WPB Chief Sees War Production Goals Met
Washington June 29 Congress heard an optimistic briefing from Donald M Nelson head of the War Production Board who said plane tank and ship targets will be met and the consumer outlook is very bad He cited progress in materials distribution and production alignment with strategy and predicted shipping tonnage could exceed 18 000 000 tons if continued.
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
House Appropriations
Nelson
Roosevelt
Auto stamps sale lag slows on eve of deadline
Federal auto use stamps only 5,500 of 13,500 sold at local post office as July 1 deadline nears. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson notes less than 40 percent sold and warns owners risk fines for using un stamped vehicles after July 1.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
No Rent Control Yet In Defense Area
Local War Price and Ration Board reports no information on establishing a rent control agency beyond State OPA announcements. Complaints are logged but no action authorized yet. OPA dispatches indicate rent control will start July 1 and a Rent Control Board will evaluate rises above March 1 levels.
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War Price and Ration Board
OPA
Ration Board
Washington
Local Tip Prizes Split in Daily Mail Contest
The Daily Mail reports last week’s first prize in the news tip contest was divided among tips about a husband’s injury aboard a U S naval vessel a Hancock youth missing in action and a local youth badly hurt by a car and vandalism at schools Tips were accepted weekdays from 730 am to 130 pm.
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U. S
Hancock
The
Daily Mail
General rationing seen likely by year end
The House appropriations committee and Price Administrator Leon Henderson predicted heavy demand on two groups of basic cost of living items would trigger a general rationing program for the nation before year end. They argued naming specific items would provoke stock runs and spur earlier rationing.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Where 18 And 19 Year Olds Will Register
Local draft boards announced registration for males born between January 1 1922 and June 20 1924. Registration sites include Hancock Elementary Clearspring Williamsport High School Sharpsburg Sandy Hook Boonsboro Smithsburg Hagerstown High Antietam Street South Potomac Junior High Winter Street and North Street. Open from 7 am to 9 pm.
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United States
Hancock
Clearspring
Williamsport High School
Sharpsburg
Sandy Hook
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
Antietam Street
South Potomac Junior High
Winter Street
North Street
Holiday Travel To Be Limited For Fourth Of July
Local gasoline distributors warn that holiday travel will be extremely limited. About 75 percent of stations are out of gas with only one third of monthly quotas available on Wednesday. Dealers will cap sales at roughly six gallons per customer to ensure supplies through July 10.
Coast line traffic curfew urged by Maryland official
Baltimore dispatch reports Col. Henry S. Barrett ordered a dusk to dawn ban on civilian automobile traffic along Maryland's Atlantic coast in the dim out zone unless violations cease at once. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord pledged support for any corrective actions by the State Air Raid Warden.
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Baltimore
Henry S. Barrett
Maryland
Atlantic Coast Line
Third Corps
Milton A. Reckord
Col
Barrett
Virginia man given suspended six month vagrancy sentence
Jacob Bailey, a native of Loudon County Virginia, received a suspended six month sentence for vagrancy from Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court this morning on the condition he return to Virginia. He promised to comply.
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Jacob Bailey
Loudon County
Virginia
Harry E. Snyder
Drunk driving arrest leads to quick release in Williamsport
Roy W. Oliver of Upperville Virginia was arrested Saturday night in Williamsport by Constable Frank Winters for driving while intoxicated and disorderly conduct. He posted $110 collateral and costs and was released.
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Roy W. Oliver
Upperville
Williamsport
Frank Winters
Four major fights loom as tax bill nears House
Washington June 29 Four key issues likely to be reopened before the $5.9 billion tax bill is sent to the House. Sales tax advocates anticipate a 5 percent retail levy could raise about $2.5 billion annually. Debates may include a war consumption tax postwar credits for corporations and excess profits tax rates and other tax changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
June Rainfall Remains Below Normal Despite Storm Hints
Weather observer J A Miller predicts June’s average may be eclipsed before Tuesday midnight as thunderstorms develop. So far this month precipitation totals 3.64 inches vs 4.10 inch 40 year average. Farmers resume wheat harvest and haying while raspberry picking concludes this week.
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J. A. Miller
Hancock Canal Bridge To Stay In County Action
The Board of County Commissioners expected to reject a War Production Board salvage proposal to dismantle the Hancock canal bridge for scrap. Mayor Carrier and citizens oppose wrecking the bridge citing its essential role for garbage disposal and productive land nearby. John R. Bibby of the WB salvage section proposed studies of auto graveyards and other sites.
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Board of County Commissioners
War Production Board
Hancock
Omer Carrier
John R. Bibby
Baltimore
Special Projects Salvage
Bibby
Transients Served as Salva tion Army Home Reports Five Month Costs
The county spent about 871 to run the Salvation Army home for transients on North Jonathan Street during the first five months of this year. The facility hosted 595 visitors who received lodging and served 1,872 meals. Receipts totaled 386, leaving cash on hand of 287.21.
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Salvation Army
North Jonathan Street
Board of County Commissioners
Chile Reports Severe Quake
A strong earthquake struck Santiago at 1:35 a m causing interrupted communications and power cuts. Cornices fell in downtown buildings but no serious damage reported as temblors were felt nationwide. Thirty people were injured by falling masonry and panic in the streets.
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Santiago
Chile
Girl pilot faints at controls lands safely in field
Miss Joan Tesh, 19, of Ann Arbor, fainted while soloing in an airplane near Ann Arbor airport. The craft circled for about 60 minutes before she revived. After two failed landings her fuel ran out, she glided to a stop at the corner of State and Hows road, was treated for shock, and escaped injury.
