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MOSLEMS IN NOMENCLATURE WHICH war RISK bureau has to tackle lties~tlie Bureau Experiences In Answering Letters and I u ' ntainii'O the Correct Addresses of Demobilized Men? ; Ball Become Transients and Others Give Only Frag mdntary Information. | \V;,shlnKU?n.? Kcco homo! Behold wuui ' I I r no this man's mime so that I jpi re|H?rt definitely on the Hiatus of y* Insurance." j 1 That. tQgPther w|th a slip bearing 1 L* memo. 'Mhiih'.m Hull, <:i, 721,50.1) ?UcCflU. South CnrollnO. Beneficiaries: jlr*. Klla Stalk* (wife), Mrs. Pa nil tie Igtilks (mother)." handed to a file Urchor in the hureuu of war rislcjn jnirtiiee. ! Tlie.nmn's nnme was given as Hall, ^lille .those ??f his wife and his mother frP given as Stalks. Patently, jomethliiK was wrong somewlujte. Just ;vtat was wrong, however,.*^ not tp trident. To find out whf^lujd where the error was, was tha tfoh. ? Finding die ermr somebody else | uiun^'uio Job of the war i risk intfox file sea rollers, and It's a tough Joh if they fair to get at the! boitoyi of it. Index tiles section 1 ? r ir are listed tne na trios of nearly j I !.)ill.lon men who wpre Inducted j li'lary service, the young worn- 1 ? ;n! ? a eoipplete Inventory of all Girt Sleuths Searching Card Index Files. the thousands of men surnamed Hall. Among them nil there was not one who came frmn M<('all. South Carol ina> ru>$ jet one who had a wife or mother ttbose name even remotely resembled the"Stalk<" iriven as the name of the fro beneficiaries. Calls for Nimble Wit. nils, clearly, was a case for the nse pf that sjhm iitiiv nimble wit and fine deductive family which has character ized much ??f the work of the search ers of the index files, and given them a process of procedure which might be used to add a leaf to the book of the Kuriises, ihe Plnkertons and the Flynns* "Well." remarked the girl . charged *ith pro<hi< i i ? :r the needed Informa tion, "this man may be 'Stalk,' since that is the name given for Ills wife and mother." Hut search through the "Stalks" broucht nothing to identify the case. "Still," she persisted, and they al ways (In |ii-Mst, these glr^s. "His Dame mu?t I . some kind of a 'Stalk,' but wiiat kind '! Corn stalks, bean ,,alks. ami cabbage stalks are the ?&ly kind (.f stalks I know anything ?bout so I'M hist look them up." And sure et .>u^h. it turned out that Misname "some kind of a Stalk.** Cjl'tmiro in fnrt, and his Index ?rd was (lis! \ changed to read : "James ???..bhagostalk* (3,721.505) jjtfall. Soii'b Carolina; beneficiaries, ?rc. F!lla < 'ahhagestalks (wife), Mrs. Mnie r!dii;(^restalks (mother)."' You s,.t, ,j ;lt ^irj Wearing the blue , t^eatf-r over there." said one young 'oman. Th?j i:.ri ..f the hlue sweater appear ^ you:,.' Mie might have Just left *?w>l. >' . \s ;is searching some ln 1 eard*. ! fingers rapidly running [torn one *i t if it her. With each flap |fir^Cf r 1 ta^en a 1 h <>f tin- ,i -. ription thereon, but to* ohs?r\.-r ,)!(. .vas mnking n speed tu"r'' i:' ' ;,'!iing every card In the draw cp, ! ' r hl' ' The drawer was a foot to the right, at < ? ! . - Marathon in card move ^ ' ' ? d (.no, made a notation th/' ' ' r carried, placed r'if'l |.j ,j)0 others, closed the *bf"'r ' " ' '* toward the man ,s of the file section. I "J^V ; ,, I I ' :i1 ? ? : ? i i 1 1 1 ? ? was quickly enacted, ? ???d out. it brought to :t r- * trkable case which had r investigation for some Ti?e "Divia Mystery. b? ?h "! s,rn,|P? case might ln>'stery" with Miss Blue lf>r fts the detective heroine, 'n^writtcn letter was received by the bureau ?frou\ iui army eflinp, an<? ended as follows : "Ucspcetfully, "lVlVflto Djvls Spruce, Hastings, I 'ft'.** MliW Blue Sweater was assigned to the letter with Instructions to secure the man's policy number that certain inituin, lion requested a a to the stand ing:. of Ids Insurance might be fut'idsh ed hlin. The name of Dlvls Spruce could not he fftpnd In the flloA Then en mo the time for Imagination and deduction. No matter how the name was split to make some other plausible name, the Hies could not produce results. Finally the young woman decided to address a letter to the man at Hast : Ings, Pa,, requesting him to furnish in ? formation about himself. In due time the letter was returned to the bureau as unclaimed. This did not put an end to the search by any means. Imagination and deduction again were brought Into the case, and a further study of the oilglna) letter win made. Dlvls Spruce, Spruce Division. Of course! The Spruce Division! The Spruce division was a part of the American army. Miss Blue Sweater secured a '-roster of the Spruce division from t be war department and searched through the nearly 40,000 names for a man who lived at Hastings, i'n. lit this *be wis rewarded. The list showed only one man from that town. He was Herman Miller. With this ln formalioir the young woman bad no dliileulty in lindmg the card of Her man Miller, (policy number 1 .877. 