Sixteen More Boys Enlist in Various Military Branches
The notice lists numerous enlistments and vacancies across branches and bases. Entries include Maxwell Field Air Corps and Bell Pier vacancies in Washington, Carlisle Barracks, and Puerto Rico ordnance posts, plus openings at Mt. Jay New York and Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. Names of enlistees from West Virginia, Hawaii, and Virginia appear with hometowns and units such as 31st Engineers at Fort Belvoir.
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Recence
Maxwell Field
Bell Pier
D. C
Carlisle Barracks
P\hemical Company
Aga Ky
Borinquen Field
Ordnance Department
Ponce
Puerto Rico
16Th Infantry
Mt Jay
N. Y
99Th Field Artillery
Edgewood Arsenal
Infantry
Hawaii
3Rd Cavalry
Pt. Myer
Master Corps
Ft. Belvoir
O. Writt
Ranson
W. Vs
Tor
Afantry Lane
Jay
David Martinsburg
W. Va
A Coastry
William 8. Dater
Front Royal
Alfred R. Falls
Delaplane
Frank M. Kiger, Jr
Orville W. Kiger
RFD 1-A
Winchester
Harold E. Adams
Brucetown
Air Corps
Alabama
William £. Weidman
Martinsburg
Wautega
Tenn
Ft. Myer
Timbrook
Rockman
Sist Engineers
Ft. Detvoir
Howard L. Thorpe
David M. Williams
Riverton
31St Engineers
Market Quotations Farmers Markets and Livestock Report
Baltimore and Philadelphia market notes show unchanged potato and poultry prices. Faust stock prices: cattle mostly 4.00 6.25, calves 10.00 14.00, hogs 6.60 9.10, sheep around 11.65, vealers 11.00 13.00, and diverse weights across hogs and sows with steady to lower trends in Chicago and Jersey City reports.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Baltimore Livestock
S. Dept. Agri
Jersey City
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Steels Drag Down Market As Industrial Leaders Falter
New York stock session shows steels dragging major groups with faint early rallies fading. Notable quotes include Am Can 90, U S Steel 65 1 4, Kennecott 34 3 8, J Manville 60 1 4, Goodyear 18 5 8, Western Union 21, Woolworth 33.
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New York
Ralectea
M. Saeee
al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Woolworth
Lend-Lease Bill Debated At Weekend Forums
New York reports that two weekend forums will push radio discussions on the lend-lease bill in Congress. CBS People's Platform will host Rep. Kenneth F. Simpson Col. Henry Brecken and C Weyland Brooks with a dinner-table discussion. WEAF NBC will feature Joseph P Kennedy on the foreign situation.
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New York
Congress
CBS People’s Platform
American Forum
MBS
Kenneth F. Simpson
Col
Henry Brecken
C. Weyland Brooks
Illinois
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Weafnbc
Boston Wool Market Report Highlights Foreign Wool Demand
The Boston wool market shows strong demand for foreign finer grades with South American wools leading activity. Australian and South African lots sold when offered and foreign wools remained steady to firm. La Argentina dancer Antonia Merce died in France of heart disease on July 19.
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Boston
U.S
la Argentina
Antonia Merce
France
Hoover Inauguration Parade Marks Quiet Turn of Page
Herbert Hoover the thirty first president took the oath at noon on his own black Bible amid a grand parade in 1929. The ceremony followed heavy public demand for a regular quadrennial coronation and featured aircraft displays and a massive crowd of about 15 000 spectators.
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Central Press
Washington
Hoover
Martin Knows of No Factory Rift
The Glenn L. Martin Company said it knew of no friction between employes and the company and has an established procedure for grievances. In reply to a UAW request for a conference, the firm stated there is no established collective bargaining agent for its employes and no outside representative has been chosen to present grievances.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
H. L. Smith
CIO
E. L. Howard
United Automobile Workers of America, Aircraft Division
Willkie May Not Select Chairman Amid Republican Split
Opponents claim Wendell Willkie’s backing of the lend lease bill weakens his bid to name the Republican National Committee chair. House Minority Leader Martin plans resignation, and Treasurer Goodspeed may follow. Possible Willkie picks include Governors Stassen and Green, while Senator Nye criticizes the stance.
