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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
4
The speaker warns against patriotic frenzy driven by German propaganda and urges pausing to study enemy methods. He cautions that ignorance could fuel future conflicts and calls for drawing the curtain on the enemy's thoughts to prevent re enactment of global strife.
Cheyenne residents are promised a sensational event as Jack Williams the human fly plans to scale the Clivens National Bank building Saturday night with only his hands and feet. Marines recruit officers say the climb is assured with funds benefiting local recruitment efforts. Williams hopes for a large crowd to boost support for more Marines recruits.
Weckeser pinch hit twice as Genner Williams steered a tense Army victory. Navy fans cheered loudly spelling NAVY and shouting big dubs while Army players endured ribbing from the stands. An Army band closed the scene with a noisy march past the gleeful troops.
The passage argues against banning German text and language study, urging understanding of German aims to counter enemy tactics. It contrasts officers using foreign languages with the need for the public to learn German, warning that ignorance risks repeating the war tragedy and hindering peace.
Ekaterinburg, a major Ural city 1200 miles east of Petrograd, hosts forty gold and platinum mines and diverse industries including paper and machinery. The city, founded by Peter the Great in honor of Catherine I, grew after the Siberian highway shift and features palatial streets and two cathedrals, St Catherine’s and Epiphany, dating to 1758 and 1774.
The article surveys modern submarine classes with coast defense subs weighing about 300 tons and cruising types up to 2500 tons. It notes Germany’s focus on larger designs with improved armament and habitability, and argues against tiny one man subs or surface carriers as viable.
The American Red Cross executive board evaluates women needed for Europe relief effort. Miss Boardman says ideal workers are healthy, strong minded and tactful, ready for embassy and canteen duties. The Army Medical Department may hire women cooks at base hospitals under officer recommendation, with housing limits noted.
A speaker argues American women abroad sustain soldiers by creating homey canteen and hospital wards. He praises disciplined women, contrasts with French and English workers, and notes how cheerful home news reinforces morale for troops overseas.
The Paris Red Cross bulletin reports the Wellesley college unit has arrived from America to assist repatriates and Pilcardy refugees. They join the bureau of refugees and relief and will work in health and relief efforts among displaced populations. The unit is the second group of college women in France under the Red Cross, following Smith College which operated health, agricultural, and relief work near Grecourt in the Somme and later ran a canteen at Beauvais after the German offensive.
Thousands of girls from across the country will join a Washington branch of the women section and the commissions on training camp activities. Field workers will be deployed in the city to aid delinquent and semidelinquent young women and cooperate with social agencies including the YWCA and war camp community service. A wartime recreation drive, backed by the council of national defense and the children's bureau, seeks to protect children from delinquency by promoting safe summer activities and play.
London crowds pack the royal box as the Army faces the Navy in a high profile ball game tied to Decoration Day. The article notes royal interest, a bronze tablet marking the king's first game, and details aims of agencies promoting youth activities alongside a vivid play by play of the match.
Jim asks to hold Richard Waverly III, and Margie recalls the baby’s charm and her sorrow after Dick’s death. The scene shows fragile comfort as Jim consoles her and vows gentleness with the infant. Margie notes the baby’s sweet looks and the ache of loss that still lingers.
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