Weekly War News Digest Pigeon losses spark signals drive and training updates
The War Department expands the Signal Corps pigeon section as hunting deaths threaten Army communication. Officers urge reporting of labeled pigeons. Special athletic courses at Camp Kearny and boxing at Camp Lewis and Upton continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
United States
War Department
Land Division
Washinngton
Camp Kearney
Linda Vista
Cal
Leutenant
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
The Romance of Silk Screened At Hershey Store
The film The Romance of Silk will be shown at Hershey Department Store on Friday March 1 and Saturday March 2 with showings at 3 p m and 7 p m. The article also notes Food Administration price guidelines for wholesalers and retailers in flour and mill packages. It closes with a patriotic call to defend liberty and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silk
Hershey
United States Food Administration
Treasury plans biweekly five hundred million dollar notes
Secretary McAdoo announces subscriptions every two weeks for new Liberty Loan Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of five hundred million dollars or more. He estimates banks will subscribe about three billion before the next Liberty Loan, with national and state banks holding vast resources that dwarf the issue. The effort is framed as a manageable use of banking strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Treasury
United States
Our War Aims and Civic Duty in WWI Era Plea
Public appeals link Wilson McAdoo and Cardinal Gibbons to wartime sacrifice and national resolve. The message stresses that peace aims must be shared globally and that citizens cannot waste resources on luxuries while soldiers fight in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Carolinal Gibbons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington, D. C
Camp Upton
Yaphank
N. Y
Secretary of War
France
Commission On
Detroit
Atlantic
Buffalo
Seaboard
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Atlantic Seaboard
Lane
Veterinary Corps
The
Food Administration
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
United States Lighthouse Service
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Belding
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!