Censor at Camp Lewis Shelters Press at Tacoma
At Camp Lewis Captain M D Welty upholds Washington’s public information rules and only blocks material aiding the enemy. He saves mail clippings, reviews copy, and limits troop movements and supply details from publication while treating correspondents with courtesy. Newspaper reporters remain accredited to the camp.
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Lewis
Tacoma
Capt
M .D. Welty
Committee of Public Information
Washington
Welty
Camp Censorship Rules For Journalists And Retainers
The excerpt describes military censorship rules for journalists and camp retainers. It notes officers and men must treat credentialed correspondents with consideration under military law. Retainers wear uniforms like a second lieutenant with a white patch and a C on the right arm. Journalists must honor censorship and submit uncertain stories to Capt. Welty for review to keep enemy access to information limited.
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Capt. Welty
Thag
Christmas War Flares On Front As Troops Brace
Washington reports from the War Department that Christmas will be a grim one on the American front. No holiday truce or trimmings will soften the fighting as Frito and Sammy confront each other and the trenches amid a drumbeat of shelling. An official line says troops act for business not pleasure, with Christmas gifts only in the form of more explosives and bayonets.
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Frito
Sammy
Frit
Frits
No Man's Land
War Department
Amsterdam
Teuton
Drunken Kaiser Warned Of World War In 1908
New York dispatch reports that an interview attributed to the German emperor in 1908 foresaw a world conflict. The Century Magazine printed it, paid $1,000, then destroyed the piece after warnings of war. The Tribune says the interview was shipped aboard a German cruiser and some copies burned.
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kKateer
Century Magazine
The
Tribune
Sald
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Hohenszollern
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America
England
Seven of Eleven Pinched in Raid
Chicago police raided an Afro crap shooting joint after surrounding it. Eleven people were inside when the raid began. one player accidentally signaled the officers and seven of the eleven were arrested.
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United Press
Chicago
Cope
Seattle to acquire new police suets and motorcycles
Seattle officials seek an $11,200 increase to fund new police sues and motorcycles through a public safety ordinance introduced Monday.
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Seattle
Acids in the Stomach Cause Indigestion
Medical authorities say about nine tenths of stomach troubles stem from too much hydrochloric acid rather than lack of digestive juices. The remedy warns against artificial digestive aids and recommends Maurated Magnesia after meals to sweeten the stomach and prevent sourness and pain.
Cores Colds in South Africa Laxative Promo
An OCR fragment advertises quinine tablets with a laxative promo. It mentions FE W Groves sig metere on bor and a price of 10 cents, with unclear product context and minimal readable detail.
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South Africa
Auce FE. W. Groves
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