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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
1
Bureau County reports 800 new registrants as of Wednesday, about 100 shy of expected. District tallies show 148 in District 2 and 150 in District 1. The questionnaire and examination date will be rescheduled due to paperwork delays, with a long list of named registrants across multiple towns and districts.
Dana's Greater Shows to furnish all attractions for a one week Summer Carnival at Hicks Park starting Monday June 10. The exhibit features twelve major attractions two monster rides and Rocco Grella's Royal Italian band performing daily. Possible Sacred Concerts Sunday plan to be held downtown and at the park. The Dana show is praised as a clean family exhibition catering to ladies and children.
Last Thursday afternoon Memorial Day F D Castner and relatives were en route to Spring Valley hospital to visit Charlie Johnson when their auto collided with a rig at the Ottville cemetery entrance. Mrs John Rice of the rig was thrown from the buggy and suffered a broken bone in the spinal column but not a serious injury. She returned home Sunday.
In a May 4 1918 letter from the war zone Glenn describes life in allied aviation. He notes weather delays, patrols with SPADs and wireless reporting, close encounters with German fighters, and damage to his plane and crew. He praises French aviation and foresees the end of German air power as Allied forces advance toward Amiens and Rheims.
The article appeals to women to join Red Cross volunteers to assist with sewing surgical work knitting hospital relief and other branches. It lists Mrs J H Franklin and several chairwomen as contacts and notes Miss Ella Maps returning to Annawan for the summer before resuming duties at Grant School.
Last week calls go out for Patriots Fund pledges with a final push before week’s end. The honor roll lists subscribers through press time and warns delinquents to turn in pledges or face action while unions vote on a fifty cent monthly assessment for the duration of the war. Local mine unions Dalzell and No. 8617 push for fifteen thousand dollars next year, aiming for 100 percent Red Cross and Patriots Fund support.
Local exemption board issues a call for men for limited military service in the military aeronautics branch. Recruiters seek locomotive engineers, firemen, carpenters, machinists, electricians, auto mechanics, clerks, railroad workers, surveyors, and laborers for production work. Several colleges and programs abroad also request volunteers to report for listing and mobilization planning.
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