Victory Garden Plant Raisers Demand Giants Crop
Benjamin F Grove and son Chester grow hundreds of thousands of plants on two acres in city backyards and a street-side lot. They supply gardeners and farmers with cabbage and tomato plants, with 1942 and 1943 sales about 50 percent above normal, and warn that labor shortage limits production.
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Victory Gardens
Benjamin F Grove
Chester Grove
Patrick Street
Grove
Colt
East Eighth Street
Victory Garden
Nature
Harney Area Service Flag Photo and Local News
A long list notes fifty five local service members from within three miles of Harney displayed on AC Leatherman’s window. Community events include Ladies Aid meetings at St. Fris Lutheran and notes on visits and gatherings in Gettysburg Littlestown and Hanover. August program coordinators are named along with a piano solo by Mary Katharine at the church exhibition room.
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Harney
Leatherman’s
Paul Beard
Martin Beard
Frederick Shorb
John Cato
Ray Harner
Elwood Harner
Frederick Shank
Cleveland Null
Ray Hyser
Robert Lambert
Ira Caldwell
Haymond Clabaugh
Richard Lister
Charles Strickhouse
Will
Ranford Witherow
Robert Airing
Richard Hilterbridle
David Kephart
Horace Wherley
Wilbur Beaver
Paul Rummel
Ray Heller
Donald Beitler
Robert Beitles
Glen Harner
Robert Shorb
Frank Basehore
Clarence Smith
James Senith
Wesley Mommert
Bernard Hollinger
Ladies Aid Society
Derie Ann Knox
Gettysburg
George Shriver
Walter Koontz
Howard Kump
Hanover
Polly de Hoff
Littlestown
Dennis Teyd
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Fris Lutheran Church
Chiiford Hahn
Mrss Haines
Charles Hoffman
William Hoffman
Fiano
Mary Katharine
Shildt Piano Solo and Various Song Requests
A brief page notes a Shildt piano solo by Arlene Claibaugh and several song requests. Mrs. Horace Worley and Junior Harner announce “Living A Worthwhile Life” while Mrs. H F Rex requests “Have Thine Own Way Lord.” Other items include “Jesus Savior Piles Me” listed as requested by Mrs. Lovir Harner and “An Old Toy Cabin For Sale” in the sale notes.
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Shildt
Arlene Clabaugh
Horace Worley
Junior Harner
Telk
H. F. Rex
Rex
Jesus Savior
Lovir Harner
Exhume Order Granted For Young Heiress Jane Gill
New York July 30 Acting District Attorney Sol Gelb said a Supreme Court exhumation order is issued to allow an autopsy on Mrs Jane Snowden Gill 29 oil heiress found on a Savoy Plate Hotel roof. Husband Capt William Sherman Gill Army Intelligence Office under investigation since June 1. autopsy results expected days later. Police cited possible causes as fall or leap from 16th floor suite. Officia l officers named in a separate note. Frederick Guitar Club met at I O O F Home with officers elected: President Anna Mae Kemp, VP Robert Norwood, Secretary Alma Rice, Treasurer Molly Arvin. Winners drawn: Alma Rice Molly Arvin Robert Kline Lloyd Bond. Next meeting August 13.
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New York
Sol Gelb
Supreme Court
Jane Snowden Gill
Gelb
Frederick Guitar Club
Teannard Zinn
Anna Mae Kemp
Robert Norwood
Alma Rice
Molly Arvin
Robert Kline
Lloyd Bond
United States Merchant Ship Sunk in Arabian Sea
A small U.S. merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Arabian Sea. Survivors have been landed at New York, according to the Navy report issued today.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Arabian Sea
New York
Navy
Murder in Tin
A hardboiled dialogue heavy scene unfolds as Johnson and Sam Taggard clash over a kidnap plot. Calder, the narrator, faces a threat to his lover while a tense chess game of deception and control plays out amid Gestapo intrigue and newspaper leverage. The confrontation ends with an unresolved threat as the story closes.
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Calder
Lathrop
Gestapo
Sam Taggard
Telegraph
Letter
Messenger
Johnson
Tagegard
Roanoke Coal Company Petitions Court Over Work Time Rules
The Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation filed in U S District Court a petition for a declaratory judgment on whether portal to portal travel time by miners counts as work time under the Wages and Hours Act. Defendants include United Mine Workers of America led by John L. Lewis and Southern Association officials. The suit aims to settle miners entitlement to portal to portal pay and asks for appropriate relief under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act.
