Draft Day Sermon Attacks Slackers and Exemption Board
Reverend Dr Daniel H Martin of Wesley Chapel denounces Socialists pacifists and undisciplined citizens as undesirables and urges exemption boards to deny relief. He calls for forcing loafers and antiwar elements to bear arms and fight for the nation amid the draft drive. Draft Sunday observed as churches pledge prayers for soldiers overseas and victory.
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Daniel H. Martin
Wesley Chapel
Martin
District of Columbia
J. Phelps Hana
Prin Rrinlly
Plea for Gunner Brother Draws Daniels Attention
Secretary Daniels is urged to consider William Anthony Bopolucci, draft number 1673, for exemption due to his brother John Bopolucci, a naval gunner killed when the steamship Aztec was torpedoed off France on April 1. Friends say neither is making efforts to save him from draft for fear of being labeled selfish and unpatriotic.
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Daniels
William Anthony Bopolucci
John Bopolucci
France
Bopolucci
Summer camp fund drives for Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant
The third party of the summer to Camp Good Will begins on its fortnightly outing Wednesday with 159 mothers and children. Donations of 26 dollars each from friends funded six tents for shelter against rain, while 25 babies and several mothers stay at the Baby Hospital Camp. The Deanwood Heights Camp Pleasant third party starts Tuesday to replace the 122 who return today. Contributions for the fourth party may be sent to the Social Service House at 923 Hy street NW, to chairman John Joy Edson or treasurer Andrew Parker.
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Camp Good Will
Friends of
Baby Hospital
Camp Pleasant
Deanwood Heights
Social Service House
John Joy Edson
Andrew Parker
Home Gardens Yield Big Crops
The emergency food garden commission reports a $350,000,000 crop from vacant lots and home gardens. Charles Lathrop Pack notes gardens in the United States this summer are over three times those a year ago, a gain of 1,175,000 acres. The middle West leads, followed by New England and the Eastern States. the District shows about a 300 percent rise, with suburbs planning winter food.
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Emergency Food Garden Commission
Charles Lathrop Pack
United States
Middle Western
New England
Eastern States
South Atlantic
Brownlow
Inmate Cuts Wrist in Station Cell
Patrick Coyne a 56 year old inmate of the United States Soldiers Home was found yesterday in his station cell with a badly lacerated wrist. Police say he accidentally cut himself with a broken china plate while alone in the cell of the third precinct after being taken into custody for a minor offense.
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Patrick Coyne
United States Soldiers' Home
Third Precinct
Weather Summary and Sun Tide Details From Washington
A Washington weather and tide blurb reports sun rise and set times and tides, followed by extended forecasts for the District of Columbia Maryland and surrounding states. It notes unsettled showery weather east of the Mississippi for Monday and Tuesday with occasional thundershowers across the south from the Atlantic to the Tennessee valley. Temperatures and humidity figures are given along with rainfall and sunshine hours. Obituary snippets list several deaths and newborns including Samuel and Goldie Wall, Carl and Eleanor Vordeen, and others. The death notices include ages and street addresses.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Weshington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South Atlantic
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Tennessee
New York
New England
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Mississippi River
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Ohio Valley
Daniels urges moral soldiers to guard morale in war
Secretary Daniels told Fort Myer officers that victory in Europe depends on high morale and disciplined service. He praised youth who joined the colors and urged action against immorality near army posts, noting some units suffered more from vice than bullets. Lieut. Col Fenton echoed calls for Army-Navy cooperation.
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Tee
United States
Igta
Europe
Daniela
Fort Myer
Jas
Daniels
Ufe
America
MCA
Army
Navy
Fenton
Bargains Cited as Woolens Fall in Price Confidence
A seller urges quick action on discounts noting woodens and woolens price drops. The speaker claims current conditions justify lower retail pricing and warns buyers who hesitate will regret by next spring as demand shifts.
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Doug- Tag
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Elizabeth M. Reed
James Holton
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