Box Butte Exemption Watch As 802 Men Register For Service
Box Butte county reports 802 men aged 21 to 30 registered for the draft on June 5. Over 469 reside in Alliance, with the remainder from surrounding precincts. Official notes expect exemptions to rise after the first increment, as the nation builds a 500000 increment and fills units from the draft pool. A complete list of registrants is published by ward with hundreds of names from Alliance.
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Box Butte County
Box Hutte County
Alliance
United States
Crowder
National Army
National Guard
War Failure Means German Domination
The American Red Cross aims to raise 100 million dollars to fund victory for the United States and allies. A prominent Alliance citizen warns the nation to act now or risk German domination and a German governor general in Alliance, urging subscriptions from all social classes as a national obligation.
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America
Germany
American Red Cross Committee
United States
Belgium
Guards Among First to 60 In Federal Draft
Adjutant General Hall reports the Nebraska National Guard likely to be drafted around July 1. Company G of the Fourth Nebraska, based in Alliance and Scotts Bluff, may leave within a month for two months of training before France. Six Nebraska regiment recruiting begins as Lincoln petitions rise. The guard stands about 38 500 short of war strength but expects to meet most of the quota before drafting.
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Hall
War Department
National Guard
Fourth
Nebraska
Alliance
Scottsbluff
France
Jack"’ Miller
Lincoln
Nebraska National Guard
Fifty Years From Now for Nebraska
An article by Lloyd C. Thomas of Alliance envisions Nebraska in 1967 with vast agricultural expansion, statewide intercounty highways, electric rail networks, river transportation, and Omaha growing into a million residents. Lincoln rises as an educational and manufacturing hub while numerous towns become industrial centers. The plan includes state parks, preserved fossil beds, public forests, and wildlife protection guiding future development.
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Sunday State Journal of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lloyd C. Thomas
Alliance
Sand-Hill
Sand Hills
Platte Niobrara
Loup
Omaha
Missouri River
Platte River
North
South Platte
Wyoming Line
North Platte Valley
Morrill
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Great Omaha
Middle West
Fremont
Norfolk
Beatrice
Hastings
Grand Island
Scottablus
Broken Bow
Kearney
North Platte
Fort Robinson
Fine Ridge
Sioux County
Agate
State Museum
Cherry
Gasoline Good Deed From Friendly Neighbor
An Alliance man is offered a ride by a neighbor with a new car but is dropped at his own home and told to walk the rest. The incident shows neighborly courtesy and a prudent return to walking the final distance.
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Alliance
Red Cross Campaign Opens June 18 In United States
Public appeal urges immediate support for the Red Cross to fund war relief across army, navy, and allies. The drive aims to raise £100,000,000, described as building a granite wall against German aggression, with strong calls against excuses and postponement.
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Red Cross
Alliance
United States
Pers
Alliance students earn high attendance records and exemptions
The Alliance public schools report strong attendance with several students earning exemptions from semester and final exams. Bether Nation has a ten year perfect punctuality record, while Verne Laing Charles Cross Dora White Edith Vanderwark also show outstanding attendance.
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Alliance City
Alliance Public
Bether Nation
Verne Laing
Charles Cross
Dora White
Edith Vanderwark
George Jeffers
Eugenia Laing
Garland Baker
Valentine Lawrence
Loater Cross
Arthur Lawrence
Lawrence Baker
Elsie Simpson
Robert Lawrence
Glen Joder
Met
Robert Garret
Harold Jeffers
Arline Dobry
James Ponath
Paul Thomason
Mildred Pate
Mabel Garret
Lee Strong
Frances Grasaman
Lucile Curry
Irma Ellis
Katherine Baker
Bertha Garret
Stanley Wright
Lois Mote
Grace Spacht
John Wright
Alliance
Oscar Kennedy
Dollie Davis
Ralph Garrett
Paul Lotspeich
Gladys Parsons
Robert Garrett
Jane Bogue
Gladys Snyder
Esther Baumegart
Bessie Anstice
Clifford Lester
Helen Marsh
Mardell Drake
Lecter Cross
Alice Failor
Mabel Fallor
Fred Purdy
Merle Mark
Rowland Threlkeld
Harold Dickinson
Father Boone
Harvey Coursey
Maurice Dodd
Phillip Killian
Florence Baker
Helen Moore
Nevilla Coursey
Grace White
Eigth
Helene Anderson
Helen Brown
Ruby Campbell
Ruth Donovan
Clara Garrett
Leonard Pate
Francis Grassman
Francis Whaley
Catherine Baker
Rose Bauer
Bertha Garrett
Helen Lore
Thelma Linson
Clarissa Soth
Viola Soth
Esther Nation
Anna Reeves
Beulah Reddish
Mabel Grassman
Edith Vandewark
Ray Edwards
Robert Macy
Asenath Schill
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Box Butte
Pxeempt
Alexander Barry
Robert William Burns
John Bayer
John Bostron
Harvey Benjamin
Fred C. Brown
Harold William Berg
Milo Zafir Bandgoff
Nelson Barrett
Fred Brown
Earl F. Broderick
Archibald M. Blackwood
Harry O. Boeaird
Roy Burton
David Alfred Billbout
Frederick Edgar Brown
Roy Blake Burns
Roswell King Bailey
William Cruzen Burch
Malcolm M. Bogar
James Earl Eaton
Fred ‘Nos
Daniel Elliott
William Martin Ellis
George Edick
Henry G. Brude
James William Ellis
David E. Fleming
Ollie Funcher
Herman Wilhelm Fricke
John Fanando
Louis Raymond Federlin
Eugene Stanley Flickinger
A. Fink
William Fuller
Henry Horace Fink
Claude William Foerst
James E. Ford
Arle J. Grant
Walter Kay Griffith
Alejandro Gursa
Albert Lee Goety
John Glass
Harry Gavelick
M. P. Gastineau
Ulysses Gianakos
William Francis Hart
Henry Helzer
William Franklin Head
George Arthur Harry
Elis Hooper
Cyril Tavlik
Albert Hare
Albert Vernon Hunt
Fred Homan
William Charles Herman
Leslie Adair Hall
Jacob Walter Hastings
Fred Holloway
Jacob Henry Herman
Melvin L. Hudson
Daniel L. Hammond
Claud
Benjamin F. Vanderlas
A. van Landingham
Lawrence W. van Eman
Fred John Vogel
John Bieger Anderson
Horace H. Anderson
Frank Abegg
Elza J. Barger
Dick O. Barnes
Archie Brown
John R. Beach
Ernest
Brower
D. M H. Bremer
James A. Byers
Frank H. Bronkhurst
Lee Busye
Denver C. Burrow
William J. Brandon
John Leroy Brannagan
Walter H. Buechsenstein
Floyd Segal Barnes
Homer Preston Bromley
George J. Buiochgenstein
Dan Lbren
Solomon Henry Lazarus
Lawrence H. Lackey
Lloyd Langford
A. J. Lesage
Arthur E. Lyons
Clinton J. Lawson
Adam Jay Lortz
James KE. Lawler
Linton Ord Londenber
Charley Martin
Red Cross Fund
American Press Association
Uncle Sam
Army
Governors Island
Company G
Speedy
State Journal of
Scotishlult
Poland
Serbia
Ramadkin
the Herald
Requir
Ed Gonrades
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