Stamp sale outlined for Washington county defense drive
Rural residents will participate in a county defense stamp and bond sale program explained at a meeting in the County Agent's office. U S Treasury official Edwin Mowbray and chairman Robert McCauley urged Grange Homemakers and PTA groups to promote sales while rural postmasters will report daily results.
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Farm Organization
Edwin R. Mowbray
Feld
U. S. Treasury Department
Robert H. MecCauley
Mowbray
Hagerstown
Thomas M. Simpson
Mowbrey
Parents Learn Son Is Safe From Funkstown Soldier
Mr and Mrs George Howard of Funkstown received a clippergram letter from their 14 year old son Sgt John W Howard stationed at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. The letter dated Christmas Day referenced heavy attacks and casualties and asked to be kept informed about the war back home. He expressed a desire to join the fight and asked how the war was progressing.
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George Howard
Funkstown
Howard
Juniors to Elect Officers on New Year’s Night
The Junior Fire Company will hold its annual election of officers on New Year’s night with polls open from 7 to 3 o'clock.
WE WOMEN BETTY BRAINERD COLUMN NOTES MASS SCHEDULES AND OBITUARY
The page reports New Year’s Day Catholic Mass schedules at St Mary's St Augustine's and St James with Benediction after the 9 o'clock children's choir. It also notes the death of Edward Delauder at Frederick City Hospital after a hit run scene along Route 40, and includes Betty Brainerd advice columns on relationships and personal growth with guidance on behavior, spelling, and self-respect.
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St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Williamsport
Frederick
Edward Delauder
Ridgeville
Frederick City Hospital
Iie
Elwood O'Hara
Delauder
Dive Bomber Filmed At U S Naval Air Base
Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray head a 159 member Warner Bros crew at Baral air base San Diego to film Dive Bomber with full government approval. The Technicolor naval warfare drama, directed by Michael Curtiz, aims to showcase U S Navy tactics to the public.
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Fred MacMurran
Baral Air Base
San Diego
Warner Bros
U. S. Navy
J. R. Poppen
Seth Warner
Naval Aeronautics Bureau
Washington
Michael Curtiz
Great Guns Opens at Henry's Theatre Tonight
Tonight at a midnight showing Henry's Theatre debuts Great Guns a Laurel and Hardy comedy paired with Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson and Edmund MacDonald. The plot follows Dan Forrester a young millionaire who joins the Army as his aides Laurel and Hardy enlist to assist him but the situation becomes comic and chaotic.
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Laurel and Hardy
Henry’s
Henry's Theatre
Sheila Ryan
Dick Nelson
Edmund MacDonald
Dan Forrester
Comedy Pair Bring Laughs With Penelope The Cow
Sufficient young man needs help from no one yet Stan and O He face trouble from a hard boiled sergeant. Penelope the cow joins the army complicating matters. Abbott and Costello offer New Year laughs in Keep Em Flying and Great Guns with a midnight show. Also includes news reel and shorts. Eight American towns named London and London Bridge in Virginia.
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Penélope
Penelope
Oliver and Hardy
Henry's
Zanies
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