Service Program Is Mapped Here At Camp and Hospital Service
At the Washington County Chapter Red Cross advisory meeting at Hotel Alexander plans were made for a Camp and Hospital Service. The committee includes J. G. Bondurant F. D. Spoffaré George W. Updegraff J. M. Garrison Rev. Paul M. Robinson Lardig Coffman Max Greenwald William Ecton Elmer N. Funkhouser and several ladies. The group will work with an executive committee to furnish a touch of home for soldiers at a nearby Army camp. Donations from Jewish Ladies Auxiliary Hagerstown Lodge Bnai Brith 143 American Legion Auxiliary and others fund rooms and a recreation area. Calls for floor lamp draperies furniture or magazine subscriptions continue. Call Mrs. Edwin Darner at 3212. The Andes reach their highest altitudes in Peru.
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Hotel Alexander
J. G. Bondurant
F. D. Spoffaré
George W. Updegraff
J. M. Garrison
Rey. Paul M. Robinson
Lardig Coffman
Max Greenwald
Wiliam Ecton
Elmer N. Funkhouser
John R. Vance
Nat Raskin
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Hagerstown Lodge
B'nai Brith
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington County Fire Company
Pangborn Corp
Warren Miller
Robert McCauley
George Updecraff
Elsa Moore
Miriam Winter
Christ Reformed Church
Women's Defense Organization of
Waskinston County
L. S. Spangler
Edwin Darner
Spotlight Duty Defines Local Legion Post Watch
Spotter Post of the American Legion keeps a near nonstop watch after Pearl Harbor with nearly ten thousand hours logged on active duty. Chief observer Raymond Miller leads a team including Leroy Castle and Mrs. Charles Harsh, while Adam Harsh has logged the most spotting hours. Observers describe the role as mostly waiting and watching with only rare moments of action, often distinguishing planes from birds on patrol duty. Williamsport ground observers include many long serving members and several husband wife shifts, with forty to fifty personnel serving continuously for over a year.
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Pearl Harbor
Raymond Miller
Washington County
Post
Leroy Castle
Charles Harsh
Adam Harsh
Royal
Potomac Edison
Williamsport
General's Son To Be Ship's Master
Captain Jonathan M. Wainwright Jr., son of Lieut. Gen. Wainwright, named master of the Liberty Ship Bushrod Washington to be launched next week at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore. The vessel will be launched Monday or Tuesday, with Mrs. Wainwright expected to sponsor. The ship honors Supreme Court Justice Busarod Washington, nephew of George Washington. Albumen from human blood has been used to treat shock.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright, Jr
Jonathan M. Wainwright
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Corregidor
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Wainwright
Busarod Washington
United States Supreme Court
George Washington
Washington
William Auc. Mary College
Virginia House of Delegates
Elevator counter shows 1242 trips on first day
City signal superintendent Ralph Coombs installed an electric counter on the main City Hall elevator. Assuming daily operation all year, total trips would reach 452,963. Only one elevator has worked recently due to a mechanical failure in the other.
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City Hall
Ralph Coombs
Allied air raids hit Ruhr and French coast targets
British raid on the Ruhr area caused heavy damage in Duisburg though targets were not announced. Four Focke-Wulfs were shot down in Cap Gris Nez patrols near the French coast as Spitfires and Typhoons repelled German aircraft. RAF crews reported multiple enemy losses and several trains were machine gunned in northern France.
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Ration Board Has Its Headaches
The ration office faces constant pressure from applicants seeking jobs and draft board letters, as rumors about rationed items spread daily. Staff deal with unsigned letters, misaddressed mail, and refusals to grant travel or funeral permissions, all while guiding farmers to the Wart Board and denying gas for soldiers on furlough.
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Food Dealers Warned by State OPA Over Price Violations
The State Office of Price Administration warned that license suspension and criminal cases would be brought against food dealers who violate price ceilings. Baltimore investigators found 26 violations in about 600 stores in four days, mainly for overcharging or failing to post prices, with similar results in Hagerstown and Frederick. Officials urged housewives to report suspected violations and keep receipts to prove price infractions.
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Frederick
Render-Oppenheimer
Defied Draft Laws Defied Draft Laws Prison Term
In Baltimore on April 10 Harry Patton, 28, and Harold D. Keane, 32, pleaded guilty to Selective Service Act violations in federal court. Judge William C. Coleman sentenced them to two and a half years. Patton, a Quaker, refused medical examination for a conscientious objector camp. Keane had been denied conscientious objector status and resisted induction.
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Harry Patton
Harold D. Keane
William C. Coleman
Patton
Keane
Patt Whiteman salutes veteran as new director of music
Radio program in New York April 10 features Patt Whiteman hosting an hour and a half with invited guests including Ferde Grofe Jimmy Dorsey Mildred Batley Morten Dow NX Tommy Dorsey Henry Busse Matty Malneck and others. Downey will sing via trick hookup from Washington.
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Dinah Shore
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Rudy Wales
Downey
Washington
After Midnight Is Blackie's Latest Film Hit
Boston Blackie returns to Henry's Theatre for After Midnight With Boston Blackie produced by Columbia. Chester Morris stars as Blackie with George E. Stone as the Runt and supporting roles by Richard Lave Walter Sande and Lloyd Corrigan. Academy Theatre brings back Conquer by the Clock for a short, per Victor Products Corporation announcement.
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Chester Morris
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Blackie
George E. Stone
Richard Lave
Inspector Farradayr
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Sergeant Mathews
Lloyd Corrigan
Arthur Manleder
Academy Theatre
Victor Products Corporation
Absenteeism Focused Educational Feature Promoted
A notice urges issuing tickets for all absentees so they may profit from the educational feature. The article emphasizes the seriousness of absenteeism and the need to engage students with the program.
Freeze Spending Power Plan Describes Tax and Savings Scheme
The proposed plan would curb voluntary savings and alter tax policy by imposing compulsory savings or lending. It outlines rate schedules with exemptions for a married person with dependents and specifies percentages for the next income brackets. It allows adjustments for higher incomes and offsets for fixed commitments and essential expenses.
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Treasury
Hancock Justice Fite Appointed Trial Magistrate
Governor O Conor names H S Fite to replace J A Gohl as Hancock trial magistrate in Annapolis announced yesterday. Fite previously served as magistrate under Governor Ritchie. Cahill’s term ends next month.
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HS Ross Fite
J. Andrew Gohl
Hancock
Annapolis
Fite
Ritchie
Cahill
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