Naval bases secret as House panel seeks details
The Navy Department announced a $228,900,000 expansion with four bases acquired from Britain cloaked in secrecy. Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee declined to answer questions, saying full details would be provided later, as the panel weighs the project and its implications for the aircraft industry funding.
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Naval ‘Committee
Cand
Cwas
Vinson
Sai An Rk
Singlien
SetwyieHon
Navy Department
Composition To Be Heard Today by Dr. Buys
Peter Buys reports that his emailer composition titled Fraillery will be broadcast by the Columbia Concert Orchestra this afternoon on a 5730 program. The piece, completed recently, is a string instrument work with a porous character set.
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r.Peter Buys
Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia Concert
Ahis
Dr. Buys
Wool coats for sheep eyed as cotton textile outlet
New Orleans reports a Wyoming led trial to coat 500 sheep with cotton jackets to shield them from weather from shearing time to next season. If successful, the plan could create a market for about 50 000 bales of cotton and boost cotton usage nationwide.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Wyoming
Robert H. Burns
Wyoming Agricultural Station
Burns
Cheatham
United States
Man Eats Foreign Objects In Vermont Case Report
A former mental patient in Vermont reportedly ingested 1850 foreign objects including nails belts and a toothpaste tube over six years. Dr Philip H Wheeler notes three operations removed items weighing about two pounds with no acute perforation and suggests unusual dieting and saliva gum wrappers.
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Boston
Fan
Evern
Wheeler
Keedysville WCTU Meets At Home For Spiritual Living
The Keedysville Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a New Year meeting at Mrs. Myrtie B. Thomas's home. Devotions were led by Mrs. Mary Rowe, Mrs. Elna Baker, and Rev. Homer Kendall. The discussion focused on Spiritual Living and Growth and attacking liquor problems through personal example and action.
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Keedysville
Christian Temperance Union
Myrtie B. Thomas
Mary Rowe
Elna Baker
Homer Kendall
Baxter
Inez Fleck
William King
Mattie Snavely
Lena Mades
Rachel Scheller
Roscoe Hammond
Nettie Besecker
Olive Remsburg
Mary Clopper
Baltimore
Agnes Wright
Louise Buriier
German leaders urge dry policy to aid soldiers morale
A speaker cited statistics on wine drinking among soldiers and referenced a new Hitler order banning alcohol for uniformed men. She urged the WC. T. U. and Christian citizens to write county representatives to keep youth in training camps away from these destroying influences.
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Hitler
WC. T. U
Revival Services At Otterbein Church Begin Sunday
Revival services of evangelical nature will be held at Otterbein U B Church at East Antietam and JLoenosis streets for two weeks starting Sunday evening. Week one features Rev. Jacob Zepp of Rehrersville and week two Dr. Clyde W Meadows of Chambersburg with gospel singing and special music. Pastor Rev. Charles L Herr invites the public to attend.
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Otterbein U. B
East Antietam
Jloenosis
Jacob Zepp
Worker killed in sewer line excavation cave-in
Ian Pikesville reports that Emory Bailey, a Baltimore County Sanitation Department employee, was killed Friday in a cave-in during sewer line excavation. The accident occurred at a work site inspected by authorities and is under investigation for cause and safety compliance.
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Pikesville
Ian
Emory Bailey
Baltimore County Sanition Department
Spahr Resigns as Hagerstown Y M C A General Secretary
Raymond A. Spahr, five year general secretary of the Hagerstown Y M C A, resigns to become general secretary of the Millville New Jersey Y M C A. He takes over January 15, with Millville planning expansion and a new building as industrial activity rises in the area.
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Raymond A. Spahr
Hagerstown
Y.M. GA
Millville
N.J
George M. Bohman
Spahr
Bayonne
N. J
Joseph Levy
America
New York
Hitler
U. S77
Baltimore job applicants face state exam for school post
The State Employment Commission held an exam Friday for a dozen applicants seeking the superintendent role at the Henham School for Bars, Southern Maryland. Commissioner Barry C. Jones aims to create an eligibility list for merit system appointment after B. B. Sunderland’s resignation. Sunderland would then become chief parole officer. Vatican closures cited due to the war.
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Baltimore
Jan
State Employment Commission
Ron
E Ienham
Bars
Southern
Maryland
Neere Reformator
Barry C. Jones
B. B. Sunderland
Sunderland
Parole Aker
Winter Fashion Book Patterns for School Crowd Folk
This item advertises the Winter Fashion Book with school and college clothing patterns including tailored suit No 2593 in sizes 8 10 12 14 and Bolero frock No 2764 in sizes 6 8 10 12 14. It details yardage for fabrics and trims and instructs readers to send 15 cents for the pattern with name address and style number to the Daily Mail pattern department in New York.
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Daily Mail
West 19Th Street
New York
Meade Construction Workforce Cleared for Efficiency
Fort Meade Md reports 3800 workers classified as lazy or incapable were discharged from an army project. Lt Col Somervell says contractors hire and fire. most dismissals involve lumber checkers. Army officials note contractors mainly handle staffing with direct purchase and hire methods.
