Leavenworth High School Thrift Stamps and Stage Fright
A school column highlights Leavenworth students selling over $700 in Thrift stamps with weekly sales and daily availability. It notes Red Cross sewing output, boys making shipping boxes and posters, and a Wenatchee basketball defeat blamed on stage fright and new rules. An accident injures Virginia Toles, who returns to class with a dislocated shoulder. a vignette recalls a joke about a noisy chair. The Breezes staff, including Virginia Toles and Lloyd Brown, contribute poems and humor about school life and the orchestra called Humdinger.
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Leavenworth
Red Cross
Wenatchee
Waterloo
Virginia Toles
Miss Toles
Virginia
Basketball Banter at AT Lonnie
In a humorous exchange Lonnie asks Bruce if Mon gave him the black eye. Bruce replies he had the black eye all along, insisting no one else caused it.
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Lonnie
Bruce
Senior student banter at school mischief
A playful exchange shows a sophomore joking about a freshman and the freshie answering with a cheeky line about liking to come home. Miss Meir admonishes students to read light literature while Mon asks about the gas bill.
Gasoline Shortage Warned in War Effort Appeal
A council demand to curb pleasure use of gasoline sparks a defense plea. Despite high production, fuel limits threaten aircraft and naval operations and could cost lives. Citizens urged careful use to aid munitions and protect troops. Seattle firm to invest in shipbuilding with new drydock and shipways. Tacoma contractor to build a concrete vessel.
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Council of National Defense
America
Girls Basketball Team Builds School Spirit in High School Gym
The girls basketball squad trains every Monday and Friday in the high school gym. A rivalry between the Blacks and Reds fuels weekly competition as they vie for daily honors. Key members include Edna Barclay, Dorothy Bresch, Mary Nelson, Alma Prouty, Laura Hathaway, Bertha Frank, Bernice Darling, Lois Ruth, Gadys Simons, and Mabel Kline. Coach Anderson is thanked for her support despite several departures Marie Swartz Mary Reynolds Ivie Smith.
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Reds
Marie Swartz
Mary Reynolds
Ivie Smith
Edna Barclay
Dorothy Bresch
Mary Nelson
Alma Prouty
Laura Hathaway
Bertha Frank
Bernice Darling
Lois Ruth
Gadys Simons
Mabel Kline
Anderson
Library Move Improves Access For High School
High School pupils endured dust and fumes for two weeks as shelves were moved from the old library to the Assembly hall. The rapid growth required the old library space, but the study hall now displays new shelves. The move was done by the Manual Training classes at no extra cost, using shop materials, and a practical catalog system is being perfected to speed book retrieval.
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Furthmore
Prices During Civil War Highlight Past Highs and Current Rationing
A comparison shows Civil War era prices for sugar, rice, tobacco, tea and coffee far higher than today. The piece notes sugar scarcity as a driver for wartime thrift and cites German and occupied France Belgium rations as context. It also reports Utah Idaho Sugar company signing 15,000 acres of beets in Yakima valley with $35,000 planned for worker cottages at Toppenish and Sunnyside.
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Leslie
France
Belgium
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Yakima Valley
Toppenish
Sunnyside
Marooned on Island Near Cody A Graf Grapher’s Remarkable 22 Days
David Greetch a Jonesboro ark. stenographer found on a small island in the Shoshone river near Cody Wyoming tells of being marooned for twenty two days. He says his sole nourishment was water and he survived by lying in underbrush after memory loss. He wandered toward the river then became weak and unable to move.
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Cody
Wyo
David Greetch
Jonesboro
Ark
Walter Barber
Grooteh
Grootch
Bedrooms for granaries in Neodosha wheat harvest of 10000 bushels
Neodosha Kansas Wilson county sees an enormous wheat crop with yields 40 to 44 bushels per acre and oats 90 to 95 bushels per acre. William Rankin expects threshing over 10000 bushels and Mrs Dora Long stores 7500 bushels in two farmhouse bedrooms. The county anticipates significant earnings from the harvest.
