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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
2
A new Selective Service rule grants every inducted man an automatic 14 day furlough starting next month. After final physicals in Baltimore, accepted soldiers will be released to the Enlisted Reserve corps for about two weeks or may proceed to the Army reception center, with return orders issued for recall.
The Army Air Forces short subject Winning Your Wings stars Lt James Stewart and emphasizes teamwork in aviation training. Stewart enlisted last year and earned his commission after Officer’s Training School. The film, produced with Warner Bros cooperation, highlights every crew member’s vital role in the air armada.
The adventure film stars Don Terry Ona Munson Stuart Irwin Peggy Moran and Richard Lane as espionage players in a Congo jungle quest for a meteorite used in diamonds Don Terry a military intelligence officer and a doctor daughter assist while Moran and Lane play foreign agents The program also presents the latest Captain Midnight chapter and notes San Diego as the largest Marine Corps base on the west coast.
The 550 mile pipeline from Long View Texas to near Salem NL will be government owned. WPB officials expect initial capacity of 300000 barrels daily, possibly rising to 450000 later. Cost estimated at 35000000 to 40000000 dollars, with 250000 barrels to eastern shortage states by tank car and barge and 50000 staying in the Midwest.
Campaign headquarters on the Public Square welcomes unsolicited contributions to Washington County USO Navy Relief. Campaign Chairman R. Paul Smith urges giving since no house to house canvass will be conducted. Headquarters open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Sunday.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner W. Lee Elgin urged every woman capable of driving to obtain a license. He said women with part time access to a car should be trained to drive to save gasoline and tires, keep factory workers moving during a husband’s illness, and allow wives to drive to the nearest street car or bus line to keep cars available for emergencies.
The House passed a $336,000,000 WPA appropriation by a 277 to 53 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. It provides $250,000,000 in direct appropriations plus $56,000,900 in unexpended last year funds, aiming to cover about 400,000 people monthly starting July 1.
Lieut. Louis W. Ford, 22, led members of his crew back into headquarters in Australia after their bomber was forced down in a New Guinea marsh and he had been missing for 45 days.
In Richmond Virginia today a U S Circuit Court of Appeals verdict in favor of the Western Maryland Railway Company upheld a Baltimore court decision. The suit by D H Barnhart and six others representing about 1200 employees was argued by Walter C Capper, attorney for the railway.
Four brothers from the Etter family in Hagerstown now serve in the Navy. Jack Leslie Etter recently enlisted and is among the four, the largest Navy family contingent from Washington County. The brothers are Ralph L. Etter Jr Ellsworth E Eugene P. Jack enlisted at City Hall and trained in Baltimore before heading to Norfolk. Potentially he may enter a Navy trade school.
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