Stay in School Dear Youth on the Wartime Duty
Education is vital as war reshapes work and defense. Leaders urge students to remain in school rather than take quick jobs. closures or half days may be needed to sustain national strength and postwar leadership. The piece cites Baker Daniels Wilson and German education as cautionary contrasts urging durable schooling.
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Department of Education
Ls Angeles State Normal School
Uncle Sam
Cape
Council of Defense
Baker
Army
Daniels
Navy
Lowel
Harvard University
Wood
Wilson
Bureau of Education
Washington
France
Italy
Great Brita
England
Royal pancake feast delights King and Queen in London
King George and Queen Mary visited Eagle Hut at a Y M C A pancake event in London to sample American corn cakes and watch fighters prepare them. Six Y M C A bakers served 6,124 soldiers and sailors in the first fifteen days, with a Tennessee youth gaining the king’s attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Y. M.C
King George
Queen Mary
London Eagle Hut
Turner
Georgia Man Gassed At Front Honored For Bravery
The Rev. Daniel R. Kennedy Jr formerly of Savannah Georgia and a Red Triangle worker receives honorary mention for coolness and bravery after being gassed in a Y hut during a German attack in France. He is recovering and writes I guess no one is afraid to pay the price if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chateau Thierry
Daniel R. Kennedy, Jr
Savannah
Red Triangle
Three War Medals Bestowed on Y Hero
W A Roberts, a YMCA worker in France, received the Croix de Guerre the Legion of Honor badge and the Medal Militaire in three months. Formerly an auditor of disbursements for the YMCA in France he handled over a quarter of a million dollars daily. He went overseas February 12 was wounded at Soissons rescued a YMCA secretary in the Toul sector and was then sniped at Chateau Thierry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
W. A. Roberts
Roberts
France
Iie
Michigan Central Railroad
Soissons
Toul
Chateau Thierry
YMCA Calls Men for Southern Camps in War Work
Atlanta August 25. Men with leadership urged by the War Personnel Board of the YMCA to serve in Southeast home camps. Dr. W W Alexander says 1,000 men needed from now to year end, 25 per month per state, to support soldiers in camps like Jordan Jackson Wheeler and others. Overseas service also sought, but home camps must grow.
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Atlanta
Army
Navy
W W. Alexander
War Personnel Board
M C. A. War Work Council
Dr. Alexander
Southeast
Eh State
Jordan
Jackson
Wheeter
Y M C A Huts In Southeast Serve Soldiers In 1917 18
Attendance in Y M C A huts across six Southeastern states reached millions in the fiscal year July 1 1917 to July 1 1918. Soldiers wrote 32 889 002 letters and sent money orders totaling 2 463 744 dollars. Religious meetings numbered 16 468 with 3 464 461 attendees and 223 232 scriptures distributed.
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L. Porter
Atlanta
Red Triangle
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Misssissippi
Florida
The kidneys work day and night to filter impurities
The piece notes kidneys tirelessly filter toxins from blood, protecting the body from aches when impurities remain unchecked. It emphasizes their natural, essential role in maintaining health and homeostasis.
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Boys and Girls OF America
Boys and Girls of
America
United States
State Council of Defense
Ant
Germany
Prussia
Vercons
Mann Drug Co
Calomel
Trad, Mark
London Cigarettes
Y.M.C.A
NL Lions OF Soldiers Charm Y.M.C. A. Huts
Southeastern Department
Certain-teed Products Corporation
Manufacturers of
Beeson Hardware Co
Te Peoples House Furnishing Co. Safety
William Armstrong
Mrs. Armstrong Fur
Nished
Tober
Peppies House
Nishing Company
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