Baker rules baseball nonessential under draft stance
Washington July 19 The War Office declares professional baseball players of draft age must work or fight as the draft law broadens to include entertainers like theater actors. Secretary Baker says baseball is not essential and the scope should widen to occupations serving national needs. Assistant notes no concrete steps yet.
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War Office
Baker
Cincinnati
John K. Tenner
National League
Alnaworth
Wakington
Scarnet
Ap Aker
Gold mining deemed essential by treasury for materials access
Washington report notes gold mining listed as an exempt industry at the Treasury Department request. Officials say every effort will be made to assist gold mines in obtaining materials, with other metals materials already on the priorities list.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Prt Mis* Committee
Nightly blackout rules to curb fuel use to resume
The fuel administration will restart lightless nights next week in major cities including New York Philadelphia and Washington where Monday to Thursday bans on all but necessary street fighting will apply. In other regions the lightless nights will continue on Mondays and Tuesdays with similar enforcement.
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Aseoclated Press
Washington, Ta
New England
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Ware
District of Columbia
U. S
Fuel Administration
Red Cross to Ship Food and Medical Supplies to Russia
The American Red Cross will send a large cargo of food and medical supplies to Russia as soon as possible. A special ship will carry the goods, accompanied and distributed by Red Cross workers now in Russia and supported by U S government approval. Civilians, prisoners, the sick, and tuberculosis patients are among those to benefit from the donation.
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American Red Cross
Ty Associated Press
New York
Rusa
Red Croke
Red Cross
Huasia
Amerie
Rusabe
Beans Peanuts and Sugar Beets Break Harvest Records
Reports from New York indicate this year will see record harvests of beans peanuts and sugar beets. The Associated Press notes bumper yields and extensive farming efforts across major growing regions.
Weather and agricultural outlook in Wyoming and crops
The report notes unsettled weekend with possible scattered thunderstorms in Wyoming. Agriculture forecasts show higher yields than last year with peas at 19,500,040 bushels, beans at 19,799,000, sugar beets up 276,000 for a total of 6,247,000 tons. state help wanted ads also mentioned.
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Department of Eericulture
Representatives of Bar Securities Hold Protest Meet
A meeting of the financial committee of seventy of the national association of owners of rail securities convened in New York on July 19 at 2 30 pm. Members from 21 cities and 20 states attended though 11 Rocky Mountain delegates could not reach the city. The roster lists numerous presidents and chairmen of major banks and insurers from cities including Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland New York Philadelphia Washington and Richmond among others.
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New York
National Association of Owners of Railroads
Rocky Mountains
Davies Warfield
Continental Trust Company
Auitimore
Pordon Abbott
Old Colony Trust Co
Reginald Poster
Alfred O. Foster
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
W. A. Day
Equitable Life Insurance Society of United States
Frederick Hecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
George Edward Ide
Hone Life Insurance
Darwin I. Kingaley
New York Life Insurance
John Julley
Emmigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Henry A. Sthonck
Bowery Savings Bank
New York State Savings Bank Association
Alvin W. Krech
Equitable Trust Company
Gates W. McGarrah
Mechanicacd Metals National Bank
New York Clearing House Association
C. V. Rich
National City Bank
Eugene V. Tharer
C Base National Bank
Mortimer N. Buckner
New York Trust Company
Seward Prosser
Bankers Trust Co
Charles H. Sabin
Preasent Guaranty Trust Co
L. Tyner
Home Insurance Co
William B. Joyce
National Surety Co
Forrest F. Kryden
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Freiderick
Cleveland
Ohio
John Abbott
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Milla B. Lane
Citizens and Southern Bank
Savannah
B.H. Pringie, Jr
Bank of Charleston
S.C
H. O.quarles
Milwaukee
Wis
John ©. Lonsdale
National Bank of Commerce
John T. Milliken
W. A. Lee
Merchants Laclede Nations Bank
St. Louis
Evans Wollen
Pletcher Say and Trust
Savings Bank
Dent Connection
Roosevelt dodges New York political question at Oyster Bay arrival
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Oyster Bay and refused to discuss the New York Republican split. He said his mind is not on politics now and would not immediately respond to a telegram from Merton Lewie offering to withdraw if Roosevelt ran as a compromise candidate.
