21 Colored Men Off To Camp In National Army
Three Harrisburg exemption boards sent twenty-one colored men to the National Army at noon today. They entrained at 11:40 for Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio, with registrants from Detroit Washington Wilmington and local boards. Names include Robert Lee Grove Alfred Green Bell Frank Floyd Shorter William Beaver Miller Lambert Hawkins Benjamin Reed Joe Bryant Noble E Taylor Steven Bailey Benjamin Daugherty Philip Montague Gilbert Lynch Frank Ross John Lindsay Charles Harris.
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National Army
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Mich
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City Board No. 1
Robert Lee Grove
Alfred Green Bell
Chambersburg
Frank Floyd Shorter
South Tenth Street
William Beaver Miller
Marion Street
City Board No
Lambert Hawkins
Forster Street
Benjamin H. Reed
Briggs Street
Joe Bryant
Michigan
Noble E. Taylor
Steven R. Bailey
Benjamin Daugherty
Strawberry Street
City Board No. 3
Philip Montague
Cumberland Street
Gilbert Lynch
Cherry Street
Frank Ross
Monroe Street
John Lindsay
North Seventh Street
Charles Harris
Cowden Street
Harrisburg Secretary Attends Pennsylvania Convention
Warren R. Jackson Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce secretary travels to Williamsport for the Pennsylvania Commercial Secretary's Association convention today and tomorrow. Discussion will cover modern organization methods and issues aimed at boosting secretary efficiency.
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Warren R. Jackson
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Commercial Secretary's Association
Fair Food Prices Set by Local Federal Food Administration
The June 21 statement outlines cash and carry prices for essentials, notes credit and delivery may cost more, and clarifies the administration has no price fixing authority. It lists unit prices for beans rice flour cereals milk cheese lard potatoes and substitutes for wheat flour, urging reports to the FDA if retailers overcharge.
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Federal Food Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Garbage collections halted for entire day
Four borough employees failed to report to work this morning causing a full day delay in garbage and ashes pickups. Only the truck driver and foreman reported on time, with street and highway officials scrambling to fill the vacant posts and promising to catch up in the coming days.
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E. C. Henderson
Meshey
Henderson
Centenary Church Aids College Fund Drive in Annville
Centenary United Brethren Church launches a drive aimed at raising 6890 toward Lebanon Valley College’s 350000 goal in Annville. About 5620 has been raised so far with a $10 per member quota. Fifty eight volunteers led by John B Malehorn organize teams to canvass the church membership.
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Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Centenary United Brethren Church
John B. Malehorn
Plant Running Normal After Serious Shutdown
The local steel plant returned to normal operation late this afternoon after a temporary shutdown caused by a water main break at Front and Swatara streets yesterday afternoon. Officials said the break was somewhat serious, washing a large gap in the ore mountain near the blast furnaces. About 1,000 workers were out of work last night due to the disruption. Sent to Camp Sherman Fourteen colored men were sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio, this morning by the local Exemption Board as part of the district quota. The next group will depart Monday, with twelve white men bound for Camp Lee, Virginia, that day. The St John’s Lutheran Church choir will hold its weekly rehearsal tonight at 8.
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Front
Swatara
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Camp Lee
Robbery arrest leads to loss of wooden leg
Robert Henderson, a Black man living at 118 River Alley, resisted a patrolman who tried to pull him from the patrol wagon after an arrest. In the struggle the officer pulled off Henderson’s wooden leg, which was later returned to him after he was placed in a cell to sober up.
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Robert Henderson
River Alley
Hadeen
Tragic death by Paris green ingestion at Harrisburg Hospital
Mrs. Lillian McBride, 32, of 1257 South Thirteenth street, died at Harrisburg Hospital at 11 55 last night from swallowing Paris green. Ill health cited as the reason for her act. Her husband, William C McBride, works for the Elliott Fisher Company.
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Lillian McBride
South Thirteenth Street
Harrisburg
Paris Green
Willam Co. McBride
Elliott-Fisher Company
Army censorship placed under military intelligence chief
Washington June 1 Army censorship will be directly under the military intelligence section of the general staff with Colonel Marlborough Churchill as chief censor.
