Forest site chosen for first camp conscientious objectors
At Patapsco State Park in Maryland fifty young men occupy an abandoned CCC camp as the vanguard of a nationwide network of privately financed camps for conscientious objectors. The program, run by the National Service Board of Religious Objectors, aims to train COs in soil conservation forestry flood control road and park construction for postwar reconstruction with 35 dollars a month per man in maintenance.
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Alton L. Blakesleeke
Europe
CCC
Patapsco State Park
Ernst Wildman
France
National Service Board of Religious Objectors
Selective Service
Spur Dodgers Arrocs Columbia Girls Dance With Soldiers
Lucy Lewis recalls Columbia girls at Fort Jackson adopting the term Spur Dodgers after dancing with soldiers. She says the phrase captures their playful, stylish nights despite occasional ankle spurs and the thrill of social contact, with the group insisting they look lovely and have a delightful time.
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Columbia
S. C
Lucy Lewis
Fort Jackson
Honeymoon at the Hacienda Drama Heats Up
During a tropical dinner at the Hacienda Betsy and Tom host guests including Coralie Simpson and June Heath. Coralie feigns friendliness while Donald Heath notices June’s violin past as tension and a war bulletin loom. A shadow watches from outside as the scene ends.
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Betsy
Daily Mail
Tom
Simpson
Coralie Simpson
Coralie
Lucy Littlefield
June Heath
Mrs. Simpson
Jine
Jacobi
Donald Heath
June
Donald
CoraHe
Asti
DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS PUZZLE LIST OF CLUES
A compact listing of across clues including Jog Reverberat e Blockade Loop with running knot Contended Human trunk Monster Music note Diminutive of Anne Japanese fish Invisible emanation A State Flames Force Lot Revive Source of wool Finish Chin whiskers Insipid Elliptical Summit Kind of tree Siberian river Anger Quivered Name Valuable for Arabian chieftains Deities Down clues include County in New York Reproves Curved molding Spread grass to dry Complete Cry of a dove Antler Bones a hawk Afresh Like forth Anger Exagger Summit Noblem el ated Talk in his Toward ForAffixes Sums Weather style cryptogram quotes provided by Ming Features Syndicate
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New York
Class Ahead of Schedule at Maxwell Field Graduation Soon
At Maxwell Field Montgomery on May 15 the advanced flying class nears completion with 68 hours 8 minutes of the required 70 and only 1 hour 42 minutes left to fly before the May 29 graduation. The 148 cadets, under Maj. Burton M. Hovey Jr and Capt. Charles A. Piddock, have benefited from good weather and added planes. A dress parade will mark the ceremony as cadets receive their wings and second lieutenants’ commissions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Poered
Maxwell Field
Burton M. Hovey, Jr
Charles A. Piddock
Field Artillery
Reserve officers plan salute for Governor at Camp Wheeler
Atlanta May 15 Reserve officers preparing for their weekend convention at Camp Wheeler hoped to fire a 19 gun salute for Governor Eugene Leece. The cannon they needed was found at the Macon camp.
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Atlanta
Camp Wheeler
Eugene Leece
Macon
Honorary Escort Arranged After Missing Drum Music
A local event arranged an honorary escort after organizers could not locate musicians to play four ruffles on the drums and four flourishes of the trumpets. The plan ensured a formal procession despite the absence of performers.
Philadelphia Fire Wreaks Havoc in Port Richmond Lumber Yard
A massive blaze in Philadelphia's Port Richmond lumber yard destroyed property and prompted mobilization of four hundred firefighters. Loss to the yard is estimated around a million dollars. A physician was killed rushing to the scene and about twenty others were injured. The fire began at 1 45 a m and burned through the night, with flames reaching yards high before firefighters gained control by morning. The cause remains undetermined.
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Philadelphia
Richmond
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Daily Crossword
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Ming Features Syndicate
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Voiben
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Roxy
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