Draft Eligible Defense Workers To Face Induction End Of Deferment
Hundreds of defense workers in Hagerstown many single or newly married will be inducted at end of their deferment period. Draft Boards urge defense industries to release men as deferments expire and replace those in 1-A or 1-B with others not eligible for induction. Between 300 and 500 such men could enter general or limited service, while some can be replaced in defense plant roles by noninducted workers to free up positions for induction.
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Hagerstown
Defense Industries
Army Supply Bill Passes in 31 Minutes in Senate
The Senate approved a $42.52 billion army supply bill after 31 minutes of discussion and sent it back to the House for action. A conference report also funded $280 million for the WPA next fiscal year, covering about 400,000 on WPA rolls, with presidential approval awaited.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
White House
Certificates Granted for New Auto and Truck Tires
An official from the local ration board announced that a large group has been granted certificates to purchase new auto or truck tires or tubes. Individuals who received certificates are urged to call at the office to collect them, as many forget they have them and the office is understaffed. "Continued on Page 12."
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Fairchild
New York
Friends of
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds WM Tax Revision
Charleston June 30 The West Virginia supreme court upheld a lower court revision of a 1941 tax assessment for the Western Maryland railroad and affirmed a ruling refusing to disturb an assessment for the Norfolk and Western. The board raised WM's assessment to 11,086,500 from 8,102,300. Circuit Judge Brown had set 8,504,260.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court
Western Maryland Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Western Maryland
John F. Brown
Randolph County
Editor Francis Olds Dies After Holding Paper Deadline
Francis L. Olds, 47, publisher of the Geauga Leader at Burton and of the Middlefield Times, died of appendicitis he postponed treatment to ensure his papers were published on time. He collapsed ten days after onset and refused hospital care to meet the deadline.
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Cleveland
Francis L. Olds
Olds
Geauga Leader
Burton
Middlefield
O.) Times
Governor's Mansion Mat Contributed To Rubber Drive
Visitors to Governor O Conor's Annapolis residence found the rubber mat at the door replaced by a 60 pound mat donated to the rubber collection campaign. The governor said he relied on Mrs. O Conor to improvise a replacement.
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Baltimore
O’conor
Annapolis
Minute Men May Ask Cover-Alls
County Board of Commissioners may appropriate funds to outfit about 506 Minute Men with coveralls following neighboring counties. State provides armbands and IDs but not uniforms. penitentiary manufacturing considered. Outfit costs are minimal and would protect clothing while presenting a uniform, snappy appearance seen in Cumberland parade.
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Board of County Commissioners
Anne Arundel
Carroll
Cumberland
MacArthur Presented Congressional Medal
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports that General Douglas MacArthur received the Congressional Medal of Honor in a simple ceremony for valor and leadership in the Philippines. The medal was awarded by U S Minister Nelson T Johnson after congressional approval on March 25.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Battle of
The
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Congress
General MacArthur
Clothing stolen from rear porch in quiet suburb
Police report details theft of silk undergarments a polo shirt and a suit of underwear from a back porch clothes line at 852 Summit Avenue the home of R H Barton Jr on a Saturday evening.
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R. H. Barton, Jr
Summit Avenue
Poice
Subsidy Plan Would Block Price Boost
Washington officials recommend a broad federal subsidy scheme to prop up business amid price ceilings. Government purchase of farm products and raw materials would be sold at a loss to retailers stuck between frozen wholesale and retail prices. Estimated cost cited ranges from 300 to 400 million dollars, with Rep Cannon noting colossal sums.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Wickard
Roosevelt
Cannon
D-Mo
Office of Price Administration
House
Rector Heir Wins Verdict In Paton Will Case
Surrogate Charles D. Millard ruled for Rev. Dr. Henry Darlington of the Church of the Heavenly Rest and other proponents of Anna H. Paton's will. Paton left a 30 percent share of her $1.3 million estate, later taxed to about $650,000, to the rector. Relatives claimed undue influence by the 53 year old cleric, who was also to receive 10 percent via his church. A 1940s compromise required half of Darlington’s share to Rudolph Rauch, Paton’s nephew, leaving the rector’s trust at about $2,000 annually.
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White Plains
N. Y
Charles D. Millard
Henry Darlington
New York City
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Anna H. Paton
Paton
Darlington
Protestant Episcopal Church
Rudolph Rauch
Calls Strike a Disgrace Hits Baltimore Roofers
The four day AFL roofers strike drew denouncement from Walter F. Perkins of Koppers Bartlett Hayward as a disgrace. He said the war plant under Army construction relies on timely completion and workers halted progress on artillery needs. Local No. 80 leader Joseph Martin said 500 members strike to demand an immediate hearing before the Court of Appeals regarding a dispute over who lays asphalt shingles.
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Baltimore
AFL
Walter F. Perkins
Koppers Company
Bartlett-Hayward
Perkins
Army
Joseph Martin
Roofers Union
Court of Appeals
Carpenters’ Union
Ccc Voted Down Washington Vote Ends Ccc Program
The House voted a second time to day to end the Civilian Conservation Corps program tonight.
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Cce
Washington
House
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fairchild Aircraft to hire colored men locally in August
A Fairchild official announced that a limited number of locally trained colored men will be employed in sheet metal and aircraft welding starting August 1. The hires must be local residents who completed required hours in a defense training school, though the total number to be employed was not definite.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild
No Foreign In Inspired Sabotage In U S
FBI Assistant Director Clyde A Tolson said in hearings on a defense bill that in the ten months since last July 1 there were 177 sabotage conditions and 5246 complaints investigated with no foreign inspired sabotage detected in the United States up to early June.
