National draft boards to reevaluate selective service classifications
Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered governors to start a broad review of Class 1 registration rates, aiming to reclassify as many as 500,000 men and correct misplacements. Richmond board chairman Clem Carr noted a 23 percent Class 1 rate, signaling extensive reexamination of questionnaires and possible shifts from Class 4 to 1 or 2.
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Clem Carr
Richmond Selective Service Board
Richmond Board
Carr
60 Percent of Hun Subs Destroyed by Allies
Senator Swanson acting chairman of the naval committee said after a conference with navy heads that allied and American forces have destroyed 60 percent of all German submarines built and have halved shipping losses.
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Associated Preen
Washington
Senator Swanson
Naval Committee
Navy
Judge Fox Reverses Custody Ruling in McCarthy Case
Wayne circuit Judge Henry C. Fox reversed an earlier custody order in the Albert McCarthy case, granting the 12 year old to his mother Mrs Hilda McCarthy after evidence suggested she was unfit. The judge also noted his own ill health and incomplete court records, causing concern over ongoing proceedings and potential impacts on the case.
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Henry C. Fox
Wayne Circuit Court
Albert McCarthy
Hilda McCarthy
James McCarthy
Board of Guardians
Arthur Willsdorf
McCarthy
Fox
President Edwards Installed as Earlham Head
David Morton Edwards was installed Friday morning as Earlham College president at Lindley Hall. Dr. Walter C. Woodward led the ceremony, praising Earlham as a spirit woven with ancestral faith and sacrifice. College leaders and guests from Purdue, Wabash, and Haverford shared greetings, while Dean Coulter and President Mackintosh spoke on the era's challenges and the role of small independent colleges. Continued on page ten.
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David Morton Edwards
Earlham College
Lindley Hall
Walter C. Woodward
Friends Five Years Meeting
Bundy Hall
Stanley, Coulter
Purdue University
George L. Mackintosh
Wabash College
Indiana
William W. Comfort
Haverford College
Friends Colleges of America
Dean Coulter
Mackintosh
Friends Colleges
Veen
1500 Men Held as Alleged Draft Dodgers
The Associated Press reports 1500 men in Globe and Miami were detained for draft evader examination. In Globe 500 men were processed, all but 50 proving registration and released. the remaining 50 held for further inquiry. Officers then moved to Miami to examine 1000 more detained men.
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Associated Press
Globe
Ariz
Miami
Weather forecast for Indiana and surrounding regions today
The United States Weather Bureau reports fair and cooler conditions tonight and Saturday, with temperatures near 52 at noon. Wayne County remains fair and cool around 50, followed by increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures. A cool air wave moves southeast from the Medicine Flat toward the north central states. western Canada records freezing temperatures while Montana tops four degrees above. A storm forms over the Rockies affecting western and central areas.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Medicine Flat
North Central States
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Canada
Montana
Rockies
German submarines seen waiting for larger prey off Virginia Capes
Atlantic port report cites officials believing U-boats now target bigger ships after attacking coastwise schooners and steamers off New Jersey. Harapathian torpedoed 100 miles off Virginia, goes down in minutes, crew saved. total British losses rise to fourteen ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Jersey
Virginia Capes
Harapathian
Virginia
Navy Department
America
Philadelphia
New York
3 Department
Chesapeake iv
Anti-Draft Alarm Echoes From Dublin Conference
Dublin June 7 A four hour Mansion House session backed by Lord Mayor and Nationalist leaders condemned Sinn Fein imprisonments and Irish military rule while warning that Lord French proclamation does not end conscription. The lord mayor may travel to the United States if conscription resurges, and the group pledges unity to resist any renewed attempt.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ireland
Lord French
Mansion House
John Dillon
Joseph Devlin
Labor
Sinn Fein
United States
Sinn
40 000 Workers Needed to Harvest Wheat Crop in Oklahoma and Kansas
Washington June 7 Harvesting of the western wheat crop begins in Oklahoma where six thousand workers will be required and it will extend next week to Kansas where thirty thousand will be needed. The federal employment service says wages are higher than last year with Oklahoma at 3.50 to 4 per day with board and Kansas at 4 to 5. Temporary offices of the service are set up across the wheat belt to coordinate agents by telephone.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Federal Employment Service
Wheat
Americans Drive Germans Back at Chateau Thierry Action
Reuters and Daily Mail reports from France say United States Marines held parts of Chateau Thierry, veiled by feints, and fought off German attempts to advance. Marines at Veuilly Torey area repelled a German push, captured machine guns, and pressed the tempo despite losses. About 300 prisoners said to have fallen into American hands.
