Training Men to Do Uncle Sam's Naval Fighting
About 8,200 recruits at the Great Lakes naval training station are drilled like a college camp to form the nation’s first line of defense. Captain W A Moffett leads planning to train up to 20,000 men, with Lieut John Philip Sousa directing a 242 musician band and cadets learning trades, seamanship, and fitness for sea duty.
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United States Naval Training Station
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C. G. Smith
University of Michigan
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Paul Jones
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United States Navy
History of American national songs and O G T Sonneck
The piece discusses the origins and historic facts behind American national songs, highlighting O G T Sonneck of the Library of Congress. It covers the creation of Fort McHenry's defending song, the tune origins of Anacreon in Heaven, Hail Columbia, and My Country Tis of Thee, with notes on their authors and historical context.
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United States
O. G. T. Sonneck
Division of Music
Library of Congress
Sonneck
Fort McHenry
Nicholson
Baltimore
Marlborough
Patuxent
Patapsco
Heaven
Key
William C. Woodbridge
Europe
Lowell Mason
God Save the King
Park Street
Boston
Germans Desert Army as Deserters Rise on Dutch Border
Special correspondent reports large scale German desertions on the Dutch border amid famine and low morale. Deserting troops, often fusiliers and marines, flee toward Holland as officers face shortages. A Russian general who escaped prison camps claims Germans will not surrender easily. Dutch observers note brutal discipline and evolving caste in German ranks.
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W. J. L. Kiehl
Chicago Daily News
Hague
Holland
Cadsand
Bruges
Belgium
Germany
Maastricht
von S
Von
Berlin
S. Unter Einem Kaufmann
Cleveland Youth Serves Up War Pie Remark
Cleveland youth Art Lippert writes home from the Marines that the field rations are fine but his mother's pies would cost about 20 to 25 dollars and taste like a million dollars to him.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Marine Corps
Art Lippert
Service
Fussed Up Hair Sparks Divorce Petition in Elyria
Katie Fuss files for divorce in Elyria Ohio alleging Steve Fuss mussed her hair and showed a tuft to friends to prove he won their dispute fueling the separation action.
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Elyria
Katie Fuss
Steve Fuss
Origins of national songs and their early history
Sonneck outlines the creation of Francis Scott Key's burning 1814 verses and the first public appearances of the poem, notes on the adoption of The President's March music by Philip Phile, and traces the origins of Yankee Doodle from its 1767 to 1794 print history, including key publications and early performances.
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Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Patapsco
Baltimore
Walters Gallery
Key
Joseph Hopper Nicholson
Baltimore Patriot
Baltimore American
Philadelphia
America
Journal of Transactions
Boston
Castle William
Europe
James Aird
Glasgow
Postscript inventions span metal making flowers to air safety gear
A French scientist uses a secret process to turn flowers fruits and animal tissues into metal. A Minneapolis inventor offers an adjustable road scraper also usable as a snow plow. A copyholder for typewriters feeds copy via a lever. A French collar cuff smoother ends with a button hole opener. An English aviator suit includes parachute pockets and inflatable protection. Nebraska inventor patents hat catching wire netting frames for open cars.
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Minneapolis
Nebraska
Youth of today a divine gift and future hope
A quotation extols youth as an inexhaustible, beautiful, glorious gift. It states that society lives for youth, bases its labor and endurance on them, and ignores death in their presence. It praises the wonder and value of boys and girls as the great gift to possess and perceive.
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H. D. Sedgwick
The
Atlantic Magazine
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Uhlans
U. S
Philip Phile
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