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Washington
FBI
Clyde A. Tolson
House
Red Army Battery Writes Its Own Epitaph at Sevastopol
Russian dispatches report a Red Army battery surrounded by Germans on the Sevastopol front held out under air and ground attack for three days. The unit perished to the last man rather than surrender, sending a final line “Fire Upon Our Positions.”
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Moscow
Red Army
Sevastopol
Western Maryland Defense Officials to Meet for Setup Review
E Leister Mobley chairman of the Western Maryland Council of Defense announced Civilian Defense officials from Garrett Allegany Washington and Frederick counties will confer Thursday at 3 PM with Isaac S George executive director of the Maryland Council of Defense. The meeting at City Hall will review the civilian defense setup in the four counties and discuss improvements.
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E. Leister Mobley
Maryland
Draft Board Announces Registration Window For Certain Birth Years
The Draft Board states that all male individuals born on or after January 1, 1922, and on or before June 30, 1924, must register today. The notice specifies the eligible registration window for those born within the stated dates.
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Draft Board
Hagerstown planes boost from Fairchild factories noted by WSJ
The Wall Street Journal highlights Hagerstown's switch from crafts to aircraft, praising Fairchild's dispersed operations across the town. The June 26 piece includes a photo of Fairchild planes at a Muskogee Army field and notes blackout-friendly factory spaces by the race track.
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Hagerstown
Wall Street Journal
NO SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Applications for teaching positions in the county public schools are arriving at a high rate and the Board of Education expects no shortage when schools reopen in September. After initial concern about drafts and higher paying industrial jobs, post college-year applications have surged, though manual training and industrial arts positions remain hard to fill due to competing pay.
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Board of Education
Young Slayers Die in Chair in Massachusetts Death Row
Two youths Giacomazza and Nickerson were executed in the Massachusetts electric chair after being convicted of first degree murder for the 1946 ambush of gasoline station attendant Melrose at age 74. They learned clemency had failed just hours earlier. Nickerson showed no sound and chewing gum, Giacomazza cried as he entered.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Paul Giacomazza
James Nickerson
Nickerson
Giacomazza
Oscar E. Thomas
Melrose
Thomas
Stamp Sale Takes Big Spurt Here
Federal auto tax stamps moved briskly at the local post office with over 2000 sold in one day. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson said the morning rush was fair as motorists hurry to meet the deadline, with nearly 6000 stamps needing sale before late afternoon. Each stamp sells for five dollars.
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Thomas M. Simpson
R A F Blasts Bremen Again
London reports Bremen Germany's key port and submarine base was heavily bombed last night marking the third raid there in five nights. About 300 planes probably took part, with airfields in occupied territories also targeted and intruder patrols striking railway targets in France. Nine bombers are missing.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Air Ministry
France
Berlin Radio
R.A.F
Soviet reject pact report reaches Chungking
Private advices report Japan's Naotake Sato proposed a permanent Russo Japanese neutrality pact to Molotov in Moscow but the offer was rejected. Sato sought Molotov’s view on U S bases in Iberia after his Washington trip.
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Molotov
U. S
Siberia
Chungking
China
Moscow
Naotake Sato
Vyaseheslav Molotov
Purse Snatcher Cornered Near Office Door in Reno
A purse snatcher grabbed a handbag and fled across the street but was driven back toward the office door of a local establishment. The suspect, pursued by bystanders, was cornered outside as officers arrived to control the scene.
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Reno
Oneciff
Rommel’s drive into Egypt meets stiff resistance near Matruh
Allied forces bolster British Eighth Army as Rommel pushes 175 miles into Egypt. U S Air Force and New Zealand troops reinforce at 140 miles west of Alexandria amid heavy fighting. Alexandria bombed again while fronts show cautious optimism and renewed rally in the Libyan theater.
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Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Alexandria
Matruh
Egypt
U. S
New Zealand
Tobruk
Libya
Fuka
Cairo
8Th Army
Mediterranean Sea
Death Valley
Qattarra Depression
Nazi Battleship Gneisenau Anchored at Gydnia Port
British aerial photos show the 26,000 ton German battleship Gneisenau anchored at the Polish port of Gydnia with three 11 inch turrets dismantled and forecastle deck damaged. The Air Ministry says repairs would be impractical at Gydnia and notes additional damage from the Brest flight.
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London
English
Brest
Gydnia
Air Ministry
Gneisenau
Negroes Held for Bold Robbery in City Court
Howard Colmes and Norman Adams, both colored, were arraigned before Magistrate Harry Snyder in city court on charges of robbing John Manuel of $4 early Friday morning. They were jailed in $1000 bond each. Manuel reported being struck on the head in the alley between North and Bethel streets. Adams had recently been released from prison. Colmes is well known to police.
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Howard Colmes
Norman
Bus
Penitentiary
Colmes
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Ration Board
W. M
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Fairchild Corp
Red Battery
Mobley
Wall St. Journal
Financial Newspaper
Francis J. Lanagan
Naval Base
BY James T. Carter
Sato
Itberia
Auchinleck
Soviets
Roger D. Greene
Polish
Big Gneisenau
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