Most Inductees This Year Will Be Under 26
Washington reports Selective Service data showing draft calls likely to favor men under 26 for the rest of the year. The committee cautioned that strategic needs could raise calls among older men if younger ones are unavailable. Estimates indicate 65,000 to 70,000 men may enlist or be inducted monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Costello
D.-Calif
Castello
Selective Service
Armed Services
Castllo
Charges G I Bill Delayed In House
Controversy over the $3.5 billion G I Bill of Rights flared as Senator Clark of Missouri blamed delay in House action on hatred of certain Congressmen for colored soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Mother Of Priest Dies In Baltimore
Clara J. Dausch widow of Joseph G. Dausch and mother of Rev Fr Charles Dausch assistant pastor at St Mary's Catholic Church Baltimore died suddenly Monday at 36 North Lakewood avenue Baltimore funeral services tomorrow at 10 30 AM Requiem Mass at St Elizabeth's Church Baltimore with Father Dausch celebrant burial in Holy Redeemer Cemetery Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara J. Dausch
Joseph G. Dausch
Charles Dausch
St. Mary's Catholic Church
North Lakewood Avenue
Baltimore
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Father Dausch
Holy Redeemer Cemetery
Catherine Mcintire
Waynesboro
Mary Davidson
Summit Avenue
St. Andrews Church
Carl B. Brady
Burns’ Hill Cemetery
Deaths and funeral notices in local obituaries
Multiple death notices and funeral announcements from local families. Anna R. Schlotterbeck aged 48 of 12 Park avenue dies at 5 am wife of Luther W. Schlotterbeck with services at Trinity Lutheran chapel. Mamie Shives of Big Pool age 62. Nannie J. Shatzer wife of George M. Shatzer. Catherine McIntire of Waynesboro Pa. card of thanks from the Butrow family for support during illness and death of Martin C. Butrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna R. Schlotterbeck
Park Avenue
Luther W. Schlotterbeck
Trinity Lutheran Chapel
Pvt
William R
Camp Sibert
Ala
William R. Baker
City
Mildred McQuigg
Frank’ W. Baker
Toledo
William I. J
Mamie Shives
Big Pool
Evangelical Church
Upton
Lena
Clay
Charles French
Cherry Run
Snyder-Rowland Funeral Home
Martin C. Butrow
Ardy
Butrow
Workers Shun Laboring Jobs Near Hagerstown
Civil Service reports show workers in the Hagerstown area resist taking semilaboring roles even at $6.72 daily for Naval Powder Factory posts at Indian Head. Many prefer to stay near home, while railroad jobs offer pay up to $192 monthly with rotation, yet few will move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Civil Service
U. S. Employment Office
Naval Powder Factory
Indian Head
T. J. Mitchell
High School Equivalency Exams Set For Hagerstown
The State Board of Education will administer high school equivalency exams at Hagerstown High School on Thursday and Friday. Eligible applicants must have applied to the Department of Education and test begins at 9 a.m. On Friday, state clerical job applicants may take bookkeeping typing and stenography tests at the local high school. Open to graduates or seniors from other county high schools as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Hagerstown High School
John D. Zentmyer
Department of Education
44K Gold Wedding Rings Hand Engraved Design
Ady offers 44K gold wedding rings with hand engraving in any design. Price listed as $7.76. Address Saum' 3, 21 Jonathan St. Includes advertisement tone and brief product details.
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Saum
Jonathan
Saum’s
Jonathan St. Adv
Hagerstown
Terris Saum
Jonathan St
Fountain Pens & Lighters
Saum's
Jonathan St Adv
Would Have State Provide Care For Medical Indigent
Baltimore April 26 A recommendation to provide medical care for the medical indigent was presented to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland at its 146th annual meeting. The State Planning Commission committee on medical care urged the program be formulated and run by the State Department of Health. Dr Abel Wolman chairman sent the report to Governor O Conor. The committee proposed the Department of Health compensate physicians and institutions for services to eligible persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland
State Planning Commission
Committee On
State Department of Health
Abel Wolman
Commission
O’conor
Department of Health
Allies Seize Tadji Airfield in New Guinea Operation
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS REPORTS the Tadji airfield near Aitape captured by the first invasion wave. American and Dutch forces push toward Hollandia as engineers rush to ready the three-runway field. A lone Japanese plane bombs Hollandia beachheads causing light casualties. Fifth Air Force and Australian planes attack 60,000 isolated Japanese troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Tadji
Aitape
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Air Force
Former Local Druggist Dies in Chambersburg
Statler S. Sonny Claire longtime local druggist and later surgical instruments salesman died last Saturday at his Chambersburg home and was buried from Sellers funeral home. Born June 24 1877 in Marion Pennsylvania he had suffered declining health for years. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statler S
Sonny) Claire
Chambersburg
Sellers
Mr. Claire
Hagerstown
Marion
Maplewood Cemetery
County Teachers To Elect Officers Meeting For 7:45 May 3
The Washington County Teachers Association will elect officers at 7 45 p m May 3 in the Hagerstown high school auditorium. Reports from committees will be given, a revised constitution discussed, and plans set for the 1944 45 lecture forum series. The meeting will be a business session due to labor shortages, with committee reports by Diehl Grimes Hicks Guyton Sperow Funk Quick and others. the second issue of The Washington County Teacher will appear this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Hagerstown High School
Donald G. Kaylor
Willam C. Diehl
Frances Grimes
Russell Hicks
