Woman's Work 9 Organized by War Board
The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities sends a director to cantonment towns to organize women and girls work. Committees under Woman's and Girls' Departments cover child welfare, industry, relief, canteen work, recreation, social services, and protective tasks.
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Texas
San Antonio
War Department Commission On
War Service Board
Council of National Defense
Women’s Department
Child Welfare
Girls Department
Mothers Council
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Red Cross
Women and Girls Aid in San Antonio Emergency Home
The War Service Board of San Antonio supports the Protective Committee run Woman's Building as an emergency home for girls and women aimed at prevention and aid for stranded or daily-life cases. In February to April, 118 women and girls and 9 children were helped by contributions from Associated Charities, Juvenile Court, city police, Humane Society and others. Soldiers enjoy Pershing Theater at Camp Travis with Kemp and Button presenting a 16-member troupe. A light humor note recounts a Ceylon English colonist and his servant, a joke about a stool and a cow.
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War Service Board of
San Antonio
Associated Charities
Juvenile Court
City Police
Humane Society
W. Co. A
Travelers’ Aid
Red Cross
Pershing Theater
Camp Travis
Kemp & Button
Button
Austin Road
Odd Charms in Allied Armies
A London Answers feature catalogs widespread superstitions among Allied soldiers. Three-based taboos trigger fatal fears, third leaves spur bad omens, and shared matches risk ill luck. Spitting on shells ties to ancient sacrifice, while odd numbers shift from lucky to unlucky. White heather talismans, Military Cross omens, and a black cat call luck vary by army.
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London
Greece
Pliny
Atea
Marne
Star Theater Popular With Soldiers Under Morvis Wier
The Star, guided by Mor vis Brothers and Wier, remains a top theater for soldiers with weekly new bills and biweekly company changes. A new cooling system will soon boost patron comfort.
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The
Star
Morvis Brothers & Wier
Star Theater
Travels 2000 Miles For Farewell
An 82 year old farmer from near Calgary travels 2000 miles to visit his two soldier sons in Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville. The Vance family moved to Canada three years ago from Orleans Indiana and the sons enlisted after the war began.
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Louisville
Clinton Vance
Camp Zachary Taylor
Vance
Calgary
Canada
Orleans
Ind
The Listening Post from Franklin P. Adams in France
Franklin Pierce Adams known as I P A writes from France for Stars and Stripes. Excerpts from his column show his humor amid air raids, noting Bomb Sunday in Paris and lines about wartime life, mixing aphorisms, wordplay, and social color from the front.
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Franklin Pierce Adams
New York Tribune
Conning Tower
France
Stars and Stripes
American Expeditionary Forces
Navy
Colgum
Stara and Stripes
Paris
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Woman's Work
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Ceylon
Sam
Maseo
Betty
Thirety Tommy
Bill
Iingo
F.P.A
Donnerwetter
Hudson Terminal
Western Union
Woodworth
Western Front
United States
Freddie Flizz
York
Josh
Germany
Kaiser
Cobb
Homer
Tigers
McGraw
Elis
Bjurstedt
Nets
Hearst
Arthur Guy Empey
Alfred E. Smith
Vitagraph
Empey
No Man’s Land
Lois Meredith
James Morrison
All Star
William Fox
Theda Barbyrectron
Walliam Fox
Cleopatra
Nile
William Shakespeare
the da’ Bara
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