Capital's New Air Defense Is Given Test
First Air Force conducted a two day public tour at Mitchel Field and Camp Springs to showcase a new fighter defense system near Washington. Seventy four of the latest fighters with eight 50 caliber guns demonstrated rapid deployment from a three runway, camouflaged, dispersed airfield 18 miles from the capital.
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Laundries Struggle as War Economy Shrinks Help
Wartime shortages cut over 100 laundries in three months with 600 closures in a year. OWI cites labor shifts to war plants and cleaner-garment demand, urging housewives and cadets to wash at home to relieve commercial laundries. Coffee reserves reach record highs without plans to extend wartime rationing.
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Clare Leighton To Speak At Frederick Garden Club Meeting
Miss Clare Leighton, noted author and woodcut artist, will address the Garden Club of Frederick at 10 30 Friday morning August 13 at Mrs Charles Lane's home on West Church Street. The event includes a luncheon and follows a recent review of her work on the gardening book A Sense of Humus.
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Dry July Nears End With Heat Drought Keeps City Dry
Weather notes show July precipitation at 0.84 inches, near record lows, with past months cited for comparison. Showers were sparse, temperatures near 90, and many years had even drier Julys. Gardeners report knee-high corn and stunted yields while advice urges maximizing pasture and saving feed for winter.
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Six Point Plan To Aid Service Men Issued
Roosevelt approved postwar demobilization plan detailing a six point program for veterans. It calls for a three month furlough with pay up to 100 dollars monthly plus family allowances, unemployment insurance for 26 weeks, readjustment counseling, education and training support, veterans credits, and limited agricultural opportunities. The plan emphasizes rapid peacetime industry conversion with private sector job creation and a new central admin agency to manage demobilization.
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Trend Reversed as Market Falls After Opening Gains
In New York on July 30 the stock market reversed its trend, with leading shares losing ground after attempts to add to Thursday's gains. Early buying was moderate, but by the fourth hour losses of fractions to over a point spread across many prominent issues, though a few favorites held small early advances.
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Will Probated in Hagerstown Estate Over $100000
The will of Samuel Abram Hammond of Keedysville was probated by the Orphans' Court. Dying about a week earlier, he left an estate valued over 100000 mostly to his widow Irene E Foltz, except for two small trusts.
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Field Fire Ends Quickly on Seventh Street Pike Lot
Members of the Independent Rose Company were called at noon to extinguish a field fire on a vacant lot along the Seventh street pike. They brought the blaze under control within minutes. The fire, believed to have started from burning rubbish, occurred on a lot belonging to Keel er Koogie. No damage was reported.
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Railroad Improves Station at Ellicott City
Ellicott City July 30 The B and O Railroad Company began work on station improvements razing the old steps and shed leading to Main Street adjacent to the historic Ellicott City Post Office building.
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