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Associated Press
London
Veuilly
Torey
Daily Mail
France
Wilson Bridge Named in Honor of Wilson
Paris reports a new Rhone river bridge will be opened on July 14 named for President Wilson. Senator Herriot Lyons mayor and city council approved the dedication, with the Wilson bridge paralleling a century old Lafayette bridge built before the war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herriot
Lyons
President Wilson
Rhone
Wilson
Lafayette
Body of Charles W. Fairbanks Viewed by Thousands
Indianapolis June 7 Thousands viewed the body of former vice president Charles W. Fairbanks escorted by Indiana militia as it lay in the state capitol. Funeral planned at the Fairbanks residence with Bishop W. F. McDowell delivering the principal address. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. State offices and many businesses closed in mourning. flags at half mast.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Fairbanks
Stara Capitol
W. F. McDowell
Washington
Crown Hill
Suggestion That Hun Airplanes Can Bomb U. S. Towns is Absurd Says British Naval Expert
London June 7 Archibald S Hurd a British naval expert denounces the idea that German airplanes aboard submarines could bomb American towns as absurd He argues the raid off the U S coast is another German defeat and that America now stands within the war area The piece praises Allied naval strategy and unity of command with British and American ships operating under a single plan.
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U. S
Associated Press
London
Germany
Archibald S. Hurd
Atlantic
United States
Hurd
Navy
Army
America
Europe
Close enlistments to Glass of 1918 class
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that the class of 1918 registrants will not be allowed to enlist in the navy or marine corps and that no voluntary inductions will be granted until order and serial number have been assigned. After numbers are assigned registrants may enlist if they obtain certificates from their local boards stating they are not within the board's current quota.
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Associated Prey
Washington
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Americans Fight On With The American Army In Picardy
Wounded Americans fought on in the Chateau Thierry sector during the successful attack. Sergt J L Dulworth from Kansas City was captured and escaped after striking a German with a rifle butt. Private Charles Ginsberg, previously from New York, captured a German in a shell hole and saw the prisoner’s two children's photos. An American corporal reached his lines by crawling behind enemy positions to join the battle.
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Associated Press
Picardy
Chateau Thierry
J. L. Dulsworth
Kansas City
Sergt. Dulawerth
Charles Ginsberg
New York
Washington
Ginsberg
Himtself
Stricter License Rules for Tugs in Harbors
Washington June 7. New orders tightening licensing and movement of tugs and vessels in American harbors in anticipation of war conditions will be issued soon by the treasury and enforced by customs. Licenses required and stricter rules on movement and anchorage. Cameras barred in harbors except on ferryboats.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Treasury
U-boat Hero Eckelmann Claims 48000 Tons Sunk
Amsterdam dispatch reports Capt Eckelmann praised by German papers for invading Azores blockade zone and sinking 48000 tons of Allied and neutral shipping. The piece notes him as a Berlin admiralty staff figure at war start. In Lake Charles two pilots died in a collision during practice at Gerstner field, identifying Halton of San Antonio and Hegarty of New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Eckelmann
Azores
Berlin
Lake Charles
John I. Hegarty
Lieut
Travers Lee Halton
Gerstner Field
Halton
San Antonio
Tex
Hegarty
New Jersey
Allied Forces Press German Lines Northwest of Chateau Thierry
Allied reports say American marines and French troops recaptured Torcy and advanced toward Busaires and Bouresches. French and British forces seized Leport and Bligny, with gains near Belleau Wood and along the Aisne front. Over 270 prisoners, including ten officers, were taken in a four hour attack south of the Retz forest.
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Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Torcy
Bussiares
Bouresches
Soissons
Leport
Aisne
Clignon
Vinly
Belleau Wood
Torey
Marne River
Rheims
Bligny
Westrn
Salient
Buscaires
Gandela
Gringes
Gandilu
Bellu
Aliledine
Retz Forest
Veuilly
Longpont
Retz
Berlin
Charplat
St. Euphraise
Flanders
Locre
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