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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
6
A first person account recalls a trench raid near Gomanceourt wood. Of twenty raiders, seventeen died, one returned unharmed, and one was wounded. The writer describes a Scottie dog, a man’s death, and the brutal toll of No Man's Land amid war reportage.
A wounded soldier recalls inoculation, a five mile shell blasted road, and a parade of ambulances. He describes an eighteen mile ride to a hospital train, Red Cross nurses, and transfer to the Panama ship then to Paignton and Munsey ward. He notes fellow wounded, the Yankee welcome, and hospital life amid banter and visits.
French geometer Maurice Sauger studied shell and bullet speeds then tackled how long a stone would take to fall to Earth’s center. Calculations vary from about 20 minutes 34 seconds to six hours, with Sanger proposing a complex density model and a through-Earth shaft yielding an antipodal return in 88 minutes 30 seconds and a full trip back in 1 hour 17 minutes.
In Pearson's Weekly a bank cashier explains to a madam that the instrument bears her husband's name but omits a specified amount. The exchange prompts the question of how much money she seeks.
Captain Francesco Mario Guardabassi of Perugia, aide to General Petilo, steadied a panic during the Carso to Piave retreat at the Latisana bridge on 2 October 1917. He rallied 100k troops, denying rout and enabling a disciplined advance to the Piave. He later toured the U.S. on a special mission and spoke of the act in New York.
The Bund reports Switzerland facilitated swaps and repatriation of over 500 000 prisoners of war by mid last month. Swiss efforts included prisoner information, food charity, hospital trains, and mass communications aiding families as tens of thousands return home.
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