Litia Officers to Spend Time in Training Recruits
Militia recruiting stations in Washington state closed Thursday as officers shift to training already signed up recruits. Washington D C orders halted new enlistments after companies reached about 100 men, with roughly half the organizations at full peace strength. A Madison, Wisconsin scientist aims to produce a yellow Herray. A yellow mouse is portrayed as more valuable than a white or gray one.
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Chicago youth flock to aviation training in one day
In Chicago, 230 young men signed up for aviation instruction in a single day signaling strong wartime support. Radio Inspector John C. Dillon says seven wireless stations remain active around Chicago despite the navy department edict warning arrests and seizure of equipment after midnight. In Canton Ohio five hundred protesters kiss Attorney Clarke as he urges closing a meeting with the song Die Wacht Am Rhein and about four hundred names sign a petition against military training.
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John C. Dillon
Navy Department
Canton
Clarke
Two Women Doctors Volunteer for War
Two elderly physicians register as volunteers for war work in a National League for Woman's Service office. Mise Helen B. Carpenter of Belmont avenue, though ill, learned telegraphy in youth and hopes to aid her country. Hermione Washburn Andrews of First avenue West, with dimmed eyesight, offers immediate service.
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Lake Washington Adds Two Passenger Launches
The port commission approved two passenger launches at 8800 dollars each to improve lake service. Each boat will carry 100 persons. One vessel will feeder service touching smaller towns on the east shore, the other will run between Leachi and the north end of Mercer Island including East Seattle.
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Port Commission
Lake District
Leachi
Mercer Island
East Seattle
Urge Japanese to be loyal to United States
A New World editorial from San Francisco dated April 12 urges Japanese residents in the United States to demonstrate loyalty and aid the Red Cross. The paper frames loyalty as a duty and seeks to strengthen friendship between the United States and Nippon amid fears of anti Japanese sentiment.
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Nippon
Pacific Ocean
Marines Adopt Rigid Censorship Plan On Battledhips
New York April 12. The Marine Corps Publicity Headquarters revealed a strict censorship method now in effect on American battleships. Communication is limited to printed postal cards with writers selecting only approved sentences and censoring the rest.
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Marine Corps
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