Draft order clarifies work or fight rules for draft age
Associated Press reports Provost Marshal General Crowder issued instructions to draft boards detailing the work or fight order effective July 1. All men of draft age must work in productive employment or join the army. Certain nonproductive roles are defined and exemptions noted for specified mercantile and service positions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
United States Employment Service
Verdict of Guilty in Snitkin Draft Conspiracy Cases
Associated Press reports Leonard A. Snitkin Judge in New York was found guilty along with Maurice L. Snitkin and A Joseph Schur of conspiring to obstruct draft operations. Sentences to be imposed later by Judge Anderson in Indianapolis. Snitkin denied involvement. telegrams cited as possibly forged.
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Associated Pres
Indianapolis
Leonard A. Snitkin
Municipal Coort
New York
Maurice L. Snitkin
A. Joseph Schur
Anderson
United States District Court
Snitkin
Schur
Max Swartz
Exalted Ruler Harris Names Elk Membership Committee
Cincinnati Lodge of Elks No 5 Exalted Ruler Arthur Mare Harris announced the Membership Committee with August Herrmann as chairman and Bernard Levy William Lueders Frank Gusweiler and A Bart Horton as members. Fifteen candidates were initiated with jewels donned. James Richardson reported the lodge roll of honor now totals sixty six names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mare Harris
Cincinnati Lodge of Elks No. 5
The
Elks’ Temple
August Herrmann
Bernard Levy
William Lueders
Frank R.gusweiler
A. Bart Horton
Henry Hess
Martin Hess
William Hess
Eugene Sheridan
Robert B. Wise
Edward Graef
George B. Lamb
George E. Wintz
Hugh N. Strauss
Gus L. Isaac
Frank L. Lippard
Oscar H. Manss
Williams Named Director for Pacific Coast War Effort
James B. Williams, ex head of the Los Angeles Department of Charities, was appointed by the Commission on Training Camp Activities as director for the Pacific Coast work. He will maintain headquarters in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Washington
James B. Williams
Department of Charities
Los Angeles
Commission On Training Camp
Commssion
Pacific Coast
Williams
San Francisco
Suffering Defects Made Fit for Service in Group A
Hundreds of men in Group B of Class 1 with minor remedial defects will be moved to Group A for general military service after Gustav Werner's request. Group B men cannot be sent to training camps until cured and will be shown to their draft boards. The move aims to quickly remedy minor ailments to benefit military readiness.
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Gustav Werner
General Hospital
Walter EB
List
Werner
Hamilton County
United States
Delinquent Gets Job But Not One Sought
Charles Benson, a recent arrival from Smithville North Carolina, failed to register at Draft Board No 3 claiming a date with a wealthy lady and was detained for examination. District Attorney Stuart Bolin remanded him to Ft Thomas where he is expected to work as a cook for soldiers.
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Charles Benson
Smithville
N. C
Joseph A. Clark
Benson
Stuart Bolin
Ft. Thomas
Clark
Kentucky
Avondale
Boards Name Selects for Special Training
Several draft boards named volunteers to attend a two month training course at the University of Cincinnati starting July 1. Each Hamilton County board may select three men meeting school and mechanical aptitude requirements, with induction if they do not respond. Names listed include Bender Graf Wingo Emmett Lally Burbacher Eckenbreck Bredemeier Brogan Hyman Wilmot Pegler Koenig Saeger and one more needed.
