War work peaks as 12.5 million in direct effort
Chairman Paul V. McNutt reports 12,500,000 people are in direct war work with a projection of 5,000,000 more needed in six months. He notes labor shortages in war centers and calls for expanded female and nontraditional labor, plus vocational training funded at over 90 million dollars to aid 3,000,000 workers.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
The
Manpower Commission
United States
Works Projects Administration
Congress
McNutt
Tydings Sees Long Warfare for War End
U S Senator Millard E Tydings said end of the war is not in sight predicting it may take until 1944 for progress to show He urged thinking in years not weeks and warned there is no room for panic though the war will be long and hard he saw no reason for loss.
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Baltimore
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland Democrat
Blackout Program To Be Discussed Tonight
Civilian Defense staff wardens and sector wardens meet at 7 30 pm in the Mayor and Council chamber to finalize local dusk to dawn blackout plans. The blackout follows earlier tests with a half hour air raid warning and darkness county wide except for vital defense industries from pm to am.
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Zour
Mayor and Council
Plan Drive For Workers For Defense Plants
The United States Employment Service in Hagerstown announced an all out drive to recruit 2000 workers for local defense industries with at least 500 hires in six days. Preference for sheet metal experience, but others with small tool handling skills will be considered. Applications require birth certificate, two character references, and two photos. minimum age 15. Stouffer said labor demand is at record highs and recruitment will extend via nearby offices in Martinsburg Chambersburg Cumberland Oakland Frederick Westminster Greencastle Shippensburg Carlisle. All US Employment Service offices are on a war time basis and workers must register to support defense plants. The service added staff to register applicants and will issue referral cards to qualified workers and continues recruiting for Vocational Training School with free training in sheet metal machine shop welding and wood work.
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United States Employment Service
East Washington Street
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
Washington County
United Sates
Martinsburg
W. Va
Chambersburg
Cumberland
Frederick
Staf
Defense
Stouffer
Employment Service
Jockey Balzaretti Injured in Fairgrounds Spill
Jockey William J Balzaretti who figured in a spill in the third race at the Fairgrounds on Saturday was discharged from the hospital after spending the night. George Miller suffered a broken wrist and Patsy Grant was unhurt. A second spill in the seventh race sent Grant to the first aid station with a bruised thigh.
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William J. Balzaretti
Fairgrounds
Chaps
W. M. Miller
George Miller
Patsy Grant
Grant
FASTEETH powder for secure denture fit
FASTEETH powder markets itself as an alkaline non acidic denture powder that keeps upper or lower plates from sliding or rocking. It claims to control plate odor and requires no gummy taste, offering a firm hold without souring or pasty feel.
Mob lynching violence shocks Texas town and hospital scene
A brutal mob violence case in a Texas town follows an attempted rape. A man was killed in a cafe gunfight, and another victim’s assailant may have been the same suspect. The sheriff details a chaotic night as authorities recover bodies and question bystanders while a separate report mentions workers and community band plans.
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Boston
Tex
Watts
Boronegro
Fairchild Plans Band for Patriotic Events and Ceremonies
Fairchild Aircraft announces plans to form a 40 member band under Earl E. Neubig. Notices posted at plants in Hagerstown seek prospective members from all three shifts with rehearsals and a dedicated director to accompany dedication ceremonies and other events.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Earl E. Neubig
Fairchild
Hagerstown
Oac
County Men Go Tuesday Induction List Readied
The Local Board No. 2 will induct Washington county men into the armed forces tomorrow. The roster includes James Duvall, Allen Smith, Gilbert Mason, John Crampton, Gilbert Ward, Harry Doub Jr, Raymond Reed, Edward Carbaugh, Charles Flock, Paul Kline, George Bartlett, Robert Myers, Gilbert Holmes, Harry Partner, Lloyd Baker, Calvin Miller, Harold Lentz, Victor Fiery, Ira Frey, Clarence Faulders, Homer Weller, Robert Hillman, Otho Eaton Jr, Charles Lowman, Earl Hann, Maurice Grams, Edward Easterday, Harvey Iseminger, Edgar Rudy, Albert Sampell, Elmer Stitzel, Marvin Hawbaker, William Wetzel, Melvin Hutzell, Herman Weaver, William Ankeney, Marshall Weller, Renner, Waltz, Willard Wallace, Carl Dorsey, Kennard Wade, Frank Monninger, John Bower, William Barnes, Orville Miller, Calvin Grove, Fred Besore, Paul Blair, William Murray, Charles Wyand, and Charles Raymond.
