Woman killed as storm topples tower at Ellicott City school
A sudden wind storm in Baltimore killed Rosa M. Wheatley and endangered boats on the Chesapeake Bay. Coast Guard cutters searched for a small sailboat carrying three girls and another boat with eight children weathered the storm and reached Fort Howard. The Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Co. rushed teams to repair broken power lines across the city and county.
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Chesapeake Bay
Rosa M. Wheatley
Ellicott City
Coast Guard
Fort Howard
Miles Meyer
Consolidacea Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
Positions Open In State Services
State positions are available with daily applications accepted. Hospital attendants are sought and a long list of postings closes August 15. Vacancies include deputy state health officer public health nurses clerks stenographers mechanics chauffeurs stewards carpenters mail censors pharmacists highway engineer record clerk road inspector sign painter sub station clerk and more. Write to the State Employment Commissioner 22 Light St Baltimore to obtain application blanks.
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Light St
Baltimore
No Blondes Mentioned in State College Agency Notice
Fragmentary text from a Pennsylvania State College dating bureau item notes applications received by the Independent Women's Association dating bureau. Readable content references a slender brunette and a preference paradox, indicating a transcription error or garbled copy.
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State College
Natal
Independent Women's Association
Pennsylvania State C
Sayy Suites Evn Oy EleTen Gone RECT Sa
Readable fragments describe a local event involving Sayy suites and a RECT Sa notice. The text hints at names and places but lacks clear dates or outcomes. This record preserves the fragmentary details while noting the uncertain treatment and event context.
Mills To Attend WPB Conference
Herman L. Mills, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will attend a two day training conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. The War Production Board has adopted a classification system to trace end use of essential materials for allocation. Donald Mienm, chairman, extended the invitation by telegram to ensure uniform understanding and compliance with regulations.
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Herman L. Mills
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
War Product Board
ATL
Excent Retail
Donald Mie N m
Cheam
War Production Board
War Program To Be Discussed Tonight On WBAL
A roundtable on wartime public involvement titled What you can do to help win the war airs tonight on WBAL from 8:35 to 9. Participants include Lieut Col James P Wharton public relations officer of the Third Service Command Dr Raymond Husses chair of the Blood Donors Service Committee American Red Cross Walter D Loar of the Baltimore City Salvage Committee and Yale Office of War Information.
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Office of War Information
WBAL
Tror
James P. Wharton
Oficer
Third Service Command
Raymond Husses
Sting
American Red Cross
Walter D. Loar
Baltimore City
Disbarment Case Set For Hearing In Cumberland Court
The Washington County Bar Association seeks disbarment of Attorney C Walter Baker. A hearing before the full bench in Cumberland Court is scheduled for Monday morning August 17. The bar filed a February bill of complaint through William P Lane alleging official misconduct and malpractice with seven cited client-handling wrongdoings. Baker faces embezzlement charges from the local Grand Jury. he was convicted in two cases and given two concurrent two-year sentences in the House of Correction, with an appeal after denial and bond posted.
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Washington County Bar Association
C. Walter Baker
Clyeuic Court
Bar Association
William P. Lane
D. Anele Wolfinger
John Wagaman
Baker
Cumberland
House of Correction
Cod Liver Oil Ration and Shock Battalion Vitamin Supply
A wartime caption notes cod liver oil doses given to Nazi shock troops to supply vitamins with the line about the “first soldier of the land” Adolf Hitler. The image was approved by British and U S censors.
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Adolph Hitler
U. S
C.P
Court of Appeals to hear Baker disbarment case
The October Court of Appeals will hear disbarment proceedings against Baker, a local attorney with nearly twenty five years of practice. The action is the first of its kind filed in the court for many years.
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Court of Appeals
Baker
Missing New York man Joseph Rigney sought in amnesia case
Police seek 65 year old Joseph Peter Rigney last seen at his New York City home. A telegram reports he mailed a postcard from Hyerstown on July 28 saying he did not know how he ended up there or how to return home. He is five feet five inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.
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Joseph Peter Rigney
Bis
New York City
Rigney
Hyerstown
New York
Tribal Dancas in Mozambique Last Days of Ordeals
Reports describe Mozambican tribal dancas that can extend up to 74 hours, reflecting extended ritual endurance and cultural tradition among certain native communities.
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Mozambique
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