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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

Brooks, Fairfield; Edward A. Pelley.
I.ancey street. Pttsfeld; Alex Socha.
Madison; Wilfred Pepper. Jackman;
Clarence L. Mingo, r. F. d. No. /, Fair
field: Harry Porter Brann. Main street,
Pttsfield; Alva Merton Stafford, Jr.. r.
F. y. No. 4. Dexter; Ray John Lincoln,
Flagstaff Floyd Alonzo Adams, Bing
ham; Arthur Nutter, Norridgemock. 4.
F. D No. l. Thomas Berube, lockwood.
The men who We're examined and reject
ed were: Donald Allen Johnson, Nor
ridgewock; Joseph Campeau. Madison
Geo. Allan Wentworth, Skowhegan;
Henry Pomelow, Corporation street.
Madison; Lawrence A. Bailey, Cam
bridge; Arthur ]. E. Provencher. Show
| hegan; James Boyd. Skowhegan; Ed
ward Lessur, Skowhegan; Seraphin Les
sor, $50 North avenue. Skowhegan: Win
fred n. Allen. II. F. D. No. ., Pittsfield !;
Merville f. Churchill, North Arson: Ell
mer Prescott White. 5 Jewett street,
Skowhegan: Joseph Edward Belts, "a
Osborn street, Fairfield. Ray Abner
Wheeler of Hartland was accepted for
limited service. George D. Daras OF
Fairfield was reported reclassified
Franklin NJ. Bradeen was examined for
the local board of Lincoln and was re-
iected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
ARRESTED ON TRAIN
FOR IMPERSONATION
OF NAVAL OFFICER

New Haven, Ct, Sept IA man
arrested on : train kcre yesterday
hy Chief Mcmahon Of the New York,
New Haven < Hartford Railroad 30
lice and turned over ty him 10 the
local police, was today held ~ de-
parnent of justice officers an the
charge OF impcrsonating Il naval Of
fiCer and of failure to register IL tn ?
draft. When pointed out by CON
ductor 10 Mcmahon as 4 man vino
previously had evaded fare IN the
plea that his pocket had been ,icked.
lie gave the name Of DR.. Robert l..
Read Of Riverside Drive, New York
City. He wore the uniform Of a lieu
tenant commander.
The detective bureau later obtain
ed from the man the names Of
Charles f. Deliver. Thomas J, Ross,
Dr. Lawrence Cusick and DR. William
Young rs thoce under which he
claimed he had gone at various plac :
es between Baltimore and Boston.
The federal officers took the man
as their prisoner for the time being
because he was in naval uniform and
upon an alleged admission that he
was not an officer but merely had
been employed around docks in Bca-
ton. He will be arraigned under the
name of Dolliver.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
No Bail For Janitor
Charged With Trying
To Blackmail Morgans

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 11-tnahle
to furnish $4,000 bail. J, r. Thorne,
a janitor. arrested by Federal au-
tl,orities yesterday on a charge Of
attempting to blackmail he family
Of J. P. Morgan, was to be taken TO
Detroit today
According to the officers who have
been working on the case for more
than Is months. letters were sent
to Mr. Morgans daughter, stating
that tile entire family had been IN
oculated with germ that would
produce death within three years.
The writer. the authorities declare,
offered to sell the antido;e for the
germ for $4,000.
Thornc. who is fifty years old, was
arrested at a hotel here when he
came tn keep an appointment with
a person whom he supposed to be
Mr. Morgan's daughter.
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Archbishop of N. Y.
Continued from Page One)

tack Of pneumonia.
Indeed, for the last three days physi-
clans attending the cardinal have been
expecting his teath hourly Although
he rallied today from severe sinking
spells, no hopes were entertained for
his recovery.
Shortly after L. NJ it was evident
that the end was near. At his bedside
were three doctors. Bishop Hayes OF
New York, Monsignor Carroll, the car
djnal's private secretary; Vicar General
Lavelle and Monsignor Morney. The
end came peacefully and beautifully.
said Bishop Hayes Several priests in
the room who were saying prayers fol
the dying were unaware that death had
come until the physicians stepped bacs
from the bed.
The cardinal was stricken with hypoS,
tatic-pneumonia at his summer hons
here about six weeks ago and his con
dition for some time was critical Then
it improved steadily and shortly before
his relapse a week ago he was able &c
sit up in bed for on hour at a time
Late Sunday his condition was such
that members of his official family were
hurriedly summo: ed and at O'Clock in
the morning Bishop Hayes administer.
ed the sacrament Of extreme JUNCTION.
Three years ago an acute case OF
heart trouble left the cardinal in g
weakened condition and last year he
suffered an attack OF diabetes. These
Affections, which it was said led TO 4
general break down last month when
pneumonia developed
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MADISON

