How To Address Letters To Men In The Navy
Washington dispatch explains proper naval correspondence. It urges legible writing and knowing the ship or station of the sailor, giving sample addresses such as John Avery Smith on the U S S South Carolina care Postmaster New York City. It also advises contacting the Bureau of Navigation with full details to trace a man and to provide sailors with full enlistment information to speed mail delivery.
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United States Navy
John Avery Smith
U. S. S. South Carolina
New York City
N. Y
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Navy
Regular Navy
Marine Corps
National Naval Volunteers
National Naval Reserve Force
Naval Reserve Flying
Sought
Cumberland
Maryland
Brilliant Work In Patching Up Cut Cable System
London August 15 The Zodiac tells how the Fanning Island crew patched a severed cable after the Nurnberg cut it. Hugh Graig improvised a temporary repair using a pickaxe ropes and rafts to join the ends and relay urgent requests to Suva for full repair.
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London
Fanning Island
Ger
Pacific
Hugh Graig
Fanning Islands
Fanning-Sava
Fanning
Suva
Bone Dry Plans for Minnesota Statewide Amendment
Preliminary plans for a statewide bone dry constitutional amendment were discussed at a Minneapolis meeting August 15 under the Anti Saloon League of Minnesota. Leading prohibition workers from across the state attended the conference to map strategy for the next year.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Anti-Saloon League of Minnesota
Sugar Pocketing Becomes London Tearoom Habit
London diners amid wartime sugar shortages practice pocketing sugar from cups and teapots. Germans target sugar shipments, prompting small thefts as shoppers hide halves, thirds, or cube pieces in handbags, pockets, and envelopes. A new arrival is urged to save sugar for friends with a sweet tooth.
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London
Birthday of La Crosse Bishop Marking 70 Years
La Crosse Wis Aug 15 Rt Rev James Schwebach head of the Roman Catholic diocese of La Crosse received many greetings on his 70th birthday anniversary. Native of Luxemburg he came to the United States in 1864 and has served the La Crosse diocese since 1870 the year of his ordination. Last February he celebrated his silver jubilee as a bishop.
Reform of Judicial System In Russia Is Proceeding
Petrograd reports rapid reform under the provisional government introducing women magistrates and expanded peacetime courts. The Courts of Peace will be triad panels with election by a broad electorate including women, while rural chiefs are removed and peasant justice centralized under reformed magistrates.
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Russia
Petrograd
Associated Press
Alexander II
Volost
Zemski Natchalnik
Courts of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Peace Court
al Progressive
Duma
Adam the First and His Gentle Union
Cartoon’s Magazine describes Adam as a man of pleasant nature and a devoted husband. It recalls his silence about quarrels, his acceptance of his partner’s attire, and his reaction when she was fired for nibbling apples, choosing partnership over divorce.
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Adam
Palm Garden
Reno
Cartoon’s
National Negro Business League Meets in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee the 18th annual convention of the National Negro Business League opened for a three day session with topics including racial relations law enforcement and Negro migration to the north. affiliated groups such as the National Negro Retail Merchants Association and the National Negro Funeral Directors Association joined meetings alongside the convention.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
National Negro Business League
National Negro Retail Merchants’ Association
National Negro Funeral Directors’ Association
The
National Negro
West Point Cadet Chapel Receives Bell Memorial
Mrs. James M. Lewton presents a chime of bells to the cadet chapel at West Point as a memorial to her father Major General Robert Anderson who commanded Fort Sumter at the war’s start.
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James M. Lewton
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
West Point
Snow and Ice Halt Wyoming Cattle Grazing
Forest Ranger Russell reports three feet of snow at Silver Lake with the lake still frozen. Drifts reach at least 20 feet. Sheep range inaccessible until August and cattlemen cannot reach high range this summer due to deep snow. Snow may persist into next season despite warm weather.
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Cheyenne
Russell
Bridger Forest
Silver Lake
Virginia Tech hosts three day State Farmers' Institute
Blacksburg Virginia August 15 The Virginia Polytechnic Institute opens its annual Virginia State Farmers Institute with a large representative attendance marking the start of three days of meetings and programs.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State Farmers’ Institute
Bess Harville Dies At Home In Thomasville
Thomasville August 14 Bess Harville 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Harville died Sunday night after a month long illness She was an active Baptist Sunday school member The funeral services by Dr Mercer at the Baptist church and interment in the city cemetery occurred this morning
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Thomasville
Bess Harville
R. L. Harville
Baptist Sunday School
Mercer
Baptist Church
Lutheran Women Organize Delegates for Quadricentennial Meeting
The Lutheran women’s organizations plan to send delegates to a quadricentennial meeting commemorating the Lutheran Reformation, reflecting a coordinated participation by church groups.
City Transfer Co Promises Competent Hauling Service
The City Transfer Co. employs competent men and assures patrons the best of service. No job is too large for them to move with their auto service and 24 hour car hire. J. A. Dalton, Manager. Pay phone 25 Night phone 3441.
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City Transfer Co
J. A. Dalton
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