Captain Guardabassi halts Italian retreat on Tagliamento bridge
Italian Captain Francesco Mario Guardabassi describes how he checked panic and halted a feared Austrian cavalry breakthrough at the Latisana bridge during the Tagliamento retreat. He led a bold stand, rallying troops and civilians to restore order, earning a silver medal for valor and becoming a familiar figure in New York during a special U.S. mission.
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New York
Ihe Sievet
Tallinn
Tralian Nuns
America
Francesco Mario Guardabassi
Perugia
Guardabuss
Curso Tagliamento
Latisana
Guardahussi
Mave Lnpregna
Guardabassi
Lativ
Youngest Lieutenant Aerial Officer In Army
Tak-Rupert Julien, son of Mr and Mrs Isiac Jmilan of Willian vert Indiana, is believed one of the youngest officers in the US Army. Not yet nineteen, he holds the rank of lieutenant in the aviation corps. He planned to enter Vardue University when war began and enlisted at once.
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Attlen
Tak
Rupert Julien
Isiac Jmilan
Willianvert
Ind
Unite States Army
Tle
Aviation Corps
Vardue University
United States
Writing for Wounded Man in Neuilly Red Cross Service
A Red Cross home communication worker is pictured composing a letter for a wounded U S soldier at American military hospital No 1 in Neuilly France. The scene shows Red Cross support and the effort to strengthen morale for servicemen.
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Red Cross
United States
Neuilly
France
Close Named Personal Secretary to President Wilson
Gilbert C. Close, longtime secretary to President Wilson at Princeton, is appointed personal stenographer to the President, succeeding Charles Swein who resigned to join the army. Last year Close accompanied Secretary Daniels as one of his personal secretaries in Washington.
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Gilbert
Close
Wilson
Princeton University
Charles. Swein
Washington
Daniel
Fragmentary note on torpedo, unions, and national unity
A fragment discusses a submarine torpedo and its explosive core, noting optional propulsion and control gear. It also reflects on the saying union gives strength with quoted Latin and American misquoted lines about unity, suggesting long-standing belief in solidarity.
Convention Echoes Honor With Election Elevation
A fragmented notice notes a convention audience hearing praise for a figure honored by election. Key names and places are unreadable, but the event signals a formal recognition at a meeting setting. The text suggests ceremonial status and public regard surrounding the appointment.
Morale Boost Emphasized by Red Cross For Soldiers
Washington The Red Cross urges letters from home to sustain the morale of troops overseas. Director W Frank Persons says home service must ease families’ distress to keep soldiers sane and ready. He notes shell shock risk from worry and cites letters as vital to maintain focus and courage.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Tate
W. Frank Persons
Civiliag Teilet
Hel Cross
Paria
Home Service
Huns Are Poor Fighters Despite German Training Claim
Pittsburgh observers cite a letter from Capt. J. J. Firestone praising American troops. He asserts German army theories changed, admiring American initiative and bravery. He notes German officers may have longer training but that ends there.
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Pittsburgh
J. J. Firestone
Repatriation of War Prisoners by Swiss Mediation
The Bund cites Switzerland as arranging exchanges and repatriations of more than 500,000 prisoners by mid last month. Through Geneva based interwar prison information, food and care were provided, with broader freed prisoners and elderly or disabled cases included. France Germany Belgium agreed to widen the exchanges, freeing civil prisoners and sending rehabilitated veterans home.
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Terne
Switzerland
Bund
Switzer
Geneva
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Swiss Federal Council
Swix
Conneil
International Red Cross
Swiss
Federal Council
Belgium
Helming
Fuertier
Yanks Man French Roads In World War I Action
American railway engineers in France have taken over a French military rail section near Verdun and now run practice virtually all lines from Verdun Weston to Menehout At one point American locomotives reached within three miles of the front every night Denys L Holl and Joseph F Eato have been awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery during bombardment near Verdun Americans now operate the military railways with station agents being American and civilian passengers limited to troops and supplies
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France
Chicago
Verdon
Verdun Weston
Menehout
Cormantines
Denys L. Holl
No. Je Uyvenne
Chie Maryland
Joseph Fe, Gato
Tope
Miss
Ttion
Verdun
United Sites
Woman butchers take war workers' places in Rhinelander
In Rhinelander Wisconsin Mrs Frank Durand joins war effort by serving as a market worker. She dons cap and apron to prove she can handle butcher duties like other workers. The scene reflects broader wartime labor shifts and women stepping into men’s roles.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Frank Durand
Tharker
Parrot Squawks in Court Over Pet Bird Dispute
In a magistrate hearing Mrs Mary Hoard sued Mrs Ilies Lotonin claiming ownership of a parrot. The bird spoke rarely during witnesses as the magistrate ordered Hoard to pay Laura the $3 she had paid for the parrot, allowing them to take the pet home.
