Defense Work Moving Here in Civilian Defense Push
Washington county reports progress in civilian defense led by Mayor Richard E. Sweeney and Director Charles W. Hoffman. By November 15 the Office of Civilian Defense began operations, with hundreds of volunteers supporting air raid wardens, auxiliary police, and medical teams. Registration nears completion, while more volunteers aged 65 plus and youths under 14 are tracked for safety.
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Washington County
Richard E. Sweeney
Charles W. Hoffman
Office of Civilian Defense
City Hall
Gount
Wesstern Enterprise Fire Hall
Afon City Hall
Charles
Mobley Ata Odelle Leiter
Args
Activites
Hagerstown
M. Garrison
Zofe
Ariest McKee
George Sheck
Martin V. B. Bostetter
Barvin Micfaddin
John C. Dunn
Ofice of
Civilian Defense
Air Reid
Hofman
Albert S. Bendell
Tm Hand
John C. Bondurant
John 3. Divine
Iw. D. Campbell
E. W. Ditto
Red Cross
Virginia Carmichael
End of year finds nags in retreat from Russia and Africa
A 1912 move into Russia with 500000 troops left 20000. German and Romanian forces claim gains near Sevastopol as Russian counterattacks recapture Nerch and Feodosiya. Zhukov’s armies retake Kozelsk and Vorosil near Orel while Rommel resists a British push south of Agedahia in North Africa.
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Gan
Russia
Duketin
Hitler
Feld
Kerch
Feodosivya
Sevyastopyl
Sevvastopol
Nerch
Caucasus
Black Sea
Feodosiya
London
Moscow
Orel
Tula
Zhukov
Kozelsk
Vorosil
Rommel
Agedahia
Cairo
Tripolitania
Steps Taken for Guarding City Plants
At a conference of the Mayor and Council with the Board of Street Commissioners and Board of Water Commissioners, guards were authorized for strategic plants. The exact number is not specified, but the municipal light plant, Williamsport pumping station, and Edgemont reservoir are deemed most vital. An iron fence around the light plant was also authorized.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Board of Water Commissioners
Mall
Williamsport
Edgemont
Couneil
Nation's Tax Bill Highest On Record
The National Industrial Conference Board estimated the nation's tax bill for 1941 at a new high of 8.925 billion dollars. Federal tax collections were projected at 7.673 billion dollars. State and local taxes in 1946 reached 8.528 billion, surpassing the 1938 peak by about 400 million. Federal 1940 collections were about 5.569 billion.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Red Cross Drive Nearing Forward in Washington County
Washington county campaign to raise 25000 for the Red Cross War Fund passes the halfway point as national reports show strong local response. The Japan ese-American Citizens League of Carbon county Utah contributes twenty percent of its quota. Shepherdstown was the first neighbor to report over the top on December 20. Next meeting set for January 5 to finalize canvassing, with industrial plants and remaining communities to be heard from. Local officials are confident the Hagerstown and Washington county drive will be completed.
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Washington County
Red Cross War Fund
W National
Hagerstown
Swanson Named Editor of Sunpapers in Baltimore
Paul Patterson announces Neil H. Swanson will be executive editor of the Sun and the Evening Sun, succeeding the late William Moore. Swanson, 45, a Minneapolis native, WWI captain, author of The Judas Tree and The Silent Drum, joined Evening Sun as assistant managing editor in 1931 and became managing editor in 1933. Miles H. Wolff named managing editor of the Evening Sun. H. King Fleming to managing editor of the Sun. Wareld TL Triz appointed managing editor of the Evening Sun. William H. Knighton Jr named assistant managing editor of the Sun. Moore died last Saturday in Miami Beach.
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Baltimore
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sunpapers
Neil H. Swanson
The
Sun
Evening Sun
Swanson
Evening ‘Sun
William &. Moore
Sunpapers
the Sun
Moore
Miami Beach
Flo
France
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Wareld TL Triz
Macated
Pennsylvania
William H. Y. Knighton, Jr
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Robert H. Bowers, Composer, Is Dead
Robert H. Bowers, 64, well known composer and former conductor for radio stations WMCGA WEAF and WOR, died last night in Doctors hospital. A native of Chambersburg Pennsylvania, his notable works include Aloma of the South Seas East of Suez East is West The Open Road Oh Ernest Listen In The Red Roads A Daughter of the Gods and The Legionnaires. For the last five years he headed the musical department of the School of Radio Techniques in Rockefeller Center.
