Indiana Conscription Class 1 Urged For All Districts
Indiana war officials urge reclassifying draftees to class 1 to meet national standards. Maj Baltzell directs 14 local boards to set a class 1 week this month, aiming to boost Indiana to at least 28.7 percent in class 1, up from 23 percent. Local boards with low clearances face hardship and potential federal action.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Focal Conscription Board
Robert C. Britzell
Naional
Washington
Major Baltzell
Dunville
Food Administrative Department
State Council of Defense
Northwest
Washington, D. C
G. I. Christie
Department of Agriculture
Department
War Labor Policies Board
Folferes
Franklin
Johnson County Council of Defense
Princeton
Gibson County Agricultural Agent
Vetersburg
Pike County
Bement Oil Company
James Way
Wildcat Territory
Selby
Fivanaville
August Kramer
State Free Employment Bureau
Posey County
Goodrich
M. E. Foley
Herbert Hoover
South Bend
Church
E. H. Husemeier
Richmond
Indiaana State Sunday School Association
Organiztion
Hammond
Lake County
Greenfield
Ora Myers
Hancock
G. M. O'Leary
Community approach to weed control urges collective action
The United States Department of Agriculture emphasizes weeds as a community issue not just a farmer’s problem. It notes larger crops reduce weeds, rotations aid weed suppression, and cultivated crops help clean land, urging cooperative efforts through clubs and farm organizations to curb weed spread.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
New York
Spraying Potatoes to Control Blight in Maine Tests
The Department of Agriculture reports last year’s trials in Aroostook County Maine showing Bordeaux mixture spraying significantly boosts potato yields under late blight pressure. Six applications, 150 psi spray pressure, and earlier start improve gains, with profits when yield increases offset costs.
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Aroostook County
Maine
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Aroostook
New York
Chicago
Keeping the Tractor Busy During Victory Crops
Farmers urged to keep tractors and other farm tools in use by lending to neighbors during the plowing and seeding season. Proposes fair hire to ensure returns on idle equipment and to support national food production. Encourages sharing horses and machines to prevent idle assets and boost victory crop efforts.
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St. Louis
Charisse
Fair-banks
Indianapolis
Ulinois
Greene County
Fairbanks
Whitehall
Gregory
W. D. Fairbanks
South Bend
United States
Indiana Sunday School Association
E. H. Masemeier
Richmond
Association
Marion
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Indiana
Texas
France
Lawrenceburg
Edward L. Schwing
Harrison Township
Schwing
New York City
Carl J. Fletcher
Knox County Operators’ Association
Jeffersonville
Scott County
Scottsburg
Greensburg
Clay Township
Decatur County
Decatur County Council] of Defense
Reensburg
Wabash
Lafayette
Charles Potter
Order of Eagles
Newcastle
United States Department of Agriculture
Court Heals Baby Swap By Identity Ruling
New York magistrate Healy ruled Blanche Leoniff and Annie Felner are swapped babies after hospital records and witness testimony. Mothers Mrs Leoniff and Mrs Fenner claimed each child resembled the other, with hospital ambiguity cited. The Leoniff child is returned to Mrs Fenner, Felner child to Mrs Leoniff, due to strong familial resemblances.
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New York
Blanche Leoniff
Annie Felner
Healy
New York City
Minoie Leoniff
Gussie, Fenner
East Aido
Gouverneur Hospital
Leoniff
Blanche
Felner
Kalama man loses after bogus horse deal in Laureldale
Jacob Smith of Kalama Michigan said he would not mind losing $20000 on a race but was outraged to learn the entry he backed did not start. He fell victim to two men in Laureldale Florida who introduced him to six others who allegedly placed $50000 on a horse. He then invested $20000.
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Chicago
Jacob Smith
Kalama- 0
Mich
Laureldale
Fla
Smith
Insane Man Cuts Family in Delusion of Surgery
London Health association reports a Canadian case of Frank Bolton an ex regimental bandman now in an asylum His wife and two children lie wounded and starving after he believed himself a British surgeon and attempted crude operations with old razors while his children aged eight and four were cut during the spree Nurses found three abdominal wounds and a hip wound on the wife and the boy recovering from anesthesia after an attempt on him.
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London
the Health Association
Frank Bolton
Bolton
Alarm Clock Draws Fire In No Man's Land
An American patrol leader hid an alarm clock under his arm and fixed it to a wire in No Man's Land. The clock rang intermittently, provoking volleys from German batteries while the Americans remained in their trenches and laughed.
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Paris
Fritz
Germany
No Man's Land
Initials on instep plague Oakland girl seeking relief
A Oakland maiden who once loved a soldier learns her initials tattooed on her instep have resurfaced. Now distressed by a sailor's different initials she appeals to Wardell Martin, the local tattooist, who plans to cover the mark with two flags on blue ground.
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Oakland
Cal
Wardell Martin
Martin
German Enemy Alien Tries to Hire His Own Execution
Otto Dohrmann, a German prisoner in Memphis, offered the jailer a dollar to shoot him. The jailer refused, saying he was not worth the powder and lead needed for the act.
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Jnirirt
Triat
Memphis
Tean
Otto Dohrmann
Dohrmann
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