All Rhode Island Restaurants to Live up to Wheat Pledge
Rhode Island hotels and restaurants unanimously pledge to eliminate wheat use until the next harvest as part of a national Food Administration drive. Mr. Hoover and state admins urge every public eating place to follow the Washington pledge and use 25 percent wheat substitutes after April 14.
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Rhode Island
Washington
Europe
Committee On Hotels and Restaurants
The
Food Administration
United States
Hoover
America
Coats
Warstricken
United States Food Administration
The Belgian at Star Theatre Tonight
The Star Theatre presents The Belgian as a standout photo play with a tragic background and a galaxy of screen talent. Frederick Arnold Skrummer and director Silney Olcott are praised by Booking Corporation as premier contributors to this production. Other selected photo plays and free chocolates accompany the bill.
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Star Theatre
Trint
Frederick Arnold Skrummer
Silney Olcott
Duty to America and Liberty Bonds Urged by Lord Reading
Lord Reading addressed Third Liberty Loan solicitors in Washington urging every citizen to support the war beyond buying bonds. He explained the financial mechanism of Liberty Loans, stressing spending within the nation to fund the war, and affirmed the duty of home sacrifice to secure democracy and justice worldwide.
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Lord Reading
Third Liberty Loan
Washington
America
United States Treasury
United States
United States Raised” You Wlsotalisia Eisg
England
Germany
Protect the Children War Should Stay From Young Minds
An editorial argues war harms child development and urges limiting war discussion to adults. It urges teachers to keep youths focused on education, condemns wartime talk that inflames young minds, and promotes patriotism without exposing children to conflict details.
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America
France
Salary Increases Approved by Warren School Committee
At a special Warren School Committee meeting held last Wednesday, teacher salaries were fixed with a new schedule. Minimum pay starts at 600 dollars rising 50 dollars annually to a maximum of 850 after five years, with several staff listed receiving substantial raises including high school principals and department heads.
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Warren School Committee
Mary P Davoren
Paulina F Kemp
Matilda G Healy
Katherine A. Hanrahan
Mary V Quirk
Margaret A Leahy
Gertrude D Conley
Florence S Allin
Annie C Collins
Mary F. Ward
Adele E Kemp
Virginia Baker
Anne L O'Brien
Anna J. M Hurdee
Rosetta H. Betareies
Emalon- Cosine
Emny F Fonte
Sarah E. Gardner
Helen G Bailey
Mary V Qui
Edith J Fvans
Loretta C Healy
Martha F. Leonard
Esther W. Conley
Mary Simister
Lydia Rogers
Clara C. Boyce
Hortense H Bergeron
Margaret A Murphy
Madeline Drey
Vera Judge
Dorothy Cross
Yvonne G Bergeron
Community events schedule for April and May
Coming events list for April and May includes fairs at G R Hall and John Post Reynolds School, blackface minstrel show at Pastime Theatre, masquerade ball for Eagle Social Club, musical comedy The Runaways at Pastime Theatre, moonlight dance at G R Hall, Y M C A gymnasium exhibit, King Philip Fife and Drum Corps fair, and a private dance at Colt Memorial High School auditorium under various club auspices.
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Bo? Ar
Bestreaen Engine and Hose Company
G. A. R Hall
Memorial Ambulance Fund
G . R. Hall
Eagle Social Club
John Post Reynolds
Red Cross
Bristol Mothers’ Club
G. R. Hall
Lyric Club
King Philip
Colt Memorial High School
Old Bill Kaiser Song Parody Chorus
A wartime parody chants support for Allied victory over Germany with lines attacking Hitler and German leaders. It references Berlin, the Hindenburg line and a grim vision of German defeat while praising Allied forces advancing toward Berlin.
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Bill Kaiser
Berlin
Great Wheat Stocks Isolated Amid Shipping Shortage
The article notes that wheat shortages for Allies and the United States stem from lack of ships. India and Australia hold large export stocks, while Argentina has exportable surplus. By January, Australia had 180 million bushels awaiting ships. India 70 million. April adds 60 million more. The core issue is shipping, not global supply.
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United States
India
Australia
Argentina
America
Allied Food Shipments Reach Large Total
U S Food Administration data shows July 1 1914 to January 1 1918 totals for Allied aid. Complete yearly rations for 57,100,933 people plus protein for 22,194,570 more, with wheat and flour exports around 884 million bushels to three main allies. Pork exports near 2 billion pounds and fresh beef about 443 million pounds. Russia received negligible amounts compared to Western Allies.
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United States
U. S. Food Administration
Russia
War Era Air Personnel and Submarine Chasers Delivered
In the first year of war air personnel rose from 65 officers and 1 120 men to a hundred times that figure. Eleven kinds of schools were installed. Several hundred submarine chasers have been delivered to the Navy by 31 private concerns and 6 navy yards, with many boats crossing the Atlantic in severe weather.
The Tuscania's Dead
Poem honoring the sailors and marines who died at sea aboard the Tuscania. It laments their early deaths under British waters, notes their quiet courage, and pays tribute from a collective homeland aching with loss. It ends with a farewell to fallen comrades and a pledge of shared sacrifice.
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MR. Coats
Sidney Olcott
Tory
Walker Whiteside
Valentine
United Sates
Madge Evans
Warren
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Bradford Street
W. O. Talbot
W. Hopkin
Old Bill Kaiser
John Brown
Hindenburg
Rhine
Allied
Eide
Mer
Sir Joseph Maclay
Touchstone
London Daily Mail
Druegiste
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Buffington’s Pharmacy
Garfield Avenue
Isaac B. Munro
G. M. Wilbur
Union Street
Bristol
G.W. Simmons
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Lewanson
Industrial Trust Co
Otis L. Wood
Court Street
W. Tel
Walter H. Coggeshall
Constitution Street
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