Holding Down His Job Behind the Front Lines
A World War I profile of Tom Barber, a canteen worker near the trenches who delivers comforts to soldiers. He moves through orchards and ruined villages to stock his canteen, which offers chocolate, magazines, and news from home. Despite danger and gas alerts, Barber treats his duty as simply his job.
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A. H. Gurney
Tom Barber
Utica
France
York
Joe
Paris
Tom Barker
Aden
N. Y
Hospital Moves Like a Big Circus on the Front
The American Red Cross ships Ringling Brothers tents to France to house hundreds of wounded, nurses and staff. A mobile hospital unit travels with the army using three trucks for sterilizing, lighting and laundry. Nurses, surgeons and orderlies evacuate patients, strike tents, and relocate quickly like a circus with the commanding officer leading the column. British girl carpenters near the front build huts from boxes.
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American Red Cross
Ringling Brothers
France
Red Cross
Transportation Department of the Army
Ilnes
Army
Cirous
America
C. O
Air Gunner Skill Drives Allied Victory in France
Allied aviation experts affirm accurate machine gun fire is the chief requirement for successful air combat. Early planes were unarmed or lightly armed and observers, later upgraded to single and double machine guns. The modern air fighter must balance precise shooting with pilot skill, ensuring ammunition is reliable and weight limits are respected.
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France
Tie
Hee
Foch
Hutchinson Flour Mills Chief Fined for Food Law Violation
Fred Burns general manager of Consolidated Flour Mills in Hutchinson Kansas must pay 1000 to the Red Cross after violating food laws. The record represents the largest assessed fine in Kansas to date, announced by Food Administrator Walter D. Innes. Baltimore policewomen are paid 1100 a year.
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Red Cross
Hutchinson
Kan
Fred Burns
Consolidated Flour Mills
Kansas
Walter DP
Innes
Nutritious Coconut Dishes for Soldiers and Home Meals
A 1920s style recipe roundup extols coconut as a high fat and protein food aiding soldiers with gas masks. It details coconut rasks, corn muffins, snow jelly, prune whip, war cake, macaroons, and cornflake treats, with instructions and ingredients for each recipe.
Women Use Victory Special to Promote Food Campaign
Monroe county New York home demonstration agent converted her car into a Victory Special for outdoor demonstrations and exhibits of labor saving devices. In July the vehicle made 84 visits reaching 8446 people, with striking use in Bristol County Massachusetts and Windham County Connecticut using outdoor stereopticon and multilingual literature to engage Portuguese French and Tinian communities.
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Monroe County
New York
Iowa
Bristol County
Massachusetts
Windham County
Connecticut
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Italy
Raiload
Baltimore
Special Information Service
United States Department of Agriculture
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