Beall Reports on Insurance and Defense Actions
Representative J Glenn Beall discusses postwar life insurance for veterans, Congress approving a $6.443 billion supplemental defense bill bringing military funding to $48.2005 billion, and plans for a $60 billion defense budget. He condemns price controls and explains OPA prosecutions, urges State Department action on British transfer of planes to Red China, and notes mail-delay investigations and Memorial Day speeches at Rockville and Antietam Battlefield with the Dunkard church deed presentation.
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Veterans Administration
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White House
Mike DiSalle
State Department
Russia
Post Office Department
Frederick
Postal Transportation Service
Frederick Post Office
Rockville
Antietam Battlefield
Washington County Historical Society
United States Government
Dunkard Church
Price Tags On More Merchandise Slashed New York Bargain War
New York stores slashed price tags in a seven day bargain battle with shoppers rushing for former fixed price items near dealer cost. Crowds remained above normal but orderly as clerks handled the flow. Price cutting spread nationwide following a Supreme Court ruling that fixed prices need not stand absent fair trade agreements. Many kitchen appliances remained scarce as mixers and toasters sold out.
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New York
Roanoke College Class of 1911 Reunion Held in Roanoke
Edgar Bittle attended the Roanoke College class reunion held June 2 in Roanoke Virginia. Sixteen members, about 60 percent of the original class, gathered for the second reunion with an average age around 60. Attendees included a college president, a judge, teachers and superintendents, an industrialist, two farmers, bankers and other prominent men. G Morris Smith, president of Susquehanna University, and Thomas L. Cline, a chief executive, were among those noted.
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Edgar Bittle
Myersville
Roanoke College
Roanoke
G. Morris Smith
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Thomas L. Cline
The
United
Reunion of oe grads featured cousins and brothers
Members of the Lutheran church and an alumni group gathered for a reunion recounting ties between two cousins and two brothers, W. B. French and G. Mark French of Clintwood Virginia, and D. Edgar Bittle and Charles C. Bittle of Halifax Virginia. The class of 1911 saw F. Lamar Janney as president and Warren French as treasurer. Dr. Janney is a professor at Hollins College and French is an industrialist in Woodstock Virginia. Mrs VL Stephens and Jessie Finke were noted attendees.
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French 18
Woodstock
Virginia
Vl, Stephens, Dunn
N. C
Jessie Finke
Teachers and bankers attend county meeting
Women present. Both are school teachers. The banking profession were represented by J.T. Fry, Wardensville, West Virginia, and Mr Bittle.
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J.T. Fry
Wardensville
W.va
Mr Bittle
Driver Training Course at Western Maryland College
A driver training course is offered at Western Maryland College in Westminster in cooperation with the American Automobile Association. The program aims to improve driver safety and skills through expert instruction and practical sessions.
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Western Maryland College
Westminster
The
American Automobile Association
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