McNutt Warns of National Service If Labor Dims War Output
Baltimore September 29 Paul V. McNutt chairman of the War Manpower Commission warned that the nation may enact a national service act to allocate men like materials if production demands overwhelm labor. He urged training within industry and top skill use, criticized absenteeism, and praised Baltimore’s handling of wartime workers including housing and job placement. He urged continued use of the US Employment Service to prevent misallocation and noted hiring missteps by Henry Kaiser in New York. Public sale near Leesburg draws 500+ attendees. farm equipment and household goods sell strong with a piano, Frigidaire, tractor, dairy cattle, and other items changing hands. Auctioneers Emmett R Bowlus and clerk R. L. Kelly.
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Baltimore
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Baltimore Association of Commerce
United States Employment Service
Henry Kaiser
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Kaiser
Leesburg
R. C. Body
McCormick-Deering
Emmett R Bowlus
R. L. Kelly
Two-Layer Lake Formed by Artesian and Snow Runoff
Pine View Lake near Ogden Utah consists of two distinct water layers. The bottom layer comes from artesian wells at the lake bottom while the upper layer originates from melting mountain snow. The layers do not mix readily.
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Pine View Lake
Ogden
Utah
Canadian ban bars Dreiser from Toronto speaking engagement
Anecdote cited by a Toronto reporter led to a ban on American novelist Dreiser by Justice Minister Louis St Laurent. The 71 year old was prohibited from delivering speeches or appearing publicly in Canada, preventing a planned Toronto speaking engagement.
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Aneodore Dreiser
Canada
Toronto
England
Louis St. Laurent
Dreiser
Col Dewey Named Deputy For Rubber Director Post
Col Dewey a rubber consultant to the Army Quartermaster Corps and holder of the Distinguished Service Medal was named deputy director of rubber. He leads the Dewey and Alamy Chemical Company which operates a synthetic rubber plant started last month after December funding with funds from the firm. Dewey has conducted intensive research in Buna based synthetic rubber.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Lak Prunner Bradlaw Maui Af
Dewey
Buna
Tresses Saved For 19 Years Help U S
Nineteen years ago Miss Ethel Boyer and her mother and sister cut their hair to donate to aviation needs. They received 22.50 from Bendix Aviation Corporation for the long tresses and split the money between Red Cross and U.S. war relief.
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U. S
Keyser
W. Va
Ethel Boyer
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Baltimore
Red Cross
Companies To Share Terminal Facilities On Atlantic Seaboard
Washington report states Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes ordered immediate sharing of petroleum supplies and terminal facilities along the Atlantic seaboard to boost deliveries. Companies will draw gasoline kerosene heating oil and industrial oil from common tanks while marketing under their own brands. Wartime specs will be set for each product, with gasoline grades not to change appreciably.
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Washington
Harold L. Jekes
Atlantc Seaboard
Ickes
Trassycn
Tammum
OPC
Deserter Receives Life Term For Rape Slaying
Sparta Wisconsin September 29 Robert T Bailey a 20 year old Army deserter was given life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murder in the rape slayings of two Kenosha social workers Miss Neil J Pretrangeli and Miss Dorothy Bain on September 7. District Attorney Leo J Goodman said a second murder charge would be held in abeyance for possible future use.
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Sparta
Wis
Robert T. Bailey
Wisconsin
Robert S. Cowie
la Crosse
Neil J. Pretrangeli
Dorothy Bain
Kenosha
Industrial Disputes Certified by WLB Across Two Facilities
Washington September 29 Secretary of Labor Perkins certified disputes at the Delance Corporation of America Cumberland plant Maryland and Bethlehem Steel Baltimore shipyards Key Highway over wage changes and job classifications The Celanese dispute affecting 10000 workers with the Textile Workers Union CIO and the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers CIO involves wages The Bethlehem yard upgrading rate changes and classifications involve 7500 employees says the Laher Department
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Washington
Delanse Corporation of America
Cumberland
Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Key Highway
War Labor Board
Perkins
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine, and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Bethlehem Shipyard
Laher
Ox Fibre Bowling League Opens Season in 1942
Ten teams fromOx Fibre Brush Co begin the Health Center Allers league with Thursday and Friday matches at 7 pm. Final season play runs to April 16. Officers are Robert Harrington president Richard Bowlus secretary John Gardner treasurer and Merri Morgan league statistician. This week’s schedule lists Wire Twisters versus Just Rites Millers versus Alligators Orientals versus Pressmen Sweepers versus Bit Chiefs Shapers versus Favorites. Teams compete in groups of three on Thursday and two on Friday evenings.
