Plan More Meat For Civilians Plan More Meat For Civilians
War Mobilization Director Fred M. Vinson unveils a 40 cent a hundredweight subsidy to cattle feeders to boost civilian meat supply. The plan includes price-ceiling protections, tighter record-keeping to curb black market leaks, and directing packers to shift supplies to areas with shortages as agencies anticipate slower immediate effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Mary
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
War Food Administration
Army
Defense Supplies Corporation
Truman
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Captured Sub Will Dock In Baltimore During Bond Drive
The German submarine TF-505 will dock in Baltimore from June 16 to June 21 to boost Seventh War Loan bond sales. Buyers may board the submarine. It was captured in June 1944 off French West Africa by American carrier task force, marking the first high seas capture of an enemy warship by the U.S. Navy since 1815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Treasury Department
French West Africa
Navy
Deaths and memorial notices in Chambersburg region
Obituary items report the death of William Upperman at 71 in Washington County Hospital with service planned at Minnich funeral home Greencastle and interment Cedar Hill cemetery. The page also carries memorial verses for Florence L. Mullenix Harold Battee and Robert L. Weaver, plus a card of thanks to friends for support during illness and death of Jacob L. Kendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William &. Upperman
Greencastle
Washington County Hospital
Iola Gardner Upperman
Ruth Saylor
Hagerstown
John L
Williamsport
Blanche Fisher
Florence Clark
Amos Crist
Chambersburg
Jerry E. Crist
Akron
Ohio
Samuel
Elizabeth Hocker
Rt. 4
Minnich
Raymond Markley
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Jacobl. Kendall
Ady
Homecoming interview mocks hero Rudder in Washington
A satirical account frames Lt Roger Rudder America's top ace back from Europe amid reporters and Col Edgar Beaver. The mock interview, staged at the Pentagon, shows Rudder downplaying glory as reporters note the public adulation may be hollow amid war fatigue and public doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Paris
America
Air Warriors
Europe
Pentagon
Washington
Roger Rudder
Edgar Beaver
Army Public Religions
Rudder
United States
Pretty Punkel
Mac
Sym
Readers' Mail Box And War Memorial Views From May 18 1945
Mansfield Ohio editor letters express views on housing for war veterans and families with children and question the usefulness of a monument versus an auditorium for veterans. An ex service man critiques the pending war memorial and notes skepticism about locating veterans in public memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Iive
War Memorial
Washington County
Club Officers To Be Installed At Al satia Meeting
W Keefer Bower re elected president of the Al satia Club for a fifth term will be formally installed with Milton L. Porterfield John W Minnich W Norman Reed M Perry Porterfield and others on the regular monthly meeting night The year has been a success with over forty new members and committees praised New committee appointments will be announced and speeches expected from the new officers A Dutch feed will close the retir ing entertainment committee's final function and preparations are under way for a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Keefer Bower
Alsatia Club
Milton L. Porterfield
John W. Minnich
W. Norman Reed
M. Perry Porterfield
John M. Colton
Joseph P. Fiery
Franklin Miller
Paul R. Martin
Kenneth Adams
Board of Governors
Bower
First Homegrown Strawberries At City Market
Strawberries on market for the first time this season sold quickly at a few cents per berry box. Begs rose two cents to around 40 cents for top grade. Asparagus onions spinach radish and garden lettuce were plentiful with limited head lettuce. Chickens appeared plentiful but prices were high. Eastern Grain Growers board declares a 6 percent dividend on all stock for 1944 to be paid in June.
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The
Eastern Grain Growers
Round and Square Dance Nights at Valley Inn and Span ish Danceland
Friday and Saturday dances with Uncle Roy and his Dixie Serenaders at Valley Inn. Also Round and Square Dance nights at Span ish Danceland featuring the Penn Maryland String Band and Your Old Friend Ross. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvertone Melody Boys
T. J. Stenger
Games Rides
MT. Lena Hall
Peta
Happy Valley Ramblers
Adv
Valley Inn
Uncle Roy
Dixie Serenaders
Spanish Danceland
Old Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Missing Pvt Richard Hull Reported by War Department
War Department announced Pvt Richard R Hull husband of Mrs Dorothy V Hull Hancock Route 2 is missing in the European region. Firemen's Carnival noted in Williamsport from June 29 to July 7 with Henry's Rides on the midway and Twilight Drifters music at Valley Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Hull
Dorothy V. Hull
Hancock
War Department
Williamsport
Henry's
Need Workers For Playgrounds In Hagerstown
Playground leaders and assistants are in short supply for Hagerstown this summer. Chairman Harold Peters urges qualified individuals to apply at the YMCA. The committee, appointed by Benjamin Willis, discusses July and August plans and notes last year’s ten playgrounds ran eight weeks, stressing the need for staff to avoid bottlenecks.
