Senate Draft Numbers Drawn In National Lottery
The June 27 entry reports America's 1940 draft class drawn in a Senate room, revealing 744,500 youths slated for potential enlistment. The master numbers determine relative placement by district and class, with preliminary draws by Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder creating a list of Knox County registrants and their order numbers.
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Washington
America
Senate
Baker
Crowder
Army casualty list tallies 40 names with 29 killed
June 27 dispatch reports the army casualty list includes 40 names with 29 killed in action and 31 wounded severely. Ohio entries appear among the casualties with names such as Knose and Cloves among the wounded and killed.
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Washington
Ohio
Jotinn
Wimitton
Leslie Knose
Cloves
Senate Would Stop Sale Of Whiskey In 1919
The Senate agriculture committee approved an amendment to a large emergency agricultural bill imposing national prohibition. It would ban manufacture and sale of whiskey and wine after June 30, 1919, and halt beer production and sales three months after presidential approval.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
British Advance Seizes German Strong Point
British troops at night captured a German strong point west of Vieux Berquin and east of Hazebrouck, taking prisoners and several machine guns, according to an official statement from Field Marshal Hat. German artillery had earlier been active on the Lys front.
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Lond
Vieux Berquin
Hazebrouck
Kays
Hat
Lyxsul
Aliens Held in Canal Zone In Internment Sweep
AP reports Panamanian authorities arrest enemy aliens across the republic for internment at the canal zone. Pro German activities in several provinces are said to have been curtailed by the effort.
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Canal Zone
Associated Press
Pie
Tanama
Panay Ust
Republic
British Allies Ocean Losses Report May Tonnage
A London dated report lists Admiralty figures showing British 224,735 tons, allies and neutrals 130,059 tons lost in May due to enemy action and marine risk. The total May tonnage is 355,694, compared with April and May figures from prior periods.
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London
Britta Admiralty
Assassination by Bolshevikists Confirmed
Paris dispatch from Kiev dated June 26 reports the assassination of former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. It states he was killed by hevikT troops during their retreat from Yekaterinburg. Lausanne Zion reports confirmation that Bolshevik authorities condemned Nicholas Romanoff to death after a brief trial and shot him. details remain scarce.
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Paris
Kiev
Nicholas of
Russia
Hevikt
Yekaterinburg
IV the
Geneva
Jean
Ukraine
Lausanne
Nicholas Romanoff
American Schooner Janes W. Paul Jr Sunk in Rio Harbor
A cable broke as the American schooner Janes W. Paul Jr. was towed outward in Rio de Janeiro harbor. All aboard were saved except a cook and the master’s infant daughter. The ship’s home port was New York.
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Washington
Janes W. Paul, Jr
Rio de Janeiro
Cook
Paul
New York
Miners Die in Cave-In Triggered by Lightning
In Virginia Minnesota today a mine disaster leaves ten miners dead after a cave-in caused by a dynamite explosion and a bolt of lightning near the Silver Mine. Thousands of tons of ore were buried in the resulting collapse as rescue efforts continued.
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Virginia
Minn
Cats
Here
Touay
Italians Repulsed At Col Del Rosie In New Offensive
A wartime dispatch reports Italian troops launched another assault on Col Del Rosie between Brontu and Assigo but were repulsed with heavy losses. The Vienna note cites Austrian forces repelling the attack in a recent offensive outcome.
Call Issued for 180 Colored Men to Wilberforce University
Wartime draft notice calls 180 colored men to attend Wilberforce University at Xenia on July 15 for special mechanical instruction. No Knox county quota yet. West Virginia select Walter B. Fouch departed Clarksburg after inviting his mother from South Vernon. Fouch will accompany selects to Camp Lee.
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Wilberforce University
Xenia
Knox County
Walter B. Fouch
Clarksburg
W. Va
8. Fowch
South Vernon
Fouch
Camp Lee
Kerensky Eyes America to plead Russia Democracy
Alexander F. Kerensky, former Russian leader, arrived in London and seeks to address the British labor conference. He plans to go to the United States to present Russia’s democracy cause to the American public and gain support for his nation.
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London
Jane
Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
America
Giaat
Yankees Take 311 Prisoners on Belleau Wood Drive
The American forces on the Marne drive captured 311 German prisoners in the Belleau Wood sector Tuesday night. They also seized 11 heavy machine guns 10 automatic rifles and quantities of small arms ammunition and other material.
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Marne
Associated Prose
Belleau Wool
GZARS BROTHER TAKES HELM OF SIBERIA STATE
Amsterdam dispatch reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandroviteh, younger brother of the former Emperor Nicholas, has assumed leadership of the Siberian government and issued a manifesto to the Russian people from Moscow.
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Gzar
Siberia
Amsterdam
Michael Alexandroviteh
Nicholas
Moscow
Extradition Ordered in French Contract Case
Washington June 27 Frank Idvoll a French subject held on charges he profited millions from motor truck contracts was ordered by the district court to be extradited to France. He faces French government charges and will be transferred under international agreement.
Warning Issued On Explosives Licensing For Fish Dynamiters
Clerks of Courts in Ohio report a federal communication warning against dynamiting fish. Under the explosives act, selling or handling explosives requires a federal license. unlicensed possession risks a 5000 dollar fine and up to one year in prison. Licenses are issued to qualified, loyal U.S. citizens, via Guy Taylor, Clerk of Courts.
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Taylor
Department of the Interial
Bureau of Mines
Ohio
of Courin
United States
Guy Taylor
Austria Faces Serious Difficulties and Limited Hopes
Paris dispatch reports Austria in serious difficulties with little chance of revolt success. A French official summary says Austria cannot negotiate a separate peace and warns against extending any hand to Vienna now.
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Asselated Press
Che Banner
Paris
Austria
Anti Bolshevik Force Advances Toward Siberia
London report cites a Peking dispatch dated June 22 saying General Semenoff leading anti Bolshevik forces from Manchuria push into western Siberia. Bolsheviks ordered to retreat to Irkutsk to defend the Soviet cause amid reports of counter revolution threats.
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Assoviated
London
Senvenoff
Siberia
Manchurian
Peking
Semenoff
Leen
Irktushe
Pershing Sends Infantry to aid Italy
Washington June 27 General Pershing under orders from Washington selected a regiment of infantry to be sent immediately to Italy The secretary of war Baker announced the move but would not disclose the troops identity as the decision was made to assist Italy in the war effort
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Washington
Pershing
Haly
Baker
Airplane Battles Increase on Western Front Frontline
Allied airmen downed or forced to land 36 German aircraft Tuesday while Berlin claimed 12 Allied planes destroyed. German raids hit Paris Wednesday night with no combat losses reported. Italian forces secure artillery and material from Austrian retreat. mountain fighting narrows to local actions amid ongoing Allied offensives. Unconfirmed reports from Berlin suggest Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann may resign after Reichstag speech.
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Associated Press
Hatten
Fremch
Berlin
Paris
Piave
Switzerland
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
SUFFS AND ANTIS LEARN FATE OF PET AMENDMENT
Washington June 27 suffragists and antisuffragists meet in the senate chamber as a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage goes to the states. Powerful coalitions maneuver to influence the result and a very close vote is anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Italians Destroy Austrian Outpost
Italian troops surprised an Austrian advance post yesterday and wiped it out. Across the front activity was not marked yesterday, according to the report.
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Thanner
Tegen
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