore December 21 Nine draft appeal panels will be added to the present five boards in Maryland according to Col H C Stanwood Selective Service director for Maryland The new boards address growing appeal cases and review of occupational deferments for registrants whose work and local boards lie in different appeal board areas A distribution center at Fifth Regiment Armory State draft headquarters will route deferment reviews to proper boards About 45000 to 50000 Maryland employees in other areas have deferments now under review by Maryland appeal boards Local boards will forward appeals through the center The new system aims to tighten checks on occupational deferments for men from out of state areas The draft deferment appeals remain filed through local boards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Col. H. C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Fifth Regiment
Maryland Appeal Boards
Stanwood
Doris Duke Cromwell Granted Reno Divorce
Doris Duke Cromwell, heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune, is granted a Reno divorce from James H. R. Cromwell former U. S. Minister to Canada. She cites persistent cruelty and says she has not lived with him since May 1940. Judge William McKnight allows restoration of her maiden name. New Jersey jurisdiction is declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKnight
Cromwell
Doris Duke
McKnight
Nevada
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
New Jersey Chancery Court
Chancery Court
Illnesses Hit Bolivar and Twin Towns
Mr B F Baden has been ill and moved to Schnauffer Hospital in Brunswick. An flu and cold epidemic struck Bolivar and nearby towns with Mrs O L Hope Mrs Rose Kreimandani Mr M B Stallings Mr Joseph Zombro and Mr Allen Dinkle among those affected. Sixty pupils were absent from the graded school due to illness. Mrs Blanche Wheatley left Bolivar for Washington and Passaic N J and will return in early spring. Mrs Mary Fulmer recovering from a cracked hip at Schnauffer Hospital. Visor at Castlemen's Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
W. Va
B. F. Baden
Schnauffer Hospital
Brunswick
O. L. Hope
Rose Kreimandani
M. B. Stallings
Joseph Zombro
Allen Dinkle
Community notes from Charles Town area social visits
Social updates list visits and travels among local families. Mr and Mrs C W Crenshaw split weeks between Philadelphia and elsewhere. Sgt and Mrs H Logan of Aberdeen visited. Mrs Barbara Manuel spent weekend in Washington with her mother Mrs Thomas O’Brien. Blood donors in Charles Town included Lewis Nichols Clifton Butts Robert Singha ss Eugene Ross Mrs Paul Winters Miss Mary Leu Nichols Mrs Kitty Riegger. Lt and Mrs W L Castleman and daughter Wendy Lynn visiting Castleman parents. Arthur Webb and Millville pair visited G E Webb’s home. Pollyanna Class of Bolivar M E church held meetings finishing stuffed animals for a Washington firm for Christmas sales. Charles Spates family visited Howard Spates in Hillsboro. Hershel Demery Washington visited Mrs H C Conrad near Harpers Ferry. Walter Jenkins Moler of Harpers Ferry spent day with James Shumaker in Loudoun VA. Miss Mary Buckner recovering at home with influenza. Lester Webb employed in Baltimore ill at Bolivar home. C P Snider near Harpers Ferry recovering from tonsil operation at Charles Town Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Crenshaw
Philadelphia
Sgt
H. Logan
Aberdeen
Barbara Manuel
Washington
Thomas O'Brein
Charles Town
Lewis Nichols
Clifton Butts
Robert Singhass
Eugene Ross
Paul Winters
Mary Leu Nichols
Kitty Riegger
W. L. Castleman
Wendy Lynn
M. F. Castleman
Arthur Webb
Millville
G. E.webb
Bolivar M. E. Church
B. C. Sponseller
Charles Spates
Harpers Ferry
Howard Spates
Hillsboro
Hershel Demery Washington
H C Conrad
Walter Jenkins Moler
James Shumaker
Loudoun County
Mary Buckner
Lester Webb
Baltimore
Bolivar
C. P. Snider
Charles Town Hospital
Crop Production For This Year Declines
The Agriculture Department reports total crop production this year fell about six percent from the 1942 record but rose nine percent above the five previous seasons. Food production hit a new wartime peak despite shortages, with record outputs in potatoes beans peas soybeans peanuts rice and several vegetables. Acreage harvested reached about 347.5 million acres, up nearly three percent from last year, while total damaged or lost acreage rose to about 13.5 million. Brazil nuts kill annually when shells drop from tall trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Home Made Cookies For Men In Services For Camp Cheer
Home made cookie ideas for troops in camps with varied flavors and steps. Recipes include Honey Nuggets Date Slicks Mother's Sour Cream Cookies Chocolate Squares Krispies Marshmalow Squares Pep Filled Cookies and more with instructions on mixing, shaping, baking, cooling, and packing for travel.