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New York
PieRobert Hood Bowers
WMCGA
WEAF
WOR
Doctors Hospital
Chambersburg
Aloma
South Seas
Suez
Ernest
Legionnaires
School of Radio Techniaxes
Rockefeller Center
Hagerstown Stampede for Battle Bonds Praised by Arnold
Hagerstown's defense stamp drive titled Stampede for Battle Bonds wins praise from Lieut. Gen. H H Arnold Chief of the Army Air Forces. He warns that without training planes and pilots all bravery and freedoms are at risk as the community commits to purchasing defense savings stamps and bonds to fund two Fairchild trainers and other wartime machinery.
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Hagerstown
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Robert H. McCauley
Defense Savings Stamp Committee
Washington County
Treasury
Defense
Fairchild
Buffalo
Curtiss
Canada
Norway
Heraates
Businness
McCauley
Simpson
MacCauley
Defense Savings, Stamp Committee
Haverstown
H. Arnold
Mgms
Eshouldaess
Schools Reopen Monday Morning After 16 Day Vacation
After a 16 day holiday, the midweek schools in Hagerstown and the county resume classes Monday Jan 5. Teachers visited distant homes during vacation while pupils spent Christmas at home or with relatives. The new year board meeting is set for next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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Hageerstown
Irl
Board of Educcation For
Gannery
The New Year Poem of 1942 Time
The poem speaks of the New Year 1942 with hopeful resolve. It asks what the year will bring, notes foreknowledge is denied, and urges living each day with courage and faith. It envisions untrodden paths, uncharted seas, and the triumph of faith and love.
Churchill Seeks Decisive War Strategy With Roosevelt
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill outlining three war phases and unity with Roosevelt to crush Hitler tyranny and Japanese aggression. He forecasts heavy fighting, liberation of lost treasures, and assaults on Axis strongholds, praising Canadian troops and Vichy critics while stressing shipbuilding and production.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Italy
Singapore
Far East
Hongkong
Treiament
House of Commons
Iadin
Churchil
Washington
Farm Payments Bill Extends Aid And Loans
President Roosevelt approved a five year extension of farm payment and price support loan programs. Senators Ga. backed a peanut provision despite an administration objection. The measure maintains a floor under baste crops with billions already paid to farmers.
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Washington
Del
White House
Roosevelt
George
Russell
Bans Urged on Blowing Horns in New Year Eve
Civilian Defense Director F H LaGuardia urged New York residents not to celebrate with automobile horns sirens or noise makers saying such sounds could be mistaken for air raid warnings and cause disorder. He urged fun without horn blowing and warned against diverting attention if an air raid signal is sounded.
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Vichy
Africas
Charles de Gaulle
Hitler
Washington
F. H. LaGuardia
Employers Must Check Payments for Social Security Records
The Hagerstown Social Security Office warns that construction workers who have not previously worked on covered jobs should obtain social security cards. Employers must file payroll tax reports for Oct-Nov-Dec 1941 and list each employee’s name, social security number, and wages. Credits for emergency construction work affect future old-age and survivors benefits.
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Hagerstown Eld
Social Security Board
Hil
Approval Of Plan Forecast By Ruth
Ruth predicts wholehearted acceptance of the payroll allotment plan for defense bond sales in Maryland. He notes many employers have adopted it and that the Defense Savings Staff will run an intense campaign to broaden use. Ten American towns are named Jenmack.
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Saltimore
Walter N. Ruth
Defense Savings Staff
Ruth
Maryland
Defense Savings
Capital Blackout Drama Tests City Wide Air Raid Drills
Washington observed a 15 minute blackout amid a tense air raid drill with sirens, extinguished street lamps, and lights on in the Justice Department as LaGuardia toured the darkened capital praising the rehearsal as an example for New York City.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Whitehall
F. H. LaGuardia
Eleventh and
Justice Department
FBI
Capitol Dome
LaGuardia
New York City
Mayor lifts ban on use of water in Frederick
Frederick Maryland December 30 Mayor Lloyd Culler lifted the five month old water restrictions. He said relief may be temporary or permanent depending on consumer use. If consumption rises, restrictions will be restored at the next Mayor and Council meeting. The ban followed low Fishing Creek storage levels.
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Frederick
Pye
Lloyd C. Culler
Culler
Connelli
Fishing Creek
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Cushwa
Herald-Mail
the Morning Herald
the Daily Mail
Triangle Food Stores
Nunn
Neeving
Miles Wolff
Robert H. Bowers
U. S. Air Corps Lands Defense Stamp Safe Drive
U.S
George R. Bickell
Nutley, N
Pearl Harbor
Nutley
By Leslie ¢. Beard
United States
Hagerstown Gas CO
Bans
Jenmack
Municipal Electric
Reddy Kilowatt
Meilink Safes
R.M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Shockey
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Simgie
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