Registrants Ordered to Report at Barstow
A historical notice lists registrants directed to report to the Local Board at Barstow on July 15 1918 at 6 45 am and July 22 1918 at 11 am for training at Camp Lewis. Names include Cameron Finnegan Backes Johnson Hoke Nichols Cohn Drake Barrett Marsh Jones Andrews Clarkson Merta Hogeboon Kirkland Zimmerman Hill Skinner Conaway Piere Saucerman Lock and others with home towns across California Oregon Arizona Ohio Pennsylvania and Toronto Canada. The notice asks for updates of any address changes to ensure proper notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Leslie P. Cameron
Lanfair
Cal
Michael J. Finnegan
Richmond
Arthur Ray Backes
Willowbrook
Karl Eric Johnson
Los Angeles
Bueford Hoke
Kansas City
George Harry Nichols
Martin Cohn
Camp Lewis
Arthur H. Drake
Needles
Walter H. Barrett
Maricopa
Harry A. Marsh
York City
Will A. Jones
Wilcox
Ariz
Harry A. Andrews
Cleveland
Ohio
Howard H. Clarkson
Stanley F. Merta
Detroit
Mich
Ralph J. Hogeboon
Vallejo
James Lee Kirkland
Sherman
Ernest R. Zimmerman
Imperial
Elmer Hill
Maruba
James A. Skinner
Toronto
Canada
Fred N. Conaway
Long Beach
Gueseppe Piere
San Francisco
Irya Saucerman
Sutherlen
Oregon
Marion Damon Lock
Third Street
Portland
Men Wanted Adjutant General Barree's Instructions to Boards
The Engineer Corps seeks skilled white men for general service with limited July call interfered by existing needs. Eligible 1918 class volunteers may list with local boards after waiving classifications. involuntary inductions possible if insufficient volunteers occur. Do not release volunteers to navy or marine corps or before August first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barree
Engineer Corps
Navy
Marine Corps
Addresses Sought for Ex-GIs in Barstow List
Local Board No. 3 Barstow seeks current addresses for Lyndon Plaisted of Needles California a grocery clerk discharged at Camp Lewis March 29 1918 and for Edward Harry Price registered at Needles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Lyndon Plaisted
Needles
Cal
Camp Lewis
Edward Harry Price
Right of Inheritance Extended to Adopted Children
Brooklyn Ap pellate Division rules adopted children share the same inheritance rights as the testator's own children. The court stated artificial relatives should have the same rights as actual ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Division of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Railroad Employes in Barstow Receive Back Pay Checks
Barstow workers receive back pay for January as wage increases began, with more months to follow. The article advocates government ownership as fair to employees and beneficial to the public and stockholders, noting elimination of harmful competition and faster wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Judge Carter Unites Two Hearts in Barstow Wedding
Wm. W. Donegan of Lucern Valley plans to enter the U S army soon, leaving for Vancouver Barracks to join the aviation section. He and Arthur R. Scott have farmed together. Miss Dorothy Scott, Scott’s daughter, becomes his bride as Judge Carter issues the license, the couple supporting war efforts from front and rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. W. Donegan
Lucern Valley
Barstow
Uncle Sam
Vancouver Barracks
Donegan
Arthur R. Scott
Lucern
Denegan
Dorothy Scott
Carter
Photographs Sought of Navy Servicemen Killed in Action
The Navy Department requests next of kin to send photographs of men who died in service. Photos will be preserved to memorialize the fallen and kept at training stations nationwide. Send to Recruiting Division Bureau of Navigation Navy Department Washington DC. originals returned with a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Daniels
Washington, D.C
Biddy Says Kaiser Must Go Prophetic Hen Forecasts War End
A Georgia hen laid three eggs bearing a Stars and Stripes, a V and figure 1, an air ship, and a battleship, which locals including Sheriff W C Darby interpret as a prophecy that the United States will win the war in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Elijah Johnson
Gwinnett County
Georgia
United States
W. C. Darby
Barstow News Tracks Storm Damage and Local Happenings
