Answers On Draft Act For Hagerstown Area
The draft act requires men aged 21 to 35 to register on October 16 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in public schools in Hagerstown and Washington county. Exemptions include armed services, reserves, certain federal agencies, and diplomats. Married men are deferred. others may be deferred or placed on a deferred list. Penalties for draft-dodging include five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Womarmor
Board of Election Supervisors
Armed Services
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Public Health Service
Washington County to furnish about 250 men in first draft
Washington county plans to register 10 000 to 12 000 men aged 21 to 35 on October 16 for Maryland's 6000 man quota. About 250 will be drafted for training in November. School centers will be used with teachers as registers. Lt Col Henry C Stanwood notes state plans call for 266000 registrants nationwide and warns penalties for failure to register.
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Washington County
Maryland
Board of Election Supervisors
Roosevelt
Board of Education
Board of Election
Ors
Henry C. Stanwood
State National Guard
Bergdoll Must Serve Full Five Year Term
Federal Judge John C. Knox dismissed a habeas corpus writ for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll and ruled he must serve the full five year army sentence from 1920 plus a two year 1938 term for desertion. He found a wartime state of war existed between the United States and Germany at the time of Bergdoll’s sentence. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthias Correa noted Congress did not declare peace until March 3, 1921.
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New York
John C. Knox
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Germany
Knox
Bergdolf
United States
U.S
Matthias Correa
Congress
Maryland Weather: Fair, cool tonight through Wednesday
U. S Weather Bureau reports Maryland will stay fair and cool tonight into Wednesday. Chesapeake Bay remains cool and mostly clear with gentle north and northwest winds through this afternoon, tonight, and Wednesday.
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U. S
Golf driving title at Missouri women’s tournament upset by caddie hit
Miss Betty Glooyd of St Joseph won the driving contest with a three ball total of 657 yards at the Missouri women’s golf tournament. Her second ball sliced out of bounds and struck a caddie on the head, the ball then rolled into the fairway from about 200 yards away.
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Kansas City
Betty Glooyd
St. Joseph
McGuire Ziegfeld writer dies at 55 in Beverly Hills
William Anthony McGuire, author of Florenz Ziegfeld stage pieces and later Hollywood writer, died at 55 in Beverly Hills after a kidney ailment. Born in Chicago, he wrote The Heights at 19, The Divorce Question which earned $90,000, and Six Cylinder Love which netted over $250,000. Rosary set for tomorrow night before burial in Chicago.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
William Anthony McGuire
Florenz Ziegfeld
Hollywood
Chicago
McGuire
New York primary tests labor party strength and GOP effort
Albany Sept 17 The NY primary will decide 189 contests shaping party trends for New York’s 47 electoral votes. The American Labor Party seeks to back President Roosevelt while Democrats test third-term sentiment and Republicans press for strong nominating electors. Over five million voters eligible for Congress, state legislature and local posts, but turnout expected far lower. Voting hours span noon to 9 pm upstate and New York City. results may signal shifts in 1938- era party alignments.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
American Labor Party
Roosevelt
Congress
Upstate
Lehman
Politi
Traffic Report Traffic arrests noted noon yesterday to 9 am today
A traffic report covers incidents from noon yesterday until 9 am today including arrests.
Probe seeks whether Communists violated Maryland law
Baltimore September 17 The Baltimore grand jury opened an inquiry to determine if the Communist party breached Maryland law by alleged irregularities in its current nom inating petition.
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Baltimore
Communist Party
Maryland
Batimore Grand Jury
Local Family of Nine Seeks Bed Clothing and Home Goods
A local family of nine is badly in need of bed clothing furniture and all other household goods. Anyone who has anything to donate is asked to telephone the Welfare Board office at 22370 and someone will call for the articles.
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Welfare Board
Registration for Draft 10 to Begin October 16
President Roosevelt ordered universal registration for a peacetime draft on October 16. Some 16.5 million men aged 21 to 35 must register for possible service in a citizen army, as 60,000 National Guardsmen begin a year of active duty and 35,000 more join October 15.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Cotors
White House
Local plant sold to expand. Hagerstown Manufacturing Co forms
A New York corporation, led by Joseph Love, buys the Antietam Fire Company building plant of Jacob A. Kline and plans expansion hiring 150 power sewing machine operators. The 80 worker operation, mainly women making children's dresses, will become a separate unit named Hagerstown Manufacturing Company, Inc. The Chamber of Commerce will assist with staffing.
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Jacob A. Kline
Antietam
Love
William A. Tobias
Hagerstown Manufacturing Company, Inc
Illegal hunting blamed in Clearspring district
A Clearspring district resident told a local sportsmen’s group that deer, wild turkeys and small game have been slaughtered recently. He said illegal hunting has been rife, with guns heard in woodlands before squirrel and dove seasons. He urged intercession with state authorities to assign a deputy warden to the area.
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Clearspring
Loc 1
Woodlands
Gun-Shy Marine Mascot Duff To Skip Big Guns
In SAN DIEGO California Corporal Duff the Marines mascot fears loud noises from big guns. He will be kept away from a 19 cm salute for Secretary Knox during a base inspection to protect his health. Duff a bulldog mascot for the leatherneck football team needs luck for games ahead.
