Plans to build a channel tunnel from England to Ireland
A column of general-interest items notes proposed plans for a transchannel tunnel England to Ireland, rising costs in France, the rapid growth of the Junior Red Cross, and various wartime industrial and social developments including a licensed woman preacher in Elmora and a new British reinforced concrete vessel.
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England
Ireland
Red Cross
North Presbyterian Church
Elmora
France
Conscientious Objectors Court-Martialed at Camp Zachary Taylor
Twenty seven conscientious objectors were court-martialed at Camp Zachary Taylor for refusing to obey orders. Penalties ranged from ten to twenty years.
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Zachary Taylor
Postponing the Quarter and a Thrift Stamp Pact
A neighborhood girl hires a boy to do work. The boy and a friend argue over splitting a quarter. The second boy offers to gamble for the whole amount, then suggests buying a thrift stamp with the quarter to start a partnership book, and they proceed.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Save Fruit Stones for Gas Masks Urges Pennsylvania Defense
The Red Cross supports saving peach stones and other fruit pits to produce carbon for American Army gas masks. The Pennsylvania Council of National Defense issues a bulletin urging collection of peach stones apricot pits prune pits olive pits date seeds cherry pits plum pits Brazil nut shells walnuts and butternuts. Depots are set up statewide and material must be dry and decay free to be usable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hershey
Pennsylvania Council of National Defense
The
County Councils of National Defense
Brazil
Gas Defense Division
A Popular Tale About Potatoes
A Washington Star piece quips on claims of buried treasure literature, contrasting fiction with practical guidance as it offers expert advice on how to plant potatoes.
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Washington Star
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War Industries Board
Great Britain
United States
Charles of
Rumania
Ferdinand
Philadelphia
Washington
New South
New York
Russia
Alexander F. Kerensky
U.S
Edward N. Hurley
U. S&s Shipping Board
War Department
Rene Fouck
Air Service
Romania Foreign Legion
Theodore Roosevelt
Williamstown
N. J
Bulgaria
America
Michigan
Wilson
Edward Thomas Denby
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Arkansas
Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Ohio
F. D. Blessing & Son
Hummelstown
Blessing
Edwin H. Blessing
Philadelphia Ledger
Hershey Central
Screen
William Farnus
Victor Hugo
Hearst-Pathe News
Hershey Orchestra
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