155; serial mYmhcr N(5H.2r>f>) of Hastings, Pa. This man was furnished the in formation he desired, and in thanking the bureau ire admitted he bad forgot ten to. sign his name to the letter. Searchers From All Sections. Girls from every part of the coun try are employed as searcher:;. If a complex jcase arises Involving a man's identification, and his home 1s In" Maine, a girl from that state is assigned to run down the mystery and she near ly always does. Should the state be California, a girl balling from the "Const" soon has the correct data care fully listed in the tiles. There are innumerable "wonderful" cases under Investigation every day, but these girls are not unlike the he roes from France who never exploit the "wonderful" things they them selves did .in line of duty. Handwriting experts are employed to determine the Identity of many sig natures. since every conceivable form of "handwriting reaches the bureau. Often the body of a letter will be per Checking Names of Soldier Survivor?. fectly legible, but the signature will prove to be one of those nonforgeahle jumbles of pen strokes which are the delight and pet hobby of the writer and the despair of every hopeful reader. Silent letters in names must always be taken into consideration. The name of Hlynack is m good example where the silent letter is the key letter for searching, but at the same time It is particularly dead In pronunciation. This name is pronounced Lynack, and in the hurry of writing, often names are misspelled, when on the .surface they appear very simple and correct, Foreign names- are often typed In correctly because the soldier at the time of making application f ? ?r m?ur ance may have been unfamiliar 'with Knglish and made a mistake in re peating the spelling to th?> army or navy clerk. This a great source of worry to searchers. Names Spelled Many Ways. Frequently one man's name may be "spelled in four or five ways. If rela tives. parents or someone Interested In his welfare inquire* about hi* insur ance. each will spell it In their way. fJIrl searchers must determine which is the correct spelling and then ver ify It from th<* m:. iH? original si 'ma ture. A clever pieoe of deduction was that in the case of Andrew Good of North Dakota His name could not be found In the files and W?\s turned ovW to one of the cloveres! woa.'choiT Sluce the mail's address was glv.cn lis Nor*h l)u~ kola, shy ns*uiued, la Wow of the tint that there wort' many Indian* listed fi'imi thai state* ,'iN ,,m<' ^ ,n' Indian nuino. She immediately Thunder to his u&BXft ul"' i rani i Ar.'ivw t?OOd l lour (lor. la lees tluia throe minutes .after she had been asked to \ond hot* aid. Carelessness or unavoidable haste In writing. up insurance application# on the Form I II. by which a mini enter ing tlio M^rvkc i'c<|UoHtK or (Uncial ms government allowance to dependents and failure to Include complete Identi fying Information In a lot tor of In quiry, count It at o tin* largest single (?aviso In t|io bureau's delay In answer- J ing mull. Any tetter addressed to the bureau on any inattor pertaining to a service man should contain, his name ,ln full first, last, it i to< I middle: II should state Ids rank and or.-anlzatlon at the time "Form 1-11" wftw filed, or at the time Insurance application was made; his present home address and former ad dress If the address has been changed; the first, middle and last name of his beneficiary, bud present and former address. If the address has boon changed. The names of the nearly five mil lion men who were Inducted under the selective draft, and those who lmve .joined up since' the armistice, are oit cards in filing cabinets, which, placed one after the other, would make a line more than five miles long. Jpst what complications may arise when there Is failure to Include this Identifying data, may be Imagined from the fact that a comparison shows that the repetition of names In the files of the bureatl Is far greater than the repetition of names carried in card Indexes of commercial companies. Many Bear Same Name, Flfty-thrCe