Local Overflow at Electric Theatre and Red Cross Appeal
Elsie Ferguson stars in Barbary Sheep at the Electric Theatre while Taming Target Center screens as a Mack Sennett comedy. Red Cross drives urge donations of yarn and supplies as volunteers plan December Christmas Roll Call in Linton and nearby towns along with local notices and community updates.
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Electric Theatre
Elsie Ferguson
Mack Sennett
The
Red Cross
Don Tracy
Red Cross Today
Ruel E. Surring
Camp Lewis
Washington
W. W. Mewing
Einer Grotting
Thompson Yards
Temnvik
John P. Wohl
Eureka
B. F. Palmer
Jake Lang
Renschler Farm
Thompson Yards, Inc
Harry Haupse
Richard Sautter
Matt Noel
Andrew Sherr
Strasburg
John Helfenstein
Ashley
McIntosh County
Mr. Helfenstein
Jake Helfenstein
Hazelton
Henry Esch
Linton
Bismarck
Buzzelle
Wm. Kundert
Glen Mickel
Dale Mickel
Neil Anderson
Scott Cameron
Carson
Cameron
Gottlieb Schatz
Temvik
Oscar
Walter Mohn
Jamestown
Henry Maier
Proved Spirit of Democracy Guides Allied Efforts
The article extols voluntary American sacrifice and export generosity to Europe, stressing that doubling food shipments to Europe is essential. It credits democracy with feeding the Allies, mobilizing public will, and validating the Food Administration and Hoover's leadership in meeting wartime needs.
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Europe
America
Germany
Food Administration
United States
Mr. Hoover
Good Turns by Scouts Deputize Fargo Boy Scouts
Fargo scouts receive full police powers after being deputized, empowering them as a formal force to aid local law enforcement. The move designates the youth group to perform duties under supervised authority.
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Fargo Boy Scouts
Scouting Patrols Aid Children and Needy Families
Police prepare for Halloween duty while local scouts assist at Stark county fair rescuing seven lost children in Canton. In Rochester scouts surprise an elderly woman with coal and in Melrose a troop buys a ton of coal for two needy families.
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Police Department
Hallowe'en
Canton
Rochester
N. Y
Melrose
Mass
Scout Training Saves Life in Everett Rescue
Percy Cameron of Boy Scout Troop No 1 Everett Washington demonstrated lifesaving training when he dived into the river to save a fellow boy who slipped from a Clark Nickerson mill boom. He escaped a strangling hold and kept afloat until help arrived, risking his own safety through proper rescue methods learned from Scoutmaster Clifford.
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Percy Cameron
Everett
Wash
Clark-Nickerson Mill
Percy
Clifford
No Royal Road to Food Conservation
The United States Food Administrator argues that true food conservation relies on voluntary, democratic action by all citizens in proportion to need. Autocratic controls failed overseas, while democratic sharing kept America and the Allies fed during the war.
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United States
Farmers Save 16 Million Bushels of Wheat This Year
Urged by the Food Administration farmers and threshers adopted cleaner threshing methods and gathered grain in the fields. This effort saved about 16,000,000 bushels of wheat, roughly seven one pound loaves of bread per person in the country, with additional barley savings noted.
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Food Administration
United States
Barney
Grain Conservation Efforts Boost U S Food Supplies
Reports from 83 grain states show major reductions in harvest losses as farmers and threshers follow Food Administration directives. The campaign cut typical losses from about 8 percent to near a minimum, aided by adjusted equipment and cooperative rural committees. Farmers and crews earned millions saved by improved efficiency.
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U. S. Food Administration
The
Food Administration
United States
Food conservation proves American self denial triumph
The article extols voluntary food saving in the United States, claiming no one suffered hardship while bread prices stayed steady and shortages were addressed. It lauds abstinence from wheat, the flow of more pork and sugar, and asserts food control preserved national strength amid German starvation. It frames American generosity as global kinship through shared sustenance.
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America
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Minneapolis
Rochus R. Dosch
Red Cross Chapter
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Heart of America
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Organization of Humanity
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