Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States and on the Battle Fronts, from Wash- ington, D. C. 67,716 Men Excused from Military Service Under Vocation Provisions Under provisions of the selective- service law making specified voca- tions a ground for exemption or dis- charge, apart from the “necessary in- dustries” dealt with by the district boards, 67,716 men were excused from military duty. "Of the men exempted 1,665 were. Federal or State officers; ministers, 8,076; divinity students, 3,144; in the military and naval service, 47822. County and municipal officials nom- bering 889 were discharged; custom- house clerks, 171; mail employees 1476; arsenal workmen, 2,388; Fed- eral employees designated by the Pre. sident, 1,777; pilots, 1,772; mariners; 2,666. Farm Tractor Notes To Be Rediscounted by Federal Reserve Banks Federal reserve banks are to discount notes secured by farm frac. tors, according to the Department of Agricultare. Instructions have been fssued to all Federal reserve banks suthorizing them to rediscount trac. tor paper presented by any member bank, provided it has maturity not exceeding six months and the trac. tors are purchased for agricultural porprses. re. Trade Tests Used to Secure Skilled Workers for Army To increase the accurscy of select. ing skilled workers among the en. : listed meen a system of trade i has been developed. Exact and com prehensive definitions of the more than 600 different trades represented in the military organization have been brought together in a 300-page book, “Trade Specifications.” Tables have been prepared showing the de. tailed needs of each unit for skilled and semiskilled workers. Work has been done in refining methods of se- i Jecting and training men for special | duties in the Navy, special service re- © garding selection of aviators, assist. {egls ance to Provost Marshal General on the questionnaire, and assistance ren- jered the Surgeon General for gen. ~ eral intelligence tests for enlisted men and officers. The war-service exchange of the committee on classification of person- LIKE BACO OU know how ig rings out all the : pungent flavor of ban there's nothing that tastes better. But you wouldn't like it raw. IT'S TOASTED So we toast the Burley tobacco used in LUCKY STRIKE Ciga- rettes for exactly the same reason —to bring out the rich, solid flavor, ‘to more than $100,000 a nel answers inquiries of persons de. siring to serve the Army. the Department of Labor of the needs which the War Dejartment has for men. He mn Fertilizer Manufacturers ‘and Dealers Must Secure Licenses Attention of fertilizer manulaciue. ers and dealers has again been call ed to the necessity for taking out Federal licenses. All fertilizer manufacturers, in. clouding mixers, even though their out. It informs | 1 put may be small, are required to take out licenses. Agents and deal. ers doing exclusively a retail busi- ness, whose gross sales do not amount year, are not required to take out licenses or to mule applications for blanks How- ever, any retail dealer or agent whose gross sales amount to more $100,000 and who does a Heense ix liable under the y of the act of Congress providing for the governmental control of the dustry. Ap made fo division, POV Ty FOYER ify license should nw department, United States Food Washington, D. C —— plication for the Admin. ¥ istration, War epriment Plans Furlough to Help Farm Work For the purpose of wrod > ta Fo itiirad $50 14 iE mod the int AS tion of the War Department to grant dlisted men ir ARH n far Cams mand ing ¥ i 1 fariotighs w fF Erant ££ wi scribed rules whenever it appears gis ‘ wii sontriomte ta increased farm pro dus tiom, Fuarloughs may } ik TN iy hy manding r MBoera o { posts, cam Ne, can tonments. divi They will t for seeding and harvesting OMY. wos, and dep Sriments w for short periods, of or above the grade of first sergeant, nor in an organization that has boen points of mobilization or training to a port of ambarkation. granted will ardered All farloughs be recalled and the men to their organizations when they have received preparatory for duty overseas. Furicughs granted for farm work will be without pay and allowances, than | consumed not wpply for | 4, i tions farmers will use Provos be | 3 ; % PPTiRe risk insurance, and pledges on Liberty bonds, For especially qualifi agriculture furloughs may be hy the Secretary of War cation by the Secretary of Agriculture providing such tarily accepted by whom application individual loughs submitted by on a form to furnished by draft boards Two sections are be made nut and presented to the local | board, which will complete the form If the furlough is granted the ap. plication will be filed by the command. ing officer and a certificate fur the soldier. If not granted, lieation will be for disapproval If the soldier initinted the appli. upon wir he volun the far mre ¥ SE Po ns 2 made for relatives will applications bes appli. | returned with reasons | { failure of the impending ed experts in| Very few new caves granted | § $ i 1 § i have high sick rates as {| CARD fur. | byes local | fay (with the refrig National Guard camps, as a #roup; continge with remarkably low rafes. meningitis have occurred National Army camps continue if other groups, thaueh Sent. riley ower thar inst ¢ are report tering cases o from all camps L IBERTY LOAN | AND BU SINES 8 “What has the Liberty Loan to day, geration business?” walt {asked by a subscriber in the fastness. | Lex of the Rocky Mountains of the adi. | nished | the ap. Answer was sound and patriotic: i tor of the Refrigeration World tor compared with | the nivasles are reported The of measles and “At this critical time the success or | loan have | more to do with refrigeration than | eation he will give the name of the | | used in producing refrigeration. If the | person for whom he desires to work, from whom will need for farm service Farlouyrhs may to men wha are wi upon requests of ranted Flow bag eH iting g to accept them when time fram IH exereed far rmers. ax ¥ x % mn traveling the a the of } Inhao fn: 13 iia ¥ 5 EE pines r will nt ye 3 -% BOUrs, MN RII fa APL A ia Marsha! to the local haard Csniral’y i Lath Prisoners in Germany Po Not Lose Rights ito War Insurance Hey celaries under the military and Bureau of inrgely |v time. They | will not be granted to enlisted men | Alien Property Costodian American saldisrg 5 rut prior to April nf 3 (rérman prisan camps be deprived their Bana i ti “5% 1 § PE BO in made such 1 the permitted class of benef. naval This parent, bircther, should he War Risk DC. insurance law child i, class includes wif nas Appi § Gr aister ication ¢ made to the Pasurance, at Washington, May Sell Enemy -Oxned Property Rie thides and other animal products, § A 3 orders | pie i wals, { ton, , {and china ware, wearing spparel, jew. payment, o except that enough pay will be re. elry, tained in each tase to meet allotments | : oY in force on the day of the order, war- 4 IMEC ORRIRATED $ 1 factured | ehand ise, 'valoe of ; (at Private Sale ordered to move or is in transit from | The Alien Property ( GREN given without sa toud hms 4]. at vertisement, Pan power to a fd Remy pwned livestock, feed or food stuffs, a aitaral produacts, fertilizers, dries. totaecs, ecxmetinl ols, lumber, sot. furniture, books, bric.a-brae, objects of srt, hed textile pa riaily metals, materials, trunks, Sanat. fabries, rubber and Kinds of mer. having marge rubber prodocts, and all in Jota i not more than $10 000 ha ray held st places and ander conditions prescribed hy Such “XR bre 5%. +0 | Alien Property Custodian German Newspapers Penge of thigher p (and the Reichstag L ENIArprines fat competed ication af 5 | SArY, adhe autho i fed Bap Profiteering in Motor Works eo ay 14,1 connest the jon Ww Dain Sp shown that the ie * 153 i eRrTINg the ca or SYR AWAY state cent, and while the pam SW} 5 4 * BY 0g 5 bl A TRI AMNA MATE ™ te Fate * 1 TENT WRAL earn. oY. * abdh 4 i goss, 158 peitide-lime Brass it ko had ee mal 3 thretened to redar GUI uniess Fig oh “3 & paid The Ber if. i ® 5 we tides Liner Tageublatt wi wera i, R50 anrgelc a Wf the uuthor Such 5 8 demanded ax the Duimisr fies a fs Withee iy am a aryl Fr - % . % ¥ $ 5 5 spectiion, Whe ey ery i @ tracer del] 595 NE vegelables must We demand i 3 ¥ i 3 she whis oro 3% snfise His gory ramet legal pr its and, i ep. state o sntrol =” Vorvaorts (ave faa PEE BR 3 Wa x 3 sAimiar dec IR GLY RIV oe a Bian a t Files, 85 that ts rey right be kept from Tha » EGE Cry the pahblie’ ledge. K a? the eX Trier GREY PFiw «NE Commer rnorance ernment ‘that and ¥ ANC tna shows i such re i Unusually a ———————— Report of Surgeon General Shows Health Conditions Good in Army Camps The health of troops in | States continues very guod, ing to a recent report to the Jeneral of the Army by the Division Field Sanitation. Admission. atte tive and death rates mre {what higher than 5 " # the SOF. due ar f Inst nf report, Af uenia with 3 wating pneumo- nia, in many of our northern can os be nseertnined the | loss fails, ov eryvthing | be prowtrated; form of the! foreign commerce A. lh chem. | undersigned PAW | 7 Pytested to on or completely mang. Pe accord. Surgeon | not : formula. even the