Many Are Reclassified By Local Draft Board
The Local Draft Board added about 30 names to Class 1 under new War Department rules and moved fourteen married men to the same class. Five more married men with children were placed in Class 2. All married since May 18, 1917. Thirty names listed for Class 1 include those exempt due to dependent relatives and agricultural claims. A separate list shows married men affected by the new regulations with their transferred classes. A reexamination plan aims to lift more men into Class 1, with exams likely alongside others registered in June. An additional order calls 25 men to Camp Taylor later this month, possibly exhausting the county’s Class 1 supply. Harvest price scrutiny follows, with a state committee recommending uniform threshing rates and noting regional variances. The State Council of Defense seeks to curb excessive rates, reporting largely successful reductions in northern and central Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Albert A. Brejcha
Gustav F. Gollnick
Charles J. Fort William Botlint
Frank J. Roubal Jr. Vertion HL. Botertt
Herman H. Dust
George W. Price
Arthur E. Potraz
John Kalvelage
Roy Swarts
A. Skuderna
Frank Reed Grant Tiety
Elb. Peterson
Raymond E. Hardest
Samuel J. Murry
Albert J
George W. White
Cornelius J. Starr
Clem. Herman
Herbert M. Sutton
Clarence E. Calvert
Roy Piper
Otto
Born
Edward Born
L. F. Conner
Hugo Roseman
Claude Mosher
Elmer Lambert
Byron
D. Roberts
Charles FE. Sheldon
Samuel R. Childs
Christie J. Hankey
Elsworth C. Childs
Camp Taylor
M. E. Foley
State Council of Defense
Foley
Goodrich
Indiana
State Council
Visitors and locals share news from Knox and nearby towns
Dr H 8 Stoddard and wife of Knox visited town last Sunday. John and Bessie Kalina returned to Chicago after a week with relatives here. Louise Kuester and Geo Gerhart of Chicago vacationing with her sister on the farm. Dr L P Collins of Winamac, recently commissioned, left for Ft Oglethorpe Ga. Bonnie Spring home from Camp Shelby for his brother Ora's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Knox
John
Bessie Kalina
Chicago
Hoover
Louise Kuester
Geo. Gerhart
Ft. Oglethorps, Ga
Bonnie Spring
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ora
Indiana Plarbor
Bonnie
Occupation Restrictions For Registrants In Nonproductive Work
New rules after July 1 require local boards to notify registrants in Class 1 2.09 or 4 identified as idlers or employed in non productive occupations. They must appear within three to seven days to present evidence supporting their status, with extensions allowed for distance or other valid causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal Board
Grain grade disputes guidance from Food Administration
Notice from the Federal Food Administrator in June 1978 advises farmers and grain buyers in Starke County to send grain samples to the Grain Corporation at 272 Bourse, Philadelphia, for official gradation to resolve disputes and ease tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Philadelphia
FLPF
Witrtson
Starke County
Earl Oakley Arrives Safely in France in Active Service
The card received by Earl Oakley's parents confirms he is a North Judson boy now in France and in active service over there. Mrs Bert Smith suffered a severe cut when a fruit can lid burst. Dr Englerth treated the wounds with stitches and he endured the pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Oakley
North Judson
France
Bert Smith
Englerth
Chautauqua Leader Praises Lyceum Fellowship
President Montaville Flowers of the International Lyceum find Chautauqua Association receives cordial thanks from President Woodrow Wilson for the organization’s democratic outreach. He says the war years strengthen the group’s service and urges continued public support as a patriotic national defense asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaville Flowers
International Lyceum
Chautauqua Association
America
Chautauqua
Death and Wounds Reach North Judson During War Echoes
Reports from North Judson recount Ora F. Sphung's tragic death after a 34 foot fall at a Chicago steel works job and Harvey J. Troyer, wounded in France, describing his hospital care and a hopeful eight week recovery. Local updates note a big summer chautauqua planned with six days of entertainment and patriotism as the community rallies behind war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora F. Sphung