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Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican National Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
Charles B. Goodspeed
Willkie
Grain futures and cash prices move on cooler forecast
Chicago and Baltimore market reports show futures for wheat and corn edging higher after selling pressure. Cash grain in Chicago lists No. 2 hard wheat at 92 1/2 cents, yellow corn around 65 1/2 to 68 3/4. Oats and barley priced per milling deliveries.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Roosevelt Defends Navy Stays And Shifted Workloads
In remarks on defense policy President Roosevelt says navy yards will run on a three shift basis when needed and denies plans to recall the Pacific fleet from Hawaii. He and Secretary Knox oppose restrictions on transferring more warships as hearings on lend lease continue.
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United States
Roosevelt
Navy Yards
Japan
United States Pacific
Hawaii
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
United States Navy
House
West Virginia hearings weigh governor appointing power
Testimony will feature Bob Martin and Rosier as the Senate hearings begin Tuesday to decide which governor’s appointment governs the vacancy. The dispute centers on whether a retiring or new governor controls the right of appointment amid a constitutional question and rival factions.
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Grafton
Rosier
Neely
Holt
Washington
Martin
Bobh Martin
American Bar Association
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
National Education Association
Connelly
Texas
Elections Committee
Senate
Rosjer
Two British Vessels Torpedoed in North Atlantic Area
NEW YORK January 17 Two British ships the Zealandic and the Almeda Star were torpedoed in the northwest approaches to Londonderry. The Zealandic reported distress at 5 PM local time 650 miles northwest of Londonderry and the Almeda Star followed with a mayday at 12:49 AM. The Zealandic is a 482 foot Southampton liner and the Almeda Star is a 578 foot Blue Star Line passenger vessel built in 1926.
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New York
Londonderry
Ireland
Zealandic
Southampton
England
New
Zealand
Almeda Star
Rio de Janeiro
Birkenhead
Blue Star Line, Ltd
France
South America
Large administration building erected in a week
Fort George G. Meade Maryland January 17 Workmen toiled in three shifts around the clock to complete a large administration building for the Twenty-Ninth Division National Guard in seven days Concrete was poured last Friday and the structure was finished today except for some installations Officials said Maj Gen Milton Reckord and his staff would arrive Monday January 20 to prepare for mobilization plans
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Fort George G. Meade
Twenty-Ninth Division
National Guard
Milton Reckord
Nazis Hit North Atlantic Raiders As Britain Reports Ships Attacked
Reports describe daytime shelling from rooftops and windows as British gunners target low flying raiders. Distress signals show two ships the Almeda Star and Zealandic torpedoed in the north Atlantic, with uncertainty over sinking. Friction grows between Soviet Russia and Romania with fears of German control.
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Mendoza
Ericksen
London
Tobruk
Libya
Russia
Rumania
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Secret German Air Base Reported Off Haiti
William Alexander Simms of Dayton Ohio told a Nassau Bahamas reporter he found a hidden German air base near Gonaives Haiti. He said Hait ian authorities investigated and dispossessed German farmers who had cleared land and camouflage huts, noting an 18 by six mile site.
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New York
Nassau
Bahamas
William Alexander Simms
Dayton
Ohio
Haiti
Simms
West Indies
Port Au Prince
Gonalves
Guantanamo
United States
Cuba
Island Republic
Borabora Island in the Society Islands French Oceania
Borabora is an island in the western Society Islands group in French Oceania, located northwest of Tahiti.
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Borabora
Society Islands
French Oceania
Tahiti
Week of Prayer Closes at Braddock Street Church
The final Week of Prayer service at Braddock Street Methodist Church is set for 7 30 tonight The Rev John Redhead D D of Charlotte NC has led the services and will deliver messages reflecting on last night when bad weather kept many indoors
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Braddock Street Methodist Church
John Redhead
D. D
Charlotte
N. C
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MR. Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Northern
Stock Market Report
Boston Wool Market Report
Olga Stoker Coal
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Cameron St
Herbert Hoover
Baltimore Aircraft Builder
Stimson
Federal
Cernene Party
West Virgin
Jones Funeral Home
Australia
Berwon Heads
Victoria
North Atlantic
Bucovina
Romania
Moldavia
Dobruja
America
Fumimaro Konoye
Far East
Army
Domei
The
C. A. Telephone Company
Virginia
Bell System
Traveler
A&p
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
TRADI
Daradie Cole
Toleasantly
Seer Smith Bros
Alice Brooks
Applique J
Crose
Winchester Dept
14Th Street
N.Y
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