08 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
1
An international network operates private gambling dens in respectable London houses controlled by a female proprietor and her family. Women decoys lure wealthy men and officers, with losses often running into thousands. The scheme targets amateurs and professionals alike, using riverfront clubs and elite hotels to recruit, rob, and vanish with fortunes.
Herbert L. Pratt of Standard Oil urges expanded physical and mental recreation for U.S. troops overseas. He cites Charities like the Y M C A as vital to prevent mental derangements, noting soldiers’ high energy and need for cheer and support beyond combat. He calls for more two handed, big men to staff overseas YMCA work.
Only 797 tons of refined sugar were shipped from America to neutral nations in the first five months of the year, accounting for 3.2 percent of total exports. Mexico received more than half of the neutrals’ share.
Utica dairy board of trade met Monday with an advance in cheese prices. Offerings included BH boxes at 23 percent, and additional notes indicated market activity and price quotes amid a tightening supply.
Miss Catherine Hahn operates a five ton crane at the Tacoma ordnance plant and is said to be the only woman in the country doing so. Her foreman says she handles the crane better than many male workers. She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 138 pounds, is 25, and attributes her grit to deciding to help make guns.
At Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg South Carolina fifty dead flies cost every enlisted man a pass into the city. Men steal sugar or food to lure and swat flies, with rumors of a pooling arrangement between Jones and Smith and even speculation that flies have commercial value depending on weather and demand.
Mrs David Franklin Houston wife of the secretary of agriculture visits Boston with her navy son and is described as a leading war worker among war mothers of America.
Benjamin Franklin has joined the marines completing the Kansas City recruiting office’s famed immersion. Other names linked to the tour include George Dewey William Jennings Bryan and John Hopkins. Franklin hails from Dewey Oklahoma where he has been discovering oil wells and aims to discover a way to Berlin.
Ninety five percent of refined sugar from the United States went to the Allied nations in the first five months. France received 72 percent about 83 million pounds, Belgium nearly 11 million pounds. Rationing agencies distributed it in each country. Total to Allies in five months was 22 791 tons, about half in May.
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