Ralph kennison left town Sunday
night for Fort Slocum, New York.
where he will visit his father Lieu
tenant w. H. kennison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Hall Of Tilton.
New Hampshire, have been spend
ing few days with friends in Madi-
son. Mr.. Hall was overseer of the
weaving department at the Indian
Spring wooden mill for several years.
A special town meeting held In
the new municipal building on the
Arson side of the river Saturday at
ternoon to see if the town would vote
to raise additional money for the pur-
pose OF finishing the building on the
inside. After conSiderab BILE discus
sion it was voted to raise sufficient
money to complete the building.
MIS-. Alice Tompkins who was in
jured in the auto accident several
weeks ago is now able to be out and
is slowly regaining her health.
Ralph Head went Monday to Ban
Gor for examination and treatment of
his left arm which was injured in an
accident at the Great Northern Pa
per mill in June.
w. H. Morang left town Monday
afternoon for his old home in Lubec
where he was called by the death OF
his brother.
Gerald Smith who has been at
Camp Devens for the past month. re-
turned TO his home in Madison Satur-
day having been discharged for
physical disability.
A feature of the services at the
Methodist church next Sunday will
be an illustrated lecture in the even
ing. the subject being Abraham or
Lessons Of Faith" The morning ser
vice will be devoted to reports of the
convention in Woodfords in the in
tercsts Of the Centenary movement.
The delegates to this convention are
Rev. William Wood and Reuben
Head.
Lieutenant Jack Barker, who is
stationed at Camp Devens, is passing
a short furiough with friends in
Madison.
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ISLANDS DISCOVERED

Vancouver, +. c., Sept 17.-One ct
the islands which Vilhjalmur Ste
fansson found in the Arctic region Is
abou, the size of Ireland. The Brit
18Th flag was raised June 10, 1915, on
this land. which is in what formerly
was called the Gustav Adolph sea.
Stetansson arrived last night from
the north and today continued his
journey to Victoria, where he will
make a report to the Canadian .oN-
eminent on his experiences IN the
Arctic for five ard one-half years.
Storker Storkersen, Stefansson' 5
lieutenant, and four men now are
CARRYING out their chiefs plans in
The fer north. The five recently land
ed On the Pacific north Of Alaska
with the intention of drifting west
ward. Lorric Knight. Martil killan
and G. G. Gunner, three Seattle men,
and Gustav Massik, a Russian in
terpreter, are with Stokersen.
Il think Stokersen's trip is the
most essential thing ever attempted
in the Arctic" Stefansson said.
Where other explorers drifted in
boats which really are floating hp-
tells, Stokersen is using a chunk Of
ice for his boat
Stefansson expects to return here
and await the arrival Of his steamer
Polar Bear from an Alaskan port.
The Polar Bear, carrying the reports
and records Of the party. recently
came south from the Arctic and Is
row, on its way here.
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WINSL0W

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Roherge and
daughters have returned from an auto
trip to Quebec bridge. Canada. They
were accompanied home by their daugh-
ter, Miss Mildred Roberge, who has
passed two months with relatives at
Quebec and other Canadian cities.
Misses Annie Stewart, Mildred Ro-
berge, veda Kinnear and Taylor Hooper
have resumed their studies at Coburn
institute. Waterville.
Members Of the Ladies' Missionary
Society will meet at the home of Mrs.
D. b. Mason Thursday at P. NJ. for
a short business session.
Miss Dorothy Chaffee has gone to
Pittsfield to attend the Maine Central
institute.
Sam Clark, Jr.. and John salmond
have entered the Coburn institute, Wa
terville, as students
Mrs. William C. Foote and daughters,
Misses Maud and Flossie, are at Benton.
n. b., for six weeks. Mr.. Foote. who
accompanied them, has returned.
Edward Lunny has been confined 70
his home two weeks with the grip.
Harvey tdltSIt was a ooo'A~SS S-N>>
in Skowhegan Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Morrisette ana
daughter Charlotte and Miss Pardin of
| Vassalboro were calling on friends in
town Monday.
Miss Natalie Tozier has returned from
, a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Lee
land S,egars, at South Dresden.
Miss Pearl Simpson after several
weeks visit with her sister. Mrs, Miles
Powers, Ticonic street, has returned to
her home in Marysville, y. B.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Higgins. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Fish, attended the Advent
conference Sunday at Smithfield,
Mrs Charles d. Robinson was tbs
guest Tuesday of her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Cole. at Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Of North Fair
field were guests Monday of Fred Fish.
Mrs. Chester Adderton after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Totman has
returned to her home in Bath.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Horn after
| visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fish
have returned to their home at Weeks
Mills
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vILHjALMUR STEFANSS0N, EXPLORER,
TELLS DISCOVERIES MADE IN FAR NORTH
TO TOUR COUNTRY Benefit RED CROSS
TO TOUR COUNTRY

