Metz plans large American Red Cross hospital near front
A Red Cross letter from Dr Nordhoff Jung reports plans to establish a large American hospital near Metz to treat US and allied sick and wounded unable to be moved from the front. It notes Munich hospitals are full and expresses hope relief will arrive in five to six months.
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Associated Press
Ington
Red Cross
Vief Metz
Nordhoff-Jung
LeCo Eding
Munich
Unich
War Turns English Golf Courses into Military Uses
London reports golf courses rapidly converted for war, with trenches dug at Sandwich and courses repurposed as drill grounds and hospitals. Women become nurses while men enlist or drill. old courses like Fellstowe linked to rifle ranges and clubs promote fitness and defense efforts.
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London
Sandwich
English Channel
Ouimet
Travers
Ishoff
Evans
Hale
Royal St. George
Sheffield
Hallowes
Fort
Abbeydale
Fellstowe Links
Tweed
Royal Blackheath
Kester
Royal North Devon
Royal Arpool
Royal Wimbledon
Bell Park
Kitchener's A
Eighteen Year Old Browder Shatters Javelin Record
George Browder of Poly Prep is hailed as the best scholastic athlete in the country. He set an American javelin record three weeks before turning eighteen, throwing 167 feet at the senior championships in Baltimore. Browder, a standout tackle and shot putter, will attend Cornell next fall.
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George Browder
Brooklyn
Poly Prep
Baltimore
Browder
al Sharpe
Cornell
EXTRA MEN ARE ON 10B AT POSTOFFICE
Postmaster Thornton expands holiday staff with thirteen substitute carriers and clerks to handle Christmas post office volume. Patrons are asked to wrap parcels securely, print full addresses, and avoid sealing packages to prevent first class charges.
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Mobile
Thornton
SEEKING AFTER DUCKS AT CASTLE SHIBE AND SOUTHERN CLUBS
J R Wallace and R L Swayne travel to Dog River for a week long duck shoot staying at Wallace lodge Castle Shibe. They will entertain Eng land and O Dwyer on Sunday army. Private links at Stoke Park used by Christopher Turner. Across southern England clubs convert courses to rifle practice bunkers into trenches and encampments to prepare for possible invasion. Clubs donate quarters for hospitals with nurse support from club women. St Georges Hill Weybridge cited as an example.
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J. R. Wallace
R. L. Swayne
Dog River
Mr Wallace
Castle Shibe
Messrs
W. E. England
W. L. O'Dwyer
Army
Christopher Turner
Stoke Park
England
St. George's Hill
Weybridge
American Christmas Gifts for German Children Reach Berlin
American Christmas gifts for German children arrived in Berlin from Naples aboard a ship escorted by German foreign office representatives. The presentation was hosted by the Berlin municipality and attended by the lord mayor, senior officials, Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein, Prince Hatzfeldt of the German Red Cross, James W. Gerard and other embassy members, and the empress’s two chief ladies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Naples
Foreign Office
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Prince Hatzfeldt
German Red Cross
James W. Gerard
Tragic shooting in Hard Scrabble school closing in Woodbury
At Hard Scrabble school five miles from Woodbury Tennessee during closing exercises Arthur Davenport 22 was shot and killed by Deputy Ed Fann and Constable T W Brewer after Davenport cut Brewer with a pocket knife. Bystander Elizah Reed was wounded by a stray bullet.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Woodbury
Arthur Davenport
Ed Fann
T. W. Brewer
Davenport
Brewer
Elizah Reed
Fann
Esquire
Spring Hill Dr Braswell First Fire Loss Clarified
Dr R L Braswell disputes a published report claiming multiple home fires. He notes his Spring Hill residence was destroyed recently and that no prior residence losses occurred. Eldest sons were present during the fire. A separate scene describes students at the town hall awaiting an official visit as carolers sing around a Christmas tree.
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R. L. Braswell
Spring Hill
Braswell
Kans City Diamond Robbery Captives After Street Fight
Two robbers who held up the jeweler Abraham Diamant for 180 dollars and diamonds were captured after a pistol firing chase through Kansas City's business district. The bandits named Charles Morrell and Charles Murphy fled the Diamant shop during a safe entry and were pursued by Diamant and police. property was recovered.
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Kansas City
Abraham Diamant
Charles Morrell
Charles Murphy
Diamant
Two Officers Face City Dismissal Over Morality Probe
Police officers Lyman Rayford and Olliphant Broadus were suspended on orders from Chief F. W. Crenshaw after a complaint of immoral conduct by Night Lieutenant R. L. Dorson. The city commission is likely to be asked to dismiss them. Officer William Nugent turned in his equipment and quit after a prior fifteen day suspension.
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Lyman Rayford
Olliphant Broadus
F. W. Crenshaw
City Commission
R. L. Dorson
William Nugent
Nugent
Lion Tamer Showman and Booking Agent Released
Labelle Andre the lion tamer Carl A Turnquist the showman and George Hamilton the booking agent were discharged after arraignment in a New York police court on manslaughter charges related to a stage lion escape that caused a panic. The magistrate found no law to justify holding them on the charge.
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New York
Labelle Andre
Carl A. Turnquist
George Hamilton
Peeters
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Roderick D. MacKenzie P
Norman Bell
Royal St
Extra Special
Graham-Rush Clothing Co
Dauphin Street
Oung
DR. Braswell
Europa
Columbia
Murray Hill
SC Ley A
Fala
City Axe
Broadus
L. Rayford
IDEAL
Electrical Supply CO
Lion Tamer
Showman
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