Legion May Act On Father Draft in Maryland
In Baltimore the Maryland American Legion convening plans a resolution opposing drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers into the armed forces. The measure, backing fathers as the backbone of the person, will go to national HQ for Omaha convention consideration. Delegates total 451 with a 226 election majority, as department commander election looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Department of the American Legion
J. Nelson Tribby
Omaha
Neb
Maryland
War Memorial Plaza
Herbert C. Blake
John W. Jennings
Blake
Maryland Site Guard
Jannings
Baltimore and Ohio
Plea Issued By Rationing Officer In Maryland
Baltimore Aug 14 State rationing officer J William Eggleston urged Marylanders to protect the new Ration Book Three noting that 1600 Free Staters lose books each month A state survey found eight in every 10069 people lose mislay or have books stolen monthly Every duplicate application must be investigated delaying replacement adds burden to local ration boards and inconveniences those who lose coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William Eggleston
Sergeant Stoner Awarded Medal in New Guinea Fight
Master Sergeant Clifford E. Stoner, son of Mrs. Paul Phillips of Oak Hill Avenue, has been awarded the medal of achievement of merit for his serial fight in New Guinea. His mother was notified yesterday. Stoner, formerly of Hancock and Gettysburg, has served about two years, with the last 11 months overseas. No further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford E. Stoner
Paul Phillips
Oak Hill Avenue
New Guinea
Set. Stoner
Hancock
Gettysburg
Judge Otis refuses pardon for T. J. Pendergast
Federal Judge Merrill Otis declined to recommend a pardon or alter probation terms for ex Democratic Kansas City boss T. J. Pendergast. Two letters on file show ten prominent Kansas City residents and a Jefferson City banker urged clemency and eased probation.
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Kansas City
Merrill
Otis
T. J. Pendergast
Jefferson City
Pendergast
Pressure On Japan Seen Beyond Allied Council
The article discusses coordinated Allied actions and possible Soviet participation in strategy against Japan. It notes Hull’s statements on information sharing, cites past Soviet-British joint offensives in Stalingrad and Egypt, and speculates on Russia’s future role based on war timelines and base accessibility in the Kurile islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Allied Council
Germany
Russia
Hull
Stalingrad
Egypt
Orel
Sicily
Stalin
Yass
Japan
Europe
Kurile Islands
Shiloh Community Notes Aug 11 1930s Sunday School and Visits
Shiloh reports no evening services in August with Sunday school at 30 dollars. Visitors include Rev. and Mrs. Schmidt Miss Emma Newcomer and others from Hagerstown Martinsburg and Frederick. Ada Markoe funeral in Frederick, birthday dinner for Mr. McNairn, various local visitors. A bicycle collision injured a man. Red Cross charter noted.
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Shiloh
Elsia Tovinger
William Schmidt
Emma Newcomer
Hagerstown
Albert Troupe
James Ray
George Trevinger
Alice Keller
Myrtle Holmes
Ruth Fouke
Keller
Ada Markoe
Frederick
John TD. McNairn and Sons
McNairn
John Petrie
Amy
Pearl Petrie
Middleburg Road
Bobbie Nitzell
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Lynch
Beddington
W. Va
Martin Gochenour
Edith Mae. Martinshure
William Winters
Service news from town on naval and army assignments
Ensign Robert B. Hammond of Keedysville joins a class of 1250 officers at Columbia University Naval Training School and sails to Solomons Island for amphibious training. Cpl. William F. Sampsell of Mapleville moves to Shreveport Louisiana with new address APO 403. Clyde Rickard and James V. Jones, longtime locals, meet in Seattle while Richard and Jones await assignments at Puget Sound Navy Yard. Amos Ferris Eyes Jr earns promotion to first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in North Africa. Calvin Hoffman Jr graduates from a Drew Field technical school in Tampa. Mrs. Leroy Doub notes her husband’s Navy posting. Walter Lynn Keefer Jr and Pvt. Samuel M. Foltz listed at Great Lakes and Camp Campbell respectively. A local note adds Pfc. David W. Ridenour’s wartime poem from New Guinea.
