Men Under 26 Face Early Inductions
Washington reports intensified wartime draft directives aimed at faster induction of men 25 and younger for combat. Major General Hershey ordered boards to reclassify deferments, halt 26 and over approvals until younger workers are processed, and to pre‑induct under 28s with occupational deferments. 4-F classifications are to be tightened as industry protests about worker relocation are addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seleeive Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
WMC
Latin American Colonial Folk Art and Its Spanish Blend
Dr. Herbert J. Spinden lectured on Latin American Colonial Folk Art at Hood College, noting the fusion of native Indian craft with Spanish culture across Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Guatemala, and Mexico. He highlighted Peruvian weaving, stuc co church decorations, native costumes, Spanish pottery influence, and the spread of Catholic and medieval motifs in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Spinden
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Brooklyn Museum
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Spinden
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Guatemala
Mexico
Dr. Spinden
Spain
S/Sgt Corun Completes 40th Combat Mission in Mediterranean Theater
S/Sgt John R. Corun Jr of Maryland completes his 40th combat mission from a 12th Air Force bomber base. Serving with a B 26 Marauder group in the Mediterranean theater, he joined the service in 1942 and flew from bases south of Naples against Luftwaffe forces. He is among many war service narratives detailing assignments, awards, and personal notices from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R.corun, Jr
12Th Air Force
Maryland
Corun
Army
Atlantic
Hood College Art Club hosts lecture and reception
Hood College Art Club members and art students attended a lecture on Latin American Colonial Folk Art by Dr. Herbert J. Spinden in Brodbeck Hall then joined a reception hosted by Dr. Spinden and the Stahrs. Refreshments were provided by students and Miss Catherine Eichelberger. April 20 meeting planned at Mrs. C. Howard Young’s home. Local residents Rhoads move to 1421 Dukeland Street. husband recovering after February 9 accident. More than fifty delegates arrived for the Hood College Student Christian Movement Midwinter conference with Dr. Henry Pitney Van Dusen speaking today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Club
Stahr
Frederick Art Club
Hood College
Herbert J. Spinden
Brodbeck Hall
Robert E. Clapp
Spinden
Catherine A. Eichelberger
Hood
C. Howard Young
East Church Street
C. M
Henry Pitney van Dusen
van Dusen
Henry I. Stahr
Ernest J. Jaqua
Engagements and military notes fill Thurmont column
Mrs. Ruth Arnold announces the engagement of her daughter Doris La Vaughn to Pfc. Richard L. Hoffman of Mt Pleasant. Hoffman has returned to Fort Leonard Wood after a ten day furlough. Private Frederick Kemp is stationed at Camp Barkeley. A birth is reported at Frederick City Hospital. Aviation cadet Chester L. Grove Jr. completes five months of prep at Williamsport Dickinson and sails for an Army Air Forces training command. Thurmont Girl Scouts host a dance at Thurmont High School with committee members named.
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James A. Bowers
Nelson A. Bowers
Park Avenue
Army Air Forces
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
AAF Training Command
Owen P. Moore
Howard E. Thompson
Ridgeville
Judith Lee
Frederick City Hospital
Camp Stewart
Ruth £. Arnold
East Patrick Street
Doris la Vaughn
Richard L. Hoffman
U. SS. Army
Lewis Hoffman
Mt. Pleasant
Hoffman
Fort Leonard Wood
Frederick Kemp
Harry Kemp
North, Market Street
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Chester L.grove
East Eighth Street
Williamsport-Dickinson Junior College
Williamsport
Chester L. Grove
Thurmont Girl Scouts
Thurmont High School
Stroop
Ernest Hammaker
Guy Hobbs
Lloyd Co. Mackley
Robert Remsburg
Dallas Reid
Ross Vv. Smith
F. W. Swearingen
Weather Snippet Shows March Precipitation and Temp Ranges
Report notes 24 hour precipitation blank to am and March totals at 5.27 inches with a deficit of 1.33 inches from 1944. Normal March is 3.48 inches. March 1943 recorded 4.17 inches. Yesterday high 65 and low 30, sun sets 7.27 pm, sun rises 7.06 am tomorrow. Moon rises 8.45 am tomorrow and sets 10.13 pm.
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At & Am
Japanese Internee speaks at local church
Rev. Minor M. Myers, 24 years a missionary to China under the General Mission Board of the Church of the Brethren, will speak at the local church Sunday at 10 45. Myers was interned by the Japanese in 1942 and repatriated on the Gripsholm last December. His topic is My Experience as a Japanese Internee.
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Minor M. Myers
China
General Mission Board
Church of the Brethren
Ralph E. Shober
Mr. Myers
America
Gripsholm
Services at Boyds Presbyterian Church Decision Day Observed
Sunday observance at Boyds Presbyterian Church features a 10 am Sunday School followed by a Decision Day worship service led by the Bible Class with classes for all ages. A 1 pm Divine Service includes a Decision Day sermon by the pastor and special music. At 7:45 pm the Christian Endeavor meeting, led by Miss Margie Virts, features favorite hymns and stories.
