New Arms Draft To Be Less Harsh Than Predecessor In War
A wartime style explanation outlines the revised selective service act in peacetime. It covers fair classifications, penalties for evasion, and avoidance of blanket exemptions, with expedited health checks and deferments to protect families and seasonal work. Volunteers may join for a year of training, while the draft system aims to begin calling men around November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
War Department
Army
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Auto Makers Show 200 New Models in New York Show
The Automobile Manufacturers Association displays 200 new 1941 models at Grand Central Palace, with accessories and vintage cars, under the theme A Salute To The Americas Peace and Prosperity. Industry leaders promise a at least 10 percent rise in next year’s sales with innovations in torpedo styling, chromium finishes, plastics interiors, and advanced transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Palace
Automobile Manufacturers' Association
Americas
el Ee
Ameror
Paul G
Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
Buick
Finger Prints On Wrench Examined For Death Clues
In Hagerstown Maryland on October 14 authorities sought FBI analysis of prints on a wrench found near Raleigh Poffenberger a 76 year old ex county commissioner killed Friday night State's Attorney Wagaman said nine persons were questioned five detained including two women none charged yet detectives continued the inquiry as the FBI classification proceeded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Raleigh Poffenberger
Washington County
Charles 8. Wagaman
Poffenberger
Wagaman
Hit Run Driver Sought In Death
Frederick Maryland police sought clues to a hit and run driver whose car killed 33 year old Schley Toms. Toms was found dead in the weeds along State Route 15 near Hansonville after missing a visit to a friend the previous evening.
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Frederick
Schley Toms
Toms
Hansonville
90 Cities To Yield Third Of Draftees
Washington October 14 193? The draft registration day nears as 16.4 million men aged 21 to 36 will register for a year of military training. About 5.4 million are expected from the 90 cities with populations over 100,000 led by New York Chicago and Detroit. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm with 125 000 registrars and thousands of volunteers ready to assist. About 25 million certificates will be issued and penalties loom for evasion or false statements.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York City
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
National Selective Service
Nome
Ygood
Everybody's Song Book a Favorite for School Use
A Winchester Evening Star advertisement promotes Everybody's Song Book as a durable paperbound collection of 205 songs for voice and piano. It highlights school and glee club use, home comfort, and full words and music with a twenty cent postpaid copy sent to Washington D C.
Junkin Group Goes to China Amid War Threats
Members of the Junkin missionary family sail from San Francisco to return to posts in China despite ongoing war and Pacific outbreaks. The party includes Rev W F Junkin Sr and Jr, Mrs Junkin, Nettie Junkin, nephews Rev T W Vinson and Dr T C Vinson, with ties to Tazewell Virginia and Charles Town West Virginia. The elder Mrs Junkin helped establish schools in Sutsein and wrote textbooks on the Chinese phonetic script and earned the Algernon Sydney Sullivan medal from Mary Baldwin College. Nettie Junkin earned A B and MA from Mary Baldwin and will pursue educational and evangelistic work in China.
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Junkin
China
Pacific
San Francisco
Tazewell
Charles Town
W. Va
W. F. Junkin
Nettie Junkin
T. W. Vinson
T. C. Vinson
Vinson
Shanghai
H. C. DuBose
Soochow
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Sutsein
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Mary .Baldwin College
the Biblical Seminary
New York
Messiah by Handel deemed greatest oratorio
The Messiah by Handel is regarded as probably the greatest oratorio. It was composed in twenty four days though parts were later rewritten.
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Messiah
Handel
Virginia October crop report notes steady harvests and mild frost
The Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports improving late crops with rapid corn hay tobacco and cotton harvest progress. September weather was favorable with light killing frosts on September 26 27 and rainfall aiding fall sowings and land preparation.
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Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
United States
Minor Parties Rally For 1940 Presidential Race
Despite legal hurdles and small campaign funds, five minor parties nominate presidential candidates this year with 378 ballot slots nationwide. The Socialist, Socialist Labor, Communist, Prohibition, and National Greenback tickets join American politics as restrictions complicate access in ten states for Communists and bolster Greenback activity, led by Norman Thomas, Earl Browder, Roger Babson, John Aiken, and John Zahnd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Socialist
Socialist-Labor
Communist
Prohibition
National Greenback
Union Party
Thomas
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
New York
Earl R. Browder
Roger W. Babson
Massachusetts
Prohibition Party
John W. Aiken
Chelsea
Mass
Socialist-Labor Party
John Zahnd
Indianapolis
Current Apple Market Quotations and Shipping Points
Friday market report from Winchester and Martinsburg W Va notes light demand and steady tone. F O B carload and barrel quotes list Grimes U S No 1 Staymans Jonathan Delicious York apples with sizes and price ranges per car or per bushel box reflecting current bid levels.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Grimes U
Jonathans
U. S
Delicious
Yorks
Staymans
S. Ye
Radio Highlights and Personalities on Air
Radio program notes profile Gifford of American and Telegraph on defense use of telephone amid concert with James Melton and Francia White. Shirley Temple makes a rare radio appearance singing The Littlest Rebel before retirement. Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street seeks new prima donna replacing Dinah Shore with Mlle. Dixie Mason. CBS discuss National Defense and Puerto Rico by Gov Leahy and Assistant Sec. Lewis Compton.
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WRC
Walter
Gifford
The
American and Telegraph Co
Telephone
James Melton
Francia White
Wisv
Shirley Temple
Silver Sheet
WMAL
Th Chamber Music Society
Lower Basin Street
Dinah Shore
Dixie Mason
CBS
National Defense
Puerto Rico
Willam D. Leahy
Navy
Lewis Compton
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United States Selective Service Act
Selective Service Act
Auto Makers
Henry Ford
Vicks VA
U.S. Dreadnought
Philadelphia Navy Yard
By E. C. Daniel
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Ae
Washington, D. C
George W. Kurtz
T. M
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
N. Braddock S&j
Baker Anderson
N. Braddock St
Apple
Wssv
Streamline
Arch McDonald
Paul Sullivan
Lowell Thomas
the World Today
Pred Waring
Amos
Radio Magic
Senator Byrnes
Lanny Ross
Burns
Blondie
Lombardo’s
Orch
Pastor
Orc ‘Oo
Thompsons Orch Naval Defense
Reading
Ray Heatherton
Ray Herbecks
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bickers Motor CO
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