Pangborn Receives Third Army Navy Production Award
The War Department informs Pangborn Corporation that they earned the Army Navy Production Award for the third time on October 14, 1944, earning the right to fly the EH burgee with two stars. Since March 12 of last year, the Army Navy E flag has flown over the plant, recognizing outstanding production and challenging continued achievement in blast cleaning equipment for heavy artillery and ordnance. Public ceremony not planned. burgee raising will include Army and Navy representatives and Pangborn staff. Plant operations continue at full speed to speed weapons to fighting forces and support faster victory. Previously cited for security observance and received the National Security Award, an honor shared by only one other local plant and 26 of 22,000 Third Corps Area manufacturers. A beer can type has been repurposed as a smoke pot to screen Army maneuvers.
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War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Pangborn Corporation
Army Navy
Army
Burgee
Army and Navy
Pangborn
C.S.D
Third Corps
Essay winners highlight juvenile delinquency issues
Jean L Willis aged 12 and Stanley Chatkin aged 15 won an Academy Theater essay contest on Juvenile Delinquency held with the film Youth Runs Wild. Their essays discuss parental roles, causes, and remedies, including reform schooling discouraged and court interviews, with emphasis on home life and societal responsibilities.
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Jean L. Willis
Mulberry Avenue
Stanley Alfred Chatkin
Moller
Academy Theater
Admits Guilt in Gas Ration Violations in Baltimore Court
Three Washington County men pled guilty before Judge W. Cal bin Chesnut in Federal Court at Baltimore to violating OPA gasoline rationing rules. Sentences ranged from probation to fines up to 150 dollars and costs. One case postponed for counsel. Other outcomes include Jone Barker on probation for two years after admitting applying for 600 gallons for a sawmill but using it in a car. Gerald Barlup fined 100 dollars and costs for illicit transfer of about 2900 gas coupons. Charles Byrd fined 150 dollars and costs for four charges of receiving and transferring coupons.
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Washington
W. Calvin Chesnut
Baltimore
OPA
Sylvester R. Younker
Millstone
Hancock
Younker
Jone S. Barker
Route 1
Hagerstown
Gerald L. Barlup
Barlup
South Potomac Avenue
Charles G. Byrd
Byrd
Potomac Avenue
Inter-State Milk Producers meet to elect delegates
The Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative Local will meet Monday evening in County Agent Miller's office to elect delegates for the annual Philadelphia meeting. Present will be B. H. Welty of Waynesboro and a Chambersburg field man. The session starts at 7 45 p m. Also noted, careless smoking and match disposal cause over a quarter of home fires in the United States.
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Cooperative Local
Miller
Philadelphia
B. H. Welty
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
United States
Eliminate juvenile delinquency to safeguard future peace
The speaker urges eradicating juvenile delinquency before offenders age into irredeemable life choices. He stresses decisive action to ensure the nation upholds its ideals when the world returns to peace, highlighting Stanley Alfred Chatkin.
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Stanley Alfred Chatkin
Mexico’s Sleeping Woman Snowbound Volcano Tale
The article describes Ixtaccithautl, a snow capped Mexican volcano once called the Sleeping Woman, with its silhouette framed by cane and bamboo thickets along river margins. It recalls pioneer days and the region’s rugged landscape.
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Mexico
Early Buying of Fertilizer Urged
County farmers were urged by County Agent Mark Miller to continue accepting early fertilizer deliveries. He noted victory over Germany may not ease industry shortages, and urged storing six bags for every five from last year before January 1, 1945 to ensure maximum use of 1945 fertilizer materials amid rising war demands for nitric and other components.
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Mark Miller
Germany
Miller
WFA
Fertilizer Supply Tightens Says WFA Officials
Sulphuric acid shortages push fertilizer supplies to a tight level as officials from the Western Fertilizer Association report strained stocks and concerns over production and distribution.
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WFA
Dunkle Resigns As Frostburg College President
Dunkle, longtime president of the State Teachers College at Frostburg, resigns as the institution shifts from a normal school to a state teachers college. Miss Lillian Cleveland Compton becomes acting president while the State Board appoints a successor.
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Dunkle
Frostburg
John L. Dunkle
State Teachers College At
State Board of Education
West Virginia
State Teachers College
Towson
State Normal School
General Assembly
Lillian Cleveland Compton
Allegany County
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Leiter Brothers
Teri
Ithree Adimt
Bluko
Leiter
Cpl
Sherman Kinsey
Sitalda Kinsey
Cannon Avenue
Italy
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Cpl. Kinsey
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Nelson Eddy
Robert Ambruster
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Classics
Shagmoor
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