France Mobilizes Munitions Effort in Paris War Readiness
Paris sees more fighting age men than since the Marne as the Dalbier law shifts thousands from depots and front lines to weapon production. Skilled workers move to munitions while veterans return home in uniform, hushed by the market crowds and a new domestic rhythm.
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Associated Press
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Ultra precise professor and the two blades joke
A Cambridge talk on precision ends with a hardware shop quip about shears. The professor insists on singular wording while the dealer points out two blades make a pair. The humor lies in logical correctness versus practical sense.
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Mas R Loun Be
Cambridge
Officer, He's Out 'Again
A humorous dialogue from an Indianapolis Star column features Snicklefritz and Dingleblatz joking about a factory boss who employs nearly 200 workers and habitually fails to wash his hands before a break, highlighting office humor and working conditions.
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Indianapolis Star
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Bombing School on a French Farm Trains Soldiers
British war correspondence describes a bombing school on a French farm where soldiers from the trenches learn to use bombs. A young Scotch subaltern and a regular sergeant instruct them on handling fuses, throwing, and advancing through zigzag trench traverses while keeping bombs away from allies. The piece notes pride in bombers and the perils and quirks of bombs in cramped trench warfare.
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France
Associated Press
Nevar
Ger~mane
Hegan
Bachrs
Mac[Pherson
Guards Guard Governor Whitman Home After Threatening Letters
Mrs Whitman and two children remain at the Whitman summer cottage near the Newport coast guard station as guards patrol the grounds. Threatening letters postmarked Newport prompted tightened security and strict entry checks. Authorities believe the letters relate to the Becker case, though no local sentiment is confirmed. A bodyguard accompanies Mrs Whitman, reflecting heightened security similar to Albany during the Becker case.
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Guarda
Whitman
Newport
Becker
British Explosive Inventions Eyed in Wartime Trials
A wartime field report details a range of improvised bombs tested by British inventors. Early devices included jam-can mines and simple fuses, evolving toward hand thrown bombs with safer handling. Observers note the crowding of designs, from basic to cocked and ready for use in close quarters combat.
Boulevards of Paris Reach New Normal Amid War Crowds
Paris correspondents describe how Parisian boulevards teem with soldiers on four day leaves, mingling with families and civilians. The piece notes a surge of anonymous antiwar letters and a ministry move to widen leaves to assess home conditions, while authorities pursue those behind deceptive mail.
Espionage Links Tie German Alert to Post Office Plot
Police traced a German espionage network connected to post office mail as authorities shadowed a woman named Donnadieu who used the name Hermann. Letters from St Raphael were found in the war period correspondence along with packets swallowed by an anarchist couple. Prouvost admitted paying postage but denied propaganda aims as authorities linked him to a broader German espionage system.
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Let— Jters
St. Raphael
Department of the War
Herman
Donnadieu
Hureau
Millionair Prouvost
Prouvost
Donnadien
Two Turkish Warships Sank by British Submarine
London reports Turkish gunboat Berk-I-Satvet and an empty transport were torpedoed in the Dardanelles by a British submarine. The Berk-I-Satvet, built in 1907 at Krupp, measured 262 feet and carried multiple guns and torpedo tubes with a crew of 195. The notice notes a Turkish battleship was sunk at the entrance to the Sea of Mamora, and mentions the Kheyr-ed-din Barbarossa as torpedoed, a former German battleship purchased by Turkey in 1910. The report also advertises a Warm Springs excursion on Sunday for $1.00 round trip, children 50c, via A., B. & A.
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