Third stage of war mobilization urged by NAM chief Nelson
Donald M. Nelson chairman of the War Production Board told the National Association of Manufacturers the United States has entered a third stage of the war emphasizing all-out mobilization and centralized direction. He contrasted stages with Pearl Harbor as prelude and recent expansion of armed forces and production. He said the period demands unity, not a straightjacket, and President Roosevelt urged peak production by 1943. Also noted new NAM president Frederick Coolidge Crawford. In Bloomington Indiana, Caroline G. Payne was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of Charles Q. Mattingly. sentence two to 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S
Nelson
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Frederick Coolidge Crawford
Thompson Products, Inc
Cleveland
The
NAM
William P. Witherow
Blaw-Knox Co
Pittsburgh
Crawford
Watertown
Mass
Harvard
Thompson
Industralists
George C. Marshall
Bloomington
Ing
Caroline G. Payne
Charles Q. Mattingly
Indiana
Pri Me Service Commission
Ice Cream Curtailment Ordered to Save Butter
The War Production Board ordered December and January ice cream production cut to 60 percent of October output to preserve butter fat. Officials say ice cream is a food not a luxury and expect some flavor reductions as fruit flavors may replace chocolate and other varieties due to wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Wickard
Frey
Navy Dismissed Actor-Singer Reclassified 1A
Beverly Hills California Dee Paul Martin 28 actor singer dismissed from the Navy last Tuesday for unfitness was reclassified by his draft board today to I A for physical examination A J Pier board chairman said Martin who served as chief Specialist in the Navy for 12 months reported to his draft board after dismissal and wished to enter an army gunners school He was a key witness in the Lisut Comdr Maurice N Arof court martial connected to an automobile gift from Marin related to the Navy affair He is the former wife of actress Alice Pave now wife of orchestra leader Phil Marris
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Beverly Hills
Dee
Fony Martin
Navy
A. J. Pier
Martin
Jie
Lisut Comdr
Maurice N. Arof
Marin
Jators Erem
Alice Pave
Wif Hof Orchestra
Leawler
Phil Marris
Officers Gather At FBI Meeting
Law enforcement officers from Washington and Frederick counties attended a Federal Bureau of Investigation meeting in the city courtroom last night. Charles McBeall Jr discussed and demonstrated arrest techniques and firearms handling while a film titled Technique and Mechanics of Arrest was shown. The edition noted the investigation of selective service laws and federal airplane rules among the topics.
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Washington
Frederick
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chares McBeall, Jr
FRI
Jen Laner
Rubber crisis warned as synthetic plants face shutdown risk
Washington dispatch reports William M. Jeffers, rubber director, warned that wartime demand and shifting priorities threaten synthetic rubber production. He said fuel equipment, instruments, valves, and heat exchangers are badly needed to meet 1943 goals and warned of a dangerous drop in rubber stocks unless supplies arrive promptly. The Baruch Committee target is 590 080 tons annually, with inventories potentially hitting critical lows.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
House
Jeffers
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Tis
Baruch Committee
Deer Season Opens Monday As Clubs Plan Five Day Shoot
Hunters converge as Maryland deer season opens Monday with sunrise start. Tonoloway club near Hancock and others in Allegany and Washington counties prepare openings while many hunters head to Allegany or Garrett counties with state licenses. Warnings target preserves near Pearre and Indian Springs Wildlife Demonstration area. hides must be turned to a deputy warden for government shipment. Regulations forbid keeping illegal deer parts. penalties range from 10 to 160 dollars.
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Maryland
Allegany
Tonoloway C
Hancock
Tonolowe
Washington County
Sideling Hill Mountain
Garrett
Pearre
Indian Springs Wildlife Demonstration Area
Cyminder
Tovatian
E. Lee TeCampte
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
LeCompte
Taisy
State Holly Crop Large This Year
Maryland's holly crop, which last year brought woodland owners over $500,000, is expected to yield the largest supply this Christmas season. State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor notes the State Forests and Parks Department program, begun in 1934, organizes landowners to prune and treat trees to specs. The cooperative system aims at a yearly, not decennial, holly crop and provides a market via shipped orders to dealers.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Department of State Forests and Parks
Joseph F. Kaylor
Kaiser urges industry to lead for living standards
Henry T. Kaiser told 4,000 industrialists at a New York meeting that they must lead in achieving a decent national living standard or risk surrender to social politicians with little to offer but bankruptcy. He painted postwar America’s hopeful possibilities and outlined his ideas without relying on commissions or experts, noting war bonds could fund projects after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry T. Kaiser
America
National Association of Manufacturers
Nazi Embassy Directs Spies in Argentina Testimony
Testimony by Johan Jacob Napp and others linked the Nazi embassy in Argentina to secret reports on Allied ship movements at the request of Diet rich Niebuhr. Judges expressed concern over diplomatic immunity and the need to reveal the origin of these actions within the German embassy staff.
