War drives recruitment and diplomacy across war news
Washington reports total regular army recruitment at 120185 with Navy enlistment at 56248 since war began. Labor mediation plans, aviation program support, Liberty loan oversubscription, and Britain loan of 35000000 are noted. Roosevelt addresses Red Cross. Missouri unit sails for France. and Congress debates food control as foresters camp in Chicago.
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Union News Service
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Red Cross
United States
England
War News From Around The World Today
Mayor Everett Evans and Albin Sandall of North Platte tried to enlist in the navy but were refused due to age. British subjects in the US are to be drafted, Red Cross week is urged, and American gunners defeated by a German submarine. The tank ship Moreni was destroyed after a running fight. four crewmen died. Former Senator Root told Petrograd the US fights to defend democracies, not profit. German papers mock Wilson, seeking peace with Russia. Seventeen more bodies pulled from Butte mines. 173 victims total. A British recruiting station opens in Boston as serbian detainees suffer harsh conditions in Austria-Hungary.
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Everett Evans
Albin Sandall
North Platte
Sam
Navy
Moreni
Petrograd
Root
United States
Russia
America
Promising State Fair School Exhibit Planned
Secretary Danielson allocates space in the agricultural building for a large educational exhibit. Nebraska teachers and superintendents aim to present the best yearly work to compare with peers and gather ideas. The semi centennial historical exhibit drew over 30,000 visitors and 5,000 registrants, with lectures and films engaging about 6,000 more.
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Union News Service
Danielson
A. E. Sheldon
The
Nebraska State Historical Society
State Historical Society
Historical Society
Nebraska Daughters of the American Revolution
Woman’s Relief Corps
Nebraska University Museum
State Horticultural Society
Attorney General Reed to enforce court order on Omaha strike
Reed states he will personally ensure the court order is carried out and will represent the state at the June 27 hearing before Judge Leslie. He notes the action is a historic first as a state intervenes to halt both sides in a strike and warns penalties for defying the restraining order. Nebraskans critique wartime moving pictures as German propaganda undermining recruitment, arguing films show only one side and mislead the public.
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Reed
Omaha
Leslie
District Court
United States
Weslie
State Council of Defence
Nebraska Medical Unit Heads to Fort Riley for Training
Fourteen Nebraska doctors and thirteen enlisted men from the Fifth Nebraska National Guard’s field hospital and sanitary detachment have reported to Lincoln to begin three months of intensive medical war work training at Fort Riley. The camp opened June 20 and Major Spearman has not yet fixed departure. The men will return as instructors in their detachments.
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Fort Riley
Nebraska
Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln
Spearman
Fishermen rounded up for illegal methods in Stillwater lake
Game Warden Koster and staff seize nets and seize five other nets at Meadow while detaining fifteen men fishing without licenses. Peter Smith of Kehlier farm pleads guilty to illegal fishing, fined $25 and costs. sein e confiscated.
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Koster
Calhoun
Stillwater Lake
Kehlier Farm
Peter Smith
Smith
Meadow
Nebraska warns public safety at patriotic rallies
State Council of Defense issues a circular to county chairmen urging heightened security at patriotic rallies. It prescribes guarding meeting places, inspecting all bags, screening suspicious individuals, avoiding handshakes with certain gestures, securement of halls, and extra hotel safety for overnight speakers.
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State Council of Defense
Nebraska State Council of Defense
Nebraska Pure Seed Law Warns On Low Quality Shipments
A state board bulletin highlights enforcement of Nebraska's pure seed law noting four seed shipments fail the standard. Alfalfa seed tested 88 percent pure with 52 percent germination and dodder contamination while red clover was 95 percent pure with 32 percent germination. Prices were high, and alfalfa must meet 96 percent purity and 80 percent germination. Farmers are urged to send samples to the state food commissioner for testing.
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State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Bulletin
Board of Control to Rule on Auditor Authority Over Claims
Silas Holcomb announces a test suit to decide if the auditor can strike items from approved claims for state institutions. The disputed 7.05 dollar charge for 47 carnations at Geneva Girls Industrial School was removed by deputy Fred Ayres, called the watchdog, while Auditor Smith would not strike it. Holcomb criticizes the auditor as autocratic and may pursue a formal ruling.
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Silas Holcomb
Board of Control
Girls’ Industrial School
Geneva
Smith
Fred Ayres
Holcomb
Attorney General to sue in Lancaster over near beer law
Willis E. Reed says he will file suit in Lancaster district court to clarify uncertain points in the prohibition law. He faces many inquiries about provisions, and some issues may need Supreme Court interpretation. The near beer clause causes the most trouble and the case will be a friendly test for all parties seeking guidance.
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Willis E. Reed
Lancaster District Court
Supreme Court
Discharged Guardsmen Must Register Amid Draft Call
Governor Neville received a telegram from Marshal Crowder at Washington advising that all discharged Nebraska national guard members within the draft age must register. The message directs state registration of any discharged guardsmen.