Electrical storms have burned out transformers at Hicks and Oro Grande and the Barstow oil switch, frightening residents on cemetery hill. Community notes include registrations for the August 27 primary, veteran officer changes, a barstow baby shower for Dr. B C Anderson, War Saving Stamps progress, Red Cross drives, and the Fourth of July dance netting 82.50 for canteen work. Local residents Mr Layman Mrs Gouldin Mrs Haan and others feature in social visits and civic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierras
Jimmy
Hale and
Flora Allen
Misa Allen
Barstow Visitors From Lumbering and Legal Circles
Wr. Gillett returned from a business trip south. Mr. Hess of Interstate Telegraph Co was in town on inspection. Max Rapaport a candidate for Los Angeles justice of the peace visited Barstow in support of a client. Rapaport is a Los Angeles attorney who has visited Barstow recently. He waited three hours for a late train. The Pomona school board said wives of soldiers will receive teaching vacancies preference, a patriotic move urged for other boards especially the county seat board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Interstate Telegraph Co
Max Rapaport
Justice of the Peace
Los Angeles
Barstow
Rapaport
Pomrena
Allied Offensive Gains in Albania. Austro-Hungarian Losses Surged
Across Rome and Paris reports show the South ern Albania push by Allied forces yielding strong results. Italian and French units capture Flora near Valona as prisoner counts climb to about 1300 from Austro-Hungarian forces. The war scene also notes Berlin severing talks with Russia after the Moscow ambassador’s assassination and a Russian claim that Moscow’s counter revolution is suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
von Mirbach
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Albania
Flora
Valona
Paris
Britannia Tank Inspires Liberty Loan Drive Stop in Barstow
The British tank Britannia, battered by battle, visited Barstow on a Santa Fe move to San Francisco. Guards kept watch as spectators studied its bullet scarred armor. The display aimed to boost Liberty Loan enthusiasm, following its use in Europe and noting German adoption of similar tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Barstow
Santa Fe
San Francisco
United States
Local Red Cross Workers Who Don’t Mind the Heat
Named Red Cross volunteers have sewed at headquarters for three weeks and fear they cannot meet the chapter quota without more workers. The group praises the ladies for patriotic effort during the hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
San Francisco
Barstow
Mojave River
B. F. Gouldin
E. L. White
Bragg
Benedict
D.C. Henderson
L. J. Henderson
J.C. Wheeler
A. F. Smith
James Connor
B. Kerr
J. C. Owen
Cooper
J. Sloan
Mary Sloan
Rainfall Glimpse in Barstow Amid Summer Showers
Barstow experiences sporadic summer rains with brief storms brought by thunder and high winds. A government rain gauge kept by Kk. L. White records rainfall from June 16 to July 5, showing varying amounts and quick post-storm clearance of floodwater on main avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Kk. L. White
Supe
ae + Cie
Allied advances open front near Montdidier and Oise
Paris reports French troops push 1800 meters over a four kilometer front between Montdidier and the Oise river with 450 German soldiers captured. In Asia, fifteen thousand Czecho-Slovak troops seize Vladivostok ending Bolshevik control and threatening Trans Siberian Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Tokio
Vladivostok
Siberia
Irkutsk
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Judge Carter
U. S
Biddy
Kaiser
George Santhu
B. F. Gauldin
Gouldin
Ierbert
Venice
Mrs. Bruster
Buckeye
Arizona
San Diego
W. H. Howe
T. O. Carter
K. L. White
Rubin J. Henderson
C. L. Ramsey
H. F. Petre
Hinkley District
Ed. Harris
San Bernardino
Mr. Harris
van Ness
Daggett
Earl Edwards
Kansas
Mr. Edwards
The
B.C. Anderson
Women's Committee of National and State Defense
E. L. Pitcher
Santa Fee
Anderson
Henry Blumenberg
C. W. Russell
Golden State Cement Co
Oro Grande
Wr. Gillett
Britannia
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