Slacker Raids Target East Side Baths Hotels and Dinners
New York authorities on May 19 conducted raids on a dozen Turkish baths hotels and chop suey restaurants in the East Side in a bid to wipe out draft slackers. They summoned 20 youths without registration cards to appear for questioning and routed more than 500 men from bath beds to check for service credentials. Subpoenas were served on draft age men in hotels and restaurants as late diners were disturbed and rooms cleared.
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New York
Memorial Services for Davis C Laurence
Memorial services for Davis Oakes Laurence a second Arlington boy to give his life in the world war were held yesterday afternoon at 48 Shore Drive Winthrop Beach in the home of his aunt Miss Fannie B Oakes. Rev Frederic Gill of the Arlington First Parish Unitarian Church conducted the service.
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Davis Oakes Laurence
Arlington
101St Regiment
Wield Artillery
Fannie B. Oakes
Shore Drive
Winthrop Beach
Frederic Gill
Arlington First Parish Unitarian
Fight in France or Here Says Rev Stair in Dudley Street
The Rev George R Stair urged a large Dudley Street Baptist Church congregation to decide between fighting Germany overseas or defending liberty on American soil. He framed the issue as Christ versus the Kaiser determining the nation’s fate.
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France
Stair
America
Germany
Christ
George R. Stair
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Expect Big Change at Ayer Camp
A general reorganization of the Depot Brigade is expected at Camp Devens. Five officers were transferred from an engineer regiment of the 76th Division yesterday, seen as the start of wide changes to officers attached to the division and Depot Brigade.
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Camp Devens
76Th
Camp changes loom in Depot Brigade and new battalions
Optimism grows as four new battalions are planned for the Depot Brigade and nine or more majors assigned. Attached officers from the division may join the brigade while barrages and division-school training begin, with Hodges in Washington awaiting word on camp future.
Hen Lays Eggs in Nest High in Tree Near Hartford
J A Daniels of Silver Lane reports a hen which lays eggs in a nest in a willow tree ten feet above ground. A hired man saw the hen cackling on a branch and found an egg in the lofty nest. Since then the bird has laid eggs regularly on her high perch.
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Hartford
Conn
J. A. Daniels
Silver Lane
Camp Building Cut in Half and Moved at Camp Meade
At Camp Meade Maryland a 300 foot long building was split into two sections and moved about 500 yards by a detachment. Some 300 men grabbed the supports and, on cue, started lifting. The structure was lowered and slowly pulled to its new site, completing the move in seven hours.
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Camp Meade
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