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San Diego Calif
Duff
San Diego Marine Corps
Knox
Naval Secretary
Duff Corporal
James Jolly Plum Duff
Leatherneck
Italian Advance In Egypt Pushes 40 Miles In Three Days
Italian motorized columns push from Libya into Egypt, reaching 40 miles from the border in three days of fighting. British sources report heavy Italian losses from repeated bombing and shelling. Temperatures soar to 110 120 degrees as supply lines falter and key targets like Alexandria remain 250 miles away. Egypt readies anti aircraft defenses while relying on Britain to halt the advance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Empire
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Salum
Buggbugg
Bugbug
Italy
Fertile
Nile Valley
Rome
Beauty Is Stricken As She Is Applauded
New York September 17 21 year old Syracuse University student Gordyne Sedwick winner of the Queen of the New York World's Fair was placed in an iron lung at Bellevue Hospital as doctors search for the cause of a severe ailment risking spinal paralysis. She had tripped and injured her ankle at the fair six days earlier. Surgeon Dr Joseph Nash said she is gravely ill with ascending myelitis an inflammation of the spinal cord and that specialists have consulted.
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New York
Gordyne Sedwick
Bellevue Hospital
Syracuse University
Joseph Nash
Alley cornfield cleared by Emmitsburg council
John Wagaman had grown corn in a narrow public alley for five years until Emmitsburg Maryland town council declared the alley a public thoroughfare and ordered it kept open. Wagaman's crop project ends as council enforces access rules.
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Emmitsburg
John Wagaman
Wagaman
Major Byron Sails for South America on Munitions Mission
Major Joseph W. Byron, president of W. D. Byron & Sons of Maryland, will sail Friday from New York on the SS Argentina for an extended business trip to South America. He will visit hide and leather markets in Buenos Aires and Montevideo to buy raw hides and, as chairman of the Hide and Leathers sub committee of the Army and Navy Munitions Board, collect first hand data on material supplies.
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Joseph W. Byron
W. D. Byron & Sons
Maryland
New York
Argentina
Moore-McCormack Lines
South America
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Uruguay
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Washington
Play Schools To Open In Hagerstown Area Under WPA
The first of six play schools under the WPA Recreational Department will open Monday in the Church of God building on Salem avenue. Three more schools in Hagerstown, one in Clearspring, and another at Hancock will follow. Targeted at five year olds beginning kindergarten next year, the program will be run by Miss Lois Fishack. Clearspring’s school will be in the library, Hancock’s possibly in the Masonic Hall, and a playground will operate in East End on Cavetown Pike led by Mrs. Pearl Taylor and Thuryl Taylor.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
W. P. A. Recreational Department
Church of God
Salem Avenue
Clearspring
Hancock
Lois Fishack
Masonic Hall
Cavetown Pike
Pearl Taylor
Thuryl Taylor
Detective Bevan Clears Moonlit Mystery With Kittens
Detective George Bevan and his squad moved toward a mysterious package on a moonlit sidewalk after a bomb scare call. Instead of an explosive, they found four frightened kittens meowing, ending the alert with a harmless outcome.
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Chicago
George Bevan
Lane Starts County Drive in Maryland Campaign
Wm Preston Lane, Democratic National Committeeman, spoke at Calvert county rally urging Democrats to choose progress over a return to selfish rule by the few. He accused Republicans of neglecting farmers to favor big industry, calling the moment a test of national direction.
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Preston Lane
Washington Countian
Maryland
Calvert County
Lane
Republican Party
Democratic Men's Club of Williamsport Meets Tomorrow
The first meeting of the Democratic Men's Club of Williamsport is set for 8 oclock tomorrow evening in the K of P building club rooms. Congress man Byron, club president, will likely attend as the group plans campaign activities and the windup of voter registration.
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Democratic Men’s Club
Williamsport
K. of P
Byron
Gasoline theft leads to car theft report in WAUKEGAN
Angelos Paras reported gasoline siphoned from his parked car at the police station. As officers called a garage to deliver fuel Paras returned and said someone stole the car.
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Waukegan
Angelos Paras
Paras
German Bombs Fall In Heart Of London Mayfair Area
Berlin reports long-range guns are shelling London from Calais and Paris. British channels weather and fog hinder air raids while German planes strike at England, with two daylight raids and a Mayfair bombing confirmed by the Air Ministry.
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London
Mayfair
Germany
Ale
Britain
England
Air Ministry
West End
Bond
Club Meeting Postponed for Third Ward Rally
President Wm. Preston Lane announced the Organization Club special meeting set for Friday night is postponed to Friday evening September 27 due to the major Third Ward Democratic Club rally at the Masonic Temple. Principal speakers will be U. S. Senator George L. Radcliffe Representatives William D. Byron and Thomas L Hennings with Washington County leaders attending.
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Wm. Preston Lane
Third Ward
Democratic Club
Masonic Temple
Organization Club
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
William D. Byron
Thomas L Hennings
Missouri
Washington County
Insurance award for man who never drove his car
Pittsburgh report notes Dave Roberts received a safe driving award from an insurance company. He has owned a car for 14 years but has never driven it himself, eliciting a laugh from him during the presentation.
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Pittsburgh
Dave Roberts
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