Beveridge plan outlines postwar social security revolution
The Beveridge Committee reports a British plan to create a Ministry of Social Security and a national insurance fund funded by government, employers, and workers. It would cover nearly all workers, raise benefits, expand health care, and offer new old age pensions, marriage payments, and social grants, signaling a broad shift in postwar welfare.
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Fhe
Oress
London
Britain
Sir William Beveridge
Beveridge
House of Commons
Ministry of Social Security
Sir William
United States
Tea drinking spurred English porcelain development
The habit of tea drinking greatly influenced the rise of fine English porcelain. The practice created demand for durable, elegant cups and saucers, driving potters to refine techniques and expand kiln production to meet growing taste for quality wares.
Editor's Letter Box Reflects wartime unity and Sunday movie debates
Wartime readers urge American unity with France and freedom symbols, plus comments on Sunday movie questions and local defense employment. A reader argues for keeping troops and citizens aligned with Galden Rule values, while another asks about women in defense plants and local social life for soldiers on leave.
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A brief poorly legible advertise style note presents opinions of doctors on epilepsy. It mentions durations and prices, with garbled names and places, including references to New York and possible medical commentary. The readable fragments point to sensational curiosity rather than clear scientific consensus.
Hitlbwr Claims War Rooted in Survival of the Fittest
A terse statement asserts Hitlbwr started the conflict on survival of the fittest grounds and predicts the war will conclude on the same basis. The remark frames the struggle as governed by natural hierarchy rather than diplomacy.
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Hitlbwr
Committee Forms Child Care Plan For Defense Workers
A Year after the Office of Civilian Defense formed Child Care Committees a Washington County group met to address mothers with guides seeking work in defense. Members include Miss Alice Edmonds Mayor Richard Sweeney Dr W R Willard and Mrs H H Mercereau. They discussed executive planning to provide safe day care and foster homes, with fees to be set by parents.
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North Locust Street
Cfrminittes Jt
Thile Lips
Milton D. Moore
Ed Man
Lagie W. Manners
Norman McGar
Lyng Keller
Joan Carnochan
F. Weagley
H. H. Mercereau
Alice Edmonds
Richard H. Sweeney
Wlr. Willard
Brawer L. Steiner
Benjamin ©. Willis
William C. Maugans
Myx
Kelle Willard
Man Wigads
Willis
Mises AH Edmonds
Howe
Edmonds
Second National Bank Oldest Bank In Hegerstows
The Second National Bank claims status as the oldest bank in Hegerstows city limits. Local sources note its long history and continued service to residents with traditional banking offerings and community involvement.
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Hegerstows
Manpower Is Lunch Topic at Lions Club Meeting
Earl E. Neubig head of Fairchild Aircraft's Industrial Relations spoke at Halgers town Lions Club at Hotel Alexander. He urged Americans to stop dragging their feet and join war industry at home, noting plants are never fully manned and every family should contribute to war effort.
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Earl E. Neubig
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Halgerstown Lions Club
Hotel Alexander
Council Studies Increases In Pay
City officials push for wage boosts across departments as 1943 budgets are reviewed. Police seek patrolmen at 150 dollars a month, street workers demand parity with Maryland cities, while capital cuts squeeze spending. Budget approval expected just before Christmas.
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Police Department
Maryland
Nolice Department
Little Named U S Commissioner for Local District
Welles Little, a local attorney, has been appointed United States commissioner for the local district. The Honorable D. Angle Wolfinger resigned. Little qualified before the Federal District Court in Baltimore and received his commission, having handled several prosecutions. He has long been a member of the local bar.
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Welles Little
United States
Wuceead
D. Angle Wolfinger
Win
Little
Federal District Court
Baltimore
Army plane crash near Leesburg AFB four aboard
Washington December 1 An army plane carrying four persons crashed about 10 miles north west of Leesburg Virginia Two officers parachuted to safety while the fate of the other two men remained unknown The craft had departed Pope Field Fort Bragg North Carolina en route to Greensboro North Carolina A Bolling Field spokesman said an Army board would be appointed to investigate
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Des
Anmy
Leesburg
Unn
Rolling Field
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Greensboro
North Carolina
Bolling Field
Army
Population gains shown in Census report
The Census Bureau reports Baltimore city and Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties total 1,126,000, up 4.9 percent since 1940. Washington area rises 25.1 percent to 1,151,000, covering DC, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, plus Alexandria and Arlington.
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Ore
United States Census Bureau
Baltimore City
Anne Arundel
Census Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Montgomery
Prince George's
Maryland
Alexandria
Arlington County
Virginia
Soviets Take Key Hill At Stalingrad
Pravda reports a Nazi division attacked the hill held by the Russians near Stalingrad with 75 tanks. German forces were repulsed as Red Army gains widen north and west of the city. The campaign continues with Russian advances inside the German lines and pressure on Don defenses.
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Stalingrad
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Army
Don
Thar
Local patron mixes milk crackers apple and whiskey
In Anniston on December 2 a patron at a harbor bar mixed sweet milk and crackers in a bowl with salt and pepper, added apple pieces, then poured whiskey into the mix and consumed it with a spoon.
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Anniston
Issa
Harbeonys
Survivors Fight Pneumonia After Club Blaze Tragedy
Thirty five club victims battle pneumonia amid estimates the death toll nears five hundred. Inquiries by officials reveal dangerous safety lapses and a sailor’s alleged tampering with a light bulb sparked the disaster, as witnesses recount crowded stairwells, burning decorations, and frantic exits.
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Club Blaze
Miss Bertha Negley Accepts Position
Miss Bertha C Negley a longtime Hagerstown civic leader has accepted a position with the Brethren Publishing House Elgin Ill as coordinator of activities focusing on education and will move soon. She has served on boards of multiple organizations including Zonta Club Council of Churches U S O Citizens Committee and the Juniata College Alumni Association and has been active in Church of the Brethren work.
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Bertha C. Negley
Ufe
Hagerstown
Brethren Publishing House
Elgin
Negley
Zonta Blub
Council of Churches and Christian Education
U.S. O. Citizens Committee
Juniata College Alumni Association
Olive Tablets Promote Bile Flow Aid Digestive Health
Ad promoting Dr Edwarda Olive Tablets by Dr F M Edwards asserts constipation and sluggish liver arise from poor bile secretion. It claims the tablets, all vegetable, stimulate bile release and intestinal action to aid digestion of fatty foods with multiple dosing options and prices 15 30 64 cents.
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Edwarda
F. M. Edwards
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