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Neodosha
Kan
Wilson County
William Rankin
Dora Long
Weather forecaster sought for Pershing forces in France
General George O. Squier told the House Appropriations Committee that General Pershing wants a competent meteorological expert to forecast weather for U S forces in France. The signal corps must develop this capability and acquire the equipment used by French and British armies.
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Washington
Pershing
France
War Department
George O. Squier
Signal Corps
House Appropriations Committee
General Squier
Signal Service
Did My Best for Ireland Statement from William Redmond
London reports William H. K. Redmond brother of John Redmond died in Belgium left a 1916 dated note in Ireland through his solicitor. He vows to die a true Irish Catholic seeks Mary’s intercession and asks friends in Ireland to know he believed joining the Irish brigade and going to France was his best service for Ireland.
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London
William H. K. Redmond
John Redmond
Belgium
Ireland
Irish Brigade
France
Indiana Wood in France Through Hamilton County Walnut Timber
Noblesville Indiana firms supply walnut timber for British war needs. D I Neher operates a local sawmill filling a contract of thirty carloads for airplanes and gun stocks. Timber from a Nora area strip brings $6 50 per hundred feet.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton County
France
D. I. Neher
Neher
A. L. Purser
Nora
Digging Up Morse and Marconi in a Welsh Scots Rivalry
Arch ie Reeves of Scranton and Burgess Richards of Lansford argue over telegraph history. Reeves claims a Scottish castle teardown revealed ancient wires proving early telegraph use, while Richards counters a Welsh castle teardown found no wires, implying knowledge of wireless telegraphy in Wales centuries ago.
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Morse
Marconi
Scranton
Archie Reeves
Burgess Richards
Lansford
Archie
Scotland
Wales
American Troops Observe Flying Pigs In French Artillery Drills
American soldiers in France witnessed a full regiment’s live fire demonstration using French 75s. They watched rolling barrages and exploding shells as a protective curtain for practice trenches. The highlight for many was the flying pig mischief caused by shells breaking overhead.
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France
Quicksilver Fallout From German Ships Honored By Dredger Find
Quick silver recovered from Honolulu harbor dredging triggered a two day sensation. Investigations show German crews dumped the metal to disable engines, leaving over one thousand pounds in the gunboat Geier’s bilge and other vessels, as gauges were smashed and dumped.
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Honolulu
Germany
United States
Geier
Earl Harbor
Army Clerks for France Increase in Applications at War Department
Washington reports a surge of applicants for army clerks in France with engineers seeking 250 clerk posts from 4,000 hopefuls and 50 draftsman positions attracting 300 applicants. Personal exams will be held, a reserve list formed, and field clerks receive salaries of 1000 to 2000 dollars plus subsistence. Stenographers favored and many applicants are drafted men seeking field clerk roles. All clerks abroad wear uniforms and are under military discipline.
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Washington
France
War Department
Engineers’ Corps
Army Engineers
Adjutant General's Office
Baker
McCain
Army
Priest’s Nephew Must Wed to Inherit Estate
New York John Fahey of Buxtown Ireland must wed within a year to inherit the estate of his uncle Rev Father Patrick J Fahey of Morris Park New York The will filed with Surrogate Noble in Jamaica provides that the estate save minor bequests goes to the nephew if he marries or weds within a year Otherwise the residue goes to Bishop Charles E McDonnell to help build a new seminary The estate is believed to be about 25000 dollars.
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New York
John Fahey
Buxtown
Ireland
Patrick J. Fahey
Morris Park
N. Y
Fahey
Jamaica
Charles E. McDonnell
Father Fahey
German U boat warfare film shown to renew public support
Copenhagen reports the German admiralty uses a new propaganda film to highlight the effectiveness of submarine warfare. The documentary footage follows a commerce destroying cruise to emphasize ruthless tactics and win public backing.
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Copenhagen
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