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At the beginning of the United States’ involvement in World War I, the military was in desperate need of manpower. The Selective Service Act of 1917 allowed for conscription of registered men to fill the armed forces’ needs. Between September 1917 and November 1918, almost 3 million men were inducted through Selective ...
Clearly a wary dweller of a very small town, Hartman asked to remain anonymous and added that he had made a special trip to mail the letter, as the postmaster was not to be trusted.
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Letter from Thomas J. Hartman to Maj. Gen. Wood, Oct. 12, 1918. RG 120, Records of the American Expeditionary Forces, HQ 10th Division, 220.712. National Archives.
Major General Wood Funston Kans.
Dear Sir. Joe Price and Shipler came Home from Funston today said they sneaked out and got someone to answer their roll call. I was informed that Jess Price pulled off the same stunt two weeks ago he is from Raymond also. Said he was a cook, and was to [sic] smart to carry a rifle The two Prices was reclassified I thou...
There are a lot of slackers around here, If you will send a good man here to me, I will surely tell who to go after. Your man may be his own Judge. There is something wrong. Let me know when your man will be here.
Can’t trust Postmaster so will male [sic] it some where else.
Tim Nichting hopes he’ll be seeing a lot of baseball from his Hamilton West Side squad this week.
The local all-stars are in the losers’ bracket of the Ohio Little League Tournament after opening with a surprising 10-3 loss to Galion on Saturday at the Hoover Community Recreation Complex.
That means West Side will now have to post seven straight victories to capture their fourth consecutive 12-year-old state title and ninth in the last 10 years.
Hamilton will meet Kenton on Monday at 6 p.m. in the double-elimination event. A win there would send West Side into a 1 p.m. contest against either Tallmadge or Jefferson on Tuesday.
Nichting noted that West Side lost its first game at state in 1995 and came back to win the championship and advance to the regional.
Jonathan Alcorn will get the mound start against Kenton, which got blanked 10-0 by Berlin East Holmes in a four-inning contest Saturday. The defeat included six errors.
Kenton has never won a state title. In fact, the program has never registered a victory at the state tournament.
“Kenton made it to state about 10 years ago. I think before that was even further back,” Kenton coach Chad Thrush said. “We’re definitely known for our football. We’re working on getting known for our baseball.
Right-hander Tim Wilkinson started against East Holmes and might get the ball first against West Side as well, according to Thrush. The Kenton coach said he has several other pitchers to choose from, including lefty Anthony Hunt.
Thrush said Wilkinson is the team’s hardest thrower. Coomer estimated that he throws 60 to 62 miles per hour.
Wilkinson is also among Kenton’s top hitters, along with leadoff man Hunt and Luke Leffler.
Kenton emerged from District 10, which only had two all-star teams in this age group. Kenton defeated Maumee in a best-of-three series (winning the first and third games) to advance to state.
Thrush watched several innings of the West Side-Galion game.
Tarun Tejpal worked with The Indian Express and India Today groups and was managing editor of Outlook magazine before founding Tehelka in 2000.
New Delhi: Tarun Tejpal has stepped down as editor of Tehelka magazine for six months, taking responsibility for what managing editor Shoma Chaudhury termed an “untoward incident" for which he extended an unconditional apology to a colleague. Chaudhury sent an internal email to staff to which she attached a letter writ...
“I have already unconditionally apologized for my misconduct to the concerned journalist, but I feel impelled to atone further," he wrote. He added: “Because it involves Tehelka, and a sterling shared legacy, I feel atonement cannot be just words. I must do the penance that lacerates me. I am, therefore, offering to re...
Tejpal worked with The Indian Express and India Today groups and was managing editor of Outlook magazine before founding Tehelka in 2000. He is also the author of two novels, The Alchemy of Desire and The Story of My Assassins.
BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - China’s Inner Mongolia region on Saturday reported a case of human infection with the H7N9 bird flu virus, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The patient, an 82-year-old man, was receiving treatment and the local government had disinfected the patient’s residence and nearby area. The local government said those who had had contact with the patient had shown “no abnormalities”, Xinhua reported.
The virus can be fatal to humans.
In a chilling confirmation of the murderous cost of border controls, figures released last week showed that at least 404 refugees died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in the first six weeks of 2018.
