Ice cream and charity at Montevideo Red Triangle canteen
In Montevideo the Red Triangle Y M C A center serves sailors and locals with home made ice cream and food, drawing praise from Fi Siglo for its hospitality. Mr de Anguera, secretary since January, notes daily attendance around 500 with a rising cultural impact and plans a four story building to expand YMCA work in South America.
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Montevideo
Aragesy
WekeSeldman
Anguera
New England
de Anguera
Fi Siglo
Red Triangle
Mr. de Anguera
Wakefield
Mass
Worcester Y. M.C. A
United States
National War Work Council
E. W. Hearne
Sailr
Wilson
U. S
South America
American Games Win Popularity in Africa
American baseball basketball and mass games spread in French Africa as colonial soldiers trained in France under Y M C A directions. Charles Jones, Harvard athlete and Worcester Academy coach, spent six weeks in Tunis and Algiers training teachers in baseball mass games and basketball to establish permanent athletic activity at army posts.
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Paris
Africa
France
Foyer du Soldat
French War Ministry
Tunis
Algiers
Charles Jones
Harvard
Worcester Academy
Jones
Joinville
National Thrift Week Campaign to Be Launched
Varied interest is being taken in the National Thrift Week to be launched in January by a Y M A committee of men qualified to give sound advice on economic questions. The committee will cooperate with the Y M C A in the campaign and is formed from men across the country to support the thrift drive.
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Y. M
New England Men in War Work Y M A roster reveals 1225 enlisted
New England fed 1225 Y M C A war workers examined since the war began, with 765 sent overseas and 460 at home camps. The group includes 384 businessmen, 230 religious workers, 138 educators, and workers from 40 institutions led by Boston University and Harvard. Distribution shows Boston 133, New Haven 42, Providence 41, Hartford 32, and many others. drafts and deferrals shaped enlistment amid manpower needs.
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Boston
New England
National War Work Council
New York
Congregationalists
Baptists
Boston University
Harvard
Yale
Brown
New Haven
Providence
Hartford
Fall River
Bridgeport
Conn
Springfield
Worcester
Newport
R. L
Portland
Brockton
Mass
Melrose
Malden and
Quincy
Holyoke and
Lynn
New Bedford
Burlington
Pittsfield
Leominster
Waterbury
Haverhill
Waltham
Concord
N. H
New Britain
Beverly
Gloucester
Woburn
New London
Norwalk
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Massachusetts
Uruguay
Piedras Street
Y. Mc.a's
America
Ing
U. S. Army
Forrester
Salvation
U. S. Custom Service
Symphony
Sec. Boys’ Club
Sam
Army
Navy
Detroit
Grand Circus Park
The
Winthrop Review
Wil
Winthrop
Gregory E. Stone
Nickerson
Somerset Avenue
Near Center
Peni Rez Sto SI
Bennison
Undertakers
Winthrop Storage Co
Tel
John B. Tewksbury
Prop
J. Henry Ripley
Winthrop Street
George H. Russell Bizain Saree Aotart Purlc
Justice OF the Peace
Mikes Barber Shop
Main Street
Edward McMullin
Pauline Street
Winthrop Center
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