On Ships Has a Busy Time on the Transit to France
London reports a bustling scene aboard British transports for American troops bound for France. Soldiers flood the shipboard canteens for candy and gum, while barber shops attract curious recruits. They compare English money and joke about coins and tips, learning a foreign shore’s currency as war rages.
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France
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Uncle Sam
California
The
Kaiser Reads The Twenty Third Psalm Parody
A distorted mock reading twists the Psalm into a nationalist wartime vent, naming nations and territories. It portrays violence and dominion as rightful, framed by a self described ruler’s perspective and ironical religious imagery.
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Kaiser
Washington visit for British senior pilot Captain Hammond
Captain J. J. Hammond, senior pilot in the British flying corps, is in Washington recuperating from pneumonia contracted on arrival in the United States. A nine year flyer with three and a half years in the British army, he is forty and plans to thrill Washington residents with his airplane demonstrations.
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British Flying Corps
Washington
Household Orderlies proposed for London servants plan
Women in England may be called household orderlies under a Women’s Industrial Council scheme. A nationwide corps would train and employ women for domestic work at about thirty shillings for a forty eight hour week. Centers would include training schools restaurants and housing with a management board setting charges hours holidays and uniforms. The plan aims to provide a career option for girls after war and reduce reliance on traditional domestic service. Also reported a Wisconsin man, W W Olds, pleaded guilty to impersonating a government officer, fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to two years in Fort Leavenworth.
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London
England
Women's Industrial Council
Superior
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W. W. Olds
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Earplug plan to cut munition factory accidents
Washington reports England suggests earplugging workers to blunt noise and calm minds, arguing speed raises accidents. Night shifts show lower incidents. partitions and isolation may aid focus. Weather affects accident rates, with more in cold and less in warm conditions.
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Washington
England
Y M C A and Y W C A Plan Major War Drive
Minneapolis report says the Y M C A and the Y W C A will launch a cooperative drive late this summer to raise 115 million dollars to support war work, with inauguration slated for next fall and details released at local headquarters.
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BIG Drive
Minneapolis
Minn
German Cities See Severe Privations Amid Political Tension
New York dispatch reports Deputy von Fearder in the Prussian Diet warns Germans face great privations amid a tense political climate. He urges equal suffrage legislation and closer contact between conservative parties and the masses to prevent worsening conditions.
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Von
Fearder
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