Five Men Selected for Army Draft Departure
Five men including Oscar Bell Haney, with prior National Guard service, are chosen for the first draft cohort. They will depart September 5 at 4:20 a.m. on train No 31 to Columbia, with a second and third consignments planned for September 19 and October 3. Local board instructions emphasize strict reporting, military law, and baggage limits, allowing only hand baggage and essentials.
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National Guard
Columbia
United States
Unique farm to be sown in wheat along rail line
Denver, Sept 1. M S Radetsky plans a fifty five mile long field from Greeley to Denver using the Denver and Laramie right of way as a wheat or alfalfa strip. The railroad assets will be sold for junk with the line abandoned unless the public utilities commission halts the plan.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Denver and Laramie
M.S. Radetsky
Greeley
Radetsky
State Public Utilities Commission
Jack May Enlists for More Thrills
Baltimore reader Jack May 25 seeks to join the U.S. Army after surviving wartime torpedo attacks. A Norfolk native, he previously served aboard the California and St Paul, rescuing a passenger before each ship was sunk, then worked at the Aetna Powder Works in Emporium Pennsylvania where an explosion left him injured. he plans to depart for France once healed.
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Baltimore
Jjack May
United States Army
France
Norfolix
May
California
St. Paul
Stranger taken in charge after disruptive visit to local home
Spencer report notes Policeman Cruser detained an unidentified tramp who visited Dr. J. G. Busby's home and complained loudly over a meal. After investigators assessed the stranger and his rough condition, he was allowed to depart for another location.
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Spencer
Cruser
J. G. Busby
Confederate veterans join Grand Army parade in Washington
Confederate veterans will march with the Grand Army of the Republic in Washington on Tuesday to honor the capital’s first quota for the national army. They will wear gray uniforms and carry the union flag at their head during the parade.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
State to test school readers for quality under contract
Raleigh reports the state department of labor and printing will compare rival school readers to samples adopted by the state text book commission. If the books fail to meet standard, contract forfeiture of 10,000 dollars and possible damages suit may follow. The Ron Peterson company may supply 2,000,000 readers over five years valued at about 500,000 dollars. The commission has approved only margin reductions.
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Raleigh
State Department of Labor and Printing
Chicago
The
Commission Today
People's Peace Council to Confer in Milwaukee
The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace will hold its Milwaukee conference next Sunday. Morris Hillquitt announced the decision after Mayor Hoan assured protection of delegates' rights to speak and peaceably consult, citing Milwaukee's commitment to liberty under the U.S. Constitution.
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Eople
Milwauke I
New York
Conference of the People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Milwaukee
Morris Hillquitt
Council
Hoan
United States
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Night-shirt worn by King George IV sold for charity
A museum in London this week exposed a night-shirt worn by the wild monarch of the era and sold it for 45 pounds to a curio dealer. The five items found their way into the coffers of a war charity.
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London
George IV
England
Army lieutenant held in Atlantic City on New York extradition order
John Kaiser's Heid reports a second lieutenant in the U S Army Air Forces is in custody in Atlantic City on telegraphic orders from New York while extradition papers are awaited. The offense for which he is wanted is not disclosed in the available details.
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Atlantic City
John Kaiser
United States Army Aviation Service
New York
Possible Seaboard Strike Foreshadowed by Clerk Walkout
In Jacksonville 100 railway clerks walked out demanding higher wages and Tampa clerks were reported preparing to quit signaling a potential general strike on the Seaboard Air Line.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line
Tampa
Western Front Reports Active Fighting Around Meuse
Paris dispatch says reciprocal artillery duels on both Meuse banks near Verdun and repulsed German raids east of Cerny and south of Partisansweilerhof marked the day’s fighting, according to the war office.
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Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Cerny
Partansweilerhof
War Office
Negro Leaders Urge Respectful Migration to the South
At Ochmond Virginia the Lott Carey convention of negro Baptists denounces mass exodus from the South and urges migrants to go as citizens not tramps. It calls on negros to improve conditions at home and condemns mob violence while stressing work to curb crime. In Raleigh North Carolina Lawrence Young becomes adjutant general succeeding General Royster who moves to border service. General Macon also assumes state property and disbursing duties.
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Young
South Back
Ochmond
Lott Carey Convention
Negro Baptists
South
Raleigh
Lawrence Young
Asheville
B.S. Royster
Oxford
General Royster
Borrdler
Governor appoints Dr. W. B. Sager to local exemption board
In Danville Governor Stuart names Dr. W. B. Sager to replace Dr. W. E. Jennings on the exemption board. This marks the third physician appointment for the local panel.
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Danville
Stuart
W. B. Sager
W. E. Jennings
Holidays on Exchanges Shut New York Markets
New York exchanges were closed today and will remain closed through Monday as holiday observances affect trading across major securities markets.
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New York
Prisoners Taken by Italians Rise to 27372
Rome September 1 The war office reports 27372 prisoners captured by the Italians including 720 officers.
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Rome
War Office
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Coo
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Jack May
Spencer News Briefs
DODGE
Liberty
BUICK
High Point Motor Co
E. Guy Wells
Gen. Pershing
Fpreawer
French Marine Fusiliers
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Peietier
Prench
Ers
State Text Book Commission
Ron Peterson Company
War Charity
Richmond
Gen. Royster
Francis Macon
Henderson
George L. Peterson
R. D. Penny, Mer
Henderson & Co.'s
Bennett
Henderson & Co
J. T. Bennett Co
Hart Drug Co
SHE Universal Car
Piedee Ford
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Christo
Cery
Christo-Cola
Christo-Cola Bottling Works
High Point, N. C
Thacker’s Shoe Store
J. W .Paschal
Maxwell—Corbitt
Motorette
H. Gordon & Sons
Commerce Street
Russell and
Tomlinson Streets
High Point, N.C
Independence
Bank OF Commerce
H. A. Millis
C. E. Kearns
Y. H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
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