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BOYDS
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Margie Virts
Union Bridge Soldier Dies In Italy
Mrs Carrie Virtz of Union Bridge was notified by the War Department that her son Pvt Wilbur Virtz age 18 serving with the 6th Armored Infantry was killed in action in Italy on February 26. He had been in service since last June 16 and worked at the Shoe Factory in Westminster before. He leaves two older brothers Franklin in Camp Reynolds Greenville Pa and Robert Sheridan in the Anti Aircraft Force in the South Pacific. another note says a son is missing, Staff Sgt Richard Green, also from Union Bridge, was notified by the War Department.
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Union Bridge
Carrie Virtz
Bernard Virtz
War Department
Pvt
Wilbur Virtz
6Th Armed Infantry
Italy
Virtz
Sive
Westminster
Missing Air Force Seaman Sgt Green Believed Killed in Action
Sgt. Green with the U S Air Force is listed as missing in action since March 3 after failing to return from a bombing mission over France. He would have turned 21 on June 16, a Elmer Wolfe High School Union Bridge graduate of 1942. His brother Cecil Green enlisted in November 1942 and serves with the Engineering Department in North Africa.
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U. S. Air Force
France
Sgt. Green
Elmer Wolfe
Union Bridge
Cecil Green
Engineering
North Africa
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Episcopal Orphan House
Dorothy Gorman
Ruth Fitze
Helen Fitzer
Betty Lou Stone
Octavia Etzler
Doris Gosnell
Raghive
Air Force
Terre Annunviata
Naples
Coran
Raymond Coran
Jefferson
Ray Weddle
Ethel Crawford
Ruth Hoch
Sara Creeger
Julia Ann Damuth
Nancy Ann Gray
Esther Maye Hammaker
Betty Kincaid
Helen Mackley
Martha Mackley
Darlene Martin
Ann Tresselt
Emily Tresselt
Belva Warthen
Gloria Weddie
Shirley Weddle
Betty Stull
Doris Snyder
Lester Birely
Robert Brown
Carroll Burker
Jerry Dhingra
Albert Ecker
Donald Blower
Carroll Eyjer
Jimmy Fisher
Gerald Harthagen
Bernard Hobbs
Gerald Isbell
Paul Kipe
Morris Lewis
James Mackley
Bill Robinson
Ralph Scruton
Charles Stull
Ernest Tresselt
Elizabeth Kendall
Emma
J. P. Cartee
Jefferson Street
Chewsville
Roy S. Kefauver
Laurel
Kefauver
Laura Sylvester
Thurmont
Atlantic City
Hanford I. Lawson
Iamsville
Fort Sheridan, IL
Lawson
Uriah Burton Shockley, Jr
North Market Street
William L. Caniford
West Patrick Street
U. S. Maritime Service
Baltimore
Wilson M. Baker
Rocky Ridge
Pfc
Baker
Orvette Baker
Grove Lime Co
New Zealand
Fiji
Guadalcanal
Empress Augusta Bay
New Georgia
37Th
Bougainville
Charles L. Reeder
Lorenzo Reeder
Middletown
Fairchild
Hagerstown
Service Co
386Th Infantry Regt
APO
As.n
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Dance Club of
Davena A. Somerville
American College of Surgeons
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Carl Gall Hag
Ray R. Taylor
Belle Glade, Fla
Mary Chesley
George R. Lewis
West
South Street
Nolan B. Lewis
Iceland
George Lewis
Charles F. Lewis
Nashville
Tenn
Peter W. Chichester
West Second Street
Wilmington
N. C
S. E. Koonce
Ora F. Delauter
Charles Delauter
Myersville
Indiantown Gap
England
Paul Remsberg
Braddock
Heights
Elmer Shafer
Burkittsville
New Carlisle
Springfield
Ohio
John W. Pearcey
Evelyn Marie
Melvin Hewitt
Near
William E. Lohr
Burlington Street
Arlington
Calvin Lohr
Sryey
Arthur L. Rhoads
Elm Street
Dukeland Street
Rhoads
West Baltimore General Hospital
James Carmack
Doris la Vaughn Arnold
Storm & Shipley
AWVVS
Alice T. McLean
The
American Women's Voluntary Services
Frederick
Hugh V. Gitlinger
AWVS
Prospect Hall
Joseph H. Himes
Frederick Awvs
Keystone
Nicodemus Paint Store
N. Court St
Stokers
Cates
Frederick Iron & Steel CO
Frederick, MD
Poplar Springs
Spaulding Garage
Desoto & Plymouth Sales & Service
Mother
Robert Green
Richard Green
Hitler
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling Tires
Markell & Ford
South Carroll ST
Victory Gardens
Lramaberg
Stee
KEY Hotel
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