Tram wreck injures Brunswick men near Charles Town
A local man and two Brunswick Railroad employees escaped with slight injuries when two Baltimore and Ohio locomotives and seven loaded cars derailed on the Vatley Division near the Charles Town Jockey Club track. Five other Brunswick railroad men were unhurt. wreckage cleared to reopen the single-track spur.
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Brunswick Railroad
Baltimore and the Railroad
Vatley
Charles Town
Www
William Ropert Nalley
Maple Avenue
Brunswick
Schnauffer Hospital
Stanley Davis
Frederick County
Hank
A Custer
Custer
Davis
S R Garrison
J C Nash
C W Morris
C R Keller
G R Bowers
Nassey
Nash
Morris
Garrison
Jockey Club
Continuous Assessment Program Praised In Maryland
Annapolis Md Jan 17 The continuous assessment program for 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City was listed by the State Tax Commission as the main achievement of the past year The commission told Governor O Conor that Maryland has a continuing method of assessing all taxable property All corporation assessments were made and most appeals disposed of except 14 income tax appeals set for hearing The commission reported a 1943 study of real estate removed from the tax rolls since 1940 due to Federal acquisitions. The Walkersville Volunteer Fire Co plans a banquet with Charles K Taylor mayor of Keedysville as principal speaker following the annual business session officers to be elected and reports from outgoing officers.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore City
General Assembly
State Tax Commission
O'Conor
Charles K Taylor
Keedysville
Frederick
Walkersville Volunteer Fire Co
Walkersville
Philip Beard
Shoes Sale With Rationless Prices Offered Soon
OPA release offers low priced shoes for men and women starting January 17 lasting until January 29. Buy any pair and save one to two dollars. All shoes are from regular stock priced under $3.93. Only two weeks to buy without stamps, take advantage now.
On The Farm Pork Purchases Authorized In War Time
Washington January 17 The Office of Price Administration authorized advance use of 120 red meat points to stimulate on the farm purchase of pork and other rationed meats. Red stamps in book four numbered eight and lettered A through M were validated for immediate use. The action gives consumers 216 meat points to buy pork from farmers, without increasing their overall meat ration. The move aims to ease hog deliveries amid market embargoes while maintaining ration limits.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Court News Equi Roy Richards and Luella Richards divorce filings
The court lists multiple divorce actions and property deeds, naming numerous individuals with addresses and ages in a long list of cases. Notables include Equi Roy Richards and Luella Richards filing an absolute divorce and John T Joy and Carmen Marrone divorced, among others.
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Equi
Roy M. Richards
Luella Richards
Paul Francis Sheffield
West
Fifth Street
Lois Eileen ‘Kreh
North Bentz Street
Emerson L Dorsey
Baltimore
Juanita
Victoria MacIntyre
Ellicott City
Carl T Hose
Clearspring
Ruth M Westourn
Moira
Charles Rinehart
South Market Street
Caroline Jean ‘Fischer
West Patrick Street
Donald John McIntyre
Le_ Roy NY
Helen Moseley Hubbard
Crewe Va
Harry Edgar Slonaker
Dorothy Mae Kepner
Fairheld Pa
John T Joy
Patrick Street
Carmen Marrone
South Market “Street
James W Tibbs
Boyds
Ellen Marie Wolfrey
Garthersburg
Walter A Davies
Arlington, Va
Audrey L Hipsley
Bethesda
Norman R Muteh
Burling
Albion
Holden
Edna Fulme
Harwood
Alfred G Zimmerman
Ito
Eugene Thomas
Charles L Kepler
Merle C Kepler
dJonn E Roelkey
David H Roelkey
County
New TB Treatment Reported by Soviet Radio
London January 17 The Sternberg Tuberculosis Institute in Leningrad reportedly treated tuberculosis with repeated blood transfusions. The Moscow radio noted transfusions were especially effective for peritoneal and lymphatic tuberculous lesions and said the method is now in practical use in Leningrad.
