Civilians Join York Force for Ice Plant in France Arrive Safely
A cablegram from the York Manufacturing Co. reports the first group of civilians recruited to erect the ice manufacturing and storage plant in France has arrived safely. Meanwhile John M. Hawbecker of Chambersburg collapsed from a heart attack at Ledys Station while stopping on the Waynesboro Branch train, dying almost instantly.
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York Manufacturing Co
France
Bes
York
Waynesboro
Ledy’s Station
John M. Hawbecker
Chambersburg
German Occupied Territory Rations Fell Short of Health Needs
U S food administration reports weekly rations for Germans and civilians in occupied northern France and Belgium. Rations provide insufficient body-building protein and calories, with meat and fats limited and sugar and potatoes far below standard levels. In France the bacon and lard substitution lowers protein to three-fourths of German levels and one-third of the standard diet.
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Washington
France
Belgium
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Enormous Freight Needed for Army in France
Estimates from Charles H. Grasty outline daily debarkation needs for 1 million American troops in France. 100 pounds of freight per man per day implies 50 000 tons daily, with 84 ships required at docks and at sea for two-way movement. Includes fuel, forage, ammunition, cantonments, and ample storage space, while noting confusion over tonnage measurements.
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Charles H. Grasty
New York Times
London
France
Debarkation
United States
New York
Arny Trembt
Spa Co
Engineer
Ordnance
Signal
Atlantic
Azso
Popular Lady Minister Shaping Old Hadley Church
Rev Grace E Mayer Stokes leads the first Congregational church of Old Hadley Massachusetts. Her sermons attract full pews and draw many into the faith with energetic forceful interpretations of the Holy Writ.
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Old New England
Grace E. Mayer Stokes
First Congregational Church
Old Hadley
Mass
United States Produces All Enameled Utensils
The United States now manufactures all enameled utensils used domestically and can supply Europe and the Americas. Housewives buy about 30 million dollars worth yearly, with imports from Sweden Germany and Austria declining since the war. Japanese shipments ceased due to quality concerns.
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New York
United States
Europe
Sweden
Germany
Austria
Japan
Seventh Wife Dies in Nanticoke Man's 7th Mourning
John Brown of Prospect Street Nanticoke Borough is widowed again as his seventh wife Mrs Mary Chesenski dies at home. The death follows an apoplexy incident that struck last year while she was performing household duties.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Brown
Prospect Street
Nanticoke
Mary Chesenski
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