Liberty Loan Subscriptions Promoted by Hershey Trust
The Hershey Trust Company urges subscriptions to the United States Liberty Loan totaling $7 billion. It offers to handle the process at no charge and calls on corporations societies and individuals to participate, stating the loan will aid a world democracy and that duties to country require support. Subscriptions can be entered with name and address on the application blank.
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Hershey Trust Company
United States
Trust Company
Congress
Hershey, Penna
Dauphin County Bars Boys From Farm Work
Farmers in Dauphin and nearby counties reject schoolboy labor on farms. Donald McCormick of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce notes 137 high school boys volunteered to help with food production. Pay was set at 1.00 dollars a day for those 16 and older and 0.75 dollars for under 16, plus two Sundays and two Saturday afternoons off monthly. no more than eight hours daily for the first two weeks. A mailed appeal to farmers drew only five replies, with one offering help.
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Dauphin
Donald McCormick
Committee of Agriculture
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Fourth Annual May Hop Dance Next Thursday Evening
The Fourth Annual May Hop will be held next Thursday evening drawing a large crowd. Myer's String Orchestra of Harrisburg will provide the music, attracting many from across the county. Ladies will be presented with souvenirs.
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Myer
String Orchestra
Harrisburg
Myers
Devene y takes new government post after Hershey work
N A Deveney formerly of Hershey and a former Home Ice Company bookkeeper in Washington has joined the Department of State. In a note to the Press he sends best wishes to friends and shares his motto about balancing life like a ledger.
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N. A. Deveney
Hershey
Home Ice Company
Washington
Department of State
Presa
German Chancellor Signals Separate Peace Bid and Turmoil
The report says the German chancellor avoided peace terms in a Tuesday speech and pressed for a separate peace with Russia. It notes socialist pressure for a republic and ongoing war without decisive action as weeks see continued front fighting and U boat sinkings.
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Germany
Russia
Socialiste
Leacor Fae
Prat
Fower
Own Your Home in Hershey Own Your Home in Hershey
A Hershey Industrial School program offers employees affordable home ownership with 10 percent down and easy monthly payments. Prices reflect 5 percent mortgage terms after 25 percent paid. Two sales completed, more under negotiation. James Hetrich and Wilson E. Rhoads each purchased 50 foot lots on West Granada Avenue for double dwellings.
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Hershey
Hershey Industrial School
James Hetrich
Wilson E. Rhoads
Granada Avenue
Ten Hershey Volunteers Enter Military Service
Ten Hershey men have joined various military branches. Charles Grube of Lancaster serves in the Ambulance Corps, Edward Schwenk of Schuylkill Haven joins the U S Infantry, Ivan Mease of Lancaster works in the Quartermasters Division, Edward A Smith of Newport is a stenographer, Joseph Heisey of Elizabethtown is a typist, Paul Shultz of Lancaster a clerk, Philip Kraber of York in Field Artillery, William Mumma of Lancaster in the Signal Corps, and Clifford Gorsuch Bowman Snavely of Hershey attends Officer Training Camp.
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Hershey
Charles Samuel Grube
Lancaster
Edward Schwenk
Schuylkill Haven
United States Infantry
Ivan Mease
Edward A. Smith
Newport
Joseph Heisey
Elizabethtown
Paul Shultz
Philip Kraber
York, Field Artillery
William Mumma
Signal Corp
Clifford Gorsuch
Bowman Snavely
War Husbands Discharges Cut Guard Eligibility for New Marriages
The Adjutant General's department republishes War Department orders restricting National Guard discharge rules to men married before the war with Germany. The order adds that marriages contracted since the war began do not bar eligibility or future call to service, clarifying enlistment rules for those otherwise eligible.
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National Guard
United States
Germany
Adjutant General’s Department
War Department
Mr Murray Moves to Lebanon to Join Bethlehem Steel
James J. Murray, who resigned as manager of the Hershey Employment Bureau after over seven years with the Hershey interests, has begun new work with the Bethlehem Steel Company in its Lebanon plant. He and Mrs Murray will reside in Lebanon with their children.
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James J. Murray
Hershey Employment Bureau
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lebanon
Norma Talmadge to Star at Central Theatre This Saturday
Norma Talmadge and Ralph Leawle head the bill at Central Theatre showing Going Straight. The program includes a May 23 Scout show by Elershay unit featuring a vivid portrayal of their work. Also on May 21 the powerful Godly Crucible with Myre Ue Gongales and George Hernandes screens.