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London
Sternberg Tuberculosis Institute
Leningrad
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Leningard
German Defenses Stronger, Arnold Says at Philadelphia
General H H Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, warned that Germany’s defensive air force is stronger than ever and hinted at secret weapons. He described World War II as a race of laboratories, with Allied scientists prepared for possible German innovations. Arnold spoke in Philadelphia where he received the Poor Richard Club’s 1943 gold medal for organizing and developing the air forces.
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Philadelphia
Germany
HH. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Poor Richard Club
Black Market In Rail Reservations
Washington reports a growing black market in railroad reservations. ODT director Joseph B Eastman told 104 city mayors to curb ticket speculation, noting some workers colluding with chisellers and urging anti scalping laws to aid the war effort.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B Eastman
ODT
Eastman
Hope processed foods may leave ration list next fall
Chicago January 17 Colonel Bryan Houston OPA deputy administrator expressed hope that processed foods could be stricken from the ration list by next fall. He credited housewives for last summer’s success in home canning and said continued effort and calm canners may allow removing processed foods from rationing if production remains steady.
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Chicago
Bryan Houston
OPA
Officers Installed at Frederick Chapter No 78 Eastern Star
New officers of Frederick Chapter No 78 Order of Eastern Star were installed January 7 at the Masonic Temple. Installing matron Mrs Merle Leather presided with Deputy Grand Lecturer Mrs Ruth Yinger and other officers named. About 10 persons attended and refreshments followed in the chapter room on the fourth floor.
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Frederick
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Merle Leather
RuthYinger
Marshall
Linda Gregg
Helen Ford
John H. Lentz
John H Lentz
Gari D. Sunday
Clifford M . Yinger
Mayetta Hershberger
Julia Kefauver
Ellis C. Wachter
John H Etzler
Emory
Shipley
Marshal
Jane Gaver
May Hodgson Adair
Earl Mercer
Ruth
Pauline Hull
Esther
Katherine Lease
Martha
Freda Derrwarder
Miriam Rhoderick
William Herwig
Howard
Plumbing Equipment Restrictions Removed
Washington January 17 restrictions on buying plumbing heating and cooking equipment were lifted by the War Production Board. Consumers may buy baths lavatories toilets sinks showers and other listed items without authorization while some cooking equipment remains rationed. Certain commercial and domestic heating and cooking gear will still require WPB approval.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
CPA
Copenhagen Police Taken by Germans in Occupation Push
Stockholm reports the Free Danish Press Service says German forces and police have interned Copenhagen police and seized all stations. Danish sources cite a new sabotage wave as the probable reason for the action.
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Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Copenhagen
Loch Raven To Handle Juvenile Delinquents
Annapolis Jan 17 A mini mum security unit to handle juvenile delinquents will be established at the Maryland School for Boys at Loch Raven Governor O Connor announced today The new institution is designed to meet the need for a detention unit for youthful offenders whose cases are too serious for a training school and who should not be sent to penal institutions The plan includes remodeling Loch Raven and adding units at an estimated construction cost of 240000 with equipment about 85000 and annual operating cost for 100 trainees around 85000 The Governor also urged separation of offenders by age groups and the project follows discussions with state penal institutions officials
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Annapolis
Maryland School For Boys
Loch Raven
O’'Conor
Conor
States Penal Institutions
Oconor
Juvenile reform plans and production hold shift in 1944 directives
The governor outlined provisions for youth offenders aged 15 to 20 focusing on vocational training during incarceration and safeguards for society during rehabilitation. Washington reports say War Production Board leaders delayed resuming civilian goods output until the war outlook clarifies, with 14 executives meeting with Donald Nelson to discuss industry and government challenges before a major Allied offensive.
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Juvenile Delinquency Commission
Oconor
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M Nelson
Europe
Tne
Nelson
Probems
WAC Officer Faces Framing Fraternization Charge in Virginia
Washington January 17 An Army Reclassification Board is to hear Lieut Virginia Wight tomorrow her reply to charges that as a Women’s Army officer she fraternized with enlisted women refused to obey orders and gave incorrect information to superiors Lieut Wight’s attorney James J Laughlin called the case one of intimidation by a WAC captain at Fort Myer Virginia Army officials declined comment.
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WAC
Washington
Army
Virginia Wight
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