Bankers Aid War Bond Drive At Maryland Winter Meeting
More than 296 bankers and bank directors attended a winter meeting of Group 2 of the Maryland Bankers Association at the Francis Scott Key Hotel to launch the Victory Fund Campaign for war bonds. Frederick and surrounding counties were noted, with speakers stressing continued production and vigilance for liberty and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Bookers’ Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Victory Fund
Givuy
Frederick
Carroll
Howerd
Montgomery
Washington
Maryland
Rodney Crowther
Baltimore
Sus
Seven Seas
Baker
Redwood
Legg
John H. Cunningham
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Westminster
Robert L. Smith
Answers To War Quiz Answers To War Quiz 3 Om Page Five
Answers to a wartime quiz appear on page five of the edition, listing items from a quiz titled War Quiz 3. The notice suggests the content reflects reader submissions or contest material and references the second division.
Walter F. Sier Overseas Passenger in Ijamsville News
Walter F. Sier of Ijamsville is reported to be somewhere overseas. The notice notes his status and location as part of a community update from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic Sier
Mr and Mre
Walter F. Sier
Ijamsville
Frederick County Board of Education Sets 12 Day Christmas Holiday
The Frederick County Board of Education approved a twelve day Christmas holiday from December 23 to January 4 as part of the 1943 budget discussion. Budget figures were not disclosed until presented to county commissioners. The board also addressed staffing shortages due to war, substitute materials, and transportation curtailment with decisions postponed to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederek County Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Eugene W. Pruitt
Board of Education
St Il
Pruitt
Eugene Spencer Ware
Frederick
Food shortages flare as civilians rush for holiday supplies
Washington reports temporary shortages in mats poultry and dairy as civilians with strong purchasing power stock up for Thanksgiving. Gov programs demand boosts strain on distribution with labor and transport gaps. War Production Board limits butter. milk and eggs also tighten. Civilian government jobs rise by 122,627 in August to 2,450,759.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
War Production Board
Atinaia
Civilian Service Commission
War Department
Navy Department
Roosevelt says war production program to be run by current admin
President Roosevelt announced that the war production program will be coordinated by the current administrators with no plan for a central authority over production, allocation, or scheduling. He cited aircraft design changes, emphasized higher workmanship spending in 1943, and noted only a few kinks in the process while warning officials to reach agreement or be brought into a room to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Conald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Army and Navy
Wether
Brother Missing In Guadalcanal Area
Mrs Jules Bernstein of 405 Magnolia avenue was informed by the Navy Department that her brother Lieut Eugene M Lerman of Philadelphia is missing in the Guadalcanal area. He served with a Navy fighter squadron on the U S S Wasp in the Solomons and had landed on Guadalcanal after the carrier was torpedoed. He had been stationed at Henderson Field and the navy had recently told Mrs Bernstein of his safe landing. Mr and Mrs Bernstein left for Philadelphia to tell Lieut Lermans mother. Mr Bernstein runs the Clair Frock Company plant at Thurmont.
