Draft expansion eyed for November in youth enlistment push
The War Department Selective Service and Congress plan to enlarge forces by drafting 18 and 19 year olds, with November as the target. Rep May, head of the House Military Affairs Committee, supports considering lower draft age if the War Department requests action. He notes opposition to including younger men remains but hints sentiment may be shifting.
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Selective Service System
Congress
America
May
D-Ry
House Military Affairs Committee
Tire Relics Tossed On Bloomfield Scrap Pile
Onlookers watch Henry Wishard dump 37 by 5 tires in wrapping onto a focal pile in Bloomfield Indiana as he recalls a carload of tires from 1994. Wishard laughs at the surviving relics.
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Henry Wishard
Wishard
Last Passengers From Gripsholm Cleared for Questioning
The Gripsholm voyage ends with 162 passengers still aboard for further questioning at Ellis Island after three days of intense inquiry involving more than 1,400 returnees from the Orient. Byron H. Uhl, immigration district director, notes many repatriated missionaries with language skills have volunteered for government war work.
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Gripsholm
New York
Diplomatic Exchange
Orient
Byron H. Uhl
Immigration
Gripsheim
Ellis Island
Freight Car Lost in Midtrain at Frankfort Incident
Trainmen arriving from Frankfort found a car missing from the middle of the freight consist after a break and recoupling. A tool car derailed and rolled down an embankment, indicating the midtrain car was left behind during the repairs.
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Concordia
Nas
Frankfort
Chivalry in Bloom in Spokane Traffic Stop
Patrolman John Domit tagged a woman motorist for running a traffic signal. She pursued, he stopped, and she smiled brightly, illustrating a courteous, if curious, roadside encounter in Spokane on August 28.
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Domit
Spokane
Wash
John Domit
Roosevelt Proclaims Eminent Domain Pipe Line Land Deal
President Roosevelt signs a proclamation authorizing land acquisition for a pipe line extending about 150 miles from near El to a distant region. The decree empowers use of eminent domain to secure rights, with details pending further implementing steps.
Planned Pipeline to Run from Dorade Arkansas to Helena
The project proposes a pipeline from Dorade Arkansas to a point on the Mississippi River near Helena Arkansas. It would be constructed by the Project Five Pipe Line Corporation for national defense purposes as stated by the President.
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Amy x
Dorade
Ark
Mississippi River
Helena
Project Five Pipe Line Corporation
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