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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
3
A wartime appeals note urges citizens to support the government by buying Liberty Loan bonds at 3 percent. It emphasizes that the sacrifice of soldiers protects families and asks for financial backing from all, including wealthy neighbors, through Henderson Banking Co in Elko Nevada.
John Milton Requa of Palisade died suddenly in San Francisco likely from heart failure after a period of heart trouble. He served as Palisade justice of the peace and was elected commissioner in 1915, resigning to resume local duties. Survived by a San Francisco cousin and a sister in George. funeral held in San Francisco with burial in Mountain View Oakland.
Yesterday forenoon Governor Boyle convened Nevada elective officers to organize a state defense council. The body is to act in conjunction with or as an auxiliary to the National Council of Defense, with an auxiliary committee of five members.
A wartime committee will supervise manifold duties including Liberty Loan subscriptions surveys of food supplies and resources and industries and general war emergency work under taken. The news notes a period after his death and outlines filing requirements for mining claim holders seeking relief and service status under the resolution.
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes that assessment work on mining claims held by officers and enlisted men will not be required until six months after discharge from service. The exemption, rooted in a sen ate resolution likely to be confirmed by the house, applies to heirs of such claim owners as well.
Nevadans urge appointment of John F. Shaughnessy from the railroad commission to the interstate commerce commission. Petitions are being circulated among his friends as the move proceeds, reflecting interest in having a Nevada man on the committee.
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