Show WHY ALEXANDER WAS IVAS SELECTED j U. U S. S Needed Farmers Who Were Ahead of Him to tor r Till the Soil soon ST. ST PAUL Neb April 20 Uncle O. Undo San Sams Sam's s urgent need for greater food production to help win the tho war was the tho reason Grover Gro Ch Cleveland cand J Alexander Alexan 4 der dI premier pitcher for the Chicago o National league lIc baseball team Learn was named 10 o go o in the quota to Camp l Funston Kan from this town on tho the morning of April 30 O. O Alexander's Alexanders call to th the colors color mem niem- bers belH of or the draft board hero figured m meant allt Just ono one more rna man for work worl on nearh nearby farms It was vas clearly their patriotic dut duty duly they cOll concluded to carr carry out the provisions provisions pro pro- visions of a recent aI selective service or bulletin calling upon exemption boards to keep the farmers at work on the farms where tho they arc are most needed As AI a a. result the famous ball bali player who stood eighteenth In the list of ot otmen men In class 1 1 suddenly was placed as ns the ninth man in a quota of or twelve Nino Nine men of ot the thc eighteen were en engaged engaged en- en Aged In farm arm work The board permitted permitted permitted per per- ol eight ht of ot them to remain at their pre present ent duties The Tile other could I not have ht been called calle In tho the draft dratt anyway any any- wa way for tor he ho had given i en up tip his farm I work prior to the Iho call for foJ men this I month and enlisted In Iii the Polish army ny t |