Vancouver, B. c.. Sept. TWIN.
jalmur Stefansson. Arctic explorer,
who arrived here yesterday on his
return to civilization, said in an m
tervieV that his party did every
thing Il set out 10 do. We lid not
discover a continent northwest OF
Prince Patrick Land. as reported.
he asserted. I'VE did find several
new islands. we mapped and explor-
ed this new land, we made scientihc
explorations of the country around
Coronation Gulf we studied The Es-
limos. the p,-nts. the animals ana
mapped the ocean currents ana
channels"
The explorer expects to start OCT.
| at New York on n tour Of the coun :
try giving lectures for the benefit OF
the Red Cross The next two years,
he thinks, he probably will pass in
compiling reports of his work for
the Canadian government. Stefans-
son did not say much ;Joout the
blonde Eskimos' which he had
been reported as having discovered
on an earlier expedition into the
country east OF Coronation Gulf
II hey were not really oioHoe t1"'
kirnos,'" he declared. I'VE found a
colony Of about 1000 natives, about
l per cent. of whom had light eyes
and light hair
Stefansson returned alone. About IS
men were with him when he left the
outside world aboard an old whaler,
the karluk, June II. 1913. According
to the explorer. some Of the men are
row back in the United States. some
are fighting in France, others are
still in the Arctic and several are
dead
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Sk0WHECAN

The raising Of the Service flag by
the Parish Of Our Lady of Lourdes
Will occur. on Sunday next with APP
propr!ate exercises. which will at the
same time serve to dedicate the reE-
ovated school grounds on the Parish
property between the Church and { e
Convent and in front of the ParochiGl
school building. The exercises open
at 2.30 O'Clock with a professional in
which about 800 people will paytic-
ipats. The line of march will be
formed at the Parochial school
building and will be led by the First
Regimen, Band. 1t will include first
the school girls and then the Service
Flag borne by children in the uniform
of Red Cross nurses. Following
them will come all Honor Guard Of
young ladies from the ST. John the
Baptiste Society. Then will come a
group of school boys. the Holy Name
Cadets with the Uniform Rank of the
Catholic Order of Foresters as escort,
and lastly the F'oresters themselves
The parade will pass along Water
street to Madison avenue. then up
Madison avenue to Leavitt street,
along Leavitt and East Leavitt
streets to Bush street. and then down
TO the school grounds. where the lines
will halt for the raising Of the serv
ice flag. FIR. Renaud will offer few
words at this point and the flag will
be raised by two Grand Army men.
Adjournment will then be in order to
the Opera House where tableau
The Goddess of Liberty" will be
shown and Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean" will be sung. Kendalrs Or
ehestra will play, and during this
portion of the program young ladies'
will taqe up a collection which is to
he donated to the local branch of the
American Red Cross. The Mar
seillaise" will be sung by the choir
with tableaux. and after this Hon. p.
n. Gillen Of Bangor. one of Names
foremost orators will deliver the ad-
dress of the afternoon. The closing
feature Of the program will be the
singing of The Star SpangIed Ban
ner" by the school children choir and
audience. The grounds will be SPEC
tally decorated for the occasion and
the people of Skowhegan are urge
to attend.
The following were the results Of the
PHYSICAL examinations of drafted men
at the courthouse Monday: Accepted
Alphee Dazzle. Madison. r. F. D.: Gle
her Corson. Pittsheld. f. F. n No /;
franklin Clukey. Winslow; Thomas j.
Nantour. Madison: Anne J. Perrault 81
Madison avenue. Skowhegan; Alex
Ranfrette. IS French street. Skowhe-
gan; George Peter Fairfield; Herman z.
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ALLIED CITIZENS
ARE IN DANGER IN
CENTRAL RUSSIA

Washington. Sept. 17.-1nformation has
reached the state department from a
neutral country that allied citizens in
central Russia are in danger. The TO
sition Of the Russian populace is tragic
in the extreme Five hundred persons
were shot in connection with the assas-
si>aton of Uritsk. Bolshevik cabinet
Minister, the message said. A large
number of their persons are held for
execution in the event that further at
tempts of the lives Of the Bolshevik
leaders are made.
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Influenza Pneumonia
Continued from Page One)
These patients are in tents on the
grounds Of a Brooklyn hospital
Only Three Deaths From
Influenza at Devens

