Loss of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba
The Navy disclosed the loss of the Coast Guard cutter Escanaba and nearly its entire crew on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Only two sailors survived, while Captain Lieut. Comdr. Carl Unn Peterson died with his ship. Survivors Melvin Baldwin and Raymond F. OMalley Jr provided accounts of the blast and sinking.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Escanaba
Navy
North Atlantic
Bartan
Melvin Baldwin
East Grand Forks
Minn
Raymond F. O'Malley
S*wain
Chicago
Carl Unn Peterson
Newtonville
Mass
Storis
Scouts Aid In Crop Harvest On Eastern Shore Camps
Maryland Boy Scouts announce five farm service camps on the Eastern Shore to assist farmers with harvests this summer. About 12 to 15 year olds will work two week terms or longer, six to eight hours daily, at 30 cents an hour, with a $6 weekly cost and a physical exam required. Scouts will earn Victory Farm Volunteers insignia and a U S Crop Corps service certificate after two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Boy Scouts
Eastern Shore
Robert H. Heistand
Victory Farm Volunteers
United States Crop Corps Service
Eleanor Roosevelt to Visit Conscientious Objectors Camp
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt is expected to visit the camp for conscientious objectors near Powellville Maryland on June 19 Director J Russell Freeman announced Freeman said Clarence Pickett executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee which administers the camp informed him of the impending visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Eleanor Roosevelt
Powellville
J. Russell Freeman
Freeman
Clarence FE. Pickett
American Friends Service Committee
Revenues Mount and Council Plans Tax Returns
Revenues for the first half of 1943 may bring greater returns as the city reduces municipal electricity rates. Council members expect a sizeable surplus to fund postwar projects and possibly reduce taxes, with bond retirements scheduled and continued tax collection improvements led by City Treasurer Harold F. Bester. A recent settlement in Baltimore involved an overcharge on a whisky brand, yielding $8,079.27 to the U.S. Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargerstown
Harold F. Bester
John W. Munson
Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
U. S. Treasury
Publisher Chandler Freed After Brief Jail Term
Ralph B. Chandler publisher of the Mobile Press and Register is released from jail 20 minutes after a $10 fine and six hours confinement for editorial criticism of a criminal court judge. He is freed on a writ of habeas corpus and says he will appeal to the United States Supreme Court with a review set for June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Chandler
Mobile
Ala
Press and Restater
Chandler
United States Supreme Court
Cards To Be Sent To Men In Service
At a meeting of the Society of the Forty and Eight a committee led by Oscar G. Eckard was formed to distribute playing cards to service men. Appeals for new or good used cards and cash donations were issued, with donations directed to the Legion Home. Sears Roebuck manager Fish offered to sell cards at cost and donate a pack per purchase. Other committee members include McCielland Altemier Meyer Berkson and Clyde M Bell. Cards will be given to service men by chaplains.
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Society of the Forty and Eight
American Legion Home
Oscar G. Eckard
Legion
Fish
Sears. Roebuck Company
McCielland Altemier
Meyer Berkson
Clyde M. Bell
Chanlains
WPA Material Put Into Defense Use In Maryland
In Maryland about thirty percent of WPA material remaining after the agency’s disbandment has been redirected to war and civilian defense projects. Arthur L. Rhoads, representative of the work program, noted the conversion progress and ongoing assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Arthur L. Rhoads
Treasury agency reports wartime materiel distribution
The Procurement Division of the U S Treasury announced 15 trucks were sent to the armed services yesterday with other orders fed almost daily. WPA equipment, taken over during liquidation, is now distributed to where needed. Itemized priced lists were sent to government agencies and orders shipped promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury Department
Armed Services
WPA
Rhoads
Explosion In Oven Canning Wrecks Kitchen At Funkston
Mrs Ralph E Dorand of Funkston narrowly escaped serious injury when an oven used for cold packing peas exploded. She had just opened the door to inspect jars. the blast tore the door off and shattered glass into tiny fragments. The stove moved eight inches and wreckage remained eight hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E Dorand
Funkston
Elaine Kidwell Wins State Senatorial Scholarship
State Senator Allen I Myers announced after a county high school exam that Elaine L Kidwell of Hagerstown High School earned the four year senatorial scholarship to the University of Maryland. William E King was second and Stephen O Krebs third. Dora Lee Hartman will receive the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts scholarship in Baltimore. Cushen and Gardner also won county senatorial awards to Western Maryland College and Charlotte Hall Academy. No word yet on St Johns College or St Marys Female Seminary scholarships.
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Allen I. Myers
Washington County
Elaine L. Kidwell
Hagerstown
University of Maryland
William E. King
Stephen O' Krebs
Myers
Dora Lee Hartman
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
Baltimore
Walter Edward Cushen
Western Maryland College
Cushen
A. Leslie Gardner, Jr
Charlotte Hart Academy
St. John’s College
St Mary's Female Seminary
Elgin Gas Consumption Cut by Half in Ration Era
Elgin Motor Vehicle Commissioner W Lee Englin, visiting Hagerstown, reports halving gasoline use since strict rationing began. Hooper S. Miles commends his system for tracking fuel, noting Englin turned over 1,206 unused coupons to the OPA for June quarter. Englin’s monthly mileage dropped from 2,500 to 1,500 miles as he alternates between a small car and the deluxe Packard kept in garage after hours.
