Plans for Italian War Prisoners Camp Near Green Ridge Forest
Governor O Conor announced plans to house about 200 Italian war prisoners in a rehabilitate CCC camp in Green Ridge State Forest between Hancock and Cumberland. The War Manpower Commission certified need for these workers to aid state forest work, with a contract between the Army and the Maryland Department of Forests and Parks required before activities begin. The project aims to boost pulpwood supply for Luke, Massachusetts mill and improve forest conditions for future timber.
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Green Ridge
Hancock
Cumberland
O’conor
War Manpower Commission
War Department
Thhe Army
State Department of Forests and Parks
Forestry Department
Luke
Joseph F. Kaylor
Shas
Green Ridge Forest
Conservaion Corps
O'Conor
Hancock District
Green *Ridge
Washington County
Allegany County
Man Charged With Robbery of Lockers
Detective Wayne Seliman arrested William Satterwhite on a locker robbery at Hagerstown High School. The 26 year old from 800 block Virginia Avenue admitted breaking into lockers, stealing several dollars and a wrist watch, which he claimed he gave to his girlfriend. About seven students had lockers entered with valuables taken.
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Wayne Seliman
Clarence
William Satterwhite
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown High School
Sehman
Satterwhite
RAF Bombing of Berlin Reported by Swedish Telegraph
The night raid on Berlin by RAF bombers followed by fighter planes broke a 10 night lull and targeted the capital with heavy flak defenses. Swedish Aftonbladet reported good cloud cover, Berliners prepared for raids, and new shelters on Koethenerstrasse were described as three stories deep with space for 5,000 people. Reports also noted German blackout tightening in occupied Poland and an Allied push toward northern France.
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Berlin
Coastal Command
Europe
Channel
France
RAF
Aftonbladet
John Brown Storage Shed To Be Razed
The Chambersburg borough will raze a shed once used by abolitionist John Brown to store weapons before Harpers Ferry. The shed is part of a downtown property cleared for a free parking lot. two Civil War era bayonets were found during earlier partition removal. Granite is noted as the hardest durable stone.
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John Brown
Harpers Ferry
Chambersburg
Postwar Plans Outlined by U S Leaders in Chicago
In Chicago on January 21, Speaker Rayburn announced a bipartisan House committee to frame postwar economic legislation and speed peacetime recovery. War Manpower Chief McNutt said seven cities would open demonstration offices next week to test veteran job placement methods with nationwide expansion by April 1. Offices will be in New Haven, St. Louis, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Denver.
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Chicago
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Paul V. McNutt
United Nations
United States Conference of Mayors
McNutt
American Legion
Mutual Broadcasting System
New Haven
Conn
St. Louis
Houston
IN THE SERVICE Page 16 Listings From Great Lakes
Navy and Army personnel from Great Lakes and Camp Atterbury are listed with ranks and service numbers. Families report furloughs, graduations, and new postings from Camp Atterbury Indiana to Camp Butner North Carolina and Naval Training Station Great Lakes. Messages invite letters from friends and hometowns to Pvt Henry Lee Moore, Sgt William Cunningham, Pvt Raymond Sprankle, and Robert Green among others.
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U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Navy
William S$. Cunningham
Cunningham
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Benevola
Cannon Co
APO
Indiana
Polite burglar robs Baltimore apartment
Mrs. Peggy Wessels told police a soft spoken intruder robbed her Baltimore apartment last night. The burglar warned her 14 year old daughter of his presence, promised no long disturbance, apologized as he left through a window with $52 and a jewel case.
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Baltimore
Peggy Wessels
Bond Drive Progress Spurs Local Sales and Post Office Totals
Local bond drive shows gains with new figures from banks and post office. Treasury official E R Mowbry urged payroll deduction bonds while theater sales for the Desert Song premiere reached 4 500 to date 7 625 total.
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Francis Heck
Postoffice
Treasury
E. R. Mowbry
U. S. Treasury Department
Kiwanig Club
Hollyday
Mowbry
Mowhry
George Payette
Warner Bros. Theatres
Payette
Maryland
F D R to Ignore Fourth Term Draft Agitation
The article covers midwestern Democratic leaders rallying behind Roosevelt for a possible fourth term. Elmer F Klein and Jake More push state delegations to back the President, while Governor Kerr downplays party disunity. James C. Quigley chairs a 13 state conference and notes grievances would go to the White House. The Midwest group may welcome complaints and Iowa backs Wallace for VP.
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Elmer F. Klein
Minnesota
Jake More
Iowa
Roosevelt
Kerr
United States Senate
James C. Quigley
Nebraska
Quigley
White House
National Committee
More
Wendell L. Willkie
Lonn Warns Against Optimism in War Lecture
Dr. Ella Lonn told Women's Club members that optimism is misplaced as she used maps to show Europe and the Far East war theaters. She urged constant bombing, highlighted Allied gains against U boats, shipping, and recent Russian and Mediterranean successes, and warned Americans to sacrifice as taxes test resolve.
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Ella Lonn
Women’s Club
Mediterranean
Stelly
Italy
Far East
Lonn
Philippines
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Charges of graft at Army base continue to unfold
The News reports a graft inquiry at an Army base with hundreds of thousands of dollars involved. A House committee plans hearings starting next Thursday and investigators have been sent to the camp. May cites the disclosures as fundamental to the public and taxpayers. War department permission was sought to detain an Army officer and to locate other officers overseas.
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Paga-1
House Committee
May
Military Affairs Committee
Washington
War Department
Shanks
Corruption allegations and diesel buys curb smoke nuisance
The article items profit sharing and padded payments among officials and contractors, inflated sod pricing tied to an employee, waste of 1000 gallons of gasoline daily, and black market activities by government workers. It notes Western Maryland Railway advancing cleanup by adding three diesels and two more on the way to improve local yard operations.
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Camp Shanks
Western Maryland Railway
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Crane
O. P.O
Weat
Washington Street
Milly’s
Potomac St
ICA
America
A&p
Fiborous
R.A.F
U.S
Pvt
Henry Lee Moore
3Rd Inf
Camp Butner
N. C
Irene Zimmerly
Williams
Hussone
Aviation Metalsmiths School
Norman
Oxta
John Franklin Zimmerly
Verte Beach
Fla
Fairchild Aircraft
Raymond L. Sprankle
Clyde H. Sprankle
Singapore Avenue
ASN
Co. K
Fairchild Corporation
Robert B. Green
U.S. N
TS. Co
Great Lakes, Til
Lewis and
Ella Green
Guilford Avénué
F.D.R
Dr. Lonn
Speaker
Lilly Crackell
S of All Publishers
the Record Shop
East Washington Street
Novgorod
Finlands
Ghelsinki
Estonias Norte
Gulf of Riga
Nalga
Ienb
Strov
Olkhov
Urishi
Lake
Staraya Russa
Russia
Luga
Moscow
Leningrad
Oranienbaum
Army Base
William T. Hamilton
Glick’s
Kreider
BS W. Washington &T
Mink
Wallaby
Filer Boathers
FUR Department
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