Decline Noted In Venereal Disease In Hagerstown Area
A three year study by the county health officer and Dr W R Willard shows venereal disease cases in Washington County and Hagerstown declining from 1936 to 1942 with 201 reported in 1942, aided by local clinics. The report notes continued higher rates in the county than Maryland overall, and highlights treatment adherence issues and hospital findings including 34 percent positive blood tests on admissions. National Social Hygiene Day on February 2 is noted by Dr Willard.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Earth Office
W. R. Willard
Ounty
Hagersown
Maryland
Washington County Hospital
Willard
Roosevelt
Dimout rules lifted end night baseball ban citywide
New York Mayor LaGuardia announced the lifting of dimout regulations that had made night baseball impossible in New York City last summer, ending the blackout era and allowing evening games to resume.
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New York
LaGuardia
New York City
Rush starts to pay income taxes in town
Allen H. Mumma, collector at the local post office, reports steady crowds seeking guidance on Form 1125 and 1943 returns. About 150 people were served yesterday as residents learn how 1942 income and tax affect 1943 liabilities and how to file joint or separate returns. The internal revenue office operates daily on the post office’s second floor.
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Hagerstown
Allen H. Mumma
Mumma
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Office
Probe Is Ordered By Chairman Land
Admiral Emory Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission, ordered an immediate probe of Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard Baltimore after a union delegation charged the company was slowing production. The War Manpower Commission and War Production Board may also participate in examining ship production and facilities.
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Washington
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Admiral Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Admiral Land
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Pardon Granted to Gen Richardson Amid Hawaii Controversy
President Roosevelt pardoned Lieut. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr., commander of the Hawaiian Department, who had been fined for contempt after refusing to obey a habeas corpus writ. The action halts pending court tests over military civil authority in war zones and ends a high profile clash with Judge Delbert Metzger.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Justice Department
Richardson
Hawaiian Department
Delbert E. Metzger
Honolulu
Metzger
Seafood price ceilings begin January in Maryland
Baltimore January 25 The first ceiling prices for 11 varieties of fresh fish and seafood will take effect January 27 as announced by the State Office of Price Administration. The move sets fixed prices binding on sellers and includes distinctions by weight, whole and cleaned, fillets, cuts and steaks with a Baltimore metro area rate fixed per pound and minor regional variation possible.
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Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Contempt dispute ends as judges ease fine and release two prisoners
Judge Metzger cut the contempt fine to 100 dollars and Richardson dropped the habeas corpus order. The two men, Edwin R. Seifert and Walter Gluckman, were naturalized citizens of German ancestry and have since been released.
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Metzger
Richardson
Edwin R. Seifert
Walter Gluckman
Penal Farm Is Given Citation for War Production
The State Penal Farm at Roxbury is cited in the 1943 report of Maryland’s State Board of Corrections as the best for its size in the United States for war production. The governor released the summary showing Maryland institutions produced 667,806 dollars in war work over sixteen months, with four state prisons handling 196 war contracts, a figure rivaled only by Oregon in per capita terms.
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State Board of Correction
United States
O’conor
Maryland
Oregon
Board of Correction
Arrest Reported in Bern On German Official
From Bern and the German frontier comes word, unconfirmed, that Ernst Brauweiler, German foreign press chief, has been arrested. The report circulated today amid Germany related diplomatic chatter and could affect regional press relations.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suisse
Ernst Brauweiler
Harmon recounts air battle and escape from downed plane
Tom Harmon, former Michigan football star and current U S Air Forces lieutenant, described a dogfight over China with Zeros. He said he couldn t disclose how he returned to American lines 32 days after being shot down, citing risks to others, and recalled landing in a lake after his parachute opened during a fiery bailout.
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China
Michigan
Lowden Buslen
Springfield
Tommy
1A Lake
Washington
Jan
Vay
Woods Reclassified 4F After Toe Loss
George Pinky Woods, Boston Red Sox pitcher, was classified 4F by his draft board in Rutland Virginia after reporting for a physical exam. He lost a toe in a 1942 accident while playing for Memphis in the Southern Association and had been 4-F before a month ago.
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Rutland
George
Pinky’ Woods
Boston Red Sock
Memphis
Commando To Speak At Defense Meeting
Sgt Irwin Moyer American Commando who fought at Dieppe and Salerno will speak at the Zone Four Civilian Defense annual meeting tomorrow at 8 pm in the Wood of the World building. His talk covers battle experiences from Dieppe to Salerno.
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Irwin Moyer
Dieppe
Salerno
Italy
New of the World
Moger
Civilian Defense
Henry Renninger
France
United States
Third Service Command
Washington County
Civil Air Patrol Plans Leaflet Drop Over Hagers Town
Civil Air Patrol pilots will drop nearly 20 000 leaflets from six planes shortly after 5 pm in Hagers Town weather permitting. A CAP group will drop the Bond leaflets from a high altitude to use wind draft to land near the town center with an Army craft among the planes.
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Civil Air Patrol
Hagerstand
CAP
Hagerstown
Nineteenth Child Born to Somerset Mother
In Listie, Mrs. Florence Dayton Tirko wife of William Tirko a Baltimore and Ohio railroad section worker welcomed the 19th child born today The 42 year old mother has 12 daughters and five sons living The eldest son 23 serves in New Jersey while another son 20 serves with the Army in Italy
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Somerset
Florence Dayton Tirko
Listie
William Tirko
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New Jersey
Italy
Four Die in South Chicago Steel Turbine Blast
Four Carnegie Illinois Steel workers died when a steam turbine exploded at the South Chicago plant as staff prepared for a Fourth War Loan rally. Twelve others were injured at the facility, a major wartime producer with about fifteen thousand employees. The bond drive rally was to proceed as scheduled. Cattle ranches vary in size from 2000 to 100960 acres.
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Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
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