Returned soldiers learn underground mining in Idaho
Lieutenant Frank Skeels, a former mine manager, directs an underground mining school for returned soldiers in Moscow Idaho. The program, funded by the Smith Hughes act, uses actual drift work at 1400 feet underground with rock drills and blasting gear. Admission favors veterans, and courses cover drilling, timbering, mucking, and ore handling while students are paid a share of oversite contracts. Officials plan additional schools in the Coeur dAlene district as skepticism fades.
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Moscow
Idaho
Mullan
University OF That
School of Mines
University
Leutenant
Frank I. Bheels
United States Army
Skeels
Coeur d'Alene
Wallace
Pasa
Falern
Ite
Deani A. Thomson
University Book of Mines
Left Waiting at Church Bride Reappears for Surprise Wedding
Joseph Solar of Harrisburg Pa faced a delayed wedding when his bride failed to appear at the church. He sent out the best man and friends to find another bride. Miss Teressa Chase arrived blushing and smiling and the ceremony proceeded.
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Joseph
Solar
Harrisburg
Teressa Chase
Patls man thanked police after arrest on concealed weapons charge
Tony Evangelovic expressed gratitude to the police after being detained on a concealed weapons charge. He reportedly planned to use the revolver in a self harm act, a detail noted in the incident report.
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Patls
Bt 'Logis
Tony Evangelovic
Tony
Horrors of War Shown in National Museum Collection
A striking display at the United States National Museum in Washington features relics from World War I. Items include gas masks for men and animals, anti tank gun, field amputation chair, and a 420 mm German howitzer cartridge case. Major General B L Rogers loaned the collection, gathered by American soldiers in France.
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United States National Museum
Washington
B. L. Rogers
United States Army
Gérmain
Elephants in Demand for London Show
Albert de Courville, famed revue producer, seeks a quiet well behaved elephant for his Hippodrome production. He notes elephants are scarce in Britain with none imported in five years and only two Indian elephants at the London Zoo, which cannot be used for revue.
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London
Albert de Courville
Hippodrome
London Zoo
Northumberland
Remarkable Will Leaves Farm and Heirlooms to Many
Lydia M Bates of Penn Yon New York died in Potter in 1917 at age 99. Her will made at 95 lists 8000 words gifting farm in Middlesex and many small personal items to relatives and friends. The 100 plus bequests include a handkerchief a pair of stockings and a 150 year old cordial vial and a century old cup and cover.
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New York
Penn Yon
N. Y
Lydia M. Bates
Potter
Middlesex
Miss Hates
Avia 2
Roberts
Ruggles Orientator Aims to Train Pilots Safely
A war department training device, the Ruggles orientator, lets civilians and soldiers test fitness for flying without leaving ground. It uses two steel rings and a suspended cockpit to simulate maneuvers, revealing heart or nerve issues and reducing ground training time while easing instructors' tasks.
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War Department
Frederic J. Haskin
Chicago Daily News
Washington, D. C
Coor, Sista
Alta
Admeek
Bis Hando
Permanent Quarters Awarded in Brass Theft Case
A court granted permanent quarters to two individuals after a theft case involving Hunter Seta and Branley Hurat. The defendants left with $25 worth of brass, leading to the secured housing outcome.
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Branley
Hurat
Stanley
Hunter Seta
Wording changes reveal fate of Corporal Pilot Houston Ward
Beside a road near Montdidier a grave marked ten months and a wrecked Spar plane lay. The cross from wreckage marked the head the rudder piece at the foot. Once among German lines, the tide of battle moved on. The missing was erased and killed in action shown for Corporal Pilot Houston Wood Ward of Philadelphia of the Ninety fourth escadrille. His plane rose and vanished over the German lines in early spring last year. His mother believed him living in Germany. Franklin S Edmunds learned the truth after helping with war work in France.
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Montdidier
Houston Wood Ward
Philadelphia
Ths
Escadrille
George Woodward
Pilot Woodward
Pho
Amyseing
Howe
Hving
Germany
Franklin’ S. Edmunds
France
The
XM. ©. A. War Work Council
Appointed Director of Military Aeronautics Named
Brig. Sec. Will Laka Mitchell has been appointed director of military aeronautics to succeed Maj. Gen. William L. Kendy, ordered to report to chief of artillery. Mitchell served in Cuba Philippines China Alaska and Mexico plus two years in France in flying work, making him fit for the post.
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Will Laka Mitchell
Military Aeronautics
William L. Kendy
Mitchell
Cuba
Philippines
China
Alaska
Mexico
France
Oil From Seeds At Remagen Headquarter Site
In Remagen the cobbled area shows a stone mill used by Germans to make a vegetable oil from beach tree and rape seeds. Ground seeds yielded about one gallon of oil and nutritious cattle fodder. Remagen served as HQ for New York's Old Sixty-Ninth and the 42nd Division.
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Remagen
Coblenz
Ond Hundred and Sixty-Atth Infantry
News York
Sixty-ninth
Discharged man held on bootleg stash cash charge
A man released after a police encounter was detained again when $364 was found in a bag tucked into his vest. He was held in $200 bond as the investigation continued.
Red Cross Aids Exiled Greeks in Aegean Islands
American Red Cross works in the Greek islands with U S Navy support. Six submarine chasers transport personnel and supplies. Thousands of refugees, many in rags, lack food and medical supplies. six cents a day per person provided by Greek government. Red Cross runs workshops on Mytilene Chios and Samos. 62 000 refugees on Mytilene with 22 000 in the city. Crowds cheer as Red Cross carriage is pulled to the governor general’s residence.
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Athens
Greek Islands
American Red Cross
United States Navy
Mytilene
Asa Minor
Red Cross
Asian Minor
Aegean
Asia Minor
Mytiene
Chios
Samos
Mytilena
Crios
Lemnos
Imbros
Tenedos
Samothrace
Olnousaio
China
Sicania
Ramos
Thele Allspoaal
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Mine
Haig
Sir W. Robertson
Aviatare
Terra Firma
Ruggles Orientator Witl
Aeronautic Division
F. 3. Martel
Royal Air Force
Sog
Torchios
Ruggles Orientator
Orientator
Woodward
Areonautics
Rarhis & Ewikg
RED Cross Aids
Aegean Islands
Pontiac
Willama
Ottawa
Hart
Mounk Pieag
Thierry
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