Aver. Mass. Sept 11,--InI order to
allay anxiety over the epidemic of
influenza which has filed the base
hospital at Camp Deveps with pa
tients, Lieut.. Colonel {. e. McCor-
mack, division surgeon, explained to
the newspaper men at the Cation
ment today the exact status Of the
disease. Tle pointed out that al
though there had been 1900 cases. this
represented a small proportion OF the
population Of the camp and that al
ready $50 men had been discharged
from. the hospital az cured There
have been only three deaths tracea-
bic 10 the disease. The majority Of
the cases are light
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OAKLAND

John S. Oliver. who has been the
guest of his niece, Miss Myra Wells.
for the past week. has returned to
his home in West Garland. Mr.. Oil =
Yer. w..o is 50 years of age, attend
ed the Waterville fair three days IN
succession and was able to make the
journey to his home unattended.
Word has ben received by Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Adams of the Belgrade
road of the death Of their son, Mellen
Finton Adams. at Camp Devers
from pneumonia. Private Adams wa;
% years of age and was a member
Of Co. H Of the AID Infantry and had
ibeen at Camp Devens since last
July. He was graduate of Bates
college in the class Of 1916 and had
since beer engaged in teaching
school, first in the grammar school
at Madison and last year as princi-
pal Of the Bingham high school He
is survived by a father and mother.
one sister. Mrs. Harvey Shepherd
of Monmouth, and two brothers. one
in France and the other a student at
John Hopkins university Funeral
services will be held Thursday after
room at o'clock at the home.
The Fidelity class of the Free Baptist
church will meet Thursday afternoon al
O'Clock with Mrs Olive Boardman Oh
Water street.
Sergeant Wyman Womens Relief
Corps will hold its regular meeting
Wednesday evening in the post rooms
of the G. A r. hall.
There will! be a dance for the benefit
of the local Red Cross Thursday eve
ming in Memorial hall under the man
agement Of Miss Florence Palmer and
Miss Irene Lane. Welch's orchestra of
Watervi,le will furnish music. There
vil, no car for waterville after the
dance
Walton Patten has re.ufhed from
Gray's hospital. WaterviHe. where he
underwent an operation for the removal
of adenoids.
NJ Mr. and Mrs. Merl beverage, while
~, monday fell, cutting her head
go 70 so,-erelv. it being necessary to
aul.e nr simmons to dress the
wound ssdon NJ,
Mr. az - charles Bates Mrs Fred
wa'u p A. A Killan: We're dele
Leech ana Convention of the North
gates to the ..t,st Association which
Kennebec CLINTON Tuesday ana
! wednesday of this Wees. entered -,
Hazel McCau aarican wooden mill.
employ Of the Tin has completed her
Miss Clara rascade wooden mill and
duties in the 80, where she has Sc.
curea position. -,-,es sullivan ~
ness.
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BaIcom-Iilton

A marriage of much interest locally
was solemniZed Saturday September
II in RoXbury when Mrs. Marie
Goodrich Tilton became the bride of
Charles C. Balloon. Announcements
were received by friends from DIR. and
Mrs. George II. Scott of Roxbury.
Mrs. Scott being a sister of the
bride. Mrs. BalcOm is the daughter
Of Mrs. Martha Goodrich of Athens
and for number of years was a
resident of Skowhegan. During quite
a portion of that time she was en-
gagged as an accountant in the insur-
ance office of John c. Griffin here
Since going to massachusetts, she has
been employed in 3 similar capacity
in the office of Field & Coles, Water
street Boston. The groom is con-
nected with the Boston Transcript
and the couple are to establish their
home in one of the suburban COM
munities about Greater Boston. The
brides many friends in Skowhegan
and vicinity extend we'll wishes.
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POSITION OF
! AMERICAN LINE
IN LORRAINE

With the american Army on the Lor-
raine Front Sept. 17.-(By the Associat-
ed Press) The American line in Lor-
raine front on Tuesday afternoon stood
as follows: Ronvaux. Manheiuiles,
Pintheville. St. Hiiaire. Doncourt. Wool,
Haumont. a point between Jaulny and
Rembercourt north of Wanderers and
south Of Champey to the old line east OF
Pont-A- Moussen.
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ERUPTION AND TIDAL
WAVE IN JAPAN

