Roosevelt orders 48 hour minimum week in war zones
President Roosevelt ordered a 48 hour minimum work week with time and a half overtime in 32 designated areas to support total mobilization for 1943 war plans. McNutt announced immediate effect with a grace period for compliance, targeting many industries and occupations across numerous states and cities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
America
Europe
Immenaiey van Claus Paul V. McNutt
Fowler
Harper
McNutt
James F. Byrnes
Economic Stabilization Board
CBS
Bath
Bridgeport
Waterdity
Hartford
New Britain
Conn
Portsmouth
N. H
Meld
Mass
Buffalo
Somervillie
N. J
Baltimore
Elkton
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Compulsory Movement Back To Farm Hinted
Washington reports James Byrnes signaled a compulsory back-to-the-farm movement to fill rural labor gaps. The Director of Economic Stabilization said the government could cancel draft deferments for farm workers who refuse to return to agriculture, noting prior wartime shifts to industry.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Five Men Killed In Lead Mine Cave-In at Mulcahy Mine
Five miners died and at least two were trapped in a double cave-in at the Mulcahy Lead mine in Shullsberg Wisconsin. Dozens worked to dig out those below sixty feet, as 35 men were underground at the time. Coroner Roselip arrived and impaneled a jury, while District Attorney Jonson announced an immediate investigation.
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Shullsberg
Wis
Mulcahy
Wallace
Homer L. Curry
Gordon Roselip
Ervin Jonnzon
Baltimore Police Record Shows Rising Henness in 1942
Arrests for drunkenness in Baltimore rose steadily over five years and reached an all time high in 1942. The report notes that many of these cases involve charges of moral wrongdoing and public disturbance, reflecting broader social concerns of the era.
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Baltimore
Rwekenne
Thousal
1000 College Men Await Callin State Enlisted Reserve
Nearly 1,000 Maryland college men in State institutions await calls to branches of the armed forces. Mount St Marys in Emmitsburg reports about two dozen called, with a Maryland University contingent expecting summons by March 5. Navy and Marine Corps entries appear in early lists, with several individuals already summoned in the prior two weeks, including nine to the Navy, four to the Army, and one to the Marine Corps.
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Baltimore
Maryland College
Mace
Mount St Mary's
Emnitsburg
University of Maryland
Mount St. Mary's
Ny Navy
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Soldiers leave for Army Camp from Frederick County
Forty four youths from the Enlisted Reserve Corps depart for active duty at Fort George G. Meade. A high school band plays and a canteen serves coffee and doughnuts while the Young Men's Bible Society presents leather bound testaments. Detachments include John W Smith and many others. Also noted is a court appointing a receiver for a Chinese laundry with nine ex customers. Navy reports American forces consolidate a position on Guadalcanal at Titi.
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Army
Fort George G. Meade
Frederick County
George Abby
Sabillasville
AWYVS
Frederick High School
Frederick County Young Men's Bible Society
John W Smith
Raymond T. Powell
Russell L. Brown
Keefer L. Lewis
Donald W. Palmer
Herbert L Sier
Clyde R. Saylor
Clarence C Schroyer
Charles G. Lewis
Frederick O. Oland
Elwood M. Eiker
Eugene G. Kuhn
Ralph M. Green
Norman F. Sier
Charles R Palmer
Archie A W. Marshall
Frank B. Korrell
James G. Smith
Leroy G. Welty
Lawrence J. Ott
Richard F. Kuhn
Arthur B. Morgan
Harold E. Fraley
John H. Suitely
Clyde B. Smith
Walter E. Keeney
Bernard A. Knott
George R. Colbert
Peter I. Long, Jr
Lester J. Portner
John L. Kern
Austin BE
Gladhill
Charles L. Korrett
Paul W. Rippeon
Nelson W. Myers, Jr
George W. Brandenburg, Jr
Harvey Whipp, Jr
Charles E. Green
Kenneth King
Benjamin F. Fogle
James L. Miller
Mearl S. Tressler
James K. Smith
Traffic lights urged for wartime efficiency in Frederick
Chief of Police Arthur C Poulson announced plans to modernize traffic signals to save gasoline and tires during wartime. Installations include blinkers and stop and go lights at key intersections. The city will study routes and seek board approval, with aims to cut wait times and reduce traffic hazards while conserving resources.
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Arthur C. Poulset
Frederick
ODT
Joseph B
Eastmen
Mount Olivet Cemetery
South Market Street
Board of Aldermen
Poulsen
Trafic
Braddock Man Held In Ellicott City Jail
Braddock resident William Caniford faced a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted assault with intent to rape and common assault. He is held without bond in Ellicott City jail. State Police arrested him early Sunday near the Highway 40 bypass outside Ellicott City. Attorneys Manuel Weinberg and E Austin James represent Caniford.
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William Caniford
Braddock
Ellicott City
Frederick
Manuel Weinberg
E. Austin James
Caniford
Randallstown
Highway 40
Airplane Spotter Recruiting Meeting Set For Thursday Night
Uniformed Legionnaires from Brunswick Emmitsburg and Frederick will attend a mass meeting in Frederick to recruit observers for the Ground Observers Corps Lieut Morgan Wheelock of the First Fighter Command will address volunteers for observer posts and the event will be opened to the public due to urgent enlistment needs.