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University of Cincinnati
War Department
Hamilton County
John H. Bender
Main Street
Joseph W. Graf
Elgin Place
J. G. Wingo
Greenlawn Avenue
Thamas Emmett
University Street
Fred Lally
Whittier Street
George Burbacher
West Daniel Street
George Eckenbreck
Elm Street
George F. Bredemeier
Wade Street
Fred Liscomb
William Brogan
Rosemont
Joseph Hyman
West Eighth Street
Ray Wilmot
West Seventh Street
George H. Pegler
Spring Crove Avenue
George J. Koenig
Spring Grove Avenue
Milton F. Saeger
Queen City Avenue
Watchmakers Wanted as Machinist Mates
Friday the Cincinnati Navy Recruiting Station announced five expert watchmakers or instrument repair men would be enrolled as machinist mates first class. Pay is 66.50 monthly plus allowances. Training in the Naval Aviation Corps at Pensacola Florida. Forty eight men were recruited that day, twenty five more than Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Naval Aviation Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Negro Induction Balance Sought by Board Chairman
George Talbot chairman of Board No 7 asked Major W P Pealer assistant to the Ohio Adjutant General for permission to call more negro selects. He notes 789 white and 355 negro inductees to date, a 68.3 to 31.7 split, and asks for enough negroes to equalize the classes on the next call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Talbot
W. 8. Pealer
Adjutant General of
Ohio
Talbot
Policy Causes Talk Over War Department Work Or Fight
A basin business head tells Joseph Clark that clerks refuse to work under the War Departments work or fight policy arguing over essential tasks and delaying business. Clark advises continued work until Draft Board instructions on reclassification arrive.
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War Department
Joseph Clark
Nimmo Secret Service Agency apprehends delinquent at Ft. Thomas
Charles Holland of 725 West Fifth street was arrested by Nimmo Secret Service Agency agents on Friday and sent to Draft Board No. 7. He was immediately transported to Ft. Thomas, and the detective work followed.
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Charles Holland
West Fifth Street
Nimmo Secret Service Agency
Ft. Thomas
Sands Public School selectees to visit Zoo outing
The 150 selects and alternates of Board No. 6 at Sands Public School will leave June 27 and attend a Sands Business Men's Club community outing at the Zoo on Wednesday June 26. Admission tickets will be issued June 25 at mobilization. Local Board No. 7 selects 250 men for entrainment June 27 for Camp Sherman and they must report at 10 AM Sunday at Deer Creek Commons for mobilization orders and preliminary training, drilled by John Mitchell, Chief Clerk.
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Sands Public School
Sands Business Men's Club
Zoo
Local Board No. 7
Camp Sherman
Deer Creek Commons
John Mitchell
Draft Board
Local Board 9 selects Captain for 76 men in June departure
Douglas McClure of 580 Grand avenue, a former Home Guards sergeant, was chosen by Local Board No 9 to command 76 men in the board's increment departing June 27. All selectees must report to the Draft Board Wednesday at 9 am for induction orders and then proceed to Dempsey Park for training by Captain McClure. Dr Samuel Schwartsel of Board No 10 will hold weekly reclassification and delinquent examinations. 15 men were examined Friday and examinations will continue each Thursday.
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Douglas McClure
Grand Avenue
Home Guards
Samuel Schwartsel
Board No. 10
Columbus
Schwartsel
Hamilton County Draft Boards Call Carpenters and Mechanics
Draft boards asked 360 carpenters for training at the Ohio Mechanics Institute and 103 automobile mechanics to be sent to Toledo University on July 15. Both calls are voluntary.
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Hamilton County
Ohio Mechanics Institute
Toledo University
Five Men Arrested in Bribery Case Over Government Boats
Five men, including Lawrence Goldman a buyer for the army transport service, were indicted and arrested in New York on charges of offering and receiving bribes in a scheme to sell boats and rafts to the government. Yacht brokers William Ruppert and William Colson and others are named. authorities say more than 500000 dollars were involved. All remained held on bond.