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Hagerstown
Harold BE. Peters
Peters
UAW CIO Local 842 Donates 50 Chairs To Newton D. Baker Hospital
Local 842 of the UAW CIO will deliver fifty leather lounging chairs to Newton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg for wounded veterans. The donation, funded by a free will collection, includes a combined record player, radio, and recorder. The National CIO War Relief Committee contributed funds to equip an updated recreation room, aiding veterans in sending records home to families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uawcio
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
National Cio War Relieff Committee
Peonies at Wengel's 917 Spruce St Adv
A small display announces peonies at Wengel's nursery located at 917 Spruce Street with contact phone 343-M for orders and inquiries about available blooms.
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Wengel’s
Spruce St
Battleship shells Okinawa beaches in historic bombardment
On a U S battleship off Okinawa QM3/c Charles Baker of Boonsboro Md aboard a veteran ship that pummeled Okinawa beaches with HE shells as part of a massive naval bombardment. The ship faced an air attack but repelled it as Marines and 10th Army troops landed with minimal opposition. A later digression notes a Telegraph message from Sgt Richard Schlotterbeck of Hagerstown Md and a meritorious unit plaque for a port battalion handling ship unloading at fast speeds in Calcutta.
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U. S
Okinawa
Charles Edward Baker
USNR
Boonsboro
10Th Army
Calcutta
India
Richard F. Schlotterbeck
Elizabeth Street
Hagerstown
Philippine Wounded in Action Report for Pvt Luther Barnhart
Pvt Luther Barnhart of the 164th Infantry Division has been wounded in action in the Philippines. He has served 11 months, was a former taxicab driver, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Barnhart of Elizabeth Street. His wife Clara also resides at the same address per Red Cross notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Barnhart
Philippines
Red Cross
Pvt. Barnhart
164Th Infantry Division
A. R. Barnhart
Elizabeth Street
Clara
Also Mentioned on This Page
People's Jewelry and Watch
East Washington Street
Ike
Federal Savings and Loan
Memoriam
Florence L. Mullenix
Charles L. Mullenix
H. R. Mullenisx
Harold Battee
Robert L. Weaver
Mrs. D. P. Weaver
N. Potomac St
Kraiss Funeral Home
WMC
Maryland Welding CO
East
Baltimore Street
Conococheague Park
Wayne Band
H. C. Stenger
An Am
Spore
Woody Williams
Renfro Valley
Saddle Pals
Wijej
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D
Earl Neikirk
Bart
A. J. Klinkhart
Franklin Court
Cheerio Restaurant
Pennsylvania Ave
Ruth Swisher
Mer
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
ROXY
Fountain Service
FreDeRick
Twilight Drifters
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
Leon Stahl
Fleigh Motor Co
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Frederick Street
Community Finance Service, Inc
W. Washington St
7Up Bottling Company
Hotel Patterson Audubon
Eastern Grain Growers Inc
del. Hagerstown
Smithsburg
Coal—Builders
Steffey & Findlay, Inc
Church St
Masonic Temple
Brother George Strine
Grand Lodge
R. L. Bledsoe
S. Potomac St
Robert South
Ordnance Company
Germany
R. W. South
Portomac Avenue
Bell Cab, Inc
Church & Prospect Sta
Crouse Produce
Martin Feed & Implements
Pennsylvania Avenue
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Chrysler
de Soto
Dodge
Ford
la Belle
Mercury Nord
Olds
Packard
Plymouth
Summit Avenue
Building and Loan Association In
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
West Washington Street
Hagerstown Laundry, Inc
Franklin Street
Terrace Restaurant
Pennsylvania and
Prospect Avenues
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public
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