V Day Controls to Be Dropped in Europe Plan
Washington expects a detailed plan to end most wartime controls on industry by V E Day with WPB to remove about 70 percent of orders while preserving crucial materials for postwar reconversion. The CMP liquidation and shift to priority certificates are outlined as key steps, with Krug and Nelson overseeing final approvals and timing.
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Washington
Europe
War Production Board
Japan
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
China
Nelson
J. 4. Krug
Krug
Army
Navy
Germany
Bridge Party Benefit for Service Men and Women
A bridge party hosted by the Auxiliary at the American Legion Home on September 27 at 8:30 p.m. proceeds support service members. Prizes and refreshments provided. admission 50 cents.
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American Legion Home
A-12 Gas Coupon Changes Cut Counterfeit Value
The Office of Price Administration moves to end the East Coast advantage in A gas coupon validity dates. A15 stamps go active November 4, A11 expires November 9, and A12 counterfeit risk drops as only three of six A13 stamps are validated on the East Coast. A14 becomes valid nationwide December 22.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Senr
Truck Gasoline Now Available for 1944 Fourth Quarter
Truckers may apply for the 1944 fourth quarter gasoline allotment at the ration office starting tomorrow. The 3rd quarter coupons expire September 30, with early application advised to avoid a rush. Some applicants west of Indian Springs may use Hancock, J F Omps, deputy, for their allotment. All B-3 and C-3 supplements expire September 30 and won’t be accepted after. In a separate note, Mrs. Carole Gallagher Foran seeks a divorce from actor Dick Foran, citing cruel treatment and asking custody of their seven month old daughter Seana.
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Indian Springs
Hancock
J. F. Omps
Washington County Ration Board
Los Angeles
Carole Gallagher Foran
Dick Foran
Firm
Seana
Mill owner Leslie Smelser dies after illness
Leslie A. Smelser, 69, owner and operator of the D. P. Smelser & Sons flour mill at New Windsor, Md., since his brother's death in 1919, died after a three day illness from a heart ailment.
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New Windsor
Leslie A. Smelser
D. P. Smelser & Sons
Death of Victor O Kretsinger in Seattle at 65
Victor O Kretsinger died September 15 at his Seattle home aged 65. A native of Smithsburg he left the county forty years ago. Survived by wife and one daughter, plus brothers Orvis of Republic Ohio Bernard P of Washington DC Frank N and sister Mrs Williams Barkdoll of Smithsburg. Funeral services held in Seattle. Also advertising note: highest cash price paid for old gold and silver by Saum’s at 21 Jonathan St. Ady.
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Victor O. Kretsinger
Seattle
Wash
Smithsburg
Orvis
Republic
Ohio
Bernard P
Washington, D. C
Frank N
William Barkdoll
Fish Ponds In Canal Favored By Maryland Sports Club
The Western Maryland Sportsmen’s Club at Kraiss clubhouse voted Sunday to request the Maryland State Game and Fish Commission to clean and convert the canal into fish ponds. They also support a new state fish hatchery in Washington County. Raymond Miller spoke. four new members joined. annual shooting match set for November 12 at 1 p.m. Charles James is the club president.
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Western
Maryland
Washington County
Raymond Miler
Krang
W. L. French
Charles ©. James
Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Gasoline
Elwood Garling, 16, of 000 block Chestnut street, was arrested by sheriff officers on two warrants for larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He pleaded guilty to theft of gas, receiving a suspended sentence, and awaits trial on the other charge involving a 24-year-old girl.
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Elwood Garling
Chestnut Street
William H Peters
Wayne Sellman
Garling
Sycamore Avenue
Central Chemical Company
Harry E. Snyder
British Parliament Member Ramsay Freed From Detention
London Sept 26 Home Secretary Herbert Morrison announced Capt Archibald Ramsay a member of parliament detained under defense regulations since 1940 would be released unconditionally. Ramsay confined since May 1940 amid a government roundup of suspected pro fascist activists. The release followed Sir Oswald Mosley. Communist William Gallacher called Ramsay rabidly anti Semitic.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Archibald Ramsay
Ramsay
Oswald Mosley
Mosley
Commons
William Gallacher
Heart Shield Bibles With Steel Front Prices Listed
Local store advertises Heart Shield Bibles featuring steel fronts at $1.95 and $2.55. The items are presented as durable religious texts likely aimed at ongoing church or personal use. Buyers are urged to compare prices and quality while stock lasts.
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Heart Shield
Saum's
Jonathan St. Ady
Britain Plans Broad Social Security to End Poverty
London reports the British government will present a wide social security program to the House of Commons to curb poverty and bolster welfare for Britain's 47 million people. It includes unemployment and sickness insurance health service pensions family allowances and widow and orphan grants funded by compulsory weekly contributions. The plan costs about 2.6 billion dollars in the first year, rising to over 3.2 billion by 1975, with implementation slated for 1945.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Beveridge
Wallace Plans Large Scale October Campaign Tour
Vice President Henry A. Wallace expects an extensive October speaking schedule with stumping in New York Pennsylvania Illinois Minnesota and other midwestern states. He will back the Roosevelt ticket with Truman as vice presidential nominee and may speak in Chicago and St Paul while visiting Iowa his home state.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Harold Young
Chicago
St. Paul
Truman
Towa
Internal Revenue Receipts Increase
Internal revenue receipts for August rose by 1.08 billion dollars over the same month last year. Total August receipts reached 2.75 billion dollars, with withholding taxes up 81992 and tax areas labeled unjust enrichment including excess profits climbing by 898 million dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dewey Campaigns in Oklahoma Urges Integrity in White House
Gov Thomas E Dewey traveled through Oklahoma proclaiming a pledge to restore integrity to the White House In Sapulpa he and Mrs Dewey met local families and improved the campaign mood before a Tulsa conference amid a sharp rebuttal to President Roosevelt He denounced mudslinging and accused the President of dragging Hitler into the campaign and promised a new battle cry for Republicans.
