National Army List Exceeds County Draft Quota in Wayne
The Wayne County draft board lists 167 men for national army service, 19 over quota, with few likely to gain vocational exemptions. Provost Crowder sets entrainment dates for 687,000 troops: 30 percent September 5, 30 percent September 9, 30 percent October 3, last 10 percent later in October. The certified list names numerous residents across Allerton, Corydon, Humeston, Lineville, Seymour, Promise City, Clio, and other towns, including aliens and enlisted men, with locations and names such as Adolph Lewis Gibbs, Fred Ray Cain, William Harrison Parker, and many others.
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Tre Wayne County
District Board
New National Army
Crowder
National Army
Adolph Lewis Gibbs
Allerton
Fred Ray Cain
Lineville
William Harrison Parker
Humeston
Harry Miller
Cecil Marion Phillips
Alexander John Scott
Seymour
Michael Nickel
Corydon
James Edward O’harra
Gay Gerald Allen
Chas. Price Stech
Warren Nelson Davis
Ygnacia Farro
Millerton
Alien
Albert Alphus Pool
Gravoni Farro
Joseph Erskin McCaughey
Angelo Delia Betta
Leonard M. Smith
Fred Cooper
John Henry Stevens
Anthony B. Colferri
Harry Marshall Moore
Ray Earl Shriver
Hameston
Daniel Boone Heller
Cloyd Chester Griswold
James Leo Young
Claude William McElfish
Promise City
Chester Clair Hogue
Gilbert Martin- Withe
Liss Lepper
Edward Ray Davis
Samuel Clyde Allison
Fred M. Kyner
Rollo Josephus Brown
Ferris E. Amis
Ray E. Whitely
Chris Lawrence Vandel
Audrey van Penthusan
Ymour
Richert Kern
Harry Cross
Bess Weeley Tracy
Charles Ray Robertson
Condon
Garrett B. Shriver
Fred Albert Hayer
Ernest Bellow
Harry Frank Walton
Russell
Guy W. Chapman
Clio
Elmer J. Warner
Lawrence Albert Green
William Ernest Hogue
Enlisted
Frederick Ernest Darwin
Aller
Perilous Adventures of a Plucky American Boy in Royal Patrol Fleet
A young American joins the British patrol fleet and undertakes a dangerous voyage. He faces rough seas, strict discipline, and moments of courage as he serves abroad. The narrative highlights wartime duty, cross-Atlantic service, and youthful resolve aboard a naval cutter.
Third Iowa Regiment reorganized as 168th United States Infantry
Co. D at Des Moines moves to state fair grounds with transfer announced Friday. Third Iowa will join Mineola to form a new division for service in France, about thirty days to equip and supply. Col. E. R. Bennett remains in command. Captain G. C. Haynes leads Co. D Centerville with Humeston men listed, while Mr. and Mrs. Storey return from Oregon after illness of John Storey. they met Dan Crowley in Spokane and Mrs. Hattie Porter from Vancouver, B C.
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Centerville
State Fair Grounds
Des Moines
Mineola
L. L
France
E. R. Bennett
Third
Iowa
168Th United States Infantry
G. C. Haynes
Co. D
Humeston
A. F. Eaton
Paul A. Yates
Walter R. Beardsley
Basil B. Blevins
Chas. W. Dennis
Orville L. Dennis
William Finch
Thurton W. Porter
Lloyd D. Schnee
James Storey
Portland
Oregon
John Storey
Spokane
Wash
Dan Crowley
Storey
Hattie Porter
Vancouver
B. C
Corydon Youth Killed in Storm Near Weldon
Oscar Harrison aged sixteen, son of William Harrison of Corydon, was killed during a lightning storm while herding sheep east of Weldon. Dr. John R. Walker of Fort Madison, now an army captain, is to report to Fort Riley before deployment to France. The 63rd Iowa State Fair opens in Des Moines with ten days of exhibits and entertainment, drawing Humeston residents who praised the performances of Director Humeston and his band during a busy Saturday night town gathering.
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Oscar Harrison
William Harrison
Corydon
Sam Murray
Weldon
John R. Walker
Fort Madison
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Army of the United
Humeston
Push The County Fair And The War In One Voice
The message urges full support and preparation for Wayne County Fair as essential to community life and production. It links fair cultivation to education and industry while urging focus on preparedness amid looming global conflict. Also notes Iowa soldiers heading to France and praises past Iowa military service. A wedding in Corydon follows with Marguerite Henry and Thomas W. Hume. Derby to host chautauqua August 25 to 29 with a wide line-up and Lincoln’s Lyceum system presenting the program.
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Derby
Rudolph
Leslie Roller to Attend State College
Mr and Mrs Geo Roller and their son visited Colfax to see daughter Mrs Thompson. The group spent Monday in Ames. Leslie expects to attend the state college next year.
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Geo. Roller
Leslie
Colfax
Thompson
Ames
State College
Sunday S. Convention at Humeston M E Church
The Sunday sessions of the Northwest district of Wayne county hold a convention at the M E church in Humeston next Sunday with afternoon and evening sessions.J. W. Phillips attends as county president. program includes devotions, welcome address by Rev. J D Pontius, district convention work, special music, teachers training, Bible study encouragement, and benediction.
