Submarine Diary Reveals Life Aboard M- Under Adriatic
A correspondent describes two days and nights aboard a French submarine in the Adriatic. Heat, humidity, and tight spaces test crew endurance while periscopes, engines, and torpedoes define daily life. He notes German U-boats rely on surface visibility and urges stronger Allied patrols and increased anti submarine forces for next spring.
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Adriatic Sea
A. R. Decker
Chicago Daily News
Cattaro
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Dalmatian
Otranto Straits
Terbude
Adriatic
Old Castle
mid-Atlantic
United States
America
Wool From Swan Sheep Knit for Soldiers by Icelanders
The Swan branch, led by Mrs B. 8 Thorvaldson, churns out soldier socks and wristlets from gray wool. They carded and spun wool at home after running out of their yarn, mixing white and black fibers, then dyed fabric blue to meet Red Cross rules. The group, dominated by Icelanders famed for knitting, remains active.
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Red Cross
Army of Women Sent to France Boosts Allied War Effort
The war office plans to recruit 8 000 to 10 000 women monthly for overseas service in France. Women are filling roles in freight stations warehouses clerical offices and even the Royal Flying Corps as part of a broad substitution scheme. Minister Roberts praises their adaptability noting improved meals huts and sanitary conditions as three women replace two men, delivering economy and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
War Office
Royal Flying Corps
Roberts
Mesopotamias Heat Records And Summer Events
The piece notes extreme temperatures in Mesopotamia with Dagdad reaching 122.5 and Basrah 123 in July. It mentions soldiers tents, high humidity, and a hot season, plus sports events in January, a September regatta, and a boxing tournament in Baghdad as preparations proceed.
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Mesopotamia
Dagdad
Basrah
Nhermompeter
Hoegpess Hicher
Rotary Afr Bari
Benim
Orly
Samarwah
Bagdad
Wartime Paris relaxes English phone use
Wartime France relaxes telephone language rules in Paris allowing English on city lines while prohibiting calls to other towns or war zones. The change ends the nuisance of early French commands interrupting conversations as the demoiselle du telephone insists Parlez Francais.
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Paris
France
Demoiselle du Telephone
Parlez Francais
Monsieur
Meatless days urged to aid war effort nationwide
Herbert Hoover and Howard Heinz call upon all citizens to observe two meatless days per week preferably Tuesdays and Fridays and to limit meat use to one meal on other days. They urge saving pork and its products to support soldiers and allies and point to substitutes like poultry, fish, game and vegetables as essential wartime measures.
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Herbert Hoover
Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety
Pennsylvania
Mr. Heinz
America
Europe
Mrs De Saulles Trial Cast in Courtroom Picture
International interest centers on the murder trial of Mrs Blanca De Saulles accused of shooting her husband Yale athlete John Longer De Saulles at The Box Westbury Long Island. Supreme Court Justice David Manning oversees proceedings amid the couple's child Jack De Saulles as motive.
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Blanca de Saulles
John Longer de Saulles
Yale
the Box
Westbury
L. I
Supreme Court
David Manning
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Freweill
Ravecote
Abelon
Woaen
Cook
Daniel Griffin
Congressman Griffin
New York
Griffin
Mercury
Heinz
Public Safety Committee
Ealing
Peye
Ani
Nick Novascosha
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