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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
16
ARKANSAS CITY Kansas Aug 2 Every evening at 9 p m the town stops for one minute of silent prayer for soldiers and the France campaign Fifteen thousand people participate and traffic halts while the ministerial association enforces the moment city officials have made it official and taxicabs display placards noting the practice
A benefit concert for the Home Service Section of the Red Cross Civilian Relief is set for Wednesday August 14 at 8 15 p m at Among the Firs Mercer Island. Local artists will perform under director Frederick William Zimmerman tenor. Miss Marguerite de Forest Anderson renowned flute soloist will appear in the nade number a popular modern piece for flute.
The Red Cross lifts the ban on sisters of men in service allowing them to go to France if they are in a regularly organized Red Cross group and fit for the work. Any woman who marries a member of the American Expeditionary Force after arriving overseas will be sent back to the United States by the sending organization.
London reports Sweden faces a worsening food situation with milk rationed to four-fifths of a pint weekly eggs absent and butter and meat in short supply. Potatoes, imported from Germany, are also scarce.
Washington August 2 concentration of draft troops hereafter will be accomplished by way of electric railways wherever it is possible. In answer to appeals from trolley lines for government aid the railroad administration has shifted the transportation of drafted men to their lines.
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