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York
Mancuse
Mary Hoard
Ilies Lotonin
Treard
Boseq
Page
Marin
Louoat
Polly
Bard Bird
Beard
Lauruao
WAS READY FOR BIG JOB
A small boy visits the Wall Street Journal office seeking his first job. An editor jokes there are no vacancies unless he wants to be managing editor. The boy returns the next day asking, When do I start.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Travels Long Way Alone to Tokyo Boy Seeks Gun Permit
Seattle boy Guay de Warsee twelve travels alone toward Japan where his father serves as Belgian Legation secretary. He has studied in Groton Maas and Persian regions, and the youngster wonders if a toy BB gun will be allowed aboard a ship to Tokyo. He notes he does not intend to shoot anyone but fears the gun could go off accidentally if a German were encountered.
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Seattle
Wansh
Guy de Warsee
Japan
Legation
Guay
Groton
Maas
Tokyo
Belgium
Gay
Gerionn
Lands After Seven Rejections
Ralph Albion eighteen of De Soto Missouri after seven attempts to enlist in the army is accepted for the ambua once drivers corps here. Albion is the son of a prominent merchant and hunker.
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St. Louis
Ralph Albion
de Soto
Ambua
Albion
Public Schools to Teach German Next Semester
Miss Frieda Wehnhoff of Milwaukee Wisconsin returns to help teach German in the public schools next semester. The article notes a shift toward adding language instruction and highlights Wehnhoff as the available instructor from Wisconsin.
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Iscamr
Ind
Frieda Wehnhoff
Milwaukee
Wis
Gerele
Negro preacher dies aged 140 at Bellevue Hospital
William Maxiox, a Black preacher, died at Bellevue Hospital after being admitted as the oldest patient. He answered questions about Revolutionary times with unexpected intelligence, claiming to be born in 1771 in Richmond, Virginia, and noting draft age shifts.
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New York
William Maxiox
Bellevue Hospital
Bam
Neightors
Michmond
Huns Organize Gas Men for After War
An order from the French Army in France asks units to submit lists of officers and men who have shown aptitude in the gas section and wish to continue in that service after the war. The directive invites even mutilated and infirm soldiers deemed capable to be considered.
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France
Gero
Battlefeld
Chain Gunners in Tree at Belleau Wood
A wounded American soldier recuperating at Walter Reed recalls seeing German machine gunners chained to trees in Belleau Wood during the battle. He says his company advanced uphill, endured heavy fire, and helped retake the sector as twenty six machine guns were captured.
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Washington
Una
France
Walter Reed
Bellewn Wood
Bellean Wood
Shovers
Fellowa
Girls Take Care of Babies in Cleveland Brigade
Lydia Woldke, fourteen, forms the Borrow-a-Baby brigade to organize women with babies to assist Red Cross work. She seeks members aged fourteen to seventeen and aims to recruit many willing girls to help secure child care while volunteers participate in relief efforts.
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Cleveland, O
Lydia Woldke
Red Cross
Lydia
Aged Chicago Woman Hurt by Falling Oil Can
Aged Chicago woman Susan Tingley, ninety three, of Rushville, Indiana, was badly hurt when an oil can fell from the sky while she sat in her car. The incident is attributed to a plane’s air current. Local speculation paints a grim view of the future with odd imaginings.
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Chicago
Susan Tingley
Rushville
Jod
Mactier
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Imansown
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Persons
American Red Cross Organization
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HUNS
Belleau Weed
Ales Winsfeed Holt
Association
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