Women Aid War Effort With Four Million Dollars
The Young Woman's Christian Association plans a vast wartime program to aid women at home and abroad. Three dozen workers already operate in Europe with hostels and cafeterias in France and Russia, and emergency housing for workers replacing men in industry. The effort reflects fifty years of Womans work and marks a major mobilization in support of women during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
New York
War Work Council
Europe
France
Rtussia
Footwork Saves Airman in Death Defying Loop
An airman saved during a high altitude combat incident when a plane looped to engage an enemy. He fell from the aircraft and, clinging to a strut, was left dangling at about seven thousand feet while enemy fire illuminated the upturned craft. He recovered by guiding his aircraft to safety using his jackknife and bindings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancashire
Geddir Z
Previsers
Man
Lion
Africa
Norman Sinclair
Prestonkirk
Dolly
France
Tommy
Strange case of a girl kept bedridden for seventy years
A newspaper excerpt recounts a tale where a girl remained in bed for seventy years due to her parents opposition to a marriage. The dialogue questions the lesson, with a remark that the young man may have been lucky not to wed her. The tone hints at moral reflection and irony.
In the Trenches Cartoon Says Gas Wave Hits
A magazine caption lampoons wartime shortages and fashion while noting Australia importing American automobiles. The cartoon parodies gas shortages and a humorous quote about women preferring simpler looks in cars as a reflection of wartime constraint and consumer trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Magacine
Army Plans and Ambulance Wages for 2,033,000 Men
Urgent deficiency estimates forecast 20 6 million dollars for army support including 60 000 water wagons 19 000 medical carts and 5 000 small arms ammunition wagons. The figures are additional to increased motor transport estimates for Army and Navy Journal. Trench humor and jokes about matches and Belgian tobacco are included in scattered wartime anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Journal
Painting of the sea misread as U boat era scene
A dialogue misreads a painting of the sea as depicting modern wartime proof, but the speaker corrects it as a buoy from an earlier era. The exchange highlights confusion over dating a maritime image and the presence of a buoy in the scene.
Camp Dodge Censorship Shapes Army News Policy
Des Moines reports Major H H Pals enforces strict censorship on Camp Dodge news to withhold troop movements equipment training and instruction details from the public. No social news or officer reports are allowed. newspapers must submit stories for censorship and rely on a new internal plan for information gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypoge
Des Moines
H. Hi. Pals
Camp Dodge
Iia
Camp Doige
Fort Snelling
Iowa
Camp Cody
Polk
Swamp Root Advertises Kidney Health Aid
A physician from a major fire insurance company notes many insurance rejections stem from undetected kidney trouble. A popular remedy, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, is promoted as an herbal treatment with a strong success record. Sample bottles offered for ten cents via Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, with paper mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Museum Foundries Completes Indian History Exhibit in New York
The Museum of the American Indian Foundation has completed a new superb structure in New York to house its exhibits. The display traces indigenous peoples from North and South America and the West Indies, with ethnologists and archaeologists studying relics collected from the primitve inhabitants of the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of the
Heys Foundation
New York
Institution For
America
Niksull
Niveau
Museua
Pukvinl
Hrondul
Ebbon
Americas
India
North America
South America
West
Die
Uese Foundation
de Booy
Santo
Unat
Plan for Red Cross Drive in Des Moines
Iowa Red Cross workers set a plan to raise funds this Christmas season. John P. Watlee, Siva of the ation, leads the campaign with J O'Conner as central actor and chapter 3 in conference. Red Cross aims to push relief work, tuberculosis battle, and wartime fundraising across Iowa, with no money drawn yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Red Cross
mieRinen Hich
John PL Watlee
Siva
Red Cross
J. O'Conner
Towa
RSI
Work
Allen
América
Clinton slacker given six months for draft delay
In federal court here John Muynco argued he could not register because the registration place was closed. The judge replied with the six month sentence, declaring the failure to register for the selective draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Nicines
John Muynco
Clinton Slacker
Kaiser Starts Russ Armistice Near Amsterdam
Berlin dispatch reports an armistice with the Russian army to begin at 10 PM on the set date. Hostilities would halt and talks arranged on trench movements, line intercourse, work and air activity. Forty eight hours notice is required for notice of the armistice covering area from the Pripet south bank to the Lipa south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Amsterdam
Seratching
Berlin
Pripet
Lipa
Healing cream ad promises relief for itchy skin
An old advertisement touts Capable emollients for itching skin and irritation, claiming quick, safe relief for youths and elders. It mentions free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston and cites T L Burnett of Louisville as a survivor, reflecting fragmented promotional copy.
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Dept. L. Soston
California deal sparks cross border purchase moves
Aals Wo ente reports Austrafiy is buying California lum iT. The note mentions money transfers and box by box travel terms as part of a purchasing move. The fragment hints at a cross border financial exchange and a stalled or cautious sale process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austrafiy
California
True to Life Lovers Debate Obscured in Echoed Speech
The fragment shows a tense exchange between lovers with garbled dialogue and misunderstood lines. The father and mother voices clash over meaning, rendering the conversation intensely realistic yet largely abstract and unclear.
The Reason Why Some People Get No Comfort from Religion
A fragmentary church note cites Bishop Coffely of Wro ner addressing why some find little comfort in faith on Sunday. The missing text hints at weekly religious practice and social factors affecting devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffely
Wroner
Adn
Flack and Flap Mentioned in Obscure Notebook
A fragmentary OCR note mentions flack and dolls with unclear context. No identifiable persons or organizations are readable. details are too fragmentary to determine event or location.
Fragmentary quip about a falldog and a grass collar
A dialogic fragment presents a dog related remark. A husband references his wife's harmless poodle and a falldog incident. The voice then asks what should be done and ponders gifting a grass collar. The brief exchange reads like a humorous aside with no clear outcome.
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