Private Ward Dies in Action in France
Pvt Leo H Ward 28 formerly of Middletown is confirmed killed in France after being listed missing since September 20. He had served under a year, arrived overseas via New York, and fought after training at Fort Meade and Fort Blarding. Survived by wife Ruth, son Harry Lea, mother Louise Ward, brother John in the Army, and sisters Ada Ward and Nellie Williams. last letter dated September 20 mentions mail from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo H. Ward
France
Ruth Wilard Ward
Middletown
War Department
Pvt
Ward
Louise Ward
Hagerstown
Fort Blarding
Fort George G Meade
New York
Model Garage
Harry Lea
Prt
John Ward
Army
Overs
Ada Ward
Nellie Williams
York
Aepre
Maryland Dairy Herds Tested and Electric Loans Announced
Maryland's 16 Dairy Herd Improvement Associations reported 355 herds on test in September with 10 295 cows tested. Of these 8556 were milked and 1739 dry. Average milk per cow was 584 pounds and butterfat 74.2 pounds. Rural Electrification Administration allocated 58 796 for farm electrical facilities. 16 5 free State farms lacked central station service as of July 1 1944. No funds will be issued for noncompliant War Production Board rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Dairy Extension Division
University of Maryland
Rural Electrification Administration
Central Station
War Production Board
War Food Administration ends vitamin A order for poultry feed
The War Food Administration terminated its order controlling vitamin A use in mixed poultry feed, the 58th such termination. Improved supplies of fish liver and other low potency vitamin A oils allowed adequate levels, easing feed industry needs. Additional notes mention fertilizer supply shifts and banana shipping restarts, with Stilwell praised by Seac for strategic moves in the CBI theater. Comedian Joe E Brown’s daughter Mary Brown remains hospitalized after a car crash with serious injuries but shows slight improvement.
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Savage
War Food Administration
WEA
Citliren
Santa Monica
Calif
Mary Brown
Joe £. Brown
LR Leidig
World languages counted by French Academy officers
A report notes 2,796 languages spoken worldwide based on computations by officers of the French Academy. The text mentions a sister named Cathryn, age 11, suffering from shock contusions and lacerations following an accident.
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Cathryn
10 Gold Stars Presented At Brunswick
Ten gold star citations were presented to relatives of men who died in the service during the current war at Armistice Day services in Brunswick. Judge Stedman Prescott of Rockville gave the address in Memorial Park on A street despite blustery weather. A luncheon at Stedman-Keenan Post preceded the program with music by the Seventh Battalion State Guard Band and taps by Joseph B. Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Stedman Prescott
Rockville
Memorial Park
Stedman-Keenan Post
Thomas A. Withey
E. Lynch Gross
John E. Hammond
Seventh Battalion
State Guard
Joseph B. Payne
Carroll County Draft Board 2 Calls Men for Induction
Inductees include Maurice Faver Baile of New Windsor route 2 Donald Ralph Clingan Samuel Seiss Clingan Taneytown route 2 Je Roy Little Umar Bridge route 1 and Levi Alvie Doneary Libertytown colored. Note mentions electric household clocks not yet 30 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Maurice Faver Baile
New Windsor
Donald Ralph Clingan
Taneytown
Samuel Seiss Clingan
Roy Little Umar Bridge
Levi Alvie Doneary
Libertytown
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Pvt. Ward
Farm News
University of Maryland Extension Service
Stilwell
Calcutta
India
May
UPI
Seac
Joseph Stilwell
Washington
China-Burma-India
Lord Lous Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Burma
Ledo
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Navy
NEA
Marshall Islands
Atlantic Seaboard
Baltimore
Frederick County Products, Inc
Blue Ridge Brand Meats
THE
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Saber Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Judge Prescott
Maryland Department
John W. Jennings
Prescott
Hetty Foese
Dwoartre
John Lochen
Roy Pyle
Aberdeen
Fairchild Aircraft
Elsie May Jefferson
H.C. Jefferson
Rainclife Farm
Sykesville
Nascor
Women’s Reserve
U.S. Coast Guard
Jeffersons
Nature Dire
Wells Tire Shop
Patrick St
Sinclair Station
U. S
MR. Heaver
Hearing Center
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore Life
Charles and Saratoga Sts
Baltimore 1
Apaut Yan
Beavers
Plymouth
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Electra
Mir
Bowes
CAS Setwick
Nicodemus Paint Store
M. Court
Norwich
Teasariel Ne Its
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Myalsimore
George B. Kehne
Markell & Ford
South Carroll ST
Washington Market
McCormick-Deering
Damascus
Montgomery County
D. C
NEDS
Zeiler — Real
North Court Street
Frederick, Md
Remsberg
Delamer Pearls
Heemsberg
KEY Hotel
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