New Jail Plans Are Suspended In Adams County
Adams county plans for a new 45000 dollar jail were suspended by the county commissioners as a defense measure. They cited national emergency and steel priorities, saying bidding would be postponed while awaiting metal access. The jail was to be built on county farm land near Gettysburg along the Biglerville road.
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J. A. Hamme
York
United States
Hamme
George P. Taylor
J. Arthur Boyd
Edgar C. McDonnell
Biglerville Road
Gettysburg
Births listed for November in Gettysburg area
Thirty six births were recorded in Gettysburg and surrounding townships in November, second only to January for the two year period. Seventeen boys and 19 girls. January had 28 births. Gettysburg 29, Cumberland Township four, Straban Township three. Freedom and Highland had none. Deaths totaled 11, eight in Gettysburg and one each in Cumberland, Straban, and Highland.
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Gettysburg
J. Herbert Weikert
Register of Vital Statistics
Cumberland Township
Strabant
Freedom
Highland
Cumberland
Straban
Army Men Aid Abbottstown Firemen In Home Blaze
A fire near Abbottstown damaged a three room frame house owned by Charles E. Crawford. Fire started in the bedroom from an overheated stove and was discovered by a passing motorist. Volunteer firemen and four trucks from a convoy carrying soldiers assisted in extinguishing the flames.
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Abbottstown
Charles E. Crawford
Lincolnway West
Firemen Use Booster Tank Water To Extinguish House Fire
Fire crews used water from a booster tank to douse a blaze in a residence. No injuries reported and investigators began examining the scene for the cause.
Navy calls 2nd World War veteran to active duty
Jacob W. Dubbs of York Street, a retired Naval officer who served 20 years and earned an honorable discharge, has been called to active duty with the United States Navy and reported for duty Monday. He previously served during World War I.
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Jacob W. Dubbs
York Street
United States Navy
Dubbs
Auto damage in Hanover after pike crash near Mt Olive cemetery
An auto owned by Glenn O. Messinger of Hanover left the Hanover Abbottstown pike in front of Mt Olive cemetery and caused about 50 feet of hedge damage. The vehicle sustained about 25 in damages.
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Glenn O. Messinger
Hanover
Abbottstown
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Mount Mitchell Tops East With Highest Peak
Mount Mitchell State Park in North Carolina features Mt. Mitchell at 6,684 feet above sea level, earning the title of the highest peak in the eastern United States.
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Mount Mitchell State Park
North Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
Judge Names Defense Aides for County Emergency Police
Judge W C Sheely heads the county defense council and names Blaine G Walter as police supervisor for defense purposes and Charles K Hartzell as supervisor of first aid squads. Walter will coordinate with local police and borough defense councils to establish special emergency police under local authority with police schools to follow taught by Glenn Guise and Sheriff D J Wolff.
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W. C. Sheely
County Defense Council
Blaine G. Walter
Biglerville
Pennsylvania State Police
Charles K. Hartzell
Gettysburg
Mr. Walter
Glenn Guise
D. J. Wolff
Police trainer assigns first aid squads for county towns
Hartzell completes a defense procedure course at a Philadelphia police school. He will coordinate with borough defense councils and Walter to ensure trained first aid squads are available for emergencies across the county and bring together existing organizations.
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Philadelphia
Mr. Hartzell
Mr. Walter
Chilean angler sets record swordfish catch in Tocopilla
E. S. Tuker of Tocopilla Chile breaks the world record by catching a broadbill swordfish weighing 860 pounds. The event marks a historic feat in big game fishing.
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E. S. Tuker
Tocopilla
Chile
Abbottstown Wardens Form Local Defense Council
Twenty volunteers formed an air raid warden group in Abbottstown at a mass meeting in the Abbotts town fire hall. About 50 attended as George Zudrell chaired and Mary Elder kept minutes. George Baker was chosen to seek talks with Judge Clarence W. Sheely of Gettysburg for defense council details.
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Abbottstown
George Zudrell
Mary Elder
George Baker
Clarence W. Sheely
Gettysburo
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