Gigantic French War Exhibit to Tour State
A French government war relics exhibit is assembling in Waco Texas. Two trains of five cars each will tour the Eleventh Federal Reserve District starting April 6 with lectures and American guards. The collection features a Lusitania torpedo gun airplane cannon and a Minniewerfer mortar from the Marne era.
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Waco
Texas
Europe
H. B. Coles
French High Commission
Coles
M. L. Fuller
Missouri Pacific R. R
Eleventh
Federal Reserve District
O. W. Campbell
M. K
America
Lusitania
The
Yser
Paris
Marne
Joffre
Remarkable WWI Relics and Battle Front Photographs
A display features a French 400 mm gun with 16 inch shell capabilities and 24 mile range, captured German shells from Aires, a 175 lb Zeppelin bomb, and a crew of 14 plus machine guns and heavy projectiles. The exhibit includes trench gear, periscope gun rests, and over 400 battle front photographs, with a vivid display of an Albatross plane and large Zeppelin bombs to illustrate the war’s grim toll.
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Aires
Soissons
Waco
Wheat Free Dining Cars Aimed By Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific announces no wheat or wheat products will be served on dining cars during the war period. Allan Pollok states chefs are training to maximize use of other cereals, with six million meals served annually in dining cars. The move follows Food Administration savings aims. A May day tea for Red Cross benefits is planned by Mrs. Wendell T. Robie and Mrs. Chas. E. Goetz on May 15 with refreshments for 25 cents.
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Southern Pacific
Allan Pollok
Food Administration
Pollok
Wendell T. Robie
Chas. E. Goetz
Red Cross
Safeguarding of Railroad Shipments Enforced Federal Law
Washington reports that William G McAdoo director general of railroads has set up a bureau in the division of law to clamp down on theft of railroad property. Philip J Doherty named manager with HQ in Washington DC. Offenders stealing from cars stations or siding face federal indictments with up to ten years in prison.
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Washington
Wm. G. McAdoo
Philip J. Doherty
Washington, D. C
Farms for Ex Soldiers Planed by Interior Secretary Lane
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane outlined a postwar rehabilitation plan at the Chamber of Commerce convention in Chicago. He proposed irrigating millions of western acres to provide forty acres of tillable soil for each returning veteran and reclaiming flood lands along the Mississippi with dykes.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Mississippi
Ford Saves Travelers in Borderland Roadside Rescue
A traveler from Bisbee to Benson helped four stranded autoists four miles past Tombstone by offering a ride to Tombstone. The group rode in the traveler's Ford, and one remarked that a big car could not match a Ford's reliability.
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Bisbee
Benson
Tombstone
Drive for Enlisting Naval Reserves Drive for Enlisting Naval Reserves
The United States Naval Reserve Force seeks men for service worldwide. Eligible ages 18 to 35, native or naturalized citizens with good health. Trades welcome. others assigned to deck engine and fire room duties. Pay starts 35.90 to 83.00 monthly plus clothing, board, lodging, and medical care. Naval Reserve Office at Copper Queen’s Dispensary Bisbee Arizona.
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United States Naval Reserve Force
U.S. Navy
Naval Reserve Force
U. S. Navy
United States
Naval Reserve
Copper Queen’s Dispensary
Bisbee Arizona
Service flag shows two stars for Etz family in town
Mrs. H. W. Etz displays a service flag with two stars, possibly the only local banner of its kind. Eldest son George trains as an aviator at Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas, while Henry serves with the Marine Corps at Mare Island in San Francisco.
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H. W. Etz
George
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Henry
Marine Corps
Mare Island Station
San Francisco
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Liberty Bonds
Flanders
Wilhelm
Prussia
Belgium
Syria
Armenia
Berson Lumber and Commercial Co
Germany
Cochise County State Bank
Arizona
5. P
Everone
Chamberlain
O. KH. Gohtz
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