Armed Forces Demand More Men Amid Draft Debate
Washington reports a tug of war over under 27 year olds as officials push for more fighting men while industry warns many are essential to wartime flights. Draft boards lag quota as farmers fear cuts and air line staffing risks prompt congressional probes into draft deferments and farm production plans. A tuberculosis clinic is announced for Frederick County at Winchester Hall on April 11.
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Washington
Col
Edgar 5. Gorrell
Air Transport Association of America
Gorrell
Pearl Harbor
Guiry
Riziey
D-Oklai
R-Ind
Taney
Draft Board
County Agriculture Committee
Weather Summary for March Precipitation and Temperatures
Precipitation for 24 hours ending today at 8 a m is 0.42 inch. March 19 precipitation totals 4.56 inches. Deficiency in 1944 precipitation to March 1 is 0.33 inch. Normal March precip is 4.48 inches. actual March 1942 is 4.17 inches. Yesterday high 49, last year's high 47. Last night low 33, last year's low 24. Run sate inae TAR A.
Navy And Purdue To Clash In Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun reports Navy and Purdue will play in Baltimore on November 18 at Baltimore Stadium. Naval Academy officials declined comment while Purdue calls arrangements incomplete. Purdue, undefeated co champion of the Big Ten, would face the Midshipmen as part of a schedule also including Duke on October 14 and Notre Dame on November 4 in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Navy
Purdue University of Lafayette
Ind
Naval Academy
Purdue
Lafayette
Michigan
Midshipmen
Duke University
Notre Dame
Hood College hosts midwinter Christian Movement conference
The midwinter Christian Movement conference at Hood College centers on the theme The Peace is What We Make Is Now. Dr. Henry Finney Van Dusen leads as principal speaker delivering three addresses. The program includes discussions, addresses, worship hours, and open activities for students, faculty, Frederick residents, and visitors.
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Student Christian Movement
Hood College
Frederick
Henry Finney van Dusen
van Dusen
W. C. AL
Bolivar notes and high school play in Harpers Ferry
Mrs R L Biller learns son Corporal Raymond E Biller USMC chosen for training at Yellow Water Fla after aviation ordnance school in Memphis. Brother Pvt Charles E Biller from Amarillo to a Las Vegas NV school. Sgt Biller promoted and serving in Italy. Sgt George Kelison Jr visiting Bolivar from Hamilton Field. Harpers Ferry Junior Class to stage Your Pace Is Familiar on March 31. St Johns Church forms Church Periodical Club to donate reading material to Newton D Baker Hospital. Vietrola donated. local high school contributes about 100 books. Relatives report missing in action Sgt Frederick P Webb over Italy since Jan 25. Various local social visits and hospital convalescence notes. Latin American steel production projections included.
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Las Vesas
Nevada
Biller
U. S
Italy
George Kelison, Jr
Hamilton Field
Calif
Bolivar
Sgt. Kelison
Harpers Ferry High School
Nannie Marlatt
Martinsburg
Kate Marlatt
St John's Episcopal Church
Newton D. Baker Hospital
B. B. Ranson
Harpers Ferry
Rawson
Frederick P. Webb
Evelyn Webb
Earl W. Webb
Des Moines
Iowa
Sgt. Webb
S. W. Staubs
Cumberland
Britns
Tate Joseph William Webb
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harpers Fe
Elizabeth Compton
Earl Upperman
Washington, D.C
R. L. Biller
Frances Longerbeam
Compton
Eugene Noose
Camp Hill
Briscoe Noose
Chicago
Eugene Beck
Charles Town General Hospital
Nancy Cavalier
Ira Dalgarn
Silver Spring
Henry T. McDonald
Storer College
Elfiatt Orr
Gerardstown
Fred Jefferson
C. W. Wolfe
Indian Head
Flight Candidates For Ground Forces
War Department reports steps to address a general shortage in the ground forces. The Air Forces will release 36 000 men who have completed basic training and volunteered as pilots navigators and bombardiers. General Marshall says air supremacy is approaching rapidly in theaters where US forces operate.
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Washington
Maren
Air Corps Earms
Army
Air Forces
Ground
Service Forces
Addiwant
George C. Marshall
Hearing Set for Slipyard Workers in False Welding Records Case
Baltimore hearings ordered for 35 of 38 slipyard workers charged by the FBI with falsifying welding work records after 33 entered pleas of innocence. U S Commissioner James K Cutlen set bond at $1 000 and scheduled the hearing for March 30.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
James K. Cutlen
Bilbo Urges South To Uphold Racial Integrity
Senator Theodore Bilbo in Jackson urges the South to uphold racial integrity and renew allegiance to the color line while announcing his bid for re nomination and endorsing Roosevelt for a fourth term. He warns Negro groups push anti poll tax bills and pledges to filibuster, citing cloture as a potential barrier. Deeds recorded include Barbara A. Smith selling a bungalow property near Frederick and the Farm Mortgage Corporation selling a Linganore district 70 acre tract for 4550. Larceny charges report Charles Michael and Warren Carr jailed for stealing three tires from Stall Bros. garage Lewistown with hearing set Friday.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Bilbo
Senate
Barbara A. Smith
Emmons C. Sanner
Frederick
Bellevue Farm
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
J. L. Emerson
Linganore District
Stall Bros
Lewistown
Charles Michael
Warren Carr
Paul Buhrman
Waller Stull
John Shankle
Religious drama staged by St John’s guild audience attends
The Dramatic Guild of St John’s Holy Name Society presented the religious drama Follow Thou Me in St John’s school auditorium on Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 15 oclock. The production aligned with Lent observances and drew appreciative crowds. say you saw it in The News.
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Dramatic Guild of St. John’s Holy Name Society
St. John’s School
Ceiling prices to be set for strawberries
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles told Congress the upcoming strawberry price ceilings will be higher than previously thought and likely differ by state. He met with Southern state lawmakers to discuss ranges, with Tennessee cited as 8.50 to 9.00 for 24 quart crates. Other fruit and berry ceilings were anticipated.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
R. Smith
War ,Food Administration
Senator Stewart
D-Tenn
Stewart
Tennessee
Ellender
Louisiana
Radcliffe
Maryland
Morrison
Uisiana
Mills
Arkansas
Wolverton
New Jersey
Bland and Harris
Virginia
Vincent
Kentucky
Barden
North Carolina
Gore
Murray
Cooper
Paul Resigns as General Counsel Amid Treasury Debates
White House officials announced Paul will resign as general counsel of the Treasury Department, citing no stated treason for stepping down. His letter is to be released later. The market notes grain prices, feeding hogs and livestock, with chicken feed mainly oats wheat barley and little corn. Dr Jules warned feed shortages may worsen over the next four months.
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Paul
Treasury Department
White House
Jul
Corn shortage in Maryland chicken feed eyed to curb spring egg output
Dr Morley Jull head of the Poultry Department at the University of Maryland says a corn shortage in chicken feed will materially reduce egg production and slow broiler growth this spring. He notes the shortage stems from Middle Western farmers being unwilling to
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Baltimore
Morley Jull
Poultry
University of Maryland
Jull
Moeraki Point Cannon Balls Shaped by Sea Action
Giant Moeraki Point spheres form along New Zealand shore as wave action carves and smooths their surfaces. Local observers note the stones’ massive scale and rounded shapes, suggesting long natural formation processes shaping the coastal relics.
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Moeraki Point
New Zealand
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D-Va
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Bill Folds
Storm & Shipley
South
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
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Test Petroleum
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