Marine Corps Recruiting Standards and Training Paths
The article outlines enlistment limits for height weight and age, and describes the Navy Electrical School in Brooklyn for Marines. It details general and radio courses, eight to eleven months duration, and placement to signal mine gun companies or wireless stations after graduation.
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New York
Marine Corps
Corps
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Peking
China
Managua
Nicaragua
Haiti
United States
Food Ration Rules Curbs Meat Bread Sugar and Waste
An American economist reports English wartime food regulations and voluntary rationing. Fines were issued for waste such as a bread piece in an ash can and stale cake behind a restaurant. Public adherence grows with banners pledging national voluntary rations and towns showing strong display rates.
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London
Church Stretton
Hoover Urges Food Conservation and War Aims
William T. Hollenbeck calls Clark County residents to join a nationwide food administration effort. He urges reduced wheat, meat, fat, and sugar consumption, pledging to eliminate waste and encourage volunteer cooperation. The message frames the war as a fight for democracy and urges unity and support for soldiers.
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United States
America
King to Renounce Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Name
The Daily Express reports the king may drop the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha surname from the royal family to sever German ties. A new royal name might be needed, with a proposal to call the house the royal house of Great Britain including all dominions.
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London
The
Daily Express
Boy’s Eye At Risk After Pipe Accident
Daurville Iowa near Ridgefarm farmer Boyd Kegley, a young man, injured while loading a smoking pipe with a cartridge. An accidental explosion shot a bullet into his eye. Doctors say it may take days to determine if sight can be saved.
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Daurville
Boyd Kegley
Ridgefarm
Detroit Astronomer Explains a Par Sec Distance
Professor Alexander Laing, famed Detroit resident, spoke to locals about a par sec term used by astronomers to measure interstellar distances. He noted one par sec equals 19 billion billion miles, leaving the audience to accept the measure.
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Detroit
Alexander Laing
Preaches From Rock at White Oak Stone Corner
Rev. William Chesser delivered his twenty second annual sermon On the Rock from the corner where the Flat Creek church once stood in Petersburg Indiana Land deeded by William Hays allowed the site to revert to heirs if unused The church burned twenty two years ago and the preacher then ministered at the time Now past seventy five the congregation hopes to rebuild the church.
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Petersburg
Ind
William Chesser
Flat Creek
White Oak
General Baptist Church
William Hays
Chesser
Timge
Flieh From the Clouds by Clinton O R White
Professor White, superintendent of Kelley Leland schools, reports a near sky fish incident. A large fish reportedly fell from the clouds and an eagle hovered nearby as the creature was found alive after landing near him.
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Clinton
R. B. White
Kelley Leland
White
Witte
Bumper Oats Yield Reported From Local Farm
Northwest of town Otis Walton raised 45 acres on the Fount Davis farm and harvested 525 bushels at 78 percent yield per acre. The Westfield Review notes the big crop as market prices make it worthwhile. The second line is a humorous adage about half the world envying the other.
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France
Italy
England
Ireland
Germany
West Indies
Otis Walton
Fount Davis
Westfield Review
Two Men Steal Nitro Glycerine From Illinois Torpedo Works
Two men drove up to a nitro glycerine magazine on a farm between Lawrenceville and Bridgeport and took 20 quarts of explosive. Officials believe desperadoes committed the theft. Nitro sells for $2 a quart. thieves not yet caught and unlikely officers will rough them up if found.
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Illinois Torpedo Company
Lawrenceville
Bridgeport
Methodist Church Appeals for Yearly Subscriptions
Less than three weeks remain until the Conference. All church members who have not sent their benevolent subscriptions are urged to do so this week to help close the year. Regular services next Sunday with morning and evening preaching, Sunday school, and Epworth League at usual hours. A cordial invitation to the community to attend. Rev. B. E. Sandmeyer, Pastor.
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Epworth League
BE. G. Sandmeyer
Christian Church Opens September Prayer Meets
Mid week prayer meetings start in the first week of September. All members are urged to attend. Others are invited to join. J. J. O'Neal, Minister.
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J. J. O'Neal
Readers Debate Smoking Quality and Habits
A chorus of opinions argues that some men prefer a cheap cigar to none at all, reflecting attitudes toward smoking and personal choice in leisure.
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Washington
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Lord Rhondda
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Hoover
Europe
Food Administration
Clark Co. and Vicinity
United States of America
Wm T Hollenbeck
George V
Westfield
Marshall Herald
Terre Haute Daily Star
Star
Herald
the Herald
Marshall
Winois
Anna
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Harrison
the City Drug Store
North Side Square
OIS
Springfield
BARTS
Lloyd Pulver
Keifer Drug CO
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