Camp Dix expands battalions and tightens passes
Camp Dix forms three new battalions and redesignates units, with Dix Jazzers entertaining troops under Y M D directors. Clock changes enforce visiting hours 8 am to 5 pm and a 30 minute exit window after 4 20 pm sirens. Pass system updated, passes checked by station attendants, drivers barred from carrying soldiers without passes, and loitering restricted after taps.
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K. of C
Camp Dix Jazzers
Pold Lane
Y. M
Shelby
J. Davidson
Y. M. Hut No. 7
Dix
Sorte Bf
Wrightstown
Lewistown
Quartermaster’s Department
Civil Service
Matthew J. Toohey
Hoboken
Dixon
Father Toohey
St. John’s Roman Catholic Church
Jersey City
Norman R. Wynne
Weehawken
Camp McClellan
Ala
Camp Dix
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Two Firms File Suit Against Standard Aircraft
Two lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court against the Standard Aircraft Company of Plainfield allege unpaid balances. Laing Auto Machine Company seeks 930.72 for labor through July 30, and Irving Kunzman, trustee, seeks 744.20 for services April through July 30. Both demand interest. cases may appear on the January calendar. Sergeant Pelham C. Wilmerding, son of Mr and Mrs A C Wilmerding, has arrived in France with Company A 4th Pioneer Infantry.
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Circuit Court Clerk
Standard Aircraft Company
Plainfield
Fiagway
Laing Auto Machine Company
Irving Kunzman
Wetich On & Book
Froom
Mpany
A.C. Wilmerding
Beltidere Avenue
Pelham C. Wilmerding
France
Company A
4Th Pioneer Infantry
Local Soldiers Enter Town Held By Enemy Troops
American forces from the Seventy-eighth division, including Plainfield and New Jersey units, entered Labelle Joyeuse in occupied France after enemy evacuation. Pershing reports three enemy planes and one observation balloon shot down, with heavy artillery on the Verdun front and a repulsed counterattack at Bois de Belleau.
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Germany
Pershing
Wa Department
Plainfield Boys
New Jersey
Labelle Joynese
Verdun
Meuse
Bois de Belleau
First Army
Grand@ Pre
Labelle Joyeuse
BantHeville
Cunel
Breulles
Bois
Warned of Perils After Influenza Wave in New Jersey
Public Health Service and State Health Department urge communities to educate on health measures. Director Price calls for thorough cleansing of schools churches theaters and homes, better sewage handling and hygiene. Emphasis on housing capacity and foreign-worker living conditions to prevent future outbreaks.
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New Jersey
J. C. Price
State Department of Health
United States Public Health Service
State Health Department
Price
State Board of Health
Government Warns Against Paying Fees
The War Department urged the public to report any cases of individuals charging fees for collecting insurance or soldiers' allotments. The government promised settlements without outside intervention and offered free legal aid through selective service district advisory boards for beneficiaries needing counsel.
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War Department
Selective Service
Advises Autoists on Motor Routes and Pavement Plans
The State Highway Department outlines winter travel routes and pavement plans for 1919. It calls for hard pavement from Newark to Bank and from Berlin south on the White Horse Pike, affecting travel from New York and northern points to Sea Girt and Atlantic City. Detours will continue until work near Metuchen and Middletown is finished, with updates from the state highway engineers as changes become possible.
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Dunswick
Kingston
Traye
Camden
Berlin
Ancor Tommonton
Atlate City
State Highway Department
New York
Spa Bight
Sea Girt
Middletown
Keyport
Middtown
Newark
Rahway
Metuc
Perth Amboy
New Brunswick
Smith
Metuchen
Plan of Work at Its Bayway Plant
Bayway plant expands with $400000 in new buildings to shift to a parts built then assembled process for airplanes. Government demand and new coordination aim to increase output. layoffs occurred but employment rises as reorganization proceeds under John D. Ryan plan aligning with aircraft industry methods.
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Bayway
Mingles
Mr. Oottasie
Itp
John Dd. Ryan
Mechine
Aisme A
Airlohs
Iwe
Currency values abroad and United States exchange rates
The article explains foreign currencies and their approximate values in US dollars. It notes the German thaler, English pound and crown, French franc, Swiss franc, Romanian leu, Turkish lira, Venezuelan bolivar, and Japanese yen with rough conversions and emphasizes the varying circulation in foreign lands.
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Fingland
Russia
Germany
United States
England
France
Switzerland
Bolivar
Venezuela
Red Cross Expands Rules for Christmas Gifts to Soldiers
Red Cross explains gift mailing rules for overseas service members. Each soldier designates one recipient in the entry to receive gifts. labels are scarce and must be obtained by the contact in France or from the sole bearer of the label. Local chapters may help locate a label, then packages are prepared and sent with sender covering shipping, as the Red Cross holds no general supply of labels.
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Chihages
Red Cross
Atlantic Divi
War Department
France
Cheese Sandwiches Could Become Luxury Items
The State Food Administration announced new limits on cheese sandwiches made with American cheese. Under the rule a sandwich must use two ounces or more of cheese, with only one sandwich per person allowed if under the standard portion. A supplemental meal may be served, and prices are expected to rise. Howard Hulick of the hotel and restaurant division described the restrictions as effectively curbing American cheese portions in hotels and restaurants.
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T State Food Administration
Kington
Fee
Howard Hulick
Tary
Hotel Restaurant Division
The
Food Administration
Baird Answered By Suffrage Head
Suffrage association defends Baird amid questions about his stance on the suffrage policy. He voted with the party line, and senators from the same party stood by the policy as presented by the suffrage head.
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Baird
Ratho
Uber
Women suffrage debate in New Jersey politics and war context
The piece critiques Republican leaders including Governor Edge and Senator Baird over women’s suffrage and notes Party support for state and national interests. It contrasts postwar aims with wartime priorities and urges voters to consider the Federal War Amendment before the Senate reconvenes.
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Baird
Republican Party
New
Edge
Ghuysen
Pnor
New Jersey
United Senate
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