School Head Quits to Be War Worker
Ruth Coit, former head mistress of a Cambridge girls' school, becomes executive secretary of the northeastern field of the YWCA. She now directs YWCA work across New England, New York, and New Jersey, traveling to assess conditions of women and those involved with the association.
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New York
C. A
Misa Ruth Coit
Cambridge
Mess
Miss Colt
National Y. W. Co. A
New England
New Jersey
George Siegmann in France returns to service in signal corps
George Siegmann, known for his villain in Heart of the World, now serves as a lieutenant in the signal corps after filming in France with Griffith's company. At 38, he is married and recently went to war, later returning to California to enlist. He appears in local theater listings for new screenings and features at Levy's Orpheum and nearby houses.
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George Siegmann
PD. W. Griffith
Levy
Orpheum
France
Signal Corps
Uncle Sam
Siegmann
Griffith
California
von Strom
Levy's
First Ave
Columbia At
Columbia
Midwayetween Fleet
Second Area
Seattle
Bad Weather Insects Cut Pacific Grain Output
San Francisco reports a federal reserve district review warns insects and weather hurt Pacific Coast grain growth. Wheat will exceed 1917 by 20 million bushels, potatoes and beets down sharply, apples likely below 1917, salmon pack near 4.5 million cases, shipyard value over 500 million yearly, and fir lumber mills pledge 600 cars monthly for government needs.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
12Th
Federal Reserve District
Pacific Northwest
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fir Lumber Mills
Oregon
Washington
Navy
British Save 71 Percent of Horses From War Front
British veterinary service records show that from the start of the war through February 1918, 6,551,960 horses and mules were treated in France horse hospitals, and 394,768 were cured and returned to the front, a 71 percent success rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Veterinary Service
France
Seized Corn Sacks Contain Ammunition
Dublin authorities raided a market and seized 122 sacks believed to hold corn. Upon opening 40,000 rounds of ammunition were found mixed with the grain.
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London
Dublin
English Can Send Troops More Gifts
The weight limit for parcels to the front has been raised from seven to 11 pounds. Parcels of up to 11 pounds can now be sent to France or Italy for 36 cents, allowing more gifts to reach troops overseas.
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N. KE. A
London
France
Italy
Danz Expands to Five Theatres Name Changes
Joseph Danz, manager of the Big Four theatres at Firet and Cherry, adds the Little theatre at 416 Pike St to his chain, now to be called the Big Five. Aeronauts claim a dog bark can be heard from an elevation of four meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Danz
Firet and Cherry
Little Theatre
Pike St
Aerial Mail Flyer Makes Fest Trip
An airplane carried 200 pounds of mail from New York to Washington in two hours and a half. Lieut Stephen Ponaal flew from New York to Philadelphia in 45 minutes and dropped the mail at Philadelphia.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Stephen Ponaal
Prisoners to Receive Larger Bread Ration Under Accord
Under the Franco German exchange pact, prisoners will receive larger bread allowances. French and Belgian prisoners in Germany get a daily increase of half a pound three ounces above civilian rations, while German prisoners in France will receive three quarters of a pound.
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Berne
Germany
France
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Wallace
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Hearst
PATHE
Pike
47Th St
New York City
Alexander
Palace
ROOME
the Eagle
Pye
Evans
Johnny Hines
Ever, & Sun
Blackfach Eddin Ross Leugh
General Admias
Clemmer
Rex
Screen Classic
Frank
Keenan
New York Journal
Pathe News
Seneca
Ruth, Coit
N. FE. A
Geo. Siegmann
Hun
U. S. Army
Moonhams
Age Heanett
Theam Clemmer
Anne Q. Nilsson
Coliseum
Peatine Prederich
Onthelm
Rio Grande
Rex Beach
Miss Frederick
Pauline Frederick
Maria
Harvey
Frank Keenan
Deering
Strand
May Allison
the Mission
Mie Ailison
Virginia Houston
Spurlock
Prodigal
Colonial
Jack Spurlock
the Colonial
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Part
George Walsh
Hia
Winfield Anderson
6Th St. N. W
George
Walsh
The
Red Cross
Fourth and
Virginia
Bach
Fraser-Paterson Co
Daz
Selec
Lonsdale
Fraser- Paterson Co
Praser-Paterson Co
McCallum
of the Arrow
Arrow
Wall
Oxford
Haa
Iret
Third Ave
DANZ
Hougen
Pk. J
Northwest
Finiaa
Binyon Optical CO
Finstave
Seneca Gt
Alaim 1658
Columbia ST
Edwin J. Brown
Kpwin J. Nrown
D. D. Geattie
Gio
Right Drug CO
Washington St
Bass
Bryn Mawr
Lake Washington
Fourth Ave
L. Y. Stayton
American Concrete Pipe and Shipbuilding Co
Elliott
Seattle & Renton Ry
Tacoma
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