Red Cross Relief Expands Across Vladivostok Region
The American Red Cross has become highly active around Vladivostok aiding Czecho-Slovak refugees and wounded soldiers. More than 20 000 refugees, including 4 000 children, are cared for, with a medical unit staffing a 200 bed base hospital, two sanitary trains, a field unit, and a dissection team.
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American Red Cross
Russia
Vladivostok
Red Cross
Harbin
Charles K. Moser
Teusler
Orient
Mobile hospitals from Pennsylvania unit praised by Pershing
Mobile hospitals from base hospital No. 20 of the University of Pennsylvania advanced to the front lines to give first aid to the wounded. General Pershing commended their courage under shell fire. Two Red Cross nurses were included in the award for bravery and devotion to duty.
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No. 20
University of Pennsylvania
General Pershing
Red Cross
Bread Pan Controversy Splits Forest Fire Crew
A Seattle dispatch reports a North River forest fire crew clash over a bread pan used as a wash basin. The cook and foreman forbid its communal use for washing, triggering a crew split and discharge. Firefighters then walked a weary mile back to civilization for baths and meals.
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Forest Bre
North River
Caup
Seattle
Afuuaukee Free Press
Gum Takes Place Of Water In War Time Chewing
The New York Medical Journal notes a physiological demand for chewing gum across cultures. The Army orders 2.3 million packages show its practical value, as gum can substitute water for soldiers in water scarce conditions. The Red Cross also ordered gum for reconquered areas where wells were poisoned.
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New York Medical Journal
Min
United States Army
Yanks Move 350ton Stone House in France
Sergeants Abe Griesner and Mike Murphy of Company C led a 15 man detail to move a 350 ton stone house across a road and set it on a new site in France. French officials believed tearing the structure down was the only way to clear the rail line but the Americans succeeded without a crack, drawing official documentation from a French Academy photographer. This feat, the Spiker notes, may aid stations as tracks and yards expand.
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Frances
Abe Griesner
Mike Murphy
Company C
Tne of Railways
French Academy of Seienices
Spiker
France
New Surgical Ambulance Form for Wounded Soldiers
The Societe Francaise de Secours sur Blesses Militaires unveils a portable ambulance system for field operations. It features multiple tents for ward, administration, preparation, radiography, operation with sterilizer, and hospital care, movable by two camions or trucks.
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French Aid Society
Societe Francaise de Secours Sur Blesses Militaires
Granville Woman Notches 32 Years Tacking Hoops
Miss Jessie E. Cone of Granville Massine worked over 32 years in Gristle divnt shops tacking 2000 hoops daily. She used the saute hater constantly and wore out three handles. From 6 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. she toils then helps on the farm milking cows and tending chores, raising 25 bushels of potatoes, drying beans and canning more than seven jars of vegetables last year.
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Jessie E. Cone
Granville
Massine
Cane as Symbol of High Office in Royal Medicine
The royal surgeon tradition in England includes a gold-headed cane held by each incumbent since Dr John Radcliffe, the first holder. Used for over two centuries, the cane features four crosses at the top instead of a knob, a distinction explained by Radcliffe's independent rule and preferred design.
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King of
England
John Radcliffe
Mank
Radcliffe
Life of Congress and its two yearly sessions
The article explains the United States Congress operates in two year terms with regular sessions starting the first Monday of December. The long session runs from December of odd years until adjournment in June or July, while the short session begins in December of even years and ends by March 4 of the following year. The long session may extend until the next session starts, whereas the short session ends when its two year term expires on March 4 after meeting.
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Congress
Airplane Travel Fees Cut to Four Cents a Mile
The War department restricted officer travel by airplane to four cents per mile, aligning it with prairie schooner, dog sleds in Alaska, and buffalo cart travel in the Philippines. The rule follows the usual seven cents a mile standard, now reduced in practice.
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War Department
Judge Advocate General
Alaska
Philippines
St Paul Aviation Mechanics Training School to Expand Capacity
An appropriation of 1 200 000 is expected for the building program to expand St Paul Aviation Mechanics Training School to twice its present capacity of 5 000 men. The War Department already has appropriated 300 000 to prepare the school for winter with heating plants and remodeling of buildings.
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St. Paul
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Melvin & Jornson, Publishers
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Life of Congress
Nash
Nash Motors Company
C. W. Nash
Government Aircraft Department
En D. Ryan
F. O. B. Kenosha
Nash Six
Kenosha, Wis
Del-Marva Nash Motors Company
Easton, Maryland
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Denton, Maryland
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