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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
7
Executive Order by President Truman lifts the draft age ban, allowing 17 to 30 year olds to enlist in the regular Navy and Naval Reserve. The program aims to speed demobilization, reduce selective service calls, and fill peacetime Navy needs.
CALCUTTA Sept 6 The hero from Rangoon after liberation from a Japanese prison includes Herman Roy Reitt of Hedgesville West Virginia and other survivors.
A Winchester ad features a woman claiming ERB HELP ends gas and bloating after meals. It touts 12 herbs cleansing bowels and easing headaches and constipation, urging others to buy at local drug stores.
Sports Roundup notes that a wartime cancellation left 3 700 reservations in Buffalo and postwar demand has surged with 200 new requests to Elmer Baumgarten. It cites bon g as a 7 000 year old game and mentions Flight Sgt Robert Taylor slated to play for Canada against a New York team, with Newcastle United once denying a 10 000 pound bid.
Herb Brett of the Danville Club in the Carolina league played a key role in organizing the class C circuit last spring. He is president and business manager of his club, a majority stockholder, and as fielder he piloted the team to first place and was chosen to manage the league’s all star team. At season start he did relief pitching but then removed himself from the active list to make room for another player.
A rumor cites Martin Marion may skip the Cards next season as Slats seeks a higher price from Sam Breadon while Al Schoendienst could succeed. Abe J Greene supports boxing’s service athletic fund under a new name to aid indigent boxers. Army practice sees Gustafson and Holcombe with injuries but upbeat, as the AAF personnel distribution team brings ten new players led by Capt Hays and Capt Erickson after earlier discharges.
A notice states the son at second base for the Second Air Force Ball Club has returned to his fall duties as property custodian for the Superbombers football squad. The ad questions whether he can be given a trust.
The text cites the Selective Training and Service Act restricting induction of men under 19 into land and naval forces. It notes that overseas deployment depended on training received rather than age, implying a policy limitation on sending 18 year olds abroad under the act.
Fragmentary text presents a phrase about service until after at least six months of training to prepare for combat duty. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are readable to form a proper news summary.
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