Resignation of Reese Taylor Spreads Across War Board Plan
The News reports on the back of a resignation at the War Production Board amid a controversial plan for allocating steel ingots and metals. David Lawrence notes Nelson’s involvement and the Army Navy support, with internal objections and delays slowing implementation.
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News-Post
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Associated Press
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Nelson
Prome Ee
Maritime Commission
Steel
David Lawrence
Note on Experiences Defeat Leads to Taylor Resignation
The note discusses the resignation of Mr Taylor as president of the Union Oil Company of California after perceived obstacles to production amid war. It compares the Taylor plan to Baruch’s War Industries Board approach and notes Mr Nelson’s role, labor representation concerns, and the aim to prioritize military needs over civilian wants to win the war.
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Union Oil Company of California
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Jubich
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
Nelson
Te Liang
War Production Board
Yovete
Army
Harvest Nearing End On American Farms In War Time
The harvest nears completion as stores brim with crops and farms face a labor shortage from high war industry wages. Food production remains strong with wheat piles in Kansas and increased canning of fruits and vegetables. Plans foreseen call for expanding plantings and seed for next spring, while labor concerns loom yet farmers persevere in the war effort.
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Washington
Kansas
England
Russia
United States
Department of Agrculture
State Departments of Agriculture
Sijit
Convention Habits Solidify in Postwar America
The International Association of Convention Bureaus cites a 30 percent drop in cancellations since wartime disruptions, with social organizations hardest hit. Industrial and professional meetings remain active, while New York City attracts conventions due to overcrowding elsewhere, hosting 533 bookings year to date, up sixteen from last year.
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America
International Association of Convention Bureaus
New York City
Atlantic City
Gotham
Germs Threat to Health and How to Fight Them
A persuasive piece urges readers to build healthy bodies minds and souls to resist widespread germs. It claims germs fill the air and countless places but strong health can prevent illness and reduce their impact at the fighting line.
Daily Vocabulary Note Solicitousness and Spelling Tips
A lesson on commonly misused words and pronunciations. It highlights feminine traits vs feminine tracts, novice pronunciation, gourd versus gored, and a list of border synonyms. It defines solicitude as anxious concern and gives an example of constant solicitude for a son's welfare.
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Bank
Brink
Border
Rim
Edge
Margin
Fifty Years Ago Local Femels From The Columns Of The News
A 1892 clipping notes Kefauver Castle Shoemaker and De lauder tearing down a wall near Middletown uncovering and killing ninety nine snakes. The item also mentions fashion news about delicate enamel studs and notes social updates including Thomas Haller returning from Atlantic City and Aaron Davis gifting grapes from Park Ridge at Frederick.
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Samuel M Kefauver
Emory Castle
Sylvestre Shoemaker
Walter Delauder
Mr. Kefanver
Middletown
Thomas Haller
Atlantic City
Houck
Grove
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Harmony
Lancaster
Franklin and Marshall College
Aaron Davis
Park Ridge
Frederick
Frederick Labor Day Observances and School Opening 1922
Twenty years ago local EMS from The Celamea of The News reports Frederick on Labor Day with many shops closing briefly. E Austin James visits Washington DC. Rudolph Crouse fishes at Monocacy near Buckeystown catching a six pound channel catfish along with three bass and two mullets. City and county public schools prepare to open for the 1922 23 scholastic year tomorrow morning.
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Frederick
E. Austin James
Washington, D. C
Rudolph Crouse
Monocacy River
Buckeystown
Today In History and Anniversaries
Compiled list of historical birthdays and notable events with dates and places including Edward Bales Marcus Whitiman Thomas Goodspeed Daniel Burnham and Geronimo as well as early New York City electric lighting milestones and naval actions. Births span Virginia New Jersey Connecticut and New York figures from 1793 to 1941 with locations Milford Lake and Glenwood among others.
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Edward Bales
St. Louis
Lincoln
Virginia
Marcus Whitiman
Oregon
Ida
Washington
Russville
N.Y
Charles Follen
Harvard
New York
Thomas W. Goodspeed
University of Chicago
Grens Falls
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
Henderson
N. X
David du Bose
New York City
Edison
Geronimo
Mivs A
Camp Baw
Greer
Iceland
Lake of Milford
Conn
Pleagansville
N. J
Edwin A. Halsey
LS. Senate
Nelson Co.Va
Rollin Kirby
Westport
Galva, TL
Beatrice Stevens
Tom K. Smith
Glenwood
War Outlook Mixed as Axis Presses Stalingrad and Pacific Fronts
The report surveys Axis gains near Stalingrad and a lull in China and the Pacific amid Japan’s regrouping. It notes strong Russian outposts on hills near the Volga Don watershed and a cautious view of Goebbels’ Vichy briefings. Naval progress is described as improving for the Allies with higher U-boat sinkings and safer troop convoys through Irish Sea bottlenecks.
