Germans Thank Frederick County for Clothing Aid
A letter from Pastor Helmut Hardt of Haseldorf Germany expresses gratitude for food and clothing sent through a wartime relief drive. It notes thirty Haseldorf residents’ names and recounts hardship across East Prussia, with a request for a weekly candy offering on church altars. Relief continues via Church World Relief Center in New Windsor. Deeds recorded show properties sold in Braddock district and Braddock Heights with prices around 8500 and 35000.
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Frederick County
Paul W. Kinsel
West College Terrace
Helmut Hardt
Haseldorf
Germany
Uetersen
Hard
Russia
East Prussia
Church of the Brethren
Mr Kinsel
Church World Relief Center
New Windsor
G. Elmer Brengle
Kinsel
Bir
G. Wilson Mercer
Bernard L. Offutt
Braddock District
Manuel M. Weinberg
Zachanah D Blackistone, Jr
Washington
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Vindobona
Weather figures and farm acreage change note
The report lists 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am with none, December to date none, normal December 8 inches with unspecified actuals, high yesterday 34 F, low last night 15 F, sun set 5:48 pm, sun rise 7:12 am, moon rise 9:24 pm, moon set 11:34 am, and an assessment that US farm production rose 25 percent from 1939 to 1944 while farm acreage grew only six percent.
May Open Key Stamp Sale In Frederick
Representative Beall urged the Post Office Department to open the forthcoming Francis Scott Key commemorative stamp sale at the Frederick post office. The request notes Key, the Marylander buried in Frederick County, as the stamp’s subject and cites prior bills and a 1948 program inclusion.
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Washington, Or
Beall
Post Office Department
Frederick
Radcliffe
Meade
T.kings
Jesse McDonaldson
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Double Shift Program For Crowded Montgomery Schools
Rockville December 11 Officials warned that even with 50 new classrooms by fall many buildings will run on a double shift next year. Richard E Carpenter, assistant superintendent, cited rising costs risking completion of the 1948 49 program and noted bids far above estimates on two projects.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Richard E Carpenter
Carpenter
School construction plans and bond funded projects outlined
Mr Carpumter reported that fifteen elementary and two junior high projects are part of a $3,000,000 bond issue authorized by the General Assembly. Twenty-five projects are planned to be financed, with eight started and scheduled for September 1943 completion, and nine more to be completed by February, with a completion target for the remainder by late spring 1943.
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General Assembly
Carpumter
Atomic Energy Extends Life Beyond War's Bounds
New York reports Robert M. Hutchins argues in December American Magazine that atomic bombs could end all life on Earth but atomic energy could prolong life to Methuselah levels. He envisions a future with simpler duties, abundant food, and factories running few hours weekly to produce metals, materials, foods, and housing, transforming work and space.
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New York
Robert M0 Hutchins
University of Chicago
Uhe
American
Sion
Methuselan
Atomic Energy
South Seas
Atomic fuel powered yearlong run and health cures promise
The article notes a plan to run for a year on two ounces or less of atomic fuel and quotes the optimistic forecast that most human ailments will be cured as rapidly as they are diagnosed. It cites U S gross national product rising from 97 billion dollars in 1940 to 199 billion in 1944.
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United States
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