Effects of Dead Sold at Auction on British Navy Deck
London reports describe the sale of dead sailors belongings aboard ships under an old naval custom. Personal items like letters are sent to kin first, then the rest are auctioned on deck with the master-at-arms as auctioneer. Proceeds often aid next of kin, while deserter kits go to the national treasury, though rarely fetch more than a few shillings.
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London
Jan
Popwar
National Treasury
Gen Babbitt to Command Brigade of Artillery
Brigadier General RE Babbitt, assistant to the chief of ordnance, has been selected to command a brigade of artillery in a new regular division. His successor has not yet been named.
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Babbitt
Washington, Jan
RE. B. Babbitt
Substitutes Define German Food Scene After War
Professor Juckenack, a German food expert, states Berlin papers report Germany has introduced ten thousand substitute food articles since the war. He highlights artificial butter substitutes, salad oil, honey, milk, coffee, tea sugar, tobacco, fish, sausage, cheese and caviar as notable examples. Some substitutes are harmful while others may endure beyond the war as regular staples.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
Juckenack
Treasures Cared For By Italians
Major Sir F P Fi lippi describes Italian efforts to protect art in wartime Venice and other cities with shielding, packing, and drainage. Titian’s Assumption and other works moved to safety as bombs fall. Washington denial on packing plant receivership follows a consumer trial offer.
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FP. de Filippi
Royal Academy
Italy
Venice
St. Mark
Titian
Accademia
First Church Erected by Soldiers in Camp
Spartabourg S C Jan 8 The first church built by soldiers at any army camp in the United States is under construction at Camp Wadaworth. Funds and work are supplied by Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt 102d engineers. The building features an engineer temple front and plans describe a handsome structure. Dr Horace R Fell formerly rector of St Alban s church High Bridge N Y is chaplain of the lid engineers.
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Spartabourg
S.C
United States
Camp Wadaworth
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Horace R. Fell
St. Alban’s Church
High Bridge
N. Y
Lid
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