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China
Pacific
Russia
United Nation
Stalingrad
Vichy
Goebbels
Volga
Don
Staline Krad
MacArthur
London
Atlantic
Lord Alexander
Admiralty
Irish Sea
Northern
Ireland
Alexander
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass D D Covetousness and spiritual alignment
The article argues Jesus rejected class bias and warns covetousness destabilizes the soul. It contrasts the frugal, diligent farmer with the greedy hoarder, citing the parable of the rich fool and the warning that life does not consist in abundance. It notes Greek meaning of covetousness as the desire for more and cites divine judgment on material excess. It appears from a Babson Newspaper Syndicate page.
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Bible Thought on Overcoming and Divine Power
A devotional note cites Revelation 2 26 about overcoming and keeping works to gain power over nations. It urges wisdom through contentment with understood and unknown mysteries and highlights right faith in God in a religious reflection.
Horoscope Style Prediction Highlights Inventive Spirit
A dated horoscope notes a generous disposition and high intelligence with aptitude for any task. It suggests the subject, a seeker after true value, could emerge as a great inventor today.
U S Propaganda Efforts Through Matches and Morale Tricks
Edson surveys Overseas Publications Bureau efforts to win hearts and minds abroad. Propaganda ranges from matchbook gags mocking Axis leaders to child friendly stories, radio broadcasts, and outpost offices from Turkey to London to interpret American war aims.
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Peter Edeon
Washington
Java
Burma
Japan
U. S
Tojo
Laval
France
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Henry Wallace
United Nations
Axis
Hitler
America
Overseas Publications Bureau
Office of War Information
Turkey
London
Brazzaville
Delaware
Michigan
Seaboard
Grace Moore to Lead New Operetta Company
Grace Moore plans a six month per season operetta company with Russell Lewis and associates. First production will be La Belle Helene in January with Wilbur Evans co starring. The piece aims to be a lasting venture not a short term stopgap.
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New York
Grace Moore
South America
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Moore
America
Russell Lewis
Wilbur Evans
Carnegie Hall
Airplane Observation Points Designated in Carroll County
Westminster Sept 3 after a survey by Sergeant H J Murphy of the First Figstar Command at Mitchall Field New York and J Albert Mitten sub district director of Carroll County for the AWS designated the following as airplane observation points in the county Westminster Taneytown Keymar Silver Run Taylorsville Snydersburg New Windsor Lineboro Eldersburg and Gamber.
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Westminster
Carroll County
H. J. Murphy
Figstar
Mitchall Field
New York
J. Albert Mitten
A. W.S
Taneytown
Keymar
Silver Run
Taylorsville
Snydersburg
New Windsor
Lineboro
Eldersburg
Gamber
Midway Battle Film to be Released by Navy
Navy to release a stirring motion picture of the Battle of Midway Island filmed during the battle by Commander John Ford USNR. The film will be released within 16 days per the War Activities Committee announcement.
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New York
Midway Island
John Ford
USNR
Navy
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Miss Thomas Engaged to Lt Charles Coperg Smith
Miss Anne Chantler Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Franklin Charles Thomas of Long View Farm Martinsburg West Virginia announces her engagement to Lieutenant Charles Coperg Smith Medical Corps United States Army son of Dr and Mrs William Atmar Smits of Charleston South Carolina. The wedding is planned for early autumn.
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Miss Thomas
St. Smith
Franklin Charles Thomas
Long View Farm
Martinsburg
W. Va
Anne Chantler
Charles Coperg Smith
Medical Corps
United States Army
Sweetbriar College
Hood College
Baltimore
Smith
William Atmar Smits
Charleston
5. C
Mercersburg Academy
College of Charleston
Medical College of South Carolina
Union Memorial Hospital
Fort Meade
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Richard Best
Rock Lodge
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
Best
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Alice M. Etebison
Charlottesville
Richard Etchison
University of Virginia
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Stuyvesant School
Warrenton
Robert B. Crothers
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