D. J. Lewis Retires From National Mediation Board
Washington dispatch reports D. J. Lewis chairman of the National Mediation Board will retire at term end. A veteran Maryland politician and New Deal Democrat, he served in the Maryland Senate and U S House, was Tariff Commission appointee, backed by Roosevelt, and joined the Mediation Board in 1939. He cited nearing age and a wish to aid peace efforts as reasons for stepping down.
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Washington
David T. Lewis
National Mediation Board
Lewis
Maryland
Hoosewelt
Pennsylvania
Cumberland
Maryland State Senate
U. S. House of Representatives
House
Wiksen
Wilson
U. S. Tariff Commission
Coolidge
House of Representatives
Millard
Jatter
U. S. Senate
Roosevelt
Norwig
Congress
Need Candidates For Cow Testing Jobs
College Park January 29. Maryland dairy groups face tester shortages across associations. A six day training course at the University of Maryland February 1 to 6 opens to all with high school education and dairy farm experience. Women testers are increasingly used. the job supports war effort and offers good pay. Write John A. Conover College Park or contact county agents for details. Young women with farm background and older men past service age are encouraged to apply.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland
John A. Conover
Sporadic Fighting Near Salamaua in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report ongoing sporadic fighting in the Mubo Wa u area near Salamaua New Guinea with Allied air forces striking enemy positions. Long range fighters attacked targets at Koepang Timor and heavy bombers pounded positions around the Ambon region during the same period.
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Australia
Mubo-Wau
Salamaua
New Guinea
Gay
Artrie Arene
eieGrome
Koepang
Timor
Cappen
de Demers
Caventeer
Te Ambon
North Africa service member noted in local column
In North Africa Pvt Best son of Raymond Best of Hamilton Avenue is stationed there. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Charles T Wallace of Frederick Route 1. Nine minor weekend arrests reported by City Police include Minnie Frith Margaret Barren Marion Sunday Raymond Shafer and others for disturbing the peace disorderly conduct and fighting on streets. All are scheduled for a Police Court hearing tonight.
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Pvt. Best
Raymond Best
Hamilton Avenue
North Africa
Charles T. Wallace
Frederick
Route 1
Minnie Frith
Margaret Barren
Marion
Raymond Shafer
Frederick M. Straley
Frank K. Dorsey
Howard O. Flock
Robert Johnson
Norman T. Trump
Grayson Brightwell
Marvin Clark
University Park
Sergt Dorsey
Carl Rentzell
Fred Baumgardner
Dorsey
Rentzell
Denver
Harriett Watts
Reno QO. Six
James D. Marks
Soldier on furlough from Fort Devens visited Ireland
Pvt. Painter, recently returned from Northern Ireland, spent a 24 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs C E Painter of Poolesville. He is stationed at Fort Devens Massachusetts.
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Painter
Northern Ireland
C. E. Painter
Poolesville
Fort Devens
Mass
Bombers Hit Shipping and Airfield in New Guinea Action
Heavy bombers attacked shipping and an airfield at Wowsk New Guinea just before dawn but observers saw no results. Haze and searchlight defenses limited visibility while strafing silenced anti aircraft positions and harbor installations in the area.
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Wowsk
New Guinea
Farm Bureau Seeks 54-Hour Week Amid Labor Crisis
Maryland Farm Bureau urges immediate adoption of a 54 hour work week to ease a severe labor shortage on farms. In a resolution filed with Senator Radcliffe, the group attacks retention of a 40 hour week and opposes government schemes to push social reforms and unionism on agriculture, calling it a morale breaker.
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Washington
Maryland Farm Bureau
Radcliffe
Maryland
PUBLISHER DIES IN WEST VIRGINIA CHAIN OWNER
H C Ogden 74 prominent West Virginia newspaper publisher died in a Wheeling hospital after confinement since Christmas Eve. He owned or controlled Wheeling News Register Wheeling Intelligencer and numerous state dailies including Martinsburg Journal. Death followed a lingering illness.
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Wheeling
W. Va
H.C. Ogden
West Virginia
Wheeling News Register
Wheeling Intelligencer
German Port Is Battered in RAF Night Raid
British heavy bombers attacked Hamburg and Western Germany targets after yesterday's Berlin raids. Fires raged in Hamburg as four ton and two ton blockbusters and thousands of incendiaries pounded shipyards, submarine sheds, and aircraft factories. About five bombers failed to return, suggesting near one hundred planes took part in the ninth night of operations.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Hamburg
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
More Representation For Labor In WPB
Washington January 31 Donald M Nelson said the War Production Board is studying measures to assure more complete representation of labor within WPB The WPB chair man noted a real labor management cooperation could benefit the WPB and the nation The Board currently has a six man policy committee of AFL and CIO representatives and associate members Representations are debated as the war effort continues Philip Murray CIO president urged Congress to send back a proposed anti racketeering law to the Judiciary Committee for an appropriate hearing He warned that haste to pass the bill could harm labor organizations and the war effort
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
AFL
AFL and
CIO
Labor
Philip Murray
The
House Judiciary Committee
Committee
Busy wives dream not of spouses says Dorothy Dix
A man in his thirties resists marriage citing cost and a view of modern life. He fears a costly wedding and a draining routine, while Dorothy Dix notes many wives now work to support families and debates whether marriage is worth postponing until affording a wedding ring.
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Dorothy Dix
Work and marriage vows in wartime ideals
A wartime essay argues that a wife's happiest time is when busy aiding her husband rather than idle. It claims industrious wives support husbands, build homes, and avert scandals and divorces, warning men to keep wives constantly engaged to avoid marital disappointment. The piece is attributed to The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
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the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Fragmented thoughts in a wartime San Diego dispatch
The account blends a reflective remark on gender roles with a brief wartime travel note. It cites Secretary Knox and Rear Admiral McCain visiting San Diego en route to Washington after a South Pacific tour. Their meeting includes Capt. Ravenscroft and other naval officers at the 110 Naval District and the U S Naval Air Station.
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San Diego
Calif
Frank Knox
J. S. McCain
Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington
South Pacific War Zone
Navy
George M. Ravenscroft
Naval District
C. A. Pownall
Walter H. Lassing
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Net
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Mediterranean
United Nation
Axia
Malta
Black Sea
North
Africa
Europe
Port Lyautely
French Morocco
Harry Hopkins
Mark Clark
U. S. Fifth Army
George S. Patton, Jr
W. S
Carroll T. Best
Ireland
Farm Bureau
U. S
United States
Nobdy
Fay
Oshkosh
DL Ua A
Aneneg
Pepsi-Cola
Markell & Ford Telephone
Camp Gordon
Pvt. Birely
Camp Gordon, Ga
William H. Birely
Union Bridge
Pvt
Frank W. Bircly
Vicks Plan
Vicks V
Frederick County National Bank I
North Market Strese
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bulingsley Rose
Spode
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