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Jack Bell
Dewey
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Civic Auditorium
Sapulpa
New York
Orlamite
Tulsa
Albany
N. Y
Douglas Builds New Fortress Transports for War
Santa Monica Calif September 26 Off the assembly line yesterday rolled the 7098th and last Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber emblazoned with worker signatures lipstick prints and a Tokyo next motto Revamping of the mile long line for four engined Army C-54 transports began immediately War Production Board officials announced a 43 467 249 contract to build A-26 attack bombers successors to the Havocs at the Douglas plant in Long Beach Bay Area factory eyes new production targets and future orders including the C-54 program and A-26 contract for wartime needs
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Santa Monica
Calif
Tokyo
War Production Board
Douglas
Long Beach
Evening English Class At Columbia College Opens
Columbia College invites applicants to improve their English background with an evening class starting on the 26th or 28th. Reservations are urged for Monday the 25th. Call 224 or visit 111 South Potomac Street for details. A Soldier's Friend is a Jewel Service Watch advertised at SATUM'S 21 Jonathan.
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Columbia College
South Potomac Street
Potomac Street
Adv
Satum's
Jonathan &T
Editor Letters to the Daily Mail from York readers
In a York Pennsylvania readers’ mail column dated September 25 the writer disagrees with a report about sugar shortages claiming ample sugar in local restaurants. The writer also commends a Mother’s remark about Stella and criticizes the fair coverage noting the video was off.
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York
Daily Mail
Ernie Young
Stella
Marines Near Peleliu Tip After Bypass Tactics
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines bypassed strong Japanese positions on Peleliu and pushed within a mile of the island's northern tip. Admiral Nimitz said Americans advanced over a mile along the west coast after flanking Amorbrogol hills. Southwest Pacific bombers hit Davao gulf and Dutch Celebes targets, with Catalina aircraft destroying a seaplane tender and two destroyer escorts in a dramatic bombing run.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Palau
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Manila
Central Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Davao Gulf
Celebes
Island
Ceram
Banker James Caldwell Dies in Nashville at 90
James E. Caldwell prominent banker and industrial organizer died at his Nashville home aged 90. He had retired since 1930 after his First and Fourth National Bank of Nashville was merged into American National Bank.
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Nashville
Tenn
James £. Caldwell
First
Fourth National Bank of Nashville
American National Bank
Army air base Cpl Powers reassigned after Caribbean tour
Cpl. Charles H Powers 27 of Hancock arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 Miami Beach for reassignment after a 25 month utilities clerk tour in the Caribbean. He played on the Albrook Flyers who won the Caribbean baseball championship 1943-44. His wife Mary E Powers also resides in Hancock. Also noted is Cpl Edward Marchefsky of Shenandoah Pa a Dover Army Air Field pitcher with a 10 won 11 start record in the Lower Delaware State Baseball League and a .288 batting average in 1944. He hopes to return to pro baseball after duty. Technician Sih Grate Normar N Heller, son of Nelson Heller, stationed in the 147th Infantry in the South Pacific, has earned the Expert Infantryman badge and Bronze Star for Pacific- Asiatic theater actions.
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Cpl
Charles H. Powers
Hancock
Army Air Formers
Edward Marchefsky
Shenandoah
Dover Army Air Field
Hagerstown Nine
Buffalo Bisons
Dover Thunderbolts
Ft. Miles Artillerymen
Marchefsky
Muiti
AAF
Sih Grate Normar N. Heller
Nelson Heller
Hamilton Blvd
147Th Infantry
South Pacific
Gripsholm Arrives With Sick and Wounded Americans
The Gripsholm, a Swedish reparation liner, reached Jersey City with 219 severely ill and wounded American officers and enlisted men who had been prisoners in Germany. The State and War departments announced the exchange, with Americans exchanged for disabled German prisoners from Goteborg. More than 1,700 British and other UK prisoners were included in the exchange.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Jersey City
Germany
State
War Departments
Goteborg
Sweden
United Kingdom
Ask State To Back Coal Exploration
ANNAPOLIS Md Sept 26 Governor O Conor studied today an appeal that the state government provide 100000 or a portion of that amount an exploration of coal reserves in Allegany or Garrett counties A delegation of business and labor representatives from the western Maryland counties told the chief executive yesterday that economic security of residents of that area depended largely on the coal industry They asserted that coal production had declined from 5846000 net tons in 1906 to 1931791 tons last year and said that employment in coal mines had dropped approximately one third in the same period.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Allegany
Garrett
Maryland
Wash ington Countians Wounded Named by War Department
The War Department announced the names of additional Washington county soldiers wounded in Europe. Tech. Sgt. Clyde W. Grove, son of Oliver M. Grave of Sharpsburg, and Tech. 5th Grade Victor A. Neikirk, son of Mrs. Alta Neikirk of Big Pool Route 1, are listed among the injured.
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Washington
War Department
Tech
Clyde W. Grove
Oliver M. Grave
Sharpsburg
Victor A. Neikirk
Alta Neikirk
Big Pool
Route 1
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