Bombs Fall On City Hall In Hagerstown Fire Demo
Hagerstown staged its first extensive bombing attack and firefighting drill in downtown. AAF plane piloted by Colonel Cleveland dropped smoke bombs over City Hall as three fire companies responded with hoses and aerial ladders. Fire Chief Max Hoover supervised the drills during Fire Prevention Week as crowds watched from the street.
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Fairchild
Potomac Street
City Hall
Moose Hone
Getion
South End
Antislama
Western Enterprise
Enterprise
iPioneers
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WJEJ
Max Hoover
Shada
Newsprint Prices Raised by Powell River Paper
Powell River Paper Company advised Canadian and US buyers of a $10 per ton price increase effective quarter 1, boosting newsprint from 98 to 108 dollars per ton. Higher production costs cited as the reason for the rise.
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Vancouver
Powell River Paper Company
United States
Poetry Day Celebrated by Washington County Library
The Washington County Free Library marks Poetry Day on Sunday October 15 with a bulletin board near the main circulation desk displaying a collection of fine poetry. Governor Lane issued the proclamation for Poetry Day and a copy is appended to the display.
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Washington County Free Library
Lane
War II Veteran Heads National Legion Commander Post
Ear Cocke Jr. 29, a World War II hero and Dawson Georgia airlines executive, was named national commander of the American Legion by delegates in Los Angeles. He succeeds George N Craig of Brazil Indiana and pledged to carry out the Legion program amid calls to censure Secretary of State Dean Acheson and reconstitute the State Department. Cocke announced five vice commanders and a new youth program head, with other officers named from Washington, Miami, Denver, Pasadena, and Junellon City.
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Dawson
George N
Craig
Brazil
Ind
Legion
Dean Acheson
Acheson
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