Germans Boast of Own Cruelty Warn Neutral Nations
Washington reports a German circular bragging of loot from France and Belgium and mistreatment of English prisoners. It cites seized churches and art, punishments for Catholics, and claims over 50,000 British prisoners with harsher German conditions. Also notes a Mississippi River landmark felled near Memphis and a Steubenville boy’s letter about enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Washington
Spain
State Department
Cardinal Mercier
Bealdes
Picardy
Flanders
Mrs. Francis C. Axtell Named U.S. Employees' Compensation Chair
Francis A. Axtell, the first woman appointed by executive order to a federal commission, has been promoted by the president to chair the United States Employees' Compensation Commission. She had joined the commission a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ooo Francis A. Axtell
United States
United States Employees’ Compensation Commission
To Remove Paint From Chairs
To remove paint from common wooden chairs scrub them with a strong solution of washing soda.
Share Dangers With Soldiers at War Front
Dr George Louis Meylan describes Y M C A workers behind the front lines facing shellfire near the trenches. He cites grim daily risks, long hours, zero shelter in cold weather, and several deaths among workers while praising American troops for their bold conduct at Chemin des Dames.
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Washington
George Louis Meylan
France
Doctor Meylan
Foyer de Soldat
Red Triangle
Chemin Des Dames
Germany
von Boehm
Von
Cheminn Des Dames
Couey
Reims
Aisne
Veale
Fiennes
Soissong
Vere-on-Tardenais
Vezllly
Reforestation Efforts Start to Restore Mine Areas in Pa
Mining companies form forestry departments to reforest bare hillsides. Bear Creek watershed already hosts 5 000 white pine and 6 000 Norway spruce, with 30 000 more trees in Hugo and Panther Creek valleys. Reforestation aims to prevent floods, increase water supply, and support anthracite output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alazelton
Bear Creek
Hugo
Panther Creek
Advance and Heavy German Offensive Foiled Near Paris
Allied defenses hold the line as German drive toward Paris stalls after initial gains. French and British forces, with American troops, counter the assault across Champagne and the Somme sector, repelling attacks and sustaining light losses while maintaining reserves for a broader war effort.
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Edward W. Pickard
Pie Kaiser
Flanders
Amiens
Champagne
Paris
Vezilly
Marne
Chemin Des Dames
Craonne
Vailly
Fismes
Foch
Soissons
Reims
Ar- Tens
Picardy
Montdidier
Chatigny
Pershing
Cantigny
Luneville
Toul
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Poland
Landmark Falls
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Mark Twain
Steubenville
Newport News
Gilbert E. Boycan
Wheeling
W. Va
Penatas
Francis C. Axtell
Hunshells
Miss Crandell
Winona Martin
John Ames
John Mfurial
Boston
John W. Blot
Pennsylvania
King George
Buckingham Palace
London
Gabriel Pares
Fooh
Stationa
Voorinezeele
Loere
Tonale
Plave
Cape Site
Sweden
Great Britain
Denmark
America
Newark
Agawam
Emergency Fleet Corporation
British Admiralty
Leasowe Castle
Mediterranean
Central Committee of
White Guard
Wilson
Congress
Supreme Court
England
M.adoo
Railroad
St 18
Hoover
Heanys
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