The analysis by the United Nation’s International Organisation for Migration says that this toll is double the number of refugees who drowned between 1 January and 16 February last year.
The agency also says that more than 1,200 child migrants have died since 2014. Nearly half died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean. And, says the IOM, “the real figure is likely to be much higher”.
Refugee arrivals into Europe dropped from 12,430 in the same period last year to 8,407.
But deaths have increased because of the European Union’s (EU) dirty deal with Turkey that has forced refugees to take more dangerous routes.
The deal, signed in March 2016 with British support, means that refugees can be deported from Greece to Turkey.
Previously refugees from the war-torn Middle East used to travel across the Aegean Sea into Greece, through the Balkans and then into western Europe. That route is now blocked.
Refugees are still fleeing war, poverty, catastrophic climate change and dictatorship.
The biggest rise in arrivals is from Eritrea in East Africa—up from just 16 last year to 1,184.
The country has been ruled by president Isaias Afwerki, a national liberation hero turned dictator, since it won independence from Ethiopia in 1991.
Tens of thousands are fleeing the country’s harsh military service laws which mean working class people can be conscripted for life.
Afwerki responded to protests last November with brutal repression, forcing more people out of the country. Eritrea is also in the middle of a dangerous imperialist power play between the Western-backed Egyptian dictatorship and Turkey.
Any escalation of tensions will mean more refugees into Europe. Yet the EU’s response is to keep refugees locked out through “Fortress Europe”.
And if they do make it across the Mediterranean, many remain stuck at Britain’s border in Calais, trapped by millions of pounds’ worth of barbed wire, bullets and tear gas (see page 9).
The only solution is to force the British government to open the border.
That’s one of the reasons why anti-racists are planning to join national demonstrations in London, Glasgow and Cardiff on 17 March.
Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) supporters are holding rallies, public meetings and film showings to build across Britain in the run up to them.
Around 50 people joined the first SUTR meeting in Liverpool on Sunday.
The 17 March demonstrations are an important part of building a mass movement against racism.
As Dan Lewis, CWU union North West chair, told the meeting in Liverpool, “By going out on 17 March you are changing the world by standing up to racism”.
when anti-racists take to the streets in London, Glasgow and Cardiff on 17 March they will be part of actions across many countries.
Unity Against Fascism and Racism (UCFR) in Catalonia is the sister movement of Stand Up To Racism.
The political situation in Catalonia over recent months has of course been dominated by the struggle for an independent republic and the Spanish state’s opposition to that struggle.
Fascist organisations had been much weakened by UCFR’s campaigning.
They lost almost all their councillors in Catalonia in the last municipal elections, and a neo-Nazi centre in Barcelona was shut down thanks to a powerful local UCFR campaign.
But fascist attacks are now at a record level.
UCFR includes people with many different ideas about independence. But we are united in the need to stop the fascists, as well as the Islamophobia, antisemitism and other forms of racism that are also growing.
Only last week, antisemitic graffiti appeared on Barcelona’s oldest synagogue, and there are Islamophobic incidents on a regular basis.
The 17 March demonstration will go through the centre of Nou Barris, a working class area of Barcelona where fascists are trying to establish themselves through protests against a new mosque.
Roger, a victim of a fascist attack last year and a leading activist in the local UCFR group that was built subsequently, said, “As a working class we cannot allow our neighbourhoods to be a breeding ground for fascism.
Laura, a member of the anticapitalist network Marx21 who is helping to build UCFR in her rural town, explained, “UCFR can act to bring very diverse people together. This also includes international solidarity.
Anti-racists mobilised against the Veterans Against Terrorism (VAT) in Newcastle last Saturday.
The march was supported by the racist Football Lads Alliance (FLA) and Nazi groups such as the North East Infidels. The racists turned out around 350 supporters and anti-racists brought out some 160 against them.
This disparity underlines the danger if the left dosn’t take the FLA seriously because it’s not a fascist organisation.
The FLA posed as simply being against “terrorism”, but has become increasingly openly racist towards Muslims. Its leadership has increasingly targeted the left and anti-racists, such as shadow home secretary Diane Abbott. FLA leaders aim to build a racist, populist movement on the streets.
