Much Help Is Given Farmers in County Work
Ben H. Soliday director of the Washington County Farm Placement office announced that the office would stay open until January 1. He reported 14,000 man days of labor from penal farm workers, conscientious objectors, and Bahamian workers were provided to county farms this summer and fall. Conscientious objectors from county camps contributed 7,500 days and Bahamian workers 2,500. Harvesting wheat, apples, vegetables, and corn was performed at prevailing wages. Four penal farm crews remain, each with 12 men, husking corn, and about 40 conscientious objectors from county camps also husk corn. A deadline for these workers will be set soon, with corn husking to finish before cold weather.
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Ben. H. Soliday
Washington County
Solliday
Concientiul
Negro Youth Held as Suspect in Money Theft
Police report the arrest of a colored youth as a suspect in the theft of about $30 from the Franklin Court auditorium. More than $17 has been recovered and officers say the youth under arrest is involved. The money was in a cigar box taken Sunday morning, overlooked by management at Saturday closing.
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Franklin Court Auditorium
Best News Tip On Crash Fatal To Three
A clearspring resident won the top news tip for last week about a auto-truck crash that killed three people. Second prize split between tips on moonshine price and a county child’s fatal burning, with third prize on a seriously burned child and a fire at an insulation plant. Tips are accepted daily 7:30 to 1:30 by the Daily Mail.
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Clearspring
The
Daily Mail
Canadian flier shoots two German planes in dive
Flight Sgt. T. W. Latlee of Aroostook New Brunswick on a Spitfire patrol chased two ME-109s. Both enemy fighters went into fatal dives. Latlee watched one crash near the first wreck. His plane sustained undercarriage damage, but he landed unharmed on one wheel.
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Allied
Algiers
T. W. Latlee
Aroostock
New Brunswick
Larlee
Seek War Prisoners For Pulpwood Project In Allegany County
State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor announced negotiations to use 200 prisoners of war at a pulpwood cutting camp in Greenridge state forest Allegany county. The plan would pay prevailing wages from pulpwood sales, with guards supplied by the federal government. About 150 prisoners would cut daily, capable of producing roughly 900 cords weekly. 25,009 cords remain available locally. The camp would be a repurposed Civilian Conservation Corps site, ready within days, with two other Garrett county sites under review. No prisoner nationality is specified.
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Baltimore
Joseph F. Kaylor
Greenridge State Forest
Allegany County
Kaylor
Conservation Corps
Garrett County
Bus Collision on Keysed Ridge Ends in Waste Disposal
A Blue Ridge bus fatally injured an animal on Keysed Ridge Saturday afternoon. The carcass was turned over to a game warden at Frostburg, dressed, and handed to a charitable institution.
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Blue Ridge
An &Point
Keysed Ridge
Frostburg
Supreme Court agrees to review miners portal pay decision
Washington November 15. The Supreme Court agreed to review a decision awarding portal to portal pay to underground iron ore miners.
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Washington
Supreme Court
OPA Attacked By House Group Over Power Abuse
A congressional committee chaired by Rep. Smith assailed the Office of Price Administration for illegal and conflicting regulations and for assuming powers to legislate by regulation. It said the OPA judges citizens through a nationwide system of tribunals and imposes penalties without due process. The panel urged law changes to curb abuses while retaining inflation controls.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Congressional
United States
Rej. Smith
D-Va
House
Congress
Legislative and Judicial Fund
Scouts Step Up Paper Collection in War Time Drive
Washington County Boy Scout troops increase collection of old newspapers and magazines amid severe paper shortages slowing munition production. War Mobilization Director James Byrnes urged a national waste paper drive after a plant closed for needed container supplies. Residents with waste paper or magazines can call Scout headquarters at 1323-W for collection. funds from sales help finance Scout troops.
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Washington County Boy Scout
Scout
James K. Byrnes
De Marigny and Close Friend Ordered to Leave Bahamas
Alfred De Marigny and his close associate Marquis Georges De Visdelou were invited to depart the Bahamas after a Governor-In-Council meeting. The order, issued Saturday, follows their acquittal in the murder of Sir Harry Oakes. Mexico discussed as a potential haven. departure planned within two weeks. Nancy Oakes de Marigny expressed distress at the decision.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Georges de Visdelou
Duke of Windsor
United States
Mexico
de Visdelou
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Germany Takes Control of All Black Sea Ports
ISTANBUL November 15 reports from the Balkans say Germany has assumed complete military control of Bulgaria s Black Sea ports. Germany already controlled Varna and Burgas for over a year, and seizure of the remaining ports suggests concern over a possible Russian push across the Black Sea.
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Germany
Black Sea
Istanbul
Balkans
Bulgaria
Varna
Burgas
Sheriff Plagued By Two Star Boarders
WAUKEGAN IL November 15 Life has grown turbulent for Sheriff Walter Atkinson his three jailers and 22 deputies The Lake county jails only two inmates are complaining about the service The jail once held about 150 prisoners now has sunk to a 50 year low The two inmates regarded themselves as star boarders in a summer resort The soup is too hot or too cold the meat too rare or well done They dont like fried potatoes The deputies are haunted by a vision of a jail without prisoners The sheriff says he could not run them out with clubs nor would they swap places with him
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Waukegan
Ill
Walter Atkinson
Lake County
Atkinson
Eight Accused of Non-Support Indictments
No vember Grand Jury returned indictments charging non support amid abundant work. Arrests reported include Quentin Shrader for robbery Garfield Wm McKinney for larceny breaking and entering W J Nevins for false pretense Nevins and R F Smith for false pretense. Additional indictments over the weekend include Tip Lewis George Fishack Kenneth Robinson breaking into larceny Fanny and Daisy Kane prostitution.