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M. E. Church
Wayne County
M. E
Humeston
J. W. Phillips
W. A. Southerland
J. D. Pontius
Nellie Holder
M. E. Choir
W. H. Parker
Humeton
Christian S. S
Cambria
Unity Men’s Glee Club
J.P. Gibson
Lewis Sloan
Lloyd Guinn
Ed McCart
H. A. Northrup
Eva Abel
John Coffey
Jd. R. Kent
A. D. McGuire
George Speed
Reading Baptist
Congregation
Benediction
W. G. Robinson
Allerton
Earl Booth
Corydon Reading
New Zion
Lloyd Woollis
J. R. Kent
Congrega- Henal SS. Choir
Ameston
Half Million Auto Fund Allocations Announced
State Treasurer E H Hoyt announced the auto fund apportioned to counties for April 1 to August 1 totaling 479,959. Under the road law funds are set aside to match federal aid, with 463,536.50 reserved for the program and 30,000 allocated to engineering. The August distribution allocates 290 to each township, with Wayne County receiving 4,640.
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E. H. Hoyt
State Highway Commission
Wayne County
Dr. McCoy Honored as National Knights Leader
Postmaster J N McCoy of Corydon was elected supreme representative of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias at Des Moines meeting last week He will represent Town Pythians at the national convention for a four year term McCoy previously served as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Iowa.
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J. N. McCoy
Corydon
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Des Moines
Pythians
Dr. McCoy
Knights of Pythias
Iowa
Iowa's Youngest Soldier From Wayne County
Corydon Democrat notes Lawrence Crowley born May 26, 1902 is the youngest US soldier. At fifteen years and three months he serves from Wayne County and is stationed at Fort Logan Colorado.
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Iowa
Corydon Democrat
Wayne County
Uncle Sam
Lawrence Crowley
Corydon
Fort Logan
Colo
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Charles Deward Richardson
William I. Gardner
Clo
Arthur Hazen
George Bryan Wyatt
Ernest Franklin Hickerson
Joseph Frederick Gump
Allerton Oak Dirt Brown
Earl Junius Moser
William Edward Allen
Clarence Herbert James
Fred Leonard Ripper
Harvard
John Thomas Rogers
Henry Floyd Clemens
Louis
Jelsma
William Echels Bletchard
Parker G. Elson
Lionel Lehman Litton
Thomas E. Kincade
William Elvin Hickman
Arthur H. Diller
Roy Eugene Kyner
Sam Stallone
Mark Dee West
Ralph Edward Gardner
Cio
Virgil Lewis
Chariton
Ray M. Weist
Jesse Harrison Kellow
Hillis Ray Thomas
Sewal
Merlin Brown McMurry
Dolph Charles Riley
William M. Umpherman
Elmer Clarence Smith
Marion Edgeman
Add Goodhbart
Ora Cecil Gillman
Guy Parks
Olin Johnston
Myrl Roberts
Clell Milton Hawk
Henry Strader Mock
Argie Kenneth Walker
Cecil Bernice Moore
Lendert Muilenburg
Armour Guy Tuttle
Fred Lewie Kastner
Levi Thomas Cloak
Cecil William Dixon
Ray Burton Ryan
Fred Everett Welch
Manford Lester Raikes
Muriel Richard Owen
Jas
Wm. Brown
Mark Edwin Grimes
Albert Jones
Ivan A. Harner
Frank Palmer
Otis Melvin Smith
Jay M. Lynch
Abraham Alexander Bear
Russell Milton E. Hughes
Thomas Raymond Conner
Endsley M. Roberts
Ralph Malone Cain
Jesse Cervantes
Pearl Smith
Ralph Lincoln Chapman
Angelo Tonet
Lloyd D. Sharp
Albert Richard George
Roy D. Weagley
Harry Vernon Sprow
Adlerton
Antonio Favro
Carl Ray Miller
Edward Ray West
Joseph Wm. Funnell
Atlerton
Lester Clark
Quinn Cush King
Ross J. Tuttle
Joseph Glenn Tuttle
Fred Elmer Aenderson
Seymour Frank E. Cook
Robert Harlan Ruby
Percy K. Huston
Cleo Ernest Allison
Claude Raymond Black
Hume
George Allen Odam
Harry H. Garth
Floyd E. Beiley
Olin Birtile Shriver
Pas Mirancontias
Carl Edwin Webb
Artie Ansel Morrett
Harold Lawson Frye
Alerton
Frank Mason
G. H. Osborn
Leo Aldice Osborn
Chas
Ray McCarty
Albert Bernard Anderson
Slug
Gallipoli
Dover
Mineola L. L
Dr. Walker
Big Wayne
Iowa Boys
Towa
Burlington
Henry Hume
R. C. Poston
Marguerite Henry
Chillicothe
Thomas W. Hume
Gooding
Idaho
Gelvin
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William McHenry
the Derby Chautauqua
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