Directors Push Defense Readiness After Pearl Harbor News
Regional Director Joseph L. Scholtz orders rapid drills and inspections of Civilian Defense units in major cities within thirty days following Japanese raids on Dutch Harbor Alaska. He warns all citizens to aid in defense efforts as the US faces widespread bombing risk and targets like cities camps and transport hubs. University officers at Wyoming are re elected as trustees strengthen campus leadership. Salvage your old rubber with our printing services.
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Citizens Defense Corps
Joseph L. Scholtz
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
United States
Colorado
War Department
Wyoming Proclaims 1942 Selective Service Registration Day
Governor Nels H. Smith proclaims Tuesday June 30 1942 as the date for male registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended. The order designates registration sites, times, and exemptions, urging employer cooperation and county boards to administer the process statewide in Wyoming.
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Congress of the
United States
America
Empire of Japan
Germany
Italy
Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve
Wyorming
Wyoming
I. Nels K H. Smith
State of
Selective Service
County Selective Service Local Boards
Cheyenne
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Old Electric Light Globes Exchange Policy Notice
From now on buyers must bring an old burned out globe to exchange for a new one at the merchant. No new lamps sold without same exchange rule. Salvage your old globe.
Road Clears Access to Middle Piney Lake
Volunteers from LoWa with government tractor and bulldozer cleared the dugway into Middle Piney Lake, making it accessible by vehicle. The lake, scenic in Wyonong country, hosts summer cottages and is stocked with nine fish species for anglers.
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Middle Piney Lake
LoWa_with
Middle Pinney Lake
Wyonong
Kinaw
Skilled Workers Urgently Needed in Wyoming Defense Jobs
Urgent demand for skilled construction workers in Casper Cheyenne and Cody with emphasis on carpenters bricklayers electricians plumbers cement finishers and heavy equipment operators. U S Employment Service offices open in units across Wyoming including Usui per Cheyenne Cody Gillette Kemmerer Lander Laramie Rawlins Reck Sprinits Torrington Sheridan and Worland. Kemmerer office at 812 Pine Avenue.
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Casper
Cheyenne
Cody
United States Employment Service
Wyoming
Usuiper
Cady
Gillette
Kemmerer
Lander
Laramie
Rawlins
Reck Sprinits
Torrington
Sheridan
Worland
Pine Avenue
Vrang Promoted to Captain in the Army Air Corps
Relatives report Mgr Vrang, a well known geologist in the community, has been commissioned as captain in the Army. He previously served as a World War I co pilot and is currently an Air Corps instructor stationed in Roswell New Mexico.
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Mgr. Vrang
Caplan Christian Madahp Wrang
Yale Avenue
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Wrang
Stalignes
Roswell
New Mexico
Air Corps
Invest in Victory War Savings Bonds and Stamps
Citizens urged to back the war effort by purchasing War Savings Bonds and Stamps. Notes bonds cost 18.75 dollars and up with a return of one third after ten years, stamps priced 10, 25 cents and higher. Emphasizes collective funding and regular purchases to aid soldiers abroad.
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Axis
Memorial service held for Anna Hopkins at Eastern Star
Eastern Star Chapter held a memorial service for Anna Bredshaw Hopkins who died May 30. Past Matron Claire Tanner officiated. Hopkins was a charter member of Big Paney Chapter No. 42 and served as Worthy Matron in 1936, later acting as Marshal at the time of her death. She also represented the chapter at the Grand Chapter meeting in Sheridan, Wyoming, as a Grand Page.
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Eastern Star
Anna Bredshaw Hopkins
Claire Tanner
Sister Hopkins
Big Paney
Sheridean
Wyoming
Helen Lenharts
Green
Wyo
Hopkins
Tne
Rubber Salvage Drive Urges Public Sale in Cheyenne
Telegram from Edward S. Moore Jr of the Wyoming War Production Board urges merchants to salvage reclaimed rubber and sell it to patrons at a penny per pound. Public notices to circulate ads and tear sheets, with June 30 deadline noted and emphasis on intensive publicity to boost rubber salvaging efforts.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Geo. W. Hopkins
Mey Examiner
Wey
Wyoming
Osevelt
Edward S. Moore, JR
Wyoming War Production Board
Msincss
Navy to Hold Mental and Physical Exams for Aviation Cadets
Navy announces exams Saturday June 20 at the Navy Recruiting Station for the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board from Seattle. Qualified applicants 18 to 26, unmarried high-school graduates in excellent health, proceed to Moraga California for conditioning before flight training at West Coast bases. Ensigns receive Navy Wings of Gold and about $300 monthly, with further squadron training before active duty.
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Navy
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Seatlre
Naval Aviation Flight
Trarning
St. Mary's College
Moraga
Calif
Comdr
Sam Berry
Tex Olver
Naval Reserve Aviation
Hns
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Cornus
Navy Wings of Gold
Cheyenne
Democrats Call Meeting of Committeemen in Finedale
A Democratic Central Committee notice calls all Committeemen and interested party members to meet at the Court House in Finedale on Saturday June 20 at 2 PM. An official from the Federal Weather Bureau toured last week to inspect the weather station equipment.
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Finedale
Democratic Central Committee
Federal Weather Bureau
Dig Out All Your Old Scrap Rubber Right Now
Editorial urges every citizen to collect old scrap rubber for war needs. Pay stations offer per pound. proceeds fund Defense Bonds or the USO. Readers are told to search dumps, construction sites, and river banks for rubber to aid the Armed Forces.
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USO
Examiner
Axis
United States
Resolutions of Respect for Deceased Eastern Star Member
Pine dale Chapter No. 39 of the Order of the Eastern Star adopts resolutions mourning a beloved member. The telegram notes her service to the afflicted and dying, extending condolence to the family and home Chapter. Committee of Past Matrons Elta Hennice Ruth Mouring Angeline Feltner seal.
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Plauck
Ling
Pinedale
Order of the Eastern Star
Elta Hennice
Ruth Mouring
Angeline Feltner
Wyoming Proclaims Father's Day Observance for 1942
Governor L Nels H. Smith proclaims Sunday June 21 1942 as National Father’s Day in Wyoming urging people and organizations to observe the observance. The proclamation was signed and sealed in Cheyenne on June 11, 1942.
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International
Wyoming
State of
Notice of Fifth Draft Registrants Registration
Notice lists men born 1922 to 1924 to register in the fifth draft. Dates include Saturday June 27 from 8:00 AM to 5:06 PM, Sunday June 28 from 1:00 PM to 4:06 PM, Tuesday June 30 from 8:00 AM to 5:60 PM, at the Local Board Office. Big Finey notes June 2 and 29 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Washington
2 County Defense Council
Jy Mame
UNS
Ralph S. Linn
Moneta
Shoshoni
Univversity of Wyoming Board of Trustees
Harriett T. Grieve
Victor J. Facinelli
Rock Springs
Grieve
Linn
Facinelli
Peter Sill
The
Universiy
Mary Edelman
Cope
Frank A. Barrett
Dusk
Bard Ferrell
Harold M. Johnson
Milward L. Simpson
Nels H. Smith
Esther L. Anderson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fay E. Smith
Smith
Miss Ardler- 50N
Liustion Vrang
United
Eastern Star Chapter
Anna Hopkins
Mifist
Editorial
Anna Tigpkins
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