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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
12
The War Department expresses no immediate need to raise the draft age. If Congress passes such a bill it would meet no objection from War Department. However class one to be exhausted by next January as a factor in timing.
Washington reports to Congress on draft age limits with Secretary Baker stating no immediate extension is needed though 3,000,000 to be under arms by August and 4,000,000 by January. Senator France backs sweeping drafts to eighteen to forty five, Provost Marshal Crowder warns of ongoing strain on class one as manpower projections rise.
Delegates met tonight to craft the platform for the Democratic convention. Claude Bowers of Fort Wayne chaired the revolutionary committee, which prepared strong war and suffrage planks while maintaining independence on the inner questions. avenue delegates and state ticket details debated, with Vice President Marshall as temporary chairman delivering the keynote.
State W S S director calls all Hoosiers to respond to the drive for wartime service. Captains named include Fowler, Cillahan, Riederwolf, Owen, Dickmeyer, AMMIa, Weber, Ruf, and Start. A meeting is set for Friday noon at the Commercial club to finalize plans. A correction from headquarters concerns Precinct 9 drafting organization. A general planning meeting is slated for Thursday night at the Temple theatre for all volunteers.
State Director Joseph Liver makes an appeal to readers in a tense scene as Stile W. S. Director confronts a call to action. Continued on page five column four.
Washington reports the war department will seek an appropriation to create training facilities in the United States for troops from Western Hemisphere nations allied against Germany. No definite project or diplomatic talks yet, but funds sought to act quickly if another nation requests training here.
In New York the Jeremiah case moves to a dramatic stage with testimony on conspiracies to commit treason linked to O Leary. Jeremiah, held without bail, argues for his defense as local reporters note the defendant’s arrival and reactions from the courtroom amid ongoing efforts to gather evidence and press charges.
Report from Mrs Fowler requests fifteen hundred women to attend a Saturday social, with details about timing and dress in a civic gathering. Telephone contact provided for further information.
In a city heralding patriotic zeal, residents schedule a Saturday march and pledge support for national efforts. Reports mention local volunteers, military readiness, and community demonstrations, with officials inviting participation and pride in wartime contributions amid broad civic mobilization.
Allied forces report limited gains against Austrian pincers aiming at the Julian Alps and northern Italy. The enemy remains pushed back from the Julian Alps to the plains near Venetia and the Piave River, with front lines showing stubborn resistance.
The Austrian pincers fail to close on Italy as Allied forces hold the Venetian Alps and Piave fronts. British French and Italian troops repel attacks from Asiago to the Piave, regain ground, and inflict heavy casualties with numerous prisoners taken. The Montello region and approaches to Venice remain contested as the page notes continued reporting.
An extensive manhunt unfolds near Collins farm in Huntington territory as armed pursuers pursue a suspect named Zurke. Reports describe long pursuit through fields and woods, with shots fired and the fugitive evading capture across roads and farmland for hours, drawing in residents and lawmen from multiple townships before continued on Page 2.
Notables slated for dedication include Governor Goorrich ex Senator Albert de Heveridge and Dr Sensenich of Indianapolis. Local men will take prominent part as Allen county tuberculos is hospital dedication program proceeds at capstone laying eight miles from the city on the Lima road. Committees will be appointed soon to aid in arrangements for the dedicatory exercises on Sunday June 30.
Repintrevsion of women will finishes to-day at the courthouse in the south lobby. The registra Ten has been espained at Joneth before for determining the woman power of Wort Wayne for war work. It is oped that all women who have not gready registered will do so to-day.
In Chicago six hundred bankers from 338 counties in the Seventh Federal Reserve District met to back government calls for war financing between the third and fourth Liberty loans. They agreed to place about 750 million dollars of treasury certificates in the next four months and to sell roughly 101 million every two weeks, under guidance from Warburg Traylor and McDougal.
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