Pershing on Allied Strategy and American Mobilization
General Pershing describes Allied expectations of American participation, concerns over transport and supply, and the push to integrate American units with British forces. He recounts meetings with Foch, Petain, Bliss, and Robertson, the push for an American front, winter hardships in 1917-18, and the early mobilization progress in January 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry
Foch
Petain
Fetain
Elsig
Ellés
Stobertson
Crillon
Paris
Gbilss
Bliss
Robertson
Washington
Bidesa
See
France
Stoegh George
Macree
William Gobertson
War Council
Supreme War Council
Lloyd George
Hiad
Tnstead
Douglas Hale
Oeither
Compiegne
Allenby
Palesline
Palestine
MM. Clemenceau
Jube
Ceman
Rene
Peither
Anuther
Haig
Etale
Counci
Feremnme
Bilsa
Cadorna
Lloy
George
Sir Henry Wilson
Wilson
War Office
Quartermaster Department
Thirty-second
Ilaan’s
Ite
Slydiary
Chatmont
Weygand
Cantaln Todd
de Castelnau
U. S&s
Glen
Conpierne
Olive Long in Favor The Olive Industry Timeline
Olive long in favor notes the olive as the oldest fruit, grown for thousands of years before the Christian era. It underscores its long history as a chief industry in Asta Minor, highlighting enduring agricultural significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Long
Asta M Minor
Electrical Doctor Guards Transformers In Modern Power Grids
In a 1943 Western Newspaper Union piece, the coronaphone and the “electrical doctor” diagnose transformer ailments by sound. Automatic stations guard lines and substation units, reducing human labor and outages as power distribution expands to suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuschines
Ascience Boas
Iia
Opian
Citiea
Uolon
Chinese Fortunes Vanish Amid Vanishing Marshals Wu Pei-fu
A dateline from 1920s China notes Wu Pei-fu once ranked among top militarists, controlled Hankow and the Goukou people, seeking 2.0K Mex monthly from Tsung-ho while threatening his bodyguard. Chang Tsung-chang, exiled in Beppu, previously ruled Shantung with 250,000 troops before fleeing to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Pei-fu
Chang Tsung-chang
China
Tien
Hankow
Tsung-ho
Szechuan
RCN
Chang Tsung Chang
Shantung
Beppu
Japan
Debunking Attributions To Great Men In The Detroit News
The Detroit News challenges famous quotes linked to Washington Jefferson Lincoln Hoover Roosevelt Wilson and others noting misattributions. It cites accurate texts from Washington and Jefferson while debunking common sayings and misdated phrases about alliances and noble experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
Borah Lang Bhe
Afr
Troover
Woodrow Willson
TheYadelphia
Restored miniature Capitol of Virginia’s colonial era
A three year research project recreates the colonial Capitol of Virginia in Williams burg completed in 1705. The model sits at the eastern end of Duke of Gloucester Street about three quarters of a mile from William and Mary College and will be restored by Hovdefeller interests.
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Authentive
America
Europe
Virginia
Williamabure
Hovdefeller
Duke of Gloucester Street
William and Mary College
Hardening Glasses by Sudden Boil Method
A reader describes a home experiment: place four new crystal glasses or dishes in a pan of cold water on the stove. Bring to a boil for ten minutes, then plunge them back into the same water. The process allegedly makes them more brittle and prone to breaking than glass treated by the usual method.
Back to Primitive Aga Chinese railways amid civil war
Civil war disruptions hit rail transport as military leaders seize rolling stock and paralyze passenger and freight traffic. Farmers rely on improvised wheelbarrows to move crops to town while troops use troop trains. A distant sand quarry 30 miles from the city is hauled by coolies along tracks for 20 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luohal Line
Washington Star
Long-Lived Italian Village Records Remarkable Ages
Croveo in Italy boasts the largest share of centenarians with 150 residents including three women aged ninety five, thirteen nonagenarians, and twenty people aged seventy five or older. The town highlights extraordinary longevity among its inhabitants.
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Croveo
Italy
Losing side and a farmer's cost of war words
A dialogue contrasts sympathy for the losing side with practical ties to farming and marriage. The speaker notes that not all wars of time cost money, but the ones he most sought do.
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General Pershing
Erright
6Cth
American Newspaper Alliance
World Force
WNU
Axavil
Plan Allied Reserve
Dack
Axa
Roy Ime
Claymont
Ligny-en-Barrios
M. Clemenceau
Mick General
Debeney
Langres
Tarbord
General Staff College
Variec
St Midlel
Duncan
Buck
Summerall
Pershing In
Tin Hat
Amiens
Arras
Albert
Vayory
Bis
Arver
St Quentin
la Fére
Barisis
Polytechnic College of Engineering
Bath and Maduas Sts., Oakland, California
University
Standarda
Thorolugh
Min
Brudentsa
T. . Gibson
I Woodh
Justicetlag
Advance Neckwear Co
Commerce
Dallas
Tex
W.W. UL
Salt Lake City
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