Draft Act 15 Extension Of Draft Age With Education Benefit
Washington reports the Senate Military Committee favoring the Administration Manpower bill to extend draft ages to 18 through 45 with an amendment by Senator Reed offering two years of government funded education for under 21 after the war. The measure, including additional amendments on classification, officer training eligibility, and a wife’s government job rights, is slated for reporting and possible early next week. Mrs. Loney of Owensboro died at age fifty in her home after asthma illness. Interment followed at Blm Wood cemetery. she was sister to Jailer Worth Tichenor of Hartford and had moved from the county to Owensboro with her husband twenty years ago.
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Washington
Senat Military Committee
Administration
Reed
Missouri
Chamberlain
Senate
Army
Navy
L. P. Loney
Owensboro
Blmwood Cemetery
Loney
Slater
Worth Tichenor
Hartford
Centertown
Internal Revenge Service
Hell in Hayti Sunday Night Blockade Run
A car of liquor breached a dry Hayti settlement late Saturday night into early Sunday morning causing uproar. Accusations include Lawrence allegedly assaulting Lew Sullenger and a brawl involving Aaron Mosley and Filbert Mark. George Mosley faced a plain drunk charge. writs issued for five local men as tensions rose in the liquorless town.
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Hay
Itty
Hae
Lawrence
Troublesome community faces mad dog scare in Hayden area
A mad dog roamed the Trisier neighborhood last Thursday causing panic and biting two Jordan children in their yard before it was killed. It then bit several head of cattle in a Metty field. No treatment plans for the bitten children have been advised yet.
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Trisier
Rev. Jordan
Jack Metty
Jordan
Hood
Heat and drought threaten crops across county as rains fail
County Farm Agent Browder reports widespread crop distress with nearly total failure likely without timely rainfall. Corn stands poor, tobacco uneven and burning, late pastures shrinking, peaches a total failure, apples about twenty percent and pears fifty. Some areas see minor relief, but overall conditions remain critical awaiting moisture.
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Browder
Nee
Marshall Salary Disruption Sparks City Court Case
The city marshal Casebler faced a disturbance after Dick Stewart drank heavily and assaulted the marshal. Stewart surrendered quietly, but later fought the marshal near the city Judge’s office. bystander aid led to his capture. The court assessed damages at $2.50 plus arrest and trial costs. This marks the first jag prosecution in the city court in many moons.
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Marshall Casebler
Dick Stewart
Stewart
Threst
Fifty Men Called for Camp Taylor Exemption Board
The local exemption board issued a call for fifty white men to report to Camp Taylor between August 24 and 31. The board plans to select from the IAT registration if sufficient men of that class are available. The secretary advised that enough registrants may respond to fill the call.
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Camp Taylor
U-Boat Close To Gotham Shores Disaster Sinks Oil Tanker
New York reports a German sub torpedoed and sank the Frederick K Kellogg off Ambrose Channel. Thirty five crew reached shore, seven still missing. ship valued at over 1.5 million dollars, carrying 70 000 barrels of crude oil from Tampico to Boston. Survivors describe a rapid sinking and perilous escape. navy officials ordered silence.
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New York
New York Harbor
Frederick K. Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
Frederick R. Kellogg
C. H White
Tampico
Mex
Boston
Petrolemum Transport Company
Oakland
Cal
White
Navy
Twelve Young Men Leave for Camps
Twelve young men depart Ohio County for military service in special training. Seven white and five colored. Whites include Bozarth Hartford Jones Hartford Mason Centertown Ashby Centertown Bishop Centertown Russell Hartford Espey McHenry. Whites head to Indianapolis and Auburn Alabama. five colored boys go to Pine Bluff Arkansas. They left via the M H B line Wednesday morning.