VAT leader Richard Inman is a right wing Christian fundamentalist who believes “the entire Muslim religion is the antichrist”.
He is also a supporter of fascist Tommy Robinson and supported a march that targeted East London Mosque last October.
With the Tories in crisis and the collapse of Ukip, the right is in flux and could regroup around another formation. The whole of the left needs to take the threat of the FLA seriously.
Anti-racists in the West Midlands should come out to oppose the FLA when it marches in Birmingham on Saturday 24 March.
The Telegraph newspaper has apologised and agreed to pay costs and damages over an article that wrongly claimed there was an Islamist “Trojan Horse” plot at a primary school.
Nasim Ashraf and Hafizan Zaman were accused of plotting a “campaign of intimidation” to take over Clarksfield Primary School in Oldham with the “aim of imposing an aggressive and separatist agenda” on students.
Ashraf said, “We are very pleased that The Telegraph has apologised for what it accepts are completely false allegations.
“Hafizan and I have done nothing but positively contribute in a society, which regrettably, finds many reasons to divide community.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The night all St. Louis Foodies dream about!
The annual Great Taste event on March 13 at the St. Louis Science Center will feature tastings from 50 area restaurants from the 2019 edition of Ian Froeb's STL 100, being released on March 3.
In additional to the tastings, enjoy live music and more! Tickets available at http://www.stltoday.com/ourevents.
The Sales Manager will create and drive order intake growth, primarily for the Systems and Projects (SP) and Hire divisions, in line with the current plan.
Assist and support sales activity for other WES divisions, particularly where relationships exist with key clients/personnel.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with the purchasing and operations teams within existing, or identified potential, key accounts.
* Actively develop relationships with allocated existing key accounts, to grow the WES business. Track and record organisational changes and business direction within those key accounts.
* Plan and implement visits to promote and position WES’ products and services within all UK water utilities. The aim is to receive the opportunity to bid for the majority of future relevant Framework enquiries.
* Identify new customers, industries and sectors requiring chemical dosing solutions. Seek out and manage new accounts and relationships that can deliver orders.
* Identify opportunities and generate ideas for continual product improvement, including possible new products and variants.
* Monitor competitor activity; be alert to business opportunities and threat and report accordingly.
* Provide input and ideas for WES news releases (website, social media/LinkedIn, mailshots) to help drive new enquiries and strengthen the WES profile.
* Assess and respond to customer enquiries. Decide technical and commercial bid strategy and prepare proposals, or guide and manage others to prepare same. Ensure that Engineering, Manufacturing, Service and other departments are informed and involved to the appropriate extent.
* Visit the client and/or site as necessary to fully understand the requirements and ensure we present an accurate proposal meeting the client expectations.
* Lead the approach and response to water company Framework enquiries.
* Prepare and present customer presentations in order to promote WES’ capability and generate new business.
* Routinely track all projects post-tender, keep Sharepoint updated, and provide a monthly orders forecast.
* Respond to bid clarification questions and/or customer meetings. Follow through to negotiation and order, in line with agreed sales margin targets. Lead the approach on Framework negotiations to secure same on acceptable terms.
* Arrange clear, timely and complete contract handovers to the Projects delivery team. Act as the ‘customer voice’ during the contract delivery period including participation in design reviews and inspections.
* Perform other requirements of this position as may reasonably be expected or requested generally as an employee of the Company.
* As a Senior Manager within the business, demonstrate maturity and leadership in all dealings with colleagues. Adopt and promote a collaborative team-based approach across WES to share skills and expertise, problem solve and communicate to ensure best business performance.
* Represent WES professionally at all times, maintaining the Company values, reputation and image in the marketplace.
* The demeanour to quickly acquire and maintain client trust and thereafter build strong and lasting relationships.
* HND or equivalent level of education in Engineering.
* Knowledge of the Water Utilities sector.
* At least 5 years working in a business development or sales role in an engineering project environment, with demonstrable success.
* Excellent ICT skills including experience with CMS or ERP system(s), supported by excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
The Singapore F1 kicked off its entertainment programme with the first of a series of concerts held as part of the racing weekend.
In a move similar to the Abu Dhabi F1 in November, the Singapore event also has weekend after race concerts running from Friday to Saturday, in addition to two pre-race concerts to be held on Sunday before the main event.