John D Higgens at Great Lakes Navy Center
John Darwin Higgens USN son of Mr and Mrs John M Higgens of Hagerstown Route Six is stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He enlisted September 5 and graduated from Hagerstown High School in June 1950. He invites friends to write at John Darwin Higgens SR 278-4417 Company 303 Joth Reg USN T C Great Lakes. Robert Woods Williams sworn in as a Federal Maritime Board member on September 25 in Washington. Williams is a 60 year old Baltimore attorney and maritime law specialist.
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John M. Higgens
Hagerstown
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Hagerstown High School
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T.C
Great Lakes
Metal can be cut so thin one five millionth of an inch
Researchers announce metal sheets thinned to five millionths of an inch becoming transparent. The breakthrough enables nearly invisible coatings and potential applications in optics and engineering, highlighting advances in material science.
Mercersburg Bay Air School Grad
Mercersburg Bay Air School graduate Donald E. Gluck, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. B. Glick, of Mercersburg, and brother of Mrs. June Lewis of Hagerstown, has completed training at Castle Air Force Base California and joins the 3rd Air Police Squadron. Training covered judo, weapon handling, and atomic defense measures. Admission rates to mental hospitals are higher among widows and widowers than among married persons.
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Donald E. Gluck
James EB. Glick
Mercersbure
June Lewis
West Side Avenue
Haggerstown
Air Police School
Castle Air Force Base
Cal
Chamber Plans New Seminar For City and County Problems
The Chamber of Commerce board voted to hold a fall seminar on city and county issues with City Council members and County Commissioners possibly invited. J W Jamison was named chair of the arrangements committee and a new pictorial brochure project for Sta gerstown and the County was announced. Hecht Co and Family Finance Co applied for chamber membership as the group looks to expand local business representation. A circus elephant was noted to eat substantial amounts of hay and bran mash daily.
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Hotel Alexander
Chamber
H. L. Mills
Comrmin
Ioners
J. W. Jamison
James W. Stone
Charles Lyon
Stagerstown
Ithe County
Joen] Chaimber
Hecht Co
Samuel M. Hecht
Iay Miller
John’. Kavanach
Stewart A. .Hecht
The
Family Finance Co
Rene ‘Renentative
KD. Johnson
Purge of Cominform leaders widens in Europe
Western communist parties face a ruthless purge as Moscow targets top officials who defected to Titoism. French and Hungarian cases dominate as scores of officers and party figures are arrested, stripped of power, or executed amid Moscow’s drive to tighten control after Korea and UN disputes.
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Belgium
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Theodore Vial
Henri Laborde
Setret
M.V.D
Feodor Tolbukhin
Laslo Solyom
Cookies For Firemen And Youth Group In Flurnt Hilla NY
In Flurnt Hilla New York on September 26 women collected cookies for a firemen fundraiser. About 500 people attended the event and many cookies remained. Cookies were later served at a square dance and again leftovers persisted. Some cookies were donated to a children’s organization.
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Hilla
New York
Triangle Grocer Promotes Local Community Support
A local grocer urges patrons to buy locally, noting profits stay within the community to aid schools churches and charities. The message emphasizes supporting residents and sustaining local services through purchases at Triangle Grocer.
Auto Industry Nears Six Million Mark This Year
Detroit reports the auto industry may surpass six million vehicles this year as weekly production continues. Last week saw 177 179 units built in the United States, with the year to date at 5 828 215 cars and tracks. Changes in assembly lines are expected to be necessary to reach the milestone.
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Detroit
Federal Spotlight: Washington Job Front and Government News
Exclusive column by Joseph Young updates on Uncle Sam's job needs across Washington agencies. The Washington Star delivers inside government actions and national notices from its veteran staff. Broadcasts accompany print coverage on WMAL Saturdays at 6 15 P M.
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Federal Spotlight
Washington Star
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Washington Star Today
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Traffic fatalities at 78 per day in early 1950
In the first quarter of 1950 traffic deaths averaged 78 every 24 hours. The article notes wheat likely originated in warm regions around the Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
Youth group meeting set at Washington County Hospital
Washington County's Commission for Youth will hold an important meeting this afternoon at the county hospital. Local youth workers will present recommendations to be forwarded to Washington for White House Conference on Youth consideration later this year.
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Washington County
Commission For Youth
Washington County Hospital
Washington
White House
Army summons 1644 women reservists to active duty
Washington reports that for the first time since the expansion of the armed forces began the Army has called 1644 women reservists to active duty. The Nassau grouper, a West Indies food fish, changes its color like a chameleon.
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