Bravery of Forefathers Shines in American War Duty
Don Martin reports from France on American artillery crews under shell fire as they hold a village near the front. Captains, clerks, and a horse-loving sergeant display resolve amid gas shells and bursting gunfire, while soldiers reflect on home news and the odds of victory.
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France
Don Martin
New York Herald
New York
California
Maine
Florida
Montana
Michigan University
America
Miners Strike Over Draft Exemption in Gebo Wyoming
In Gebo Wyoming a 200 member mining town struck for 36 hours after an assistant postmaster received a deferred draft classifica tion. Miners financed the worker's family while he enlisted and only four strikers were born in the U S.
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Gebo
Wyo
America
Tractor plowing records set at Mossley Hill tests
London reports new English records for tractor plowing at Mossley Hill government school. Two light tractors in 12 hour runs pulled four furrow plows through light soil with 6 inch furrows on fairly level ground, averaging 11.75 acres and using 2.46 gallons of fuel per acre.
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London
Government Tractor School of Instruction
Mossley Hill
Widow Treks 12 Miles For Warmth Amid Mountain Snow
Mrs Margaret Kemp a fifty two year old widow and mother of six walked twelve miles through snow to Wilkes Barre seeking warmth for her family. She reached the city and pleaded for aid while her children shivered in a Bald mountain shack lacking shoes stockings underwear and proper clothing. Relief was sent through United Charities and placed with the family.
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Wilkes-Barre
Margaret Kemp
Bald Mountain
United Charities
Man With Smallest Feet in the Army
At Camp Meade Maryland Arthur L Bunn of the Twenty eighth Engineers is identified as the soldier with the smallest feet in the U S Army Socks size three and a half fit him though his feet leave space in the tiniest shoes issued by the Q M He dislikes being told of the distinction.
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Missouri
Camp Meade, Md
Camp Meade
Arthur L. Bunn
Twenty-eighth Engineers
Bunn
United States Army
Army and Navy Seek Thousands of Trained Recruits
The civilian branches of the army and navy require thousands of skilled workers, aiming to add at least 20,000 by year end. The army seeks mechanical engineers draftsmen chemists and inspectors while the navy offers numerous draftsman roles. Prisoners of war labor rules and discouraging letters to soldiers are discussed, along with meat supply inspections and farm work enrollment programs.
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Committee On
Washington
Army and Navy
Civil Service Commission
Ordnance Department of the Army
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Navy
Allies Foresee Renewed German Offense On Western Front
The British war committee warns Germany, exhausted by heavy losses, will renew a large offensive. It notes American forces will join later as Foch and French reserves hold lines, with the Entente aiming to exhaust Germany and restore balance once Allied reserves strike.
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Ottawa
War Committee
Entente
Foch
Arras-Amiens
Lys
Iss
Verdun
Alli
Germany
American Army Officers Welcome Entente Confidence
Washington reports officers express frank delight at Britain’s claim the entente will field an American army that is fully ready and self supporting before use. They view this as proof of American resolve and the desire to fight as an all American force.
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Washington
Citizens Told to Help as Volunteer Detectives
Attorney General Gregory urges every citizen to act as a volunteer detective to assist government officers in ferreting out disloyal acts. United States attorneys plan to cooperate with newspapers to publicize nearest offices and agencies for citizens to refer to for law enforcement contact.
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Washington
Gregory
United States
Bureau of
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