Local residents and service members noted in Muhlenberg area
Reports from Plainfield and surrounding towns list officers, soldiers and families in active service or recovering from illness. Names include Cyril Poling home from Paris Island on furlough, Edmund Waldorf in Muhlenberg Hospital with pneumonia, and Charles Ise returning to Naval Ordnance work. Also mentioned are Walter Wilson returning from overseas with the Naval Aero Squadron and sergeant Brown visiting family after Army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
DeWitt van Wyck
Front Street
Muhlenberg
John B
Paris Island
Knott
East Venth
Stree
U.S. A
Gortion
Middletons Méntans
Gordon
DeKalb
Buckle
David Ise
East Fifth Street
Naval Ordnance Plant
Ceikaeats N
West Virginia
Mt. Hersé
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Plainnéla
Charles H
Keleington Avenue
William B
Jessie H. Brown
East Second Street
Sergeant Brown
Regular Army
Ward Aero Corporation
Air Service
Walter Wilson
William W. Wilson
West Third Street
Naval Aero Squadron
Camp Mills
Killinghole
Bheland
North Sea
Helen O'Keefe
West ‘Fifth Street
Elizabeth O'Keefe
A. BE. Force
John Pedefious
Mountain Boulevard
Watchung
Pedefious
Sadie Leahy
Watchung Avenue
M. F. Setae
Muhlenberg Hospitaal
William Barry
Howard Street
Medical Corps
Carlisle
Martin Flatley
West Fifth Street
Secret Service Department
Thhe Navy
Guaranty’ Trust Company
Bredway
New York
George Luhr
West Front Street
Muhlenberg Hospital
Robert C. Shropshire
Shropshire
International Motor Company
Joseph Howland
South Second Street
Bronx
Women 220000 Shirts For Soldiers
Patriotic women of Trenton produced approximately 220000 shirts for soldiers of the army. Government payment of 25 00 is noted. The work has been directed by Lieutenant Beuie Glinton, who established a depot for shirt making under the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Women
Trenton
Be Uie Glinnton
The
Naval men eat flu germs for experiment findings
Naval researchers observed influenza in seamen over several weeks noting nasal and throat infections. Some were inoculated but few observable changes occurred. physicians report no strong results from the experiment. Miss Alice McCoy convalesces from pneumonia while Chester Wagner becomes out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McCoy
John McCoy
L Street
Pheumonia
Chester Wagner
J = street
Princeton
Gas Section Aims to Smother German Forces With Fluids
America produced rapidly and neared war end as a new gas mask was developed to curb old discomforts. The chem warfare unit planned to overwhelm the German army with a stream of poison fluids and gas, revealed at a dinner for General Sibert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sibert
Revenue Districts May Conform to State Lines
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper announced that revenue collection districts may be rearranged next year to align with state boundaries. He said the change should boost efficiency by creating one district per state and allocating two to larger states, with a population based sub division and a deputy collector in a central city. He noted last year’s collection cost at 12 003 000 dollars, about one third of one percent of all coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal
Internal Revenue
Roper
Contem
Commi! Roper
New Power Plant at Pond Shop A Marvel of Mechanism
A vast new power house at Pond Machine Tool on South Second Street marks a half million dollars in improvements finished after a year of wartime expansion. The Eaton Company of Philadelphia built the structure, which features two 200 pound steam boilers, Westinghouse dynamos, and a central spray pond recirculating water to condense steam. Chief Engineer George H Batchelor has guided the project, now nearly doubling the plant size with modern machinery and an efficient layout for power and light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pond
South Second Street
The
Eaton Company
Philadelphia
Big Yards
South Secon
George H
Imost
Worcester
Mass
Batchelor
Babcock & Wilcox
Westinghouse
War Department Orders Chevrons For Camp Dix Men
Camp Dix receives orders to furnish each honorably discharged soldier two scarlet chevrons worn on left sleeves as proof of service and discharge. Three new Transport Companies 668 669 739 form amid growing shipments with Lt Y H Hempy as acting commander. Midnight mass at Knights of Columbus and post Christmas programs mark celebrations as tens of thousands await discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dix
War Department
Lakewood
Amatol
Y H. M. Hempy
Camp Motor Track Company
Knights of Columbus
Dix
Vincent J. Dougherty
Trenton
John O. Gretton
Catholic College
Princeton
Y. M
Cng Hospital
Milwaukee
Comrades Overseas
J F. Glass
Fred Ferro
Camp Merrit
Gloss
Ferof
Talion
Tank Corps
Giddings
Eric McCoy Wiii
Madison
Hoboken
Engagement of Miss Horne to J W O Connell
Announcement records the engagement of Miss Horne daughter of Mr and Mrs Horne of 921 West Street to J W O Connell of the same. No date has been set for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Horne
Seph Horne
West Street
J. W O'Connell
Miss Bernice Higgins Spends Week With North Borough Friend
Miss Bernice Higgins of the street in the borough spent a week with Mr we er com mon at North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Higgins
Street
Borough
wThaa Weer
New Drying Process For Meats And Fish Claim
Dr Argilur H. McKee of Columbia University announced a drying method for meat and fish that preserves flavor and nutrition with minimal space. The process removes bone and connective tissue, dries in a vacuum at low temperature, and could replace brine and refrigeration in military use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argilur H. McKee
Ering
Columbia University
Feens Sainl
McKee
Colu
Uchennaia
Eighteen Inch Guns May Be Built at Watervliet
The Watervliet Army Arsenal in New York may manufacture guns up to a large calibre. Major General C C Williams, Chief of Ordnance, stated this week in his annual report to the Secretary of War. No decision indicated whether production of this large ordnance is contemplated. During the fiscal year, 16,000 contracts were let for material valued at $5,000,000, with manufacturers expending substantial sums in building facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Army
Cc. C. Williams
Secretary of War
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Pond Shop
Wrightstown
Plainfield
Mulford
North Free
W. F. Wilson
AUTO
Henry Wierenga
Jens
Seeeeinga
Jenes
Nes Street
John S. Haskard
Tron Steel
McDowell Street
Auto Rep. and Supplies
Oswald
Candy Shop
Broadway Dainties
East Front Street
Plainfield, New Jersey
W. A. Schore & CO
Winn
Higgins Ing
Tel
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