Countians Sent For Military Service After Examinations
Local Board No. 2 names many accepted for army and navy service after final physicals. Army selections include Miler Fayetteville PA. Carter City. Fay Maugansville. Troxell Fanks Town. Buchanan city. Betz city. Smith Boonsboro. Dick Greenstone PA. Manning Clearspring. Palmer Williamsport. Helmintoller Williamsport. Brennan Clearspring. Banzhoff Williamsport. Mason Fairplay. Foltz City. Higgins Clear Spring. Dicks Smithsburg. Gardenhour Smithsburg. Renner Williamsport. Gaver Smithsburg. Smith. Mason. Navy picks include Koontz Hagerstown. Byers Williamsport. Seymour Williamsport. Clopper City. Plume Security. Evans City. Forcino Hagerstown. Armstrong Chewsville. Mackereth Hancock. Knight Harpers Ferry. Straley Williamsport. Shank Williamsport. Racey Charles Town WV. Mumaw Knoxville. Smith Funketown. Mowen Hagerstown. Gates Cavetown. Dekart Hagerstown. Cool Smithsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenstone
Ronald Charles Manning
Clearspring
Paul Leon Palmer
Willamsport
Vincent Wheeler Helmintoller
Williamsport
James Richard Brennan
Paul Eugene Banzhoff
Donald William Mason
Fairplay
Raymond Edward Foltz
Ridge Avenue
City
Russell Luther Higgins
David Daniel Dicks
Smithsburg
Joseph Otto Gardenhour
Edward Leon Renner
Cecil Johnson Gaver
Ralph Edward Smith
Boonsboro
James Henry Koontz
Hagerstown
Robert Joseph Byers
Warren Mitchell Seymour
Robert Wilson Clopper
Washington Street
Gilpert Aden Plume
Robert Leslie Evans
Hamilton Boulevard
Amedio Forcino
George Edward Armstrong
Chewsville
Wilson Woodrow Mackereth
Hancock
Francis Wilbur Knight
Harpers Ferry
Philip Melv
Straley
Clifford Perry Shank
Raymond Garfield Racey
Charles Town
W. Va
Alpha Charles Mumaw
Knoxville
Lester Rapheal Smith
Funketown
Paul Elwodd Mowen
Joseph Elmer Gates
Cavetown
Carlton Erie Dekart
Maurice Daniel Cool
F D R Seeks 90 Billion for War Costs in Budget
President Roosevelt outlined a total wartime program totaling about 397.06 billion dollars from mid-1946 to June 30, 1945, with 292.0 billion spent and the rest in unspent obligations. He framed the plan as crucial to military planning, demobilization, and postwar stability, detailing seven key issues and noting ongoing conversion and redeployment efforts.
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United States
Roosevelt
Europe
Luce Family Moves and Alliances Amid Tour and Travel
Kappa Gammen Sorority member en route to her sorority house from San Francisco with her mother. Mrs Luce on a speaking tour. Henry Luce editor of Time Life and Fortune travels from New York. Miss Brokaw, Mrs Luce's daughter by a prior marriage to George Brokaw, was born in New York and widowed since 1935 after a Reno divorce.
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Kappa Gammen Sorority
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
Miss Brokaw
Luce
George Brokaw
Reno
New OPA Forms Explained At Meet
In Hagerstown and surrounding areas, over 125 food establishment operators attended a City Hall meeting where the new OPA form R 1307 was explained by Mrs. Sarah Dotterer and Chief Clerk Thomas Bittle. They stressed wartime rationing, noted meat shortages, and outlined that form submission is due January 15 for March and April points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Sarah Dotterer
Thomas Bittle
Bittle
Europe
Pro
Daughter of Solon Dies In Accident
Ann Clare Brokaw nineteen daughter of Clare Boothe Luce dies in Palo Alto California in an accident reported January 13. The young woman was the daughter of the prominent Republican figure with ties to politics and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Palo Alto
Calif
Ann Clare Brokaw
Clare Boothe Luce
City War Bond Drive to Feature Seat Dedications and Free Admission
City officials announce a war loan campaign with a large seating chart in the theatre lobby showing bond purchasers. Relatives may dedicate seats to service members, whose names replace the purchaser on the chart. The Desert Song premieres once during band events, with a 30 to 60 day return window. Under the ongoing drive from January 18 to February 15, bond buyers at the Academy or Maryland theatres gain free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette
Academy
Maryland
Fourth War Loan drive outlines county campaign plans
At the meeting banks were named as chief agencies for selling bonds with retailers and manufacturers pledging cooperation. Radio and newspapers promised coverage to keep the drive in public view. Mr Hollyday and Robert H McCauley reviewed campaign phases and committees outlined programs already drawn.
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Washington County
Mr. Hollyday
Robert H. McCauley
Great Daylight Raid Elevates Allied Air Efforts
More than 760 heavy bombers and a record fighter escort formed the American aerial task force targeting Oschersleben Halberstadt and Brunswick Braunschweig within 120 miles of Berlin. Official results praised the attack as potentially the war’s most crippling blow to the Nazi air arm with over 100 enemy planes downed and production at the three plants halted for months. General Arnold called the raid a strike that rocked Germany back on its heels as losses ran about five percent for the armada of possibly 1 280 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Brunswick
Braunewergy
Berlin
Arnold
London
Daily Telegraph
8Th Air Force
Fort Tesses
Seidel Returns To School Post Here
Baltimore announces John J. Seidel resumes duties as deputy assistant commissioner for vocational education with general supervision of all vocational programs and direct control of the war training program. Dr. Pullen states Seidel returns after leave of absence from July 1 1943 to year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas G. Pullen
John J. Seidel
Seidel
United States Office of Education
Washington
Pullen
Foreign Relief Bill Approved by House Foreign Affairs Committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a measure to establish U S participation in a cooperative aid program under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The bill caps total appropriation at 1.35 billion dollars, based on one percent of national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Congress
Population scale in early America estimated by colonists
The estimate claims New York City then held six times the population of all lands that would become the United States and Canada combined at Columbus era. It situates New York as vastly larger than the rest of the region in early colonial times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States
Canada
Columbus
Local Quotations Furnished by Kime Bros
Prices paid farmers and producers listed for Wheat at mill and barn Bacon onions shoulder fowl and other staples. Figures include OPS ceiling price and Carling price terms for chickens lard cabbage potatoes and apples with notes on fresh produce and bone sections. Unclear items and missing values noted.
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Kime Bros. Benevols
Ates
Carling
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