New Class At Local Hospital
Washington County Hospital School of Nursing welcomed the Class of 1942, a 15-student group selected from many applicants. Registration, uniforms, and instructions opened in Dorsey Hall with a weekend home leave. Names include Dorothy Mae Brown Martinsburg PA and Mary Ellen Kensinger Martinsburg PA among 15 listed students. Experts estimate the Amazon basin contains 490 million untapped wild rubber trees.
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Washington County Hospital School of Nursing
Nursing School
Dorsey Hall
Dorothy Mae Brown
Martinsburg
Pennsylvania
Mary Ellen Kensinger
Doris Schindel
Funkstown
Maryland
Elizabeth Schuman
Hagerstown
Phyllis Couchman
Cavetown
Virginia Evans
Oliphant Furnace
Virginia Louise James
Clear Spring
Doris Elaine Grab
Downsville Pike
Thelma June Grosh
Cedar Lawn
Pauline Marguerite Lader
Fairground Avenue
Chambersburg
Dorothy Grace Suffecoo
Mercersburg
Batty Jane Brownell
Erie
Marjorie Stroman Marotte
Queen Street
Lois Evelyn Elliott
East
Franklin Street
Greencastle
Amazon
Dear Betty Brainerd Boy Confesses Struggles With School and Work
A 19 year old writes about youth pressures to conform, dating history, driving lessons, and financial duties at home. He describes church involvement, "puppy love" memories, respect for parents, and the challenge of paying insurance and household expenses while supporting himself on a $12 weekly wage. The letter traces his attempt to balance work, education, and personal independence.
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Thye
Watermelon party hosts list many attendees at Grove home
Mr and Mrs Ernest Grove entertained numerous friends at a watermelon party with Myers band. The attendee list includes Atlee Harshman, Calvin, Joan Meyers, John Grove, Eli Gaylor, Joseph Gehr, Walter Metz, William Litton, Frank Draper, Wilbur Sprecher, Iva Sprecher, Jacob Reid, Ray Ditto, Ralph Leatherman, Chester Patten, Omer Myers, Ethel Myers, Rayetta Leatherman, Anna Jane Draper, Mary Gaylor, Mildred Gaylor, Virginia Gaylor, Vonnie Patten, Dorothy and Lottie Draper, Anna Mary Gehr, Phyllis Metz, Marlyn Myers, Jeannette Sprecher, Arthur Draper, Paul Snyder, Junior Draper, Clyde Gaylor, Kenneth Meyers, Donnie Draper, Junior Myers and Edward Shank. Gem stones are classified as transparent, translucent and opaque. I think I should have some recreation, don't you?
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Ernest Grove
Myers
Atlee Harshman
Calvin
Joan Meyers
John Grove
Eli Gaylor
Joseph Gehr
Walter Metz
William Litton
Frank Draper
Wilbur Sprecher
Iva Sprecher
Jacob Reid
Ray Ditto
Ralph Leatherman
Chester Patten
Omer Myers
Ethel Myers
Rayetta Leatherman
Anna Jane Draper
Mary Gaylor
Mildred Gaylor
Virginia Gaylor
Vonnie Patten
Dorothy
Lottie Draper
Anna Mary Gehr
Phyllis Metz
Marlyn Myers
Jeannette Sprecher
Arthur Draper
Paul Snyder
Junior Draper
Clyde Gaylor
Kenneth Meyers
Donnie Draper
Junior Myers
Edward Shank
Dutch Worried Over Neutrality
The Netherlands moves to protect neutrality amid reports of German and British planes over Dutch territory. Coast Guardsmen sighted a group of German warplanes off the northwest coast and opened an investigation to determine if they penetrated territorial waters. Naval authorities are querying both sides as envoys in Berlin and London are instructed to seek clarification from Germany and Britain.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Berlin
London
Unidentified planes seen near German frontier in morning
Early morning reports describe planes over territory near the German border. They were not identified, but it was unofficially suspected they could be British, with pamphlets in English found as a warning to German people. Motorists collected pamphlets believed dropped from the aircraft, blown into the Netherlands and toward Germany.
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Germany
Hitler visits Polish front amid cheers from troops
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler arrived at the German front lines after cutting off a Polish contingent in the Corridor. He rode along cheering lines, witnessed the Vistula crossing at Kulm, and inspected West Prussia as crowds celebrated the advance.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Vistula
Kulm
West Prussia
Toledo permit boom contrasts 1939 with 1978 levels
Building permit data from Toledo Ohio shows the first half of 1939 tallying 50 percent more than the total for 1978. The report notes widespread public emotion and the Fuehrer reference reflects era rhetoric.
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Toledo
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