Women WAACs at the Front Fill 23 000 Item Ordnance Store
A London Telegraph report from France details British women in the WAAC roles at ordnance depots. They master a new vocabulary and codes, handle 23 000 items, and operate Wheatstone systems. The article notes strong training, French assistance, and pride in blue and white armlets as they replace men in stores and repair plants. Scotland provides many of the workers, with vast depots, vehicle and artillery repair, and clothing stores expanding to staffed shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance Department
London Daily Telegraph
France
Post Office
Scotland
London General Qmalbus
Wolseley
Ice yacht skipper Brings speed to Shrewsbury waters
A fearless young woman pilots a fast ice yacht along the Shrewsbury River within the Jersey capes. She spins the icy lanes with nerves of steel, facing risks of collisions, fog, and falling into open water, yet smiles with faith in good fortune.
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Lee
Shrewsbury
Jersey Capes
10000 Skilled Men Sought for Aviation Section Service
The Aviation Section of the Signal Corps calls for 10000 skilled mechanics to enter service. Qualified registrants and those not registered may apply to local boards or recruiting stations. Trades include machinists, electricians, welders, carpenters, crane and engine specialists, and more. Sent to San Antonio for trade segregation then brief training before overseas service. Further info via Air Division, Personnel Department, Washington DC. Ordnance base costing about 25000000 dollars for forces in France is planned.
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Aviation
Signal Corps
Puro
San Antonio
Tex
Air Division
Washington, D.C
Ordnance
France
Strange Graft Dead Whale Prize Won by Adventurous Fisherman
Farmers along the bay shore near Broadkiln Beach Delaware prepared to defend homes as a mysterious craft appeared then vanished. Adventurous fisherman Charity Need approached and found a dead whale stranded near Slaughter Neck at the Frank Waples farm viewed by hundreds. Teed hauled the 57 foot whale to Lewes fisheries to be made into oil. at current oil prices he could net several hundred dollars. The whale is believed shot in mid ocean.
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Broadkiln Beach
Milton
Del
Cedar Beach
Charity Need
Frank Waples
Slaughter Neck
Meet After Many Years Between Siblings in California
J Trotter city clerk of Pomona and his sister Mrs I L Jesscott of Philadelphia reunited after 42 years apart. Trotter left Cork Ireland to seek work as a waiter and later became Pomona city clerk for twenty years. A Los Angeles newspaper story led Mrs Jesscott to contact him after decades.
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J. Trotter
Pomona
Cal
Mra. I. L. Jesscott
Philadelphia
Trotter
Cork
Ireland
Gatlor
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Itrrej
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Fla
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A. W. McMillen
Arcadia
Penna
Patronize Progress Advertisers
Ajax
Goodrich
United States
Wil Cox
Bucyrus
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Indiana
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