Public Welfare Efforts and War Training Initiatives
War training in the United States includes experts teaching use and care of the new rifle model 1917 with rapid disassembly and assembly times. Communal kitchens in Britain save food and fuel, while U S agencies organize aid for soldiers' dependents and pay issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Information
Washington
National Army
National Guard
United States
Ordnance Department
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Hammersmith
London
Council of National Defense
Treasury Department
Bureau of Warrisk Insurance
Washington, D. C
War Department
Tales of fights with U boats in British records room
In Whitehall a room holds volumes of merchant marine encounters with U boats showing German savagery and British bravery. The article recounts a typical night battle, with a merchant ship firing at a submarine, escapes, torpedo threats, and rescues, alongside other vivid wartime episodes and German procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitehall
Germany
Helm
Rosslyn Wemyss
Reponent
Alaska women aid war effort amid Red Cross drive
Mrs Louis K Pratt leads Liberty bond work in Fairbanks where over 2000 Red Cross members fundraise despite weak dollars. Bridge clubs donate dues to war work, clubs collect scrap metal and rubber, and a deli sale endows a bed in Neuilly hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis K. Pratt
Liberty Bond Committee
Fairbanks
Alaska
Red Cross
States
Deliccatessen
Neuilly Hospital
Lessons on Marriage Children and Riches in Mark Ten
A devotional outline summarizes Jesus teaching on marriage and divorce, children’s value, and the perils of wealth from Mark chapter ten. It cites memory verses and cross references to Genesis Exodus Leviticus and Matthew for teacher guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus
Moses
Christ
Abraham
Kaiser Declares Germany Will Rule the World
Los Angeles, Cal. S. C. Clemensen, once Danish and now an American, says he heard the Kaiser declare in July 1901 that Germany would rule the world by 1917. Clemensen alleges the Kaiser vowed German fleets would dominate the sea and land in 1917 during the launch of the battleship Kaiser Karl der Grosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
S. C
Clemensen
Denmark
Kaiser
Clemensén
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Councils of Defense
Thackara
Paris
Regular Army
Artillery
Seaboard
Quartermaster’s Department
France
Somerly
Bureau of Standards
United States Department of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Navy Department
Europe
England
America
Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster General
Atlanta
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Minister of Agriculture of
Brazil
Palestine
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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