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Private Carroll P. Craig of 108th Field Artillery recounts his Aug 18 wounding near Chevy Fismes after a shell from a howitzer killed his horse and wounded him in the calf while returning from the support lines with three other soldiers. He arrived home on furlough to be reported severely wounded in today’s casualty list.
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Carroll P. Craig
North Second Street
Craig
108Th Field Artillery
Chevy
Fismes
United States
Rahway
N. J
General Hospital No. 3
Harry Renard Fishman
Moses Fishman
North Fifth Street
112Th Infantry
Fishman
Telegraph
Sevral
Charles F. Dinkel
Columbia
Donald McClure
Danville
Women Railroad Workers Under State Law
Attorney General Brown told Walter McNichols that Pennsylvania should handle women rail workers' hours and roles on U S government railroads. The State Industrial Board may adjust the female labor law to permit hours deemed suitable, within state police power, unless Congress acts or courts change the law. The act is said not to regulate commerce, only affects employment of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Walter McNichols
Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
State Industrial Board
Master Bobby Goodman Gives Dollar to Poor
Christmas spirit prompts young Bobby Goodman of 2307 Hoffer Street to send a dollar to the Telegraph editor for distribution to a needy child through Associated Charities. Clara E Poist, 73, longtime St. Peters Methodist member of Harrisburg, dies at home on North Sixth Street. funeral Friday at 1:30 pm in Gast Harrisburg cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Goodman
Hoffer Street
the Telegraph
Associated Charities
Clara E. Poist
Pifth Street Methodist Church
North Sixth Street
John R. Hutter
Enola
Carrie M. Reynolds
M. Watt
Hershey
D. F. Poist
A. A. Poist
Harrisburg
Poist
Man Charged as Bomb Plotter Taken by Police
Milwaukee authorities report Dominick Castrella arrested in Lancaster PA on charges tied to the Milwaukee police station blast last November and the Chicago federal building bombing. His wife accuses him of involvement in multiple killings and robberies, including actions linked to her deserted husband and his brother Bruno, now jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Castrella
Bruno Costerella
Fort Leavenworth
Costerella
Chicago
Duluth
Mino
Dominick
William C. Sharp
France
Wilson
America
Brest
New York
Robert Woods Bliss
City Advances in Red Cross Campaign
Harrisburg leaders praised local workers for their Red Cross drive showing as wartime demand waned. Chairman Farquhar of York urged continued efforts, noting eight months of strong support and hope for several more months of active membership. Red Cross HQ received a $110 contribution from Athens Georgy for Palace candy store and Victoria Theater donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings
Harrisburg
Red Cross
Athens
President to Talk to Yankee Soldiers in London Visit
President Wilson plans a small, intimate banquet with an Imperial War Cabinet group in London. He will dine with King George at Buckingham Palace and accompany Mrs Wilson to Paris, Chaumont and London for a busy round of engagements with army leaders, dignitaries, and shopping stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Lancaster House
Imperial War Cabinet
Mr. Wilson
King George
Buckingham Palace
Wilson
London
Palace
Georg
Queen Mary
United States
Buhl
Paris
Chaumont
England
General Pershing
Calais
Channel
Dover
Guild Hall
Manchester
Carlisle
France
Admiral Grayson
Edith Benham
Murat
America
Merchant Marine Draws Soldiers With Discharge
Washington reports three hundred applications daily from soldiers awaiting discharge to join the Merchant Marine. War Department authorized recruiters visit army camps to present facts about seafaring careers, with no direct recruiting at camps. Applicants sign a card and, after discharge, proceed to a Shipping Board agency for enrollment as sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
War Department
Merchant Marine Recruiting Service
Lfe
Shipping Board
National Guard Disrupted by War Department Opinion
The War Department released an opinion by Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell stating that National Guard members drafted into federal service are discharged from the militia and cannot revert to National Guard status after mustering out. The ruling suggests Pennsylvania Reserve Militia could become the nucleus of a new National Guard, with legislation in preparation to address the transition and timing of mustering out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Bigadier
Samuel T. Ansell
Geenral Crowder
War Department
General March
Staye
Federal Service
Judge Advocate General
Ansell
State Capitol
Theennsylvania Reserve Militia
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pennsylvania Reserve Militia
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Jake
Nou
BY Fisher
Private Craig
Shell
Fritz
Milwaukee
Wis
Inick Costerella
Chicago Federal Building
Lancaster
Lamsport, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
Allentown
Francis Farquhar
York
D'Jou
Pops Christmas
Sharp
Williams Valley Hospital
Williamstown
Upper End
Pottsville
Washington
New Cumberland
Hoff Store
M. A. Hoff
J. Frank Boush
Rosa Grand
Abe Grand
Cumberland St
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