Citizens Day observance planned for May 17 at Tivoli theater
A large local committee led by Alton Y Bennet discusses an I Am An American Day program on Sunday May 17 with an organ recital band music and a wreath laying at Francis Scott Key’s grave. A prominent out of town speaker is sought and school children will sing.
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Roosevelt
YMCA
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick County
Civilian Defense
Russi] H. McCain
Raymond R. Shank
American Woman's Committeee For National Defense
Tivoli Theater
Hammond Urner
Francis Scott Key
Bir Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Mr. McCain
Judge Urner
Eugene W Printt
A V Tidmore
Roger R Rice
Jack Forney
Jacob Ramsburg
Lloyd C. Culler
L. Wilson
Guy Wonders
Gail Catshall
Harry W. LeGore
Francis Perrott
Arthur D. Willard
J Earl Gilbert
Walter Wing
A. C Stine
Guy K Motter
Charles McC Mathias
Benjamin Shuff
James H. Grove
G. Hunter Bowers
William T. Delaplaine
Joseph H Apple
League of Women Voters
Ransom R Lewis
G. William Stuitz
George von Eiff
William B. Catshall
Shank
Zonta Club
Ralph H Fellows
A Hart Etchison
Florence Garner
Republican Women's League
F. B. Sappington
Elmer ©. Munshower
Claggett Ramsburg
Emma French
Helena Stauffer
Women’s Democratic League
Fanny King
Cyril Klein
J Homer Remsberg
Americanization Committee of Civilian Defense
Calvin E. Schildknecht
Mary Ott
Kent
OFF to Issue Counter Propaganda on Axis Lies
Washington's Office of Facts and Figures plans a new series exposing Axis propaganda in the United States. The effort aims to offset German and Japanese myths with factual counter statements distributed to press, radio, clergy, and schools. The pamphlet Divide and Conquer, now in print, improves on the initial Report to the Nation and seeks wide public reach.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Office of
United States
Off
Europe
Office of Facts and Figures
Washington, D. C
Nation
Bombers Over Tokyo and OFFs War Office Plans
In coverage of wartime information efforts, OFF expands from a Congress annex to an eight story building near the Lincoln Memorial and promises bold ideas though most are still off the record. The piece notes the Office of Facts and Figures faces staffing, publicity, and supply challenges as it debates war news services and press releases. Civil Air Patrol struggles to source uniforms while macro shifts push workers between industries amid wartime mobilization.
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Tin Off
Edmund Taylor
Hermann ‘Rauschning
Dies Committee On un-American Affairs
Fitzpatrick
Office of Facts and Figures
Library of A Congress
Lincoln Memorial
Adolf
Washington
Anthill
MacArthur
Great Britain
United States
Dr Boyd Edwards to speak at Hood Sunday service
Dr Boyd Edwards a former Mercersburg headmaster will speak at Hood College Brodbeck Hall Sunday four o clock at a Vesper service. Henry T Wade will play a Mendelssohn prelude and Guilmant postlude. Hood College choir directed by Rachael Stoner and soprano soloist Margaret Pfeiffer will perform. Canada's 1939 wheat flour production totaled 16 887 000 barrels.
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Boyd Edwuards
Dd,ltd
LLD
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Edwards
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Arlington
Henry T. Wade
Mendelssohn
Wade
Guilman
Hood College Choir
Rachael Stoner
Hummelstown, Pa
God
Grieg
Margaret Pfeiffer
Baltimore
Maryland blackout awaits Baltimore city test
Col Henri Barrett said he asked for a prolonged city blackout in Baltimore at an early date as part of a Maryland Washington Virginia test plan. He urged George Carter to conduct a citywide test soon, delaying the statewide program until Baltimore proves it can handle a long blackout.
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Baltimore
Henri $ Barrett
Baltimore City
George Canter
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
Barrett
Carter
Church Bell Ringing Banned in England During War
Defense regulations bar church bell ringing except to signal the end of a German landing, as England remains on wartime alert and mindful of triggers for signaling milestones in the conflict.
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England
Oil Production Boom From 1917 to 1940
The United States produced 1.34 billion barrels of crude oil in 1940, versus 335 million barrels in 1917, showing a marked expansion in output.
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United States
Cancer treated with artificial fever and X rays reported
American College of Physicians reported Meharry Medical College in Nashville treated 40 cancer patients with heat fever 104 to 106 degrees plus X rays.39 improved, 11 had no benefit, and some signs disappeared. Study includes 14 cancer types over two years.
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St Paul
American College of Physicians
Mehartry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
Art
Edward L. Turner
Heddy S Shoulders
Lawrence 2D Scott
Meharry
United States
Germans Die Over Unsocial Conduct Executed in Berlin
Death sentences pronounced on two top German business men for unsocial conduct in Berlin. Broadcasters report the men faced charges in a high profile case affecting the German economy and public order.
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Berlin
German war criminals punished without distinction says Berlin radio
The Berlin radio sach reports that weighsconvicted individuals spoiled themselves from a plant canteen by taking butter and eggs without ration coupons. It adds Karl Winterling a Bamberg factory owner illegally tanned and sold hides. The comment asserts German authorities make no distinction among war criminals.
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Weig
Karl Winterling
Bamberg
Berlin
Sach
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