Life of Pershing chronicled by Cullom Ferrell
A detailed portrait traces John J. Pershing from his Alsatian ancestry to his rise as U S Army general. It covers his schooling at Normal, West Point, campaigns in Geronimo’s era, Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico, leading to his 1916 promotion and pivotal role in coordinating Allied war effort in Europe.
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General Pershing
Cullom Holmes Ferrell
William For
Daniel Peirsching
America
Pershing
John
West Point
Competiton
Geronimo
Cuba
Philippines
Russia
Mexico
Brownsville
Federal plan for labor clearing house in San Antonio
San Antonio employers and U S Employment Service agreed to register workers at the service bureau before hiring. Federal Director W L Lewis urged universal adoption to track labor for war and civilian needs, noting transfers between essential and non essential jobs. The Main Plaza bureau has placed hundreds, aiding Texas in meeting a 14 240 war worker quota.
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San Antonio
U. S. Eeployment Service
Service Bureau
Federal
Texas
W. ‘Lewis
Department of Labor
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Employment Service Bureau
Main Plaza
Lodge Replies To McAdoo On War Revenue Bill
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts issued a reply stressing the Senate had six working days left on the $8,000,000,000 War Revenue Bill after Mr. McAdoo’s request and noting progress limits amid adjournment plans for a seven-billion-dollar Army Deficiency bill. In unrelated items, Dr. Frederick M. Bischoff of Irvington was sentenced to 20 years for plotting sabotage, with co-conspirators also imprisoned. A New York Federal court arraignment saw Col. H J Hirsel and others plead not guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government as trial nears. An at home tip offers an oatmeal bath remedy for irritated skin and a cheese cloth bag recipe.
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Germany
Pershing
Army of the
United States
Washington
Marshal Joffre
White House
Tim
Wilson
America
General Pershing
England
Front
France
Europe
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Lord Brooke
Ambassador Page
British War Office
Eongland
Dumas
Boulogne
United States of America
United” States of Europe
Paris
Gare du Nord
Hotel de Crillon
D Place de la Concorde
Wershing
M. Painleve
Lafayette
Continental Army
Republic
Dershing
Tondon
New York
Washington, D. C
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
McAdoo
Senate
Lodge
Ways and Means
House
Bischoff
Trenton
N. J
Gould & Eberhardt
Irvington
Frederick M. Bischoff
Maryland
William Henemyer
Red Cross
Otto Reichel
Newark
Col. H. J. Hirsel
Samuel Grass
Chartermaster's Department
Mortis
Ieo Rosenwwasser
Rosenwasser Bros., Inc
Rosenwasser
Long Island City
Lakewood High Girls Told to Ditch Silks for Simpler Dress
Lakewood Ohio Lakewood High School adopts resolutions urging girls to wear dark cloth skirts and white middy blouses to conserve fabrics and money. Principal Short supports moving away from party dress norms though some students resist. Six hundred sewing department students will devote time to Red Cross war work.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lakewood High School
Lakewood School Board
St. YT
Pate
Sh Sail
Red Cross
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Gen Enatinit
Army of France
Enaona
the Cafe
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Fourth ST
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Losoya
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South
the Menger
Southern Pacific
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al Conel
Sope Victoria
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Uaston
Univeston
Howton
St. Mary's
Clearing House OF Labor
Federal Bureau
No Man’s Land
WM. Basse Hardware CO
Braunschweig-Briam-Reich CO
Enterprise
Praeger Hardware CO
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Jeff
Mutt
U. S. Pat
Jeff Gwes
Monte
Jefe
H. C. Fisher
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