Registration Details Outlined For Virginia Registrants
Governor Price explains registration process under the selective training act for Virginians 21 to 35 and aliens, with 18 500 election officials to run 1 715 precincts. Registration hours 7 am to 9 pm Oct 16, with rules for absent or sick registrants and required documents.
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Michmond
P— Price
Virginia
Circuit
Volunforce
Price
United States
Congress
Worst Jail Gets Face Lift In Howard County Md
Ellicott City Maryland September 23 The worst jail in the state has improved since 1939. A new warden Deputy Sheriff George E Taylor Jr has cleaned painted repaired and refreshed the Howard County prison. Visitors note the place is now clean and well kept despite past criticism.
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Ellicott City
Maryland
Howard County
George E. Taylor, Jr
Grand Jury
Governor outlines selective service act exemptions and penalties
Governor Price recalls the act setting penalties for improper registration and outlines exemptions for military, diplomatic, and foreign officials. He adds future steps in the selective service operation will be discussed in later addresses or releases as needed.
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CCC
Price
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic
Public Health Service
Active National Guard
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
U. S. Military Academy
U. S. Naval Academy
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
United States
Funeral Costs Reflect Honest Comparison From Jones Funeral Home
Funeral costs are discussed openly with emphasis on adequate facilities and trained staff. The message notes that prices run lower than often reported.
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Jones Funeral Home
Answers to Today's Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Thomas Gainsborough No L il Abner Juneau John Paul Jones 10 INQ Article I section 1 eo Aeronautics Authority o Monrovia.
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Thomas Gainsborough
L'il Abner
Juneau
John Paul Jones
INQ
Eo Aeronautics Authority
O. Monrovia
Censors Theories Muddy News Stream Yet Vital Facts Emerged
An Associated Press analysis notes censorship shifts muddy news flow while reporters still extract essential truths. British censorship limits air raid details and damage. German and British authorities hint at facts. It cites how US reporters enjoy near normal wartime access and how truth emerges across borders.
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Associated Press
Foreign Service
England
London
United States
Truth
A. P
Germany
Britain
Draftees’ Gear Shown On Governors Island Relief Day
Private Roy Bruch of Co. G, 16th Infantry models a typical conscript’s load including mess kit helmet gas mask first aid kit raincoat bayonet shovel and mosquito bar. Demonstration ties to air raid reports and neutral dispatch rules amid wartime censorship practices.
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Roy Bruch
Co. G
16Th Infantry
Bruch
Governors Island
New York
Radio Highlights and Theater Plans At Legion Convention
WMAL reports at 8 45 PM Production Coordinator William S Knudsen discusses Arming for Defense at a Boston American Legion convention dinner. At 9 30 PM Homer may not have lived but Helen Walpole's Ad venture in Reading will dramatize his life.
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WMAL
William S. Knudsen
American Legion
Boston
Homer
Helen Walpole
Fertilizer Program Aids Frederick County Farmers
Frederick county farmers may receive up to 80 percent of their soil-building needs in triple superphosphate and ground limestone through the soil building program. In 1940 agent Fred Stine reported 351 tons of 45 percent triple superphosphate distributed for pastures and grasses, 287.5 tons of 20 percent superphosphate distributed, and 1921.5 tons of ground limestone delivered for use on any crops.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
How Christy Mathewson Became "Big Six" Nickname
In George E. Shankle’s American Nicknames the nickname Big Six was given to Christopher Mathewson to honor a New York City fire engine by that name, reflecting his powerful pitching in major league baseball.
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George E. Shankle
Christopher Mathewson
New York City
Blesses Replica Of Original Star Spangled Banner
The Rev Harold N Arrowsmith blessed a replica of the original Star Spangled Banner for Baltimore Day at the World’s Fair. Mrs Reuben Holloway and other Baltimore women sewed the flag copying Fifteen stars and bars. Mrs J Charles Linthicum and Miss Holloway will present it to Mayor Jackson, who will pass it to the fair.
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Baltimore
Harold N. Arrowsmith
Pro-Cathedral
Reuben Ross Holloway
Mary Pickersgill
Francis Scott Key
Maryland National Guard
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
Jackson
Linthicum
Holloway
Local Markets Correction Notice
Market listings appear in daily Local Markets section but The Star declines responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify details before trading or purchasing.
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The
Star
Local market prices and notes on poultry and feed
The clipping lists bag weights and prices for feed and grain such as 24 and 48 pound bags per barrel with prices around 4.05 to 4.55. It notes miscellaneous items including corn meal, horse feed, oats, geese, guinea fowl, leghorn fowls, cows, calves, spring lambs, creamery butter, and other market terms.
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Cooreceen
Treasury receipts and expenditures reported
Treasury status shows receipts of 38,474,299.43 dollars and expenditures of 528,627,844.82 dollars for the period. Gross debt stands at 44,060,845,633.89 dollars as of Sept. 23.
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Ann Sothern
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Miss Sothern
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Russia
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Gene Beecher
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Fred Waring
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