Red Cross Help Reports From Washington County Chapter
February activity by the Washington County Chapter shows 19 of 25 aid cases involved war veterans or servicemen. The Home Service Committee, led by Mrs. J C Fulde, assisted 35 cases that month with 14 receiving financial help totaling 110 dollars. Disaster relief spending reached 19.74 dollars for February, covering basic needs for one family fires and other small disasters beyond clothing and supplies.
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Washington County
American Red Cross
Home Service Committee
Red Cross
J.C. Fulde
Railways Consider Daylight Saving Time Change
Railways and buses weigh adopting daylight saving time on a fixed schedule. Western Maryland Railroad may switch to fast time to align with other lines, a move that previously caused confusion and extra work for workers families since meals and school times had to be adjusted.
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MacDonald
Western Maryland Railroad
Western Maryland
Daylight Time Spurs Rail Schedules in Western Maryland
With Baltimore, Cumberland, and Hagerstown adopting fast time, railroad leaders consider aligning work hours to the fast time schedule. The measure could affect how railroad men clock in and perform duties across the Western Maryland Railroad during daylight saving preparations.
Rt Rev Sheen To Speak Here At St Marys Parish
The nationally known speaker Monsignor Sheen will lecture at St Marys Parish with free tickets distributed after Masses on Sunday March 21. He is renowned for anti communism advocacy and work against fascism and religious intolerance.
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Catholic Church
Budenz
Monsignor Sheen
el Paso
Ilinois
Spalding Institute
Peoria
St. Viator College
Kankakee
Ill
Catholic University of America
University of
United States
St. Bonaventure’s College
Notre Dame University
St. John’s College
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Parish
Four Hancock Area Men Killed in Car-Tractor Crash
A truck driver could not avoid hitting a Chevrolet sedan carrying four Hancock area workers en route to Victor Producers Corp plant in Hagerstown. The impact left the car a wreck sixty feet from the crash, while the whiskey and cigarettes laden truck rolled 200 feet into a field. Dr. E W Ditte Jr. ruled accidental death. Fritz, with six children and relatives, is to be buried at Linninger funeral home in Mercersburg with services Monday at 2 p.m.
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Victor Prodmers Corporation
Hagerstown
Isanogle
Basore
E. W. Ditte, Jr
Washington County
Isanogia
Fritz
Lininger Funeral Home
Mercersburg
Methodist Church
Little Grove
Government Ready To Thwart Strike Of Atom Workers
Washington March 19 The government holds a legal weapon in readiness to block a possible midnight walkout by 900 atomic laboratory workers. If granted an injunction would ban a strike for 80 days and bar wage cuts alleged by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. AFL group AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council represents the workers. A temporary truce with wage rates unchanged expires at midnight.
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Washington
Atomic Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tern
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
White House
Dr Alva J McClain to Speak at Grace Brethren Church
Dr Alva J McClain president of Grace Theological Seminary will lecture nightly at 7 30 at Grace Brethren Church First and Spruce streets Winona Lake beginning Sunday through Easter Sunday He will cover Daniel prophecy Romans outline and a series on The Russian Menace Atomic Bombs and world despair with a mass meeting Saturday evening featuring his uplifting topics.
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Alva J. McClain
Grace Theological Seminary
Winona Lake
Indiana
Grace Brethren Church
First
Spruce Streets
McClain
First Brethren Church
Philadelphia
of the Bible
Ashland College
The
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Ashland Theological
Daniel
Romanus
GOP Studying Wait And See Draft Plan In Congress
GOP members study a wait and see draft revival for military service with 15 of 23 favoring a step and 4 opposed while House leaders warn Hearings will precede any action. Taft doubts a large army are needed and backs a stronger air force. Wallace pressures Truman policy critics.
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Sroup
House Republicany
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Taft
UMIT
Congress
Giant Synthetic Fuels Industry Progressing Across Regions
A detailed look at early postwar synthetic fuels advances notes shale mining gains toward 50 tons daily, hydraulic gasification tests in Alabama, and pilot plants in Louisiana for hydrogenation of coal to aviation gasoline. Peoria and government sites push alcohol and gasification research while private labs partner with major oil firms on liquid fuel processes.
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Louisiana
Interior Department
Sammie
Peoria
Agriculture Department
Laramie
Wyo
Bruceton
Morgantown
W. Va
Gorgas
Ala
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co
Standard Oil Development Co
Lc.h
Gulf Coast
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Hlinis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virgina
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Air freight history forecast by traffic club speaker
Charles Rogai of Fairchild Aviation told the Hagerstown Traffic Club that air freight is just beginning its long, colorful history as it shifts from a flying business to a transport system. He warned that early ventures failed, but military backing will help growth, reduce rates, and boost traffic volumes.
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Charles Rogai
Fairchild ‘Aviation Sales Department
Hagerstown
Hagers House
Roggi
Roggs
Mili
Operators Hint At Court Action Over Pension Trustee
Representatives from the Washington-Baltimore area and pension trustees conferred on officials including Cyrw Ching Ezic Van Horn and Lewis over court-appointment of a neutral trustee for the welfare and retirement fund tied to a July one-year contract. Van Horn urged a court move. Lewis had not agreed.
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Lewis
Terday
Cyrw
Ching
Ezic van Horn
Pension
Asies
van Horn
Federal District Court
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Cumberland
Sheen
Franklin
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Are
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Omie
Era Peirce
Gop
Penny Wise
W. Franklin St. Ph
Hagerstown Lumber Company
Frederick Road
Jonathan
Hagerstown, Md
Ount
Phil
Sam Murray
Clarence Keedy
Washington-Baltimore Area
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Divine
Miller Falls
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Sheldon Lathe
Porter Gable
Frederick Foundry & Machine Co
West Seventh & Military Road
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Porter
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