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Ohio County
John Bozarth
Hartford
Elmo Jones
Jesse Mason
Centertown
Tanac Ashby
Lester Bishop
Indianapolis
Paul Russell
Paul Espey
McHenry
Auburn
Ala
Pine Blut
Arkansas
John Rucker
Ledward Parks
Taylor
Horton
Wi- He Barrett
Echol
Arthur Walker
Moffenry
Hartford Youth Seeks Military Service for Duty
A young Hartford man, in draft age, demonstrates patriotism by openly pursuing entry into military ranks. He sought to join despite obstacles, appealing to the Adjutant General and risking secrecy to honor his vows to defend his country.
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Hartford
Uberty
Matty
Death of Miss Mary Banger in Hartford
Miss Mary Banger died of Brights disease at her Hartford home Monday morning. Funeral services were held by Rev. Haswell Walker followed by burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She was nearly sixty and the only child of the late George W. Bupere.
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Mary Banger
Haswell Walker
Oakwood
Hanger
George W. Bupere
Where the Teachers Are Now Located
A county list shows many teachers placed in diverse districts this year. Names include Cora Thomasson Washington and Cecil White Stone Beech Grove, with numerous others in Edwards Cave Ridge Shreve Haynesville Mt. Mariah Oak Grove Pleasant Walk Poplar Grove and more.
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Cora Thomasson
Washington
Cie Austin
Edwards
Cecil White Stone
Beech Grove
Carrig Southard
Cave Ridge
Grace Tilford
Actinville
Lucy R. Haynes
Haynesville
Anna Purcell
Mt. Mariah
Mary Daniel
O. W. Duff
Trister
Emma Wright
Oak Grove
Jesse B. Petty
Pleasant Walk
Alta Dougherty
Highland
Jessie Marlow
Poplar Grove
Rossie M. Keene
Shreve
Herbert
Rhoda Whitehouse
Clarks
Bertha Brown
Berks
Heber Midkiff
Sugar Grove
Ethel Muffett
Oaks
Sadie St. Clair
Cedar Grove
Katie Swinhart
Palo
Susie Raymond
Westerfeld
Monnie McDaniel
Claton
N. L. Ross
Hart B. Chick
Union
Margaret Cardwell
Cooper
Bertha Westerfeld
Oakland
Matilda Baker
Prentiss
F. L. Sandefur
Taylortown
Roxie May
Taylor Mines
Imogene Plummer
Ernest E. Wilson
Jubilee
Viola Tichenor
Cdl
McHenry
R. D. Newton
Beaver Dam
O. N. Stewart
Henry
Barnes
Goshen
Eddith Austin
Shultztown
Mason
Bessie Hazelrigg
Union HI
L. L. Embry
Mt. Pleasant
B. J. Bratcher
Leach
Horse Branch
Noah Legrand
New Oklahoma
Madge Hoover
Arnold
Claude Park
White Oak
J. W. Myers
Fairview
Lola Westerfield
Basham
Evelyn Foreman
McGrady
Ruth Foreman
New Baymus
Ethel Gillim
Sunnydale
Conna Shulta
Victory
Ouis Stevens
Sulphur Springs
Edna Black
Bennetts
Amby Humble
Hickory Grove
B. Cole
Concord
M. T. Gentry
Dundee
Hthel Royal
Ricketts
Mack Martin
Schroader
Anna Carter
Highview
Norine Coleman
Lower Point
Ula Woosley
Bunker Hil
Elsie May Wise
Upper Point
Margaret Tamerline
Central Grove
Malinda Taylor
Rockport
Beulah Kimbly
Midway
Orville G. Weller
Coffman
Gracie Chapman
Simmons
Ethel Russell
Echols
Ema Boswell
the Bend
Ruth Godyey
Waltons Creek
Winnie D. Mosley
Midwa
A.W. Leisure
Union Grove
Ashel Wood
Coralvo
Lattye Bell
Lawson
Clarence Shawn
Chapman
Zoda Raymond
Maxwell
Hollow Riley
Holbrook
Marlissa Poster
W. Nocreek
Clarence Bartlett
B. Nocreek
Dudley Westerfield
Beda
Louse Hedrick
Alexandria
Notable Names List With Schools Yet to Be Taken
A reading of local names lists several individuals such as Mies-Riley Survie Hill Mattye Baltzell Taylors Rewlah Moore Helle Run Eva Thomaston East View Josephine Hoover Mostey Gertry Funk Clear Run Anna Roswell Mr Morloh Evan Owen Belmont Marshall Crowe Greer Gertrude Taylor Taylorfeld Narrows Bottoms and Odell schools not yet taken. The passage records a roster of people and their associated schools pending action.
