Trucks in War Outlined by Maryland Operators Meeting
M R Greene of the Office of Defense Transportation addressed about 150 private and local truck operators at Hagerstown City Hall outlining the crucial role of hundreds of trucks in Washington county and nearby areas for the war effort. He stressed conserving tires and gasoline and noted the federal government may call on operators to haul vital war materials, soldiers or food, warning that without conservation trucks could break down and force drastic future changes.
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Washington County
M. R. Greene
Baltimore
Office of Defense Transportation
Hagerstown City Hall
Greene
ODT
Local ODT orders discussed at Washington County meeting
John M. Baer was elected chairman of the Washington County Advisory Committee to the ODT. The panel will assist shippers by contacting the ODT office in Baltimore, with Keene and Walter F. Knipe outlining orders and amendments. Farmers and certain truck types are exempt. a 75 percent return load rule takes effect July 1. Pooling must be submitted for DDT and Justice approval to conserve tires and fuel.
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ODT
John M. Baer
Washington County
Baltimore
Keene
Walter F. Knipe
M. R. Greene
Munsey Building
Motor Truck Association
Light Street
Greene
DDT
Department of Justice
Elim
L. J. Zinser
Blackout Orders Issued From State Headquarters In Maryland
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney said he will not order further blackouts in Baltimore city and county, noting the times came from the State Headquarters. The recent test, prompted by the First Interceptor Command in New York and ordered by the Office of Civilian Defense in Baltimore, affected seven western and central Maryland counties with uniform timing.
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Richard H. Sweeney
First Interceptor Command
New York
Office of
Civilian Defense
Baltimore
Sweeney
Maryland
Salvage program to start in two weeks in Maryland
Mrs Ruth Everson of the women s division of the general salvage section Bureau of Industrial Conservation War Production Board told 125 Maryland Home Economics instructors that salvage equipment to reclaim tin and steel from cans will be set up in about two weeks in Baltimore A collection drive for the cans will begin about the same time as the equipment setup in the effort to aid the war.
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College Park
Ruth Everson
Maryland
Everson
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
War Production Board
Baltimore
Welfare load drops sharply in Maryland May report
Maryland welfare costs fell to 668,580 in May, the lightest since mid 1941, with the case load index for old age assistance at 95.7 and the aid to dependent children index down to 73. The department’s May release notes 12 month lows in trends, while a separate line mentions an Alaskan town named Chicken.
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Department of Public Welfare
J. Milton Patterson
Aspirin promotion touts St Joseph rival at low price
Local ad urges readers to choose St Joseph Aspirin over higher priced brands. It markets a bargain at 10c and claims greater value from the world’s best seller.
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St. Joseph
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North Potomac Street
Howard’s
Baltimore St
Max Singer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fairchild
Hume Peabody
Army Air Corps
UFW
Colin P. Kelly
R. S. Boutelle
Fairchild Corporation
Alice M. Donahue
Women’s Auxiliary
Peabody
Singer
Kelly
William P. Lane
America
AST
Kays
June Brides
Ian
Humphreys
Bentz & Dunn’s
North Potomac St
Icodemus
Sam
Palm Beach
Arrow
Musey & Evans
West
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the House of
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Montgomery Ward
Lttier
Dad
Brandon
Ad ‘ Stie
Cortlands
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