Guard President as Never Before
Washington awakens to heightened interest in the president as the White House security net tightens. Guards at gates and inside grounds are reinforced with regulars and police, with night patrols, telephone alarms, and fixed bayonets deter intruders. A notable incident involved a White House attache denied entry, punished by a bayonet shove to redirect him to the west gate.
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White House
Washington
United States
Secret Service
America
East Gate
Ambulance Donation Shown By New York Citizens
Emmanuel de Luynes Duc de Chaulnes drives a ambulance presented to the Italian government by New York friends of Capt. Pierre Tezzi of the Italian army. The gesture honors Italian military ties and a notable Marquis’s involvement.
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Emmanuel de Luynes
Duc de Chaulnes
Theodore A Shonts
New York
Pierre Tezzi
Dog Nero Defends Saloon in Chicago Bandit Hold-Up
In Chicago a big St. Bernard named Nero saved $3,000 for Mrs. Eugenia Graf during a saloon hold-up. Four bandits entered a back room, fired twice, and kicked the door. Nero attacked, driving the robbers back as Mrs. Graf escaped with the cash and hid behind the bar.
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Nero
Eugenia Graf
Chicago
Mrs. Graf
Not All at Once Peter Anderson Has Large Family in Polk County
Peter Anderson a farmer from England township Polk county Minn owns a T passenger auto but needs two more cars to transport his 16 living children and wife Marie. The mother is 44 the father 48 and the family owns 237 acres valued at 100 dollars per acre.
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Peter Anderson
Bngland
Polk County
Minn
Anderson
Marie
Fearless Youths: Heroes of England's Air War
A feature profiles Captain James McCudden and Captain Phillip Foullard, young RAF pilots praised as fearless eagles. McCudden, 22, has 34 German planes to his credit and a 99-strong squadron record. Foullard has 42. The piece notes their lone-wolf style, high-altitude battles, and rising fame among Britons and Americans.
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McCudden
Royal Horse Guards
Apollos
London
Horse Guards
England
James McCudden
Phillip Foullard
Britain
Foullard
America
France
Italy
Fertilizer Buildup Halts Plant, Threatens Wheat Crop
A fertilizer surplus on the Atlantic seaboard endangers next season's harvest. Congested transport blocks movement of 60,000 tons of acid phosphate at one plant, risking closure for lack of storage and potential loss of 5,000,000 bushels of wheat and other grains. Immediate shipment is urged to avert further damage.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Relative of Admiral Craddock Enlists in U S Navy
A distant relative Frank Culver Craddock has enlisted in the United States navy to avenge the death of Admiral Craddock and the Good Hope wreck off Chile in 1914. The piece frames the enlistment as part of a vow for retribution against the German foe.
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Admiral Craddock
Good Hope
Chile
Frank Culver Craddock
United States Navy
Parrot Tries to Nag Smokers in Zion City
Zion City watches Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva attempt to teach a Mexican parrot to speak English. For hours Voliva sat at his home and every time a tobacco smoker passed he hissed "Stink wort." The bird tried to imitate but the word proved too much.
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Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
American Indian aviator Fiowbert Richister and wife
Fiowbert W. Richister, first American Indian aviator in the democracy cause, joined the LaFayette escadrille then the American flying corps. He is credited with downing a Beche plane. Mrs Richister, born in Germany, supports the allies.
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Fiowbert W. Richister
LaFayette Escadrille
American Flying Corps
Germany
Has Many Relatives One Belonging to Infant Is Over Century Old
Louise Alice Smith of Los Angeles is a few days old and already has 126 relatives. The oldest is Mary Chipp of Morgantown West Virginia, age 112, the great great grandmother. Her great grandmother is alive at eighty and her grandmother fifty two.
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Louise Alice Smith
Los Angeles
Mary Chipp
Morgantown
Miss Smidt
Mroreover
Fewkes Sifts Dolores River for Buried Pueblo City
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes travels to the Big Bend in southwestern Colorado to search the Dolores River area for a buried Pueblo city. He cites 200-year-old Spanish explorer accounts of communal houses along the Dolores and hopes sand drifts conceal them.
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Dolores River
Colorado
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Big Bend
Pueblo
Doctor Fewkes
Dolores
He’s Oldest Railroader James Frew Retires
James Frew of Fort Madison Iowa recently retired as a Santa Fe employee and claims to be the oldest railroad man in the United States by service. He worked 65 years on railroads in England and America, began as a laborer in England at age thirteen, and rose to roles including general foreman master mechanic and division superintendent before later stepping back from those posts.
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James Frew
Fort Madison
Santa Fe
United States
England
America
Frew
Father Hooverized to Excess Sentenced in New York
Fred Lexow received four years in Bridewell prison for excessive Hooverizing tied to a patriotic sentiment. He was charged with counting his two sons’ meat bites despite their mother paying groceries and was found guilty of cruel treatment.
Chinese Man Smuggles Gold Hidden in Biscuits
A Chinese traveler departing for the Orient showed a customs inspector a tin of biscuits. When opened a $20 gold piece was found and nearly $500 in gold was discovered concealed within the biscuits.
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San Francisco
Orient
Navy Training Base in Ireland for American Destroyer Crew
Recruits from across the United States train at Ireland’s Cob Dock station built along a river under cliffs. The five-acre base houses thousands, with hammocks, field kitchens, and four-story granary barracks. Sentries guard the walls as liberty is limited to nearby villages and the destroyer flotilla base. routine includes reveille, meals, and daily cross-country hikes.
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United States
Ireland
Hudson
Pensacola
Fla
Cob Dock
New York Navy Yard
Navy
Louisiana
United States Naval
Dresad
Mrs. Samantha Masten Knits Record for War Relief
Mrs. Samantha Masten of Pleasant Valley New York set a wartime knitting record by producing 20 sweaters 20 mufflers and 20 wristlets in five months averaging an outfit per week. She balanced household duties and taught other women to knit.
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Samantha Masten
Pleasant Valley
N. Y
Thrift Stamps Proposed as Hotel Tips in Cleveland
Members of the Cleveland Hotel Men's association advocate using Thrift Stamps for tips. Bell boys and other staff would receive stamp books to be filled by guests as gratuities.
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Cleveland Hotel
Bell Boys
Blind student Plunkett wins Bassett scholarship
William C. Plunkett of Washington DC, the only blind undergraduate at Starvard, has won the Bassett scholarship and earned a place on the honor roll.
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William C. Plunkett
Washington, D. C
Starvard
Bassett
Pgll
Albanians of Monastir and Kosova Described as Savage People
A description portrays Albanians in the western Monastir vilayet and much of Kosovo as a wild and primitive Indo European speaking race. It suggests descent from Illyrians, notes their language lacks literature, and accuses the Turkish government of keeping them ignorant to suppress neighbors.
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Vilayet
Monastir
Kossovo
Europe
War bread in Europe follows Ezekiel recipe
The text notes Ezekiel chapter nine verse four as the basis for a mixed grain loaf used during sieges. It cites medieval commentator David Kimeht on Israelite bread during Jerusalem’s siege and observes European war bread now uses the Ezekiel recipe but with different fuel.
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David Kimeht
Israel
Jerusalem
Europe
Ezekiel
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