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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1918
Page
3
Red Cross headquarters urges swift preparation of Xmas packages for French and Belgian soldiers. Volunteers inspect and label boxes, with deadlines extended to late November. Tucson workers donate stoves and funds, while urging more helpers to meet the wartime relief needs.
New York Evening Post publisher Xev h-ERmil lL Sehoia announced his resignation effective at once. His earlier application for a commission in the army was approved, leaving his future service or civilian plans undetermined as the war department shifts to peacetime plans.
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The poem paints a dawn of peace as France lifts her face, England holds her head high, and Belgium rises, while the world celebrates the end of brutal conflict. Voices claim a new day where nations serve one another in shared freedom and joy.
Safford delegation visits Tucson to consult with University of Arizona officials. Professor FJ Brown leads the social service department. Agnes Hunt travels to Phoenix to aid her influenza-stricken sister. War Work drive, Red Cross, and Victory Medal golf events affect community activities amid weather and flu illness.
Miss Phyllis Mansfeld will leave Tucson Tuesday with her mother and relatives for a wedding in San Francisco where she will marry Cyril Sanders. The couple plan to reside in Berkeley after Los Angeles for several months. She will continue war work on the west coast.
Two hundred Tucson girls toil to raise funds for the United War Work campaign. They perform chores from picking cotton to washing dishes and selling cookies, aiming to add 31 199 to the fund and hoping to pledge more by day’s end. Their efforts join a broader effort that has already raised over 3 000 for comforts and entertainment for 100 men in service.
Police report two runaway youths, Juan Hernandez, 13, from Fort Grant’s industrial school, and Jose Campas, 15, from Douglas, were captured on Saturday. Superintendent Moody said he would arrange their return and dispatch for formal action.
A local Red Cross shop introduces a livestock department with animals to be sold and furniture including beds chairs and feather pillows. The varied stock aims to raise funds and support charitable work with items like furs and blankets also planned for sale.
Tucson residents Mrs Fred Pordwell and Mrs Hugo J Yetau have joined war work on the Pacific coast near Oakland Berkeley and other cities. Mrs Pordwell writes for The Oakland Tribune and has published articles supporting the Woman's Liberty league and Red Cross War Work. The group studies mechanics daily to better understand car hatching and other home front tasks.
Preston Jones 27 died Friday at St Vincent’s Hospital New York City after contracting influenza aboard a Cunard liner He had just returned from Berne Switzerland where he served with the American legation and was a Louisville Ky native class of 1916 BA graduate and former secretary to President von Klein Smid His brother remains overseas with the colors
Washington sixteen War Industries Board abandons the shoe schedule that classified grades seven and under. Conservation features of the program will continue to force production and price levels. Officials say the action aims to give industries fullest opportunity to use raw material rates and maintain competition.
A wartime fundraising effort reports a shortfall of funds and a big push to reach the target. The update lists large and small donations, names supporters and organizers, and notes plans to continue collections this evening to secure volunteers and close the gap.
Brannen, long time Arizonan resident and prominent Tucson businessman, plans to move to the coast for health and lower altitude. He came to Arizona thirty four years ago from Champaign and built a major store. he will sell off stock.
Hallmark, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, was in Phoenix yesterday.
A note from today indicates plans to press prosecutions under the munition act ending with the war. The Supreme Court is asked to advance several pend ing cases, including one against Irene V. Tegand accused of grand larceny in a speech at Canterbury.
Partial returns from Idaho show John F Nugent Pemeocrat leading with about 95 000 votes as county officials canvass 37 of 41 counties. The state official count is expected to adjust the result but Nugent leads with a strong margin.
American Ambassador Sharp General Bliss and Admiral Benson presented the American Distinguished Service Medal to General Pershing at American headquarters in Paris. The ceremony follows earlier tributes to Marshal Foch Field Marshal Haig and General Petain and honors Pershing for leading American forces in Europe during the decisive campaign.
New data shows about 3,000 merchant vessels built in U S home yards from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918. Total output reached 3 991 694 gross tons with 985 ocean going steel steamers and numerous wooden vessels. The numbers reflect wartime shipbuilding scale and industrial effort.
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