First Drawn In Lottery Will See Army Service Soon
The draft lottery ceremony praised as a symbol of American democracy drew numbers to determine the order in which 730,000 young men, the class of 1941, will be called to serve. Brig. Gen. Hershey and officials announced that the process will guide local boards to assign service, training, or occupation roles amid wartime needs.
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Navy
Knox
Hershey
Robert W. Shackleton
New York City
Fort Dis
N. J
Shackiston
Col
Charles R. Morris
Robert P. Patterson
B. 5. Adams
Ghester W. Nimitz
James Lt. Underhill
Marine Corps
Reynolds
DNC
Senate Military Committee
May
D- Ky
House Military Committee
Channing Tobias
Selective Service Advisory Committee
Morris
America
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Drst
Lottery Table Notes Local District Draw
The record describes a lottery table based on old registrants in a local district. Wubers not affecting Washington county are excluded and not listed. The sequence numbers are not shown but entries appear in consecutive order as drawn last night.
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Washington County
Rains menace Nazis drive amid global WWII tensions
News sketch reports a Russian Red Army defense near Leningrad slowing the Nazi push with a battalion of women captured, while Britain warns of oil fuel shortages if the Russian campaign lasts into September. U S aid and lend lease promise ships. Soviet claims of counter offensives and heavy fighting persist near Smolensk Kiev and Bessarabia as air war escalates.
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DNB
Red Army
Leningrad
London
Germany
U.S. S
Harry Hopkins
U. S
United States
United Kingdom
Hitler
Moscow
Bobruisk
Smolensk
Stalin Line
Dnieper
Pskov-Porkhov
Novograd-Volynski
Kiev
Bessarabia
Bucharest
RAF
Channel
Fragmented OCR sequence from historical page item
A compact OCR line shows a string of numbers and letters such as 208 87 59 235 38 237 30 ish 21g 113 3 195 50 n 15 180 135 62 241 34 138 223 qt 27. It reads like a damaged archival snippet with no clear narrative or identifiable entities.
Commissars May Bolster Will to Win in Red Army
The article argues that despite fears of weakness, political commissars reintroduced into the Red Army could provide morale and resolve. It notes past purges and civil war origins, but suggests commissars might help sustain fighting spirit where training and equipment fall short, offering encouragement to soldiers.
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Bolsheviat
Ural
Red Army
Commissars
Preaching at Brethren Church July 20 by Rev T C Lyon
In St James July 165 the Brethren church announces services on Sunday morning July 20 with Rev T C Lyon of Washington DC preaching at 10 50 after a 9 30 Sunday school. Margaret Annabell Grey of Antietam visits Mrs Hetzell and family. Mr and Mrs Elmer Baker Mr and Mrs Paul Backer and son from Johnstown PA are mentioned among attendees.
Youth's Body Recovered in Potomac Near Williamsport
John S. Robertson 26 of Gettysburg drowned in the Potomac while canoeing with three friends from Williamsport. His body was found near Falling Waters by a local physician and wife fishing. Recovery followed a quick swift current and extensive search aided by Boy Scout leaders Alfred Bendell Jr. and others using a grappling device.
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John S. Robertson
Gettysburg
Potomac River
Williamsport
Giream
Robertson
Washington, D.C
Potomac Edison Dam
Suter
Maurice Weaver
Star of the Boy Scout
Pearls
Alfred S. Bendell
Executive Bendell
Floyd Neal
Willis Altenderfer
Bih Howard
Residents visit across towns and states this Sunday
Donald Lowery of Breathedsville spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Baker. William Petefish stays several weeks in Shenandoah Virginia. Many locals visited relatives including Bostetters of Hagerstown Keedysville Easterday Sperow Bloom Poffenberger Green Litten and Martino households with trips to Harrisburg and a camp near Grottoes Virginia. Sonny Martino remains for weeks.
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Donald Lowery
Breathedsville
W. S. Baker
William Petefish
Shenandoah
Edward Bostetter
Hagerstown
Lester Easterday
Lois Jane
Mary Buxton Suman
Keedysville
John Sperow
M. L. Bloom
Myron Lee Bloom
Gaza Cross
H. S. Poffenberger
Boonsboro
Joyce Bloom
Poffenberger
Walter Green
Mildred Green
William Litten
Charles Green
Grottoes
A. M. Petefish
Ida Ruth Sperow
Donald Lowrey
Mary
Virginia Hoover
Harrisburg
Helen Eikelberger
Canada
Ronald Baker and Sons
Sonny and
Roney
Joe Martino
Washington ,D. C
Sonny
Martino's
Defense Bonds and Stamps Sales Pitch Explained
Analyzed reader questions on Defense Bonds and Stamps showing emotions behind purchases. Authorities say buying is voluntary with no coercion and advise visiting a post office or bank or writing to the Treasurer of the United States in Washington for information.
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United States
Washington
Toll Free Convoys urged by Governor O Conor
Annapolis Md July 18 Governor O Conor said convoys should have free use of Susquehanna and Morgantown bridges for army movement. He noted no federal funds for tolls and proposed special arrangements with bondholders to allow cross at reduced or free rates for armed forces.
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Annapolis
O’conor
United States Army
Susquehanna
Morgantown
Caroline County
O'Conor
Washington
Ezra B. Whitman
States Roads Commissi
Baltimore and Ohio appoints new chief engineer
Chief Engineer C. Van Horn announced on July 18 that A. C. Clarke has been appointed chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Clarke succeeds in overseeing operation and maintenance for the system.
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Baltimore
Maryland Man and Wife Found Shot Dead in Home
Dr Linne H Carson deputy medical examiner issued a certificate of murder and death by own action for Henry D Robertson Sr 52 and his wife Jean 50 after gunshot wounds in their heads. They were found dying early by William Anderson father of Mrs Robertson Corson said.
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Lonaconing
Linne H. Carson
Henry D. Robertson
Jean
William Anderson
Robertson
Corson
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