Pigeons Outwitted Germans Through Fog and Rain
Washington DC reports on American Pigeon Service heroes in World War I. Birds like The Mocker President Wilson Cher Ami Spike and others carried crucial messages that guided artillery, silenced German guns, and saved lives. Several birds were wounded or killed, with Cher Ami mounted in the Smithsonian.
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Washington ,D. C
Amy Signal Corps
America
Ficer
Meuse- Argonne
Big Blue
Wilson
Hall of Honor
American Pigeon Service
Grand Pre
Argonne
Dales
Rampant
Kockler
Cher Ami
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
St. Mihiel Drive
Potomac Park
Tiniest Broadway Star Is Busy Off the Stage
New York eight year old Lillian Roth stars in Henry Savage's Shavings and says she is the busiest girl in the world. She balances school and piano lessons with acting, attends the Professional Children's School, and studies geography spelling diction and French. Her day includes Central Park snow play roller skating and visits to the library and theater. Her dressing room features a seven-doll setup provided by Colonel Henry Savage.
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New York
Broadway
Lillian Roth
Henry Savage
Lillian
Petunia
Central Park
Utah Industries Back American Plan Meeting endorses building action
Utah Associated Industries meeting held March 12 at the Hotel Utah drew about 76 attendees from Ogden and other cities in Utah Oregon and Idaho. A committee of contractors will devise working rules on wages and conditions to support the right of every American workman to a livili hood and ensure employment is not denied.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Oregon
Idaho
Busines
Utah Asociated Industries
Ogden
Utah Associated Industries
Northwest Mounted Police Given Expanded Federal Reach
Ottawa renames the force Royal Canadian Mounted Police on February 1 and expands enforcement of federal laws across all provinces. The piece recalling historic exploits notes Sir Sam Steele, Sitting Bull, and the Fitzgerald patrol tragedy, highlighting endurance and notable policing feats by the mounted police.
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Ottawa
Northwest Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
New York
Metropolis
San Francisco
No-Man’s Land
Sam Steele
Pacific Railway
Steel
Pie-A-Pot
Pie
Pot
Steele
Mounted Police
Sitting Bull
General Custer
Fitzgerald
Fort McPherson-Dawson Trail
Jatzgerald
Kinney
Taylor
Ter
Right to work and labor code proposals seen in report
A committee report led by President J E Gallagher details an investigation into labor conditions in Salt Lake and Provo. It notes intolerable conditions, urges a new code of relationship between workmen and employers, and mentions material men offering auditing centers to prove openness of their books.
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J. E. Gallagher
Nto
Piides
Salt’ Lake
Lo i
Provo
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