Local Draft Boards Issue New Service Regulations
Selective service committees representing Silver Bow county and Butte met at the courthouse to adopt updated rules. Questionnaires will be mailed in batches with various return deadlines, and boards will share quarters but keep separate staffs. Legal advisers will assist registrants this week, with evening sessions planned to help those unable to attend daytime hours.
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Silver Bow
Butte
Menservants Coult
Draft Boards
M. Kremer
James B. O'Flynn
van Elen
George V. Lesage
Till
P. m
Lewis A. Smith
A. J. Verheyen
Louis E. Haven
W. D. Kyle
University lecturer to discuss Turkey in wartime lecture
Dr J H Underwood will present a Turkey focused talk at Butte High School tonight as part of The Nations at War series by University of Montana. He toured the Levant and western Turkey, studying people life religions and governmental issues, with notes on Turkey Germany and Western Allied relations.
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Turkey
J. H. Underwood
Butte High School
University of Mon
Underwood
Cfiterranean
Levant
Nile
Jerusalem
Palestine
Damascus
Hauran
Baalbek
Lebanon
Beirut
Asia Minor
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Adrianople
Bulgaria
Serbia
Belgrade
Budapest
Austria
Germany
Lawal Bond Purchases Proposed Unlawful Plan
Washington December 17 A resolution was introduced by Representative Wood Indiana to make it unlawful to buy or offer to buy any federal bonds issued since April 6 1917 for less than par and it concerned interest.
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Washington
Wood
Indiana
First Appearance for Red Cross Service Flags in Butte
Red Cross service flags debut as part of a large membership drive in Butte. Flags feature a blue bar enclosing a white field with a red cross at center and are to be displayed in homes with Red Cross members. Small flags are sold at chapter headquarters, and households with multiple members can add small crosses. On Christmas Eve every home should light a candle or use an electric light behind the flag.
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Red Cross
Butte
Horoscopes Warn of Disasters and War Outlook
The 1917 December 18 forecast warns of subways disasters and U boat danger while predicting misjudgment and illness. It advises stern focus on business and politics for influence, notes potential peace talk timing, and marks Sagittarius Capricorn traits with long term warnings for children born that day.
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Saturn
Uranus
New York
Washington
McClure
Mexican Soldiers Fire On American Patrol Near Fabens
Federal troops clashed with Mexican soldiers after an American cavalry patrol crossed the Rio Grande into the island region near Fabens Texas. One Mexican soldier was seen to fall from his horse as Americans returned fire. No American casualties were reported. An investigation was ordered by division headquarters. Fabens lies 32 miles southeast of El Paso on a disputed river bend boundary.
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Fabens
Texas
el Paso
FI Paso
Death of George A. Anderson in Tacoma
Tacoma recluse attorney George A. Anderson fell from sixth floor window at Bankers Trust building while looking for a number in a telephone book. He was about 30, a Michigan graduate, leaves a widow, and was a partner of L. H. Thomas of Northwestern Mercantile. Other items note war discharge talk, Wilson Bryan notes, raid aftermath in Seattle, and a Texas permit application by Pierce Oil to secretary of state.
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Tacoma
Wasa
George A. “Anderson
Bankers ‘Trust
Anderson
Thomas
University of Michigan
Washington
Wilsen
Bryan
Lusitania
Pierce Oi Corporation
Secretary of State
Texas
Missouri
Waters Pierce OM Seampany
Waters Pierce of Company
Danish nettle fiber used in yarns cloth and twine
Danish manufacturers are using nettle fiber extensively in the making of yarns cloth and binder twine. The nettle grows wild in Denmark and after the fiber is removed the leaves and tops are used as cattle fodder.
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Denmark
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