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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
3
Washington May 11 Selective Service reportedly adopted a broader deferment policy for men over 30 based on employment in essential industries. Officials prepared to announce Thursday details of a wide program while declining to discuss reports that men over 80 in preferred occupations may be eligible regardless of necessity for the 26 to 29 age group.
An old advertisement touts Ostrex tonic tablets as a remedy to boost energy and vitality for men and women fatigued by deficiency. It claims iron-rich blood improves strength and counters aging, urging readers to buy at Rudy's Rexall Pharmacy.
The policy of deferring essential workers will continue. Major General Hershey warns men under 26 may not be called until early fall as registrant pools deplete. Liberalization could halt calls of men over 29 this year. With weak Army and Navy near September, replacements will come from casualty-based quotas. Replacements estimated at 159000 monthly after peak strength. about 60000 monthly from those turning 18.
Martinsburg West Virginia May 11 Mayor Chris H Daily Republican was renominated for his second consecutive two year term at a ward delegates convention Tuesday night The Democratic ticket for the June 13 election will be headed by R H Stotler a real estate dealer
Dr. Hans Enoch, a German-born scientist, announces vivicillin a new drug containing penicillin with remarkable healing properties not yet known. Dr Finoch left Germany after Hitler took over and is working in England.
Swiss telegraphic agency dispatch reports Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli de Belmonte dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals is gravely ill. Almost three fourths of the 4000 mile border between the United States and Canada is water.
G Vernon Stone Maryland state president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will preside over the state wide Jaycees gathering at Vizadobona Hotel Braddock Heights Saturday and Sunday. Herbert C Logsdon Hagerstown Jaycees president joins about twenty local members and a candidate list is expected for Sunday elections. Theodore R McKeldin Baltimore mayor will address the Saturday banquet as delegates register Saturday afternoon and hold meetings Sunday.
A brief note describes African bushmen performing prayers to the moon and other celestial bodies. The text emphasizes ritual devotion and connections to the night sky observed in traditional practices.
Representative Everett Dirksen of Illinois was chosen as the keynote speaker for the State Republican Convention in Baltimore on May 23. Galen L. Tait announced the selection and said Judge D Lindley Sloan would be permanent chairman, with former Baltimore Mayor William F Broening as temporary presiding officer.
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