Boy Scouts Answer Call of War with Civic Service
A wartime guide outlines how the Boy Scouts of America will aid the nation if the United States enters war. Scouts will support civil authorities, assist in notices, protect property, relay messages, aid Red Cross relief, and mobilize in emergencies while preserving program integrity and character development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
United States
Germany
Congress of the United States
America
Boy Scout Movement
Aivic
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts of America
Soy Scouts of America
Phape
ROW WARS HAVE STARTED
A compilation notes how major wars began with key provocation events. It cites Madison era tensions and war declarations, New Orleans battle, Crimean War triggers, Fort Sumter shooting, Franco-Prussian war, Bismarck assassination attempt, the Maine explosion, and a hypothetical U-boat act as a prelude to war with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
England
Madison
America
New Orleans
Ghent
Jackson
Russia
Moldavia
France
Fort Sumter
Strasburg Bridge
Napoleon II
Bismarck
Unter den Linden
Maine
New World
Germany
American aid plan rebuilds French village after war
In Vitrimont near Luneville, Mrs. William Crocker of San Francisco spearheads a businesslike reconstruction of a bombed village. Daisy Polk administers relief as 34 of 70 houses are shelled or burned. New plans add sanitary standards, ventilation, and separated cattle sheds, with a tree-lined main road and prominent central town hall and school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preagg
Vitrimont
Luneville
France
Vilage
William Crocker
San Francisco
Lorraine
Daisy Polk
Miss Polk
William G. Sharp
Strangest of Sea Animals Walruses
National Geographic describes walruses or sea horses as grotesque sea mammals with large rugged heads two long ivory tusks and hairless wrinkled skin. Males weigh 2000 to 3000 pounds while females are about two thirds that size. they display strong maternal instinct and defend their young despite danger as Eskimos hunt near Cape Vancouver in the Bering Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Vancouver
Bering Sea
Wild walrus encounters and old females menace hunters
N. W. McConnell of Riverdale Ga reports danger from mother walruses when hunters approach, noting no ivory spears or bone points used and the mother’s furious charges. Some old females patrol after forcing a hunter to ice refuge, roaring and menacing. Foley Cathartic Tablets advertised with claims of cleansing and gentle effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. McConnell
Riverdale,Ga
Ann Drug Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Geographic Magazine
Coca-Cola Company
High Point Bottling Co
Ibe
Washngton
Via
Southern Railway System
North Carolina
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Charlotte
Salisbury
High Point
Greensboro
Hickory
Statesville
North Wilkesboro
Mt. Airy
Albemarle
Winston-Salem
Siler City
Boca Toe
W. H. Howard
Washington, D. C
Pullman
S. E. Burgess
Charlotte, N. C
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