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Robert B. Hammond
Roscoe Hammond
Keedysville
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Training School For Midshipmen
Columbia University
New York City
Hnsign Hammond
Naval Base
Solomons Island
Clyde Rickard
Fred Rickard
East Lea Street
Navy
James V. Jones
Ida S. Jones
East Lee Street
Seattle
Richard
Jones
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Leroy Doub
West Side Avenue
US Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Til
Great Lakes Training Station
Walter Lynn, Keefer, Jr
W. L. Keefer
Hamilton Boulevard
Ha gerstown Outpost Sends Brother Addresses
A reader note details Jack's new address at ASN 38389643 Co D 887th Port Br T C APO 503 c o Postmaster San Francisco California. His brother Harmon Ridendonr is listed at 952 M P Co Key Field Meriden Mississippi.
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Jack
Port Br. T. C
c/o
San Francisco
Calif
Fic
Harmon Ridenonr
M. P. Co
Key Field
Meriden
Miss
FDRAffirms Atlantic Pact Belief Amid War Resolve
President FDR reiterates faith in the Atlantic Pact and allied aims as liberation advances, urging expansion of social security to include farmers and small workers, while noting the 1935 Social Security Act and the ongoing effort against oppression and insecurity. Paul V. McNutt supports expanding social insurance and suggests higher wage deductions to fund it.
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United Nations
Germany
Italy
Japan
Paul V. McNutt
Local Agricultural Prices and OPA Ceiling Figures
A fragmented list of farm produce and meat prices including wheat, corn, butter, onions, heavy hens, country bacon, ham, potatoes, beans, cabbage, peaches, tomatoes, and apples. Mentions OPA ceiling prices and various price stamps, reflecting wartime price controls and market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eocal
Kline Bros
Derby
Ariel Bees
Axis Exodus Of Sicily Races Across Strait To Messina
Allied forces push toward Messina as RAF and Canadian bombers drop two tonners on Sicily ports while German rearguard fights to hold the line. British Eighth Army closes in on Randazzo as engineers clear minefields and rebuild bridges amid coastal bombardment and air strikes on roads and railways.
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Messina
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Randazzo
Messina Strait
Eighth Army
Rome
Litterio
Lorenzo
Strait
Allied air operations and Italian coastal advance reported
German troops and their salvaged equipment are noted as the Allies claim victory with only four aircraft lost yesterday while shooting down ten enemy planes. The British Eighth Army advances up the East Coast taking Riposto near Taormina as American forces overrun Floresta between Randazzo and Cape Orlando and Piraino on the North Coast.
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Eighth Army
Riposto
Taormina
Floresta
Randazzo
Cape Orlando
Piraino
Anglo American chiefs map wartime planning in city talks
J S and British top men confer as Gen Brehon Somervell and British leaders discuss future operations. The Anglo American delegation shapes likely military outcomes for invasions of Europe or Japan as Soviet participation remains absent. The talks focus on military decisions by Roosevelt and Churchill, with Brock and Mountbatten among the key figures.
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Yelt
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Alan Brooke
Imperial Staff
Dudley Pound
Charles Portal
Bientenest
Hastings Ismay
Churchill
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Japan
Europe
Russia
Milwaukee Journal to Cut Saturday Edition for Victory Edition
The Milwaukee Journal will shrink its Saturday edition to eight pages due to newsprint limits and will publish a “Victory Edition” with no display ads, 17 columns of classifieds, limited theater and church ads, and some comics inside. In Shenandoah Pennsylvania, about 1000 miners struck, closing three mines a breaker and a stripping operation at Locust Coal Company over a miner’s discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
The
Milwaukee Journal
Shenandoah
Smith- Connally
Locust Coal Company
God Provides for His People Sunday School Lesson
Newman Campbell presents a summary of the International Uniform Lesson for August 15, Exodus 16, detailing the Israelites in the wilderness, God's provision of manna and quail, the Sabbath, and Moses striking the rock at Horeb for water. It traces the Amalekite conflict, Moses on the hill, Joshua's victory, and the Lord's oath to wage eternal war with Amalek.
