Harrisburg Enlistment Credit Debate Controls Second Draft Quota
Lieutenant Lesher defends city credit for men enlisted, citing War Department rules and that credit accrues for those in service before December 15 and from subsequent drafts. He rejects rumors of recruiting office shutdown, noting ongoing orders to improve recruiting and establish substations. Nine men from Harrisburg district enlisted yesterday, including O Connell, Jates, Earley, Strine, Sloop, Smith, Waldschmitt, Thomas, and Bowers in various units.
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Lesher
War Department
District of Columbia
United States
National Guard
Regular Army
Congress
Crowler
City
Harrisburg
Thomas V. O'Connell
Chestnut Street
Aviation Corps
Harry Kr.jates
Forrest Street
Coast Artillery
George A. Earley
Seneca Street
George F
Gets Into U. S. Service After Five Failures
Joseph H Strouse of Harrisburg finally passed enlistment examination for the Naval Reserve after six attempts. Son of William Strouse, he persisted despite repeated rejections due to weight, earning praise for his patriotism and determination.
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Joseph. Strouse
Harrisburg
Josef H. Strouse
Strouse
William Strouse
Uncle Sam
Mr. Strouse
Brown Asks Attorneys Aid For Draft Support
Brown urges District of Columbia bar and Pennsylvania lawyers to cooperate in providing full and efficient legal services to all registrants during the draft. He says this will reflect well on the profession and help the nation. Police strength data requested from mayors and police chiefs across the state to inform defense planning and protection of utilities and plants. Public safety chairmen asked to report on Home Guard, home defense and patriotic groups with details on organizations and sites at risk.
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District of Columbia
Brown
Beary
Home Guard
Jack Succeeds Beidleman In Capitol Park Duties
Captain George Jack of the Ordnance Department today was assigned as assistant foreman of the Capitol Park grounds in addition to supervising removal of buildings in Capitol Park extension. He succeeds Thomas D. Beidleman. Beidleman’s $1,100 position will not be filled.
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George
Jack
The
Ordnance Department of
Thomas D. Beidleman
Beidleman
Newville
Public Service Commission
Charles Johnson
New York State
Clara E. Manning
Ambridge
Beaver County
Bradford Gas Company
Citizens Light, Heat and Power Company
Johnstown
And
Vicinity
York Gas Company
York and Vicinity
People's Light Company
Pittston and Vicinity
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster County
Brown
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railway Service
Make the Pigs Grow Is the New Slogan
Blair County Pit Club with seventy five youths partners with Wellsboro banks and the Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety to raise pork for patriotic effort. Funds advance to buy pigs, fall sales repay loans, profits to the youngsters. Essay prizes to spur efforts. Tioga County faces light corn crop increasing feed purchases.
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Pennsylvania
Blair County
Tioga County
Santa Claus to Do a Rushing Business This Year
New York dispatch notes Christmas toy shopping surges despite wartime thrift. Shoppers fill stores with an unprecedented toy variety priced from a few dollars to over 100, including a six foot roadster for 65 and a fully rigged seven foot schooner at 200. One shopper spent 4500 in two hours as luxury gifts tempt affluent families.
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Santa Claus
Dren
Public Schools Feed Penn State Freshmen Report
State College Pa. A. H. Espenshade university registrar reports that 639 of 755 freshmen come from public schools, 72 from private schools, and 44 attended both. Four hundred thirteen schools are represented, led by Wilkes-Barre High School with 18 and State College High School with 17.
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State College
Pennsylvania
A. H. Espenshade
Penn State
Wilkes-Barre High School
State College High School
Altoona High School
Peabody High School
Pittsburgh
Northeast High School
Philadelphia
York High School
Reading Boys’ High School
Johnstown High School
West Philadelphia High School
German air raid on London and southern England
Twenty five German planes invaded England but were largely checked by night gunfire. Attacks concentrated on the Thames Kent and Essex coasts and aimed at London from several directions. Five groups penetrated into the capital. casualties included eight killed and twenty two injured. Britain reported two German raids paused by weather. in the same period two British raids over Germany left seven dead and twenty one injured.
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Thames
Kent
Essex
London
England
Germany
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Wall Street Rail Stocks Rally Then Retreat On IC C News
The Associated Press reports rail shares initially rose after Interstate Commerce Commission recommendations but turned lower as selling pressure broadened. Delaware and Hudson and Union Pacific led gains while Reading and Canadian Pacific slumped, with steel and copper stocks also reversing. Autumn commodity quotes and Philadelphia market figures follow with grain and meat prices noted in a dense, period report.
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Rock Island
Reading
Canadian Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Autor
New York
Handler Brothers and Company
Philadelphia
North Market Square
Harrisburg
Chestnut Street
Pine Street
Pat Allis Chalmers
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Central Leather Secre
Chesapeake and Ohio US
Chi Mil
St Paul
Wenee
Crucible Steel
Distilling
Brie
General Motors Ee
Great Northern
Inspiration Copper
Kennecott Oppe
Kansas City Southern
Lackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
Eas
Maxwell Motors Ances
Mere
Marine Otis
Mexican Petroleum
Midvale Steel
New York Central
N. H
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania R. R
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Con Copper
Reading Railway Everes Tom
Republic Tron and
Arnt
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Wee
Union Pacific Eee
Lu S. Steel
S. Steel
Utah
Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
Maryland
Messiah Lutheran to Send Christmas Boxes to Camp
Messiah Lutheran plans Christmas boxes for members in government service. Soldiers from the congregation serve at camps Ups ton Dix Meade Hancock and Dodge. Two Red Cross nurses serve in France and the western United States. Sunday school asks for apples or oranges for the boxes and a basket in the room will receive contributions.
