Lloyd the Coward Becomes War Hero at D Company
In a WWI tale, Albert Lloyd, branded coward for fear of a machine gun name, saves D company by loading an emptied gun after a dying comrade instructs him. He fights through No Man's Land, leads a counterattack, and dies heroically at 3:38, with a solemn funeral and mixed reactions at the gravesite.
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D Company
Lloyd
No Man's Land
Good Old Company
England
Doompany
Albert Lloyd
Company D
Preparing for the Big Push in Allied WWI Battles
In a dramatic World War I diary excerpt, the narrator describes preparations for the July 1 Somme push. He details the massive supply influx, German trench replicas, rehearsals, and mapmaking by officers and soldiers. The piece notes British air reconnaissance, restricted zones, and the confidence of a surprise attack.
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Great Britain
the Somme
Royal Flying Corps
United States Cavalry
France
Tommy
Fritz
Isinglass From Fish Sounds
Isinglass is made from the sounds of swimming bladders of fish. One ton of hake yields 40 to 50 pounds of sounds, dried, soaked, cut, rolled into sheets, and wound on spools. One ounce clarifies 200 to 500 gallons of wine and one pound clarifies 100 to 500 barrels of beer. It is used for cementing glass and pottery and in textiles and waterproof fabrics.
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Popular Science Monthly
Tea Plant Growth and Harvesting Practices in Japan
The tea plant grows ten to twenty feet in the wild but is dwarfed to about three feet for easier picking. Japan produces mostly green tea, with notable black tea exports grown mainly on Formosa. Seed is planted on hillside terraces forming giant steps, and during harvest large groups, often mostly women, pick along the slopes from hilltops downward.
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Japan
Formosa
War mobilization calls and local crowding in North Carolina
August calls for Camp Wadsworth and Camp Greene rise to 2600 white and 2000 colored, with total registrants exceeding 11 000 for general and limited service. Crowder orders no navy enlistments from age group, while rulings aid boards by deferring county agents and denying banked industrial deferments. Local stories note abrasives needs, Greensboro idleness law, Oak Ridge rifles for institute, and a Granite Quarry blaze damaging the garage and general store.
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Raleigh
Crowder
Adjutant General
Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S. C
General Crowder
Adjutant General's Department
State Department of Agriculture
Need for more sheep grows in wartime drive
A large gathered gathering of sheep growers and farmers from across the region heard speeches from veterans and state agriculture officials urging increased wool production as a wartime necessity. H G Chatham chaired and stressed financial and industrial stakes for farmers and wool manufacturers.
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Winston- “ Salem
Sia
State Department of Agriculture
H. G. Chatham
Allied Offense Progress Across Soissons Rheims Front
Allied forces push through the Soissons Rheims salient with French American British and Italian troops advancing north of Rheims and capturing Reuil Ouichy le Chateau and Ville Monoire while Germans counter from forests north of the Marne. In Macedonia and Albania fighting continues with allies holding the upper hand as other fronts see fewer actions.
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Soissons- Rheims Salient
Salient
Marne
Rheims
Reuil
Rheims-Soissons Salent
Ouichy le Chateau
Ville Monoire
Fere En Tardenois
France
Flanders
Hebuterne
Meteren
Macedonia
Albania
May Be Setting Stage For Decisive Battle
Washington reports a lull around the Aisne Marne salient as Allied and German high commands may be shaping for a decisive battle. Observers expect heavy fighting from east of Rheims to the North Sea, with a crucial clash near the Marne where Germans have faced defeat. No official plans are disclosed. questions remain on American buildup and offensive timing.
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Washington
Aisne- Marne
Rheims
North Sea
Marne
Foch
France
March
Congress
British Cruiser Marmora Sunk. Destroyer Also Lost
London reports the British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine with ten crew missing presumed dead. A British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore and sank, thirteen crew missing presumed drowned.
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London
Admiralty
German Emperor Sees Impending War Decision Near
The Bern Lokal Anzeiger records the German Emperor saying the hardest part of the job lies ahead as the enemy readies a final defense and counteroffensive, noted on the eve of General Tech's offensive.
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Hague
Karl Rosner
Bern
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Werth
BY Sat Erary
Atwell
N. C
NAVY
Camp Wadeworth
Camp Greene
Weaver
Geological Survey
Jackson
Clay
Macon
Greece
Spain
North Carolina
Greensboro
Municipal Labor and Employment Bureau
Oak Ridge
T. EB. Whitaker
Oak Ridge Institute
Wasington
Lyerly
Fayetteville
Mary Nason
Malcom Hamilton
Nason
Holt-Williamson Mill
Kodak
Red Cross
Nasan
Division of
Entomology
J. E. Eckert
Kinston
North Carolina Good Roads Association
Wilmington
Charlotte
Lee S. Overman
Adjutant General’s Office
George Randolph Scott
Geo. G. Scott
West Point
Henry Milton Alexander
Scott
Coast Artillery Service
Fort Caswell
A. A. Poland
W. R. Messinger
National Waterways Commission
Greater North Carolina Association
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