USO praised by two Washington County service members
Two letters from Washington County servicemen commend the USO for Fort Benning Camp Croft and Meade activities. They applaud club facilities, wholesome recreation, and affordable shows, noting the welcome, home-like fellowship, and large impact on morale. The writers include CORP JAMES D. MARQUART and SGT. AL. SECOR.
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Fort Benning
Camp Croft
CORP
James D. Marquart
Georgia
U.S. O
Meade
Laurel
Washington
Baltimore
Ford’s
Sgt. AL. Secor
Livingston
Louisiana
Navy Induction Ceremony Schedule at City Hall
Public induction of Navy recruits set for Sunday afternoon with American Legion escort and color guard. Program lists L. M. Dunaway chief presenter, several musical numbers, an invocation, and remarks by Hagerstown officials. Oath by Lieut. Parsons, certificates and gifts presented by Morris Frock Post 42, and national anthem to close. Families urged to attend. Legion members asked to wear uniforms or overseas hats.
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American Legion
John W. Parsons
USNR
Morris Frock Post
Samuel Cohen
Harry Hurd
Morris Frock
Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion
A. J. Highbarger
Navy
Texas Cattlemen Group Declare War on French Fleet
Madisonville Texas June 6 the Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen Association long hostile to drugstore cowboys now orders all local airmen near the French fleet to bomb the daylights out of it. The group jokes about past penalties for boots and cow attire while denouncing Vichy leaders as not genuine Frenchmen.
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Madisonville
Tex
Association
Vichy
Simplest Stitchery For Varied Linens Pattern 7225
Sunbonnet girls embolden linens with easy embroidery patterns. Pattern 7225 offers six motifs and four small designs with stitch illustrations, needing materials listed. send ten cents and a penny mailing fee to Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St New York NY.
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Hagerstown Daily Mail
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Japanese assault on Chuhsien meets stiff Chinese defense
Chinese high command reports Japanese forces numbering 100000 attacking the walled defenses of Chuhsien in western Chekiang. In two days of three sided combat the town reportedly held as a barrier to broader Japanese plans, with Japanese losses said to exceed ten thousand.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Officers Get Startling Dishes From English Cooks
London June 6 The officers mess of the United States Army headquarters here is serving startling dishes created by English cooks with Australian influence. American dishes include cream of peanut butter soup fried carrots and peanut butter cream of cucumber soup hamburgers with dried onion shavings and canned corn with syrup for dessert. Salads are described as real surprises with a mix of dried macaroni jelly and more common ingredients.
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London
United States Army
Gray Concrete Pipe Co lands large war contract
A. H. Davidson of Gray Concrete Pipe Company Bridgeport announces the firm has been awarded a large contract to supply concrete drainage pipe for the New Cumberland Supply Depot at New Cumberland Pa. The project will sustain local work and use local labor and materials, marking one of the largest war project suppliers for the firm.
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A. H. Davidson
Gray Concrete Pipe Company
Bridgeport
New Cumberland
Six Arrested in Dis orderly Conduct Disturbance
Police were called to a disturbance at Madison Avenue and West Washington Street late last night. Patrolmen Doornberger and Carroll arrested three men and three women on dis orderly conduct charges. One woman claimed to be mother of a three month old child.
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Madison Avenue
West Washington Street
Doornberger
Carroll
Survivors recount submarine attack on UN merchant ship
Twenty eight survivors who spent seven days adrift in lifeboats after a submarine attacked and sank their United Nations merchant ship off the Atlantic coast described shellfire, forced evacuation, and a German accented officer questioning Capt. T. H. Matthews about the vessel. All 45 crew were saved. 17 others were landed at a different port. The submarine fired about 380 shells initially and 30 more after abandonment.
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U. S
United Nations
Atlantic
Navy
T. H. Mathews
Mathews
British vessel sunk. crew rescued after 4 days at sea
A small British merchant ship was sunk off the Atlantic coast by two German submarines. Fifteen crew members volunteered from a crowded lifeboat to join the damaged craft after 14 hours in shark-infested water. After four nights and three days, the 16 survivors were picked up by a British freighter and brought into port.
