Marines Thank Women for Comforts to Troops in France
Washington report notes 32,700 sweaters and comfort outfits knitted by Navy League volunteers for Marines headed to France. Major General Barnett credits swift effort with boosting troop health, asks for unit names and addresses of contributing groups. Also included is Utah death row update: Howard De Weese selects firing squad for his wife's murder set for July 1.
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France
George Barnett
Marines
James Carroll Fraser
Navy League
C. A. Doyen
Marine Expeditionary Regiment
League
Barnett
Comforts Committee
Marine Corps
Corps
Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard de Weese
de Weese
Harry W. Fisher
New York
Reno
Pacific Coast
Be Weese
Chicago
Aeroplanes for Sale Desirable Lot of 105 units Offered
London reports the government offers 105 aeroplanes for immediate disposal. One complete with engines, others ready for engine mounting. Most are presumed obsolete models.
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London
Aero- Co
Americans in Paris form study in France committee
A Paris based Americans in Paris group has organized to promote attendance of American students at French universities. James H. Hyde serves as president and Charles F. Beach as secretary, with members including John Ridgley Carter Herbert Adams Gibborns, Charles Carrollton and Robert. The committee supports the American Committee for Study in France, backed by France’s Minister of Public Instruction and university rectors.
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Paris
James H. Hyde
Charles F. Beach
John Ridgley Carter
Herbert Adams Gibbongs
Charles Carrollton
Robert
France
Minister of Public Instruction
Macadam War Roads In France Will Wear For A Hundred Years
Behind British lines in France on June 28 hundreds of miles of white macadam roads will endure long after the war. Workers widen and surface roads using rubble from Peronne Albert Arras and other ruined towns while German prisoners toil to level patches. Main highways will accommodate three lorries abreast and byways will stay wide enough for easy passing. The roads, straight since Napoleonic times, reflect military planning and the Germans destruction.
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France
Peronne
Albert
Arras
Effect of the War on Dress of Women
London reports a shift toward standard dress and uniforms as the war alters women’s style. Uniforms gain dignity across roles from housemaids to Red Cross workers, with fashion experts noting a decline in frippery and a rise in khaki and blue-gray tones inspired by allied troops.
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London
Red Cross
American Federation of Labor Declines Conference Invite
The American Federation of Labor rejects participation in the Stockholm conference on Sept 17 in Switzerland. Gompers calls such talks premature and harmful to democracy and freedoms, noting the AFL with 2,500,000 members cannot accept the invitation.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Stockholm
Switzerland
Gompers
Lindquist
Federation
Fenouil Receives Military Medal for Cannon Aim Invention
Toulon June 28. Joseph Fenouil farmer of Scillans and adjutant in the 110th Artillery has been awarded the military medal for inventing a device to regulate cannon aim. His practical skill and front line experience led to the army adopting his invention.
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Toulon
France
Joseph Fenouil
Fenouil
110Th
The Monster of Mountains Mount McKinley Speaks to Alaska
Alaska’s Mount McKinley National Park rises 17 000 feet above the plain with a perpetual snow cap and giant ice walls. The 2 200 square mile reserve protects caribou and bears as Congress plans a railroad route into the interior. Belmore Brown and Charles Sheldon testify to the awe inspiring scenery and the park’s role as a game refuge.
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National Park
Alaska
Congress
America
Himalyas
Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley National Park
Great Alaskan Range
Gulf of Alaska
Yukon
Tanana
Alaskan
Belmore Brown
Camp Fire Club
Senate Committee On Territories
Piedmont Plateau
Charles Sheldon
Boone and Crockett Club
Senate
New National Park
Conscription in New Zealand Matched by Volunteers
In Sydney troops bound for the front include volunteers and conscripts from New Zealand. Maori soldiers drew crowds as the New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, W D S MacDonald, noted that conscripts and volunteers are treated equally and that quotas are met mainly by volunteers.
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Sydney
Australia
United States Army
Dominion
W. D. S. MacDonald
Unsinkable cargo boat design adopted by Italian navy
Italian naval engineer Umberto Cagliere has designed an unsinkable cargo boat that the Italian navy department has accepted. The report notes the design innovations and the potential impact on wartime logistics.
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Umberto Caglitere
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