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Jules Bernstein
Magnolia Avenue
Navy Department
Eugene M. Lerman
Philadelphia
Guadalcanal
Lieut. Lerman
Navy
Solomons Island
Henderson Field
Tainted Meat Seizure Highlights City Cleanup Campaign
Baltimore health inspector and City Health Officer Dr Kefauver lead deputies in seizing tainted meat from a store as part of a city sanitation drive. Cooperation from the merchant followed threats of condemnation of contaminated vegetables if not disposed of. Authorities plan further checks in fruit and vegetable departments Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
E C Kefauver
Arthur C. Poulsén
Kefauver
Meat Department
Health Department
Poulsen
Campaiga
75th Liberty Ship Is Launched Today
Baltimore reports the 75th Liberty Ship to be launched at Bethlehem-Fairfield will be named the S. S Daniel Willard for the late Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president. Mary Beale Willard, 14, granddaughter of Daniel Willard, will sponsor the vessel with other Willard family members and railroad officials in attendance.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem-Fairfield
S. S
Daniel Vaillard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mary Beale Willard
Daniel Willard, Jr
Daniel Willard
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore and Ohio
Liberty
Harold N. Willard
Devoe H. Willard
Boston
Royal Gill Given Three Months Term
Baltimore reports Judge J Abner Sayler sentenced Royal W. Gill to three months in prison and a $500 fine after Gill accepted conviction for manslaughter in a fire and explosion at his home. The case centered on two blasts that injured 12 firemen and killed Eugene C. Kernan. Kernan’s widow and child sue Gill for $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. Abner Sayler
Royal W. Gill
Gill
Sayler
Eugene C. Kernan
Kernan
Abandon Autos To Try Other Transportation
Peoria on November 24 saw workers ride packed trolleys, buses, cars, bicycles, and horses as half the city's autos stayed home. The Office of Price Administration staged the test to simulate a 50 percent auto shortage and study effects. Even with odd and even plate schemes, crowding remained on transit while some drivers shared cars. Caterpillar Plant reported no rise in tardiness or absences. parking spaces were scarce and traffic showed mixed results. Separately, a Senate committee urged renegotiation of a South Portland Shipbuilding contract but defended delays from incomplete facilities and nurse a shortage of supervisors and skilled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Til
Office of Price Administration
Paul Baugh
OPA
E. A. Blank
Billy
C. Arthur Locker
E. M. Woodruff
Washington
Senate
Maritime Commission
South Portland
Police Warn Gambling Venues Over Local Doings
Chief Arthur C. Poulsen warned two retail outlets to stop gambling activity after multiple complaints from residents. He said most tips came from wives whose spouses had lost money and that surveillance will continue. The establishments promised to discontinue, but authorities will act to close any repeat offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Poulsen
Poulsen
Coopers
Caid
Beyevds
Sues for Damages After Auto Crash Near Hyattstown
Mrs. Pearl Murray of this city filed a $10,000 damages suit in Circuit Court claiming grievous and permanent injuries from an October 18 automobile collision near Hyattstown. She alleges a Daylight Grocery Co. Inc. tractor and trailer, improperly parked with no warning signals, caused her sedan driven by John W. Lawson of Rockville to crash. Murray lists hospital expenses as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyattstown
Pearl Murray
Daylight ‘Grocery Co. Inc
Allen McCormick
Jacksonville
Fla
Edwin F. Nikirk
John W. Lawson
Rockville
Grocery Company
McCormick
Murray
Skinner Named chief of Agricultural Chemistry Bureau
Washington November 24 The Agriculture Department announced the appointment of Dr William Skinner as chief of its Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr Henry G Knight Jest in July Dr Skinner a Baltimore native has been with the bureau for 38 years He has chaired the Maryland State Board of Agriculture and the University of Maryland Board of Regents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Washington
Agriculture Department
Willam W. Skinner
Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
Henry G. Knight
Baltimore
Bureau
Maryland State Board of Agriculture
Board of Regents
University of Maryland
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Holmes D. Baker
Citizens National Bank
John C. Legg, Jr
John Redwood
Victory Fund Committee
Salem
Crowther
Canniot
Florida East Coast Railroad
Office of Defense Transportation
Florida
Mogador
Pic, Ronald F. Sier
Department of Commerce
The
Yanks
America
Eagles
Japan
U. S
Air Force
Paul O. Bankard, Jr
Pvt. Bankard
Army Air Force
Texas
Thurmont
WPB
Zari H. Hewith
Thurmont Magistrates
William J. Stoner
Hewitt
Ireland
Irvin T. Miller
Pvt. Miler
Emmitsburg
U. S. Army
Russia
Royal Gill
Delphey
C. C. Carty, Inc
B. Patrick St
Carty
Allen
Frederick K
South Market
Chadel
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
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