New Air Raid Plan Tested In Three State Drill
The first test of the new army air raid signal system in Washington County ended with a largely successful blackout across Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland. Traffic lights were out at red signals and all clear came at 9 30. A Cumberland laundry fire caused damage and two deaths were reported Frostburg and Baltimore each saw casualties during the blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
OCD Control Center
City Hall
OCD High Command
Third Service Command
Pennsylvania
Virgina
Maryland
OCD
Milton A. Reckord
Cumberland
Frostburg
George R. Atkinson
Baltimore
Adeline Kaufman
Henry S. Barrett
Baltimore City
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Remedy Ad
Urges rapid treatment for bronchitis to prevent chronic illness. Promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic cough medicine that reaches the problem, loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed membranes, and promises a money back guarantee if it does not help with rest and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Bills To Liberalize Unemployment Compensation Statute Face Fight
In Annapolis March 5 two Maryland Senate bills seek to liberalize unemployment compensation for employers and employees. One measure would raise weekly benefits from 17 to 20 dollars and extend payment duration from 20 to 26 weeks, while expanding coverage to more firms. A companion merit rating plan would reward good employer records by reducing fund payments. Both faces expected floor battles with labor and business interests. House action on a women’s jury bill progressed favorably, signaling possible final passage, while state militia and bridge-policing provisions moved through the Senate.
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Annapolis
Maryland State Senate
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
State Unemployment Compensation Board
Senate Finance Committee
James J. Lindsay
D-Balto
Lindsay
House
O'Coner
Judiciary Committee
Maryland
State Guard
Finance Committee
Earle R. Barkins
Harford
House Militia Committee
Havre de Grace Bridge
State Roads Commission
Commission of Tidewater Fisheries
Board of Public Works
Inquiry Opens Into London Subway Tragedy Trapping 178
A London subway shelter disaster leaves 178 dead and hundreds injured after a crowd crush on a stair landing. Eyewitnesses describe mothers, children, and bystanders trapped amid pressing bodies as rescue workers clear the scene. A ministry report details the sequence from the packing to the fatal pileup.
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London
Greatness themes mark pre-Lenten St John service
Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder led a pre-Lenten Preaching Mission at St. John's Lutheran church outlining three tests of greatness. He urged living with wide margins and applying goodness usefulness and courage to all. Local pastors presided and read prayers as the First Christian choir performed an anthem directed by Asher Edelman.
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Oscar F. Blackwelder
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Blackwelder
Wilson P. Ard
Trinity Lutheran Church
W. J. Dice
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
G. Aubrey Young
Presbyterian Church
Pr. O. B. Langrell
Methodist Church
First Christian Church
Asher Edelman
Soviets gain ground as they sever key German rail links
Soviet forces advance from Olenino and Sevsk as Red Army reports say a steel horseshoe around Smolensk and large scale river crossings southwest of Rzhev. Pravda noting Germans blown bridge on the Volga at Rzhev may hamper Moscow traffic. Sudzha and Kursk-Lgov lines cleared for operation.
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Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Hitler
Russia
Olenino
Communist Party
Pravda
Wesr
Olemon
Red Star
Rzhev
Dnieper
Volga
Moscow
Sevsk
Bryansk
Konotop
Red Army
Bryansk- Kiev
Sudzha
Kursk
Lgov
Kharkov
Vyazma
Tin Can Collection Resumes In City For War Effort
Henry C. Triesler, chairman of the county salvage committee, announced that uncollected tin cans from last Friday and Saturday will be gathered during a three day period starting Saturday. A railroad car will be used to ship the cans, now stored at the B and O freight office on West Antietam street. Previously missed sections including Halfway and Fountain Head Heights will be covered, with can collection continuing Sunday or Monday if not picked up Saturday. Nearby towns are urged to bring cans today through Monday. Triesler expressed disappointment at the many apartment dwellers who did not prepare or place cans out for collection, stressing the metal's importance to the war effort.
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Hagerstown
Henry C. Triesler
County Salvage Committee
B. and O
West Antietam Street
Halfway
Fountain Head Heights
Triesler
The Mystery of the Grass and Church Win Addresses
This evening at 745 Dr. Blackwelder speaks on The Mystery of the Grass before a large audience. At 10 this morning three Washington clergymen address county ministers at St Pauls Methodist on The Church Must Win. The pre-Lenton mission is sponsored by the Washington County Ministerial Association and Council of Churches and Christian Education. Local churches cooperate in the meeting series.
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Blackwelder
Washington
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Washington County Ministerial Association
Wahington County
Survivors Of Worst Sea Disaster Of War Tell Of Acts Of Heroism
Survivors recount acts of heroism after the United States' greatest sea disaster of the war the sinking of a passenger-cargo vessel in the North Atlantic with 678 lives lost. Five survivors reached the U.S. first, reporting a 25 minute sinking after a torpedo hit. Lifeboats jammed, crews risked lives to release boats, and some perished despite valiant efforts. The ship's lights went out at impact, but there was calm, orderly life-saving, and no panic among soldiers, sailors, and merchant crew. A New York Police Department member, Hugh BE Moffett, 44, helped launch a jammed lifeboat and then aided others, saving several lives. The incident followed another ship sunk within days, totaling 850 deaths in two North Atlantic losses.
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Boston
United States
North Atlantic
Navy
New York Police Department
Hugh BE. Moffett
New York Department
Moffett
Merchant Marine
Offer
Solomons
Samuel W. Dix
Baltimore
Louis Raynor
New York State
Spy rumor leads to forest search in Maryland woods
In Frederick Maryland two officers Sgt J B Brown and Patrolman William Hamil searched Doubs woods for hours after a boy claimed a Nazi spy bailed from a German plane. No plane no spy no parachute found. Also Captain F Lester Smith 85 president of the State Firemen's Association suffered a paralytic stroke and was hospitalized.
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J. B. Brown
William Hamil
Doub’'s
Frederick, Md
F. Lester Smith
State Firemen’s Association
Frederick City Hospital
Fireman Vernon Deer Dies by Own Hand in Frederick
Vernon Wop Deer, a well known Frederick fireman and World War I veteran, shot himself in the abdomen with a .45 caliber pistol yesterday afternoon. Investigating officers report the suicide occurred during a personal crisis. A separate military note records a new Army recruit wearing out ten pairs of shoes in the first year, six per year thereafter.
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Vernon “Wop” Deer
Frederick
U. S
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Manbeck
Montgomery Ward
W. Washington St
Fhone
L. & B. Hat Shop
New York
Stanley
Judicial Committee
Patricia
Women’s Volunteer Service
Home Security Ministry
Aix
Corbett
Johnny King
King
Daly
Eurey
Dr. Blackwelder
Mystery of the Cross
Icodemus
Agerstown, MD
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Record Shop
Waih
UU Tay
National Depotation Tre Store
Washington St
Odge
South Potomae St
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