THAT CAMP AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS SEEMS
C. M. Brown reports Camp Greene in Charlotte draws strong local pride with 14.0 percent of trainees from western states. Soldiers travel the city, visit churches, dine with families, and pose with Kodak images while blue to black hat cords mark machine gun units. Camp Greene is described as a city within itself with multiple remount stations and a large base hospital anticipated to grow.
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C. M. Brown
Charlotte
Camp Greene
Rome
Idaho
Soldiers and Women Break Up Big Pacifist Meeting
London crowd of soldiers and women disrupted a pacifist meeting at Brotherhood church Kingsland. A bonfire was lit, flames were extinguished by police, and the pastor was dragged to the back door while outside demonstrators sang war songs. Police cleared the building after the disturbance.
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London
Two Army Men at Bingham School This Year
At Bingham School in Mebane on October 8, Captain B. Creech U.S. Army returns as drill master guiding cadets toward veteran precision. Captain Ht. Gray has spent summer in New York state and resumes duties. Captain G. L Cooper from Georgia Tech joins as mathematics professor and athletic contributor.
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Bingham School
Mebane
B. Creech
U.S A
Bingham
Gray
New York State
G. L Cooper
Georgia
Tech
Cooper
Germans ship silver in hope of improving exchange rates
Copenhagen reports the Germans are shipping silver instead of gold to raise exchange rates. Three cars of silver bars, overseen by imperial bank officials, crossed the Danish frontier at Vamdrup yesterday. Exchange stands at 4.475, versus 4.89 par.
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Copenhagen
Vamdrup
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed by Bertram Bros
North state retailers back Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable cough remedy for varying weather. Bertram Bros of Green Bay Wisconsin report they have used it and recommend it for relief of croup opening air passages and ease of breathing. Mann Drug Co.
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Bertram Bros
Green Bay Wis
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Psychology to guide new national army selection
Washington reports psychology will aid the new national army as a sister to intelligence. Tests at Camps Devens Dix Lee and Taylor will assess 160,000 men to judge promotion or assignment to special duties under a commission of four officers and six civilians.
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Washington
Devens
Dix
Lee and
Taylor
American Psychological Association
Surgeon-General
Cooperation Promised in Raising Service Fund
Telegrams poured into the war camp community service headquarters promising cooperation in raising the service fund. Mobilization of hospitality is the new description of this undertaking adopted by the war and navy departments committee to emphasize the work is serious and to strengthen morale and fighting efficiency by improving surroundings for training camps.
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Washington
War Camp Community Service Headquarters
War and Navy Departments
Auto Train Collision Kills Two at Deep Creek Crossing
In Norfolk near Portsmouth a car collided with the Norfolk and Western Cannon Ball train at the Deep Creek grade crossing. Charles Cadallis of Norfolk and an unidentified man died instantly as the auto was demolished. No eye witnesses reported the wreck.
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Norfolk
Norfolk and Western Railway
Deep Creek
Portsmouth
Charles Cadallis
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