Yankees Put Up Fearless Fight At Hamel Village
An American warrant officer recounts the night advance into Hamel in which US troops faced heavy artillery and barbed wire. He praises Allied gunners, describes a German bunker and multiple surrenders, and highlights a sergeant who killed five enemies and captured nine after a misidentified target. The account emphasizes Yankee calm under fire and the bold close with a successful push toward the village.
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Are the Packers Profiteers in wartime prices and power
The five large meat packers defend profits and deny monopoly in a response to the FTC wartime report. They argue profits were modest, largely reinvested, and that margins were small relative to sales. They assert competition exists, and government figures show only about one third of meat business controlled by these firms. Armour and Co. Cudahy Packing Co. Morris & Co. Swift & Co. Wilson & Co.
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Registrants Placed in Class At Local Board
A list announced by chairman A R Teywood shows about 75 Togden registrants moved from deferred status into Class 1 or 2 by the legal advisory board after a week of review. Recipients will be notified and allowed to defend the action. The note includes a dialogue about wartime punishment and treason from a wartime setting.
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Mail service letter from Ogden to France details life abroad
A WWI era Railway Mail Service letter from Joseph F. H. Metal Jam, once with the Ogden line, describes life in Tours France. He notes photos of officers, a Belgian director, a Prussian princess, and a French countess, plus local sites and Gothic church history. He mentions pay, ice cream, M C A meals, and transport hurdles while expressing a wish to stay until the war’s end.
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Quote on dangers to society from systemic threats
A San Francisco Chronicle editorial argues that a greater danger to institutions than a single criminal is the person who threatens the structure of society itself. The piece emphasizes collective harm over individual harm and urges vigilance against undermining social order.
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