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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
6
Through an association with many American newspapers the Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers worldwide, over a hundred with the armies and navies of warring nations. The best pictures taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
Lincoln Shu son of Kai Fu Shah former minister to the United States from China is a lively member of the Junior American guard, an organization gaining traction among heirs of notable families in Washington. The youth studies in America while his father returns to private life in China.
A recent item notes discontent among eastern clockmakers. The piece warns labor tensions could wind up in Indianapolis, with a hope the industry avoids a strike or disruption.
A War Department issued formal order directed to the Amy region calling for the drafting of men. The directive outlines conscription measures and the administrative steps for registration, selection, and processing of draftees within the jurisdiction.
President Wilson's formal order calls 687,000 men for military service under the selective draft. State quotas will be distributed by governors and a lottery will select registrants for service or exemption. Net national quotas total 687,000 after credit for volunteers and guardsmen, with detailed state allocations and a projected grand total of 1,262,985 across forces.
Washington dispatches report quiet restored in Peking after a battle where Chang Hsun's monarchist troops were overwhelmed by republican forces. The monarchical general is a refugee at the Dutch legation in London as aerial combat yields British claims of success on the French front with German planes downed.
Reports from Fiat River near St Francois, about fifty miles southwest of St Louis, say one man was killed and between forty and fifty injured in race rioting between American and foreign miners. Americans protest alleged employer preference for foreign labor prompted the unrest.
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