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Washington
Fort Meade
Army
Brehon B. Somervell
Maj. J. A. Noxon
Local Musicians To Feature Work On Coast to Coast Broadcast
Local musicians Bernard Siegert cello soloist will premiere Romance and Rustic Dance with the Cumberland Valley Choristers in a coast to coast 3 PM Mutual Network program. The chorus performs Frayet and Villa and I Hear a Rhapsody in a Cassel arrangement with soloists and the Choristers under Prof Charles Moore Cassel, with Rebecca Foltz as accompanist.
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Cumberland Valley
W.J.E. J
Mutual
Bernard Siegert
Frayet
David Dorman
Villa
Franz Lebar
Pestalozza
Marguerite Criswell
Kathleen
Westendorf
Old Black Joe
Cassel
Claude Potterfield
Charles Cassell
Rebecca Foltz
Janet Baltzley
Fire in Freighter Freshly Sold for British Detains Sail Time
Fire raged for about an hour on a freighter recently sold to the British. Police said the ship, reportedly ready to sail within 24 hours, carried a load of airplanes, Red Cross supplies, and steel.
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New York
Red Cross
Retired Jurist Wagaman Honored at Washington County Dinner
Retired Fourth Judicial Circuit jurist Judge Frank G. Wagaman was guest of honor at a Washington County Bar dinner at Hotel Alexander hosted by Andrew K. Coffman. The event featured toastmaster Robert H. McCauley and tributes from Chief Judge Lindley Sloan Judge Joseph Aish and others praising Wagaman for fairness impartiality and long service.
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Indge
Frank G. Wagaman
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Alexander
Andrew K. Coffman
Washington
Joseph D. Aish
Wagaman
E. Stuart Bushong
Richard H. Sweeney
Thomas W. Pangborn
J. Vincent Jamison
Omer T. Kaylor
Henry Holzapfel
Angie Wolfinger
Leslie Wanners
Willamh. Bovey
Washington County Bar Association
Wagamen
Mr.Coffman
John J. Allen
Donald Ankeney
C Walter Baker
Fred E. Beachley
F. Wilbur Bridges
Martin’ W- B. Bostetter
William HE. Bovey
Harry ‘Brindle
Robert Brindle
Arthur 5. Cohen
John M. Colton
Daniel W. Doub
J. Cleveland Grice
Garland E. Groh
William T. Hamilton, Jr
Calvert K. Hartie
Howard P. Hartman
George D. Hicks
Harold H. Hoffman
Martin Ingram
Frank B. Keech
T. Aubrey Kemp
William Preston Lane
Bruce
Leo H. Miller
Joseph D. Mish
Edward Oswald, Jr
H.W. Quail
Ellsworth R. Roulstte
Irvine H. Rutledge
George S. Snyder
Harry B. Snyder
Richard
H. Sweeney
Levin Stonepraker
Samuel C. Siite
Paul A. Ulman
John Wagaman
John E. Wagaman
W. P. Wachter
Charles
Hubert Porterfield
Palmer Tennant
Robert L., Wagaman
Frank W. Mish
Frank Ridenour
Maryland House defeats motion to cut expenses
Annapolis Md Jan 22 The House of Delegates in a voice vote overwhelmingly defeated a motion for an immediate 4830 reduction in House expenses. Delegates backed a motion by Charles S Houck Jr to table the proposal with no debate and no roll call.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
House
Thomas Conlon
Charles 5. Houck, Jr
Frederick
Bertram Boone
Batto
Houck
Mutual friend sparks Kansas City romance for Spillane couple
A mutual friend introduced William R. Spillane of New York, 24, and Helen Spillane of Kansas City, 23. They are not related but will wed on January 18, spurring a romance that blossomed from a shared connection in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
William R. Spillane
New York
Helen Spillane
French Ship to Sail for Home from Buenos Aires
The 10,060-ton French merchant Mendoza, partly laden with beef, sailed from Buenos Aires for Montevideo to complete its cargo. It marks what may be the first attempt by a French ship to return home since Germany’s conquest of France. British navicert queries are noted but not confirmed. French officials say the Mendoza and four other French ships in the harbor are being prepared under orders of the French marine minister.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mendoza
Montevideo
France
Defense Chiefs Would Boss Lend Lease Program
Defense chiefs discussed furnishing airplanes destroyers and cargo vessels as core lend lease items Britain seeks. Britain might provide up to 2 million in investments as collateral for war materials. investments include stocks bonds real estate and British subsidiaries in the U S. Congress eyes hastening aid legislation authorizing loan and lease of equipment and defense information sharing with allies while potential amendments face opposition from some senators and party leaders.
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Britain
United States
Capitol
Senate
Houxei
Johnson
R. Calif
Wheeler
D-Mont
Clark
D-Mo
Austin
Vermont
Basic Administration
Congress
Army
Navy
House
Bloom
D.-N
Foreign Affairs Committee
May
D-Ky
Foreign Relations Committee
George D-G
George
Panama Canal Rowboat Could Pass For 75 Cents
A small rowboat from Aston may traverse the Panama Canal for 75 cents, though it would consume as much water as a battleship. The item notes the curious cost comparison in a brief, whimsical clipping.
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Panama Canal
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