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Associated Press
New York
Army Transport Service
Federal Grand Jury
Military Intelligence Bureau
Lawrence Goldman
Transport Service
William L. Ruppert
William Colson
William J. Moxley
Coscob
N.Y
Mrs Wardlow to testify in Cowdry murder case
Dr L H Leonard and Martin Wardlow testified in Hamilton Ohio in the William Harrison Cowdry murder case linked to L L Wardlow's death. Mrs Belle Wardlow, serving life for the Wardlow death, arrived with Marysville Reformatory officials and escaped briefly before recapture. Her testimony is expected Monday.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
L. H. Leonard
Martin Wardlow
L. L. Wardlow
William Harrison Cowdry
L.L. Wardlow
Belle Wardlow
Marysville Reformatory
Wardlow
Reformatory
Mechanicsburg
Promotional Examinations for Police July 1
Promotional examinations for regular patrolmen will be held July 1 at 8 30 a.m. in the Civil Service Commission exam room. All subpatrolmen appointed before July 1 may compete and must file applications and take a physical exam on Saturday June 29 at 9 a.m.
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Civil Service Commission
The
Reward for U Boat News Extended Coastwide
Secretary Daniels announced extending a $1,000 reward offer to all naval districts for information leading to the location of an enemy submarine base on the Atlantic coast. He found no evidence of a base but said the incentive could heighten vigilance among residents near secluded bays and inlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Daniels
Coast Patrol
Lingon course at camp showcases air ground liaison test
At Camp Sherman Chillicothe June 21 a staged liaison drill by the 335th Infantry model battalion demonstrated wireless signaling from aircraft to land forces. Capt A Bion directed the mission with Lieuts Austin and Hill coordinating air attacks. A second event previews a box barrage led by Maj J R Hainey with 129 cadets. Inoculation woes hit camp laundry workers and staff changes were announced including W J Smith moving overseas and George J Harter succeeding him.
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Associated Press
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Stoney Creek Range
335Th Infantry
A. Bion
B. H. Austin
H. L. Hill
Wilbur Wright
Officers’ Training School
J. Rainsford Hainey
Edward Kuhn
Cincinnati
W. Smith
George J. Harter
Akron
Henry Jay
330Th Infantry
Camp Beauregard
St Xavier College Commencement Honors Patriotism and Service
The seventy-eighth St Xavier College commencement at Emery Auditorium featured a patriotic program led by Hon. Timothy S. Hogan. The ceremony honored missing class members in service, conferred numerous degrees including Bachelor of Arts and Literature, and awarded multiple medals and prizes to notable students and alumni.
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Emery Auditorium
St. Xavier College
Timothy S. Hogan
Ohio
Thomas F. Maher
John Frey
John Rolfes
Stanley McDevitt
Joseph A. Welply
Earl F. Westerfield
Joseph A. Ahlers
Our College
St. Xavier
Frank Egbers
Joseph Egbers
Clarence Gress
Leo F. Harmon
Fred J. Meyer
F. Gordon Gutting
Leonard J. Breiding
Joseph A. Broering
Paul J. Crone
Albert H. Gellenbeck
Gordon F. Gutting
Joseph H. Kattus
Mary de Lourdes
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Joseph O'Meara
Joseph Ahlers
Herbert Nieman
Benjamin Segal
Andrew W. Hageman
Alphonse Berning
Edwin Buescher
Alphonse G. Heringhaus
Fred J. Lemker
George A. Skahen
W. Paul Wendeln
Maximum Precaution Urged In Thrashing Wheat Crop
The Food Administration Committee of Hamilton County will notify farmers to exercise extreme care in thrashing. A meeting at D. R. Van Atta’s office drew 26 thrashermen and Farms Bureau members to plan thrashing economy. Committees will inspect machines and oversee fuel sharing, with guidance on feeding sheaves head first and stacking grain for small quantities.
