Adjutant General Notified of Delinquent Draft Quota
The Adjutant General reports 119 men have not submitted questionnaires for the Roseton yards exemption. Investigations aim to locate them and offer a second chance to appear. failure will trigger the statute. Many are colored workers from brick yards, with some Mexicans at Camp Bell Hall and Masprook. About 25 more are to be sent to camp February 15. Currently 635 men have passed exams and are ready to go when called.
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Adjutant General
Campbell Hall
Masprook
Haly
Friend of Home on the Tuscania on board confirmed safe
A passenger list shows L W J Blackman of Clinton Avenue Brooklyn was aboard the Tuscania. He was feared lost but New York jets reported his rescue this morning, easing concern for his family and friends.
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W. J. Blackman
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Amouz
New York
Pajets
Fady
Brooks Row
Hollyrood Palm
Circlevive
Beiwe
Wastinzies, K. C. Fes. 2 Rata ta keth and stow in morth portions to Mehr
Wastinzies, K. C. Fes. 2 Rata ta keth and stow in morth portions to Mehr:warmer.
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Wastinzies
K. C
Fes
Mehr
Middletown Boys Gas Gas Masks Training At Camp Wadsworth
At Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg South Carolina the Middletown soldiers receive gas mask instruction led by Corporal Kin. They undergo a six session course covering gas warfare history mask inspection and rapid donning. Guardsmen pass an exam before reporters and navigate a gas chamber test while ambulances stand by.
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Wadsworth
Spartanburg
Ae C
Company I
Morntane
Corporal Kin
Times-Press offers three months for $1 Dollar Day
Middletown readers are invited to subscribe for three months at one dollar on Dollar Day Saturday February 23. To qualify, subscriptions must be paid up to date and payments made on Dollar Day. The Times Press promotes local news coverage and features with its vast network of correspondents and the Associated Press news supply.
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Times-Press
Times-Prasz
Midletown
Middletown
Rew Times
Falge
Resi
Times ‘Press
Anines
Associated Press
Orange County
Times Press
Lomes
Lieut Royce Transferred to First Pioneer Regiment
Army orders released by War Department announce Lieut Herben B Royce of Co G 59th Infantry now stationed at Camp Worth Spartanburg S C has been reassigned to the First Pioneer Regiment The unit is expected to be among the first overseas duty from the Spartanburg camp The Middletown Shoe Shining Co at Franklin Square will open a new location at 70 North Street on March 1 The former occupant is United Citat Co LYNCH OUT OF TOWN Internal Revenue man Thomas M Lynch not in town today will return Monday at 1 PM
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War Department
Herben B. Royce
Co. G
T. S&s. Infantry
Camp Wedsworth
Spartandorf
S. C
Boyce
Spartanburg
Middletown Shoe Shining Co
Franklin Square
North Street
United Citat Co
Bolshevik Won't Recognize Peace. Ukranian Rada Pact Signed
Copenhagen reports a peace agreement signed by Central Powers and the Ukrainian Rada, a move the Bolshevik government is unlikely to recognize. The Rada, a Ukrainian legislative body, proclaimed independence from Russia. In Sussex New Jersey, Lt. Dr. H J Harp, recently discharged from service, resumes medical practice after a residents' petition.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Rada
Berin Teiesram
Russia
Germans Use Dogs as Front Line Alert in American Sector
With American Armies in France on Feb 9 the Germans deploy dog listeners to warn of patrol approaches. A dog listener thwarted a patrol early this morning. Two corporals involved are cited for spirit and coolness in official reports. Mumps reappears in trenches and several soldiers are affected alongside a wounded correspondent.
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Associated Press
France
Fire attack tied to great German plot claims in Newburgh
In Newburgh the fire that razed the Central Hudson Steamboat Co offices and Matthews Co storehouse is alleged by John Brennan to be part of a German plot to hinder the war effort. He says two foreign men with advance knowledge spoke of a Monday blaze and had three grips, suggesting spying. Insurance totals place Matthews losses at 74.44 with other claims to be adjusted. Matthews Co offices move to South Water Street as work resumes. Central Hudson HQ on Smith Street readies to reopen with staff.
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Central Hudson Steamboat Co
John W. Matthews & Co
America
John Brennan
North Tarrytown
Brennan
Lawrence Brennan
Meadow Hill
North Tarrrtown
Hastings
JF. W. Matthews Coe, Inc
Odell Bat Ding
Smith Street
Third Street
Exis
Fullerton claims Frank Ful lerton is late Indgze Pullerton’s son
Benjamin S Fullerton of this city visited the Times-Press to state that Frank Fullerton formerly of Newburgh who died recently at Westerbury L1 was the son of the late Indgze Stephen W Pullerton of Newburgh. G S Fullerton has a son Frank who runs Armour Beet Co plant at Chester Pa. Child in Margarum home Sussex New Jersey Feb Little Janette Robertson Margarum arrived at 5 pm Sunday at the Margarum home on Bank Street. Mayor Margarum has been receiving congratulations at the Farmers National Bank and elsewhere.
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Benjamin S$. Fullerton
Times-Press
Frank Fullerton
Newburgh
Westerbury
Indgze Stephen W. Pullerton
G. S. Fullerton
Frank
Armour Beet Co
Chester
Margarum
Sussex
WN. J
Janette Robertson Margarum
Bank Street
Farmers’ National Bank
Pennsylvania Governor Urges Wilson to Refuse Coal for Breweries
Harmburg, Penn, reports Governor Brembaugh issued a proclamation urging Pennsylvanians to prepare for unrest and wrote President Wilson asking that coal be refused to breweries and industries. The letter notes painful times and ongoing distress affecting homes and factories.
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Pennsylvania
Wilson
Harmburg
Penn
Red
Brembaugh Han
Benjamin Wood Dies at 83 in Middletown
Benjamin Wood, longtime resident of Middletown and son of Tacob Wood, died at 3:55 AM at his son Fred Wood’s home at 10 Prospect Avenue after a brief pneumonia illness. Born in Haverstraw on March 29, he spent his life in Ramapo Sloatsburg and Middletown, worked in the O. & W. car department, and celebrated his 49th wedding anniversary with wife Mrs. Weed before retirement. Continued on page eight.
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Benjamin Wood
Fred
Haverstraw
Tacob Wood
Nancy Hillis
Ramapo
Sloatsburs
Middletown
Rrddletown
Weed
Hennah
Finch Nony
Sion
Building Hospital Material Ordered for Ousville Site
Government plans rapid construction of a hospital on the Sanatorum grounds at Ousville. Lumber and other supplies are being ordered from Port Jervis and nearby sections as preliminary ground work has begun amid bad weather. Millard Division No. 101, D. C., will meet at Eagles Hall Sunday afternoon.
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of Press
Port Jervis
Millard Division
D. C
Eagles Hall
Conduct of Men Is Praised After Tuscania Sinking
Between one hundred and two hundred American soldiers from the torpedoed Tuscania arrived in Belfast. They appeared worse for wear but calm, many wearing British coats. Early reports in London note uncertainty over exact casualty figures.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Tuscania
London
France
United States Army
Col Roosevelt Reported Better After Surgery
Col Roosevelt's condition improved though not out of danger, with five optimistic bulletins noting favorable signs. Surgeons met yesterday. if progress continues another 24 hours, crisis may pass. Hospital bulletin says pulse and temperature normal, inner ear trouble subsiding, rest essential for at least three weeks.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
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Georgia
Camp Dix
Matthews
S. W. Fullerton
Son
F. B. Wood
Col. Roosevelt
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