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Messiah Lutheran Church
Upton
Dix
Meade
Hancock
Dodge
Red Cross
France
United States
W. A. A. Hanson
Means Tells Story of Detective Activities in King Murder Trial
Concord North Carolina December 6 Gaston B Means testifying in his murder trial for Mrs Maude A King described his work as a German agent. He said he uncovered a German plot to back Huerta in Mexico, provoke war with the United States, and promote a peace campaign while employed by a private detective firm for German clients. He claimed he reported valuable information to the U S government under a binding stipulation.
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Huerta
Mexico
United States
Means
King
Patriotic Prayer Service At Pine Street Church
The Pine Street Presbyterian Church will hold a patriotic prayer meeting tomorrow at 5 15 p m lasting about an hour. All are welcome as these undenominational services comfort those touched by war and will include a special prayer for the nation and the men at the front.
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Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Redsecker Seeks Pardon for 1915 Embezzlement Conviction
Application filed with the State Board of Pardons for George A. Redsecker formerly of Elizabethtown seeks a pardon. Convicted in 1915 in the city of ten counts of embezzlement and sentenced to three to six years. Case set for December 20.
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Redsecker
State Board of Pardons
George A. Redsecker
Elizabethtown
Rainbow Division staff in France led by General Mann
A photo shows the Rainbow Troops staff in France under General Mann former head of the War Department Military Division with Colonel McArthur as chief of staff. The image is the only one capturing the full division staff.
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Mann
Military Division
War Department
Rainbow Division
McArthur
Mer
France
Ice Cream Prices Rise Amid Milk Cost Pressure
A Market street survey finds ice cream prices largely hold at most shops but fancy sundaes like wiped cream and fruit creations now 20 cents. Two element sundaes stay 10 cents while hot chocolate remains 10 cents. Harrisburg shops show plates up to 15 cents and quart prices to 60 cents. If milk tightens further, overall price hikes are expected.
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Harrisburg
Red Cross to Send 70 Sweaters for Harrisburg Boys
Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter will ensure seventy Army and Navy servicemen from Harrisburg and Steelton receive sweaters. Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert praised Governor Brumbaugh and his wife for sympathy and support, noting she has requested the soldiers’ names. The governor urged local donations of sweaters and comforts for the troops.
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Harrisburg
Red Cross
Lyman D. Gilbert
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Gilbert
Brumbaugh
Army
Navy
Steelton
Paine Hosts Oyster Supper for Friends
Mr and Mrs George F Paine hosted an oyster supper with white and pink decor and floral arrangements. The event featured vocal and instrumental music and honored a varied guest list including Effie Snyder, George Nauss and Luther Nauss, William W Paine Jr and many others from Middletown Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia Newark and beyond.
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George F. Paine
Effie Snyder
George Nauss
Luther Nauss
Middletown
William W. Paine Jr
Annie Spangler
Robert Paine
Daisy Wolfe
Charles Kauffman Jr
June Truby
William Truby
Chicago
Howard Martin
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter McCullough
Altoona
Ida Downey
Waynesboro
Harry Carlysle
Indiana
Florence Keirl
Clarence Derbler
Philadelphia
Millie Doyle
Dillsburg
Frank Oswald
Gettysburg
Carrie Conomy
Edith Vanderwater
Eric
Hamilton Hackenburg
Clarence Donaldson
Mildred Miller
Newark
N. J
George Paine
Shreiner Urges Immediate Start on Capitol Park Expansion
Superintendent George A. Shreiner of the Department of Public Grounds and Buildings says the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings should begin work at once on Capitol Park Extension and set a definite start date. He will confer with city officials about the city’s share ahead of a Tuesday board meeting. Funeral services for R. A. Simmons will be Friday at 12 at his daughter’s home, with burial in Dauphin, following his death in Pottsville Tuesday.
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Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Capitol Park Extension
George A. Shreiner
Department of Public Grounds and Buildings
Shreiner
R. A. Simmons
Bertha Treadwell
North Eighteenth Street
Dauphin
Pottsville
Democrats Not Likely to Question Camp Votes
Early reports indicate no contests of the soldier vote at the county prothonotary’s office. Dr. G Willis Hartman filed campaign expense of 423.68, while J Dress Pannell reported 124.20. Hartman and ex Mayor John K Royal lost due to soldier ballots. If any contest proceeds, twenty five voters in each case must sign objections by today.
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Harry F. Holler
Prsons
G. Willis Hartman
James McStranahan
J. Dress Pannell
Dr. Hartman
John K. Royal
Easton Man Killed Racing Engine at Grade Crossing
Easton, Pa., Dec. 6. Lloyd Serfass tried to outrun a slow freight train at a grade crossing near Bath but his motor car stalled on the tracks and he was killed. He was speeding to beat the train when the accident happened.
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Associated Press
Easton
Bath
Lloyd Serfass
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