thousand two hundred Johnsons were called Into active mili tary service. The Smiths were not far behind numerically, coming up to the considerable figure of f>1.0o0. The "Brown" family with -IS, 000' Is next. More than half the letters inquiring about insurance come from men who either fall to give their Identifying number, or their address. In thou sands of cases they give their address, hut due to tlu? fact that there are oth ers with similar names who live in the name city, and have moved this Infor mation IS of .little value to the girl sc archers. y ? Actual figures show that more than half the soldiers, "nllors and marines have moved since leaving the service. Few forwarded a not ice of a change of address. Tills left the bureau with > only the name of the man for record, but through Its system of tracing men, large numbers have been located by the girl sleuths and their correct ad dresses have been listed. Many amazing discoveries have been made In names, and the number of ways they can be spelled. One young woman lias tabulated 40 ways, so far discovered to spell Aloyslus. Another has specialized in the spell ing 'of Ignatz. She has found 18 ways to spell this name. Still another has found that John can be spelled 24 ways. To Bartlioldt" Otto Aabel. (policy number 3.203.838) of Mlnden. Neb., be longs the distinction of having his name the. first in all the. card Index files. The last card In the file bears the name of Wlar vslaus Charles Zyzes. policy number 1.802.689) of 421 Maury street. Rome, N. Y. Constant combing Is necessary to keep the files up to date. U. S. LOSES 4,480 CAPTURED Eighth Army Division Makes Low Rec ord With Only One Mao * Captured. Washington. I). C. ? A rechecklng by the war department of the figures up to June 3 shows the total number of Americans captured by the enemy in France was 4.480, of whom 310 were officers. The Twenty-eighth division was the heaviest loser with 18 offi cers and 714 men, and the Twenty sixth next with 10 officers and 438 men. The Eighth division reported one man captured. Of the divisions earliest In line, the First lost no officers hnd 152 men and the Second division five officers and 1R2 men. Georgian Too Tired to Crank Up His Auto Atlanta, Ga. ? And now the laziest man ! Lawson ColMer, an autolst, was coming Into Atlanta, when he overtook ait old ear stopped by th<> roadside. The occupants were in animated conversation. Thlnklnp he might he of assist ance, Politer stopped and asked If he could help. "> "You might pull us down th<i road a piece to start my auto," said the tired-looking owner. Collier hacked up, pulled out n pier-o of rope, and pulled the auto about 50 yards, and then asked what the trouble was. "Oh. nothing at all," said his neighbor. "I Just didn't want to take the trouble to crank It." Find Missing Soldier on Farm. South Norwalk, ? Conn. ? Clayton K. II?)| >e. ii <lisch;irirc>rl private of the *>0t h Halloon company, uho disappeared after leaving New Tofk for his home i In WlU'.nantlc, Conn., was fotind working nn a farm near hero. He will go home. United States Tires are Good Tires Your Money's Worth You want tires that give you the most for your money, ? measured in ( mileage . How are you to know ? Since we are in the business-? and you know us ? why not take our word for it? We say to you? there arc no better tires built than United States Tires. They have, proved good by performance . They are tough, hardy, economical, efficient. 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Motorlife added. IKK miles on K 1-2 gallons, 22 miles to the gallon, gain 07 per cent. My car is a Hudson G, full equipment, and the load in each c consisted of yourself, the four County Commissioners and myself; other conditions approximately the same. Run No. 1 wan in the north part of the. County; No. 2 to Comfort and back; No. 3 the Kerrville trip. After adding Motorlife I was enabled to mnke two full turns on the needle valve (one half turn on plain gasoline. would stop the motor), and yet I got a smooth running motor with full p?wer. On my return from run No. 3, I removed the cylinder heads to ascertain tlns carbon effect. Not only was the carbon all removed, nil cylinders being substantially dean, hut better ignition, smoother running and freedom from motor trouble resulted. Run No. 1 is about an average run on plain gasoline; Run No. 3 gave a saving of 0 gallons of gaso line which at 20 cents per guflon would be $1.20. 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