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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
3
Kazan, a one quarter gray wolf Alaskan sledge dog, survives a brutal attack by a rogue hunter, defeats the pack leader in combat, and bonds with Gray Wolf as the wilderness calls. The starved yearns for companionship amid moonlit snow and the scent of survival.
Kazan and Gray Wolf endure a harsh winter trek through deep snows. A man with a rifle and dog team appears, forcing Kazan to vow vengeance. He marshals a growing wolf pack, and Gray Wolf follows as they pursue the hunter across the plain toward a fated confrontation.
The government launches a plan to ease June 6 conscription registration with a printed circular listing twelve questions. It instructs registrars to write all answers in ink, keep the form intact, and read aloud guidance on age, address, birth date, citizenship, occupation, employer, dependents, race, military service, exemption grounds, and related details for registrants.
A New York Telegram report recounts an English tale dated August 28 1736. A passerby near a Preston bridge in Lancashire witnessed two large flocks meet suddenly, causing 180 birds to drop to the ground. He collected them and sold them at Preston market the same day.
The War Department orders faster preparation of army aviators by teaching aerodynamics groundwork to student pilots at six major universities under army officers. Institutions named are MIT, Cornell, Ohio State, Illinois, Texas, and California. Reserve lieutenants of the signal corps will benefit as operations chiefs focus on producing skilled aviators.
War Department has temporarily canceled requisitions for Michigan National Guard as new armies are equipped, leaving cotton suits the only available gear until mobilization near July 15. State stock includes hats and leggings. wool uniforms will come later. Training and rural education programs run at Michigan Agricultural College through August with courses on gardening, canning, and rural leadership. Citizens urged to plant potatoes with a four week rest period before planting new southern stock to ease seed potato demand.
The food preparedness committee has approved a plan to gather data from every factory. Blank forms will collect name, age, and status of workers who came from farms, plus whether they can return temporarily and if employers will release them. The committee hopes to deploy skilled help to farmers as labor needs grow statewide.
The Barry and Eaton battalion with companies from Hastings Nashville Charlotte and Eaton Rapids camps at Thornapple Lake for guard and field drills under Major Lockwood. Over 300 soldiers in camp marking the first mobilization of Michigan state troops.
At the good roads convention the decision was made to push completion of an 11 foot concrete road linking Detroit with Saginaw and Bay City, accelerating plans for a major regional highway project.
Auditor General Fuller and his force are rapidly paying off the claims for back pay for the Spanish American war as provided for by the legislature. Partial payments were made years ago but finances ran out and this year a legislature voted enough money to finish the job. Three months of special training will be given the medical corps of the National Guard.
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