New Draft Regulations Allow Broad Exemption Reversals
President Wilson approves drastic changes to conscription through Provost Marshal General Crowder. Baker can override exemptions to call needed workers such as 25 000 chauffeurs and shut voluntary enlistments for ages 21 to 31 after December 15. Waivers and dependents rules apply. recalled discharges may be assigned to depots. shipworkers on government jobs exempt. new seven specialist panel exams. partial effect November 20 with full in place by December 1.
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Washington
Wilson
Crowder
Baker
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Hindenburg Line Smashes Under British Assault
British forces under Field Marshal Haig shattered the Hindenburg line from the Scarpe to St. Quentin in a rapid 32 mile drive. Tanks and infantry breached the formidable defenses, capturing fortifications and thousands of prisoners as Cambrai loomed as a key objective. French actions south and east aimed to push German forces back toward Laon.
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France
Hindenburg
Scarpe River
Arras
St. Quentin
Haig
Ancre
Somme
Cambrai
Marcoing
Anneux
Graincourt
Novelles
Aisne
Laon
Sir Julian Hedworth Byng
Flinders
Hindenburg Line
Masnieres
Gouzencourt
Topiece
Byng
British Drive to Cambrai As Hindenburg Line Falls
United Press reports British armies advancing along the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai. Tanks cavalry and infantry push forward as the great war machines roll over the enemy, continuing a triumphant breakthrough on Nov 22.
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Teuton
Byng
United Press
Hindenburg
Britain
Flindenburg
Eureka Dental Visit by De Young and Weeds Ends Soon
Dentist De Mebel K Young and her assistant Mies Alma Weeds return to Eureka for a short window of dental work. They advise patients to come as soon as possible as all work is guaranteed and will be done at 500 Syring Street.
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Mebel K. Young
Mies Alma Weeds
Eureka
Syring Street
Revival of Hamilton silver boom hinted by option grant
An Eastern group holds an option to buy the famed Hamilton property linked to the Hidden Treasure and Eberhardt mines. Reports say a San Francisco mining engineer will assess the mineral country, reviving fond memories of Treasure Hill, Treasure City, and a rush that once drew 25 000 residents to Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Reno Gazette
San Francisco
Treasure Hill
Treasure City
Ely
Eureka
Nevada
al Leathers
Napias
Jim
Leathers
Napias Jim
Eberhardt
Auto Fatally Injures Fallon Mas
Field foreman John Hilquist of the Nevada Utah Sugar Company in Fallon says my car ran over me as he staggered into his office after failing to start the car. The crank attempt moved the car, the engine struck him, wheels passed over him causing fatal internal injuries.
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Auto
Fallon
John Hilquist
Nevada Utah Sugar Company
Hilquist
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