Second Draft Drawn in National Draft Lottery
Washington reports the second national draft lottery began at 9 36 with 246 drawn from the big bowl by Secretary of War Baker. Celebrities and officials followed in order, while Miss Wellborn drew the 580th and the remaining 1 200 capsules. About 4 557 districts saw serial numbering and immediate recording, with each drawn number fixing district lists. Returns must be mailed within seven days.
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Washington
America
War Baker
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Warren
Dent
Kahn
General March
General Crowder
Easby-Smith
Kramer
Miss Wellborn
Billy
National Army
Provost Marshal-General’s Office
Crowder
Optical Draft Order List Shows Serial Draw Sequence
The document lists order numbers up to 200 used to determine liability in Division 21 and 22. Registrants use their assigned serial numbers, publicized by draft boards, to count down the list and find their place.
Girl Draftee Predictor Known as Major Billy
Washington reports Miss Wilhelmina Wellborn known as Major Billy drew the remaining numbers in the nations second big draft lottery. She is famed for predicting draft rules and answering citizens questions about when sons will be called and what to wear. Her knowledge helps keep the draft machine running smoothly.
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Washington
Wilhelmina Wellborn
Moth
John Jones
Billy
War Savings Drive Is Going Strong in Connecticut
Hartford June 27 Approximately 600000 pledges have been recorded in the Connecticut War Savings pledge drive to date. City by city reports praise progress as house to house canvasses finish. New London increased its pledge quota first. National War Savings Enlistment Day is Friday with turnout at schools and designated sites to record pledges. The state director extends registration through Sunday night to widen reach. War Savings chairmen plan weekend efforts to secure remaining pledges. Slacker committees of prominent citizens operate in several cities to press for pledges. By Sunday evening CT hopes to exceed 900000 pledges with a yearly allotment of 26000000, of which only 4000000 has been raised so far.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Director of War Savings
New London
National War Savings
War!Savings
American scholar held by Germans near Berlin
A report from Berne states Prof. Henry C. Emery, captured in Washington, was seized with the Aland Islands incident and is held by Germany at Charlottenberg near Berlin. The Prussian War Ministry said he is in a prison camp at Touchel. Officials seek to determine if he is a civilian or military prisoner.
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State Department
Berne
Henry C. Emery
Washington
Aland Islands
Charlottenberg
Berlin
Touchel
Kuhlman Asked to Resign in Berlin War Debate
Berlin reports say Dr. von Kuhlman foreign secretary was asked to resign amid war aim speeches. Exe Telegraph dispatch cites Lokal Anzeiger. German conservative press calls for removal. Other items note Pine Bluff soldiers seeking wives and U.S. bombing raid on Conflans with good results. one German observation plane seen.
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Kuhlman
London
Berlin
von Kuhlman
Copenhagen
Lokal Anzeiger
France
Conflans
Navy Bean Landed Reports Across Services
Chicago June 27 navy bean supplies are plentiful in both Navy and Army roles. Officials say the bean should be made at home to ease shortages and support wartime food programs. The message highlights the grain as a staple across military and civilian kitchens.
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Chicago
War Service
Army
Eighty in Army Casualty List
Washington reports a large war department casualty list from the American expeditionary forces. The tally includes 29 killed in action 6 died of wounds 2 died of disease 2 from aeroplane accidents 4 from accident and other causes 36 wounded severely 4 wounded with undetermined degree and 2 missing in action. Officers named include Lieut Ernest A Giroux Lieut Daniel J Carney Lieut William F Chamberlain Lieut George E Hilgard and Lieutenants Robert R Cooper John W McClure Everard Dean Zeely. Other listed ranks include Sergeants Elwood D Allen Harold McElhiney Corporal Fred Kearns Privates Chester L Briggs Stanley L Buck Joseph N Guyette Winslow Hodgdon George L Pelkey Arthur E Shaw Richmond Walker Ludger Rocheford Fred Watson Stanley Bager with notes on further casualties and statuses.
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Washington
War Department
Ernest A. Giroux
Boston
Mass
Daniel J. Carney
Yonkers
William F. Chamberlain
Arceta
Cal
Ee George E. Hilgard
Belleville
Ill
Robert R. Cooper
Stoneham
John W. McClure
Louisville
Everard Dean Zeely
Dorchester
Elwood D. Allen
North Dexter
Harold McElhiney
Skowhegan
Fred Kearns
Plattsburg
Chester L. Briggs
Houston
Stanley L. Buck
Strong
Joseph N. Guyette
Ebenezer Bull
Fair Haven
Ludger Rocheford
Woonsocket
R. I
Fred Watson
Roxbury
Stanley Bager
Chicopee
American Soldier Tells of Belleau Wood Defeat and Charge
Private Raymond S. Howell of Barnesville Ohio recalls the June Marne night when US forces in the first wave broke German lines at Belleau Wood. He describes artillery prep, bayonet charges up rocky slopes, and brutal counterfire before securing objectives while wounded soldiers received aid in a church.
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Marne
Raymond S. Howell
Barnesville
Ohio
Belleau Wood
Kamerad
Corker
Held for circus wreck in Indiana grand jury
Alonzo Sargent and Gustave Krauss, railroad employees, were held for involuntary manslaughter by a Lake county superior court grand jury after a Michigan Central equipment train collision with a Hagenbeck Wallace circus train. Bonds set at 8000 and 5000 dollars. A mass funeral for 47 victims was held with clerics presiding. Latest death toll: 78. High school student drowns in Stamford area. another Choate student survives a canoe capsizing in Long Island Sound.
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Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Michigan Central
H. C. Green
Lake County Superior Court
Gustave Krauss
Sargent
Sargeant
Showmen’s League of America
Stamford
Leo Ducy
Grosvenor Fessenden
Choate School
Long Island Sound
Roton Point
Angleworm Farm at Marysville Grows Trout Bait
Now comes the angleworm farm in Marysville California. It is owned by Felix Arnold who fattens worms on coffee grounds and bran until they are large enough to tempt trout in California resort districts.
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Angleworm Farm
Marysville
Cal
Felix Arnold
California
Beef Sales Stopped In Fayette County
Connersville Ind June 27 beef sales are halted in Fayette County due to a beef shortage after a meeting of meat dealers and A B Leiter County Food Administrator.
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Connersville
Ind
Fayette County
Kerensky Plans Paris Stop Before Heading to America
London dispatch reports former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky announcing a trip to Paris before leaving Europe for the United States. He said the journey would precede his final departure from the continent.
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Kerensky
Paris
London
Alexander Kerensky
Europe
America
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