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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
14
A wounded American recalls leading a raiding party near Gomanceourt Wood during the war. He describes one Scotty killed, a damaged barbed wire escapee, and a trench success with no prisoners taken. The official report claimed quiet except for the German lines.
A wounded American soldier recounts antitetanus treatment in a first aid post and a five mile shell fire journey to a rear hospital. He describes ambulance rides, a Red Cross nurse, a hospital ship Panama, and arrival at Munsey ward where he meets American staff and fellow patients. The tale ends noting ward life, regimental rivalries, and visiting days as he nears convalescence.
French geometer Maurice Sauger argues a stone dropped through the earth would take about 20 minutes 34 seconds to reach the center. Other scholars give 20 minutes, six hours, or related times. If a shaft passed through the earth the stone would emerge at the antipodes after 88 minutes 30 seconds and return to the start after 1 hour 17 minutes.
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly features a bank cashier correcting a check with a husband’s name but no amount. The exchange shows a distressed woman asking for everything she can take and a cashier clarifying the missing sum.
Italian First Lieutenant Guardabassi on the Tagliamento led a bridgehead stand at Latisana to stop panic during a retreat to the Piave. He shouted to soldiers that Austrian cavalry was a lie, holding the line until orderly withdrawal was assured. He later became a captain and earned a silver medal.
Switzerland and the pope spearheaded prisoner exchanges and aid, freeing over 500,000 POWs by mid last month. The Swiss ran an information bureau in Geneva, shipped food, and coordinated hospital trains. Mass repatriation, medical care, and large mail and parcel dispatches followed, with 20,000 to 30,000 interned at any time needing care.
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