Spy Espionage Trial Reveals Swiss Neutrality Tension
In Berne a Swiss court convicted most of twenty one defendants in a major espionage case. Luginbuhl faced treason charges for dealings with French and German agents, while Mourgeot and others were found guilty of aiding a spy network. The trial highlighted Swiss neutrality concerns and widespread espionage activity across Europe.
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Berne
Luginbuhl
France
Buh
Switzerland
Germany
Mourgeot
Chippis
Wandshut
Dr. Bruestlein
Republic
French doctor near ruins of her castle after shelling
Dr Antoinette d Artagnoa, a French woman doctor now in the United States, lost her castle and servants as the Germans destroyed her estate near the Belgian border. She was wounded and gassed, received Belgian and French medals, and plans to recover in the U S before aiding American women doctors in France.
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Antoinette d’Artagnoa
United States
France
Albert
Belgium
Petain
Rabbits Help Homesickness Among Repatriates in France
Bourg, France. Repatriates from Germany are homeless and parentless with families in France taking them in. Red Cross delegates provide furnishings, garden tools, and rabbits to ease hardship, noting rabbits offer affordable meat and quick multiplication in small spaces.
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Bourg
France
Germany
Ministry of the Interior
Red Cross
Department of the Ain
Evian
American Red Cross
Censor Science News Critics Warn of Enemy Benefit
Paris reports warn that popular science coverage in daily and magazine press aids the enemy by revealing details. The French Academy of Sciences is urged to tighten censorship with expert readers to spot valuable disclosures.
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French Academy of Sciences
Paris
la Liberte
Academy of Sciences
Good Samaritan Is Repaid
Nevada Missouri reports Mrs S H Meller owner of a small home bakery has been informed by the war department she will receive ten thousand dollars life insurance on the late soldier Thomas H Price who recently died.
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Nevada
S. H. Meller
War Department
Thomas H. Price
Adopt One Orphan a Month Plan by Dorans
Los Angeles readers report Mr and Mrs William Doran of Wilshire Boulevard have adopted an ongoing plan to sponsor one wartime orphan each month until France can care for its war orphans alone. The Dorans are already godparents to ten French children and intend to continue monthly adoptions.
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Los Angeles
William Doran
Wilshire Boulevard
France
Gratitude Tale Of War Veteran And Nurse
The passage describes an accidental gun discharge aboard a transport. Price, ill and penniless, came here years ago. Mrs Meller sheltered him, nursed him back to health, aided him in finding work, and he assigned his war risk insurance to her as thanks before departing.
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Price
Camp Gordon Bans Racial Slurs Toward Non English Speakers
General Sage enforces a camp order at Camp Gordon Atlanta to stop using terms like wops dagoes and bohunks against non English speaking soldiers. Soldiers and officers must treat all recruits without prejudice or humiliation to prevent hostility.
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Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Sage
Japanese Minister of War Enables Inland Ship Towing
A 40 foot, five foot draft ship was towed on land by a T5 horsepower caterpillar in Imperial Valley California. The vessel which once sailed Salton Sea will be loaded for shipment to a seaport and then to Alaska for prospectors. The craft was built for fishing industry use when Salton Sea was larger and is now stranded on drying silt.
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Desert
Imperial Valley
California
Salton Sea
Niland
Alaska
Victory for Auto Owners on Nantucket Vote
Nantucket residents approved motor vehicles after a 15 year fight to admit cars. The final tally was 336 for and 296 against, backing a legislative act repealing the 1914 ban on auto operation. The vote drew broad interest from seasonal summer visitors and locals alike.
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Nantucket
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M. Charles le Goffic
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Jordan
Kenichi Okshimua
Southport
England
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