Engineers Face Gigantic Task Expands Army Corps
The engineers corps expanded from 2,590 to 100,000 personnel from March to November. They built overseas railroads from the United States to France and organized nine railroad regiments and seventeen pioneer regiments. They purchased over 130 million dollars in equipment and prepared ports, lines, and defenses while maintaining domestic waterway and coast defense work.
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Corps of Engineers
United States
France
National Army
National Guard
Panama Canal
Forestry Service
Department of Agriculture
Engineer Corps
Cracks in concrete pavements eased by seven year study
A seven year study by the Office of Public Roads, US Department of Agriculture, finds concrete cracks due to moisture and temperature changes. A water proof coal tar covering greatly slows moisture movement and expansion, aiding pavement durability.
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Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Chromite Supply Seen Key to War Needs in U S
Experts from the U S geological survey stress chromite’s crucial role for armor plate armor-piercing projectiles stellite tools and special steels. Domestic output could grow significantly with new deposits near transportation routes and cheap concentration.
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Uncle Sam
Geological Survey
United States
Rhodesia
New Caledonia
Turkey
Greece
Maryland
Wyoming
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Canada
War Affects Cheese Trade and Imports in 1914 1917
The article notes a wartime shift in cheese trade with Uncle Sains bureau citing 1914 imports of 63.8 million pounds from Europe and 99 pounds from Italy in August 1917. Argentina began large scale cheese deliveries in 1917, while exports rose to 2 million pounds in September to 50 countries, led by England.
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Uncle Sain
Bureau of Foreign and
United States
Europe
Italy
Switzerland
France
Holland
Argentina
England
Cuba
Mexico
Corn Crop Breaks Record With Huge 1917 Harvest
The 1917 corn crop set records for largest acreage and total production at 3,191,083,000 bushels. Unfavorable weather reduced yield per acre with a late spring cold summer and dry conditions across much of the belt, plus damaging freezes shortening the season. Potatoes reached a record 440,090,000 bushels, buckwheat and tobacco also set records though buckwheat underperformed forecasts.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of
TEACH COOKING AS WAR MEASURE
War time cookery training expands beyond Hoover plans to include domestic economy courses for London housewives and children. Six weekly demonstrations cover rations substitutes sugar uses and kitchen economy while fire saving devices like the fireless cooker are highlighted. London schools offer domestic science for five to fourteen year olds with half day weekly lessons and extended evening institutes for all ages.
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Herbert Hoover
Great Britain
London
Birge
Keith Merrill
London County Council
Giant at Fort Dodge Use tall elm of Camp Dodge
Bernard Anderson of Litchfield Minnesota tops medical exams as the tallest man at Camp Dodge. Standing six feet six and weighing 245 pounds he won the nickname Jess Willard among Company F of the 313th Engineers. A former International Harvester salesman and mechanic, the 28 year old says the camp life agrees, and he vows to lambast the Germans in France.
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Camp Dodge
Bernard Anderson
Litchfield
Minn
Anderson
Company F
Jess Willard
International Harvester Company
C. W. Anderson
France
Bottle Found Adrift in Kentucky River Returns Note to Sender
A bottle tossed into the Kentucky River by Benjamin Petwick of Cincinnati while fishing on May 8 1900 was recovered off Rhode Island by Sergt James H Tolsen of the quartermaster's department at Fort Grebel R I. The sergeant informed Petwick of the find and the note inside.
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Kentucky
Rhode Island
Benjamin Petwick
Cincinnati
Licking River
James H. Tolsen
Quartermaster’s Department
Fort Grebel
R. 1
Petwick
Indians Now Fox Trot
The Klamath Indians staged a rare spectacle as the seductive fox trot and one-step disrupted their traditional white deerskin dance. Several braves devoted to syncopated music did not return, while intricate tribal steps were expected to guide the performance.
Tommy's toast and the swinging doorknob tale
An English Tommy in Paris sits with four Americans at a Petrogard hotel table. He, weary from Verdun, recalls shell shock and a near-death moment when a shell blew the house out of his hand as he grabbed a doorknob used in a toast to the Allies.
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Tommy
Petrograd Hotel
Rue Caumartin
Paris
Garcon
Verdun
Hus
FOLLOWED CORN TRAIL Chickens Recovered in Pittsburg Case
Mrs. K. M. Flocker reported two large chickens missing from her home in Pittsburg. Detective John A. Beck traced a corn trail from the yard to West Park and Merchant Street, leading to the recovered birds. The owner refused to prosecute or name the suspected person.
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K. M. Flocker
Pittsburgh
West Park
Merchant Street
Platinum Found in Alaska Sparks U S War Effort
Discovery of platinum in Alaska by Dr. Herschel C. Parker and colleagues prompts four government experts to study the find and potential repletion of the platinum supply. Intensive work could follow a favorable report next year as war demand rises for acids and ignition system components. Price has jumped from 45 to 105 dollars an ounce amid shortages.
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Alaska
Herschel C. Parker
New York
Uncle Sam
Ural Mountain
Dogs in War Time And a Lesson From Camp Funston
The article notes dogs suffer in modern urban life and harsh New York laws but remain valuable allies. It cites trained dogs at Camp Funston Kansas learning to shun gas and carry messages, with plans for messenger service in France alongside signal battalions.
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Wfarmers
Seothand
New York
Camp Funston
Kansas
Lee
France
Restoring Batatakin Cliff Dwelling by National Museum Team
Neil M. Judd of the National Museum completed a six month archeological restoration of Batatakin, a Navaho cliff dwelling in the Navaho National Monument. The site in northern Arizona features about 100 rooms, multiple kivas, half preserved roofs, and evidence of several clans living there in a canyon branch near Keet Seel and Inscription House.
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Neil M. Judd
Uncle Sam’s National Museum
Arizona
Navaho National Monument
Navaho Indian Reservation
Mr. Judd
Flagstaff
Wayenta
Kayenta
Sagie Canyon
Batatakin
Keet Seel
Inscription House
Uncle Sam's forests boost cattle and sheep under war measure
Government grazing reports show national forest ranges carrying about 100000 more cattle and 200000 more sheep than normal this year. Increased numbers were allowed to ease shortages from a harsh winter and late spring while protecting future forage.
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Uncle Sam's
National Forest
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Fort Dodge
Navaho Reservation
Uncle Sam’s
National Museum
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