General overhaul speeds reclassification of draft registrants
Washington June 8. Provost Marshal General Crowder orders a nationwide audit of draft classifications to move thousands from class four into class one or two and correct erroneous placements. Married men with income and those recently wed will be reviewed. Local boards are urged to designate a class one week in June for examinations of doubtful cases to avoid future deferments.
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Washington
General Crowder
Mary
U-Boat Destruction Put at 50 Percent
Senator Swanson, acting naval committee chair, said after a Friday conference with navy heads that allied and American forces have destroyed 60 percent of German submarines constructed and halved shipping losses. He noted submarines off the Atlantic coast were driven from the coast and major shipping routes. No American warships stationed abroad have withdrawn to this side due to the German raid, according to Swanson citing top navy officials. In a separate item, Lieutenants J. A. Megarty of New Jersey and Travers Lee Halton of San Antonio were killed in a training collision near Gerstner field.
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Washington
Senator Swanson
Naval Committee
Navy Heads
Atlantic
Sen‘stor Swanson
Swanson
Gennan
Navy Department
Lake Charles
June
J. A, Megarty
Travers Lee Halton
Gerstner Field
Halton
San Antonio
Megarty
New Jersey
German Enmity in Russia Grows, Editorial Warns
The Volks Zeitung of Cologne warns that hostility toward Germany is spreading in Russia and that Ukrainians do not uniformly view Germans favorably. It notes the eastern situation looks bleak, accuses entente rivals of seeking weakness, and urges friendly talks with Soviet Russia to reduce military administration and align governance with Russian public will.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Russia
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Japan
Wilson
France
Chicago Stock Yards Strike Settled After Arbitration
Chicago stockyards workers end a strike Thursday after the company agreed to arbitrate. Judge Alschuler, who presided over the meat packers case, was accepted as arbitrator to fix wages. State board of labor helped bring the factions together.
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Chicago
Alschuler
State Board of
Jabar
Army casualty list reports 48 names in six categories
The June 8 casualty roll lists 48 names including 17 killed in action and 12 died of wounds. It names Lieut Ralph Noble of Galesburg reported dead by the German Red Cross, with many other officers and soldiers from states such as North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, and California among the KIA, DOW, and wounded or missing.
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Ashington
Ralph Noble
Galesburg
Red Cross
R. B. Anderson
Wilson
N. C
Gravenor P. Cather
Bladen
Neb
Henry C. Clark
Boston
Joseph Drabkin
Lodi
Cal
Herman L. Evans
Lebaron Junction
Silas Triplett
Huntington Creek
J. W. Bourget
Cheyenne
Clarence I. Daw
St. Joseph
Raymond E. Cuthbertson
Nebo
Charles Dean
Alger
Wash
Walter W. Hawk
Cincinnati
George Olen
Brockton
Mass
N. B. Shaheen
Moorhead
Minn
Guy W. Showers
Harrisburg
Mil’e Sinkevich
Easton
Harlie C. Smith
Middletown
N.Y
L. T. Strickland
Cerro Gordo
Lynn H. Harriman
Concord
N. Ho
Wellborn
Spritefield
Louis C. Saver
Vorees
Minne
Arville Seroge
Visucia
Rotary Convention Plans Large Attendance for World War War Talks
Kansas City June Rus sell M. Greiner announces the ninth annual Rotary International convention to be held the week of June 24 with an expected 6 000 delegates and friends. Canadian president Leslie E Pidgeon leads a strong Canadian showing as war work dominates discussions with Washington endorsing the gathering. Government representatives from Canada and Britain will attend. a New York exhibit on War Consumption will showcase Rotary campaigns. speakers include Cox Harding Mulholland Williams MacRae and Gross. Unique entertainments include a baked bean conservation supper for all convention guests hosted by New England Rotary clubs.
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Kansas City
Russell M. Greiner
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Leslie E. Pidgeon
Winnipeg
Canada
Toronto
All Canada
New York
sAmerica
Rotary Clubs
Havana
Cuba
Honolulu
James M. Cox
Ohio
William L. Harding
Iowa
Frank N. Mulholland
Red Cross
Talcott Williams
School of Journalism
Columbia University
Donald A. MacRae
Nathousie University
Halifax
N. S
Howard Hi. Gross
America
New England Rotary Clubs
Von Lertz Impatient to Leave the Naval Ball
Harrison Grant gathers detectives to thwart a German spy plot at a naval officers ball where he encounters Dixie Mason, a Secret Service linked operative. Dixie shadows Von Lertz, the German spy accompanying her. Von Lertz remarks on the many policemen at the event at the Ansonia hotel.
The Dangerous Moment In New York Hotel Plot
In a ballroom scene Dixie Mason and Harrison Grant move under orders as German agents plot. Grant orders guards and searches while Von Lertz grows nervous awaiting a bomb threat. A bomb maker out on the street pushes for a signal as the plan nears execution.
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Harrison Grant
Dixie
Criminology Club
Sains
Heinrich von Lertz
Dixie Mason
Cavanaugh
Grant
Filly Cavanaugh
Ife
von Lertz
Editor replies on bandstand roof in The Whig letter
Burton Struck of Denver defends Brooks and contrasts shell roof acoustics with bandstand design. He references August letters to the Quincy press and asserts agreement with Brooks on acoustics while criticizing Hyatts statements. The clipping ends with a pickup line about women.
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S. Hyatt
Brooks
Toso
Quincy Press
Quincy
Not going, I assure you it isn't my aca
Morrison Grant protests that he is not avoiding a matter, while denying any ulterior reason. Mr von Lertz presses for the issue, and Morrison Grant turns, smiling as the conversation continues amid an uneasy scene.
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Heinric von Lertz
Miss Mason
Grant
Mr. Grant
Dixie
Mr. von Lertz
von Lertz
Broad Way
72D Street
Aca
Morrison Grant
No Enlistments For 1918 Class In Navy Marine Corps
Washington June 8 Provost Marshal General Crowder says the class of 1918 registrants will not be allowed to enlist in the navy or marine corps and no involuntary induction will be granted. After numbers are assigned registrants may enlist if they obtain certificates from local boards confirming they are not within the current quota. No, Elizabeth, a woman's tongue isn't necessarily a concealed weapon.
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Washington
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
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