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Ox Fibre Brush Co
Health Center Allers
Ox Fibre Bowling League
Robert Harrington
Richard Bowlus
John Gardner
Merr! Morgan
Tatistician
Millers
Orientals
Will
Absolute Price Lid 23 Cents For Choice Beef
The Office of Price Administration set an absolute price ceiling of 23 cents a pound on wholesale choice beef, effective October 1, to curb inflated ceilings. Previous tallies showed a small group of sellers maintaining higher prices, allowing bid inflation for cattle supplies. Ceiling grades for steers, heifers, and cows are listed, with specific cents per pound for AA through C grades and for cutter and canner categories.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OFA
Potomac Synod To Meet In Baltimore
The Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church will meet at St John's Church in Baltimore on October 8 from 9:30 am to 5 pm. The 24,513 communicants across 107 congregations in MD VA WV and DC will hear Rev Titus Lehman, Rev Dr William Kosman, Rev Arthur Newel, and Rev Dr James Wagner discuss Christ and the Cross, Christian education, schools and colleges, and kingdom service. Dr Elmer H Zange is slated to deliver the missionary address.
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Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Scott R. Wagner
Hagerstown
St. John's Church
West Lombard and
Catherine Streets
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Titus Lehmen
William F. Kosman
Allentown
Wil
Arthur W. Newel
Richmond
Committee On
Christian Education
James E. Wagner
Assembly
N. L. Horn
Synod
John G. Grimmer
Committee of the Kingdom Service
Children may face four to five hours farm work daily
New York September 29 Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey director of Selective Service warns at a manpower and war labor conference that civilian families may need children to work four or five hours daily on farms or in useful tasks. He says wartime education could be reduced to fit labor needs and that the nation has not yet gone to war in full.
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New York
Jti
Hoe Ia
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
County deputies named in Montgomery County
Rockville reports Sheriff H. Leslie Carlin appoints Leonard Daymude as special deputy sheriff for Montgomery County and George W. Quinn as a county deputy game warden, effective immediately.
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Rockville
H. Leslie Carlin
Leonard Daymude
Montgomery County
George W. Quinn
Amendments to Maryland Constitution Proposed in 1942
A lengthy OCR excerpt details proposed Maryland constitutional amendments and related acts. It includes proposals to amend Article 14 regarding amendment publication, Article 11 on voting, and Section 21 of Article 4 on judicial structure, plus provisions for public notice, publication, and voter approval in the November 1942 general election. It lists governing procedures, publication requirements, and the roles of the Governor and General Assembly.
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Maryland
State of Mary
Iain
Steven
Chita
General Assembly of
State of
Marsland
Toro
Maltimore Coney
Tee Dear
Harford County
Creal
General Assembly
Caro
Peelk
Ciwen Annee
Albat
Bosenet
Aing Culyn
Aecona
Ata
Maryland constitutional amendments on highways and juvenile courts
Fragmented 1940s Maryland act text outlines proposed amendments to Article XIV of the Maryland Constitution, authorizing state highway acquisitions with compensation, and proposing constitutional changes on public officers, religious establishment limits, and creating juvenile courts in urban areas. The long wording covers election procedures, timing, and the roles of the legislature, governor, and voters.
Maryland to vote on Juvenile Courts Amendment in 1942 election
Proclamation ordered by Governor Neatert Re Oconor details a proposal to amend the Maryland Constitution to establish Juvenile Courts with jurisdiction, duties, and compensation rules. The amendment will be submitted to qualified voters at the November 3, 1942 general election, with ballots printed to read "Juvenile Courts Amendment" and "against Juvenile Courts Amendment."
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Frederick County
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Xueh
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Riven
Ely
Gleetton
Fy Resson
Kuch & Conditiog
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St Mary's Cann
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Amiel de Jade
Apeethedd Stud
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Peirce Courge
Prines George's
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Wall
Raven Eich
Sue
Thin
Kal
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Marsigaol
Baltamare
God
General Assembly
Omicc
State of Maryland
Anc
Oconor
Maret
Dierman
Annapolis
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Wuueey Coeerly
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