Stockpiling Goes Into High Gear in Wartime Drive
The Munitions Board expands stockpiling with 1951 appropriations totaling 1.189 billion dollars and a new policy to pay above world prices for American-made materials lacking foreign competition. The Buy American framework is loosened to protect urgent national security needs, raising concerns about resource depletion and domestic production incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munitions Board
Congress
John KR. Steelman
Hubert H. Howard
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Washington column on women returning to factory work
NEA report outlines steps to mobilize housewives for wartime industry. Frieda Miller cites women as the main labor reserve, with 18 million women employed and 1 million unemployed. Emphasis on homemaker training, child care, and employer support to keep women in plants.
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Frieda S. Miller
U. S.women's Bureau
U. S
Women's Bureau
National Security Resources Board
Women’s Bureau
Ton
Shell
Uncle Sam
Planta
Se Oun Biye
National Security Resources Tort
Frieda Miller
Ffs
Worner
Alnust
Soldier Hitchhikes Gas Truck After Battle Near Naktong River
A front line private first class who survived a boat sinking and a mortar strike rides a supply truck toward Waegwan, recounting being blasted by machine gun fire and his concussion. He refuses hospital and returns to his unit amid the heat and dust of the Naktong line. The piece closes noting the commonality of the name Smith in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Korea
Naksong
Waegwin
Seoul
Jem Price
Associated Press
Vrice
Thas Nadktong
Lane
Matt
Hej J
Price
Sone
Tie
Prien
Yesteryear Jottings Highlight Local Events and Names
Forty years ago notes mention Mercy of Funks town, a bailiff qualified to go beyond city limits, and Edward Davis of Buena Vista Spring considered for a hotel job in Rennett Baltimore. Selomon Rousculp and Thornville veterans visit relatives while Elmer McPherson grows a six foot pumpkin for the Hagerstown Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Davis
Buena Vista Spring
Rennett
Baltimore
J.P. O'Connor
Elmer McPherson
Art lovers view Tate Chaget Spandler collection at Kee Mar
Twenty years ago art enthusiasts enjoyed a Tate Chaget Spandler exhibition at Kee Mar Institute featuring works by Medd dn his former flame Ab come pine am artist Hagerstown’s Spandler. The display included a notable corpus of Spandler’s works in New STEN.
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Thie Tate
Chaget Spandler
Medd
Pine Am
Tor
Kee Mar Institute
Hagerstown
Spandler
New Sten
Town faces winter turmoil as charities plan tougher work
York and nearby residents confront a major winter problem as leaders of charitable actions meet to organize efforts on a tighter basis. A writer’s hostile piece and disrupted radio broadcasts ripple through the community while sports news notes the Williamsport Wilde Keane team trimming the Hagerstown Athletics in a post season series after three games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varias Charitable Cianttions
Vmgate Tay Plang
Williamsport Wilde Keane
Hagerstown Atiletics
Hagerstown
Beall's Victory Drive Headed by Byron in Hagerstown
Joseph W. Byron of Hagerstown was appointed to head Congressman J Glenn Bealls reelection effort. Charles P Wanaman of Hagerstown will chair the committee with Artin Willand of Bethesda serving as treasurer. The 1948 cranberry crop was the second largest in U S history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Byron
Hagerstown
J. Glenn Bealls
Charles P. Wanaman
United States
Fragmentary Tale of a Letter Never Sent
A troubled narrator recalls excuses for not sending a letter to Scott. He delays with feeble reasons as a friend visits and stays late, yet his soul takes sight and the letter remains unsent. The piece hints at inner conflict and unfinished correspondence.
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Scott
Phat
Disinfection in Schools and Air Purification Debate
A discussion of airborne disease spread in classrooms cites infections like measles and colds as highly contagious. It reviews ultraviolet irradiation and glycol vapor sanitation trials in three grammar schools, noting modest bacterial reductions and questions about real disease prevention.
Policemen Fired for Drunkenness in Kentucky Town
A Kentucky town dismisses two policemen for drunkenness. With schools back in session parents complain about early wakeups while detour signs come down as counties open roads. A Chicago judge notes speed penalties exist but profits remain. Tennessee lists wild boars among game species.
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Kentucky
Getahere
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Daily” Mail
Garvin Bager
Bide - Cap Poy
Aingie
Asociated Press
Ei! AP
Egomans
Washington
Douglas Larsen
NEA
COPE
ITA Bernice
WC. T. WI
Mommy
Smith
Yesteryears
Selomon Rousculp
Tts
Anal Newstestores
Peet
U.S
Sel
York
Odisturbanes Ty Givini
Ier
Tronyiroas
Pteot
Joseph Byron
Beall
Edgar A
Nad
Hagerstown Trust Co
Memper Fenerst Reserve Is
Federal Depert Ewsutance Corporation
G. L
F. M
A. M
M. J
Haere Ree
W. Washington
Hal Cochran
Chicago
Tennestes Fs
Union
Europeas
Timken
Combustioneer
Fridinger & Co
Whitesel Music CO
Complete Music Store
Icodemus
Navona
America
Pontiac
Ponorrac Yingling Auto Sales & Service, Inc
Frederick St
Hagerstown, Md
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