Give Dont Swap Dont Exchange for War Victims Relief
Christmas presents and house slippers are not the priority now. The message urges giving to the Victory Clothing Collection for overseas relief. It notes 25,000,000 war victims benefited from a nationwide clothing drive and calls for coats, boots, shoes, dresses, underwear, suits, shawls, shirts, sweaters, caps, blankets, and quilts to aid Europe, the Pacific, and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrens
Europe
Pacific
Victory
Philippines
Bradley signals tough reform at Veterans Administration
Gen Omar Bradley, newly empowered to reorganize VA medical staffs, unveils a broad plan to overhaul hospital staffing. The program features dismissals of misfits, promotion opportunities for capable but previously overlooked doctors, outside study chances, and adding part time doctors and consultants from medical schools and private hospitals. Completion is expected over a year as a careful appraisal of each pay record and qualification is conducted.
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Veterans Administration
Omar Xe Bradley
General Bradley
Gradiey
Tha Vetrans
Aiong
Aera
Fleets, Atom Tests, and Future Naval Power
The article discusses how atomic weapon tests at sea could reshape naval balance. It questions whether existing fleets remain decisive as new weapons emerge and considers the potential obsolescence of current ships and technologies.
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Ts Guard
Navy faces altered warfare with atomic bomb threat explored
The article contemplates how atomic weapons could force major naval forces to change tactics, possibly fighting in new environments or underground, and stresses that answers must guide future U.S. naval defense planning in light of lessons from the last war.
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United States
Remodeling of the White House Drives Big Budget
An article questions the White House expansion plans costing 81 million plus, highlighting the addition of 15 000 square feet of office space and tracing the residence's evolving history from Washington to Dolly Madison and beyond, urging scrutiny of the project.
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White House
Waite House
George Washington
John Adams
Ano Thor
Washington
Jefferson
Che Capitol
Dolly Madison
Sheill
Fragmented Last Words From a Fractured Page
The readable scraps hint at a snowy scene with trees and a lake, reels of film, and stray phrases. The jumbled text references light, snow, cawing birds, and a sense of quiet day and night amid broken lines and misplaced words.
COLUMN By HAL BOYLE Long journey through Hongkong history and fear
A Boyle column reflects on duty and courage amid wartime recollections, noting a single brave man in Hong Kong and a broader meditation on fear, duty, and action. It contrasts grim scenes with a call for swift, wise choices, citing Captain Edward Lesage and a vivid anecdote of a trooper in New Guinea, ending with reflections on American resilience.
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Henskong Jong
Tecend
Tioret
Hongkong
Edward Lesage
Uitde
New L
99 Years Ago Today Second Taxi Arrests Alarm Rail Station
A taxi driver was arrested again for obstructing energy at a Pennsylvania Rail station area. Local leaders push to the courts while Sabbath crusade officials condemn perceived Sabbath breaking. County officials seek a larger county appropriation for the Orphans Home and a Gettysburg timber heel company reorganization names R. J. Funkhouser as president with $106000 capitalization.
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Pennsylvania Rail
Boardounty Commissioners
Tre Keller
Charles A. Weagley
Franklin M. Thomas
Orphans Home
R. J. Funkhouser
Tingerstown
Sure Four Tibber Heel Company
Gettysburg
Strength For The Day Practice And Theory By Dr Earl Dulglass
A reflection on Jesus answering the great commandment with love. The piece contrasts right theory with the will to act and stresses that living faith requires practice, translating belief into honest deeds and daily conduct.
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Earl Bs. Dulglass Esus
Wig Inqilerer
Jesus
Ming
Local Men Elected To Shrine Offices
Cumberland Maryland January 18 W Vandegrift of Cumberland elevated to the office of potentate of Alf Ghan Temple Ancient and AR abts Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the annual meeting. Other officers elected for the ensuing year include Lessie K Spielman Rabban Hagerstown Morgan C Warris tant Rabban Eugene Gordon etc Harold C Wickard Cumberland oriental guide William My Exig ri Cumberland recorder Vandearift who heads Shriners in Allegany Washington and part of Frederick counties.
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Cumberland
Upy
W. Vandegrift
Alf Ghanne Temple
Ancfenn
Arats Order
Mystic Shrine
Lessie K. Spielman
Hagerstown
Rabban
Morgan C. Warris
Astant Rabban
Eugene Gordon
Fazerstown
Prohet
Harold C. Wickard
Oriental Suide
William My Exig Ri
Vandearift
Martin V. OR. Bostetter
Shriners
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick County
Reporters' Notebooks Continued From Page 1
Charlee Lyons seeks more information about the report and the truth, while Maryland Insurance’s Mathias rides for an insurance deal after his first airplane flight. A turkey hen hitchhikes on a city truck, prompting a chase. tax office workers scramble to finish 1946 bills. meat clerks show sour humor over rising prices. Dr. Hartle shares geographic curios about Victoria Falls, Silver Spring River, Canberra, and La Paz. a bus conversation reveals stock shortages at a haberdasher.
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Charlee Lyons
Sian
Phil Mathias
Mathias Maryland Insurance Company
Henson Flying Service
Henson
Hagerstown
Dorothy Hartle
Jefferson Street
Brookline Avenue
Robert L. Hartle
Smithsburg
Victoria Falls
Africa
Silver Spring
Florida
America
Canberra
Australia
la Paz
Bolivia
Robert
St. Augustine
North America
Veterans’ Problems
R. P. Bronson
Veterans’ Administration
Lso
V. A
Maryland
Kansas
Sam
Celenel Branson
Washington
Stillwell on China and Truman era tensions
General Joseph Stillwell criticizes Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists, compares their government to Nazi rule, and questions future U S policy amid Marshall’s recently patched truce with the Chinese Communists. He recalls failures in command and notes public doubts near Chungking.
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Sy Drew
Washington
Vinegar Joe” Stillwell
Pat Hurley
Stillwell
China
Marshall
Vinegar Jos
San Francisco
Hurley
United States
Mr. Hurley
T. V. Soong
Chiang
Gimo
Chiang Kai-shek
Tha Gimo
Japan
Nationalist Party
Stilwell
Chungking
Maury Maverick
Truman
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Atom
Burt
White House Mont Re
Chiteer
Edgar A
Quatrains
Owen
REL
Hal Boyle
Hom Long
Corres
Amerigim Slowsus
Times
Jacob Roessner
Jack Sheeley
Pony Town
John O. Leister
Battimor and
Totomac
Jackson and
Shaford
Abram Strife
Hal Boyla
Dad Webster Cooper
Tennessee Synod of the “Methodist Episcopal Church South
Sears
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
The
Bon Ton
Triangle Food Stores
Municipal Tax Office
George Bellamy
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Just
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
Potomac Street
Chiang Kai Shek
Victory Bonds & Stamps
Kaybee Peoples Store
Washington St
John D. Myers & Co
Shockey’s
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
Funds For Farmers
the Nicodemus National Bank
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