Americans Build Largest Flying Camp in France
A visit to a vast American aviation training complex in France reveals nine fields, a 36 square mile air campus, and squads training for combat and bombardment roles. Officers note rapid progress, with grasshopper stages to advanced pursuit and acrobatic drills, and pilots like Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt leading formations as new aviators prove their nerve and skill.
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France
Artests
Associated Press
Liberty
Nelda
Tully
Deld
No. 1
Ant
Itegan
No. 6
Feld No
Quentin Roosevelt
Hogar
Veshape
Elks Member Wears Elk Tooth Coat at Conventions
A Steubenville man known to be an Elk member owns a Manitoba made elk tooth coat weighing 28 pounds and valued at 10 000 dollars. The coat is new and sewn, worn at all conventions alongside a necklace of the largest elk teeth from his collection.
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Steubenville
Manitoba
Canada
Order of Elks
Movie Stars In A Little Prank At Studio
Douglas Fairbanks says a burdened mind speaks of thoughts of you while Charlie Chaplin answers in a serious tone hoping not to lose his mind. The two famed stars exchange playful lines during leisure moments at the studio.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin
Saskatchewan Finds Large Potash Deposits Near Swift Current
Experts report massive deposits of potash sodium sulfate and epsom salts in an old lake bed near Swift Current Saskatchewan after tests by Prof D McLaren of the University. Engineers engage with local claimants who say millions of tons are ready for removal by steam shovels in shallow layers for Allied use.
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Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Sask
D. McLaren
Sasknatchewan University
Baskatchewan
Stillwater Ranch Runs On Female Work Force
A Minnesota rancher, Curtis Hurt, hires an all female crew to operate the farm. Miss Tia Blakely manages the mower and machinery, with Mia, Lottie Dell, and Frances Hart among the women assisting. The woman cook proclaims the hardest job on the outfit while Bert remains a bachelor.
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Curtis Hurt
Stillwater
Minn
Tia Blakely
Mia
Lottie Dell
Misa Frances Hart
Wanea the Huckles Hart
Bert
Rodents Boldly Snatch Food From Picnic Hands
Rats infest coastal California beaches and nearby areas stealing food from picnickers. Officials fear rat populations will grow unless effective extermination methods are found amid concerns over overrun ships and nearby settlements.
China Seeks Wilsons Aid In Chinese Mediation Effort
Peking October 14 Chinese factions debate inviting President Wilson to mediate the north south dispute. Allied control via a reorganization loan of China's finances gains favor, with Wilsons Liberty Loan speech seen as influential. Hope rises he may be induced to act.
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Peking
Wilson
North
South
China
American boy in Champagne front vows to “knock hell out” before armistice
Paris dispatch quotes an American artillery private who has earned two decorations. In a private letter home he says that despite German demands for armistice, Allied troops remain busy and will deliver an armistice only after delivering severe blows to the enemy. He notes continued fighting on the Champagne front.
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Paris
Trench Artillery
Champagne
Y M G A WOMAN UNDER FIRE OF GERMAN GUNS
Miss Mary Clark of Boston, a Y M C A canteen worker in France, endured a four hour bombardment with American troops in an open trench. Amid shell bursts and falling debris she kept her nerve, aided colonel and chaplain, refused shelter, and later was ordered to leave the exposed site for safety.
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Maximilian Foster
Miss Mary
Boston
Mass
Oy. M. CG
France
Clark
Tle
Ater
John Brownlee Voorhees
Hartford
Conn
BE. W. Ballew
Lexington
Miss Clark
M. GA
Justine
Bika Clark
Gal
Mereaves
Miss Curk
Myen
Soliiers
Mias Clark
Miss Glurk
Division
X. M.C. A. Cer
Leithes
Hevy Deean
Turning to Silver in Yukon Mines
The Yukon miner shifts from gold to silver as silver prices double while gold weakens. Silver prospects emerge near Dawson in Mayo district on the upper Stewart River and along Twelve Mile Creek, 160 miles apart. Geologists are sent by the Canadian government to evaluate silver mining prospects. Rainstorms in Moundsville, West Virginia, drowned hundreds of sparrows.
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Yukon
Dawson
Mayo
Stewart River
Police Order Heads Up From Frost In Alhapy
The police force in Alhapy is instructed to keep their heads up and not stop to speak with anyone. Commissioner of Public Safety Frost insists on strict obedience to this directive.
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Alhapy
Women ship cooks change sea labor traditions
Seattle ship master Harry W. Crosby reports women now serve as cooks and mess crew on the steamship A. B. Lovejoy. Three women joined the crew through the US Shipping Commissioner, with two more hired from the city employment bureau to handle meals for a 20 man crew. They work three meals daily and a night lunch, improving service while earning union scale with overtime in port.
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Sentele
Sfrl
Ocean Steamship
Apt
Harry W. Crosby
Seattle
Reo
Northwest Shipping Company
Alaska
California
United States Shipping
A. B. Lovejoy
Crosby
Lovejoy
Harvester
H.R. Lovejoy
City Employment Bureau
Wormen
Goggles urged for workers amid eye injury risk
Utah state industrial commission cites information from the safety council to press goggles and eye protection for workers exposed to flying splinters or metal. National figures estimate about 100000 injuries and many deaths annually, translating to a death every 15 minutes and an injury every 16 seconds in the United States.
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United States
Utah
Letter in French and Chinese Aboard Notable Laugh
Lieutenant Charles Crayton of Danville Michigan learned French shortly after arriving in France and wrote his wife a letter in that language. She had it interpreted by a Celestial hand laundress who wrote a Chinese letter to Crayton which she copied. Whether he could decipher the Chinese version remains unknown.
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France
Charles Crayton
Danville
Crayton
Lieutenant Crayton
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