Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1918 — NEWSPAPER EMPLOYES ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM DRAFT [ARTICLE]

NEWSPAPER EMPLOYES ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM DRAFT

Albany, N. Y., April 26.—Employes of newspapers, no matter in what capacity, are not entitled to deferred classification in the draft, Provost Marshal General Crowder has informed state authorities. By this decision he reversed a recent ruling by a Syracuse exemption board whieh held that« a newspaper employe was a necessary assistant in a necessary industrial enterprise.