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U. S
Atlantic
Navy
Doolittles and Relatives Visit Pennsylvania and Church Change
Families including the Doolittles and Lowerys spent several days in Pennsylvania with kin. Rev D C White and son Clark visited from New York City, with Mrs White returning home after a two week stay. Rev Hiram Davis left for Winston Salem to become pastor of a local Reformed church. Mrs William Sheeley visited Downsville, while F A Poffenberger and Weward Poffenberger, both of Pa, visited the Bloom home.
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Roy Lowery
Donald Lowery
William Eyler
M. L. Bloom
D. C. White
D. T. Sensenbaugh
Otho Lowery
Margaret Lowery
Gaza Cross
Walter Green
Margaret Hammond
Joseph Reichard
Howard Trone
Marvin Lowery
Clark
Pennsylvania
F. A. Poffenberger
Williamsport
Weward Poffenberger
Harrisburg
Sugar Office Open to Handle Canning Sugar Applications
The Williamsport sugar rationing office opens today and will operate Monday through Wednesday next week to process canning sugar applications. Directed by Mrs. Goodlee Edgar, the office serves Clearspring district and surrounding areas as well as Williamsport, and has already processed many applications.
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Williamsport
Goodlee Edgar
Clearspring
Former Movie Star Virginia Corbin Dies in Chicago
Virginia Lee Corbin, once a child star in the 1920s, died of heart disease at a sanitarium near Chicago. Born December 5, 1910 in Prescott Arizona, she appeared in The City That Never Sleeps The Perfect Sap Hands Up and Knee High. She was married to Chicago broker Charles Jacobson and formerly to Theodore Krol, with a 1937 divorce.
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Chicago
Virginia Lee Corbin
Charles Jacobson
Miss Corbin
Prescott
Ariz
Theodore Krol
Simple care tips to extend woolen garments
The article outlines practical steps to prolong woolen clothes. After each wear, brush thoroughly and hang on appropriate hangers to maintain shape. Let garments air after removal before closet storage, store in air tight bags after dry cleaning, spray with moth preventives, and air out in sunlight periodically.
Call Out the Marines hits big with McLaglen and Lowe
Two brawling, romancing Marines chase a spy plot and arrest the wrong men in Call Out the Marines. Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe reunite in comedy roles famed from What Price Glory and The Cockeyed World as they reenter civilian life and clash over a wild caper.
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Victor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
Comedian Davis Proves To Be Fast Mesquiteer
Rufe Davis, famed for playing Luluby Joslin in Republics Three Mesquiteer films, lands a dash scene in Gauchos of Eldorado. Director Reggie Lanning notes Daviss riding pace hindered camera motions, as Tom Tyler and Bob Steele handle most action.
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Rufe Davis
Rufe
Joslin
Republic
Tom Tyler
Bob Steele
Eldorado
Colonial Theatre
Reggie Lanning
Riders of the Northland ends engagement at Henry's today
Henry's presents the Western feature Riders of the Northland starring Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden with Shirley Paterson in a key role. Audiences praised it as the most exciting performance by these stars to date.
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Riders OF the Northland
Henry’s
Riders of the Northland Action Western Thrills
A brisk western tale, Riders of the Northland delivers hard riding fast shooting and nonstop thrills from opening reel to finale. Starrett shines, Hayden earns new laurels, and Shirley Patterson stands out as a pivotal beauty in a family friendly action film.
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Hollywood
Starrett
Hayden
Shirley Patterson
St James Brethren Church Announces Sunday Services
St James June 4 preaching services scheduled for Sunday morning with Sunday school at 10 and sermon by Rev D C White at 11. Woman's Missionary Society met at the Long home led by Mrs Roy Lowery on Tuesday evening with singing readings roll call business session and benediction. refreshments served to Mr and Mrs Guy Long and others.
Mobile Public Health Service labs survey milk and water in Army zones
Mobile trailer laboratories of the Public Health Service are deployed to examine milk and water samples in selected Army maneuver areas, supporting sanitary oversight and safety during field operations.
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The
Public Health Service
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