Farm Committee Chosen At Boonsboro Meeting
Members of Southern States at Boonsboro High School appointed a farm home advisory committee and two successors to retiring advisory board members. Mrs. Harry Remsburg was elected chairwoman. other members include Mrs. Atlee Shiffler, Mrs. Ellsworth Reeder, Mrs. D. B. Muliendore, Mrs. Amos Reeder and Mrs. Clarence Miller. Harry J. Funis and Albert Sinnisen named to board vacancies. About 150 attendees heard Frank Warrenfeltz review the cooperative program and C. T. Cline deliver the Southern States annual report. The program featured contests, singing, an open forum, policy voting, and refreshments. Beethoven showed deafness symptoms at 28.
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Tion
Boonsboro See- Boonsboro High School
Harry Remsburg
Atlee Shiffler
Ellsworth Reeder
D. DB. Muliendore
Amos Reeder
Clarence Miller
Harry J. Funis
Albert Sinnisen
Frank Warrenfeltz
C. T. Cline
Production In State Stable In War Output
Maryland war industry shows only two contract reductions at Westinghouse radio division both linked to deliveries rather than cancellations. One $455000 contract cut with no layoffs, another $512000 contract cut cost 25 workers, both radar related. Mary land shipyards run at full capacity, Glenn L Martin cites severe power shortage threatening bomber production and a draft drain of skilled workers as the state faces difficult trade offs.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Office of War Information
Free State
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Walter C. Evans
Radio Division
Maryland Drydock Company
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Glenn L. Martin
Labor Shortages Hit Baltimore War Plants Declaring Draft Strain
Martin said draft pressure worsened with air craft courses placing many young men in key positions. He noted 23,000 former Martin employees now serve in the Armed Forces. In Baltimore, plant officials cited labor shortage as the main issue, with factories prioritizing hiring over firing to sustain war effort.
Major Crabbs Returns From Overseas Duty
Major William J. Crabbs of this city has returned from overseas service with the Railway Transportation Corps after campaigns in Africa Sicily and Italy. He is on furlough awaiting an operation at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. He has served about two years and spent 16 months overseas earning three stars. Before the Army he was a mechanical engineer for the Western Maryland Railway & Co.
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William J. Crabbs
Railway Transportation Corps of
Army
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Crabbs
Western Maryland Railway &Co
Sudden Shortage of Gas Reported
Farmers in Washington county faced dire straits as gasoline pumps dried up with supplies diminishing. Martimsburg and Winchester stations reported near exhaustion about a week ago, sparking frantic appeals from farmers including one using about 70 gallons daily. The shortage was blamed on the newest invasion of southern France.
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Washington County
Martimsburg
Winchester
France
Candidates Line Up For Degrees At Maryland College
Violet Emma Corbett of Hancock and Eleanor Harpaugh of Hagerstown will be candidates for degrees after completing six weeks of the summer session at the University of Maryland College of Education on Friday August 18. No graduation exercises will be held. diplomas will be mailed to graduates. Carelessness in operating farm machinery causes 29 of every 100 farm accidents.
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Violet Emma Corbett
Hancock
Eleanor Harpaugh
Hagerstown
College of Education
University of Maryland
Young Messenger Hurt In Bicycle Collision
Foster Batt Jr a 16 year old messenger was injured when his bicycle collided with a truck at Madison Avenue and West Washington Street. He suffered two knocked out teeth jaw injury and cuts to lips and chin and was treated by a physician.
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Foster Batt, Jr
Madison Avenue
West Washington Street
Young Batt
Schools Reopen on September 6 in Hagerstown county
The public schools of Hagerstown and Washington county will reopen Wednesday morning September 6 at 8 oclock after a summer vacation. Schools should be ready for occupancy by the sixth as painting and summer repairs will be completed soon. A teachers meeting is scheduled at Hagerstown High School on Tuesday September 5 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, with individual school meetings at 2 p.m. that afternoon.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Hagerstown High School
Public School Janitors Meet To Discuss Heating
A meeting of all public school janitors is scheduled for Monday morning August 23 at 4 o'clock in South Potomac Junior High. The session will address heating and cleaning problems across school buildings as opening day approaches.
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South Potomac
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Danny Rate
Dinah Shore
Tuna Andrews
Constance Bowling
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc
Nat Levine
Victor
Puxveey Petunes
Eatin
Rae A An
Sydney Greenstreet
Zachary Scott
Peter Lorre
Faye Emerson
Victor Francer
Jean Negulesco
Henry Blanke
Corsica
Sardinia
U.S.S.C
Major Crabbs
Fort Pitt Brewing Company
Pittsburgh
Young Messenger
Gite
Janet Blair
James Gleason
Ted Doraldson
Alexander Hall
Bellans
Shockey’s
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
Firestone
Srade
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Poreh
Jean Clukh
Poffenberger Tire CO
East Washington ST
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