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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
6
The six part Paramount picture An Alien Enemy opens at the Empire tomorrow. Miss Glaum delivers an immense dramatic performance in a virile wartime tale focusing on a woman whose loyalty is tested under a brutal regime.
The War Department outlines confidential questionnaires for registrants with exemptions or deferments. Five classifications determine call status, from immediate call in class 1 to exemption in class 6, based on civic, family, industrial, and agricultural roles.
The text explains how the new draft law will assess a nation’s manpower to gauge its potential force. It asserts that for every man on the front, nine behind the lines are needed and urges exemptions for dependent, industrial, and administrative workers. It concludes that those staying home can do so with a clear conscience, knowing their noncombatant role is accepted.
The Woman's Civic League offers prizes for flower gardens and boxes including best garden five dollars second five dollars and fifty cents for best boxes five dollars second prize two dollars and sixty cents. Notify Mrs John M. Snyder at 432 South Washington Street by September 14 to enter.
The U S Food Administration promotes quick breads as wartime staples using one cup wheat flour with two cups substitutes to conserve grain for soldiers. Some households bake corn bread biscuits and other breads with minimal wheat, cheering efforts to support the war.
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