Homer Guyton
W. P. Sperow
Merle Funk
E. Russell Hicks
Alice M. Quick
Association
Washington County
Kaylor
No Homemaking For Girl Grads
War era notices urge girl graduates toward military service telephone work and farm tasks. Two plan WAVES or other branches while sixteen may work for the local telephone company. Two expect war work, two farm work, ten undecided, one aims to marry soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
WAVSS
Moose Installation of Officers Tonight at S P M
Community notice announces Moose lodge installation of officers this evening at 7 PM sharp. Also listed is a benefit dance every Thursday at the W O W Hall with the Potomac Ramblers performing round and square dancing. Admission 35 cents including tax, sponsored by Junior Fire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.O. W
Potomac Ramblers
35C, Inc
Junior Fire Go
No Traffic Accident Deaths Here In March
Hagerstown recorded five motor vehicle accidents with five injuries while the county had twelve incidents with similar injuries in March per the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission. The city and county totals included 19 motor mishap fatalities among accidents locally, while Maryland statewide totaled 1120 accidents with 587 injuries and 29 deaths. Pedestrian fatalities decreased but grade crossing crashes rose, causing four deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Gas Rationing Suspensions Hit Several Dealers
Hubert A. Alger of Ransom West Virginia is suspended from gasoline rationing for the duration of rationing rules after an OPA inquiry found registration failure coupon exchanges and false statements. Charles L. Harris of Charles Town is suspended for three months for alleged acceptance of counterfeit coupons. Several other gas dealers face OPA hearings at Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert A. Alger
Ransom
W. Va
OPA
Charles L. Harris
Charles Town
Martinsburg
Local service men in uniform updates and promotions
Mr and Mrs Max Lyon receive word from son Pfc Sylvan Lyon with Army Air Force ferrying unit arriving overseas. Capt Thomas N Dickens promoted from first lieutenant and posted in Greenland. First Lt John E H Saum awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for Africa and Sicily, with over 230 combat hours across 50 missions. Overseas addresses and service details for numerous personnel including Sgt James K Wilcher, A/C Bruce R Baker, Pvt George L Davis, Pvt Earl O Spigier, and Lt John L Carnochan Jr plus notes on training, hospital stays, and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Lyon
Fred
Slick Street
Pfc
Sylvan Lyon
Army Air Force
Thomas N. Dickens
C. A. Dickens
Mitchell Avenue
Greenland
Frorida Peninsula
Tex
AAF Training Command
John E H. Saum
Charles H. Saum
North Avenue
Africa
Sicily
Ujelang Seized as Truk Advance Continues in Pacific
American forces pushed toward Truk as Ujelang in the western Marshalls fell after rapid assaults. Hollandia invasion occurred nearby with strong Allied support. Bombardment and occupation followed in the vast Central Pacific theater, with operations timed across multiple locations and days.
Costume Jewelry Half Price at Alice Weagley Corset Shop
Advert describes expensive looking costume jewelry offered at half price at the Alice Weagley Corset Shop on Potomac Street near Colony Theatre, inviting shoppers to visit the store for the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Weagley
Potomac St
Colony
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W. Washington
Green Lantern
Potomac Street
Liam
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
North Jonsisan St
Zenith
C. A. Brown
Public Square
Carpenters
GOP
Republican Arrangements Committee
Earl Warren
California
Republican Party
Chicago
Nannie J. Shatzer
George M. Shatzer
Clarkson Avenue
Daniel J
Marty (Kline) Martin
Mary Matthews
LaPlata
J. L. Kline
This City
David J. Martin
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac
Sr Poons
N. Jonathan St. H. H
First Christian Church
Ady
Goodyear
Balto, & Locust Sts
Winkler
Dixie Supply, Inc
Franklin Street
Frederick Street
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Hamilton Hotel
General Ins
Agey
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arthur F. Detrow
Wolf Service
Cheerio Restaurant
PennsylvanIa Ave
MOOSE
S. P_M
Adv
Snowberger & Sons
E. Washington St
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Ers
Julius Talmadge
Athens
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ny.c
Groun
Care Herald-Mail
Grey Gables
North Potomac Street
Amanda
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Hagerstown Owls
City Hall
Hagerstown Athletic Field Association
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Hagerstown, Md
Court House
Masonic Temple
Chappy Dell
Lucile Dell
Annie L. Fleagle
West
Washington Street
James K. Wilcher
F. B. Wilcher
Lincoln Avenue
Halfway
Bruce R. Baker
Aloe Field
Victoria
Texas
George L. Davis
Camp Robinson, Ark
ASN
Camp Rucker
Elizabeth Bond
Earl 0. Spigier
Hawaii
North Locust Street
James Hessong
Smithsburg
Naval Training Station
Sampson, N. Y
Ross Grossnickle
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
E. Blaine Grossnickle
Sonik Cannion Avenue
Grossnickle
Camp Sutton
N. C
Aberdeen
8. H. Conrad
Forrest Street
Benjamin F. Conrad
U. S. Maritime Service
Orville Schetrompt
Boonsboro
Victor R. McCusker
Sgt. McCusker
Schetrompt
Hancock High School
Service
263 Field Artillery Bn
Fort Jackson
John L. Carnochan, Jr
Pacific
John L. Carnochan
King Street
Carnochan
Ujelang
Truk
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Tijelang
Marshalls
Southwest Pacific
Ujeland
Truk Land
Ponape
Carolines
Dutch New Guinea
Valley Inn
Bill & His Melodiers
Exide Batteries
Reichard
W. Antietam St
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
407
Tha Mecca Steak House
Franklin &T
New York Central
Tron Works
Maine
Green Mountains
Crouse
Prospect ST
Central Garage’s Value Center
Summit Ave
Maryland
Value Center
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