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Geere
CHE
General Staff
Marlborough Churchill
Foreigners Pay Damages After Glass Window Incident
At a hearing before Justice of the Peace Steel last night four foreigners who broke a large plate glass window in front of Baker's restaurant on Wednesday night settled the damage claim and paid the suit costs. Before the hearing they were fined $10 each by Burgess McEntee for disorderly conduct.
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Justice of the Peace Steel
Baker’s
Burgess McEntee
Navy enlistee Coleman ordered to report at Cape May
Joseph M. Coleman, who enlisted in the Naval Reserves some time ago, was yesterday ordered to report at Cape May on June 28 for duty. Sergeant Fletcher Hummel of the 311th Signal Corps, Camp Grant, Illinois, is visiting his home in the borough. Reception for newlyweds Frank and Mrs. Budnik highlights a Y M H A Hall gathering. Mrs. Budnik, formerly Alice Wolf, was married in Hagerstown on May 31.
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Joseph M. Coleman
Naval
Cape May
Fletcher Hummel
Three Hundred and Eleventh Signal Corps
Camp Grant
Illinois
Frank Budnik
Hagerstown
Y. M. H. A. Hall
Budnik
Alice Wolf
Rabbi Rumanoff to Address Draft Boys at Synagogue
Special services for the second draft Jewish boys will be held at Chisuk Emuna synagogue Sixth and Forster streets at 9 o clock tomorrow morning Rabbi Moses Rumanoff will deliver a Special address read in prayer and offer a military blessing to the boys An entertainment with refreshments dancing music and singing will follow Saturday evening at the Y M H A quarters Rev M Abramson will lead the singing and H C Claster will supervise the entertainment
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Chisuk Emuna
Sixth
Forster Streets
Moses Rumanoff
Saxony Defies German Imperial Food Ration Law
New York reports Saxony refused to obey the imperial decree for a nationwide food ration due to poor Saxon crops. Saxon authorities reportedly rejected lowering Saxony’s daily bread ration amid the empirewide shortage. Germany sent 400000 pounds of potatoes to Bohemia, provoking protests in the Prussian Diet over aid amid German hunger.
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New York
Saxony
Dresch
Berlin
Bohemia
Restaurant Man to Leave With Quota
Nicholas Notary proprietor of the Manhattan restaurant on Market Street will leave Harrisburg June 24 for Camp Lee Virginia as part of the draft quota. Notary, born on Tilos Island Greece, is a naturalized citizen and has run the Harrisburg business for seven years with his brother Tony. He previously operated in New York City for five years and is active in the Chamber of Commerce Knights of Pythias YMCA and CCC 1027.
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Camp Lee
Virginia
Nicholas Notary
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Market Street
Notarys
Tilos Island
Greece
Nick
Tony
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Pythias
Lansing's Sisters in Bombed Village With the American Army
Misses Emma S and Katharine B Lansing, sisters of the Secretary of State, members of the Red Cross in France since September, endured a siege in a village near the front. German bombing forced them to shelter in a champagne cellar while they closed their canteen and evacuated. They later found temporary billeting in a hall, longing for news from home and keen to meet American troops, having heard praise from British and French soldiers.
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Emma S
Katharine BE. Lansing
Red Cross
Missesansing
M Ledriae
Marne
Rohrer’s ice cream and confectionery opens remodeled store
The formal opening of Rohrer's newly remodeled ice cream and confectionery shop at 35 South Second Street will be held Friday and Saturday of this week. Souvenirs will be given to ladies and children. Adv.
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Rohrer
South Second Street
Adv
Child Hit By Auto In Harrisburg Neighborhood
Henry Richardson two year old son of Joseph Richardson of 813 South Tenth street was struck by an automobile near his home about six o clock last evening. He sustained abdominal injuries and was taken to Harrisburg Hospital. Authorities have not identified the car's owner.
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Henry Richardson
Joseph Richardson
South Tenth Street
Harrisburg
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