Art Appeals To Italians To Teach Them War Meaning
Italy launches a broad art propaganda drive in Milan through statues panels and paintings by famed artists. Exhibits travel to country stores and crossroads to show heroic feats of the army and the foe's ruthlessness. Postcards sent to soldiers spread wartime lessons from Italian welfare to allied unity.
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Committee For the Relief of the Mutilated
Milan
Italy
Solidiers
Artiate
Englishman Describes Covered Baseball Frenzy For Keats Lovers
An English observer reports on a U.S. Army vs Navy baseball game as a new art form, praising the grips, catches, and crowd fervor. He notes the gas masked catcher, wild rooting, and a carnivalish pandemonium that eclipses other sports in intensity and ceremony.
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HY Thomas Burke
London
Chapman
I'S. Army
Navy
Williame
Mim
Fuller
Army
Frank Brangwyn i
Mile
England
Australia
Admiral Lima
Can Hoard Tea Now In Dear Old England
London June 18 a court decision said tea was not a food and not affected by the anti food hoarding order. It has now been included in a ministry of food amendment along with coffee and coca.
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Dear Old
England
London
Dea
Ministry of Food
Aprial Tank on a Cable in Alpine Warfare
In Milan on June 18 the Alpini unveiled an improvised armored teleferica car equipped with machine guns. Two volunteers manned the guns to attack an Austrian mounting gun nest on a mountain. After aerial maneuvers at great height the vehicle located and neutralized the Austrian position.
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Milan
Italy
Alpini
Corriere Della Sera
Chasma
Polackman Jack M'Parlasd Recovering After Wounding
Word from the bedside of Pollex mand Jack McFarland says he was shot in the leg months ago while arresting a Negro shooting up the town. He was reported dying yesterday after a second surgery and severe blood loss, but by 4 p.m. he began to gain strength and by midnight last night appeared well though doctors remain cautious about a full recovery.
Catholic College Commencement Plans Emphasize Patriotism
Knights of Columbus war activities committee says commencements will be simple and patriotic this year. The keynote, they note, will be Tri- ity et al. Mothers in England offer prayers for soldiers as war effort is urged.
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Catholic College
Catholc College
Knights of Columbus Committee On War Activities
Mmunities
England
Oldier
Columbus
Angelus
McGar
Grace Lusk Sentenced to Nineteen Years for Murder
Grace Lusk, found guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Mrs Mary Newman Roberta, wife of Dr David Roberts, former state veterinarian, was deemed sane by a board of alienists and sentenced by Judge Martin Lueck to 19 years. She fainted when the sentence was read and was aided by an attorney and jail staff.
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Waukesita
Wis
Noon
Martin Lueck
Miss Lusk
Vofce Lueck
Dr. Roberts
U Boats Fall to American Submarine Off Virginia Cape
Officers reported a German U boat and its crew destroyed by an American submarine off the Virginia coast. The American ship, after taking shelter near a tender, launched a torpedo that caused a massive explosion within seconds, with periscope visible during the engagement. The American vessel suffered no damage.
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Atlantic
Virginia
Pansengers
Mner
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Capes
Protestants Hold Union Communion Services in Campo
Protestants from many denominations cooperate in union communion services at Campo camps with chaplains of the federal council of churches and Y M C A assisting. Grape juice replaces wine and war bread stands in for traditional white bread.
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Campo
Federal Council of the Churches
For Sale Trade Request in Diamond Wyoming
A classified item offers a Ramely oil pull tractor and threshing machine for sale or trade for stock. Asking price is 1 dollar and 66 2/3 cents. Contact A H Williams in Diamond Wyoming, dated July 14.
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Wiliams
Diamond, Wyo
Rome reports savage new phase of battle
Rome reports a heavy new phase of fighting amid the Austrian offensive on the Asiago plateau. Prisoners say Austrian aims included the plain between Marcato and Bassano and the area between Dentelfranco and Asolo with Piave troops to invest Treviso. Italy reinforces near Conegliano as 25 Austrian lines and eight reserves press between Mostello and the Piave. Premier Orland visited the front today.
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Rome
Asiago
Marcathan and
Bassano
Monte Grappa
Dentelfranco
Asolo
Treviso
Pliave
Conegliano
Mostello
Piave
Fontaxo
Orland
Breneftit Ball For U P Band Proves A Complete Success
A benefit ball for the U P band uniforms at the Coliseum drew a large crowd with fine music and a festive hall. The parade featured a woman drum major and a female drum corps in band uniforms, escorted by flag bearers. Manager E W Stevenson could not name exact proceeds but indicated the event was entirely satisfactory.
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Breneftit
U. P
Belgium
E. W. Stevenson
Thirty days supply explained by Federal Food Administration
The Federal Food Administration clarifies what counts as a thirty days supply of flour and sugar. It advises six pounds of wheat products per person per month and guides town residents to limit purchases to 2 1/4 pounds of flour at a time, reporting excess sugar and flour to the Food Administrator. Commodities remain on record and will not be commandeered.
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Suere
Food Administration
Officer Arrested in New York for Graft
Lieutenant James C. Staley a reserve army officer was arrested in New York on a charge of taking money from the Traffic Raincoat company for a contract he promised to secure. The nationwide probe targets illicit profits from war contracts with arrests and broad inquiries into commissions and subletting schemes across New York and Washington.
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Washington
New York
James C. Staley
Trofit Raincoat Company
Commission
Congress
Braley
Army
Navy
Departmet of Justice
Department of Justice
Department
Contract Commission
Gregory
Philadelphia
John Fleming
John T. Cavanaugh
Eugene K. Sullivan
Joseph Koch
Quaker City
Pee
Pleming
Cavanaugh
Sullivan
Bittan
Fleming
Kohn
Hoston
United States
Conteact
Italian Army Adopts Baseball To Boost Morale Abroad
The Italian army, urged by the sport journal Gazetta dello Sport, raises funds to buy baseballs and equipment for soldiers. General Pennella praises football and baseball as war morale boosters and foresees competitions strengthening units across trenches and camps.
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Italy
America
Gesette Dello, Sport
Pennella
Second
Gazette
Dello Sport
Genselto Dello Sport
Wayne
Muffer
Poor Children of Paris to Be Protected From Germans
Paris relief effort shields city’s poor children from bombardment impact. Many youngsters sent to countryside at no cost to parents with provisions named as Dulft including shoes underwear and stockings. Average monthly cost per child in the French counties given as 7.60 dollars.
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Paris
Paria
Waety
French County
Arizona Native First to be Decorated in France
Aria., June 18. Francisco Rodrigues, a son of Mexico fighting with General Pershing in France, becomes the first Arizonan to be decorated for bravery in action. A copy of the royal order honoring his gallant conduct shows he stayed with his battery under heavy shell fire, including a wagon along with the team. Rodrigues’s family here received the news with pride.
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Naco
Aria
Francisco Rodrigues
Mexico
Gener
France
Rodrigue
Rodrigues
Pershing
Ville
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