Civilians for York Manufacturing reach France plant
The first group of civilians recruited by York Manufacturing Co to build the ice manufacturing and storage plant in France has arrived safely, per a cablegram to York offices. In Pennsylvania a man died of a heart attack at Ledy's Station while about to board a train, John M Hawbecker of Chambersburg.
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York Manufacturing Co
France
York
Waynesboro
Ledy’s Station
John M. Hawbecker
Chambersburg
Food rations of occupied Europe fall short of needs
United States food administration reports weekly German and occupied territory rations in France Belgium and Belgium and Germany provide insufficient energy and protein. comparisons show German diet lacks energy producing elements and falls far below standard needs for bodily health.
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Washington
France
Belgium
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Vast Allied Supply Needs For France Echoes Across Ocean
A New York Times dispatch by Charles H. Grasty analyzes logistics for the American army in France, estimating 100 pounds of freight per man daily at debarkation and detailing ship counts, voyage times, and vast figures for fuel, hay, oats, rations, and cantonment space amid wartime transport challenges.
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Debarkation
London
France
United States
New York
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Atlantic
United States Now Producing All Enamelware Utensils
United States households now use enamelware produced domestically for kitchen utensils. Annual purchases reach about 20 million dollars with previous imports from Sweden Germany and Austria declining to nearly zero since the war. Japan shipments ended due to quality concerns forcing domestic supply to rise.
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United States
Germany
Austria
New York
Europe
Sweden
Japan
Seventh Wife Dies in Nanticoke. Local Man Mourns Loss
Wilkes Barre Pa. For the seventh time in 85 years John Brown of Prospect street Nanticoke Borough is called upon to mourn the death of a wife. One year ago he was married to Mrs Mary Chesecinski who succumbed to an attack of apoplexy while attending to household duties.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Brown
Prospect Street
Nanticoke
Mary Chesecinski
Grace E. Mayer Stokes Leads Hadley Congregational Church
Rev Grace E Mayer Stokes, popular pastor of the first Congregational church in Old Hadley Massachusetts, fills pews and draws crowds with energetic interpretations of the Holy Writ. She is noted as a strong speaker across the district.
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Old New England
Grace E. Mayer Stokes
Old Hadley
Mass
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Charles H. Grasty
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