Questionnaires Sent To Registrants In City Draft
Thirty five percent or two thousand four hundred fifty seven questionnaires have been issued to registered men as their draft numbers advance. The first five percent was mailed last Saturday and returns are nearly all properly filled. Classification will begin Monday afternoon. Dauphin county attorneys assist at the courthouse daily to answer questions and help with proper completion. Many registrants come with wives and dependants to finish forms. Daily 200 to 250 men are aided by the advisory board. eighty called in last night. Paxtang board lags at fifteen percent due to envelope delays. other boards are current.
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Dauphin County
Paxtang
Arrangements Set for Large Interdenominational Revival
Arrangements are nearly complete for a big revival opening Sunday January 6 under the Interdenominational Ministers' Conference. Cottage prayer meetings will be held next week in members homes with Rev Walker Toliver leading. Rev A J Greene will supervise singing using Make Christ King and Rev Dr W Amore handles finances. Ministers from the city and vicinity assigned to preach include A J Green W A Ray Walker Oliver R L Briscoe W H Rosezel E Luther Cunningham Harrisburg O P Goodwin Warner Brown Steelton J T Daniels A Jamer and W E Jones York.
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Walker Toliver
A. J. Greene
W. Amore
A. J. Green
W. A. Ray
Walker Oliver
R. L. Briscoe
W. H. Rosezel
E. Luther Cunningham
Harrisburg
O. P. Goodwin
Warner Brown
Steelton
Supreme Court Seats Hunt as New Governor
The Arizona Supreme Court today seated G. W. P. Hunt as governor, challenging Governor Campbell in office. Also reported are letters of administration issued for John C. Jennings estate and Socialist plans to raise $1,000,000 for the 1918 congressional campaign.
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Supreme Court
Hunt
Associated Press
Phoenix
Arix
Arizona Supreme Court Today
G. W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Huunt
Campbell
John C. Jennings
The
Jennings Manufacturing Company
Register
Roy C. Danner
E. D. Jennings
Chicago
Socialist Party
National Socialist Executive Committee
Many Buy Baby War Bonds for Xmas Presents
Crowds lined the post office as hundreds rushed to purchase baby bonds and thrift cards ahead of Christmas. Post Office plans to add clerks and expand hubs as ads and carriers boost demand. Government aims to raise 2 billion for war loans with 4 percent stamps. limits cap to 100 dollars per person. Nearby counties show strong sales with Lancaster and York leading totals in the Harrisburg region.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Congress
Harrisburg
Adams
Cumberland
Juniata
Lancaster
Lebanon
Perry
York
Dauphin
Christmas Kettles Boil For Children Of The Poor
The Salvation Army struggles this season as kettles in the city raise only seven dollars in a day. A $6.50 gift from the RB R KE C, a business girls group, funds six complete dinners. kettles sit at Bowman Co Third Market, Second Market, and Cotterel’s Market Square. Captain and Mrs. Neilson work by day and night to deliver baskets to the sick and the very poor.
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Salvation Army
Bowman & Co
Cotterel
Market Square
Neilson
England’s Lloyd George Urges Greater Land Cultivation
Premier Lloyd George told agriculturists that national security hinges on farming more land. He urged expanding cultivation to three million acres and noted agriculture aids war needs by preserving tonnage. He proposed using prisoners of war to provide thirty thousand unskilled laborers for work relief.
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London
Lloyd George
United States
Europe
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France
Empey
Serg’t Arthur Guy Empey
U. S. Cavalry
Pennsylvania
Circulation Department
Federal Square
Strouse
Price Adaae
Wm. Strouse
Market St
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