Red Cross Surges From 20,000 to Over 4 Million Members
The American Red Cross has expanded dramatically during the war from 20,300 members and 163,587 members a year ago to more than 4,000,000 current members and 2,786 chapters. Harvey D. Gibson heads a volunteer administration forming thirteen regional divisions with unpaid division managers and bureau directors to run development publicity women nursing civilian relief military relief supply and accounting amid rapid growth.
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American Red Cross
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Navy
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Harvey D. Gibson
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Royal Nurse on Duty Tours Allied Hospitals
French health minister M. Justin Godart inspects allied war hospitals during a tour, speaking with Princess Narishkine and the French commander at Skocivir where the princess’s hospital is situated.
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M. Justin Godart
Princess Narishkine
Skocivir
Cattle Fed on Wheat as Corn Price Drops
Reports from Lancaster Pennsylvania indicate farmers feed wheat to cattle while corn stays at $2.25 a bushel. Some farmers plan to feed all their wheat to cattle amid state and national food administration scrutiny. Wheat of lower grade from wet harvest is valued at about $1.85 to $1.90, with corn sales offsetting the loss.
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Lancaster
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National Food Administratione
Lancaster County
Philadelphia Food Prices Set for Thanksgiving Rumors Reported
Howard Heinz federal food administrator for Pennsylvania issued the first official price list in Philadelphia to guide housewives for Thanksgiving purchases and stop profiteering. He urged women to report any store selling above the quoted prices for turkeys chickens sugar butter eggs lard navy beans potatoes and corn meal.
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Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Safe Blowers Take Loot From Higbee Store
Three night watchmen were bound and gagged in the Higbee company store vault in Cleveland by four safe blowers who broke the strong box. They escaped with between 5000 and 10000 dollars in cash and 10000 dollars worth of merchandise including jewelry and furs. The released guards nearly suffocated.
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Higbee Company
Cleveland
Capns to Give Up Post
Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps chief constructor of the navy asks to be relieved as general manager of the Shipping Board Mercenes Fleet Corporation due to illness.
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Washington L. Capps
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Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh cases. It claims thirty five years of use and explains the remedy works through the blood to cleanse mucous surfaces and improve general health with testimonials available.
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Hall
Round Up Yukon Dog Teams in Winter Mail Route
Dawson Yukon territory reports heavy use of dog teams for winter mail across Alaska trails. The key link between Fairbanks and Chitina along Copper River railway terminus relies on sleds while summer auto routes switch to sleighs as snow falls. Percy de Wolfe ships hay grain and supplies ahead, planning launches when rivers thaw.
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Yukon River
Alaska
Fairbanks
Chitina
Copper River
Percy de Wolfe
Dawson-Eagle
Arrow costs father $2600 in Eye eye shooting case
A jury awarded W. F. McDonald of Eveleth two thousand six hundred dollars for a past incident in which a four year old boy Simon Sax of Eveleth allegedly shot him in the eye with an arrow. The defendant had asked eight thousand dollars.
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W. F. McDonald
Eveleth
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Solomon Sax
Eyeleth
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