Young Officers in Charge of Germans
German prisoners complain of junior officers lacking training and experience as youths from universities and merchants’ sons fill command after four weeks. Vacancies rise as regular officers are reassigned, with sergeant majors and reserve officers leading front-line units. The system aims to preserve a lasting military caste after the war.
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Front
Associated Press
Couks
Mercohents
Germany
Red
Snpre
Curtains Dropped as Tehistopol Men Order Bigger Handkerchiefs
Peregrad reports in Tehistopol district of Kaban province that Mohammedan Tartar men compel wives and daughters to sew extra material to head coverings. The face tab once used as a veil has worn thin. husbands now demand larger handkerchiefs to restore modesty.
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Tehistopol
Province of
Kaban
Huge salvage scheme put in operation by British experts
London, Jan 8 A huge salvage scheme to save Britain 500 million dollars yearly is to be run by a board of twelve army experts. They will collect and repurpose war material left unused in France, making copper steel and other commodities available. Dumps in France are vast and would take thousands of men weeks to remove, but the plan will be phased to avoid straining front line labor.
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London
Great Britain
France
United States
South Carolina lawmakers may pass a bone dry law
Columbia expects the 73d annual session to push a bone dry liquor measure as a substitute for the current limit of one quart per month. A $50,000 appropriation for the state council of defense is also planned to place resources on a war footing.
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Columbia
D. C
State Council of Defense
Rountree Making Good Roads Tour Through Arkansas and Texas
J A Rountree secretary of the United States Good Roads association and Bankhead Highway group leaves Birmingham for a three week tour of Arkansas and Texas. He will meet Gov. Brough and city officials in Little Rock to plan the April exhibits and May meetings. He then travels to Fort Smith and Booneville to address crowds and discuss route feasibility. The mission aims to inspect paths from Little Rock to Los Angeles with engineers and citizens assisting.
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Bankhead National Highway Association
Birmingham
Arkansas
Texas
Rountree
Little Rock Ark
Chas. Brough
Chamber of Commerce
United States Good Roads Association
United States Good Roads
Little Rock
United States
Gov Brough
Fort Smith
Ark
Booneville
Gov. Brough
Memphis
Reading
S. Plowman
Bankhead Highway Association
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Cal
Hot Springs
Texarkana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Bankhead National High
Drunkenness Among U S Troops Abroad Charged
The Methodist Episcopal board claims drunkenness and disease plague guard houses and hospitals in France with American soldiers. It says breweries influence war department policy, leaving overseas troops less protected than those in training camps at home. General Pershing reportedly forbade purchase of intoxicants beyond beer or light wine anditos talks with French authorities to ban sales to soldiers.
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Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
France
War Department
General Pershing
Fuel administrator bans long distance phone service
Greensboro reports that due to severe congestion the state fuel administration suspends long distance telephone service. A. W. McAlister urges use of telegraph where letters fail to meet requirements and asks citizens to adapt communications accordingly.
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Greensboro
Jan
State Fuel Administration Office
A. W. McAlister
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Peregrad
Mohammedan
South Carolina
Essible
Ial
Fairbank Company
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Ala
J. A. Rountree
JU. S
RHONE
R. F. Aews
NEW York. Life.insurance
Broadway
Paramount
Velteee Ucuts
Clarit
Stroies
Saturday Evening Post
Clark
Prudence
North Carolina Public Service Company
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