Equal Chance for Drafted Men Under New Selective Service
New regulations announced by Provost Marshal General Crowder promise equal chances for drafted men to obtain congenial civilian work. The system will use clerical staff, central and local card files, and a national card catalog to match skills with military needs, aided by teachers as occupational assistants.
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E. H. Crowder
Selective Service
Crowder Freelly
Focal Rate Boards
Fuling
Focal Board
Campoo
Tiabh
Crowder
Itme
United States
Card
More Effective Shell Against the Submarines
Washington reports a new non ricochet anti submarine shell and depth charge device perfected by the navy. The fuse allows detonation on contact with underwater surface or at preset depths, enabling near direct hits at submerged targets. Naval authorities caution against publishing technical details while noting allied adoption of the system.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kansas City Chauffeur Pleads Guilty to Tire Theft
Kansas City Missouri January day, Ray Pranschmidt, a chauffeur, pleaded guilty in criminal court to stealing motor car tires from a garage and was sentenced to two penitentiaries. He was identified by police as the man tried for the murder of his father, mother, sister and a school teacher near Quincy Hill in 1912. He received a death sentence but was acquitted on a new Illinois Supreme Court trial.
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Kansas City
Jan Ray Pranschmidt
Quincy Hil
Supreme Court of Illinois
One American Soldier Killed in Action in World War I
General Pershing reported Corporal Waller Roberts infantry killed in action January 20. Several other named soldiers died of pneumonia. Mother Mrs. Kate Roberts of Hartline Washington listed among the families. Also a fur auction report from St Louis with Siberian sable prices and other fur sales. Morale in the German army described as ebbing. British tank crews testifying before a senate committee. Quebec to have absolute parity in May 1818 noted in legislative notes.
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Washington
Pershing
Corp
Waller
Roberts Infantry
Ars
Kate Roberts
Hartline
Washeral
David
Woolridge
Siser
Dovey Carrick
Corning
Richard Haigh
Senate Military Committee
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