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Johan Jacob Napp
Dietrich Niehbuhr
Sureme
Argentia
Srain
Niebuhr
Graf Spee
River Platte
Supreme Court
Jantus
Kno
Farm Worker Draft Deferment By Crop Unit System
Farm workers deferment from draft based on crop unit production. Units tally essential outputs like beef cattle, milk, hogs, poultry, corn, wheat, potatoes, beans, and fruits. One milk cow equals one unit. 20 acres wheat or 5 acres corn equals one unit. deferment requires 16 units or more for eligibility.
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Pew
Selective Service System
Eze
Spaatz Will Direct Blitz In North Africa
Allied forces report ongoing battles around Tebourba and Mateur near Bizerte and Tunis. American troops under Col Edson R. Rat parachute commander, along with French units, drive back a Nazi armored column and capture prisoners as fighting shifts along the Tebessa corridor toward the Tunisian coast. Air bases lag, complicating air superiority as Gen Eisenhower’s forces await fresh fields to unleash fighters. The front remains fluid with Tebourba and Mateur changing hands amid strong Allied gun positions on surrounding heights.
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Tebourba
Mateur
Bizerre-Tunis
Lock
Edson Rat
Tunisia
Tebessa
Sfax
Gabes
Tunis
Bizerte
London
Daily Mail
Klan. Anderson
1St Army
Eisenhower
North Africa
Reuters
Bizert- Tunis
Tebourna
Regulation Aims at Stopping Illegal Deer Poaching
The note discusses rules to deter cheaters and hunters who killed illegal does or spike bucks. It mentions enforcement efforts and penalties, urging careful compliance to protect wildlife resources and prevent unlawful harvests.
No Inductions in Maryland Dec 24 25 Holiday Schedule
Col Henry Stanwood Maryland State Selective Service director says no inductions in Maryland on December 24 and 25 and one selectee will report to camp those days Regular inductions will occur on New Year’s Day Inducted men receive seven day postponement under the current system and those inducted December 17 18 will get a short extension Canada is spending over three billion dollars annually on the war.
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Baltimore
Nec
Col. Henry
Stanwood
Selective Service
Marsyland
Tiee
County Statement Of 90 Years Ago Reveals Coffin Cost
A 90 year old county statement lists expenditures and payments including coffin costs at 2.50 for many burials. It notes jurists, constables, court expenses, and the Orphans Court cost at 653 for the year. Undertaker payments include Suter 15, Israel Steam 3.50, Simon Smith 10, with the almshouse operating at a 33929 outlay and 174 inmates.
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Orphans’ Court
James Watson
Jacob Fiery
Charles G Lane
Wi Melt
Keppler
Thomas Harbine
Alexander Neill, Jr
William Motter
William T. Hamilton
Jos
I. Merrick
Peter Negley
Wm. G. van Lear
George Schrey
Wm. Price
Alvey
Daniel Weisel
Claggett
J. D. Roman
H. H. Gaither
Alhough
William Suter
Israel Steam
Simon Smith
Sunday Movies Clash With Friday's Front Lines
A reader letter argues for repealing the ban on Sunday afternoon movies in Hagerstown. The author defends civilian leisure during wartime, urges elected officials to allow public screenings, and requests a city poll to gauge support, noting essential services and armed forces needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
Haverstown
Liberal
Women speak on wartime employment and birth records
A reader criticizes delays in defense plant hiring for women and older residents. She questions strict birth-date proof, foreign born workers, and citizenship papers, noting veteran status and long residency yet continued job barriers in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citzens
Tizenship Paper
Maryland
United States
Draft Board
Subscrib er laments job access for women in Washington County
A letter writer criticizes Maryland as a Free State for outsiders and recalls being denied a factory job in Pennsylvania for not being born there. She urges providing Washington County women with work and mentions recruiting through a reader of a recent Merult letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Sam
Merult
Maryland
West
Seventeen Enlist For Army Service
Seventeen men applied for Army service at the local recruiting office in the past week and two local women will report to Baltimore for WAAC exams. Names of applicants from here include James L. Harper and Richard A. Gordon among others, with several applicants from nearby towns and states listed.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
Baltimore
Martha Schnebly
North Avenue
Julia R. Over
Hamilton Boulevard
James L. Harper
West Franklin Street
Richard A. Gordon
Public Square
Rosswell K. Werdebaugh
Hagerstown
Clarence J. Schlosser
Ravenwood Road
James R. Shanholtz
George Street
Roger R. Frederick
Water Lick
John W. Messick
Ray '. Kitchen
Martinsburg
Edward BR. Rogers
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Luke W. Berleson
Wadesville
Paul FP. Beltz
Orrstown
Roy W. Foust
Chambersburg
Frederick
Mills
Big Spring
Earl
Charnock Jr
Winchester
Archie E. Conner
Ernest E. McIntyre
John H. Cook
Lanaconing
Chinese aid council helps thousands over five years
In Silver Bow County District Court the docket shows a case by J Rosenthal against George H Tong Dee, age 31, dismissed for want of prosecution. The China Aid Council has aided more than 29,000 Chinese children in the past five years, with Mme. Hia Gai shek noted in the effort.
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Butte, Montee
Silver Bow
J. Rosenthal
George H. Tong Dee
China Aid Council
Mme
Hia Gaishek
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