Red Cross Home Service Strengthens Soldier Morale
A report from the Red Cross home service section stresses the importance of reliable home letters and cheerful news to sustain morale of American troops overseas. General statements credit Mr Parsons and the corps for maintaining welfare, with emphasis on prompt, sympathetic action to reassure families and support soldiers’ mental outlook.
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Red‘Cross
W. Frank
Red Cross
Rom
Grout
Homd' Sarvice
Woman completes eight day auto trip to Oklahoma City
Mrs. G. B. Rowland of Bik City, wife of a Camp Gordon soldier, arrived in Oklahoma City after an eight day drive from the Georgia camp. She followed Sheroun’s route to the sea on her return, while Mrs. Havyinodl visited Ben Breland in Georgia who planned to depart overseas.
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Georgia
Oklahoma City
Okla
G. B. Rowland
Bik City
Camp Gordon
Havyinodl
Ben Breland
Song
Sherouin
Airplane Menace Scare Hint In Indy Resident Hurt
A 93 year old Mrs. Logan Tingley of Bushville Indiana was badly hurt when an oil can dropped from the sky while she sat in her yard. The article speculates the can fell from an airplane and laments future dangers of flying machines in a grim, satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Logan Tingley
Bushville
Ind
Taney
Bote
Huns Are Poor Fighters Say U S Army Letter
A letter from Ospt. J. J. Birestone to friends in Pittsburgh argues German troops are inferior to Americans. It claims American soldiers show more initiative, bravery, and leadership, while enemy officers may be better trained though that ends there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ospt
J. J. Birestone
Cheering the wounded at convalescent hospital scene
In New York and Paris, supporters cheer American soldiers convalescing at a military hospital. Wounded, the soldiers receive encouragement from varied aid workers and citizens as the Sixth Division continues recovery efforts.
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Ass Winifred Lot
Bind
New York
Ghd
Paris
Atherican Solidiers
Cyncaqtion
Americans Help Run Verdun Rail Lines to St Menchould
American railway engineers took over a Verdun rail section near Verdun and now operate the French lines westward to St Menchould. Locomotives reach near German lines nightly. two Chicago and Mississippi men, Denys L Hall and Joseph E Gale, won the Croix de Guerre for bravery at a Verdun station. The system, known as the two hit go, is now maintained largely by Americans with station agents also being American.
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Fennec
Chicago Railway
Chilney
Verdun
St. Menchould
Denys L. Hall
Maryland Avenue
Chicago
Joseph BE
Gale
Pope, Miss
United States
Parrot Test At Magistrate Turns On Oh Boy Display
New York tale tells of Mrs Mary Goard suing Mrs Stlin Lutman over a parrot claimed to belong to Goard. The parrot was placed in a gilt cage before Magistrate Anocuse who ordered the parrot to say Oh boy and papa. The judge ruled Mrs Board must repay Mrs Taitoma 4.60 before dismissal with the bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anocuse
Mary Goard
Stlin Lutman
Travels Long Way Alone Seventeen Boy Heads to Japan
Zeatti¢, Waosh.-Guy de Worzes, twelve years old, travels alone toward Tokyo where his father serves as secretary of the Belgian legation. Educated in Groton Moss, he has journeyed widely including two years in Persia. He fears war munition restrictions and carries a small gun he hopes to avoid using.
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Guy
de Worzes
Japan
Legation
Groton
Moss
Persia
Tokyo
Belgium
Gay
Girls Organize Baby Brigade in Cleveland
Lydia Woldke, fourteen, formed a local group named the Borrow-s-Baby Brigade to aid women with babies who will perform Red Cross tasks if childcare is provided. She seeks members aged fourteen to seventeen as organizers assign roles and recruit sisters.
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Cleveland
Lyuia Woldke
Lydia Ig
Aring
German Language Ban Sparks School Controversy in East Claires
A fragment from a Wisconsin newspaper notes that East Claires public schools moved to ban the German language amid a policy debate. The report mentions authorities citing security concerns and public schools facing pressure from local officials.
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East Claires Wis
Big City
Italian Captain Drove Hold at Piave Bridge Heroic Stand
New York report recounts Captain Guardabassi of the Italian Grenadiers who halted a panic driven retreat along the Carso to the Piave in October 1917. He stood atop a bridge to steady troops of the Third Army, inspiring discipline and enabling a reformed position on the Piave. The officer, once an aid to General Peto, later traveled to the United States on a special mission and told his story to promote Italy in New York society.
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New York
Bitek
Hallan
America
Prise Liont
Francesco Mario Guaninhass
Perugh
Egernette Coperator
Hich
Tienrgant Guariavassh
Garso
Piave
Guardabass
Tilsinu
Third Army
Guardabnassi
Poilu
Italy
Aner Jonns
United States
Saphin
Goardalessi
Lew
Ayhen
Tagliamento
Carao-Togguiamento
Sarehy
Seg
Peto
Fent
Iran
Oes
Ant Weand
Helleves
Hells
Thorpie
Nya
Gierdalags
Ha l
Tle Studte
Amerlen
Mels
Metropolitan Opera Company
Repatriation of Prisoners of War Through Switzerland
More than 800,000 prisoners were exchanged and returned to their countries through Swiss mediation by mid night, with Switzerland coordinating aid and hospitality. The effort, backed by the pope and International Red Cross, extended to severely wounded, disabled, and civilian internees, and included food, clothing, and medical care as the war's end neared.
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Berns
Giels
Dors
Genes
Priggners
Ealves
Switzerlang
Pope
Switzerland
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Swiss Federal Council
International Wed Cross
Geneva
H Lm
Oe Belligeranta
Aiil
Fingly
Bahia
Germiny
Belgium
Hel- Alvin
Syyttzeetnad
Itedi
Leen
Mort Linai
Auronghi
Nigra
Allathoo Jottuws
Tranelt
Gemadny
Austrit
Gunshoe
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ER Moray
Mae”sachusetts
Traub
Belg. Gov
Peter B. Traub
U.S. Infantry
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