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Lewis
Oyster Bay
Caplomel Theodore Roosevelt
New York State
Merton Lewie
Scots Break German Lines at Meteren in Furious Assault
The Scots attacked German positions near Meteren around 8 p.m. and overwhelmed their defenses. Germans hid in cellars, surrendering as Scots rushed in quickly. Australians captured 70 more troops, adding to 60 already taken in the Me teren ruins. London reports note a new British aircraft tested on the front with high success and not yet shot down.
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Associated Press
Meteren
London
General Marsh Sees German Counter Move Later This Year
War department officials expect the real counter move against Germany to come late this year. General Marsh told the House Military Committee that eight American divisions now in the present drive will not affect plans for a larger manpower surge in the great drive yet to come. The French American smash is viewed as a junior operation, with General Foods's yesterday drive already startling.
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General March
Washington, D. C
War Department
Marsh
House Military Comm
Revolutionary Socialists Face Death Sentences Over Murder Case
Amsterdam notes 13 revolutionary socialists implicated in the murder of Count von Mirbach are reported by the Col omne Gazette to have been given death sentences. The railroad securities association's financial committee warns that executing contracts under government draft would threaten investment integrity and national credit. The committee requests hearings with the United States railroad administration and directs copies of resolutions be sent to directors and executives.
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Amsterdam
Cologne Gasette
Count von Mirbach
Financial Committee
National Association of Owners of Railroads
Musee Fit
United States Railroad Administration
Mt Re
Ramos Te
Notorious Delphine Leads Atlas Vaudeville Bill
A mixed bill at the Atlas features The Notorious Delphine as headliner with a strong musical satire Fiirtation on college life. Acts include the Aerial Platts, Zeno and Mandel, and Quigley and Fitzgerald, with Dorothy Van and Frank Ellis noted for advanced dancing. Matinees today and tomorrow at 3, 7:20, and 9:15.
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Zeno
Mandel
Quigley and Fitzgerald
Dorothy van
Frank Ellis
Atlas
Bhorman Mains Ad Brings State Leader With Kraul
A STATE LEADER appears in a want ad connected to Kraul and the Bhorman Mains company. The notice outlines recruitment or partnership context in a regional listing. No further details on dates or locations are provided in the readable text.
City News in Brief Notions and Local Updates
Owing to high living costs Cheyenne barber shops raise prices for shave and haircut. Sherman Paint Co advertises fall goods. Fashion shop owner travels to New York for new merchandise. Wyoming Humane Society seeks homes for three boys ages 9, 11, and 12. Capiltol Ave beauty parlors advertise services. Iowa rains reported by J L Morrison. Cheyenne track work resumes on Nineteenth Street. Draft serial number changes announced. Snowy Range fishing awaits snowmelt. streams near bank full with muddy water. Patriotic city decorations go up around businesses and lamp posts. Cheyenne mail country districts report varied crop impact. Municipal band practices continue. Frontier Days events planned. Saratoga irrigation work noted. munition? band to play at Frontier Days. Local court fines and a Ford theft alert referenced.
Twice, Han Go Far Recovered After Shooting Incident
A man wounded while attempting to arrest a gunman was aided by crutches and left the scene with injuries. In other news, Lincoln Highway and Lions Trail repair progress continues between the city and Laramie with county crews expected to begin the Albany County end soon. Wyoming’s district draft board plans a July 25 meeting to review over 200 deferments, including locals from Laramie County, while 1978 registrant classifications are finalized and draft notices soon mailed.
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Han
Go Far
Iag
Laramie
Albany County
Laramie County
Wyoming
Larafile
Great Britain grateful for U S wheatless and meatless days
John Robert Clynes acting food controller says Britain will not endure periods of severe food shortage again and credits the United States for supplying meatless and wheatless days to ease the crisis. He notes queues last autumn and in February and March are a thing of the past.
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Ondon
John Robert Clynes
Clynes
Viscount Rhondda
America
Mr. Clynes
Man Arrested at Fossil Is Insane
In Kemmerer on July 19, Undersheriff Collett arrested Henry Ward at the Fossil King ranch by complaint of Charles King. Ward, from Idaho, tried to flee aboard a moving freight train before an asylum attendant intervened and took him to Blackfoot for return to the asylum.
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Charles King
Fossil
Collett
Henry Ward
Ward
King Ranch
Sherifs Department
Idaho
Blackfoot
Dimas
Tye
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