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Joan Tesh
Ann Arbor
Willow Run
Robert Young
Tresh
Dwight Reynolds
Reynolds
Hsworth Road
State
Retailers For Victory Campaign Starts In Hagerstown
Hagerstown retailers plan the Retailers for Victory campaign starting Wednesday and running through July. The nationwide drive by the Retail Advisory Committee calls a daily 12 noon, 15 minute halt in sales to promote war savings stamps and bonds, with a July national quota of one billion dollars. Local expected share roughly 375000. Washington County’s June tally was 201000.
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Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Treasury Department
America
Washington County
Induction Rules Clarified by Selective Service Board
Selective Service headquarters clarified today that local boards must prioritize filling their quotas for each call. The rules state no reclassification can occur after a notice to report for induction is mailed, and married men’ induction depends on board quota capacity.
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Selective Service
Checking Labor Camp Possibility in Hancock Apple Area
Washington County Farm Bureau and Farm Placement service inspect Hancock and Smithsburg orchards to assess need for an orchard labor camp. Maryland Bureau of Agricultural Employment may authorize a camp if conditions warrant, housing workers for late summer and fall crops. Current survey shows labor shortage not critical, though more youth labor is being used.
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Hancock and
Smithsburg
Washington County Farm Bureau
Farm Placement Service
Maryland Bureau of Agricultural Employment
Hancock Apple
Sweden Has Another Anti German Riot
In the second anti Nazi riot within a week in Sweden more than 1 000 persons broke up an attempt to hold a Nazi meeting yesterday in Raettvik 150 miles northeast of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden June 29 (P)
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Stockholm
Sweden
Raettvik
Tungsten Fields in Kiangsi Sink Japanese Warships
The Chinese official statement reports Japan failed to secure major tungsten deposits in Kiangsi while Chinese pilots under American volunteers sank two Japanese warships in the Yangtze and struck Japanese ground forces in eastern Kiangsi. Kiangsi supplies a large share of world tungsten, with an annual output about 5,600 tons.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
East China
Kiangsi
Yangtze
Japan
Chegiang
Roosevelt extends rubber scrap drive to July 10
President Roosevelt extended the rubber collection drive for ten more days after a disappointing total of 219000 tons by Saturday. The campaign now runs through July 10, following a recommendation by Secretary Ickes, petroleum coordinator, and William R. Boyd Jr., chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
County Boys Report To Air Corps School
Pvt Earl D Anderson son of David C Anderson Williamsport Rt 2 Pvt Titus P Bowers son of Claude Bowers Williamsport Pvt Alvey R Ebersole son of Christian Ibersole Clearspring and Pvt Wilbur R Sigler of Smithsburg were enrolled this week in Keesler Field s Army Air Force technical school at Biloxi Mississippi to begin a 19 week course to train as airplane mechanics they reported from the reception center at Camp Lee Virginia.
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Earl D. Anderson
David C. Anderson
Williamsport Rt. 2
Titus P. Bowers
Claude Bowers
Williamsport
Alvey R. Ebersole
Christian Ibersole
Clearspring
Wilbur R. Sigler
Smithsburg
Keesler Field
Army Air Force Technica
Biloxi
Miss
Two Vessels Sunk in Atlantic Off South American Coast
The Navy announced two small Norwegian and one Yugoslav merchant ship were torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off the northern South American coast. Survivors from the Norwegian vessel were rescued by the Yugoslav ship, which was also torpedoed. Remaining survivors were landed at a Gulf coast port and a Caribbean port outside the United States.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Gulf Coast
Caribbean
United States
Pvt Owen L Rock Promoted to Sergeant in Massachusetts Camp
Private Owen L Rock from Funkstown has been promoted to sergeant. The update was received by his family from the Massachusetts based camp where he is stationed.
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Owen L. Rock
Funkstown
Massachusetts
Axis claims Matruh fall opens drive toward Nile valley
The Axis announced capture of Matruh, threatening the Alexandria naval base and Suez Canal as Rommel’s forces pressed eastward. The British reportedly withdrew to shore up positions, avoiding a full-scale clash while assessing defenses and awaiting reinforcements.
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Axis
Egypt
Matruh
The
Nile
Alexandria
Suez Canal
No Drastic WPA Cuts Seen Here
Local WPA rolls have fallen as workers shift to defense and private employment. The Washington county W P A shows several hundred workers, about one seventh of three years ago, still active on defense projects. Philadelphia plans to cut 2 800 rolls on Wednesday, with many white collar workers affected.
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W P. A
W. P.A
Washington County
Philadelphia
County Bond Quota Figures For War Bonds
Washington county is asked to buy 225 000 in war bonds as part of a national quota. Maryland’s share is 13 525 000, New York State 171 596 06, with July the first billion dollar quota month. The campaign operates on a quota basis, with initial costs and increases announced by Secretary Morgen.
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Washington County
Washington
Morgentheu
Maryland
New York State
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Hancock Canal Bridge
FBI
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George Jean Dasch
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Werner Thiel
Earnest Peter Burger
Robert Quirin
Edward John Kerling
Salvation Army Resort
Girl
Ann Arbor, Mich
Ann Arbor City
Chamber
Berlin
Air Corps School
U.S. Army Air Corps
C. A. Farnsworth
AP War Editor
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