Welcome at Camp Pike by Ambulence and Field Hospital Trains
Little Rock Ark December 1 Rivalry between ambulance and field hospital companies at Camp Pike creates a cheerful scene The barracks along South Avenue are transformed with stone walls rye plantings and a large concrete dial The ambulances lay out walls shields and eagles and display flags France Italy England and the US with the motto United we or divided we fall The men prepare their quarters and aim to leave the camp soon
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Little Rock
Ark
Camp Pike
South Avenue
Field Hospital
Een
St. Thorpe
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France
Italy
England
Jales Manager Named in City
The Calhoun County Anti Tuberculosis League appointed H S Miller as sales manager for Red Cross Christmas Seals at Camp McClellan and William H Woods as sales manager for Anniston. Net proceeds at Camp McClellan go to the National Tuberculosis War Fund to aid soldiers. city funds stay local. The league conducts educational campaigns, aids sufferers, and plans a tuberculosis sanatorium with low or no cost care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Anti Tuberculosis League
H.S. Miller
Red Cross
Camp McClellan
William H. Woods
City of
Anniston
Miller
National Tuberculosis War Fund Department
New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
War Fund
Camp McClelan
National Association For the Study
Army and Navy
Woods
Calhoun County Anti-Tuberculosis League
Eight-Cent Tickets to Be Discontinued in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company reached a tentative agreement to replace eight-cent change tickets with a universal free transfer system. The new plan would ensure a complete ride forward for five cents, though compensation details for the transit company’s roughly $1,000,000 annual revenue loss remain undisclosed. City council action is expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Twining
Department of City Transit
Jewish Soldiers to Be Helped by Birmingham Community
Birmingham readers are urged to support welfare efforts for Jewish soldiers in Camp McClellan Anniston. The Y M H A and Jewish groups, along with Knights of Columbus rooms at the camp, seek to provide religious and social aid to Jewish and Gentile soldiers alike, noting few Jewish families in Anniston and the absence of a regular rabbi.
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Birmingham
Camp McClellan Anniston
Young Men’s Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Anniston
Y W C A Notes Open House In Anniston
The Y W C A opened in Anniston ten days ago with Miss Mary Wallace Kirk as general secretary. Mrs W H Robey of Boston visited Camp McClellan and supported the drive to raise four million dollars for Y W C A work. Membership costs 50 cents for under 18 and $1 for adults with programs including French classes lectures and Bible study. A French class begins Tuesday at seven with Mrs Theika Mayer teaching.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Anniston
Mary Wallace Kirk
W. H. Robey
Boston
Major Robey
Camp McClellan
Patriotic League
Theika Mayer
Jewish welfare drive gains support for soldiers in Anniston
Louis Israel of New York addressed Temple Emanu-el on the Jewish welfare program for soldiers. The Jewish people of Anniston assist with more than 1000 Jewish soldiers in camp, as Y M C A and Knights of Columbus plan recreational support and activities.
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Louis Israel
New York
Temple Emanu-el
Anniston
Knights of Columbus
Soldiers join front as two killed in Carolina crash
Four wounded when a motor truck carrying Brooklyn soldiers collided with a Charleston and Carolina train near Spartanburg. The victims are Privates Martin Curti and Joseph Curti. Injured are Corps Hoyt, Private Keehul, Corporal O’Neil, and a negro fireman. All were with the 47th regiment, 27th division, at Camp Wadsworth.
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Spartanburg
Dec. T
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charleston
Carolina
Martin
Joseph Curti
Corps
Hoyt
Armant
Otto Keehu
J. T. O'Neil
47Th Régiment
Camp Wadsworth
Camp Dix Beats Camp Mead in Franklin Field Clash
In Philadelphia Wrightstown’s Camp Dix defeated Meade Admiral of Maryland 13 to 6 at Franklin Field. Lt. C. C. Anderson, former Colgate All American, scored all of Camp Dix points with two touchdowns including a 70 yard kickoff return. Meade’s Mackett opened scoring in the first period but missed the kick.
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Herbert C. Williams
Department of the Southeast
Maryland
Virginia
Philadelphia
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Meade
Admiral
Frankli
C. C. Anderson
Colgate
Anderson
Meades
Mackett
Roanoke Officer Visitor Heads to Camp Pike Ark
Second Lt W K Hooper of Roanoke a Fort Oglethorpe graduate visits his father Capt J W Hooper at Camp McClellan base hospital. He is nephew of Mrs R Street and plans to report to Camp Pike Arkansas for artillery duty.
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W. K. Hooper
Roanoke
Fort Oglethorpe
J. W. Hooper
Camp McClellan
Hooper
R. ¥. Street
Camp Pike
Ark
Camp Sherman Eleven Falls 7 to 4 to Washington and Jefferson
Toledo crowd of 26 000 watched Camp Sherman all star team lose 7 to 4 to Washington and Jefferson. Johnny Kilbane and boxing instructors led a drill with fifty soldiers in attendance.
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Toledo
Camp Sherman
Washington and Jefferson
Camp Perry
Johnny Kilbane
Axamp Sherman
French Hold Against German Breakthroughs on Meuse Front
Paris reports violent German attacks on the right bank of the Meuse were repelled by French forces near Beaumont and Leeheart wood after heavy artillery fire. The German assaults were driven back with heavy fighting and no gains reported.
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Paris
Meuse
War Office
Beaumont
Leeheartwood
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ITA
Jales
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Hale Buggy Manufacturing CO
West 15Th Street
The
Anniston Evening Star
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Young Woman's Christian Association
Edna Sandhin
War Work Council
Margaret Patterson
American Red Cross
MC Awiorech
Carolina Thain
G. M. Hayes
C. W. Areson
Bridgeport
Camp Mead
Tandy Prices
Anniston’s Best Playhouse
Matinee
Bill
Sweetheart
Iers
Xmas Millinery
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