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Mies
Riley
Survie Hill
Mattye Baltzell
Taylors
Rewlah Moore
Helle Run
Eva Thomaston
East View
Josephine Hoover
Mostey
Gertry Funk
Clear Run
Anna Roswell
Mr Morloh
Evan Owen
Belmont
Marshall Crowe
Greer
Gertrude Taylor
Taylorfeld
Narrows
Bottoms
Odell
Late primary results tighten margins in state races
Final county returns show Judge Settie ahead by 481 votes and Mr Heavrin trailing by 16 in the district. Dr. Ben L. Bruner of Louisville defeats BH. J. Bethuram by a little over two thousand votes.
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Mr. Heavrin
Judge Settie
Ben L. Bruner
Loulaville
BH. J. Bethuram
Women Patriots Called to Serve in France Volunteering
Ohio County Red Cross seeks volunteers as the organization plans to send one thousand nurses monthly to France. Local young women may contact the county headquarters for details. Pay is 60 dollars per month in American camps and 75 dollars in foreign service, plus board, lodging, and the same War Risk insurance as service members.
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Ohio County
Red Cross
France
Foreign Service
The August Meteors Exhibition At Night Sky Show
Those who retired early missed a heavy August meteor shower. Each year around August 11th or 12th the earth passes through a stream of meteors. The night offered brilliant streams of fire across the heavens observed in open air until midnight. Meteors are metal balls formed from iron nickel cobalt and magn esia hurled from space by colossal forces away from planetary gravity until captured by Earth's gravity and heated by air friction.
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Earth
New Lunacy Law Sets Safeguards in County Case
The first case under the new Lunacy law will be heard by Judge Cook in county court today. Mrs. Dave Johnson of near Sandefurs Crossing faces trial for commitment to the State Hospital for the Insane. The law requires notice to be filed with the circuit court clerk and two practicing physicians must examine the accused before trial.
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Cook
Dave Johnson
Sandefurs Crossing
State Hospital
Senator James Condition Declared Critical
Baltimore Aug 14 Though not materially worse today the condition of Senator James is decidedly critical His physicians do not see any improvement and all available medical science is being applied to his case in a concerted effort to stabilize him.
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Baltimore
Janes
Jean
Western Situation Now Wholly Changed in France
Reported from France on August 13 describes rapid Allied offensives under Marshal Foch that cut off German advances, freed key rail lines Paris to Chatons and Paris to Amiens, and halted German wedges. Allies gain initiative, threaten Roye Lassigny, and force German retreat or hard defense as Avre battle develops.
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France
the Arve
Marshall Foch
Chateau Thierry
Bpernay
Paris
Montdidier
Amiens
Chatons
Foch
Somme
The
Avre
Thiescourt
Noyon
Waddh
Roye
Lassigny
van Hutier
Rex Arbuckle's Troubles in Beaver Dam Court
A Beaver Dam youth Rex Arbuckle faced multiple felonies in county court with a large witness turnout, but he failed to appear. Described as a teen with prior offenses, Arbuckle had recently appeared on his own bond and missed Wednesday's session citing pressing business elsewhere.
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Rex Arbuckle
Beaver Dam
Rex
Arbuckle
Livestock Conference At Lexington College Of Agriculture
A major farmers conference for cattle sheep and hog producers will convene at the College of Agriculture in Lexington on Saturday August 17. With livestock profits rising, every county farmer should attend. Yancony meat production specialist for the U S Food Administration will be the principal speaker. Ohio county’s progressive stock growers are expected to attend.
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Lexington
Yan~ Coy
United States Food Administration
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