Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — REGISTERED? “FIRED;” THEN SUES FOR $1,000 [ARTICLE]

REGISTERED? “FIRED;” THEN SUES FOR $1,000

Tulsa, Okla. —Alleging he was discharged because of the time it took him to register for military service, Albert Golden has brought suit against Bumgarner & Downing, furniture dealers, fbr SI,OOO damages. Golden, who was employed by the defendants as a teamster, claims he left the store at 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon to go to fits precinct registering place, but when he arrived the line ahead of him was so long that the registrar did not get to him until 10:30 o’clock that night. The following morning, he says, he was discharged.