Mechanics urged to join Motor Transport Corps drive
A Chicago dated letter from October 9 1918 appeals for 20000 trained mechanics to join the Motor Transport Corps for urgent induction before midnight October. It lists trades from blacksmiths to radiators and welder and describes volunteers risking death to pass through a German barrage to deliver ammunition.
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Chicago
Motor Transport Corp
Motor Transport Corps
Pon
Whitney
France
Transport Corps
Transportation Corps
C. M. Whitney
Kemmerer
Wyoming Forms State Group for French Orphans Aid
A Cheyenne meeting launched a Wyoming state organization to aid about 260000 French fatherless children. Mrs J D Shingle named State Chairman with deputies and a secretarial team. funds flow quarterly to guardians, with donor acknowledgments. Wyoming aims to adopt roughly 600 children, pledging about 18250 dollars next year.
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France
America
Cheyenne
J. D. Shingle
Herman B. Gates
Birat
Henry Watson
Pred Warren
Wyoming
Gas Fails to Halt Gun Crew in War Time Struggle
A dramatic World War I illustration shows two U S soldiers manning a machine gun under gas and shrapnel fire. The caption links homefront support to the Fourth Liberty Loan, detailing how $50 bonds fund one gunner, $500 bonds outfit a company, and $200 bonds add another weapon for combat against the Germans.
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Berlin
Germany
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