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War effort nets vast American mobilization in 1917
A broad portrait of patriotic service in 1917 details leaders like Howard Coffin Bernard Baruch James Farrell Elbert Gary and Julius Rosenwald organizing industrial preparedness and rail control. It notes Red Cross YWCA Salvation Army and Knights of Columbus actions, plus Hoover food policies and wartime fundraising reach.
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Ington
Howard Coffin
America
War and Navy
Wall Street
Bernard N. Baruch
Metals and Minerals Committee
James A. Farrell
Elbert H. Gary
Charles M. Schwab
Red Cross
The
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
American Red Cross
France
Germany
Lansing
Oi Commerce Redfield
Agriculture
Houston
Herbert C. Hoover