Ickes Seeks Settlement in Coal Mine Strike
President Roosevelt urged an end to the miners walkout as Fuel Administrator Ickes prepared to operate government mines. The back-to-work drive followed a union vote to resume production for five years with wage, travel pay, and unionization issues unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Roosevelt
UMW
New York
Frances Perkins
Ickes
TALW
Washington
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Appar
War Labor Board
W.L.B
Claw
Mr. Roosevelt
Perkins
United Mine Workers
Vietory
Use BC Headache Powders for quick relief
Quick acting BC Headache Powders provide rapid relief from neuralgic pains and headaches. Also advertised to ease muscular aches and functional periodic pains with 10 cent and 25 cent sizes. Use as directed by a physician.
Massive Timberland Fire Strikes Southern Maryland Burns Nine by Six Miles
The 4 day blaze devastated about 54 square miles between Indian Bridge and Point Lookout roads. About 500 Cedar Point Piney Point and Solomon's Island servicemen plus 350 Fort Meade soldiers fought flames with aid from La Leonardtown Mechanicsville Fire departments state police and four civilian defense units. Three homes and three barns burned as embers carried by wind hindered containment. fire officials cited careless brush burning as the cause and noted the last similar Southern Maryland blaze was in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s County
Indian Bridge Road
Point Lookout Road
Leonardtown
Cedar Point
Piney Point
Solomon's Island
Fort George G
Meade
la Leonardtown
Mechanicsville
Kaylor
Red Cross
Baltimore
J.F. Goodwin
Maryland
Patuxent River
Clothing Is Stolen From Home Here
Robbers ransacked the second floor of the home of Mr and Mrs Jesse Eichelberger on Mitchell Avenue late Saturday night taking five size 36 suits and several pairs of odd trousers from the son's room. Only clothing was stolen despite cash and War Bonds left untouched. Police report says entry was gained by a porch post through a bathroom window and exit was by the back door on the first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Eichelberger
Mitchell Avenue
Hichelberger
P. A. Limberg
Limberg
Hichelbergers
Kiska Base Is Again Bombed By American Airforces
Washington reports American Lightning fighters bombed the Japanese base on Kiska in the Aleutians twice more amid bad weather. The strikes followed three days of attacks on the rocky island, with bombs aimed at enemy ports and installations.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutians
Rocky Islands
North Pacific
Navy
Bond drive total nears 2.5 million in Washington county
John D. Hollyday announced Washington county War Finance Committee has $2,114,000 raised with a week left in the sale of BK, F and G bonds. The Fifth District reports Maryland sales at $169,705,000, 45 percent above quota, praised as the most successful financing campaign in history amid broad volunteer effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hollyday
Washington County War Finance Committee
Hollyday
Washington County
Fifth Federal Reserves District
Maryland
Hugh Leach
War Finance Committee
Fifth District
Berlin
Tokyo
Local draft board lists names for final examinations and induction
County Group To Report Tuesday for final physical examination and probable induction into the armed forces. The list names many residents from Hagerstown, Williamsport, Keedysville, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg and surrounding towns with routes and street addresses, indicating their reporting location in Baltimore for examinations.
Local Names and Addresses Feature From Central Maryland
A compilation lists individuals with multiple hometowns and routes including Poole Waynesboro and Lebanon Pa along with route numbers and streets such as Route 3 George Robert Brennan Clearsprin Leroy Levi Robinson Big Spring Owen William Boyer Sharpsburg Route 2 Milton Arthur Bloom Hagerstown Route 5 Cecil Woodrow Morean Middletown Route 1 Arnold Floyd Munson Hancock Route 1 William Oliver Ditto 119 Roessner avenue Bruce Donald Baker 603 North Mulberry street city
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Baltimore
George Ellsworth Baker
Williamsport
Robert Fenn Towson, Jr
Smithsburg
John Theodore Wolford
Hagerstown
Charles Alphonso Needy
Boonsboro
Marvin Roscoe Baker
Downsville
Ralph Melvin Lemen
Laurel
Del
Arnold Lee French
Elizabeth Street
Robert Slifer Thomas
Lexington Avenue
Charles David Myerly
Robert Cunningham
Roonsboro
Leonard Alvin Lushbaugh
Washington Street
Raymond Arthur Mann
Hancock
Harold Franklin
Hartranft
Sherman Edmon Myers
Harpers Ferry
Carl Frederick Grim
Sharpsburg
Bruce Mark Wilson
Mulberry Street
City
Ellsworth Howard Harner
John Joseph Roulette
Chester Wisheard Clark
Wagerstown
Ernest Leon Koontz
Security
George Jefferson Ringer
John Ellsworth Jones
Norman Hart Moats
Roy Earl Myers
Big Spring
Irvin Michael Ingram
Keedysville
Page Ira Davis
William Luther Hoover
Herman Gardner Crampton
Benjamin Henry South
Broadway
Charles William Fauble
Weverton
Alvin Davis Yeakle
Riley Voyn Catlett
Westminster
Harry Preston Carl
Bognsboro
Bernice Jyan Rice
John Henry Mason
Clearspring
Theodore Samuel Poffenberger
Earl Jacob Sayles
Funkstown
John Adams Trestle, Jr
Joseph Howard Hoover
Panghorn Boulevard
Melvin Lee Corder
Wilson Elbert Baker
Clay Hamish Bentz
Daniel Ellsworth Muwen
Jett Otterhine Snow
Russell Hamilton Summers
Raymond Edward Semler
Antietam Street
Harry Startring
Poole
Waynesboro
Douglas Willam Tomblin
Lebanon
George Robert Brennan
Clearsprin
Leroy Levi Robinson
Owen Willian Boyer
Barry Otis Swope
Milton Arthur Bloom, Jr
Cecil Woodrow Morean
Middletown
Arnold Floyd Munson
William Oliver Ditto
Fresh Pears vs Dried Pears Nutrition
The article notes fresh pears are low in minerals while dried pears concentrate minerals like magnesium and potassium due to reduced water content.
Scouts To Collect Fats for War Effort Campaign
Boy Scouts in Washington County will conduct a house to house fats collection on Saturday May 8 to aid explosives production. Each troop will cover assigned areas as Henry Triesler chairs the Salvage Committee and Scout Executive Myril Hall backs the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Henry Triesler
Washington County Salvage Com
Mittee
Myril Ss. Hall
Triesler
Washington County
Court House
Allegany
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Miami
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U.S
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West Washington St
Leiter Bros
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Pater
Fast Enamel
Kalsomine
Fand
Alu
Foor
Montgomery Ward
Fie
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