YMCA seeks duplicate of goods for sunk vessel aid
The YMCA in France requests duplicates of supplies sent to replace goods lost with the torpedoed Kan-go of YMCA ship. The list includes soaps, condensed milk, chocolate, tea, coffee, cocoa, vanilla wafers, sugar, flour, fruit juice, 120,000 Testaments and hymn books, 60,000 folding chairs, 500 camp cots, 2,000 blankets, 20 typewriters, 69 tents, moving picture machines, phonographs, canned music, ink blotters, and 75,000 dollars worth athlete goods plus 20 vehicles. The note describes camp canteens feeding troops and the need for equipment for huts and recreation in Rouen and other bases.
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France
MC. A
Delco
War Fronts See Stiff Battles Across Europe
Allied forces maintain pressure on the eastern front while British and French units claim gains on the Flanders and Artois fronts. German artillery massed on Ypres, with heavy bombardment at St Julien and nearby ridges as British and French move to consolidate gains and press defensive lines. Russian and Austro German actions show mixed advances and stubborn resistance in Galicia and the Carpathians amid ongoing Italian bombing raids on Pola.
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Flanders
Kortekeer Cabret
Berlin
Tandon
Arras Batties
Galicia
Zbrocz
Hukowina
Carpathians
Kimpotung
Moldavia
Watra
France
Belgium
Ypres
Ypres- Zonnebeke Road
St. Jean
Army to train dogs for wounded search in camps
Maj. Gen. W. G. Gorgos announces plans to train dogs for the soldiers health program. A dog-training camp is set at American Lake under Dr. Davidson Seattle with expenses paid by a Seattle donor. Fay will report to Seattle for duty after selecting suitable dogs before leaving Butte Wednesday.
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W. G. Gorgos
Medical Department of
the Army
Army
Butt Y Esterday
Ront
Fa Fay
Clark Bank
Seattle
Butte
Kovernment
Ted Cros
Dr Davidson
Coal Mine Explosion in Clay Kentucky
A West Kentucky Coal company mine at Clay Kentucky suffered an explosion. Of about 200 miners entombed, all but 20 were brought to the surface by early afternoon. Six men are known dead, including six whites and three blacks. Eighteen rescued workers are badly burned. Officials hope the remaining 20 will be freed with few additional casualties.
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Evansville
Ind
West Kentucky Coal Company
Clay
Tetanus court plaster contamination probe
A Washington report states court plaster sold by peddlers may carry tetanus germs from street dust. The Onio state board of health and Surgeon General Blue ordered tests of samples from the market to determine contamination.
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Washingon
Aug
Public Health ‘Service
Onio State Board of Health
Surgeon General Blue
Theksien
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