Toxic, Tuesday, Sept. 10.-(By the
Associated Press)-During an erup
ton of = volcano on Urup island, one
of the Kurile group, there was ter
rife explosion, according to advices
received here. This caused a great
tiday wave which overwhelmed l
force Of men at work relocating a
sunken ship, drowning 80 Of them.
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Huns Strengthening
(continued from Page One)

the Germans were driven from the
positions they had held for more than
three years is believed in some quar-
ters to have been a result of under
estimating the ability of the Ameri-
cans. It is considered possible they
may have expected Gen. Pershlngs
troops, carried away by enthusiasm
20 overstep the limits of prudence by
advancing into region where they
might have been forced to sacrifice
large numbers of men or TO retire. 1t
has been specifically stated however
that the operation was one for limited
detectives only.
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arrived home Saturday for NeeH ~ =
visit with her mother. Mrs. NJ H.
Strickland.
Miss Martha Spear is teaching '"'
school at Great Works.
Herbert Hackett was hurt quite ee
riously Wednesday by falling l'o'"
a load of oats.
Mics Mildred Williamson Is 'ea''
ing school in Freeman.
John Mitchell and Frank oni.s
made a tour Of Arson NaiieS .hs
vicinity on Thursday inspectias 80.
corn crop. The corn shop is eAp'''
to open Tuesday.
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BROCKTON DISTRICT
HAS $500 CASES OF
SPANISH INFLUENZA

Brockton. Mass, Sept. l,.-More than
25Q0 cases of Spanish influenza have been
detected in this district. over 1900 ir
Brockton alone health officials reported
today. Twelve deaths in the city and
towns have occurred in the last 2
hours Shoe factories have heen badly
crippled. Brockton physicians nave
been told they must report all cases tc
the board of health.
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HELD FOR FALSIFYING
DRAFT QUESTIONABLE

Boston, Sept. 17.-Lewis F. Curtis
of Newton, was arrested by Federal
authoriti IS today charged with falls
flying his draft QUESTIONABLE, and
was held under $4,000 bond for a lat
er hearing. He is alleged to have
stated in his QUESTIONABLE that his
entire income for the . ear preceding
Jan. IA last was $500. while Govern
ment officials claim it was $4,000 and
upwards. Curtis pleaded not guilty
when arraigned.
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AUTHORIZATIONS JAPS
HAVE FULL REAL ESTATE
PRIVILEGES, is OPINION

Riverside, Cal. Sept 11-JaPanese
born in california may acquire and
retain title to real estate, and no
violation of the alien land law re-
suits, according to an opinion hand
ed down toda.- by Judge Hugh II.
Craig of the Superior Court here in
the case Of the people of the state
of California VS.. NJ. Harada. This
was considered test case.
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PART OF CREW
lEIXOES ARRIVES
ATLANTIC PORT

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 1.-THE first
officer and IL men of the Portuguese
steamer Leixoes, torpedoed Sept. u ooJ
miles off the North Atlantic coast, ar
rived here today after six days III an
open boat The captain and a men
reached port yesterday. a third boat
with % men still is missing
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NEW PORTLAND

The town schools opened last Mon
day.
Miss Blanche Strickland returned
home Saturday after passing the
summc" at Belgrade Lakes.
Miss Lena Strickland, who has been
visiting in Hartland the past week,
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Coburn Classical Institute
WATERvlLLE.M MAINE

WATERVILCE, MAINE
High grade college preparatory and
general courses.
New Household Arts course for
four years and a twoyear course for
High school graduates. Up to date
practice house. gymnasium, twelve
acre athletic field. library. and SCI
enee laboratories.
Expsns. moderate.
For catalogue and information ad-
dress Prin. Drew T. Harthorn.
Fall Term begins Sept. II. 1918.
5ly3l. mon-we d&fri,tf
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SENATE COMMITTEE
FAVORS DEPARTMENT
OF AERONAUTICS

Washington. Sept, f7.-The Senate mil
itary committee today. by vote of i 20
., ordered favorably reported the bill
introduced ~ Senator New Of Indiana
providing for the establishment or 4 de
partment ot aeronautics. with IA cabi-
net officer at its head.
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GERMANS DISCLAIM
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
OF AUSTRIAN NOTE

Amsterdam, Sept. 1.-THE German
government had no previous knowledge
c the note Austria Hungary recently
dispatched inviting the beliigarents to
conference, it is declared in author
itative German circles" according 10
the Vienna newspapers
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MOTOR TRUCK EMPLOYEES
MAY CLAIM EXEMPTION

Washington. Sept. 17.-Provost
MARSHAL General Crowder today an
hounced that concerns engaged n
ll.otor truck transport service may
essnn deferred classification for nee