Exemption Rules Shaped for War Draft Factory Workers
Washington, June 1 The War Department will issue regulations to exempt munition factory workers and others whose service at current jobs benefits the nation more than military service. Provost Marshal General Crowder informs Congressman Wilson that exemptions will be crafted to meet government needs while recognizing industry rights. From June 5 registrants, names will be drawn by a fair system, likely using a jury wheel, with opportunities for employers to present claims.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
War Department
United States Army
E. H. Crowder
Wilson
Connecticut
Winchester Bennett
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Bennett
General Crowder
Birmingham Wil Stage Big Celebration
Plans are under way to make registration day June 6 a major patriotic demonstration in Birmingham Alabama Major General Leonard Wood is expected to arrive to view an afternoon parade Prince Udine and Italian commissioners may attend President George B Ward has declared a half holiday for Tuesday afternoon and urged business houses to close
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Leonard Wood
Prince Udine
George B. Ward
City Commission
San Francisco Man Detained At Sea Over Draft Evasion
Frederick W. Day of San Francisco was seized from the Pacific Mail Liner San Juan by federal authorities while en route to Mexico to dodge army service. He was taken aboard a U S coast guard cutter fifty miles off the California coast. Day formerly lived in Germany.
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Frederick W. Day
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
San Juan
California
United States
Fay
Mexico
United States Coast Guard
Germany
Summer Shoe Sale Continues All Week
Wilmington Shoe Company advertises a week long sale. An inserted notice notes soldiers guarding bridges along the line will appreciate the sale.
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Wilmington Shoe Co
Advt
Wilmington Shoe Company
Exemption Rules Outlined for Draft Conscientious Objectors
The article notes exemptions and exclusions from the draft will be decided by boards appointed by the President under regulations issued by him. General Crowder urges that those who feel they serve the country best by remaining in their present jobs should not face odium for not enlisting.
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Crowder
Peggy Hyland in Her Right to Live at the Grand
Peggy Hyland stars opposite Antonio Moreno in a five part Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature Her Right to Live at the Grand. A tender heart story of a waif girl and a love tale with moral tension and a hopeful ending.
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The
Grand
Wilmington
Peggy Hyland
Vitagraph
Antonio Moreno
Miss Hyland
Joining the Colors at the Royal by New York Follies
The Royal hosts the New York Follies Company today and tomorrow with Joining the Colors a comedy showing raw recruits in army camp parodies. The bill includes Tabor Trio new specialty Miss Goodman dance Sally Gilbert novelty Miss Sally Gilbert and Al Davis style comedy plus a two reel Vogue comedy.
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Colors
New York Follies Company
Follies Company
Tabor
Building and Loan Ad Sparks Safe Saving Plan
Orton Building and Loan Ass'n announces a new savings series starting Saturday June 2 at James & James Inc offices in the Southern Building. Pricing shows 25 cents a share, each share valued at 100.00 at maturity.
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Building and Loan
Orton Building & Loan Ass'n
Office
James & James, Inc
Southern Building
Blind School concert wows Raleigh crowd with gifted singers
Special to The Dispatch Raleigh June 1 State Institute for the Blind closed with Rev Dr Sylvester Newlin addressing a crowd amazed by a veteran program. Miss Ida May Lyons directed a superb ensemble with Ava Lee Strickland's soprano and a large song cycle In Fairyland. Superintendent John E Ray praised reading and literature linking books to life. The North Carolina Historical Commission received Navy Secretary Daniels pen for the bill authorizing naval and Marine Corps growth.
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Raleigh
N C
State Institute For the Blind
Sylvester Newlin
The
Friends Church
High Point
Blind Boys
Sousa
Ida May Lyons
Miss Lyons
Ava Lee Strickland
John E. Ray
Newlin
North Carolina Historical Commission
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Commission
Daniels
Steamboat line for New Bern discussed amid delays
New Bern officials report plans to improve county schools next term with building updates and more teachers. Talks continue on a steamship line to northern ports, with one vessel reportedly under construction at Elizabeth City. Local leaders fear delays by the Virginian Carolina Company and consider a Baltimore route reexamination.
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New Bern
S. M. Brinson
Craven County
Virginia-Carolina Navigation Company
Elizabeth City
North
Virginian-Carolina Company
Baltimore
Virginia-Carolina Company
Which Family Are You Iron Nourishment For Vitality
The piece discusses a health minded family needing iron and nourishment, promoting natural iron as essential for speed vitality nerve force and illness recovery. It notes some men require automobiles, and mentions delegates traveling to Gastonia by auto or a special Southern Railway train. Sanitary concerns in New Bern include enforcement against unhealthy premises and vigorous prosecution of violators to prevent epidemics.
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S.S
Gastonia
Southern Railway Company
H. T. Brimson
New Bern
What Kind of A Family Is Yours Mr Man
A fragmented passage contrasts two kinds of families one simple frugal family that eats sleeps and works with discipline and good health the text mentions iron rich food and basic nourishment as essential to their vitality
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Mr. Man
Natural Non-Alcoholic Medicinal Iron as a Tonic
An advertisement touts Natural Iron Mineral, a non alcoholic tonic from Ferrodine Chemics. It claims a three form iron mineral with calcium radium potassium magnesium and sulphuric acid, boosting nerves blood appetite and digestion while purifying blood. It argues teeth and stomach safety and strong value, sold in 0c and 9akte bottles for home use.
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Nature
Ferrodine Chemics Corp
To Spread Gospel in the Trenches
Twenty graduates and faculty from Princeton University prepare to travel to England for one year to assist Y M C A work in British army concentration camp huts under Sherwood Eddy. They will conduct lectures music reading writing and religious services.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
England
Sherwood Eddy
Pine Quarantine Measures Enacted by Agriculture Dept
Washington June 1 two important quarantine rules on white pine blister become effective by order of Secretary Houston. One bans currant and gooseberry plant importations from Europe and Asia. The other quarantines all states east of Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana and forbids moving plants from these states outside the quarantine area to protect five leafed pines and currants and gooseberries.
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Washington, D. C
Houston
Europe
Asia
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Closing Date Change for St Marys Parochial School
The closing date for St Marys Parochial School run by the Sisters of Mercy moved from June 1 to June 4. The school ends a successful year and the exercises are anticipated with pleasure.
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St. Marys Parochial School
Sisters of Mercy
Dentists Gather in Atlantic City for Trades Conference
Atlantic City hosts the American Dental Trades Association annual convention opening today. Prominent representatives from across the nation attend as services that the dental supply industry may render are debated, with sessions continuing tomorrow.
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Dental Trades Meeting
Atlantic City
N. J
American Dental Trades Association
Rai
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North Carolina Firemen’s Association
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