First Year of War Reviewed in Public Review
A wartime year in review notes 123,201 officers and 1,828,024 enlisted men. The United States shifts to war footing as Treasury leads ports, shipping, and the draft muster. The Army and National Guard expand to more officers and soldiers, with reserves growing to 214,000 and aviation rising in activity. American production aids France with ordnance, railroad, docks, and barracks, as the nation builds up front-line forces and support in the Allied war effort.
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Don Clee
Germany
OH Bates
Walted
United States
Treasury Department
Praaes
Natal
Fort Wherty
Jan
Waliet
France
Dave Deen
Tuscany
Armile
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Pioneer Engineers
West Potot
Miany Atc
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Pyste T Han
Di‘yielon
Quartermaster General's Department
Air Service
Ataurt Fren
Finoi Eall
Toilay
Naval Service
RRO
Navy
Quantes
Atlantic
Wen
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
Merch
Austria
War Risk Insurance Bureau
England
United States Department of Commerce
United States Army
Naval
Une
Liberty Bonds
Pennsylvania
Army
Adjutant General's Office
Marine Corps
Treasury
Naval Communication Service
Medical Department of the Navy
Congress
War Year Survey Reports U S Army and Navy Growth
A 1919 summary outlines wartime expansion across services. It details engineer, ordnance, quartermaster, air service, and navy growth, including officer and enlistment increases, production milestones, shipments, and financials for the first year of U S involvement. It notes overseas deployment, fleet expansions, and massive procurement programs.
Ghet-Cap Cigar Lighter and War News Digest
A peculiar French lighter built from a shell fragment is described along with German prisoners making thermometers for use in France. The piece also notes reshaped German ironwork, a sailor saving a comrade off Norfolk, and a quip about a man who evaded the draft via marriage amid wartime humor.
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Jobe Corrigan
Trafic Saeed
W. H Corrigan
France
Base
Paris
Joseph 8. Ames
Atlantic
German Medals And New French Big Bertha Mortar
A Washington Post correspondent reports on German medals issued for wartime events including a large naval attack commemorative piece and a Crown Prince Siegfried image. It notes France has outbuilt the German Big Bertha at 42 centimeters and introduces a 62 centimeter mortar used in Verdun and Chemin des Dames to breach fortifications.
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Germany
London
Rie
Zepperos
Tower Bridge
Csee
Washington Post
France
Belsium
Celtic
New York
England
America
Allied cooperation with Bolsheviks reported by Moscow dispatches
Moscow dispatches declare French and British officers are aiding Bolshevik troops as instructors and supplying pilots and soldiers returning from the Russian front, confirming close Western collaboration in the defense of regions near Kolaamyl Mod taunsk voast.
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Council ‘of Workmen's Had
Debsites
Kolaamyl Mod Taunsk Voast
Westway
Moscow
Foreign War Measures and US Draft Debates Stir 1917 Headlines
A crowded news digest reports German propaganda actions and government counter moves. It notes Senate and House actions on penalties for disloyal acts, the war finance corporation plan, draft expansion, and wheat price support, plus Pershing’s wire update and military casualty news. It mentions Hoover’s food orders, a prayer resolution, and rising aircraft prospects for Allied air power.
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Congress
War Finance Corporation
Houes
Washington
Senate
Karl Oscar Bertling
Unon
of Corporation
Boston
Doctor Bertling
Geraman
Lexington
Fort Pei
Allied air service praised by British and war office
British and American air units share credit for early air fighting losses with German and Austrian forces. Maj. Gen. Maurice notes heavy German casualties while British aircraft down 13 and claim 8 out of control, as Finland’s White Guards bombard Tammerfors and Swedish volunteers suffer 15 killed 79 wounded.
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British War Office
London
Royal Air Service
Italy
F. B. Maurice
Maurice
White Guards
Pinnish Republic
Tammerfors
Finland
American rifles better than German Mauser, says bureau
The Bureau of Ordnance reports American rifles outperform German Mauser in fire rate sighting and accuracy. The gun division outlines an $2 billion program to expand plant facilities and produce artillery, smokeless powder, and nitrogen fixation plants. A farm labor service division plans to deploy field agents, post offices, and weekly bulletins to address harvest labor needs.
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Bureau of Ordnance
Gun Division
Employment Service
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Otl
United States
United States Employment Service
Loyal Americans Must Contribute Liberty loan appeal by Churchill
Winston Churchill urges total national effort for the first Liberty Loan. He frames democracy versus autocracy, highlights Wilson's world proclamation, and calls Americans to fund troops abroad, sustain allies, and purge domestic waste. Bonds feed the boys and support army and navy expansion.
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Germany
America
England
France
Italy
Russia
Wilson
Uberts
Junkers
Do Not Hide Liberty Bonds In Your Home
Citizens urged to place bought Liberty Bonds into certificates of deposit via a country banker rather than storing them at home. Banks can then lend against the bonds at the Fed to provide needed funds while keeping money in circulation. warns against hiding assets as dangerous and stresses careful leadership over optimism.
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Bonds
France
Liberty Bonds Bay
Federal Reserve Bank
Motor Melodrama in a Birmingham Age-Herald style line
A sharp exchange unfolds with a wealthy villain warning a plain citizen to avoid crossing him. The citizen boldly counters, threatening to smash the villain’s fragile pride. A separate quip about homesickness cites a character named Donnie and a photo as solace.
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Plain Citizen
Birmingham Age-Herald
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