Fifty Million Homes Rise For Shipyard Workers
The Shipping Board plans a $50 million program to provide modern two hundred fifty single worker clubs and family cottages near new shipyards. Standardized designs speed construction and cut costs. Most housing to be completed by July 1 with durable, warm dwellings and communal meal facilities for singles, plus 50 types of family cottages for married workers.
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James H. Collins
Washington
Uncle Sam
New Shipbuilding Army
Shipping Board
Fiu
Emergency Shipbuilding Army
Dravvn
Irlv
Hener
Woolworth
Real Dogs of War In Trenches Aid For Wounded
In the Marne front scene a trench shows dogs used by medical corps to find the wounded. The dogs work independently to reach casualties and await care, proving man’s best friend in wartime. Poilus hold them in leash as they search No Man’s Land for the injured.
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Marne
No Man‘s Land
Submarine Destruction by Allied Trawlers and Air Support
A Liverpool Journal of Commerce account describes a coordinated sea kill of a U boat using seaplane direction, destroyer command, and four trawlers. The four vessels trap the submarine with long wire hawsers forming a cradle, then a red explosive is attached to the hull and detonated after a five minute breath period to destroy Fritz.
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London
Eric Geddes
Liverpool Journal of Commerce
Fritz
Deserter Returns To Fight In War Now
William V Curr y of Marysville Kentucky surrendered to Police Lieutenant Thomas McDonald in Connellsville Pennsylvania claiming he deserted from the United States Marine Corps in August 1916 from Newport News Virginia. He says war with Germany and remorse drove him back saying the country needs more men and Uncle Sam may have him. In San Francisco a California jury of women in Judge Thomas F Graham's court awarded Mrs Anna Guinasso a divorce after finding her husband cruel, and the jurors suggested wife beaters belong in the trenches to fight Germans.
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Connellsville
William V. Curry
Marysville
Thomas McDonald
United States Marine Corns
Newport News
Germany
Sam
San Francisco
California
Thomas F. Graham
Anna Guinasso
Graham
Camouflage origins and impact in WWI army
The French camoufleurs section grew to over 2,000 artists and engineers after a Toul discovery in 1914. Camouflage batteries showed far lower losses than unpainted ones, while a hollow armor shell shaped as a tree fooled German observers and helped preserve lines in No Man's Land.
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Camoufleurs
Champagne
Conlid
Brother Recognized in Cambrai Photo Sparks Reunion
In San Francisco a local newspaper photo of English and Irish soldiers at Cambrai helps Ted Mullen identify his long lost brother Ton, whom he had not seen in 13 years. The pair had lived in Manchester, England, in 1905 before Ted left for Africa, and Ted plans to tell Ton of the news immediately.
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San Francisco
Cambrai
Ted” Mullen
Pacific Coast
Ted
Ton le Ried
Manchester
England
Tokio Exchange Bets on Fraing Share Unit to Spur Trading
The Tokio stock exchange introduces a single share unit to stimulate market activity and attract speculation. The move targets liquidity and broader participation among investors, signaling a shift in trading norms.
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Tokio
Japan
NOW By George W. Cable of The Vigilantes
The piece urges immediate saving to prevent prolonging the war and increasing casualties. It warns that failure to save now undermines collective effort and makes future sacrifices harder under harsher conditions.
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George W. Cable
Vigilantes
Ships to Norse Unmolested Christiania
German policy toward Norway allows ships trading between America and Norway to avoid danger zones if they do not dock at British ports. Germany cannot supply Norway with food and requires provisions kerosene and oil for round trips. Some Norwegian factories and fishing ventures tied to Germany rely on German coal oil and kerosene. Norway depends on Germany for steel iron and kainite.
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Christiania
America
Norway
Germany
Negro Father Says He Has 34 Children in City
Lee West a 69 year old Black man from 2347 Scott avenue visits the U S marshal to see Tom his son arrested for failure to register for the draft. West claims 34 children from three marriages with 11 living. Tom is 20 and the youngest is 7.
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St. Louis
Lee West
Scott Avenue
United States Marshal's Office
Tom
Baker Man Enlists After Finger Amputation
Gordon Alexis French of Baker Oregon lost a finger to join the army becoming possibly the first to amputate a finger to qualify. A childhood injury left his trigger finger bent. after removal at the second joint he earned his uniform and a chance to fight.
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Baker, Ore
Gordon Alexis French
Sam
French
Land Expropriation Plan for Italian Soldiers Benefits
A proposed law aims to expropriate 209d of uncultivated land and set aside 000,000 for a consolidated 3 percent loan. Excess war profits and enemy property proceeds would fund this, targeting land yielding less than 2 percent for expropriation.
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Parlix
Italy
High Prices in South America Reported by Traveler
Appleton resident George Peotter returning from months in South America shares cost of living observations. Soft coal runs 26 a ton gasoline 60 cents a gallon tea meals priced with multiple servings beef 10 cents per pound pork 20 cents. He details prices from Venezuela and the Guianas.
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South America
Appleton
Wis
George Peotter
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Howard
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Norfolk
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Toul
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Castelnau
M. Réne Viviani
de Scevola
No Man’s Land
Negro
Oregon
Rome
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Kopi
Henry
Grocers
Kryptok
DR. Pulverman
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