Piggeries and Canteens in Wartime Aid Effort
Editorial by Gertrude Lynch notes Belgian and English women running piggeries linked to canteens to repurpose waste food. Pigs funded by anonymous donors turn profits, with rammed dirt pigsties, and a plan to gift pigs to the Belgian queen after the war. It recalls Serb and Austrian wartime pig herding oppression and profiteering at market borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Lynch
The
Vigilantes
London
Sidcup
Belgium
Serbia
Austria
Etowah County Aids Calhoun in Road Building
Etowah County lends its road machinery to Calhoun County to rebuild the Jacksonville Pike. Major L. Dulin visited Gadsden and secured county commissioners agreement. Etowah cites $200 000 spent in two years for road improvements and describes its roads as among the state’s finest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etowah County
Calhoun County
Jacksonville
Maj. L. Dulin
Gadsden
Etowah
Hospital Work Progress at Base Hospital
Two ward buildings and the accident ward are finished with work ongoing on eighteen additional wards. Major Dulin, deeply interested in hospital projects, is keeping as many men as possible occupied on the base hospital construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulin
Major Undertaking To Cost Nearly One Million Dollars
A large project described as a great undertaking is projected to require close to one million dollars for completion. Local officials have outlined the scope and funding, signaling substantial investment and long term impact for the community.
Edison Movie Expert Joins Camp McClellan
Captain James H. White of the Fifth New Jersey Infantry arrives at Camp McClellan. Former president of the Film Imports and Products Company of Newark and longtime associate of Thomas A. Edison he helped bring a motion picture camera to Japan and China and earned a reputation as a leading silent film figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. White
Fifth New Jersey Infantry
Camp McClellan
Film Imports and Products Company
Newark
N. J
White
Orange
Thomas A. Edison
Paris
Mr. Edison
Japan
China
New Jersey
Who's Who at Camp McClellan Military Police
A Star sketch notes the 300 strong Military Police at Camp McClellan area including Troops A and C New Jersey cavalry and Maryland Troop A. Major Hobart B Brown leads the unit with strong city policing ties, fire marshal duties, and mounted patrols keeping Jacksonville area and hills near the camp orderly.
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Anniston
Jacksonville
Camp McClellan
The
Star
Military Police
New Jersey Cavalry
Maryland
New Jersey
Essex
United States
Regulr Army
Woodrow Wilson
Hobart B. Brown
Kasex
Phillips
Brown
Harold Wakefeld
Wilbur Kyle
Jacksonville Pike
R. P. Freeman
Division
Government manure haul offer at Camp McClellan
Major C L Dulin notes a liberal government offer to haul away Camp McClellan manure. One qualified firm or individual could receive all the manure free, with soldiers loading cars. About three carloads daily, after $6 freight per car, a $30 or $35 profit is expected per carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McClellan
C. L. Dulin
Calotabs Calomel Tablet Gains Nausea Free Reputation
A chemist perfected a nausea free calomel tablet named Calotabs that replaces old calomel with the same liver cleansing benefits. One late night tablet with water leaves no taste or griping and the next day fit to eat. Sold in sealed twenty dose packages for thirty five cents with a druggist guarantee.
Draft quota orders close door on late exemptions
Montgomery September 19. General Hubbard announces no further appeals or delays for draft-reported registrants. Local and district boards cannot reopen cases or grant rehearings after orders to report to Camp Gordon and Camp Pike, with deserter risk for noncompliance.
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Camp Gordon
Camp Pike
State Military Department
G. J. Hubbard
District Board
Military Department
Hubbard
Montgomery
District Boards Can Grant Extensions for Agricultural Exemption
Provost Marshal Hubbard announced district boards may extend deadlines for those in agricultural work to gather crops. Applicants must petition the district board timely. if appealing to the President, the district board forwards papers to Washington and no new information may be added. The President’s review mirrors the district board’s prior findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Ochich
District Board
Washington
Saving Scenery Four Mountain Fires Extinguished
Four fires on the mountain side were put out yesterday by military police rangers. Dry weather increases fire danger and precautions are being taken to guard against it. Fires on the moon side have occurred in past falls after hunting season opens, but rangers will act to reduce danger and protect timber.
Plainfield Man In Anniston For War Work Rosters
Francis Bodkin of Plainfield New Jersey and representative of the Illustrated Post Card and Novelty Company works with the National War Work Council of the YMCA to prepare souvenir rosters. He is staying with Mr and Mrs W A Davis Jr on Quintard Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis FE. Bodkin
Plainfield, N. J
Illustrated Post Card & Novelty Company
Anniston
Mr. Bodkin
National War Work Council
W. A. Davis, Jr
Quintard Avenue
German Spies No Just Target Shooters Near Bain's Gap
Military police on duty in the Bain's Gap mountains heard a bullet and a revolver report. They chased through underbrush and caught two men, later identified as soldiers from a nearby camp practicing target shooting, not spies. Major Brown welcomed the detection as proof rangers were vigilant.
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Bain's Gap
Brown
Military Terms and Phrases for French Front The Soldier
A compact list showing English terms with French equivalents and pronunciations. Includes common items like rifle pistol machine gun bayonet cavalry infantry artillery engineers and uniforms, plus battlefield phrases Halt who goes there Have you seen any Germans Interpreter and Hurry phrases with phonetic guides.
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Balonnette
Cavalerie
Foglish Infantry
Infanterie
An-Fabat-Ree Artillery
Artillerie
R-Teey-Ree Engineers
2Hay-Nee Aquad
Peloton
Pelotron Company
Compagnie
Kon-Palb-Nyee Regiment
Lee-Uh-T'Nan
Sir-Chan
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