O Conor rescinds three Civilian Defense rules in Maryland
Governor O'Conor announced the rescission of three Civilian Defense regulations and a general curtailment of protective activities by the Maryland Council of Defense. The repealed rules covered Maryland blackout governance dated June 16, 1943, and control of artificial hearings within the coastal area dated July 7, 1943.
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Annapolis
O’conor
Maryland Council of Defense
Maryland
State council of defense disbands Civilian Defense unit
W Frank Roberts chairman of the State Council of Defense announced that effective June 30 all activities of the Protective Division of Civilian Defense on the State level would be formally discontinued. He urged local councils to decide their own actions while the Civilian War Services Division would continue on a curtailed basis under Maj L W Tipton state surplus war properties officer.
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W. Frank Roberts
State Council of Defense
Roberts
War Services Division
Maj. L. W. Tipton
Clearspring Seeks Gymnasium for High School
Residents of the Clearspring district organize a petition to request construction of a gymnasium for Clearspring High School as soon as war conditions permit. Sponsors stress physical exercise as vital to education and note current facilities are inadequate for sports needing space, such as basketball.
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Clearspring
Clearspring High School
Three At A Time Soldier Rejoins camp Kilmer arrival
Pfc. Charles Baicklie of Ronkonkoma New York among 3,089 American soldiers freed from German prison camps and arriving at Camp Kilmer New Jersey after 21 months as a prisoner. He and others mark their release by a light moment drinking three sodas at once.
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Pfc
Charles Baicklie
Ronkonkoma
L. L
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Baicklie
Jaycees Resume Industrial Tour in Maryland
The Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce resumed their tour series by taking patients from Newton D. Baker Memorial Hospital through two county plants. They visited William D. Byron and Sons tannery in Williamsport to see wartime leather processing, then toured Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co. on West Franklin Street with superintendent John Miller supervising. Frank Kelley led the event, marking a return of the program.
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Hagerstown
West Franklin Street
John Miller
Frank Kelley
Jaycees
Visits to Local Factories and Martinsburg Hospital
For visits to local and nearby factories and points of interest, for the soldiers recuperating at the Martinsburg hospital.
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Martinsburg Hospital
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Hollander
Ards
Montgomery Ward
Fleisher’s
Summer
Gibson Girl
Panama
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