Blind workers set examples in efficiency at Reisner plant
The Reisner plant highlights two blind employees Miss Turner and Mr Bradley who navigate the factory independently. They pack items into hexes and place them in crates while time cards are adjusted for self service. D Paul Shilling from the State Employment Service praises their performance and the plant’s management. One Aztec city of 306000 had 606 temples.
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Mr. Bradley
Miss Turner
Maryland School For the Blind
Querlea
D. Paul Shilling
Hagerstown
State Employment Service
Reisner
County Council To Meet Monday In Hagerstown
Washington County Council of Churches plans its annual meeting at St John’s Lutheran in Hagerstown with 6:30 dinner. Rev T Guthrie Speers of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Baltimore to speak. reports, officer election, and plans for next year to follow.
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Guthrie Speers
Council, of Churches
Washington County Council of Churches
T. Guthrie Speers
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
America
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Pittsburgh
Washington County Council
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hagerstown
Ministers Association
Council of Christian Laymen
Council of Churchwomen
County Youth Council
Raymond M. Miller
Frederick D. Eyster
Bertha Negley
A. M Horst
Maryland- Delaware Council of Churches and Christian Education
Willis R. Ford
WCTU Seeks Backing For Mapping Activities At 72nd Convention
Mrs. Charles Wagner, president of the Maryland State WCTU, urged delegates at the First Methodist Church Baltimore to sustain intensive department work. Homer Rodeheaver spoke at the banquet on October 14, detailing national alcohol costs and urging continued protest of alcohol advertising. Dr. George Crabbe of the Anti-Saloon League warned church members against yielding to alcohol and emphasized the harm of creating appetite.
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Charles Wagner
Maryland
George Crabbe
AntiSalaan League
Italy Size Compared to New Mexico
A reader notes that Italy measures roughly the same in area as New Mexico. The comparison highlights Italy’s boot shaped peninsula against the desert state’s broader southwestern expanse.
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Italy
New Mexico
Draft Boards Re Organizing in Maryland Plan Progress
The article reports ongoing efforts to revise the Maryland Plan for selective service including forming medical advisory boards, assigning physicians and dentists to local boards, and creating advisory boards for registrants. It lists local board members from World War II era and notes Willam A. Tobias as coordinator for both boards.
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Vterans
Maryland
Scott R. Way
Pmt
Robert Snyder, Sr.mm
Harvey R
Miller
Walter B. Me
Robert Reneh
Frank Leiter
Bruce Lightner
Willam A. Tobias
Peplum Blouse and Winter Pattern Book Offer
Fashion note promotes a vap sleeved peplum blouse with a bow and a Christmas sewing kit. Includes complete sewing patterns with name address and style number requests and a Winter Book of Fashion patterns priced at 15 cents plus mail cost.
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Tir
Nelly Snehanti
Inela
Uuterest
Fabs
Truman Prices Drift Debate In Politics Aftermath
President Truman signaled restraint on price controls as Bowles and Henderson faced marginalization within the Democratic wing over OPA policy. He hinted at forthcoming price figures and noted past promises that removing controls would not trigger price spikes. In Baltimore, police pursued a possible male robber motive in Charles R. Vaughn’s death, finding a masculine footprint and lacking evidence of female involvement.
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Truman
Chester Bowles
Leon Henderson
Bowles
Henderson
OPA
New Deal
Democratic Party
Congress
Baltimore
Charles R. Vaughn
Ohio
Ovs
Glenn C. Hoffman
Columbus
Joseph E. Larsitis
Baltimore County Police
Ialethorpe
Vaughn
Larsitis
Waugh
Captain Hoffman
Hoffman
Career Day Slated For County Students
Career Day will be held at the Clearspring Rich School on Tuesday October 21 with the guidance department and Williamsport Lions Club. A 1:30 PM assembly will feature Paul Shilling of the Maryland State Employment Service on The Job Situation In Washington County, followed by career conferences in three thirty minute periods.
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Clearspring Rich
Guidance Department
Williamsport Lions Club
Paul Shilling
Maryland State Employment Service
Washington County
Harold Bookbinder
Brick
David K. Cushna
Adam Harsh
Howard Grove
Myron Bloom
James Madison
E. F. Sprecher
W. H. Fridinger
DK. Poole
E. L. Swain
Bandits Grab $55,091 Payroll in Alabama Mine Heist
Three white bandits robbed the Sayreton Mine payroll office of 55,091 in Birmingham Alabama. The incident occurred minutes after the morning shift began as Payrool clerk G C Calloway and guard Wood Cooper faced the masked robbers dressed in miners clothing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sayreton
Republic Steg Corp
Wood Cooper
G. C. Calloway
Payrool
Calloway
Senior guides named for forthcoming event
Secretarial and Dr M Funk nursing and beauty culture figures listed with Miss Myra Freet and Mrs Leila Pope. Senior guides include Mary Lee Rowland Harriet McLucas Donald Sword Robert Shank and David Kreigh.
Navy lieutenants confused by mixed YWCA delegation in Hangchow
Two U S Navy lieutenants on leave from Okinawa traveled by train to Hangchow to attend a YWCA world council session. They rode in a car with international delegates of mixed genders and were surprised when arriving at the YWCA banquet. They later found themselves in the dining room of the Lakeview Hotel as the confusion grew.
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Hangchow
U. S. Navy
Okinawa
World Council of the Young Women's Christian Association
A. R. Easton
Norway
A. R. Convillion
New Orleans
Y.W.C.A. Council
Hangehow
Yw.c.a
Y.W.C.A
Lakeview
New 4-H Group Acknowledges New Members in Downsville
A dozen new members entered the Downsville girls 4-H club during a Wednesday meeting at Marie Harshman's home. The group planned a October 24 Halloween party at Thelma Hockenberry's home and completed canning and garden records. A candlelighting service followed, led by Thelma Hockenberry Shirler Hockenberry Mary Ann Houser and Marie Harshman.
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Downsville
Marie Harshman
Thelma Hockenberry
Shirler Hockenberry
Mary Ann Houser
Robbers Steal Pay Envelopes From Coal Mine Office
Three robbers entered a facility, ordered two men inside a toilet, then forced the door open and fled with pay envelopes belonging to 719 coal miners.
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Calloway
Cooper
AFL Central Labor Union Opposes City Power Plant Tie-In
The AFL Central Labor Union units oppose tying the Municipal Electric Light Plant to Potomac Edison Company systems. Led by Lester Lushbaugh, members urged to guard the city plant, with Councilman Hellane favoring cautious exploration of a tie-in. The union sent a letter to the Mayor and Council and adopted a unanimous motion against the tie-in.
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AFL Central Union
Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Potomac Edison Company Power Systems
Charles E. Bowman
City Light
Lester Lushbaugh
AFL Central Labor Union
Lushbaugh
J. G. Heliane
Stump
Hellane
Earl Rider
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Milly
America’s Finest
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