Indiana Harbor
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works Co
Ora
Comet Salvating Co
North Junction
M. E. Church
Col” D
North Judson
Unclaimed Letters List for Week Ending July 3 191s
The list shows undelivered mail at this office for the week ending July 3 191s. Items will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed within two weeks. Frank J. Vessely, P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minor
Frank J. Vessely
P.M
Second Toto Boy Wounded at Front in France
Information received by his parents says Elmer Queer, a Toto boy, was wounded at the front in France a few days ago. The report indicates the injuries are not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
Chicago
Trndianapolis
France
Harvey J. Troyer
David J. Troyer
Toto
Rye
Chase Gilmore
San Pierre
Troyer
Starvey
Miss Jechert
North Judson
Elmer Queer
Go Across Soon from Ft Hancock Brother Describes War Time
Anxious to go across, Cecil B. Phillips, Battery C 74th Reg C A L C, Ft Hancock N J, writes of launch to war, airplanes and ships, plans to bring back a remembrance, hopes family at home not to worry, and notes merriment at Y M C A shows during July 4th leave. Also mentions ice deliveries, a sister’s relative’s trip to LaPorte, and a derailment delaying trains nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie A. Miller
Cecil B. Phillips
Ft. Hancock
N. J
Hancock
Tam
74Th Reg
Kaiser
Chcil Bertis Phillips
Battery C
74 Reg. C. Alc
Ft. Hancock, N. J
True Patriotism highlights Dr Collins wartime service
The Winamac Republican notes North Judson born Dr L B Collins son of Mrs Mary Collins and brother of Mrs Albert Fisher. He received a war department call to report at Camp Hancock Georgia on Friday July 12 and plans to depart around July 10. He earned a first lieutenant commission in the medical officers corps and will remain in Winamac with his wife and baby this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winamac
North Judson
Mary Collins
Albert Fisher
L. PB. Collins
War Department
Camp Hancock
Georgia
Medical Officers Corps
Things That Never Happen in Small Town Talk
A humorous collection of quotes shows residents joking about dates, debts, a rheumatism cure, a dry town, and a boast about supporting wartime measures while noting local wine restrictions. The snippets capture local voice and everyday irony.
Scoutmaster adds two assistant leaders and new committee
Dr. F G Davis names L S Wakeman and O S Schuyler as assistant scoutmasters and Hruska Mosher and Dablke to the troop committee. The 25 registered boys thank Frank Slayo Bass Lake for grounds and boats and Sherman Carnes Houck and Keehn for transport. Also notes a July 16 theatre event and Mayo hospital visit. wheat storage guidance and Fed Reserve support for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout News
F. G. Davis
Wakeman
O. S. Schuyler
Chas. Hruska
L. E. Mosher
Frank Dablke
Frank Slay
Bass Lake
Sherman Carnes
E. C. Houck
Fred Keehn
Fairy Theatre
Knox
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Starke
Pietro
Pew
Arnederson
George Rennewan- Herry
Jordan Thomas A. Naragasa
Columbus H. Shirling
William Wolfe
Frank W. Kurtz
Louis W. Borg
Bert 1
Lundin DeWit E. Green
Llane
Johnson Jay Ik. Graeber
William KE. Cox
Mianer F. Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Dun
Bradstreet
Kankakee
Mis
Dull Carrier
American Red Cross
Corp
Harvey
Ervice
First State Bank
North Judson Indiana
Edward Touck
Fred Sramek
LaPorte
Jermann
New York Central
Erie
Vandalia
Nickel Plate
Austin Reed
Paul Altmann
Lee Lain
John Rodgers
Henry Dux
Roy Reed
Harry Keller
Avery Brown
John Stejskal Jr
Fred Hopkins
Jas. Downie
Joseph Hook
Fred Traester
Frank Pohrte
William Pohrte
Willard Atherton
George Kee
Harvey Trover
Jerry Slansky
Edward Pohrte
Lester Bunch
Reuben Roney
Alfred Schmidt
Jos. Capouch
Percy Wilcox
Arthur J. Prohl
George Sindelar
Aloysius Evert
Charles Ashley Winn
Skibbe
Wayne Township
Henry Ford
Mike Dahike
Rochester
Minn
Federal Reserve Banks
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