machinery and else will All business will eventumily | nothing could thrive” It is the business of every business and In the United that Liberty Loan They should encourage others them. No gles is | wi it. Disniness in Un States to ses the doer not fail, ard mania to bray Fou whi sey 2 ack 82 DORiness in the Dnted Nt net dass d ¥ ibuapeds hk AH] Lately i AR 0 yb by shan ¥ § RY DMisipiess fob wy Liberty than to ined it hug win this war than to have pay the dic. Potsdam Government pay Srions Lrermmany erties $n ft 18 better y ’ » & In Fiilr dee tation of The wy fhe g +H i afdre, the suceess, the GON. er bheriy, the Amerie Bijes Ande Banhiness § 2VEryY if Nation's an 2 bound ap in the % We 3 $e ida the ah # BALAN, WE Re Rin fg FF wg BRinten for the purse anes of rights Our cits lawful JOUrneys port th Kets It Liberty HRY of pr tercinl ris eng to an the seas ard trans foreign 50 ir Commerce * wed and R i patriotic, Bonds. It reas to de it duty, miso 4 good bust EXEC mm avr wr on CUTORS’ NOTICE Estate of Thomas Bishop, —— inte Pennayivanin, deceased Notice is hereby given that Letters | of said | Testamentary decedent in the estate have hes ngranted to the Ail if » vie haviag ¢ 8 ims ny cE without | demands & 3inst the i ake ther krown delay to MATILDA JANE C94 BISHOP, ‘ Pa. WARD © BISHOP, { resson, Pa El} - HY 1.29 Aga nN ar ads fo frimnd Dane. - THOUGHTFUL ~ REMEMBRANCE - YOUR PHOTOGTAPH m———— FARABAUGH CARROLLT: WN, PA. PEUEL SOMERVILLE ATTORNEY-AT.-LAW Office in the Good Building | Patton, PA. i L MAKES But their mar. | i buy | of | the Borough of Patton, Cambria Coun. | 1 FRPP RPA AARNE RS RENT A ERE hb hb persons indebted | glass said estate are requested to minke chemicals | fail The First National Bank PATTON,. PENNSYLVANIA Capital paid up Surplus ESTABLISHED 1893 The Oldest National Bank in Nothern Cambria A general banking business transacted. We invite per- sonal interviews or correspondence with firme and individuals wishing to establish or +) change their banking relations. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS Steamship Tickets for all the leading Lincs; Foreign Draft payable in the prineipal sities of the Safe Deposit Boxes for use of our patrons furnished free. You should have one or more of our Saving Bi Banks in your home. Will teach the children preatical les sons of soonomy. WM. H. SANDFORD FRANK L. BROWN President k Cashier ER " " A S—— - Me ee Se — oo RR mR TE H EE AEE EN EEE TERR id J. EDWARD STEVENS FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Careful and Up-To-Date Serviee Modern Equipment Horse and Motor Hearses Telephone Serviee—Office and Residence CARROLLTOWN, PA. ~» RE eso 4 A a Te AE RFRFI FIERRO EL rd WE EE SEE ar Sl ar ar IF ITS NEW WE HAVE IT Ladies’ Hats Children’s Hats J THE LADIES’ HAT SHOP 1411-13 Eleventh Ave. Altoona, Pa. HPA AB Ll ep BE bE cacutors, fall | J. A. SCEWAB I" Dr. J. 1. VAN 3 Yap + D. BE. ROR, (Cashier WERT, Viee President M. G. DUMM, \as't The Grange National Bark OF PATTON, PA. RESOURCES OVER Kinkead’s Patton, | Stationery Store. Penna. Positive—Convincing Proof Many so-called remedies for anae. mia are only so in name. Their mak. r= are afraid to prove their claims by | | telling what their medicines contain. | $ The only way to be honest with the | | people is to let them know what they | | are paying for. When the doctor knows what a medicine contains, it ceases to be a “patent” medicine. R Cud Liver snd Beef Peptones, Irenand * Manganese Peptonstes, [ron and Ami. mec: Citrate, Limeand Boda Giycerm phosphates, Cascaria. Any doctor will tell you that the in- ients of Vinol, as named above, will enrich the blood and banish anae- mia and create strength. When the biood is pure and rich and red, the body is strong and robust. Here is the Vinol | | i | | | You can prove this at our expense | becuuse your money i Vinol does not impro , Jolin A. Gunn, Druggist, Patton, Pa. ! he returned |W ove your heaith, |! i Tom FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR Wi werever Ford =I'Y Ce pati Ek g Fact vhich strengthens the personal relation between Fond id the Com To wet the hes} possible serv. ee from your Ford car, bring it here when it needs attention and get the ben. efit of Ford supervision throughout. We use the ge Ford parts and give vou the be the regular standard Ford prices, Touring Car $450, Run about $450, i wlan Jota, Copelet $300, Town Car $595—-all 1. Detroit. Om display and for sale JAMES DUMM SPANGLER, PA, Ford has kept iy 3 PW IETS HEY “gi jg by. Orders received by Alfred E rickson, Patton, Pa.
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