Pershing and Foch Clash Over May June American Troop Use
In the discussions at Versailles and Abbeville, General Pershing refuses to extend the May plan to June. Foch urges immediate infantry and machine gun focus, while Clemenceau and Lloyd George press for broader allies’ deployment and June decisions. Pershing insists on unity of command and his own army, with troops not to be divided between British French commands.
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Foch
Supreme War Council
Bliss
General Petain
Marshal Haig
France
Loire
Abbeville
Clemenceau
Lord Milner
General Pershing
London
Versailles
America
Milner
M. Clemenceau
England
Lloyd George
Europe
Mr. Lloyd George
Montdidier
Great Britain
General Foch
United States
Villers-Bretonneux
Paris
Hazebrouck
Wilson
Lord Reading
Washington
Machines That Are Almost Human
X rays reveal hidden defects in material products and enable medical diagnosis. The article explains X ray tubes, their discovery by Rontgen, and wide uses from industry to art, detailing their role in inspecting steels, fuzes, airplane parts, and even photographing atoms for synthetic cellulose to artificial silk.
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Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen
University of Wurzburg
Bavaria
George L. Clark
University of Illinois
Rome
Red Sea
Western Newspaper Union
Giant loud speaker test echoed through Berlin streets
Berlin residents heard music from a roof mounted loud speaker 25 miles away. Popular Science Monthly says the device matched an orchestra of 2000 pieces, could be felt 150 feet away, required 120 amperes, and had a diaphragm vibration of one inch.
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Berlin
Germany
Popular Science Monthly
Father Punishes Tommie for Staying Home During Lesson
In a Stray Stories anecdote a father asks Tommie about his day and learns his mother kept him indoors while she attended a singing lesson. The short exchange captures a child’s perspective on parental discipline and household routines.
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Tommie
Popularity of St Josephs Aspirin Grows Worldwide
The advertisement argues that over nine million boxes were sold in a year and that 12 tablets of St Josephs Aspirin cost 10 cents. It stresses purity and government standards, claiming thousands of new users daily and that St Josephs is the largest selling pure aspirin in the world for 10c.
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St.Joseph’s
St Joseph’s
Prehistoric Mining Evidences Found in Natal Series
Reports from Johannesburg describe ancient mine workings in Natal South Africa indicating advanced mining activity before the arrival of the Zulu nations. Assistant Trade Commissioner Dr Wayne Clark relayed details showing mastodons and other prehistoric animals roamed the earth during these operations.
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Natal
South Africa
Wayne Clark
Johannesburg
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