26 May, Tuesday. Nothing Special did not go to R.S. War! War!! War!!! So much to write papers full of terriable death over the world. Now aday two yds. make a dress. Tribune. Some of them sure look like it. Roosevelt O.K.s Construction of Clearfield depot to cost anywhere from 35,000,000 to 50,000,000. THOMAS TROTTER (1760 to 1832)The British naval reformer, Thomas Trotter, considered clean dry, well aired bedding and dry decks, exercise and amusement essential to the health of seamen. He urged a liberal issue of soap: and believed in the medical value of alcohol, while at the same time opposing intemperance and striving to wipe out vice in English seaports. He boldly condemned impressment and other abuses, and agitated for better treatment of naval men. Wednesday, May 27. Women Rush To Enlist In Army Unit Thousands Want To Be Officers In New Set Up WASHINGTON, May 27 Women applied by the thousands Wednesday for the 450 places as officer candidates in the new womens army auxiliary corps and many of them arose at dawn to be first in line at the army recruiting stations. An unofficial and incomplete poll of recruiting offices throughout the country on the number of applicants actual count in some places and estimated count in others where definite figures were unavailable yielded a total of 13,208. Some cities reported that the eager women snatched up all the pink application blanks that had been supplied and disappointed applicants had to be turned away thereafter. This situation prevailed at all enlistment points in Tennessee and Florida and at Richmond, Birmingham, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. 2000 in California California alone reported an estimated 2000 applicants, and the estimate for Pennsylvania was 1800. The women besieged the recruiting offices on the opening day regardless of the fact that applications will be received until June 4 and that priority in applying will count for nothing. The candidates selected will report at Fort Des Moines in July. When the District of Columbia office opened, the women were ready but the office wasnt. There, were no pink slips, and when they arrived 45 minutes later, 50 women were impatiently waiting. The first in line here was Sybil Batchelor, 21, who studied science at the womens college of the University of North Carolina. She wants a radio assignment.