Chaplain Calls for Extermination of the Boche War Foe
Baltimore clergyman Rev. George A. Griffin, chaplain with the Fifth Held artillery, appeals to Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs about German atrocities in France and Belgium. He cites crucifixions, assaults on nuns, and mass cruelty, urging Americans to back Meatless and Liberty Bond efforts and to ostracize the enemy.
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Wears Gas Mask Over Cook Stove
Paris story profiles Mrs. Clara Simmons near the front lines in France where American women bake hot chocolate for soldiers under shelling. She uses a mixing bowl, condensed milk, and a stove amid rain and shell holes, while singing of home and duty. She notes mothers and wives back home would sacrifice to be with the boys and stays cheerful to boost morale.
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Home Made Furniture From War Packing Wood
War time effort in Tomb Red Cross central warehouse shows Italian refugees using packing case wood to craft office furniture. The project reestablishes former trades, with refugees from Italy now working as carpenters shoemakers tailors and other crafts. In Leavenworth Charles Davidson pleads guilty to statutory charge against a twelve year old girl preferring prison to war.
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Man enters college at forty after working to support family
Isaac Maso, who arrived in America from Russia at age thirty four and spoke no English, completed a four year Cleveland high school course in three years. At forty he will enter Ohio State University in Columbus this fall after supporting his wife and family by working daily.
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Isaac Maso
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Russia
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Omaha Woman Travels in Freight Car with Baby
Mrs Myrtle Neni twenty five from Cheyenne Wyoming rode freight to Omaha while holding her three year old child on one arm. She said her husband mistreated her and she had worked in Union Pacific shops. They reconciled after he arrived.
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City sets goal of 1000 homes monthly in Seattle
Seattle war housing drive committee aims to field 1000 houses each month to house workers from war industries. An army of 5000 men is being recruited to construct the homes as war production expands in the city.
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War House Building Drive Committee
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