Pershing Recalls Chaumont Visit and Joffre Reception
General Pershing describes Marshal Joffre's arrival at Chaumont on October 15 1917 with American and French guards. He details inspections, the festive escort by troops, and a memorable late night march past as lights illuminated the road.
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Joseph Joffre
Chaumont
Treveray
Ragueneau
Alvord
de Chambrun
McCoy
Boyd
Poincare
Marshal
France
Missouri
Neufchateau
First Corps
St. Elin
One Hundred and Fifty-first Infantry
Verdun
Paris
Berlin
New York Times
American Mayors Tour Rheims Wine Cellars in France
United States mayors visiting Rheims toured renowned cellars of Pommery Mumm and Heidsieck on June 4. San Francisco official fylvester Andriano toasted lighter wines to America while Chicago's Judge Frank N Padden celebrated conservative drinking. Tourists signed postcards for New York Mayor Jimmy Walker as 35 champagne firms joined a luncheon before the group heads to Lille.
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Rheims
France
America
Fylvester Andriano
Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
Frank N. Padden
Chicago
A. J. Co
Jimmy” Walker
New York
Lille
Former King Hussein of Hedjaz Dies in Amman at 75
Former King Hussein of the Hedjaz, a key figure in the Arab revolt and Pan Arab movement, died at dawn in Amman after a long illness at age 75. He lost his throne in 1924 to Ibn Saud and will be buried in Jerusalem near the Mosque of Omar area. His son Feisal is now King of Iraq.
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Jerusalem
Hussein
Hedjaz
Turkey
Amman
Lawrence of Arabia
Feisal
Iraq
Palestine
Ibn Saud
Mosque of
Omar
Mohammed Ali
Cotton brokers see buying in lower cotton prices
New York reports today show several brokers urging purchases at lower levels amid large short interest and heavy wholesale and retail distribution of cotton goods. Firms expect further market support if outside markets stabilize and advise buying for investment and future needs.
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New York
Fenner and Beane
J. 8. Bache & Co
James E. Bennett & Co
Lamborn, Hutchings & Co
B. J. Schwabach & Co
B. Chapin & Co
Genius of Anatomy Causes Great Singers
New York report credits voice genius to mental and emotional capacity rather than anatomy. Douglas Stanley and NYU Bell Labs scientists, after ten years of study, chart voice curves like skyscraper stress tests and conclude great singing arises from psychological and emotional factors.
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New York
Engineering Foundation
Douglas Stanley
Acoustical Society of America
New York University
Bell Laboratories
Inferior Livestock Prices Seen From Poor Condition
In Tifton Georgia vocational agriculture teachers heard H McDowell manager of the Swift and Company plant at Moultrie say livestock in inferior condition lowers returns for South Georgia farmers. He noted hogs should be finished heavier beef cattle too heavy and calves not in top condition. Other speakers discussed swine sanitation litter contests tobacco experiments and soil fertility tests.
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Tifton
South Georgia
H. McDowell
Swift and Company
Moultrie
Paul W. Chapman
South Georgia Conference Aims to Improve Science Education
The principal said deficient funds hinder scientific education in far south Georgia. He stated the state board plans to place two of three teachers in the region, and the conference will conclude with today’s session.
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South Georgia
FLASHES OF LIFE AND SHORT NOTES FROM NATIONWIDE ROUNDUP
Wash ington and Lee University seeks to help 181 seniors pass finals as the 181st commencement nears. Ambassador Gibson cites Dawes on diplomacy and jokes about a skull on the door. A Hackensack jury awards 4250 dollars for alienation in a bitter divorce case. In New York a Fulton street subway wall spelling error “Fulth” is kept visible from cars. Tupper Lake vacationers enjoy quadrilles and Virginia reels with grandpa era amusements, horseshoe pitching, and quilting bees.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Washington
Gibson
Dawes
White House
Daewes
New York
Fulton Street
Fulth
Tupper Lake
N. Y
Portland
Virginia
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John Dixon
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Eald
Flanders
Germany
United States Army
Luneville
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Cotton
Lord Tennyson
Oeep
The
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
N. B. Eonee
Hackensack
N. J
Marion Grimshaw Fisher
Ida Clark Fisher
J. W. Blanton Phones
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