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Washington County
Local Board No
James Charles Duvall
Washington, D. C
Allen Roscoe Smith
Lantz
Gilbert Raymond Mason
Big Pool
John William Crampton
Fairplay
Gilbert George Ward
Hancock
Harry Gross Doub, Jr
Hagerstown
Raymond Elwood Reed
Edward Luther Carbaugh
Clearspring
Charles Luther Flock
Keedyn
Ira Elmer Frey
Smithsburg
Clarence Edward Faulders
Boonsboro
Homer Edward Weller
Port Covington Yard
Baltimore
Robert van Hillman
Otho Eaton
George Street
City
Charles Vernon Lowman
Earl Edward Hann
Maurice Franklin Grams
William Henry Ankeney
Marshall William Weller
Ellsworth Morell Renner
Williamsport
Daniel Richard Waltz
Willard Butler Wallace
Marshall Street
Carl Reno Dorsey
Kennard Elsworth Wade
Highfield
Frank Edward Monninger
McDowell Avenue
John Scott Bower
List of Names Tied to Maryland and Illinois Locations
A fragmented OCR list names multiple individuals associated with towns such as Sharpsburg Williamsport Keedysville Hagerstown Hancock and Wellington Illinois. The underlined pattern shows addresses routes and streets including Rt 1 Rt 2 57 W Bethel street and city. The text reads like a register of people linked to various places.
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Keedysville
Rt 1
Matthews Polpus Trier
Williamsport
Roger Theodore Allen
Hancock
British Hold Nile Position Amid Stalled Axis Offensive
Allied air protections and ground actions kept the front lines and Egyptian defenses steady as Australian troops strengthened a British foothold near Tel El Eisa. British reports said 2,000 Axis troops were captured, 18 tanks knocked out, and several guns and trucks seized, with 700 further prisoners claimed in radio dispatches.
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Gattara
Egypt
Malta
Tel el Eisa
Marshall Erwin Rombel
Rommel
Claude Auchinleck
Autoist Held in Bolivar Speed Charge
Jerauld Cook of Bolivar West Virginia was arrested in Boonshoro by State Trooper J J Coady on a charge of operating an automobile at a speed greater than reasonable and proper. He posted 11 dollars 45 cents collateral for a hearing.
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Jerauld Cook
Bolivar
W. Va
Boonshoro
J. J. Coady
Desert Wastes Largely Inhabited by Wandering Bedouins
Reports describe Egyptian desert wastes as nearly uninhabited except for wandering Bedouin tribes. The piece notes their mobility and endurance in a harsh, remote landscape.
Red Army faces two directional drive toward Stalin grad
German offensive in the central sector threatens Boguchar and the Don, with the Red Army forced to defend a two direction push toward Stalin grad. Front line dispatches say Russians abandon ground reluctantly while mines slow German advances. In Boguchar heavy fighting continues as German tanks push near the Don and Volga regions.
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Rostov
Stalingrad
Red Army
Kantemirovka
Voronezh
Baguchar
Volga
Boguchar
Don
The
Caucasus
Lishchansk
Donets
Pokrovsk
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Moscow-Rostov
Rossosh
Don River
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Washington St
Crane
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Hagerstown Gas CO
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Werner Thiel
John Thomas
Richard Quirin
Herman QO. Neubauer
Edward John Kerling
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Office of War Information
Texas
Vinson
the Potomac Fish and Game Club
the Park Circle Athletic Club
Inc
George & Wise Street
Bear Wash. Sq
Board No. 2
Montgomery Ward
Rudy
Rudy’s Fox
Pharmacy Hotel
Hamilton
Commer
Nile
Concood Factory
Poromar
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
South Potomac St
W. S. Yoder
DR. Yoder
White Swan Hotel
Waynesboro
Notrs
Fleisher
Thrift Department
Bemberg
Shantung
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