War Workers Return to Farms Sparks Maryland Concern
Maryland officials and USES officers report a back-to-farm movement among young war workers. Deferments for agricultural labor, promised in Congress, are cited as the basis. C H Bryant notes only a beginning but expects larger shifts if a pending bill becomes law. Sondheim warns Baltimore and southern counties could feel the impact as plant workers move to farming.
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Altimore
Maryland
Congress
C. H. Bryant
Tts
Yant
Igerstown
Walter Sondheim, Jr
Baltimore
Sondheim
Hagerstown
Sondim
USES
Women's Club Activities Report From Ansville and Braddock
Women’s clubs in Ansville and Braddock held meetings with programs, readings, and music. The Ansville group chaired by Mrs Carroll Harp welcomed a new member, performed poems by Frost and others, and funded a Red Cross donation plus a Penny Box for flowers. Delegates were named for a Frederick meeting. Braddock Women's Club opened with the American Creed, heard Foster songs, discussed peace foundations, and planned range care demonstrations and garden tips while supporting the Red Cross and Victory Book campaigns. Time Wagner, ex Giants player and Red Sox manager in 1920, died aged 61 in New Rochelle.
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Ansville
Carroll Harp
Edward
Maryland
America
Fame Atlantic
Paul Yer
Woods
Robert Frost
Carroll Hark
Tom “Lockstey Hall
Alfred Ten‘ton
Miss Lenore - Whitmore
Braham
Lincoln
Vachel Lindsay
F. B. Whitmore
Diehl
Stephen Benet
Harry Olizople
Frederick Wrch
Frank Soper
Wstess
Raddock Club
Roy Cline
Braddock Woman's Ab
Edward Toby
Bowyer Jut
Stephen Foster Ags
Ned
Erusalem
Albert Coblentz
Broome
Clarence Dane
John Steinbeck
Rudyard Kipling
S. J. A. Summers
Ethelntz
St. Paurk's
Charles Main
Founday For
Wagner
New Rochelle
Charles (Heinie) Wagner
Benton Red Sox
New York Giants
Newark
Waterbury
Dickerson Wreck Hero Given Medal at Fort Story
Corp. Victor Natale of Warren Ohio receives the Soldiers Medal for risking his life to save passengers from a burning train wreck near Dickerson Maryland on September 24. Brig. Gen. Tilton awards the medal with a citation noting Natale’s repeated entries into the wreckage despite personal danger.
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Fort Story
Victor Natale
Warren
Ohio
Dickerson
Rollin L. Tilton
Chesapeake Bay
Paul H. Herman
Coast
Natale
Firat Cimss Natale
Furl
Eliminate Unnecessary Housework She Advises
College Park outlines time saving tips from Esther Knowles of the Maryland extension service. Emphasizes relocating equipment, reducing dust catching knickknacks, replacing heavy linens with easier care materials, and keeping tools clean and stored to cut home tasks.
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College Park
Esther Knowles
University of Maryland Extension Service
Miss. Knowles
Miss Knowles
Rockefeller rises from private to captain in two years
Winthrop Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller, enlisted in January 1941 and advanced from private at Fort Dix to corporal in Brooklyn, then earned a second lieutenant at Fort Benning. A related image shows him as a captain in the Third Army maneuvering in Louisiana.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Tahn Ty Rockefeller Tr
Society Land
Pearl Harbor
Ft. Dix
Brooklyn
Rockefeller
Ft. Benning
William A. Kennedy
Frank Kennedy
East Second Street
Fort Meade
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Kennedy
Agriculture to issue War Service Certificates for 1943 food program
The Department of Agriculture will award a Certificate of Farm War Service to each farm family participating in the 1943 food production program. A 34 inch certificate signed by Secretary Wickard will be presented by County USDA War Boards after the farm mobilization drive, as a simple word of appreciation to the fighting units of the food front.
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Usda War Boards
Explosion Rocks Dorchester Plant in Boston
A blast in the Dorchester district rocked the Air Reduction Sales Company plant in Boston today. Police reported the oxygen and acetylene gas manufacturing slant was wrecked but provided no word on casualties.
