France says three years of war strengthen nation and money
Minister Joseph Thierry and War Minister Paul Painleve review three years of war praising Allied gains and US entry. They say Germany is wounded, France bleeds but remains strong militarily and financially, forecasting victory and a stable postwar economy.
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America
Pista
Marne
Cermansa
France
Thierry
Paul Painleve
Vainleve
United States
Germany
Joseph Thierry
Vrance
Boyhood Hoard Found in Salem Field
Salem Oregon report recounts John Carpenter now a farmer finding $1.85 buried as a child. While plowing he unearthed a half dollar, a quarter, and a dime plus eight more coins including two from 1774 and 1830. The badly worn date remains illegible.
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Salem
Ore
John Carpenter
Ethe Jong
Boy’s Pencil Bomb Blows Off Hand in Mishap
Fourteen year-old John Katonak attempted a homemade device by filling a hollow pencil with powder and caps at both ends. He connected electric wires to trigger the charge but the wires crossed and the explosion injured his right hand and knee.
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Morain
John Katonak
Johnny
War Duty and Accountability in a Nation at War
An editorial urges every citizen to meet the highest wartime standard and to act with efficiency. It argues that delays or political squabbles cost lives and that even small missteps must be paid for in blood. It emphasizes personal responsibility across all Americans.
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Washington
Porter Emerson Browne
United States of America
Hat Heroine Halts Express Wreck Near Port Chester
Greenwich resident Mrs. M. Willmore Bowen wore a felt hat that allegedly saved an express train near Port Chester. The hat blew off on a platform, prompted a conductor alert, and the train was diverted after a bootblack reported a split rail. The hat was recovered at Port Chester freight station.
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Greenwich
Conn
M. Willmore Bowen
Christian Science Reader
New Haven
Port Chester
Grand Central Terminal
Navy Yard Plans $7,500,000 Expansion For Gun Factory
Secretary Daniels seeks a $7.5 million appropriation to expand the Washington navy yard gun factory with new buildings and machinery. The plan envisions 1,000 to 1,500 expert machinists added as work proceeds, plus a six story machine shop, five story pattern shop, new brass foundry and extended power plant to increase production of guns, mounts, torpedoes, and ordnance.
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Washington
Congress
Daniels
Washington Navy Yard
United States
Germany
Naval Gun Factory
Physicians urged to fund war service with fee allocations
The Indianapolis Medical Society urges that one third of fees from Marion county physicians who stay in service be set aside for the absent doctors or their families during their absence. The move aims for national adoption. the society has 836 members with at least fifty expected to be called soon and more to follow.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Medical Society
Marion County
Divorce costs rise in Stark County amid war prices
Canton Ohio reports divorce decrees in Stark county now priced higher. The County Bar Association has increased fees for most legal work due to war prices. Uncontested divorces rise from 25 to 35 dollars while contested cases cost 50 dollars.
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Canton
Stark County
County Bar Association
Mountain Lions Kill Burros Near Edison Plant
In Mentone California two mountain lions left their habitat and killed two burros near the Edison power plant at Mill Spring. One burro was torn apart while the other fought back before dying. Local authorities report the animals posed a danger to livestock in the area.
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San Francisco
Mentone
Cal
Edison
Mill Spring
Dog Trapped 600 Feet Up Clock Tower in Rome Go
A dog locked inside the 600 foot College Hill clock tower in Rome Go survived two days without water or food. Time keeper Williamson locked the door after a routine wind, leaving the animal to whine and bark above the city until discovery by residents and rescue by a policeman.
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Rome
College Hill
Williamson
Ile
Lus
Red Cross Souvenir Draft Numbers To Be Sold
Washington officials announce that the original draft numbers used for the new national army will be sold as souvenirs with proceeds benefiting the Red Cross. The first eight numbers and the last will be returned to the drawing bowl and placed at Independence Hall beside the Liberty Bell.
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Washington
National Army
Red Cross
General Crowder
Red Cross Fund
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
Charles R. Morris
War Department
Family In Schoolhouse In Smith Center Draws Notice
In towns across northwest Kansas crowded housing forces families to seek odd arrangements. A new arrival was allowed to start housekeeping in one of six rooms of the local schoolhouse after asking the school board. Now more families seek the same privilege and the board may have to decide.
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Smith Center
Kan
Kansas
Relics of Old Indian Camp Found Near Pierre
C E Deland reports discovering pumpkin seeds and rind evidence 100 years old in windblown soil, indicating an ancient Indian camp beneath four to eight feet. The period suggests agricul turists rather than warriors akin to later Sioux peoples.
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Pierre, &. D
C. E. Deland
Banishing Egg Shampoos Aims to Save Eggs for War
South Bend barber J D Kimerer urges banning egg shampoos to save an estimated 200 million to 250 million eggs annually for wartime food. He cites 890,000 barbers with three shampoos weekly, while others claim six to eight per barber could raise savings. women use about 50 million eggs yearly for shampoo.
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South Bend
Ind
J. D. Kimerer
Hoover
United States
Unusual Relics Found At Aztec Pueblo Ruins
Earl Morris directing twenty five workers for the American Museum of Natural History uncovered underground communal dwelling remains in Aztec San Juan county. The cache includes sixty rare pottery pieces over twenty thousand carved stone heads baskets matting knives battleaxes turquoise beads mosaics shells intact corn grains beans pumpkin seeds pine cones cotton fiber yucca beards and bones. A seated skeleton showed possible decapitation signaling a violent end to the inhabitant.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Earl Morris
Pueblo
Aztec
San Juan County
American Museum of Natural History
Bees Make Home In House Wall At Wagoner Place
In St. Louis a swarm has lived and stored honey for three years in a cavity of Dr. Allen Wilson's brick wall. The bees entered through a small hole near an iron brace and extend about a foot into the wall. Dr. Wilson has not disturbed them and does not plan removal.
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St. Louis
Allen Wilson
Wagoner Place
Wilson
Transplant of leg bone restores Grady man’s arm
Jim Herring of Grady had ten inches of bone removed from his leg between knee and ankle and grafted into his forearm by a surgeon. The leg now heals with a silver plate, and doctors expect the arm to recover fully. The injury started ten months ago when he set the arm himself after lacking access to a physician.
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Ringling
Okla
Jim Herring
Stockman
Grady
Herring
Tallest recruit from Ozarks enlists at Springfield station
Springfield Missouri John St Haley, 23, of Ozark Christian county, is the tallest man accepted at the United States army recruiting station since the war began. He stands six feet four and a half inches and notes his brother, two inches taller, will enlist soon after helping dad with planting.
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Springfield
John St. Haley
Ozark
Christian County
United States Army
Judge Tags Wife Beater With Novel Punishment
Kansas City judge orders George Martin to a hundred days on the rock pile and directs patrolmen to stop at the Missouri river and duck the prisoner three times on the way to the "farm" for beating his wife who could not quiet the baby.
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Kansas City
Herrod
City Court
George Martin
Missouri River
Martin
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