Wartime Shipping Schedule by Cement Plant
Paul Leichel, superintendent of North American Cement Company at Security, outlined a wartime plan to ship 1500 tons of commercial stone daily. He spoke before the Rotary Club of Greens castle, tracing cement history from Roman times to early Fort Frederick and Cumberland plants, noting Portland cement now in general use.
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North American Cement Company
Security
Paul Leichel
Leichel
Holland
Rotary Club
Greencastle
Fort Frederick
Cumberland
Jueraby Details War Market Production Steps
Ma Leichet describes a three stage start to the manufacturing process for the product in war market terms. The sequence includes blasting burning and sieving with burning at a high temperature followed by crushing blending sealing to one half inch adding shale and iron ore then milling pulverization and a mash at 110000 openings per square inch before gypsum is added to finish the product.
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jUeraby
Ma Leichet
New Ceilings Announced By OPA For Local Grocers
The Office of Price Administration set new price ceilings for fresh fruits and vegetables within twelve miles of Hagerstown Public Square. The rules, effective today, list specific ceiling prices for apricots bananas cabbage cantaloupes carrots cucumbers cherries lettuce onions peas plums potatoes sweet white potatoes watermelon and more.
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Hagerstown
Public Square
Office of Price Administration
Prisoner Refused Release By Court
Raymond Wilhelm, a 15 year old, was denied release from the House of Correction on a habeas corpus petition. Judge Joseph D. Mish noted no merit in the claim that the last name was misspelled. Witnesses identified Wilhelm as the man who escaped from the State Penal Farm and who later received an extra year for the escape.
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Raymond Wilhelm
House of Correction
Joseph D. Mish
Wilhelm
Baltimore City
Mish
Thurmont Worker Killed in Hanover Blast
Charles W. Messner, 28, of Thurmont Maryland, an employee at Frick Manufacturing in Waynesboro Pennsylvania, died in a blast at R H Sheppard Company in Hanover. Three others injured. He was wiring an electric refrigeration unit when the explosion occurred. cause is undetermined.
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Hanover
Charles W. Messner
Thurmont
Frick Manufacturing Company
Weynesboro
R. H. Sheppard Company
Messner
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St Joseph
R. M. Hays & Bros
Lac
Free Adidlanty Service
ARROW
Stetson
Musey & Evans
West
Washington Street
Icodemus
Agen Bank
OPA
Lex Ao
Crstown
ANDL
Seontenonert
Washington St
Carr
YING
Keekly
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Chambersburg
Waynesboro
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