National Security League mobilizes for war effort
Col. Charles E. Lydecker leads a call for national cooperation in the National Security League. The organization urges support across the United States, highlighting its role in promoting preparedness, universal service, and anti Bolshevik sentiment. It details programs in teacher education, congressional outreach, and Street Speakers Squadrons to rally public support for the war and national sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
United States
German nobles not killed in war claims no royal losses
The piece asserts no Prussian or German prince has fallen in three years of war. It mocks German autocracy, noting emperors and consorts stay healthy and unaffected, while common households mourn. It claims royal figures remain distant from the front and praises the emperor's unaffected status.
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Germany
Des Moines
Verdun
The Huns Abroad and The Pacifists at Hone
Caspar W. Ney argues for wartime unity against Germany and pacifists at home. He insists the nation fights for self preservation and freedom, condemns German brutality, and calls for total wartime effort to defend American institutions and values.
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Hone
Caspar Whtney
N. S. Tribune
National Security League
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Massie
Europe
World beet sugar shortage hits Allied production
The Allied beet sugar crop is one third below prewar levels and world output falls 40 percent from the prewar average. France produces 219,416 tons in 1917 18 with 61 factories, down from over 200 prewar. Italy drops to 100,800 tons as war strains persist.
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U. S. Food Administration
Cuba
Java
America
France
Europe
Italy
Beet Sugar Labor Shortage Cuts Italian Harvest
Widespread conscription drained beet sugar workers in Italy. The crop faced a labor shortage as thousands of men fled to military service, halving the typical beet yield per acre and reducing overall production capacity.
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Italy
Teachers Plattsburgs for patriotic youth training
The National Security League announces Teachers' Plattsburgs summer schools for public school teachers across the United States. Centers and centers numbers are to be determined as scholars from colleges and universities join veteran speakers in delivering patriotic education. The program aims to combat German propaganda and instill American citizenship through practical instruction and youth-focused lessons.
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League
Plattsburgs
National Security a#izue
Patriotam
Ikn
The
Security League
Wen
Robert MM. McEi
Enrne
Hich
Plattsburge
America
Wiy
Mekiroy
Husbands Prove Thoughtful In Stormy Morning Market Plot
A Washington Star account recalls a chilly Saturday when a young husband plans to bar his wife from going to Center Market for a rabbit dinner. A phone call, then another, reveals both couples urging caution on bad mornings, proving husbands are decent after all. Separately, Vancouver reports Captain Joe Bernard sails the Teddy Bear through the Northeast Passage toward the Atlantic, as Vilhjalmur Stefansson confirms Bernard’s eastward route from Nome.
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Center Market
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Star
Mary
Helen
Northeast Passage
Vancouver
B.C
Joe Bernard
Nome
Alaska
Beriing Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Bernard
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
North Dakota Liberty Loan quotas and local notes
Preliminary reports show every county in the Flickertail State met its 7th Liberty loan quota, with full figures pending due to busy season and illness. Other items include a Belfield Red Cross auction featuring General Custer’s wagon axle unearthed from Davis Creek, and crime notes on L B Matthieson’s custody after escapes.
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Marion
Wesley C. McDowell
Belfield
Red Cross
Custer
Davis Creek
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn
Fargo
L. B. Matthieson
Matthieson
Liberty
Grand Forks
Camp Dodge
North Dakota
Northwest
Valley City
Charles F. Mudgett
Mandun
Jesse Starkweather
William Osterman
Starkweather
Osterman
A Bit of Home Within the Camp by the YWCA
A wartime scene shows a mother delivering her baby to a YWCA hostess amid a homey hostess house setting near a frontline camp. The piece highlights 92 YWCA hostess houses, their role in supporting soldiers and families, and the broader wartime work including Paris Hotel Petrograd and French recreation centers.
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John
Deby
Young Women's Christian Association
France
W. C
St A Y. W. C. A. House
War Department
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes Station
Petrograd
Paris
Signal Corps
Roosevelt Telegram Demands Unconditional German Surrender
Theodore Roosevelt sent telegrams urging the US Senate to back unconditional surrender of Germany and reject the 14 points as a basis for peace. He calls for declaring war on Turkey, views peace through Allied terms, and demands a peace fully acceptable to the American people before discussion with Germany.
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Oyster Bay N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Senate of the
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Europe
Senate
House
Water tight bag life preserver novelty item
A buoyant bag folds a water tight union suit to function as a life preserver. The text notes microscopic organisms releasing toxins that kill other microbes. A mother asks a child about an injured boy and a cartoon exchange appears. Destruction by rats in Britain is valued at two hundred million dollars. A group of girls discuss teaching next year.
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Britain
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Hector
Ceol
E. Lydecker
Casper Shiney
Scheole
Boston Transcript
Trick Indy
Weil
London Street Railway Company
London
Ont
Detroit Free Press
Louisville Courier-Journal
Tuypis
Tunis
Uncle Eben
England
Belgium
Serbia
Austria
Tommy
Topeka Capital
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