Army chaplains endure front line training and sacrifice
Washington report notes Father Dougherty and Rev Lyman H Rollins ordered from France to Camp Zachary Taylor to train alongside soldiers. Lt Rollins returned unscathed after leading a battalion over the top. Captain Walton S Danker was killed June 18 near a shell crater. The Louisville camp now trains chaplains as private recruits for five weeks while the Army staffs 700 chaplains with 350 awaiting assignments. Catholic and Protestant chaplains are named by church bodies.
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Father Dougherty
Lyman H. Rollins
France
Washington
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Meri
Rollins
Uot
New England Infantry
Walton S. Danker
Worcester
Mass
Frederick H. Danker
Young Men’s Christian Association
Leicheprey
Cantigny
Army
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Father O'Hearn
Pigeons of St Pauls Deterred by War Rations and Air Raids
London's pigeons at St Paul’s feed less and lose flesh due to war rations and air raids. Visitors are fewer and authorities restrict feeding under the Defense of the Realm Act. Birds avoid crowds, fear planes, and retreat to nearby buildings during bomb alerts, only returning at daylight.
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London
St Paul's
St. Paul's
Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul's Cathedral
Chaplains to Be Expanded At War Department Station
An assignment places a chaplain at a station near the war department for the purpose. About 200 additional chaplains will be added shortly.
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War Department
What Berliners May Eat During Course One Week
Amsterdam July 9 The present rations in Berlin are as follows the quantities for one person for one week Bread and flour 4 pounds Butter and margarine 244 ounces Potatoes 7 pounds Meat 41% ounces Bones 134 ounces Sausage 154 ounces Sugar 6 ounces In addition each person is allowed one egg a month Milk is provided only for children under six and for invalids
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Amsterdam
Berli
Dialogue in Televaaf highlights Dutch wheat access dispute
An imaginary exchange between a Dutchman and a German, published in Televaaf, satirizes Dutch wheat access to America. The German refuses Dutch tonnage for wheat, arguing trade favors him while exposing hunger and coercive dynamics in wartime exchange.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Televraaf
America
Holland
Ship Repair Yards Keep British Fleet Moving
London reports major wartime effort in maintaining British ships afloat through repair yards. From August 3, 1917, to April 25, 1918, 9307 vessels repaired and restored, totaling 16,150,600 gross tons. Weekly averages rise with some weeks over 500,000 tons. one week saw 2,126,301 gross tons in land storage. Five ships over 20,000 tons left yards in a single week. An official chart shows berth occupancy and clearance times across the United Kingdom.
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London
United Kingdom
Three Pay Penalty for Killing Nineteen Russians
Vladivostok dispatch reports a murder on a suburban estate that left nineteen dead. Three suspected assassins were killed as militia and Red Guards pursued them from a restaurant to a fleeing carriage, with one suspect shot dead by a Montenegro.
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Vladivostok
Dreakalovitch
Red
Phaeton
Montenegro
Prisoners Receive Large Mail Volume Through Switzerland
Berne reports a record May for mail to prisoners of war in allied and central nations. Over twenty million letters and cards were processed to concentration camps in Germany France Italy and Austria. From May 1 to May 15 all mail to British prisoners in Germany moved via Berne.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
France
Italy
Austria
The
Post
Sugar Dealers Urged to File Statements for 30 Day Sugar Quota
The Food Administration requires all sugar dealers and users including hotels boarding houses and institutions to file statements of their needs by July 15 to receive certificates for a 30 day sugar supply. Wholesalers and jobbers will get certificates now to cover existing stock. Records of all sales must be kept with purchaser name quantity and price and kept for inspection.
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Food Administration
Raleigh
Greensboro Lady Recovers Using Dreco Medicine
Mrs. F. Alberty of Proximity station Greensboro reports dramatic relief after taking Dreco. She describes five pound weight gain, improved color, resolved constipation, restored sleep, and renewed ability to do housework. Her husband plans to take Dreco as well, with Ring Drug Co selling it in High Point.
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F. Alberty
Proximity Station
Greensboro
Dreco
Alberty
Poultry Boost Urged to Increase Meat Supply
The Food Administration backs the Agricultural Extension Service in promoting poultry in the state urging farmers to save every pullet and sell only cockerels for broilers. It notes raising chickens to maturity offers greater meat output than cattle and hogs with current prices favoring poultry and eggs.
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Raleigh
Food Administration
Agricultural Extension Service
Graham flour from new wheat gains interest in North Carolina
The Food Administration urges grinding new crop wheat into graham flour as mills report limited ability to process the new grain. Officials expect no more imported flour to the state and note graham flour from the new crop is sweet, wholesome, and likely to become popular despite milling difficulties.
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Raleigh
Graham
The
Food Administration
North Carolina
Hoover Remarks on World Hunger and German Militarism
Food Administrator Hoover warned that 400 million in Europe face starvation with millions more underfed in Poland Finland Serbia Armenia and Russia. He called the crisis the worst act of German militarism since civilization began.
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Europe
Poland
Finland
Serbia
Armenia
Russia
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Copy
An advertisement from Mann Drug Co. touts Foley Kidney Pills as preferred by users for kidney and bladder relief. It claims benefits include easing backache sharp pains rheumatism swelling tiredness nervous tension and sleep disturbances.
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Mann Drug Co
Foley Cathartic Tablets Endorsement Notice
Geo Jenner of 416 Labor street San Antonio Texas endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best laxative for constipation and biliousness. He recommends them for travel and for relief of sick headache bloating or other digestion related issues. Mann Drug Co.
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Geo. Jenner
Labor Street
San Antonio
Tex
Mann Drug Co
See Cyclone Higgins at the Rose Theatre Tomorrow
Cyclone Higgins, D. D., appears at the Rose Theatre in an upcoming performance scheduled for tomorrow. The engagement promises a notable showing for local theater patrons.
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Cyclone Higgins
D. D
Rose Theatre
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