Will You Help Our Boys Abroad War Aid Fund Appeal
A community urged support for soldiers and workers overseas through the Home Paper Service conceived by Colonel William Boyce Thompson. Citizens can contribute to a fund to send town newspapers to servicemen and women, with names published and funds allocated to subscriptions and the Steel Cross if excess. The call highlights lonely service members and praising mothers as the nation supports its heroes.
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William Boyce Thompson
New York
Home Paper Service
Foreign Service
United States
Thomparon
Indus ‘Eries
Thompson
Bis l
Steel Cross
Galus
Homa
France
Germans Change Opinion of Yanks in Diary Entry
Washington dispatch notes a German officer captured near Cheteau Thierry describing American troops as resilient. Diary excerpts from Reserve Lieutenant Tillmanns recount delays, heavy artillery, and praise for U S counterattacks while fearing US advances.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Tillmanns
Fortieth Regiment
Cheteau Thierry
Tieutenant
Boise de Belleau
Hania
Regulations Tighten Food Use at Public Eating Places
United States Food Administration orders strict waste cuts in hotels restaurants and public eating places starting October 21. Rules limit bread butter cereals sugar and meat portions, urge fewer fried dishes, sparer beverages, and elimination of luxury dining. Emphasis on conserving fats sugars and labor to ship 6.736 million tons more food abroad by 1919 summer.
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United States Food Administration
W W. Armstrong
Elmtait
America
Monstrous German plan must be overthrown worldwide
A Washington speech by Walcott warns that German militarism seeks world domination. He describes brutal aims, calls for rooting out the German system, and urges support for Allied troops to preserve democracy and humanity.
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Walcott
United States Food Administration
Washington, D.C
Toaver
Belgium
Germany
Europe
France
Russia
Ruste
Nra
Flier Made Chevalier Laris Sons Lieutenant Bazon Ver duraz
The flier Bazon Verduraz was named a chevalier of the Legion of Honor after his seventh officially recorded action. A pupil and intimate friend of Guynemer, he fought with Guynemer on September 11, 1917, and earned acclaim for shooting down three planes in four hours. He was later transferred to the air service.
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Laris
Bazon Verduraz
Legion of Tionor
Pertal
Guynemer
Waottl
Air Service
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Mineola
Purchasere
Aviation War Service
Division of Military Aeronautics
Hinedreda
Medical Research Laboratory
Mineola LI
Medics Research Laboratory
United
United States Employment Service
Prussia
Vilet
Abe
Ashley
Waliber Barnls
Calder Confectionery
Aorey
Woodard
Curry Furn. Co
W. Lewis
Jeweler
Tale! Uintah Telephone Company
Calder Bros
U. S. Land Office
State Land Office
BYOS
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