Machine Guns Force Women Nurses Back
Washington reports that only graduate trained nurses are chosen for war hospital service by the American Red Cross. Nursing aids are carefully selected. most front care is at base hospitals away from artillery. The piece notes strict roles, pay of 60 dollars monthly, irregular hours, and the nurse to patient ratios in base hospitals and naval detachments.
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United States
Uncle Sam
France
Red Cross
Perahing
Griffin Sought in Seattle After Missing Fireman Case
Griffin a city fireman and his seven year old son Eugene vanished June 20 after a canoe was found empty off Laurelburst. Friends say Griffin may be in Seattle hiding from his divorced wife.
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S G. Griffin
Eugene
Seattia
Griffin
Laurelburst
Liberty bond tips spark buzz at St Rexis hotel
Francis Kleinberger a wealthy painting gallery owner distributed a $50 Liberty bond tip to 70 employees of the St Rexis hotel before departing for his summer home in Long Beach New York on July 2.
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New Yorker
New York
Francis Kleinberger
St. Rexis
Long Beach
New Movie Bills Draw Crowds Across Local Theaters
Capacity houses filled the Coliseum and other venues for a fresh slate of films. Douglas Fairbanks led Wild and Woolly at the Coliseum, Dorothy Dalton headlined The Flame of the Yukon at the Liberty, and Earle Williams starred in Apartment 29 at the Clemmer. The Mission offered George Beban in The Bond Between, while Crane Wilbur played The Single Code at the Rex. The Strand showed The Battle of the Somme. The Man Trail at the Colonial with Richard Travers. Prudence the Pirate at Close A. Dalton rushed to Chicago to visit her ill father.
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Dorothy Dalton
Earle Williams
George Beban
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George
Crane Wilbur
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Somme
Strand
Colonial
Richard Travers
Lineety
Clemmerm
Parle Williame
Colontal
Richard Traverse
Henrcrane Wilbur
Jorge Keban
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LABS
Gladys Halette
Rudence
Theatres Enter the Week with Silent Screen Screens
The Clemmer presents Dorothy Dalton in The Plame of the Womon and Ethel Gray Terry opposite Farle Williams in Apartment 29. Rex features Crane Wilbur in The Single Code with directing duties. Strand shows The Battle of the Somme with Lieut James Dagger lecturing and film. Norma Talmadge and Jane Grey headline upcoming releases.
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Farle Williams
the Clemmer
Denton Vale
James Dagger
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German Scion Controls U S Gas Transport
Washington July 2 Auto motive transport is a broad term for moving by internal combustion engines including planes motor trucks ambulance service and field artillery. Karl W Zimmerschied, 37, a key metallurgist at General Motors Co Detroit, heads the automotive transport efforts for the firm.
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Army Transport Service
Red Cross
Army
National Council of Defense
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General Motors Co
Detroit
Japanese Tea Men Rooting for a Day U S Tea Boom
U S treasury tea examiner George F Mitchell reports a link between Nippon tea fields and U S tea demand amid prohibition. He says America drank 109,500,000 pounds of tea in 1916 and tea from Japan supplies 42.2 percent, with over one pound per capita.
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George F Mitchell
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Orpheum Vaudeville and Four Theatres Week Opening
Eugene Levy's Orpheum on Third and Madison features Milo Dolores in Jamaica and Arnold Robinson in a polished song and talk set. Joy Herndon hoop rolls while the Christy Sisters sing in Norwegian and English. Eck and Morris offer popular numbers. Motion pictures join the show through Tuesday. Metropolitan hosts Harold Bell Wright's Eyes of the World, praised as a top film of the year with dramatic scenes. Alhambra presents Mother, a natural, modern play by Fanchon Everhart about a widow and her six children. Palace Hip theater headline Radium Models with Roth and Roberts The Wop and the Cop keeps audiences laughing. Bijou Minstrel features, Dane and Neville sketch Any Couple, Lew Hoffman The Nutty Hatter, and Marie Genaro Contortionist.
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Madison
Milo
Dolores
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Arnold & Robinson
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Christy Sisters
Eck
Morris
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Dane
Neville
Lew Hoffman
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Venus
Oratorical Training Camp Opens at Chautauqua
Educators and publicists begin a week long training in Chautauqua New York to sharpen speeches on patriotism during a nationwide wartime campaign. The drill focuses on voice projection and delivery under the committee on patriotism through education.
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N. Y
Committee On Patriotism
Murderer gets three years for Lopez murder in North Side
In Kansas City, Judge Latshaw called Enrique Mendosa “the worst thief the North side ever produced” and sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary for the murder of Goldie Lopez, “queen of the Mexicans,” committed last November.
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North Side
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Enrique Mendosa
Goldie Lopez
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