Roosevelt Denounces Slackers at AMA Mass Meeting
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt assailed conscientious objectors and slackers at a 6,000 delegate AMA gathering in the Hippodrome. He urged universal service as the duty of every citizen and called for doctors to join the war effort.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hippodrome
American Medical Association
Plattsburg
National Guard
Louse
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mitchel
United States
Germany
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Crying Need for Doctors Urges U S Medical Aid in War
Colonel Goodwin told the American Medical Association that Allied armies are stretched thin and need American doctors immediately. He warned that 20,000 to 90,000 wounded can arrive in hours on the front, urged rapid mobilization, and stressed the vital role of medical personnel in WWI.
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France
England
T. H. Goodwin
British War Commission
American Medical Association
United States
Met litan Opera chorus. Sousa play Hands Across the Sea
A meeting closes with the Met litin chorus and Sousa conduct a performance of Hands Across the Sea. The event features a concluding rendition by Sousa and the Opera chorus.
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Aot Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Mmé Frances Alda
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Litan Opera Chorus
Sousa
New Serum Trials Highlighted at AMA Convention
At the American Medical Association gathering New York physicians presented two serum approaches for infantile paralysis. Dr Marcus Neustaedter and Dr E Ganzhaft described horse serum work from the New York Health Department labs, with monkey tests showing protection. Dr Edward Rosenow reported a different serum from horses that blocked virus in vitro and protected monkeys, though human impact remains undetermined.
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American Medical Association
New York
Ho Beieve
Marcus Neustaedter
E. Ganzhaft
New York Health Department
Neustaedter
Edward C. Rosenow
Rochester
Minn
Veterans in Gray Parade Before President Wilson
Ten thousand Confederate veterans marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in a rain soaked review before President Wilson. Guarded by Grand Army of veterans, 200 officers in training camp at Fort Myer followed. General Harrison was reelected commander, Tulsa chosen for 1918 meeting, and most veterans planned a Gettysburg visit where a Virginia statue would be unveiled.
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Goodwin
Franklin H Martin
Council of National Defense
George W. Hawley
Waldorf-Astoria
Ile
France
New York
J. R. Eastman
Indianapolis
Austria
H. H. Briggs
Asheville, m
Arthur Dean Bevan
Chicago
Association For 1918
House of Delegates
Academy of Medicine
Alexander Lambert
New York State Association of Medicine
Bevan
Lambert
Red Cross Relief Commission
Belgium
Edwin H. Bradford
Boston
John McMillin
United States Health Service
Lawrence Litchfield
Pittsburgh
Holman Taylor
Fort Worth
Texas
Alexander A. Craig
Ohio
W. A. Pusey
Hubert Work
Pueblo
Col
Frank Billings
Gorgas
Braisted
Sue
Wilson
Congress
Army
Navy
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Myer
Forrest
Stonewall Brigade
White House
Germany
White
Louisiana
Court of Honor
Jusserand
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
Ove R
George Pr. Harrison
Opelika
Ala
Tulsa
Okla
Gettysburg Battlefield
Virginia
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Title &M
Broadway
Montague Star
Paris
Amerna
Coats
Capes
Wyoming
Trew
Ceed
Berger
Frags Conscientious Objector
Arthur Gleason
Jieaven
Teddy
Allery
Meayor Mitchel
Dudley Field Malone
America
George E. Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
Council of Public Health and Instruction
RX Macys
Id Square
35Th St
Gimbel
Gimbels
Men’s Clothing Department
I. Hicks & Son
Westbury
Civil Service
Newark
Ellis Motor Car Company
Central Avenue
Newark, N. J
Pierce Arrow Distributors
Stern Brothers
West 42Nd Street
West 43Rd Street
Saks
Jersey
Saks &Canpany
34Th Street
Clothing Department
35Th Street
Fleer
Byron— Malin
Ian
Vince
Russia
Karrs
Grand Central
Hudson
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