Walled City of Women in wartime France
A wartime vignette describes a French village for refugees near a large munitions plant. Women workers and their children live behind a wall under yellowing powder exposure, supported by a Blue Triangle and YWCA foyer offering meals, music, and recreation to cope with danger and loss.
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France
Reneh
Germany
Dacetoaker
Valennoes
Secreta
Chie
Pine de Oiesin
Pine de Oiesin In Several Trunition Centers In Frence
Oleht
Rural Motor Express Endorsed To Boost Local Food Supply
Federal official Dr. Harry F. Barnard approves Rural Motor Express and Return Load Bureau to move locally produced foods to cities and bring back needed supplies. The plan, backed by Hoover and Wilson, aims to conserve labor, speed deliveries, and reduce waste while expanding distribution near Washington and surrounding counties.
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Harry F. Barnard
Indiana
Rural Motor Express
Return Load Bureau
Barnard
Europe
Herbert C. Hoover
An & Federal
Federal Food Administration
Kichwees Transport Committee
Coancil of
National Defense
Highways Transport Committee
Washington
Wilson
Council of National Defence
Wilson Hs
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Food Administration
Istrict
Columbia
Clarence Wilson
Ood
Transport Committee Formed by State Defense Council
The Highway Transport Committee of the State Defense Council is formed by Evans Woolen of Indianapolis state fuel director Isaac D. Couvans of Ligonier and A E Reynolds of Crawfordsville to oversee fuel and transport matters.
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State Council of Defense
Evans Woolen
Indianolis
Isaac 1D. Couvans
Ligonier
A. E. Reynolds
Crawfordsville
Motor Truck Benefit Highlighted by Officials
National and state food commissioners see value in motor trucks for the tutorevod ang conservation campaign.
Blue Triangle Helps Russian Women Amid War Terrors
In Petrograd the Blue Triangle clubrooms host a makeshift haven for about a hundred Russian girls and six Young Women’s Christian Association workers. Amid hunger and shelling, Sonya seeks night classes to escape fear and support family memories as the YWCA offers English, French, stenography, and music to sustain hope.
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Blue Triangle
Petrograd
Russia
Young Women's Christian Association
All Russia
Sonya
Sonyo S
Association
Sign of the Blue Triangle
Clarissa Spencer
Y. W. Gcga
Bolshevists
Helen Ogden
Kamwethet
Goodrich Sees Value of Rural Motor Express Plan
Governor James P. Goodrich highlights the Rural Motor Express concept and Return Loads Program as a way to fully utilize Indiana roads. He envisions motor trucks handling short hauls on fixed routes, consolidating farm loads, easing steam roads, and boosting farm and urban commerce.
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Goodrich
Truck Men Cooperating to Boost Return Loads in Indiana
In Indianapolis incoming motor truck owners and drivers receive education on the benefits of return loads. The Rural Motor Express and Return Loads Bureau help small town merchants and dairy farmers cut freight delays and costs. Truck farmers also gain from quicker, higher capacity motor hauls reducing risks from long overnight trips.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Motor Express
Truck Hauling Streamlines Farm to City Distribution
The passage describes a motor truck system that can haul both ways reducing man power needs. Farmers can delegate hauling to a fixed route daily schedule stopping at farms gathering produce and delivering to city dealers, while return trips carry merchandise and supplies for farmers along the route.
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Rural Motor Express
Indiana
Highways Transport Committee
State Council of Defense
Women’s suffrage push stalls as amendment faces January decision
A call to support equal suffrage highlights the Susan B Anthony amendment as deferred but not defeated. Senators opposed President Truman’s position due to liquor, anti-German sentiment, or politics, while 66 backed him by a narrow margin. Indiana women oppose Senator Lodge and urge petitions and league action.
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United States
United States of America
Germany
Indiana
Lodge
Women’s Society Meeting and Program Highlights
A WoW will meet with Mrs. Ora Mc Daniel on Nov 15 for an opening hymn Bible quotations and prayers. The Busy Woman study covers life in city industries Children in labor and women at work outside the home are discussed. Special song by Georgia McDaniel and Effie Burrin.
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Ora
Daniel
Jones Tilble
Alice Burrin
G. C. Kenry
Verna Proffitt
Clara Emmette
Beulah River II
Maud Melson
Georgia McDaniel
Effie Burrin
Hettie McClaine
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War Department
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Allies Women's Congress
Paris
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Wogland
Transport Committee
James P. Goodrich
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Vanes
Home Boys
Nisco
Picker
Rohn
Roan
CWBM
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