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American Legion
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Legion
Army
Sform
Morgan Wheelock
iFirst Fighter Command
Legionnairs
Clifford Yinger
Francs Scott Ke
Opeerver
Francis X Elder
Stedman Keenan
Frederick County
Eddie Rickenbacker
Offices Supply Bill Is Pruned
Washington reports the Appropriations Committee trimmed a 2.62 billion independent offices supply bill by 56.4 million, cutting the National Resources Planning Board and reducing Civil Service and Securities Commission requests. About 90 percent of the cuts target war needs, with 1.21 billion for the Maritime Commission and 887 million for the Veterans Administration. The committee cites ship-building targets and authorizes possible large future contracts as they proceed toward a July start for the new budget year.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
National Resources Planning Board
Frederic A. Delano
Securities Commission
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
Veterans Administration
Plane crash injures Hagerstown woman and infant
Mrs. John Richard Craft wife of the Washington County Museum of Art director and her infant son Christopher escaped with minor injuries when their airplane struck telegraph wires at Hagerstown Municipal Airport during a landing. The craft owned and piloted by Mrs. Craft veered to crash after the gear fouled wires.
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Hagerstown
John Richard Craft
Washington County Museum of Art
Christopher
Craft
Lincoln Talk Given Kiwanis
Rev. Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks spoke to Kiwanis members in the Blue and Grey room at the Francis Scott Key Hotel presenting Lincoln as a deeply religious yet self taught man. He cited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and read poems by Dunbar Lindsay and Ham from notable 1809-born contemporaries and recalled Bishop Simpson’s prayers with Lincoln at the White House. He noted Lincoln’s religious leanings without church membership and introduced by Ray Smith with guests including George Wybrecht and Harry Woppman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Benjamin W. Meeks
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key
Meeks
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
William Gladstone
Mendelsohn
Chopin
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Linecoln
Methodist Missionary Society
Washington
Matthew Simpson
Methodist Church
Simpson
White House
Todd
Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Meeks
Young Lincoln
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Rachel Lindsay
Edwin Markham
Ray Smith
Clarence c. Carty
George Wybrecht
Pikesville
Harry Woppman
E. C. Shepherd
Lynchburg
Maryland Legislature Addresses License Fees and Liquor Rules
Maryland lawmakers passed most routine measures and debated local options as bills moved through the Senate and House. A motor vehicle registration reform ties fees to ration book status, while Washington County seeks Sunday liquor closing. A prisoner work program bill would allow Governor released inmates to work in state agencies during and after the war, with parolee support to fill hospital staffing needs.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Washington County
Senate
House
Wilmer Fell Davis
R.caroline
Thomas S. T. Waxter
Baltimore
State
Waxter
Herman M. Moser
Agi Thefoo Fos
Jail cell awaits hearing for Thurmont man on drunken driving
Jesse Ray Marshall of Route 1 Thurmont was jailed Tuesday awaiting a hearing before Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett on a drunken driving charge. He was arrested early Tuesday morning by a local patrol near North Market Street and Church Street.
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Jesse Ray Marshall
Route 1
Thurmont
Alton Y. Bennett
Giayea Cave Ucu
North Market Street
Church Street
Hawaii scout staff sergeant Burdette notable service
Staff Sgt. Burdette, son of Mr and Mrs W E Burdette of Creaperstown, enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 14 1937. He serves as squadron chief of the operations section with the 370th Bombardment Group in the Hawaiian Islands. He married Miss Blendena Blackburn of Washington state in early 1942.
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Burdette
W. E. Burdette
Creayerstown
Army Air Corps
370Th
Hawaiian Islands
Seation
Blendena Blackburn
Washington State
Paroles Granted By Governor O Conor On Tuesday
Edward T Williams a colored man convicted of manslaughter in this county and serving eight years and Samuel Pickett serving eighteen months on a Carroll County false pretense conviction were among eleven paroles granted by Governor O Conor Tuesday.
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Edward T. Williams
Samuel Pickett
Carroll County
O'Conor
Sloan to Qualify Chief Judge of Court of Appeals
Annapolis Md February 9 Judge D Lindley Sloan was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate today as chief judge of the Court of Appeals and will take the oath of office tomorrow afternoon.
Officials urge end to clothing overbuying during war
Washington officials Donald M. Nelson and Prentiss M. Brown tell the public there is no current shortage of clothing and no need for rationing. They warn that over buying causes temporary misdistribution and harms those with legitimate needs while the War Production Board and Office of Price Administration have not ordered clothing rationing.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Prentiss M. Brown
Imany
United States
Pearl Harbor
Office of Price Administration
Wyoming’s National Forests Span State Wide Area
Six forests lie entirely within Wyoming and six extend partly into it. They cover about 9,000,000 acres and hold more than 13 percent of Wyoming’s total area, highlighting the extensive federal public lands in the state.
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Wyoming
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Titi
Guadalcanal
Eastman
W. A. Waller
Erans Administration
Public Roads Administration
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Walt Rack
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick. Md
Delphey
ALLEN
Hawaii
Glenn P. Burdette
Sell” Gay Gyr
Womes
the Valentine Supreme
Barbizon
Rachelle
Coty
Hankies
T van Heusen
Hendrickson
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