The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-07

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Men Who Leave Country to Evade
Military Service Will Be Watched.
Men of selcctive service age who
leave the United States to evade mil
itary duty will have to stand trial on
charges of violations of the selective
service act when they return to the
country, according to the Department
of Justice, even though they do not
return until after the war.
The department has at hand nfor-
nation from which complete lists
may be prepared of all men who have
left the country to avoid service, says
recent statement authorized by the
Attorney General.
keeping our Fighters Fit--For
War and After" is the title of an of
fetal book issued by the Commission
on Training Camp Activities, describ-
ing the athletics, mass singing, So
cial life, and other recreations of men
in Army and Navy camps. The book
tells of the theatres, the work of the
Y. M. c. A., Knights of Columbus, and
other organizations associated with
the commission in welfare work, and
gives details of life in the camps.
The two picric acid plants to be
built at Little Rock, Ark, and Bruins
wick, Ca, contracts for which have
been completed by the War Depart
ment, viii! cost approximately ST.
100000.
Production of honey will be in
creased during 1918 in many locali-
ties, according to the Department CT
Agriculture. The increase in Colo
RADIO, it is sad, will probably be 100
per cent.
The board appointed by the Secre-
tary of the Navy to examine the sys-
tenn of bouyancy boxes installed on
the Lucia has reported the installa-
ton not advisable for general adop-
cacy as preventive against sinking,
the reduction in cargo-carrying ca
pacity, and the length of time required
for installation.
The Food Administration has sent
out through all State administrators
warning to corn, barley, and oats
millers and wholesale and retail deal
ers in the products that at the pres
ent prices of these grains corn meal
and oat meal should be selling at 20
per cent below the price of wheat
flour and that corn -four and barley
flour should be selling at least 10 per
cent below wheat flour.
Deliveries of the 5000 motor trucks
recently ordered by the Motor Trans
port Service of the War Department
are to be made between August l and
December /. These trucks, known as
Glass B Standard" will have ca
pacity of from to 5 tons, and will
be distributed as needed through the
various branches of the army. Ter
thousand of these Class B standard.
lied trucks have previously been or
dered and are now in process of man.
ufacture and delivery
Boy Scout organizations are active
in locating black walnut trees. Black
walnut lumber is needed by the Wal
Department for use in making air
plane propellers and gunstocks.
Women between the ages of 81 anC
35 who have had high school edu.
cation or its equivalent, will be eligi'
bic for admission to the Army Schoo
of Nursing, arrangements for which
were recently made by the War De
partment. 1t is intended to start sew
eral schools in selected military hos.
pitfalls. Unless otherwise specified
applications should be sent directly to
the Army School of Nursing, Office Of
Surgeon General of the Army, Wash
ington, d. C.
Under a new agreement the Army
will handle all mail for the expedition
airy forces after it leaves United
States ports. The Post Office De.
/ partment will deliver the mail 10 mil
itary authorities at the port of en-
| barkation in this country and receive
it from them at port in France for
dispatch to the United States. The
! domestic money-order service to the
troops will. for the present at least,
! continue under the direction of the
Post Office Department in France.
The first Porto Rican iaborers to
reach the United States under Gov
ernment auspices will be at work up
on Government contracts within q
month. The Employment Service Of
the Department Of Labor has already
found employment for at least 1o,oot