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W Lee Englin
Hagerstown
Hooper S. Miles
Elgin
Baltimore
Mr. Elgin
D. Marshall Schroeder
Insurance Agents Meet Statewide in Maryland Conference
Nineteen agents from across the state gathered yesterday afternoon at Hotel Alexander in College Park for a Maryland Association of Insurance Agents conference arranged by John L. Swain. Baltimore and Frederick attendees included Presley D. Bowen and Verton Cobientz, among others, with remarks on association progress and plans, outside theft policies, and public relations efforts.
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Maryland Association of Inaurance Agents
Hotel Alexander
John L. Swain
Hagerstown
Mr. Swain
A. F. Detrow
Harry Keller
P. H. Mathias
John C. Patterson
Robert Tenney
Frederick
Cumberland
Presley D. Bowen
Baltimore
Owen Donegal
Fidelity and Deposit Co
Joseph L. Lazenby
Annapolis
Ralph Bittle
Verton Cobientz
Airspace Reserved Over United States for Military Traffic
All navigable air at about 17 000 feet altitude is now reserved in the United States for military traffic. The move tightens control over upper air routes and directs civilian flights to lower corridors where possible. Military authorities say the policy ensures safety and supports national defense operations.
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The
U. S
Special Courses Now Offered At Maryland University
Young men recently graduated from high school may take both pre induction army training and agriculture courses at the University of Maryland. The programs count toward a degree and prepare students for war work and post war needs. Maryland has adopted a four quarter system to align with army training. Summer quarter registration days are July 9 and 20. For details contact H F Colterman, Professor of Agricultural Education, College Park. Treasurers on England's allotments face a $201 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
H. F. Cottermai
College of Agriculture
H. F. Colterman
College Park
Wallet stolen on bus. Dorchester man reports robbery
Massachusetts man G. C. Daley said his wallet containing $150 and a check was stolen after the Greyhound bus stopped at Greencastle and Hagerstown. Police searched five Negroes and released them with no evidence found. Grange initiates class at Lestersburg Grange Hall with ten candidates receiving degrees and a program.
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Massachusetts
Harrisburg
G. C. Daley
Dorchester
Mass
Greyhound
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Grange
Grange Hall
Lestersburg
Shiloh Church Services Readied and Community Notes
Shiloh June 15 church calendar lists services on June 20 with Sunday school at 4 30, evening worship at 7 84 led by Rev BE R Andrews. Children’s Day program drew praise while Ascension Day prayers and Women’s Missionary Society meet in church social room with listed attendees. Local visits and family news follow. Also noted is London shops selling unrationed turkey and goose meat with Ireland nicknamed the Emerald Isle for its lush greenery.
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Shiloh
BE. R. Andrews
Emmanuel United Brithren Church
Bessie Smeyer
Alice Keller
Myrtle Holmes
Ruth Fouke
Helen Hemphill
Frances Gaylor
Mias Dora Fouke
Elsie Travinger
Grover Wallick
Mary Snart
Lottie Kennel
Mickey, Creager
Carol An
Waytesboro
Women's Missionary Society
Dora Fouke
Nellie Lytton
Mary Stevens
Katie Staley
Allies Keller
Daisy Henesy
Erma Jt Neyer
Louise Thomas
Ola Delauter
Olevia Harbaugh
Charles Rowe
William Winterg
William Maugans
St. James
Roy Allen McNairn
Ezra Petrie
John McNairn
Roy Allen and
Leonard
London
Ireland
Emerald Isle
City Officials Delay Decision On Water and Sewer Extensions
The Mayor and Council near a decision next week on a proposal to extend water and sewer lines for 51 Hamilton Park homes. The Hagerstown Real Estate Board may press to reject, while contractor Asa Watkins argues FHA demand necessitates building. The Board urged the council to refuse utilities and streets, citing war material needs. A council member said no decision yet, with a majority likely to oppose. A survey cites about 1500 lots with lines to the curb available locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Park
Hagerstown Real Estate Board
Asa Watkins
Federal Housing Authority
Real Estate Board
Maryland Prisons Hit High War Contract Record
In Annapolis on June 19, Maury Maverick of the War Production Board wrote Governor O'Conor praising Maryland as among the first ten states by dollar volume in war contracts and food produced in prisons. He lauded the prison officials for an outstanding record and noted initial doubts about meeting exacting specifications.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Maury Maverick
War Production Board
Maryland
O'Connor
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Harry S. Myers
North Potamve Street
Pope
Vincent McAuley
William Cook
Frederick Nightingale
Italy
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Pope Pius
Higickness
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Lega
Letier Brothers
Arnold E. Joyal
Dorothy Thompson
Maxim Kopf
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Barnard
Clark Gable
Sergt
Phil Hulse
Colorado Springs
Colo
England
Gable
U. S. 8Th Air Force
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Alexander Hotel
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