Lester Harter U S Aviator Is Dead
Local note recalls Lieutenant Lester Harter of the U S Army Air Service who went missing in action on September 17 during a bombing mission. Details from comrade Brooke Edwards and letters explain his disappearance and presumed death amid reports from the 20th aero squadron.
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Lester Harter
Automobile Party
Lester Bates
Myr. Bates
Perlee
Libertyville
Mr. Bates
Jefferson County
Ft. Madison
East
Aviation Corps
U. S. Army
Bowie
Germany
20Th Aero Squadron
W. J. Harter
Keokuk
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
Air Service
Brooke Edwards
Leutenant Harter
Dr. Harter
Lester
Madison
War Department
2000 Victims Remain Unburied in City Cemeteries
An appeal to the mayor urged deploying city workers as grave diggers to inter about 2,000 bodies, mostly epidemic victims, still unburied in cemeteries. Queens borough president noted 60 percent of area cemeteries are in Queens and some relatives have dug graves themselves.
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New York
Queensborough
Queen’s
French Victors in Italy Take 700 Prisoners
Rome reports French forces penetrated enemy positions in Italy and captured more than 700 prisoners in a fresh advance.
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Italy
Rome
Gathoug Boys Join War Work Campaign
A national drive links Catholics to support servicemen abroad. The plan pairs one boy or girl per parish to raise five dollars each through earnings to aid Y M C A W A and allied groups during November. The effort represents every fighting man with a sponsor in U S parishes and homes.
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France
United States
National Catholic War Council
Victory
United Worl
Knights of Columbus
War Camp Community Service
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
Salvation Army
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