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Norma Talmadge
Central Theatre
Ralph Leawle
Boy Scouts of
Elershay
Myre Ue Gongales
George Hernandes
Baby Week Draws Large Crowds in Hershey Store Event
Baby Week ended Saturday with about 92 babies present. The Hershey store served as the central hub with a nursery atmosphere, photo gallery portraits for mothers, and a judges room where the Hershey Mothers' Club awarded prizes for the most perfect babies across age groups. The awardees included Thelma Hershey, Lester Zimmerman, Katharine Yingst, Harold Gingrich, Mary Grubb, and Beatrice Wirth, chosen by a committee led by Mrs. Aldus Wirth and others.
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Hershey Mothers’ Club
Thelma Hershey
Hershey
Lester Zimmerman
Caracas Avenue
Katharine Yingst
Cocoa Avenue
Harold Gingrich
Mary Grubb
Beatrice Wirth
Chocolate Avenue
Aldus Wirth
Lawrence Edwards
Kilmore
DuBois
Zimmerman
Mothers’ Club
Baby Week
Dr Batterwick Prominent at Wichita General Conference
Pennsylvania delegates, 44 strong, attend the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in Wichita Kansas May 10 to 22. Six bishops from various districts participate as delegates as the denomination marks its quadrennial assembly and historic growth.
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Pennsylvania
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Wichita
Kansas
W. M. Weekley
Parkersburg
W. Va
East District
G. M. Matthews
Dayton
Central District
H. H. Fout
Indianapolis
Ind
Northwest
C. J. Kephart
Kansas City
Southwest
W.M. Bell
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific
A. T. Howard
Foreign
Hershey
United States
Mt Pleasant
Christian Newcomer
United Brethren Church
East Pennsylvania
Ministerial
Reva
D. D. Lowery
J. A. Lyter
Harrisburg
S.cenek
Philadelphia
1. H. Albright
Middletown
Miller
Lebanon
Butterwick
G. PD. Batdorf
Lancaster
Lay
A. S. Light
J. P. Strickler
Batterwick
Ha Proceedinga
Hershey Red Cross Auxiliary Sees Membership Grow
The Hershey Red Cross Auxiliary in the Central Theatre Building reports rapid volunteer growth with membership over 250 and rising toward 300. Weekly day and evening shifts run 1 to 5 and 7 to 10, urging all women to help. A park dance tonight raises funds, with Lebanon orchestra, tickets 25 cents, proceeds for soldiers and materials.
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Hershey
Cross
Red .Cross
Central Theatre
Hershey Park
Lebanon
Park Theatre hosts transfer ceremony for grammar pupils
An evening program at Hershey Park Theatre marks the last class promoted under the old system before high school changes take effect. Events include speeches, recitations, life of Helen Keller, class prophecy, and a list of graduating 8th graders led by teacher Arthur Hoeker.
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Hershey Park Theatre
Grammar School
R. el. Taylor
Robert Bricker
Edith McCafferty
Paul Seitzinger
J. Carrie Kellar
Charles Robins
Ather Espenshacle
Helen Kellar
Edith Light
Mary Dy
Plano
Ina Carpenter
Jethel Mowrers
Landis Garman
Ay Frehn
Hiram JM
Shenk
J. Irwin Meek
Arthur P. Hoeker
Mabel Bomgardner
Caroline Bard
Maria Cooper
Ithel Helsey
Eather Eapenshade
Viola Fox
Bertha Tinick
Sara Garver
Maud Gordon
Pearl Landis
Marion Leecrow
Idith Light
Eduth McCafferty
Ethel Mowrer
Florence Sneath
Eleanor Swartz
Farm and Garden Day Set for May 24 in Hershey
The 70 young farmers in Hershey, Pennsylvania, are ready for Farm and Garden Day on May 24 after a cold spring delayed growth. The governor shifted the event from Good Roads Day to emphasize food production amid looming war, urging all to do their duty.
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Hershey
Pennsylvania
Scout Movement Grows Through Carnival and Film Fundraiser
The Hershey Men's Club gym hosts a Boy Scout Troop benefit carnival with booths run by younger members. A May 23 Central Theatre showing features a special Scout reel to raise about $200 needed to equip 32 scouts, supporting nonmilitarist, pledge backed citizenship and community service.
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Hershey Men’s Club
Central Theatre
Hershey
Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scout Movement
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Debs
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
Dn Ito
Thia
America
New Taxes Hit Everybody in Broad War Time Plan
The piece portrays a sweeping postwar tax bill as it would touch daily life. It catalogs broad levies from toothpaste to tobacco, clothing, travel, utilities, insurance, mail, and entertainment, stressing universal reach and high rates.
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Congress
Sam
Uncle Sam
Standard Oil Company
William
Harrisburg
Costa
Roosevelt Army Plan Advances in Congress
Congress has authorized Theodore Roosevelt to organize 200,000 men into four divisions to lead in a European war. The bill moves to the President for final action as public opinion favors his leadership.
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Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
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