Objectors to military service to occupy camp in Patapsco State Forest
Fifty conscientious objectors will move into an abandoned CCC camp in Patapsco State Forest on May 15 for a year of non military work. The camp near RELAY is run by Dr Ernest A Wildman with staff including his wife nurse Alice Beaman dietician Nancy Foster and Roger Drury. The group includes pacifist religious affiliations and will decide on worship services.
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Relay
CCC
Patapsco State Forest
American Friends Serve Committee
Tional Service Board For
Ernest A. Wildman
Sham College
Richmond
Ind
Alice W. Beaman
Waltham
Mass
Nacy W. Foster
Cincinnati
Roger W. Drury
Milton
Friends
Jehova’s Witnesses
Christadelphians
Gospel Herald
Gospel Tabernacle
Why I Don t Love Mother Causes Juvenile Controversy
New York May 8 junior rebellion reports the Athletic League essay contest drew 560 manuscripts with an anonymous piece titled Why I don t Love Mother. The entry lists grievances such as forced ear washing every morning and sparked debate among judges.
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New York
Boys Athletic League
Virginia Crops Struggle for Rain in May Week
The week ending May 3 brought fair to good crop conditions in parts of Virginia but widespread drought left most crops needing rain. Temperatures ranged from 35 to 87 degrees with virtually no rain, stressing wheat corn and hay while apples and peaches show solid prospects. Planting of corn continued across the state as farmers moved into cotton soybeans and early peanuts in the south.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Extension Division
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Richmond
Onley
Farmville
Wytheville
Lynchburg
Hopewell
Holland
Ers
Capon Bridge Seniors Stage Tempest and Sunshine
Capon Bridge High School seniors finished rehearsals for Ned Albert's dramatic adaptation of Mary J. Holmes' Tempest and Sunshine to be presented tomorrow night. Albert praised Holmes as a prolific, enduring author whose southern locale inspired the tale.
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Capon Bridge
W. Va
Capon Bridge High School
Ned Albert
Mary J. Holmes
Albert
New York City
America
Dorothy Biddle Returns to Winchester for Garden Lecture
Dorothy Biddle editor of Garden Digest and noted garden expert speaks at the George Washington Hotel at 2:30 Friday afternoon May 23 on Adventures in Table Arrangements. She has lectured to 131 garden groups in 31 states and is praised for practical and scientific horticulture knowledge. Tickets from Mrs. Allen Hawthorne or Mrs. Russell Cather.
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Dorothy Biddle
George Washington Hotel
Miss Biddle
Garden Digest
Old
Fredericktown
Film Director Holds His Lead As To Salary
Louis B. Mayer remained America's highest paid executive last year with 697 048 dollars as Leon's Inc. managing director of production. Second was Eugene G Grace at Bethlehem Steel 478 144 dollars followed by George W. Hill at American Tobacco 456 415 dollars. Other top earners included Hunt Stromberg 332 267 and Nicholas M. Schenck 318 811. Salaries below 200 000 featured W C Fields Deanna Durbin Paul Hahn Vincent Riggio and Harry Sinclair among Universal and American Tobacco executives. Bing Crosby earned 150 000 from Universal Pictures.
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Louis B. Mayer
America
Leon’s Inc
Motion Picture Company
Mayer
Leon’s
Eugene G Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Treasury
Hunt Stromberg
Leon
Nicholas M. Schenck Ars
W. C. Fields
Deanna
Edna Mae
Durbin
Universal Pictures Company, Inc
Paul M. Hahn
Vincent Riggio
American. Tobacco Company
Harry F. Sinclar
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Ernest T. Weir
George R. Fink
National Steel Corporation
Robert C. Stanley
International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd
Harry W. Bracy
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company
Bing Crosby
Universal Pictures
WPA job eligibility rules require relief-referred workers
The Works Projects Administration requires that at least 95 percent of workers on projects be individuals referred as in need of relief by an approved public-welfare agency and certified as eligible by the Employment Board.
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Works Projects Administration
Troops Observe Mother's Day at Fort George G Meade
Soldiers at Fort George G Meade will hold a Mother's Day religious service on the parade field. Lieut Col Frederick C Reynolds, division chaplain, will direct the service with Maj Gen Milton A Reckord delivering a brief address at 10 a.m. BST on Sunday.
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Fort George G. Meade
Frederick C. Reynolds
Milton A. Reckord
Eskimo snap candid shots of bombers on St Lawrence Island
Army crews flew two four bombers to St. Lawrence Island near Nome Alaska. Residents grabbed about 20 cameras, capturing the visit as natives took interest in the aircraft. The island lies 175 miles from Nome across the Bering Sea.
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Nome
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
Russia
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
May receipts total 30,209,450.04 while expenditures reach 46,307,784.40. Gross debt stands at 47,295,191,583.52 with a daily increase of 48,947,231.81.
Public Sale of Household Furniture at Sirbaugh Estate
Public Auction at the late David H. Sirbaugh residence 333 E Piccadilly Winchester Va at 10 00 am Friday May 23 1941 featuring old walnut drop leaf table corner cupboard coal stoves and other household furnishings cash terms Shenandoah Valley National Bank executor of estate of David H Sirbaugh Dec d. 4 29 5 8 15 22 41
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David H. Sirbaugh
E. Piccadilly Street
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Fires in Allegany and Garrett Castaforests Brought Under Control
In Cumberland Maryland light rains began to fall over Allegany and Garrett counties ending a dry spell that had left thousands of acres of timber land burning since Monday. District Forester H C Buckingham and District Forest Warden M say showers that started around 6 PM yesterday will help but continued rain is needed to prevent a relapse. The fire, one of the most destructive in twenty years, burned at least 3000 acres since 5 AM Monday.
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Cumberland
Allegany
Garrette Forest
H. C. Buckingham
Garrett County
Brown
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