Army subsistence system feeds 2 million troops worldwide
The quartermaster corps sub division oversees daily rations for nearly two million soldiers in France, camps, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Panama. Centralized purchasing, strict inspection, and mobile bakery units ensure timely, wholesome meals with thousands of beef cattle slaughtered daily and millions of cans planned for supply.
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Washington
United States Army
France
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
George W. Goethals
Quartermaster Corps
W. R. Grove
Atlantic
Quartermaster’s Department
Grove
Quartermaster ‘Corps
Army
Congress
Bureau of Markets
Department, of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Starts Swimming Eighteen Miles Is In Hospital
Seattle sailor Jack Watts twenty four a torpedo boat crewman dived from the pier and swam eighteen miles to the training ship Philadelphia along the bay He was rescued and taken to City Hospital for observation He had consumed salt water and other drinks and they did not mix well
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Seattle
Wash
Jack Watts
Salor
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Jack
City
Gotham boys behave better over decade of change
New York City youths have improved gradually over ten years according to the Union Settlement's annual report. Gaylord White, secretary, cites war service withdrawals and junior police work in South Harlem tenement districts as factors. He notes that activities once seen as amusing have lost appeal amid wartime burdens.
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New York
Union Settlement
South Harlem
Gaylord ’. White
Mr. White
Orders Observer to Escape Destruction of Aircraft
A British pilot and observer in a modern flying boat blow up their craft with a bomb to prevent capture by German destroyers. The pilot sends the observer away in the fog, then detonates the aircraft as a patrol approaches, sacrificing himself to guard a secret. The observer is later rescued.
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London
Sonny
Wic
Iis
Old Glory Again Flies Over Prescott Schoolhouse
William J. Spear urged flag restoration after halyards broke and selectmen failed to repair. A court order compelled the Prescott school to fly the American flag at once, enforcing a state standard for school flags.
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Old Glory
Randolph
Maass
Prescott
Paige
William J. Spear
Tie
SPLIT BUILDING TO MOVE IT AT CAMP MEADE MD
A building 800 feet long was split in two and moved about 600 yards by 800 men without special devices. They lifted both halves, then slowly pulled the structure to a new site, placing it within seven hours. A French electrician notes carbon filament lamps reach roughly 2,000 degrees in temperature.
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Camp Meade, Md
Paris Ban on War Rumors Targets Gossip During War
Paris enforces a broad crackdown on gossip and rumor spreading in public spaces. The police arrest and detain suspected chatterers, including the defeatist schoolteacher Mile. Helen Brion, and editor Charles Leon Rappoport, under a wartime law. Authorities vow no one is safe from charges if they undermine France’s war effort.
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Paris
Police
Conps
France
Charles- Leon Rappoport
UN Verle
le Journal du Peuple
Unified
Socialist Party
Rappoport
Shine
Sante
Bolo
Coillaux
Humbert
Mile
Helen Brion
Courtraartal
Clamenconu
Pranco
Patriot Liveryman Offers Team to Plow Thrift Gardens
Caldwell, proprietor of a sales stable in the city, offers to furnish a team to plow any thrift garden in the city to boost interest. He has received many calls since his offer was published.
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St. Louia
Caldwell
Tila City
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William D. Oliver
Alabama
Gotham Boys
Plot
Mickey
F. D. Adams
Universalist Church
Urbana
Finnee
Helen 8. Adams
Polise
Soe
Gothas
Pury
the Marne
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