Frontline Reflections on Allied Strategy in France
Maj. Gen Maurice writes from Paris via The New York Times on the April to August shifts in the Allied war effort. He notes the evolution of trench warfare, staff tensions, and the need for better training and integration as the western front adapts to German offensives and renewed momentum. He also highlights American involvement with Rosenwald in France and a series of governors sending morale messages to soldiers abroad.
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Horoscopes Forecast Mixed Luck and War News
The column predicts auspicious initiative in politics and business for most ages and genders, with electoral gains and public favor possible. It also notes war progress and pending peace efforts, plus varied societal changes and economic prospects across the United States.
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Soldiers adopt German nicknames amid wartime humor
A letter from Lieut Francis A. Busby of New York shows American soldiers adopting nicknames like derry for the German, joining Heine and Fritz in lighthearted references in their own language. The note indicates these terms circulated among troops as friendly slang.
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Heine
Fritz
Francis A. Busby
New York
America
Young Aviator Escapes From German Prison Camp
Lieut Thomas Hitchcock Jr a 16 year old Westbury California airman previously with the Lafayette squadron escaped a German prison camp. He jumped from a train near Ulm and walked 80 miles to the Swiss border near Schaffhausen. He is returning to the United States.
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Switzerland
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Ulm
Wurttemburg
Schaffhausen
United States
Aviation accidents claim four lives in crash
Two naval aviators were killed and a third injured when their aircraft nosedived in Pensacola. The dead are Wes Churchill of Syracuse and Clifford Wilcox of Newton, Massachusetts. Cadet Babcock, son of Brigadier General Babcock, was on his first aerobatic lesson.
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Fla
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Syracuse
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Newton
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Air mail service expands Chicago to New York route
A trial run of the Chicago to New York air mail was announced for Sept 6 with plans for regular service to speed mail between New York and the Pacific Coast. The effort aims to start Oct 1 and mark a major improvement in cross country mail delivery.
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New York
AIR Mail Service
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