Let Them Alone Brig Gen Glenn Advises Girls At Fort Harrison
Indianapolis July 22 Brig Gen Edwin F Glenn in command of 11 000 soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison urged local women to stop sending entertainment or letters to the troops insisting leave them alone They should instead support the camp with official channels and focus on resources like newspapers and magazines and practical comforts when troops go abroad He also urged using Y M C A and Red Cross for diversions and warned against improvised gifts such as unsolicited cigars
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Arizona Woman Seeks Entry To Front Lines In France
Mrs Hazel Carter of Douglas attempts to join her husband in France by disguising as an American soldier. She smuggled aboard a train to New York and then a transport to France but was prevented from landing. Returned to Hoboken where she posed in uniform before authorities.
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Hazel Carter
Douglas, Ariz
France
New York
Hoboken
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Woman Enlists as Soldier Then Returns Home In Disguise
Mrs. Hazel Blauser Carter smuggled aboard a transport with her husband Corp. John Carter, dressed as a khaki soldier. She begged to stay as a nurse but was unable to land. The husband’s stripes were removed on ship, and she returned to Douglas, Arizona.
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Hazel Blauser Carter
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John Carter
Atlantic
Hoboken
Going Up Prices of Cigars and Cigarettes Rise
Local cigar dealers warn prices for cigars and cigarettes are set to climb due to higher raw material costs war taxes and wage demands. Filler costs have surged from 15 to 40 45 cents per pound and wrappers rise. most cigars move from six to five cents and soon higher. Cigarettes already up in major cities from 10 to 11 cents per pack with 12 13 25 cent varieties rising to 15 25 30 cents in some markets. Dealers expect a five to six cent retail increase across cigars to cover costs.
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Maine Street
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John Chipman
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