Desert Yucca Fibers Emerge as War Fiber Substitute
Desert plants yields long spiked leaves providing fibers for substitutes to sisal manila hemp and jute. Yucca and beargrass fibers offer 40 to 50 percent usable content when dry, with some yucca species rivaling or exceeding Manila hemp in strength. Indians have long used these fibers, and a 1924 German visit gathered yucca seeds for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Las Cruces
New Mex
Manila
New Mexico
C. W. Botkin
The
New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Sta
Tion
College Station
Chemurgic Digest
American Southwest
Desert fibers power new paper and broom innovations
A paper company in the eastern United States has produced Navy grade paper from glaucaea yuccea. In Kingman Arizona a plant using novel desert fiber methods is being built. Separately a firm uses beargrass for long stiff street cleaning brushes and desert plants yield stiff brushes. Desert plants are ready for harvest, do not reduce arable land, and may boost livestock forage as fiber demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
Kingman
Ariz
Botkin
Wetzel Returns From Furlough at Camp Polk La
Louisiana Corporal Wetzel, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wetzel of Hagerstown formerly of Frederick, spent a fifteen day furlough at his home. He is stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Wetzel
C. H. Wetzel
Hagerstown
Frederick
Camp Polk
Home Visit for Pvt Delauder on Furlough
Pvt Delauder son of Mrs Motlie Delauder of 20 South Court Street was recently home on furlough. He is listed with Co D 1323 Engineers at Camp Swift Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Delauder
Motlie Delauder
South Court Street
Co. D
Engineers
Camp Swift
Tex
Five Airmen Bet On War End Date In Mediterranean Notebook
HAL BOYLE reports from an American base in the Mediterranean area six officers share opinions on when World War II might end. guesses range from February 1944 to December 1947, with one pessimist predicting May 10, 1945 for victory, and both sides noting uncertainty about German morale and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Mediterranean
Germany
Roy Nelson
Seattle
Wash
15Th Air Force
Washington
Roderick O'Connor
Long Beach
H. P. “Hospital" Hall
Clemson
Sidney Wogan
Alexandria
Clyde “Sully’ Sullivan
Milwaukee
Wis
Sully
Reich
Ili
Frank
Skippy” Burgess
Hollywood
Calif
Gary Cooper
Ginger Rogers
Claudette Colbert
W. C. Fields
Buckfever
Was
Politics Burgess
12Th Air Force Combat
Cameraman recalls posing for wartime leaders at Cairo and Tehran
The photographer, who photographed Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Chiang Kai Shek at Cairo and Tehran conferences, noted the leaders were cooperative and easy to photograph. He had flown 17 combat missions including the first fortress raid on Rome. Stalin declined informal chatting with Roosevelt, signaling a language gap via his interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cairo
Teheran
Wwe
Burgess
Rome
Stalin
Interpreter in Picture Sparks Wartime Laughter
The speaker suggests using an interpreter in the photo so both speak, noting Roosevelt and Churchill laughed. The article also cites a surge in women’s employment in U. S. forest fire protection services, rising nearly 1000 percent since the war entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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Rev
H. C. Baer
Doris Duke Cromwell
Reno
Brazil
Near East
Patrick J. Hurley
By . Aander George
American Desert
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
DI London
Ludwig von Reuter
Scapa Flow
Berlin
Bgen
Santo Domingo
Louisiana
Cpl
Melvin B. Wetzel
Pic
Roy Eugene Delauder
Nicodemus Paint Store
Court St
Fang
North Court St
Cory Coffee Makers
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling Tires
Medford Grocery Co
Medford
Red Cross
Florence
Stewart
Westinghouse
Harry Trout
Hilda McCaffery
Churchill
St. Joseph
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick St. Frederick
Thomas A. Morris
Mgr
Lois
Hershey's
Carton
STE
Wilken
New Orleans
Armour
Swift
Florida
Ic. IE
California
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