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Quentin Shrader
Garfield Wm. McKinney
W. J. Nevins
Nevins
R. F. Smith
Sheriff's Office
Tip Lewis
George Fishack
Kenneth Robinson
Fanny
Daisy Kane
Divorce Mill At Top Speed
The local divorce mill continues at top speed with four new suits on the docket and three decrees of absolute divorce filed by Judge Joseph D. Mish. Attorneys Wagaman, Hoffmann, Allen, Hartle and Hartle appear in various cases including West, McCoy, Messenger, Mumert, Morris, Hornbaker, and Jackson families.
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Joseph D. Mish
Lee Mummert
Marie Mummert
Wagaman
Lorna Morris
Elmer Morris
H. H. Hoffman
Louise I. Hornbaker
William Hornbaker
J. J. Allen
Louise Jackson
Robert Jackson
C. K. Hartle
Katheryn A. West
Ronald J. West
Daisy M. McCoy
Lauren H. McCoy
Rosa M. Messenger
R. Scott Messenger
West
John J. Allen
Oakland Minister Resigns for Hancock Parish
Rev H Kearney Jones rector of St Matthew's Oakland Md announced his resignation effective December 1 to become rector of St Thomas Episcopal Hancock. He will succeed Rev Sydney Temple who returns to New York City to resume studies.
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H. Kearney Jones
St. Matthew's Episcopal Parish
Oakland
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Hancock
Jones
Sydney Temple
New York City
War era cobbler demands patience from customers
A Hagerstown cobbler described wartime repair work as booming yet strained by new rules. Shops operate seven days a week, 14 to 16 hours daily, with no while you wait service to speed handling. Shoes are repaired in batches, causing two to three week waits for some items as artisans maintain quality.
Jap Victory Claims Seen As Propaganda For Impending Loss
Washington reports that Tokyo may stage fake triumphs to blunt the impact of Allied advances toward Rabaul. Analysts note Japan used similar lines after Guadalcanal and Kiska to explain setbacks. Rabaul, a major base, faces air assaults from two sides and a superior sea force.
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Rabaul
Record Bomb Load Of 223 Tons Dropped On New Guinea Jap Bases
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters reports a coordinated Allied air strike dropping 223 tons of explosives on Alexishafen and Madang New Guinea. The mission aimed at bases harassing Allied troops and aircraft, with Liberator bombers and Mitchell fighters engaging in dawn raids.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Alexishafen
Madang
Markham
Ramu
Golden wedding anniversary noted at EMPORIUM
Mr and Mrs Charles Spangler celebrated their Golden Wedding yesterday using the dishes with which they began housekeeping Mrs Spangler's parents Mr and Mrs Samuel C Parks marked their 76th wedding anniversary last July and dropped in to help with the celebration
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Emporium
Charles Spangler
Spangler
Samuel C. Parks
Nine Gallon Value B and C Coupons Planned
After December 1 new B and C gas coupons will be worth five gallons each instead of two. The ration office notes this saves paper and printing costs for the OPA and warns stations to avoid accepting old five gallon value coupons.
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OPA
Drop Bribery Charges Against Ex Governor Phillips
Oklahoma City November 15 former Governor Leon C Phillips and his parole officer Robert R Fitzgerald saw bribery charges dismissed at trial opening on a motion by the prosecution. The conspiracy count remains for hearing and separate trials were requested with Fitzgerald to be tried first per the state.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Robert R. Fitzgerald
J. B. Dudley
George Miskovsky
Fitzgerald
J. Eissminger
New OPA Price List Issued For Washington County
A new list of OPA community ceiling prices is issued to Washington county grocers with slight decreases and increases in various foods. The list supplements the prior issue mailed a month ago and is effective immediately. Items include butter cheese shortening lard canned milk juices cereals sugar and more. Consumers may request a copy from the ration office and are urged to report price violations to the Ration Board price panel clerk.
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OPA
Washington County
Ration Office
Ration Board
Fritz Ludwig Improves After Weeks of Illness
Frederick Fritz Ludwig, a well known local job printer, is improving rapidly after weeks of confinement at home on Virginia Avenue. He hopes to be feeling tip top again soon.
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Frederick “Fritz” Ludwig
Hagerstown Sees Light Snow After Cold Fall Night
Hagerstown experienced a light snowfall after a frigid night with a low near freezing. The day prior reached 33 degrees, the coldest so far this fall, and yesterday’s high stayed under 45 degrees.
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Hagerstown
Red Army advances toward Korosten rail hub in Ukraine
Moscow reports the Red Army pushing toward the Korosten rail junction near Kiev as part of a broad westward drive. Berlin notes a major battle in the Dnieper bend with up to 500000 Soviet troops pressing German defenses between Zaporozhye and Krivoi Rog. Paris radio cites attempts to cross the Dnieper near Cherkasy.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kiev
Korosten
Leningrad- Odessa
Zhitomir
Berlin
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Krivoi Rog
Paris Radio
Reuters
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Hunting Season Opens in Washington County Report
Washington County opened the hunting season with fewer hunters and little ammunition. In Hancock district about 150 turkeys released by the State Game Department faced “No Hunting” signs on privately posted land. Rabbits are plentiful but shotgun shells are scarce. only 1,800 licenses issued. In Hagerstown thousands sought ammunition, many claiming to be farmers, though county figures show only 2,550 farmers.
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Washington County
Hancock
State Game Department
Hagerstown
Mail Now Say P. 0. Officials Warn On November Mailing
Post Office Department issues bulletin urging timely November mailings to ensure Christmas deliveries. Large post offices report little Christmas mail moving. press, radio, and business sectors cooperate to spread the message that November mailings are necessary to avoid congestion and delays.
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Post Office Department
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Signal Corps
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John Lopes
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Kiska
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