Three War Medals Bestowed On Y Hero
W A Roberts a YMCA worker in France has received the Croix de Guerre the Legion of Honor badge and the Medal Militaire for bravery. He won them in three months while serving as auditor of disbursements for YMCA in France and handling over a quarter of a million dollars daily. He left for overseas February 12 was wounded by a machine gun at Solsys rescued a YMCA secretary in Toul sector and was wounded again at Chateau Thierry.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
W. A. Roberts
Roberta
France
Roberts
Michigan Central Railroad
Solasys
Toul
Chateau Thierry
Y M C A Seeks Men for Southern Home Camps
Dr. W. W. Alexander announces that the Y M C A War Work Council plans to recruit 1,000 men for home service camps in the Southeast through the end of the year. Volunteers will be asked to provide 25 men per month per state to support soldiers in camps like Gordon Wheeler and Jackson.
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Atlanta
Army
Navy
W. W. Alexander
War Personnel Board
Y. M.C. A. War Work Council
Dr. Alexander
Southeast
Coo Etete
M. C
Millions of YMCAs Swarm Southeastern Camps in 1917 18
The annual report from Atlanta details the Southeast Y M C A camps during July 1, 1917 to July 1, 1918. It cites 35,860,980 soldiers in huts across six states, with 32,89,002 letters written and 2,403,744 money orders sent home. The report notes 1,291,043 soldier attendees at 4,006 lectures, 978,045 in 64,811 classes, and 764,710 books circulated. It highlights 3,683,350 participants in physical activities and 6, Bis spectators at events, plus 4,451 religious attendees and 21,986 Bible classes.
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L. Porter Moore
Atlanta
Red Triangle
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Mississippi
Florida
No college men favored by coal dealer in office talk
A coal dealer voices a harsh view that he has no use for college bred men and will train a young worker in his own business. The customer counters that he prefers men with no fixed ideas about weights and measures.
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
U.S
Roanoke Rapids
Ed Triangle
Soissons
Y.M.C.A
Y. MC. A.huts
Southeastern Department
Wah
T the
Fismes
D 'O
Rosemary Banking & Trust Company
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