German Youth War Strain Raises Learning Concerns
The Education Bureau releases translated Wartime observations from Berlin on 1914 pupils advancing grades yet showing weakened resolve. Teachers scarce as many join the army. class sizes merge and standards slip, with nourishment and discipline cited as deteriorating factors in elite and general schools.
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Paaponte
Germany
Bureau of Education
Department of the Twaterlor
Paul Hilderandt
Vossisehe Zeitung
Berlin
Sis
Reflections on Student Duty and Youth Crime Rising
An editorial laments fading voluntary service among pupils at war’s start and rising youth crime in Berlin. It warns of indecision about enlistment and notes theft and violent offenses increasing since 1914, urging discipline to restore path of rectitude.
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Berlin
Caillaux Trial Looms as France Cleans Serpents From Path
The article portrays Caillaux as France’s peak threat in wartime intrigue, facing treason charges after links to German finance and covert diplomacy. Clemenceau presses the case while Malvy Humbert await trial. the narrative foresees Caillaux sharing fate with Bolo Pasha as France continues its moral purge.
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Aatar Lock
Calllaux
Agadirerleis
Hla
Caillanux
Europe
South America
Switzerland
Mary
Argentina
Cailiaux
Clemenceau
Bolo Pasha
France
Malvy
Humbert
Serpents
Clemengeau
Tse
Where Glory Leads Major Lufberry and Air Aces
The article recalls Major Lufberry and the perilous life of air aces in wartime. It notes pay debates favoring regular schedules and argues aviators seek thrilling service. It laments high casualty rates among top airmen as the struggle for mastery of the sky intensifies.
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Lufberry
Averlea
OOE
Hokvew LO
American Nights in London Town and a Sammie Angle
A fragmented account describes Americans in London with an unnamed narrator recounting encounters and observations. The piece references a command, travel, and a scene near Kaghe hut, hinting at cross cultural impressions and dialogue, with scattered details about reading Grace without a dictionary and casual slang.
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London
Sammie
Americaes Tein Avi Fateh
Sinew Peer
Wrong American Image In British Stage And City Life
A fragmentary critique argues that British audiences misread Americans, equating stage slang and foreign impressions with real Americans. It notes past admiration for Speee London by Amevies and laments distorted views shaping expectations in travel and culture.
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Strand
O. Henry
Jack Lait
Speee
London
Young Cockneys Describe American Wartime Culture
A visiting writer in wartime notes encounters American soldiers in an Eagle hut, observes slang and manners, and contrasts Cockney and American cultures. He cites shoe shines as a pastime, laments American vaudeville, and notes shared interests with the men amid questions of music, literature, and social life. He remarks on language clashes and a budding Anglo American camaraderie.
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América
U. S
New York
Oxford
Crash
Pell Street
New York City
Shelley
Milton
Far West
Thomas Beecham
Debusay
The
Eagle
Tennessee
Idaho
Broadway
Hans
Henry Mary
Sonas
High Contract for Great Lakes Ship Build Project
In Cleveland on May 21 an agreement was reached between Charles M. Schwab, director general of the government’s building program, and the Great Lakes Shipbuilding Company to construct 150 vessels at about 100 million dollars. The deal covers the fabrication and delivery of ships for wartime needs.
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Cleveland
Charles M. Schwab
Prosrem
Great Lakes Shipbuilding Company
Women Run London Hospital for War the Sammie Who Stays
In London at a hospital staffed entirely by women Dr. Flora Murray and Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson oversee care for wounded Allied soldiers. They seek American volunteers to join a staff that includes 16 doctors and scrub nurses plus 180 medical personnel, with 5670 beds and 159 V. A. D. beds ready for use.
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London
Madell Street
Flora Murray
England
Louisa Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Red Cross
Louisa Woodcock
Women’s Hospital Corps
Woodcock
France
Great Britain
British Women's Hospital
Women's Hospital Corpu
Paris
British Army Medical Service
Sir Alfred Keag
Sir Alfred
Jack
L Irarian
Convent Garde
Babes Born in Cellars Amid Refugee Movements in Paris
A YMCA war work secretary reports refugees from the Somme region entering Paris. He saw a family of eleven and recalls that two babies were born the previous night in a station cellar. One family arrived with a baby goat, a rabbit, two dogs and two chickens.
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Somme
Amiens
Compalgne
Solasons
Paris
Y. M. C. A. War Work
Procession of Prisoners Feeds Local Efforts for Aid
An estimated long line of prisoners of war marching through the city would take over thirty days to pass a fixed point. The Y M C A is coordinating recreation entertainment and spiritual support for these men to aid morale and well being.
Y. M. C. A. Doss Grrad Losses Hit $200000
The report states that Ilona to the British Y. M. C. A. has suffered more than $200,000 in damage to buildings equipment and supplies since the German drive on the western front. Scores of huts have been wiped out by shellfire.
Discharged Soldiers Train in Poultry and Market Gardening
Discharged soldiers in England attend a course on poultry farming and market gardening on property loaned to the Y M C A near London.
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England
Y. M
London
Real War Service With B W Hornung At Front Line
B W Hornung the novelist works near the western front as part of a Real War Service effort. He assists with tasks close to hostilities, contributing to the war effort from a Y M C A post near frontline activity.
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Real War
B. W. Hornung
A Y M
Belgian Army Hut Planned by Belgian Government
100 Per Cent American Society members assemble at the plaza west of the Union Pacific depot at 1 30 PM to form a parade honoring Belgian soldiers arriving for a brief visit to the city.
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Union Pacific
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