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Boston
Dorchester District
Births and notices at Frederick area society pages
Birth announcements for a daughter at Frederick City Hospital and several family updates. Includes marriages and anniversaries in Middletown and Emmitsburg, plus relocations, military inductions, naval training notes, and local social events with names such as J William Null and John C Franklin.
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J. William Null
Ninth Street
Ratel Ang
Frederick City Hospital
Births and club notes from Springeld and Woodsboro
Birth announced for March 18 in Springfeld with Mary Barbara Baxter of Thurmont and Luther Stottlemyer, former residents. Woodsboro Club meeting on March 6 featured Miss Jesse Hammerly and Mrs. J. C. Powell, with talks on farm labor, conservation, victory gardens, and the Atlantic Charter.
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Springfeld
Stottlemyer
Mary
Barbara Baxter
Thurmont
Woodsboro
J. C. Powell
Jesse Hammerly
B. Stoner
Gail Catshall
Claude Barrick
Glen Lenhart
Capsule Sisters Discontinued After Club Donation
A club donates five dollars to the Red Cross and contributes a sheet pillowcase wash doll and towel to Emergency Hospital. Decision made to discontinue Capsule Sisters. Capsule meeting set for March 23 at 7 30 p.m. under Mrs NL charge 4 percent.
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Red Cross
Mra. NL
1943 Victory Book Campaign ends in Frederick county
Frederick county collected 5 021 books and 336 80 in cash as the 1943 Victory Book Campaign closed with strong support from the Red Cross American Library Association USO and AWVS. George Culler led drives to the Enoch Pratt collection center with servicemen favored books and local officials praised the effort.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
George Culler
American Red Cross
American Library Association
USO
AWVS
Otho Keller
Titian Dies at 99 After Lifelong Painting Career
The renowned Italian painter Titian continued to create art up to his death at age 99, ending a storied career that spanned many decades in the Renaissance era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titian
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Joseph Seder
Main
Roy Shaffer
I@ Club
Recreation
Ither Mahoney
WU. 8
Army Air Forces
Service Group Training Center
Greenville
D. C
NEA Telephoto
Buck Private
Corporal
War Farm
Hh Oi
Frederick County National Bank
North Markst Street
Frederick
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ociety SD For
Les
Strosnider
Jen Charles, Jr
Patricia _ Witte
Mrurshambersburg
Mr. and
Elon. Dowell
Wid
Willen O. Kolb
Thetir
Third Street
Me. Kolb
Farmers and Mechanics Neo Wena Gea
Thee
Messrs
C. A. Gilson
BL. Shull
D. J. Dutrow
R. Antes Hendrickson
William M. Storin
E. Delaplaine
Kent €. Nicodemus
Hebert B. Crothers
Jannes H. Javeris
Oty
Roth
Tekawe
John C. Franklin
John N. Franklin
Emmitsburg
Ralph Martin
Westwood Avenue
Franklin
Army
George Richard Wopkins
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Seaman Hopkins
Maryland State Guard
State College
C. R. Hopkins
Patrick Street
Ear Lake
Brandon Duvall
Damascus
William F. Watkins
C. H. Watkins
New Market
Naval Training Base
Bainbridge, Md
Horate MacCoy i Lowman
Horace, Jr
Truman Lowman
Airy
Clinton E. Main
Middletown
Mrs. Main
Henry Belt
Washington
Mr. Main
Nora Virginia Wright
John Stottlemyer
New
Demsberg
Taweley Stove
Luther Gladhill
Mountainsda
Marely 6
Nicodemus Paint Store
Poconontas
Lyken's
Hillside Coal CO
Water ST
Ood
Sone
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling Tires
Frederick Sia
Sciente
Vacelite aTaring
Canhor Terma— Bakery Supplies
Colorado Ride
Wash
U. S
U, & Tested
N. H
P.L. Hargett & Co
Mi. Market St
Armed Forces
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