Draft registration and possible inductee timeline outlined
Selective Service prepares to register men aged 19 to 95 starting August 30 through September 18 with induction to begin later. Maj Gen. Lewis B. Hershey indicated first inductees may not wear khakis until October 1 at the earliest, with at least 60 days' notice from the Army. The method of selection remains undecided.
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Congress
Sesaton
de Carger
Navy
Air Force
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hershey
Twenty state selective service directors named for local boards
The piece notes 20 state selective service directors have been named and the rest likely will be appointed soon to oversee 4 000 local boards. It states registrants who miss the day can register later and refusals go to the Department of Justice. Veterans aged 18 to 25 are required to register except those on active duty or foreign diplomats and aides.
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Department of Justice
Hershey
Austin Receives Strong Backing at District Meeting
Democrats in Chicago pledged strong support for Montgomery County's Austin as he faces the 1948 congressional race. He recounted his May primary victory over three opponents and noted backing from those former contenders. A film program followed, highlighting post World War I to present era, with plans announced for a large Philadelphia Brigade Park picnic on August 28 at Antietam Battlefield.
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Chicago
Austin
Montgomery County
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Philadelphia Brigade Park
Antietam Battlefield
Sharpsburg
Blue Cross Airing New Series Tomorrow Night
The first of three weekly programs explaining the Blue Cross Hospital insurance plan will air at 7 15 p m tomorrow on WARK. Titled Through These Portals the series outlines the services provided by the Blue Cross program.
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Blue Cross
WARK
Leading Golfers Enter Reading Open at Berkshire Country Club
Ben Hogan and Lloyd Mangrum headline the Reading Open at Berkshire Country Club as 150 players vie in a four day tourney with a $31500 prize. Mangrum and Hogan lead money leaders, with Demaret, Palmer, Harrison and others among top entrants. First prize is $2500. course lengthened to 72 par and 3359 yards.
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Reading
Ben Hogan
Lloyd Mangram
Berkshire Country Club
Hagen
Mangrum
Texas
Skip Alexander
Jimmy Demaret
Johnnny Palmer
Tmtch Harrison
Cary Middlecof
Clayton Heainer
Chick Harbert
Harrison
Stranahan
Toledo
Chip
Demaret
Ed Oliver
Ith
Vic Ghezzi
Englewood
N. J
Dickie Bingaman Survives Harrowing Hospital Ward Tale
A ten year old boy named Dickie Bingaman endures a severe crash with heat and humidity complicating recovery. He remains a serious patient, strapped with traction, using tubes for waste, as family visits and toys ease his days. Despite pain he shows remarkable spunk and hopes for full recovery aided by surgery and care. In a separate note, Richard Wertbaugh faces a charge for selling alcohol to soldiers under 21 on a Camp Ritchie warrant sworn by Captain Walter C. Brown.
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Thery
Dickie
Dickie” Bingaman
Llegal Sale
Farmers Vote For Milk Price Floor In Nine Months
Dairy farmers who supply milk to handlers in the Philadelphia milk marketing area voted to set a floor price under the producer price of milk at 5.90 per hundredweight for August and September and 6.30 per hundredweight for October November and December for 4 percent milk.
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Philadelphia
Writer Finds Philly Quiet Amid Wallace Convention
Philadelphia July 22. Gideon's army arrives quietly as Henry Wallace is the focal point of a third convention in a month. At Convention Hall the platform committee hears testimony on American imperialism and anti colonialism while workers post a Wallace slogan. Delegates note the public turnout is small and voices say the people have limited say.
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Srelman Morin
Philadelphia
Gideon
Henry Wallace
Bellevue
Stratford
Wallace
Taylor
Platform Committee
Ireland
Indonesia
Aromania
Ukraine
Hawaii
Africa
Russia
Berlin
Arthur Kahn
New York
Nationalities
Party
State Department
Platform’ Committee
Bronx
Mais
Amny Fails To Enlist Here
Drafting of men from 1S through 25 for a 21 month term will begin around October 1, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national director said. Offices on the county level were to be established within a week or so as part of the enlistment plan.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Plan To Fight Contempt Citations In Baltimore Case
Baltimore stations WFBR WCBM WBAL WITH WSID were cited for contempt over coverage of a murder case. NAB offered legal aid with Don Petty meeting operators as James P. Connolly Jr. faced Oct 1 hearing delays. Local press associations pledged 160 percent backing to contest the rule.
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Baltimore
National Association of Broadcasters
Maryland
NAB
Justin Miller
Don Petty
Miller
Washington
Congress
Broadcasters of America
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
WFBR
WCBM
WBAL
WSID
Essex
James P. Connolly, Jr
WITH
Supreme Bench
James
Prince Georges
Montgomery County
Maryland Court of Appeals
Philip J. Austersen
Prince Georges Association
John W. Coffman
Charles A. Roeder
Roeder
Joseph M. Mathias
Austensen
Washington Post
Coffman
Takoma Journal
Hodges Elected To Insurance Club
Harry C. Hodges, representative hero of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, earned membership in the National Field Club after meeting production standards and service ideals. In Key West Florida authorities planned an inquest and autopsy into the death of Carlos Duque De Estrada, a 42 year old Cuban revolutionary leader whose body was found in the engine room of his boat in the harbor.
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Harry C. Hodges
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
National Field Club
Hodges
Key West
Fla
Carlos Duque de Estrada
Still Fighting as Cairo Air Raid Drums Delay Report
Cairo reports an air raid scare with anti aircraft fire and a 40 minute waiting period. In Damascus the Syrian government says Zionist forces attacked Tell Aziziyat killing 27 Jews.
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Cairo
Tell Aziziyat
Tito Charges Russia Aimed At Civil War
Tito defends Yugoslav line of socialization and criticizes Cominform allies Albania Bulgaria and Romania. He cites reparations from Bulgaria and aid to Albania as costly for Yugoslavia and recalls drought relief to Poland Czechoslovakia. says Yugoslavia seeks Soviet protection and pledges loyalty to Stalin.
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Tito
Russia
Cominform
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Information Bureau
Soviet Union
All-Union
Communist Party
Stalin
Livestock Prices Stop Rising Here at Four States Sale
The Four States Livestock Sales auction yesterday showed prices on calves and cattle about 50c per hundredweight lower than last week with little change in lambs and hogs. Reports note the upward price trend paused temporarily as bids declined modestly. Oregon lumber yield in 1947 could build over 400000 five room houses.
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Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
Oregon
County Tops In Relief Gifts
Marylanders in the first half of 1948 sent 137 351 pounds of relief materials to the New Windsor center. The center received over two million pounds of goods and shipped more than three and a half million valued at 2 670 169 dollars. Contributions included shoes clothing soap and grease household utensils blankets Bibles and other scarce items for Europe China and India.
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Church of the Brethren
China
India
West to Include Other Problems
Delivered to Moscow, officials say a new step to break the blockade may be delayed. The situation remains fluid as discussions continue and outcomes are uncertain.
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Pagel
Moscow
France Eyes New Government and Berlin Policy Talks
The note hints at a Paris decision on the new French government and its German policy. Officials suggest widening four power talks on Berlin to address more German issues. The text notes that nomads form a large portion of Afghanistan’s population.
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Paris
Berlin
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