Treat Yanks as One of Family in French Billets
Americans in central France experience billeted life in local homes near a mill race and church square. California, North Dakota, and Montana troops adapt to informal living, learn French customs, and gain insight into civilian life while families share meals and washing. Black troops bring songs and craps to barracks as morale stays high amid war. Draft men face prohibition on alcohol before induction.
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France
California
North Dakota
Montana
Northwest
Aince
Ben
Idaho
Megs
Alane
America
Europe
Great Lakes
Marines James Robertson and Donald Duncan Honored for Belleau Wood Valor
Lieut. James F. Robertson and Capt. Donald F. Duncan of the United States Marine Corps earned medals for bravery after Belleau Wood. Robertson survived the battle and recalled Duncan smiling with a pipe and swinging his stick as he died heroically.
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United States
Marine’ Corps
James F. Robertson
Donald F. Duncan
Marine Corps
Belleau Wood
Robertson
Duncan
Lieutenant Robertson
Weary Captain Recalls Death Of Young Lieutenant
In Paris a rough doughboy uniform and captain’s bars mark a brave infantry officer. He recounts advancing ten kilometers before a shell killed or wounded many, including Lieutenant K who died after a final message to his captain. The captain confesses he cannot write the letter to the lad’s family, sobbing as Sergeant Casey helps.
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Paris
Leutenants
Signal Corps
Jack
Pastor enlists captain to do his swearing
In Seattle, Rev. Frank S. Beistel of the Holy Trinity church, a shipyard worker six days a week, says when steel bites his thumb he calls Captain N G Taylor to do the cussing for him. Taylor admits entering such an arrangement with the minister to handle the expletives at his request.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank S. Beistel
Holy Trinity Church
N. G. Taylor
Taylor
Italian Workman Refuses Aid After Home Fire
An Italian workman in East Liverpool refused Red Cross aid saying he can work and care for his wife and three babies. He asked to save money to aid Bocha victims and to buy goods for wounded soldiers.
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Red Cross
East Liverpool
Grocers Penalized For Overcharging In War Time
Three Dixon Michigan grocers face penalties after the Illinois division of the Food Administration received a Washington telegram. Unfair orders may be issued against Dixon Grocery Co George J Downing and Pratt Reed Grocery Co unless they suspend sales of flour and sugar for 30 and 15 days respectively. The action signals a broader crackdown on retail overcharges for essential foods.
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Dixon
Bureau of Investigation
Illinois Division of the Food Administration
Washington
Dixon Grocery Company
George J. Downing
Pratt Reed Grocery Company
Dispatch
Pratt-Reef Company
The
Food Administration
Let the Turkeys Grow Now for Fall Gains
The Milnois educational division of the United States food administration urges keeping young turkeys to develop through fall. Young gobblers should dress at least eight pounds and hens six pounds before marketing. Growth from October to December yields heavier birds for winter consumption and reduces reliance on grain bins.
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Milnois Educational Division
United States Food Administration
Food Administration Takes Over Coffee Imports
Chicago reports the United States Food Administration has assumed control of coffee importations through the Sugar Equalization Board. The move aims to stabilize prices, curb profiteering, and protect both producers and consumers, per Illinois Food Administration official Landon Hoyt.
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Chicago
United States Food Administration
Sugar Equalization Board
Landon Hoyt
Food Administration
Illinois
County and Township Food Administrators Volunteer Workers
44 percent say county and township food administrators receive salaries. George Higginson Jr., chairman of district food administrators, Chicago, states the highly efficient work is not properly appreciated. He argues administrators are not only dollar-a-year men but often incur expenses they cover themselves.
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George Higginson, Jr
Tinnels Division
Chicago
Hirginson
50 Percent More Food Sent Overseas This Year
Government aims to ship half again as much food abroad this year as last. Officials urge measures to conserve and maximize exports while ensuring domestic supplies.
Harvest trust remark echoes postwar debate in 1918
A frontier-era note voices restraint on wartime harvest claims, arguing that the 1918 yield does not belong to the speaker's group but is held in trust by Americans for broader stewardship.
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America
Save fats and fats in old meals for cooking
Advice urges using all bought fat and saving drippings for cooking. Bake broil and boil to cut fry fat, serve butter in small pats, and recycle leftovers in a butter cup. Limit salad dressing, reduce overall fat, favor fruit desserts over pastry, and avoid high fat recipes. If possible send non edible fat to the soapmaker.
Rosa Lee Hasten Remembered as Loving Wife and Mother
Rosa Lee Pendleton Hasten died October 27 after erysipelas at home in Orange township Clark county. Born December 27 1888 she married Percy C Hasten in 1907 and had four children Eugene Velma Esther and Lowell. Funeral at Wesley Chapel with Rev C Hix following burial in Wesley Chapel cemetery.
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Rosa Lee
J. B
Pherabe C. Pendleton
Orange Township
Clark County
Percy C. Hasten
Eugene
Velma
Esther
Lowell
Rosa
Lfe
Wesley Chapel
Myrtie
Lucy Pendleton
Clifford
Glenn
Herman
Camp Taylor
Dennis
Lucy
Rondel Bartlett
France
Jesse Spraker
Melrose Township
Rev C. Hix
Advertising a breakfast food that faded without constant promotion
A casual shopper notes breakfast cereal once heavily advertised, now scarce as grocers stopped stocking it after manufacturers cut ads. The Philadelphia Record argues success hinges on ongoing advertising to sustain public demand, comparing it to a furnace needing constant fuel.
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Philadelphia Record
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Marshall, Ill
Terre Haute Star
Marshall Herald
Terre Haute
Herald
Marshall Illnois
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