Influenza Warning Urges Fresh Air and Caution
Washington experts warn influenza season will persist with pneumonia and bronchitis risk. Surgeon General Rupert Blue urges clothing and ventilation to curb spread, noting droplets from coughs and sneezes as main transmission. Emphasizes nonmedical prevention and wide public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Rupert Blue
United States
Public Health Service
General Blue
Lkened
Turn the Boys Thoughts Homeward as Fosdick Urges Cooperation
Washington special reports Raymond B. Fosdick, head of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, traveling to France to oversee demobilization. He says two million soldiers afar will need morale support, letters from home, and coordinated help from families to ease the transition, with emphasis on maintaining discipline and personal conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
United War Work Campaign
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission On
Bir
Fosdick
War Department plan urges letters from home to troops
The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities announces a new Letters from Home program. It asks mothers fathers sisters and sweethearts to write letters that carry home feeling to sustain soldiers through the toughest service period. The campaign urges timely messages by December 15 to reach servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department Commission On
Doctors by Candlelight at Chateau Hospital
Two American Red Cross surgeons at the Chateau near Compiegne led a day long night shift to save French soldiers during a heavy bombardment. With four hands and no aid, two Red Cross canteen women joined, followed by five loaded ambulances delivering supplies and more staff as shells fell and the enemy closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compiegne
Annel
Red Cross
Service de Sante
Tarnowsky
Morehead
Angela
Red Cross aids Sicilian babies with condensed milk relief
Italian babies receive daily condensed milk from Red Cross workers aided by milk shipments. A list of fifty Italian soldier families was registered and rationed to ensure proper use. Homes were inspected for cleanliness and safe storage as mothers apportioned milk to little children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Red Cross
America
Italy
Food at Low Cost for Belgian Families
The American Red Cross and the Belgian Government coordinate cheap food for Belgian soldiers families. The Red Cross commits 20,000 francs monthly, with the Belgian Minister of Supplies operating sixty five stores in France and at the front selling goods to these families connected to munition work and other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Belgium
The
Red Cross
France
Reer
Faith in the Red Cross Guides Brother’s Wounded Return
A young American soldier in France, after a long search, locates his brother’s army unit. Learning the brother was wounded, he finds him in a hospital through persistent faith and hope. The tale underscores steadfast trust in aid and kinship amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bureau of Public’ ‘ Health
Treasury Department
Berryman
Plain Citizen
Baker
Bhington
Wr. Fosdick
Teska
Newton D, Baker
Wary
Coomission
Teare
Faith IN. the. Red Cross
Dennison Line
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
E. H. Brundage, Undertaker
Dillon, Montana
Burke Auto Transfer Co
Ned Burke
E. H. Brundage
Black Res
Black
Dillon‘Furniture Co
General Furniture Distributors
Tribune Book
Andrus Hotel
Louis DE Grignis
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Rae
Athis
Standard Lumber
North
Montana
St. Ion, Mont
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!