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Food Administration Committee
Hamilton County
D. R. van Atta
County Farms Bureau
Charles Bowles
Harrison
J. R. McClure
Crosby
E. G. Guard
Miami
Charles Murphy
Delhi
Richard Simmons
Whitewater
Henry Pinkross
Symmes
John Huffle
Colerain
J. H. Myers
Sycamore
Samuel Edward
Anderson
H. B. Benning
Springfield
Alfred Reeves
Green
Henry Beckley
Columbia
B. F. Reese
Reese
Excellence awards recap from Chicago donors in junior and freshman law
Donors Calleghan & Co. of Chicago and Anderson & Co. funded premiums for law students. Joseph A. Ahlers received the premium for excellence in junior law, F Joseph Oberschmidt for freshman law, and Clarence Neubauer also honored in freshman law. A $50 Liberty bond from Carl Dehoney of Western and Southern Life Insurance backed advertising and salesmanship award to C E Hopkins. Jesse Joseph gold medal went to Henry J Denbrink for newspaper layouts. Two Jesse Joseph silver medals awarded to Albert J Lehmeyer and W Tracy Armstrong after a close contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calleghan & Co
Chicago
Joseph A. Ahlers
Anderson & Co
F. Joseph Oberschmidt
Clarence Neubauer
Carl Dehoney
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
C. E. Hopkins
Jesse Joseph
Henry J. Denbrink
Joseph
Albert J. Lehmeyer
W. Tracy Armstrong
Children’s Outing Contest Winners Reported
Winners in swimming and diving events at a school outing for fatherless children of France J include Tillie Bise first in girls swimming and Tillie Rise first in girls diving. Boys tub race winner Jack Robbins and Emma Maciewski tops girls tub race. The event limits today to elementary pupils.
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France
Tillie Bise
Woodward High School
Charlotte Scherrer
Hughes
Louise’ Piesche
Woodward
Tillie Rise
Barbara
Sterling
Ruth Rice
E. Schmick
Lake
Eleanor Yalen
Gretchen Poos
Eva Sterling
Alma Wittfelt
Alma Kallias
Blanche Pulliams
Garnet Guilkey
Helen Pottschmidt
Barbara Sterling
Irma Schrinner
Marguerite Burds
Charlotte Atherton
Tub Ra
Jack Robbins
Linton Hall
Henry Meyer
Tub Race
Emma Maciewski
Pastor Marcus Hamburger Honored At St Mark Church
The Evanston St Mark Church congregation hosted a Friday reception for Rev Marcus Hamburger pastor. He will celebrate his twenty fifth ordination anniversary Sunday and members presented $1 000 in War Savings Stamps as a token of esteem. The Sunday celebration will be a notable event.
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St. Mark Church
Evanston
Marcus Hamburger
Father Hamburger
Willis Declares Candidacy for Governor Only
Columbus Ohio June 21 Former Governor Frank B Willis says he is a candidate for Governor and no other office. He denies a report he sought the presidency of Ohio University to replace Dr Alston Ellis. Willis says the rumor came from political enemies seeking to sideline him in the governor race. Ellis was offered a two year reappointment by the Board of Trustees.
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Associated _Press
Columbus
Frank B. Willis
Ohio University
Athens
Alston Ellis
Children’s Home Picnic Brightens Madisonville Grounds
Led by M V Crouse the Madisonville Children’s Home on West Ninth Street took 170 residents to a basket picnic on the grounds. Special cars ferried the children, games and meals followed with many eager to remain after curfew. Mr Crouse reported most were in bed well before taps sounded.
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M.V. Crouse
West Ninth Street
Madisonville
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St. Xavier Church
Vincent C. Latscha
Otway J. Cosgrave
Joseph A. Goodenough
St. Xavier Alumni Association
Joseph B. Verkamp
Joseph F. McCarthy
Archbishop Moeller
Henry Moeller
D. D
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Edward J. Babbitt
Department of Commerce
Alphonse G. Berning
Andrew W. Hagemann
Arbert A. Nieman
Edwin B. Buescher
Frederick
J. Lemker
W. Paul Wendein
J. D. Cloud
Joseph Benning
Edward J. Moehringer
the Fair Store
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Regatta
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Navicloth
Intent
Mueller School
Walnut St
the SecuRity Savings Bank and Safe Deposit CO
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Covington
Straus
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Walnui
Keith
Wodvill
Edward Gleason
Warsaw
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