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L beag-t at songrice-men i by mestheTheYThean)zeneenLnedState Taking Over Camp Ritchie May 1i ------Camp Ritchie, which was turned over to the Army nearly five years ago, .will be returned, to stale jurisdiction. May 1, Governor O’Conor announced yesterday.The Governor said he* had received a letter from Secretary of War Patterson giving official sanction to the transfer.of the'post lo-i « * »cated. at Cascade.O’Conor said he was asking*the State Department t of, Health to take immediate steps to make the camp’s hospital facilities available for a state chronic ' disease 'hospital to relieve' crowded Baltimore hospitals andto take care of Western Maryland ‘ cases.The camp, on -which the FederalGovernment spent more than S6.; 000,000 since 3 941, also will be used tor I raining the State Guard and au expanded National Guard, O’Conor said.Erected in 1943 by the Ariny, the hospital provides 250 beds in a series of one-storv units connected by closed, heated corridors.Camp Ritchie was established during the twenties as a summer encampment for the National Guard. The Army .used it first as a recreation camp and in 1942, expanded it for use as. a mlitary,intelligence training center.Fried or stewed cliicken goes far when it is cooked, diced and’ mixed with sauce or gravy to'have on top of biscuits, noodles or toast.The horned toad is not, a toad but a lizard.
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The Daily Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Mon, Apr 29, 1946
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