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Newman Campbell
Egypt
Bin
Mt. Sinsi
Moses
Israel
Horeb
Massah
Merivah
Esau
Jacob
Joshua
Aaron
Hur
Amalek
Seul
David
Hezekiah
Local church services list across town in August
A dense, historical church directory lists Sunday School and service times for numerous congregations along with locations in Washington and Prospect Streets, Potomac Street, and nearby avenues. Entries include Presbyterian, Assemblies of God, Nazarene, St. Mary’s Catholic, St. John’s Episcopal, Zion Reformed, Grace Brethren, Methodist, and many others with morning and evening services and Sunday School schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Nazarene
Weat Side Ave
ST. Mary’s Gatholig
West Washington St
ST John’s Episcopal
Prospect
Antietam
Holy Communion
ST. Paul's Methodist Zion Reformed North
Volunteers OF America
Madison
Gospel
Tabernacle Cor. Ross and Lunvale
North Potomac St
First Brethren and
Mulberry
ST. Paul's U
Franklin and Locust Sts
Calvary Brethren Corner
Boward and Chestnut Sunday School
Paul's Evangelical Cor. Franklin and High Sts
Antietam Suday School
Sunday Church Schedules Across Local Unions
In county churches across Chewsville Sharpsburg and surrounding areas service times are listed. Morning worship often at 9:30 to 11:00 with Sunday School at 8:30 to 10:45. evening services vary or are omitted. Local unions include United Brethren Boonsboro and Salem Evangelical Lutheran with multiple congregations and Bible studies noted.
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Union Chapel
Corbett Street
Otterbein United Brethren Corner
Locust and Antietam
Sts
CHRIST'S REFORMED _Weat Fragkum st
Second Christian
North
E. P. Servic
Zion Baptist Jonathan and
Bethel Sts
Frenezer A.M. E
Bethel
Eee - ST. Mark's Lutheran
Washington Square
Chewsville U. B& Sunday School
Shiloh United Brethren Sunday School
Pondsville Union Sunday School
ST. Paul's
EVAN
Sansa
Friendship Union Church
Halfway
Cearfoss CH. Evangelical
Hagerstown
Mt. Zion
Coarfora
Parkhead Church
St Paul's
United Brethren Boonsboro
Boonsboro— Bible School
Baker's Meadow
MT. Lena
Churches OF God
Germantown Bethel
Blue MO Bible School
James Brethren Lydia
Christ Evan
Cavatows Sunday School
Fulkstowns
Salem Evan
Lutheran Dakereville
Divine Woryship
co /BOONSEGROMT
Moriah
Evangelical
Sharpsburg
Keedynville
Boonshorn
Church OF the Brethren l & Church
Brownsville
West Brownavills
South Browneville
West Brownsville
Salem Reformed Cearfees Pike
Williamsport Methodist Eaat Cherch
Church of the Brethren
Washington
Mulberry
Paul Minnich Robinson
Hear
Grandson Of Ford Released From Navy
Detroit Aug 14 Lieut Henry Ford II grandson of Edsel Ford has been released from active US Naval Reserve to take up duties at Ford Motor Co He was placed on inactive list July 26 and said he planned to familiarize himself with all phases of the companys business The younger Henry Ford age 25 is married and father of two daughters He was re elected to the Ford board after Edsel Ford death last May 26
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
United States Naval Reserve
Ford Motor Company
Edsel B. Ford
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Henry It
Turn Back Clocks Marks Ending of British Daylight Time
Britain ends double summer time on Sunday and all clocks will be set back one hour at 12:30 a m tomorrow. The change leaves Britain five hours ahead of Eastern War Time instead of six, affecting schedules and time references across the country.
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London
Britain
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Legion
Stoner
RAND
el Ea Eas Better
Aaa
Hagerstown Gas CO
Triangle Food Stores
Cushwa
Africa
American National Red Cross
Congress
Harry’s Price
Jonathan St
Parachute School
Fort Benning
Cpl
William F. Sampsell
R. F. Sampsell
Mapleville
Shreveport
Camp Edwards
Mass
Ander,co
Amos Ferris Eyes, Jr
A. F. Eyes
Army Air Corps
North Africa
Calvin Hoffman, Jr
Roxbury
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Pvt
Samuel M. Foltz
Apo 444
Co. E
Camp Campbell
Washington Street
Army
Pfc
David W
Jack) Ridenour
FDR
Crane
O. P.O
West
Axis
J. S
Christian. Science Society Debool
Schoower
Howard ST. Methodist
Howard and Chestnut Su. Beeee Ps
Pestis
Christian Endeau
Trinity Lutheran Potomac
Randolph Avs
Seventh Day Adventist
Mulberry Ave
McComas St. Sabbard
Trinity Lutreran Chapel
Liberty Street
Washington SQ
Washington Ave
Church OF God
Summit Ave
First Baptist Ee
the Salvation Army
W. Washington St
Svening
Pentecostal CH. OF God of America, Inc
Mudiaom Ave
Ford
ST. Mark’s Evan. Lutheran Church
Tittle Cathedrely
Roy Te
Minster
R. M. Dunkleberger
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