Harrison County Draft Board Certifies 162 for District Board
Harrison County's draft examination ends after months of effort with 162 names certified to the District Board at Vincennes. The report explains adjustments in call percentages and notes some men may appeal or be marked as run off or do not know. President Wilson favours minimizing hardship while upholding exemptions based on dependency rather than marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Hundred and Bexty
Vincennes
Evansville
Brown
Crawford
Daviess
Dubois
Green
Gibson
Harrison
Jackson
Knox
Lawrence
Martin
Monroe
Orange
Owen
Pike
Perry
Posey
Spencer
Sullivan
Vanderburg
Warrick
Washington
John H. Edwards
Mitchell
BF. A. Alen
Corydon
Goodrich
Baker
Wilson
Sixteenth Birthday Party For Vance L Davis
Vance L Davis son of Mr and Mrs J C Davis near Ramsey celebrated his sixteenth birthday on Sunday August 26. Attendees included Robert Sigler Clyde Adams Ramsey and Robert Davis Albert Davie Stanley Holselaw Clarence Housel Dallam and Jack Davis. They enjoyed a hearty dinner and plenty of ice cream and cake. No marriage license has been issued by the county clerk since the last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance L. Davis
J. C. Davis
Ramsey
Robert Sigler
Clyde Adams
Robert Davis
Albert Davie
Stanley Holselaw
Clarence Housel
Dallam
Jack Davis
Bencher
Gripes
Davin Family Visits Relatives in Corydon Area
Mr and Mrs Chas Davin and three sons Carleton Ralph and Forrest of Waco Nebraska arrived last Friday to visit Jasper N Davin and relatives near Corydon They formerly lived in Corydon where Mr Davin was a clerk to Co P Trotter Co He advanced his subscription for two years and has since engaged in farming with success.
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Chas. Davin
Carleton
Ralph
Forrest
Waco
Nebraska
Jasper N. Davin
Spencer Township
Corydon
Co. P. Trotter & Co
Harrison County Quota List of Drafted Individuals
The record lists persons called into United States service from Harrison County who are not exempted or discharged. Numbers 578 584 591 364 442 595 603 indicate roster entries or draft group identifiers.
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Harrison County
United States
Freight Service Gains Driven by Railroads War Board
Washington reports railroads, with shippers and regulators, boosted freight service and cut idle and unfilled car requisitions by about a quarter since May 1 1917. By August 1 excess demand stood at 383 776 cars, while total tonnage moved, including munition and food shipments, surged with spurted loading and reduced passenger service.
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Washington, D. C
Fairfax Harrison
Railroads’ War Boat
Railroads’ War Board
Rural mail carrier profile and local ties in Georgetown area
A fragment mentions Victor McIntosh of New Salisbury Indiana and Mr and Mrs Herlin Walt and Miss Edna Bruce with August Yochem visiting Michael Hauswald as part of a rural mail carrier network. It references efforts to unify railroad syne tera for wartime transport.
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United States
Herlin Walt
Georgetown
Edna Bruce
August Yochem
Michael Hauswald
Walt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Draft Examination Board
George W. Johnson
Palmyra
Indiana
Elmer 8
Felker Corydon
Benjamin R. Hannel Corydon
John Rawlings Wagner Crandall
Illiam Walter Fisher Mauckport
Calvin R. Stonecipher Corydon
Iliam Walter Bruce Mauckport
Clarence Thompson New Amsterdam
Len Swartz New Salisbury
Ernest Baker
Charles H. Seacat Ramsey
Evans Landing
Arvil Alvan Kopp
Henry John Luther
New Middletown
Ind
R. R
Harvey H. Pindall
Laconia
Earl E. Colin Ramsey
Jesse T. Faith Mauckport
Kean Irwin Corydon
Russell Rodney Rowe
Noah Vaughn Depauw
Frank Redden
New Amsterdam
Ar So
Arlus Stonecipher
Christie Geswein
Herman Christ Litch
White Cloud
Warren Baxter Miller
Edgar Conrad Mauckport
Bentley Mauck Corydon
Charles Julius Louden Depauw
Jacob R. Hannell Depauw
Roscoe Miler Corydon
Ind. R. R
Emmett Lynch White Cloud
Phillip C. Rowenbarser White Cloud
William H. Flannegan
William Frank King
Herman J. Rheinhart
Lanesville
Leo G. Scheler
Crandall
Claud Dawson
R. A
Byron H. Speak Crandall
Jack Edward Walters
John H. Philips
Bradford
Charles W. Shrigley
Otto C. Kopp
Herman Frank Bush
Thomas Franklin Bean Corydon
Hubert Pate Corydon
Clyde R. Boley Evans
Enli
Victor McIntosh
P. O. New
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