Registrars Named for New Army Draft Coordination
A list of appointive registrars for the new draft is announced. Names include W. W. Gaines Stonewall precinct Stonewall post office Conway Wade Allison Stonewall A J Harden Franks W T Wells Jesse Stonewall Rt Mr Nettles Lawrence John Murphy Union Valley Cer. The work will be carried out on the 1225.
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W. W. Gaines
Stonewall
Stonewall Wade Allison
Conway
A. J. Harden
Franks
W. T. Wells
Jesse
Mr. Nettles
Lawrence
Lawrence Jotn Murphy
Union Valley
Union Hill Diary Notes On Camp Pike Trip And Local Meetings
Union Hill notes express summer doldrums and pride as two local youths left for Camp Pike on the 29th. They enjoyed town outings before departure, while residents hope for another meeting soon after a brief four night event. Prayer meetings at Union Hill school continue Wednesdays inviting all to attend.
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Union Hill
Camp Pike
Shre
Union Hill School
Union Hil
Onvell
Egypt
War Risk Insurance moves to Dallas for speedier dependents' aid
Oklahoma City reports that delays in news of delinquent allotments allowances and insurance for soldiers' families will end with district headquarters opening in Dallas. The Dallas office will handle correspondence for quicker action, relieving the flooded Washington office. Red Cross Home Service has managed late cases. Local social notes mention a rainy spell, church sermons, visits, and social events in the community.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dallas
Tex
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
Oklahoma
Home Service Section
The
Red Cross
Williams
Eels for Canning Stir Japanese Fishing Circles
Japanese fishing circles discuss canned and oiled eels as new enterprises along the coast. Most of each year’s catch is used for fertilizer. only a limited portion is eaten locally. Laura Cothert received word of her brother Richard Cothert’s safe overseas arrival.
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Laura Cothert
Richard Cothert
Jewish Republic in Holy Land Assured
From the Committee on Public Information Washington DC. After 2006 years of exile a Jewish government seems near in Palestine. General Allenby’s army freed Jerusalem and the Zionist movement gains momentum with an Administrative Commission restoring the land. The plan includes a Jewish university and cooperative farming, with Hebrew as the language of instruction. Zionist troops contribute to the war effort. the Zion Mule Corps grows into the Jewish Legion with contingents from America, Britain, and Canada joining near Jaffa. The outcome envisages a flag of Zion flying among free nations.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Palestine
Allenby
Holy City
Zion
Holy Land
Israel
Great Britain
Britain
Allegby
Baza
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Jericho
Balfour
Russia
America
Theodor Herzl
Herzl
Bagel
Switzerland
Joshua
Chaim Weizman
Administrative Commission
Weizman
Petach-Tikvah
Auja
Jaffa
Uage
Friends of the
Haifa
Nathan
Gallipoli
Zion Mule Corps
Col. Patterson
Royal Iniskilling Regiment
Zinn
Jewish Legion
England
Canada
London
aDind
Free Nations
Great Slump in Cotton Prospects Nationwide
Washington reports a disaster in the U S cotton crop due to July-August drought. September forecasts put production at 11 137 000 equivalent 500-pound bales, 4 000 000 bales less than planned, with drought and August dryness shrinking prospects across the belt, especially Texas and Oklahoma, ending a trend toward a large crop.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Large feet of Camp Custer soldier draw attention
A Battle Creek AP report notes a Alabama-born Black Army recruit at Camp Custer with the largest feet seen, prompting a special pair of boots being built. At Camp Oyster he arrived barefoot, drawing further notice as shoemakers struggle to size the giant feet. The depot had shoes far too small and ankles measured at 13 inches, with the man saying he stays indoors in cold weather. The item ends urging war savings stamp investments.
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Associated Press
Battle Creek
Mich
Camp Custer
Camp Oyster
Quartermasters’ Depot
Americans Eager To Reach Front At Western Port
American troops and vast war materiel pour through a fast developed Western France port. A Liverpool trained dock master and 2,000 stevedores turn daily landings into record times, unloading 10,000 troops and supplies in four days then coal and repackaging for onward shipment within forty hours. The port, close to New York, appears set to become Europe’s major postwar commercial gateway.
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France
Associated Press
America
Europe
West
Liverpool
United States
Cunnard Company
Boston
New York
Airplanes to Expand Postwar Exploration and Survey
London reports Harold Brighouse of the Oval Geographical Society predicting wide postwar airplane use for exploration and survey. He cites Captain Amundsen’s Arctic expedition with aircraft, air photography aiding mapping of remote regions, river navigation, and locating natural resources.
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London
Associated Press
Harold Brighouse
Oval Geographical Society
Amundsen
Arctic
Brighouse
Afrits
Amazon
East Africa
Walter
Air Explorer
Miss Pearl Curry To Begin Voice Teaching October First
Mrs Fairchild received a message this morning from Miss Pearl Curry stating that she would be here the first of October to begin her work of teaching voice.
Mrs Stein Family Return From Guests in Birmingham
Mrs John Stein and children Emma May and Jack returned to their home in Birmingham Alabama this morning after visiting W A Buey and wife. Miss Stella Watson of Coleman Texas arrived this afternoon as a new critic teacher at the normal.
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Brother Best
Missea Emma
Little Dodd
Hart
Morgan Goodpasture
Hi Brother
Texas
Bertha Oliver
Ray Stewart
le Fland
Scott
Grace Murphy
John Stein
Emma May
Jack
W. A. Buey
Birmingham
Ala
Stella Watson
Coleman
eTxas
The
Normal
British and French Forces Advance Near Canal Du Nord
British troops push beyond the Dro court Queant line and reach the Canal Du Nord, occupying Ecourt Saint Quentin north of the Arras Cambrai road, with advances through Vaux Woods toward Neuve Chapelle and Laventie. They seize Rumaucourt on the canal’s west bank and take Inchy En Artois, Demicourt, and Permies, crossing Haut Allaines near Peronne. French drive east of the canal and between the Ailette and Aisne, taking Chapitre wood and nearing Crisolles, north of Noyon, with 1,500 prisoners. Vesle crossings occur at several points.
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Canal DU Nord
London
Drocourt-Queant
Field Marshall Haig
Arras-Cambrai
Ecourt St. Quentin
Peronne
Vaux Woods
Moislans
Flanders
Neuve Chappelle
Laventie
British London
Haut Allaines
Paris
Ailette
Aisne
Chapitre Wood
Chevilly
Crisolles
Noyon
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Juvincourt
Vesle
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