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Roanoke
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
United States District Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
UMW
Edward Burke
The
Southern Association
Toreee
Attacks Made On Jap Targets In Burma
American and British bombers and fighter planes attacked Japanese targets in central and western Burma destroying a key bridge over the Myit River near Mandalay and damaging the center span. A Tanzon factory and railroad facilities were blasted, fires and smoke rose high as rail traffic between Monywa and northern towns was disrupted.
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New Delhi
Burma
U. S
United States Air Force
My River
Mandalay
Monywa
Candwin
Irrawaddy
Tanzon
Careless Use May Lead To Cars Loss
Baltimore War Price and Rationing Board warns careless driving risks car losses and potential requisitioning. Spokesman cites million yearly wear, total usable cars at 32,490, forecasts end of next year and a need to conserve life of automobiles for essential transportation during wartime.
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Baltimore
Nertial
Inian
Essen
Frederick County Women Strive to Can Despite Short Harvests
Reporters survey six Frederick County housewives about canning efforts. Fruits and berries are scarce and gardens are dry, delaying packing. Yet most plan to persevere and hope rain brings late supplies. several say they have little or nothing saved so far, with some canning a few fruits and some beans or corn as weather allows.
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Frederick Coutty
Frederick County
Vera J. Long
Jefferson
Lewis F. Martz
Mountaindale
Clarence L. McGowan
Locust Valley
Maryland to Strictly Enforce $5 Auto Use Stamp Tax
Baltimore July 30 Strict enforcement of the $4 auto use stamp law will begin across Maryland and the District of Columbia Monday. Razin acting collector said many motorists still lack stamps and may face prosecution. He noted a warning campaign has run and warned fines of 3 dollars plus costs for noncompliance.
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Baltimore
Maryland
District of Columbia
A. Parks
Razin
Internal Revenue
Washington
United States
T ‘Hat
Rasin
Lantier
Costa
No Immediate Change In Current Gas Rations
Washington July 3 Officials said no change in gasoline rations will occur for at least a week or two while a policy report from James F. Byrnes is prepared. Byrnes indicated the document would not be ready for at least ten more days. Brown and Ickes had signaled possible shifts, with East shortages eased and a broader curtailment between the East and Rocky Mountain region.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Harold L. Ickes
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Ickes
Rocky Mountains
Break In Rye Price Unsettles Others
Rye prices retreated about 3 cents from highs after a brief advance, erasing earlier wheat gains while volumes sold by Eastern houses spurred broader weakness in oats and other grains. The report notes trades and cash quotes for No. 2 red wheat, various hard and yellow grades, oats, and barley amid market nerves and a potential shift in industrial alcohol feedstock.
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Chicago
Led Nam
Hagerstown Fair Officials Weigh Maryland State Fair Link
Charles W. Wolfe secretary of the Hagerstown Fair Association said the annual exhibit will run September 25. Officers and directors discussed a plan to host the Maryland State Fair at Hagerstown in conjunction with the local event. Army has taken over State Fair grounds at Timonium but Timonium officials were not confirmed as contacted.
Public General Laws text on salary and penalties amendment
The document details an amended act titled Emergency Law adjusting employer obligations for delinquent taxes and wages. It outlines penalties for noncompliance, including fines and imprisonment, and references Schedule provisions, execution clauses, and immediate effectiveness upon passage approved May 6, 14a. It preserves protections for wages and sets enforcement by state authorities.
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Tog Cote
Rhs
Dvrein Puting Bby
Meyer Visiveng
Provteine
Ide Neethen
Guily
Roadia
Per
Epi Noha
Etomanths
Margen
General Assembly
Maryland Act Funds Release for Road Maintenance War Needs
Maryland General Assembly enacts emergency measure directing State Treasurer to release accumulated State Roads Commission funds from the One and One-half Cent Lateral Road gasoline tax. Proceeds to counties to maintain roads and bridges already built, continuing through wartime and six months after, with repeal of conflicting laws. Conditional labor releases for farms and dairies to meet wartime manpower shortages, governed by the Governor and Board of Corrections, outlining procurement, placements, and compensation.
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Chaitesx
General Assembly of Maryland
Comptroller of the Treasury
Stara
State Roads Commission
Carolina
State Roade Commission
Raat
Bree
Maryland
Pr Tars
United
Sr Fa
Wheater
United States of America
Germa
Japan
Aly
Ona
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