Action urged for dual highway Hagerstown to Frederick
The Hagerstown Automobile Club seeks fast completion of the dual highway as a cement concreted road. A resolution to Governor O Conor and Ezra B Whitman cites a cement surface and notes that the Baltimore to Pennsylvania concrete section already exists. The move follows Frederick branch efforts and aims to secure urgent War Production Board approval for this year.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
Automobile Club of Maryland
O'Conor
Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Harl H. Howard
National Pike
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Line
Facilities Review Board
The
War Production Board
Fet
Freight cars split: over half haul coal only
A report notes that fifty three percent of the nation’s freight cars are dedicated to coal transport. This highlights a concentration of rail capacity on one commodity and potential impacts on diversified freight movement.
Janitor testifies in cathedral library murder
Julius Fisher, 31, a janitor, testified in federal court that he bludgeoned and strangled Catherine Cooper Reardon in the Washington Cathedral Library last March but said he did not intend to kill her. He claimed the act was a spur of the moment reaction after she insulted him.
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Washington
Julius Fisher
Federal District Court
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Washington Cathedral
United States
Edward M. Curran
Fisher
Miss Reardon
Pole collapse kills three men in Nanticoke incident
Three men died when a 35 foot flagpole being lowered for painting struck a high tension wire near Nanticoke on June 29. Victims were Raleigh Douglas 50 Earl Messick 47 and Prince Perry 53 a Black man. A verdict of accidental electrocution was returned by Dr L A Rademaker deputy medical examiner.
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Nanticoke
Sid
Raleigh Douglas
Earl Messick
Prince Perry
L. A. Rademaker
Wicomico County
Allied Air Offensive Targets French Airfields In Raid
London reports a major Allied aerial offensive resumed with about 750 American heavy bombers and RAF forces striking German airfields in France. The night raid targeted rail centers and rocket installations along the Channel coast, with operations continuing against key targets such as Couvren Athies and Juvin.
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London
France
RAF
Channel
Airfield raids hit vicinity of Laon and Paris
In clear weather this morning Flying Fortresses and Liberators escorted by Thunderbolts Mustangs and Lightnings bombed airfields near Laon and adjacent areas. Railway yards at Saarbrucken and other targets near Paris and Laon were attacked by Fortresses and Liberators.
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Pcourt
Laon
Saarbrucken
Paris
We Buy Used Bicycles Hill's Toy and Novelty Store
Hill's Toy and Novelty Store at 11 South Potomac Street advertises buying used bicycles. The notice emphasizes prompt cash offers and quick appraisal, inviting residents to bring in bicycles in any condition for valuation.
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Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
South Potomac St
Plans Mapped For Firemen Shrine in Alexandria
The Maryland State Volunteer Firemen's Association approved a plan to raise 25000 dollars for a national shrine to volunteers in Alexandria Virginia. Henry Marschalk of Takoma Park submitted the plan at the opening session of the two day convention. The proposal calls for a ten cent contribution from every volunteer firefighter nationwide to rehabilitate an old fire house in Alexandria.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Volunteer Firemen's Association
Alexandria
Henry Marschalk
Takoma Park
German Prisoners Landing In U S
The Army announced that the first German prisoners captured in Normandy have arrived at an eastern port in the United States. The exact number was not disclosed in the brief notice.
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Washington
Normandy
United States
Kapok Tree Pods Yield After Maturity
About two to three years after the Kapok tree begins fruiting it yields roughly 609 pods yearly, totaling around six pounds of finer material each year.
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Lesy Repair
Bentz & Dunn
House of Shoes
John Henry Newton
South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
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Pacific
Kalling
Valieeslin
Washington Street
Sunshine
S. K
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Gary
Kilburn
Ikilburn
America
Sunshine Caps
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Woodbury
Nemo
Dr. West
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Admir FO
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Ime
Peaey
Heller
Lin
Andy Atone
Ade
Eno Galinn
John Middleton
Lang
Softee Raed
Qesliet
Ste
Smett
News Stream
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Renuzit
Tine
Packeges
U.S
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