Wounded Sergeant Reflects On Belgian Battle Front
London reports a British sergeant recounting a chaotic day in Belgium. He describes tense scouting, rough movement, and watching wounded comrades as French gunners countered German advances. He was wounded in the foot and uncertain how it happened.
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Chicago Daily News
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Belgium
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Éli
Hill
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Prisoner Kohl Praises Leavenworth While Re-arrested in Chicago
Clarence A. Kohl, released after two years at Leavenworth for mail order fraud, greeted government officers in Chicago where he was rearrested. He claimed Leavenworth was the best boarding house and fondly recalled tenderloin and sirloin steaks, and he awaits new sentencing for prior crimes. Kohl, also known as C. Alvin, had fled bond and committed further offenses in Pittsburgh.
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Leavenworth Penitentiary
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Leavenworth
Kohl
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Forger Targets Bank Checks in Des Moines Case
A Des Moines forger known for using Southworth novels to pass bogus certified checks from a Boone bank has reached New York, authorities report. P W Hall of the Iowa Bankers Association confirms the Burlington bank issue and the alleged fraud scheme.
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New York Judge Retained for Porter Charlton Extradition
The case of Porter Charlton, teenaged American who killed his wife in Como Italy, faces delays as World War disrupts extradition. Judge Palmieri, who defends Charlton, travels to Italy and notes under Italian law murder in heat of passion could yield a 20 year sentence or less, while trial shifts to February next year and Italy’s war complications loom.
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Servia
New York World
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America
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