New Registrants Drawn Today in Draft Numbers
Washington June 27 The draft number drawing to determine the order of call for 1918 youths was held with officials including Secretary Baker and senators Champlain Warren and representatives Dent and Kahn. Numbers were drawn from multiple capsules, determining relative summons order by local boards and the questionnaire system.
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Billy
Washington
Champlain
Warren
Dent
Kahn
Marsh
Crowder
Charles B. Warrn
Easthymith
H. C. Kramer
Rder
Billy’’ Wellborn
Aoman
Provost Mural
Varus
The Limit Club Enlists Citizens for War Savings Stamps
The Limit Club lists members who pledge to purchase war savings stamps to the $1,000 limit by December 31, 1918. Purchases in June cost $834 per $1,000, with the U S government repaying $1,000 on January 1, 1923, including stamps already owned.
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Bannock County
W. S
United States
United States Treasury
France
W. G. M’adco
Assassination Reported Confirmed of Former Russian Emperor
Paris dispatch dated June 27 reports confirmation of the assassination of former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. The dispatch states he was killed by Soviet troops during the retreat from Yekaterinburg.
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Paris
Nicholas of
Russia
Yekateriurg
Michael Alexandrovitch Heads Siberian Government
Moscow dispatch via Berlin reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the former czar, assuming leadership of a new Siberian government and issuing a manifesto to Russians.
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Amsterdam
Grand Duk
Michael Alexandrovitch
Moscow
Berlin
Siberian
Bolshevik authorities execute Nicholas Romanoff in Yekaterinburg
Geneva dispatch reports the Bolshevik court in Yekaterinburg condemned Nicholas Romanoff to death after a brief trial and shot him. Details of the execution remain unavailable.
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Geneva
A. P
Ukraine
Lausanne
Yekaterinburg
Nicholas Romanoff
Yanks Improve a Good Drive
Washington reports Army casualties today totaling 80 with 29 killed in action, 14 died of wounds, disease or accidents, 31 wounded severely, 4 to a degree undetermined, and 2 missing in action. In the Belleau Wood sector Americans captured 311 prisoners, eleven machine guns, ten automatic rifles, and various small arms and ammunition. Night on the Marne front was quiet overall as Americans consolidated new positions and seized stragglers hiding in wood and under rocks.
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Washington
Maine
Associated Press
Belleau
Wood
Marne Front
Allies Down 36 Hun Aircraft In Western Front Action
Allied reports say 36 German airplanes downed as forces press on the western battle front and in the Italian sectors. Infantry activity is limited to local engagements while American troops seized a fortified German position near Belleau Wood on the vital front between Ypres and Theima.
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Piave
Tle
Ypres
Theima
Bellean Wood
Italians Raise Flag Over Former German Embassy in Rome
Rome reports a June 27 celebration of Italian victory on the Piave ended with a mob storming the former German embassy building on Capitoline hill. Portraits of the German emperor were torn down and the Italian flag raised.
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Rome
Piave
Capitoline Hill
Caffarelli Palace
Old Pioneer Kirchoff Dies in Utah Rail Accident
W R Kirchoff a longtime Pocatello resident was killed in a railroad accident at Bingham Utah. The body arrives on the Yellowstone Special tonight. He was a life member of the Elks Eagles Knights of Pythias and the O R C and will be funeralized Friday before burial in Illinois.
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W. R. Kirchoff
Pocatello
Bingham
Utah
Yellowstone
Kircchoff
The
Elks
Eagles
Knights of Pythias
O.rc
Austrian premier declines to form new cabinet
London dispatches report Baron von Seydeler, Austrian premier, declined Emperor Charles invitation to form a new cabinet. The decision was announced Monday and relayed by Zurich cables.
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London
500 Club Started by Precinct Workers
The 500 Club begins with a pledge slogan tomorrow as precinct chairmen deploy workers across city precincts. Leaders say all teams are ready for thorough canvassing of every preface and poll area as described on page six.
Senate agriculture panel adopts Norris compromise for prohibition
The senate agriculture committee approves an amendment to the emergency agriculture appropriation bill setting national prohibition. Whiskey and wine production and sale end after June 30, 1919, and beer ends three months after final presidential approval. Norris of Nebraska framed the substitute, replacing Jones of Washington’s proposal.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Jones
Lindbergh Faces Court Trial Over Non Partisan Allegations
Charles A. Lindbergh, former congressman and a GOP governor candidate, appeared in Fairmont Minnesota court on two charges. He was arrested after attempting to hold a Non Partisan League meeting during the recent campaign. One count accuses unlawful assembly, the other conspiracy to violate enlistment law.
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Fairmont
Minn
Charles A. Lindbergh
League
Lindbergh
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