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Neville
Marshal Crowder
Washington, D. C
Nebraska National Guard
Pioneer county agent leader A. J. Anderson resigns for Ohio post
Nebraskas pioneer in county agent work A J Anderson resigns to take a higher paying position in Ohio. His term ends July 1 and C E Gunnels of Seward County will succeed him as county agricultural agent. Anderson helped launch and lead county agent work since its inception in the state.
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Nebraska
A. ©. Anderson
Ohio
C. E. Gunnels
Sewards
Anderson
State hail insurance law delayed without emergency clause
The state will not attempt to put the new hail insurance law into effect this year because it lacks an emergency clause and most of the crop season will have elapsed by July 24. Attorney General Reed says it would be impracticable to act under the bail insurance act before 1518.
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State Insurance Department
Reed
Millions Buy Bonds for German War Work in Liberty Loan
Subscriptions total $3,035,226,850 with an over subscription near 52 percent. Over 4,000,000 people bought bonds and 93 percent of totals ranged from 50 to 10,000 dollars. The New York district led with 1,186,788,400 dollars, followed by Chicago and others across the nation.
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McAdoo
Union News Service
Washington
Liberty Loan
New York
Omaha War Time Labor Restraint Issued by Court
Attorney General Willis E. Reed secured a temporary restraining order from Judge Leslie in Douglas county district court to curb labor troubles in Omaha. The order bars both Business Men's association members and labor union members from conspiring or entering into any agreement that could hinder wartime business. A hearing on a permanent injunction is scheduled for June 27.
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Omaha
Willis E. Reed
Nebraska
Leslie
Douglas County District Court
Business Men’s Association
Making Slaves of Belgians Deportations by German Forces
Reports from occupied Belgium confirm German forces are detaining Belgian civilians for forced labor. The Berlin government cites分类 schemes by Mons authorities, dividing Belgians into five age based groups with details on identity profession and employment location.
Newspaper Men Proffer Support Omaha
Resolutions at the Nebraska Press association closing session at Union Stock Yards dining room advocate taxing net income of newspaper publishing firms and support a zone postage rate if government readjusts postal rates. Members pledge service of themselves families and incomes to the United States government.
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Omaha
Nebraska Press Association
Union Stockyards
United States
Training Camps May Open For Third Draft Army
A third series of training camps for officers to train the third draft army may open late this fall if developments warrant. Forty thousand men will be trained in the second camps already announced by the war department. Men from Nebraska Iowa North and South Dakota Kansas Missouri and Colorado will train at Fort Riley Kansas.
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Washington
War Department
Nebraska
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Fort Riley
Kas
Navy awards 3.36 million pairs of socks to firms
The Navy Department awarded contracts for 3,357,200 pairs of socks to eighteen firms nationwide. The average price was about 18 cents for cotton pairs and 28 cents for woolen socks.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hoffmann Resigns From Swiss Federal Council
Berne reports that M Hoffmann, Swiss federal council member tied to efforts for separate peace talks between Germany and Russia, has resigned from his post.
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Berne
M. Hoffmann
Federal Council
Germany
Russia
German Crops Burn in Heat Wave Across Germany
Reports from Copenhagen describe an unprecedented heat wave in Germany with all valuable grain crops burning like in 1915. Berlin records the hottest June 17, and tropical temperatures are noted west of the Oder. At Hamburg Derby week horses suffer from a baked track on a marshy corner.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Oder River
Hamburg
Cleric Interviews Lawyer for Wedding Service
A well-dressed, clean shaven young man named Hilary Arbuthnot seeks to hire the clergyman for his wedding to be held at noon next Thursday week. The exchange covers standard household duties and whether the clergyman can officiate.
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Hilary Arbuthnot
Freezone Offers Painless Corn Remedy
A Cincinnati authority says freezone lifts corns with a few drops applied by finger. A small bottle costs little at drugstores and promises to remove corns or calluses without pain or skin irritation. If not in stock, druggists can source it from wholesale houses.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Bayonet Boss Becomes Lively Drill Memoir
Col John Ward once led raw recruits in a navvies battalion with a direct, simple teaching method. At musketry he explained the bayonet boss and bayonet bar to fix money in memory, and the squad grinned yet understood the lesson.
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John Ward
M. P
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands With Quick Results
An advertisement praises Cuticura products for sore hands. Soak hands in Cuticura Soap, dry, rub in Cuticura Ointment, then remove excess. Free sample offered by mail with a booklet. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Boston
A Poor Finish
A fragmentary exchange questions aging and storytelling. The speaker jokes about being a grandmother at thirty two while another dismisses the age claim as an embellishment. The dialogue hints at different beliefs about dogs and human understanding.
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