Boards Plan To Discuss Roads In Post-War Era
Western Shore county, municipal and school officials met in an all day session to promote post war construction plans. Frederick County Commissioners seek joint action to use part of road funds for farm to market highways under local specs. The act would provide 4,692,000 yearly for three years to Maryland for road improvements and fund matching.
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Western Shore County
Western Shore County Commissioners Association
Il. Alvon Pasarew
Maryland Commission On
Keller Shank
Frederick
Maryland
Record Set For Fifth War Loan Drives World Record
Washington reports Fifth War Loan sales reached 20.63 billion dollars, surpassing the $16 billion goal. Morgenthau said the drive set a world record for war financing, with corporate and individual quotas also exceeded by large margins. The drive ran from June 12 to July, with July sales added to the totals.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
War Not Over And Americans Too Optimistic Says Writer
AP war correspondent J Norman Lodge warns Americans are overly optimistic about the conflict. He argues logistics determine victory, notes the need for home front backing through blood plasma and war bonds, and criticizes complacent leaders as the war drags on in Europe and the Pacific. Lodge, in town for meetings, has served on 100 fronts across three wars and urges sustained sacrifice.
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Associated Press
J. Norman Lodge
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Pacific
U. S
Home Front
Lodge
Hagerstown
Morning Herald
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Lions Club
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Bougainville
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Peterson's Ointment Relieves Piles Quickly
Piles sufferes find fast relief with a cooling soothing astringent formula in Peterson's Ointment. A reviewer notes the itching and smarting ease and a good night’s sleep after use. 35¢ per box or 60¢ in tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
Spraying Program Urged By County Agent
County Agent Mark Miller urged immediate spraying to combat a second brood of imported cabbage worms threatening Washington county crops. He noted large numbers across the county and advised dusting with rotenone or cryolite or arsenate mixes, with cautions about arsenicals on near-market crops like Brussels sprouts and broccoli. If worms are present late, use rotenone alone.
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Mark Miller
Mr. Miller
Washington County
Miller
Hancock High Principal Wins 3000 Cigarettes on Quiz Show
Douglas M. Bivens, Hancock High School principal, won 3,000 cigarettes for his soldiers on Bob Hawk's Thanks to the Yanks on CBS. He is at summer school at Columbia University and explained on air why a bell rung in a vacuum makes no sound. Each winner may send cigarettes to a favored service member. Bivens faced a tough question on the program.
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Douglas M. Bivens
Hancock High School
Bob Hawk
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bivens
Columbia University
Mr. Bivens
Burmese Ancestry Traced to Mongolian Migrations
The Burmese are descended from Mongolian tribes that moved south from western China and Tibet. The account highlights migration routes and ancient population mixing shaping modern Burma.
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China
Tibet
Dog Killed After Rabid Dog Attack at City Park
A dog suspected of rabies killed another dog at City Park during a Sunday school picnic. The park superintendent John F. Heck announced the danger over the loudspeakers as children were warned. The dog was dispatched by a park policeman. SPCA to analyze the head at College Park.
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City Park
John F. Heck
Heck
Pennsylvania
SPCA
College Park
Local Guardsmen Home From Camp
Local companies of the Maryland State Guard, led by Lieut. Colonel William P. Lane, returned to Washington yesterday after ten days of intensive training at Fort George G. Meade. They marched to the Armory, were discharged there, and reported few sicknesses despite the heat. Governor Herbert R. O’Conor reviewed the brigade on Governor’s Day during the exercise.
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Maryland State Guard
Fort George G. Meade
William P. Lane
Eighth Battalion
Washington Street
Herbert R. O’conor
Parts Furnished For Trucks and Buses
The maintenance advisory committee of the Flagerstown district Office of Defense Transportation helps truck and bus operators obtain needed parts with minimal repair delays. Edward R. Gisburne notes most requests are filled locally in the Hagerstown district, from Maryland to Pennsylvania. If parts aren’t found locally, requests go to the ODT regional office in Philadelphia for assistance.
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Flagerstown
Defense Transportation
Edward R. Gisburne
Hagerstown
Gisburne
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Winchester
Leitersburg
ODT
Gishburne
Slight Decrease in State Auto Income in 1944
Maryland motor vehicle income for the 1944 fiscal year totaled 12 64 679.35 dollars, reported by Chief Auditor William A. Codd of the State Roads Commission. The decline from 1943's 13 059 522.57 was not as great as expected, Codd noted, with the highest figure recorded in 1941 at 16 999 080.56 dollars.
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Baltimore
Maryland
William A. Codd
State Roads Commission
Codd
Ten Teaching Posts Open in Washington County
Washington county plans ten teaching positions with openings in physical education for girls English Latin History and French. Superintendent Benjamin C Willis announced after a Board of Education meeting at Dr W H Shealey's Sharpsburg home. A general meeting of county teachers is set for the morning after Labor Day ahead of the Sept 5 opening. The board will study whether Club Building in Northern Heights can become an elementary school. Woodland Way Junior High expects higher enrollments this year and the board found the proposed new site inadequate for school use. The summer maintenance program runs on schedule with exterior painting largely complete.
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Washington County
Benjamin C. Willis
Board of Education
W. H. Shealey
Sharpsburg
Willis
Northern Heights
Woodland Way
Schools Wrapped in Four Year Painting Plan
Exterior painting has been completed at Pinesburg Cearfoss Huyetts Reid Paramount Chewsville Leitersburg and Antietam street schools. South Potomac Junior High is in progress and Boonsboro will be painted later under the long range program all schools will be painted within four years.
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Pinesburg
Cearfoss
Huyetts
Reid
Paramount
Chewsville
Leitersburg
Antietam Street
South Potomac
Boonsboro
Money can’t buy aspirin at twice the price
A wartime era advertisement proclaims faster acting and more dependable than genuine pure St. Joseph Aspirin. It markets a big 100 tablet size for 35 cents, claiming value and reliability for everyday pain relief.
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St. Joseph
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