Something About the Wives of the Men Sent to Camp
Local column lists wives who sent husbands to military camps in the past month. Entries name Mrs. George B. Jackson at Logan Utah and son, Mrs. Hawley Bird seeking a business course at Compton High, plus couples from Mojave Cima Barrette Long Beach Camp Lewis Camp Freemont Utah College of Utah Pine Knot and other communities. The article notes wives stay behind while husbands enlist or train and some plan to reside with relatives or manage homes and businesses during absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
George B. Jackson
Logan
Utah
Jacksons
Muroc
Jackson
East
Wallace King
College of Utah
King
California industry and agriculture face price effects and growth
The Fresno Malaga grape shipment to Buffalo sold for 4111 dollars. San Francisco based Merle Mig plans a Redwood City potash and magnesia plant. Government purchases of California dried and canned produce total about 23 million dollars in three weeks. Corcoran cotton thrives while San Francisco Bay ferries and railroads face dry conditions. California mining, oil investment, and sugar beet expansion loom large as prices drive development and ore, metal, and produce markets show varied activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Mig, Company of
San Francisco
Redwood City
French Forces Take Fresnoy-Les-Roye and St. March
French forces on the Avre report the capture of Fresnoy-Les-Roye and St. March. More than 600 prisoners were taken today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Avre
Fresnoy-Les-Roye
St. March
Calls on the Local Board Men to be Sent to Camps
The document lists registrants called by the Local Board with dates and assign ments to camps including University of California Oakland high school Camp Bowie Fort Worth Camp Kearney and a general call for 21 men to Camp Kearney. It urges notification to registrants and outlines reporting deadlines reporting procedures and enrollment options at Barstow and Selective Board No 3.
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University of California
John James Kennedy
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Tex
John Ed. Frick
Henry Vondracek
John Francis Tittley
Charles RK. Howell
Camp Kearney
Henry A. Lauterhahn
Lester L. Munn
Eugene B. Thompson
Charles A. Ott
Charles D. Wylie
Arthur BL. Lamantine
Paul Cireve, Jr
Winfield Scott
Laurence A. Bark
Paul Atkins Duniee
Emil E. Branch
Franz Joseph Krebs
Robert Jenkins
Walter
Alf
Barstow
Selective Board No. 3
Crowder
de Te
River View Rancho War Era Appeal for Red Cross
A wartime plea urges readers to conserve resources and donate money and materials to the Red Cross. The notice promotes using honey and syrup instead of sugar, saving bottles, sacks, iron, and rubber, and reporting noncompliance to federal officers to aid victory. It frames personal sacrifice as essential to defeating the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Barstow World War Deployments and Local News Highlights
Barstow sends Joe McCue and Earl B Gonsauls with 15 other locals to Camp Lewis for training before shipping overseas. Evacuation notes cover selective draft order numbers, color hat codes, and reprint of national news from Paris about a Madrid man sentenced to death for informing enemy of American troop movements. Local life includes theater notes and a July picnic in Long Beach drawing Hawkeye State veterans.
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Joe McCue
Earl B. Gonsauls
Barstow
Camp Lewis
Sloan Hall
Barstow Primary Vote Quiet With Low Turnout
Barstow voters produced a subdued primary election result with overall low turnout. Candidate tallies span Governor, Congress, Superior Judge, Sheriff, District Attorney, County Clerk, Auditor, Treasurer, Highway Commissioner, and Justice of the Peace races, with Ed Harris nearly sweeping the constable vote.
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Td. Highway Com
Cook
Lothrop
Justice of the Peace
Winners on County Ticket in Tuesday's Primary
The primary results show Goodcell elected as Superior Judge. McMinn and Shay advance as Sheriff candidates to the November ballot. Duckworth chosen for District Attorney, Allison for County Clerk, Berger for Auditor, Williams for Treasurer, Lothrop for Highway Superintendent, and Stanley for Superintendent of Schools.
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Goodcell
McMinn
Shay
Duckworth
Allison
Berger
Williams
Lothrop
Stanley
Governor Stephens Leads in California Primary Returns
Aug 28 California returns show Governor Stephens with a lead near 8 000 and two thirds of precincts counted. Mayor Rolph leads Heney by about 14 000 as a Republican and potential Democrat candidate faces ballot law hurdles. Democrats may run an independent candidate to field a rival in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Stephens
Rolph
California
Francis J. Heney
Americans, Mexicans suffer losses in Nogales border clash
At Nogales Arizona last night two civilians and three soldiers were killed and 28 soldiers wounded along with two civilians. Mexican officials report 14 Mexican dead and 15 wounded. Additional Mexican troops move toward Nogales as American cavalry and machine guns are ordered to prevent a repeat incident.
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Nogales Ariz
Nogales
Ariz
Washington
War Department
German Prisoners Reach 112000 Since July First
A wartime bulletin reports that from July 1 to the present, 112000 German soldiers have been captured. The figure reflects ongoing Allied advances and prisoner numbers as the campaign continues.
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Mojave
Ora Connell
Long Beach
Camp Freemont
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Arents
The
Vernon Cannon
Ray Packer
Los Angeles
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Clifford Lynn
Pine Knot
Jed Burton Johnson
Industrial News
Malaga
Fresno
Buffalo
Corcoran
Santa Fe
Oakland Mole
Homestake
Yreka
McAdoo
San Francisco Bay
Congress
New York
Oakland High School
Jacob F. Edwards
River View Rancho
A, W, Cole
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Quartermaster’s Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers’ Corps
Medical Corps
Adjutant General's Clerk
Home Guards
W. E. Thompson
Standard Oil
Venice
San Bernadino
Iown Association
Bixby Park
Hawkeye State
France
R. L. Teague
San Diego
Fr. L. Pitcher
Bear Valley
Riverside
G. Nicklin
Fanning
Needles
Mr. Fanning
D. C. Olds
Fred Lewis
Downey
Gene White
J.J. Merrymans
J. A. McDonalds
Seal Beach
Mr. Merryman
C. A. Berg
Claud Watley
Mre
J.P. King
Sacramento
Flora Allen
Interstate Telegraph Company
Henderson
Ed Harris
Marsh
Free Methodist Church
Bethel
Los Angeles County
Hinderburg
Rhine
Ford Motor Company
Manuel Menanda
Madrid
Boardwell
Fickert
Hayes
Heney
Ralph
Woolwine
Irvine
Kittner
Dewhirst
Goatbelt
Marshall
Nish
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Hodge
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Knox
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