Ensign Lowman Returns from Pacific with Fine Record
Ensign Richard R. Lowman Jr. returned to the United States after serving in a Liberator squadron that nearly achieved a year of perfect operational record, missing by ten seconds. The unit flew 12,000 hours on 2,000 mile patrols, sank 20 ships, damaged 92, shot down 25 planes, and completed 65 bombing and 40 strafing missions.
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United States
Pacific
Richard R. Lowman, Jr
Richard R. Lowman
South Locust Street
Lowman
Tarawa
Richard H. Rice
USN
OPA Rules Followed at Hagerstown Fairgrounds
Inspectors report eating establishments on the Hagerstown Fairgrounds comply with OPA price limits, charging no more than base period prices. New entrants must use average city prices. soft drinks largely priced at ten cents, a point Approved by OPA.
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Hagerstown Fairgrounds
OPA
Hagerstown
Fairgrounds
Tin strike halts output at Sparrows Point plant
A strike of 375 Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point workers affected about 635 employees and seriously disrupted tinplate production for food packaging. Plant manager Stewart J. Cort called the strike a clear violation of the U S W A pact and labor’s no strike pledge. Union officials could not be reached for comment.
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Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Steel Company
Stewart J. Cort
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Health officer rejects segregation of ringworm patients
Dr J A McCallum says untreated cases spread scalp ringworm while those under treatment pose no risk. He notes no requirement to bar treated children from theatres or libraries and urges ordinary precautions such as wearing a cap. He warns that untreated children who roam free are the real danger.
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J. A. McCallum
McCallum
Daily Mail
Health Department
Washington County Health Department
Robot Cure Efforts Face Segregation Issue in Tests
A report notes tests toward a scalp ring worm cure proceed here but segregation could separate untreated children from those treated. Health officials plan to keep uninfected and treated children apart until a general cure is achieved. Also, Bermuda settlers were Virginians wrecked on the islands, and the Philatelic Agency reports record post stamp sales for 1944 excluding 1935.
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Bermuda
Virginia
The
Philatelic Agency
Applications for 1944 AAA farmer benefits open
The county office of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency begins accepting applications for government payments to farmers cooperating with the 1944 AAA wear food production and soil conservation programs. Farmers may sign applications when conservation practices are reported and may earn additional credits by performing listed practices before year end such as lime and phosphate spread, crimson clover and vetch winter cover crops, rye grass winter cover crop, permanent pasture, clover seed harvest, drainage ditches, contour furrowing on non crop pasture, and contour stripcropping with fall sown grains.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Poultry Show Entries Indicate Strong Involvement at Great Frederick Fair
Kenneth Frey of Smithsburg reports that entries for the poultry show at the Great Frederick Fair next week will be well represented. Entries closed on Tuesday.
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Kenneth Frey
Smithsburg
Frederick Fair
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Ensign Lowman
VBI Rica
Zenith Radionic
Zenith Radio Corporation
Feavy Radionice Vero Albee
C. A. Brown
Optometrics
Public Square
Allied
Jeanne of
Elbeuf
France
Just
Montgomery
W. Washington St
England
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Bareurt
Manbeck
Washington
Mount Vernon
Martha Washington
Wades
Workington Candies
Public
Faran
Woodbury Shampoo
West Washington
Prince Albert
Elena
Corona
Athan Lee
Straat
Jeris
Phillips Milk of
Magnesia
Vicks Salve
the Golding
Vick
Dr. West
FITCH
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