How to Answer Questions on Registration Cards
Circular outlines twelve questions for June 5 conscription in the United States. It instructs registrants to answer in ink, prepare birth dates, home address, citizenship status, present occupation, employer, dependents, marital status and race, prior military service, and any draft exemption claims. It emphasizes reading the questions, not altering the instructions, and providing precise, current information for the registrar.
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Food Control Bill Lets $14 770 000 For Food Resources Survey
The bill passed by the House appropriates 14 770 000 dollars for an immediate survey of the nation’s food resources and to spur production. The Agriculture Department plans a three week resource estimate after signing, with 17 800 employees and 150 000 volunteers to start work. Herbert C Hoover to head a forthcoming food administration.
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Newspapers Are Doing Their Bit Washington
The Committee on Public Information issued voluntary censorship regulations guiding American press during the war. George Creel announced the committee’s name and role to inform the people, but there is no law vesting it with censorship powers.
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Storm takes heavy toll across Midwest and South
Tornadoes left vast casualties in Kansas Illinois Indiana Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky and southern Illinois. Mattoon Illinois reported forty four dead and five hundred injured amid widespread property loss. Dublin Kentucky and Eas near Sanday suffered multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Explosion Tied to Plot in Nevada Distillate Loss
Investigators tracing a $206,000 distillate loss from an explosion at Gerlach Nevada say the fuel in thirty cars headed to San Francisco was the result of a carefully planned plot. News was sent to local offices of the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific by Goesty investigators.
Secretary Redfield Urges Junk Drive for War Relief
Secretary Redfield proposes that children collect rag waste paper and old iron to raise funds for war relief. He calls for every town to form an organization to systematize the junk collection drive.
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Washington
Redfield
Women of Solingen to Help War Effort Collect Hair Belting
The women's patriotic league of Solingen in Rhenish Prussia, Germany organizes a hair drive. Long hair will be woven into belting for maintenance works while shorter hair is processed into felt for military use.
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Wheat prospects push Western Canada growth in grain market
The piece highlights high grain prices and booming Western Canadian wheat farming. It cites farmers and businessmen in Alberta and Manitoba touting large yields and strong profits, with affidavits claiming 1916 yields of wheat and oats and optimistic outlook for continued profitability amid global demand. It includes statements from Newell J. Noble and Nancy Coe affirming high yields on Alberta farms.
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America
United States
Canada
Wpshe Suphidhtiee
Eve Bowen
C. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
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Newell J. Noble
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Nancy Coe
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Japanese to Open Korea's First Cement Plant Soon
A Japanese company plans to open Korea's first cement plant in the near future, signaling a major industrial development for the region and potential economic impacts for local construction markets.
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Stinson-1 Wonder Where Steplad Mrs 8 Wiikie Had It
Fragmentary note reports a query about the steplad of a Mrs 8 Wiikie with unclear context and no identifiable event or location provided.
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