Army drafts push start as registration closes
Washington June 5 With registration complete the army building program will speed up to draft about 625000 men by September with names drawn from jury wheels and exemption boards in the coming weeks Exemption rules will be set by the President and boards organized by county and city to decide who serves and who claims exemptions. The process will require about 112 million names to reach the first quota and will begin with medical examinations for those drawn. Local volunteers are credited toward quotas to balance service nationwide. The piece closes with a obituary note for Captain Cumming and a memorial passage.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Navy
Old Soldier at Rest Capt T R Cumming Dies in Hume
Thomas Robinson Cumming, a highly respected citizen and Civil War veteran, died at his home in Hume Missouri on May 26 1917 aged 76 years 3 months and days. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the M E church conducted by Rev C H Ochle tree and Rev Roy Johnson, with interment in Hume cemetery.
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T. R. Cumming
Hume
M. E
C. H. Ochletree
Roy Johnson
Thomas Robinson Cumming
Popular Couple Married Near Spruce in 1917
Miss Stella D Ritchey and Mr Roy C Baker wed at the bride s parents home three miles east of Spruce on May 30 1917 at 3 PM Rev C A Burkholder officiated A two course dinner followed They are daughter and son of local families and plan a wedding trip through Missouri and Kansas They now reside at the Waldner farm rented by Baker
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Stella D. Ritchey
Roy C. Baker
Spruce
C. A. Burkholder
Spruce Presbyterian Church
J. H. Ritchey
Bates County
Appleton City
Mr. Baker
J. H. Baker
Deepwater Township
Missouri
Kansas
Waldner Farm
Ten Million Enroll for War Service in Nationwide Registration
Ten million young Americans registered for wartime service across all states as the country mobilizes. Crowder reports governors praised orderly conduct with full turnout and smooth card classification underway. Justice officials anticipated little trouble and moved to arrest any offenders, with federal action coordinated nationwide.
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Washington
Jude
Crowder
Great
Census Bureau
General Crowder
State Department
The
Tion
Department of Justice
German Planes Prove Flimsy In Air Forces
Reports from the front describe German aircraft breaking apart in the air after being attacked. British pilots note planes losing wings and tails midflight, with little wreckage found on impact. One duel involved a head-on close call when a British plane damaged a German wing causing a plunge.
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France
London
War Bride Decree Sparks Springfield License Rush
Missouri notes report 26 marriage licenses issued in Springfield the day the war bride decree began, breaking city records. Romaine Roach of Springfield and Diller C. Wood of Columbia announced their betrothal. Also noted are deaths and crime stories including Jim Butler a leading St. Louis Democrat, Elizabeth Hargus in Kansas City, and the kidnapping of J. H. Keet's 14 month old baby with a $6,000 ransom demand that left no trace of the child so far.
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Springfield
Recorder
Romaine Roach
Diller C. Wood
Columbia
Miss Roach
Mrs. Roach
Elizabeth Hargus
Samuel O. Hargus
United States
Kansas City
Hargus
Osage County
St. Clair County
Germany
J. H. Keet
Keet
Alsace and Reparation Debated in French Assembly Vote
In Paris on June 5 the Chamber of Deputies approved a peace terms resolution by 453 to 55, demanding the return of Alsace Lorraine to France, liberated invaded territories, and full compensation. The government backed a push for a league of nations while Premier Ribot urged clear, principled peace based on justice.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
League of Nations
National Assembly
Europe
Ribot
United States
France United
Republican League of
Alsace- Lorraine
Bates County Medical Association Resolves Frontline Care Plan
The Bates County Medical Association approved a resolution on May 31 guaranteeing that doctors leaving for Red Cross or volunteer medical units will not lose income. Fifteen percent of their practice fees during absence will be paid to families or representatives, using 35 percent as the support share while serving at the front.
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Bates County Medical Association
Red Cross
Germany Got American Cotton Through Italian Traders
Boston June 4 Germany has been supplied with American cotton via Italian traders a report by the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers investigating committee made public last night the document urges federal control over the trade and implications for wartime supply chains unclear in fragmentary text
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Boston
Germany
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Rosedale
Altona
M. E. Church
Vasle
Missouri Notes
James Joseph Butler
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Ed Butler
West Pine Boulevard
St. Louis
Jim” Butler
Ale Company
Alsace
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