World War Warfront Moves and Allied Plans Pieces
A week in review notes Kaiser telegrams and massive German assaults on the British front near St Quentin with heavy losses for Germany. British and American forces hold, while Verdun and Toul actions show magnitude. Pershing, Paker and Francis participate in front line events amid Russia and Baltic theater tensions. Dutch ships seized to bolster Allied supply, U S railways under government control as shipbuilding speeds up.
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E. W. Pickard
Rhenish
St. Quentin
Vield Marshal Haig
von Hindenburg
Cambrai Salient
Verdun
Reims
Lorraine
Toul
Council
Italy
France
Belgium
Metz
Puker
Pershing
John O. Green
William Norton
Patrick Walsh
Russia
Moscow
Petrograd
Vologda
Francis
Mr. Francis
Washington
Trotzky
Roumania
Jassy
Farm Labor Challenge Faces Nation in Wartime
Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston urges urban volunteers to aid farm labor during the wartime food effort. He notes surveys, inter-state labor shifts, cooperative farming, use of rural high school boys, and machinery as solutions. Civilians can help in planting, cultivating, and harvesting to maintain food for soldiers and civilians alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Departments of Agriculture and Labor
Agricultural Colleges
Secretary of War
National Army
Electric Cat At Cleveland Power House
A Meveland cat sleeping on a rubber mat under a dynamo in Cleveland’s power house shifted to an iron surface after the mat was removed. The cat’s fur stood stiff and bristled from electric charge but the animal appeared unhurt.
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Meveland
Cleveland
Suicide of Arthur Easterbrook Raises Public Alarm
London reports a highly publicized suicide by cyanide of master Arthur Easterbrook, a gifted son of a retired army colonel. The letter found at his home reveals his fixation on chemistry and hints of a borrowed school apparatus amid questions of theft. Coroner advises against preserving the tragic note.
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London
Arthur Easterbrook
Tle
F. W. Teare
Mamma
Leslie Wilen
Kit for Every Soldier Comforts Troops in War Time
Major Janis H. Perkins, Red Cross commissioner to Europe, reports that every American soldier entering the trenches will receive a comfort kit packed by American women. The kit includes a towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil, soap, handkerchief, socks, mirror, and tobacco aiding troop convenience. more kits are sought, especially with socks and tobacco.
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Washington
Red Cross
Janis H. Perkins
Europe
Molar Perkins
Gorrotes Show Odd Habits and Feasts in World Outlook
Edward O Reilly recalls a visit to the Igorretes with a feast of rice and Irish stew. He notes Igorrot table manners, a tin spoon gift worn in the ear, and dancing around a fire with tom toms and kettles. A tailor quote on selling to unwilling buyers closes the account.
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Edward
O'Reilly
Que
Women Run Red Cross Room In New Berlin
In New Berlin Ohio about 250 women supply a Red Cross work room with at least 85 workers daily. They start at eight in the morning and stay until ten at night, turning out 80 bathrobes for a government request of 50 in two weeks instead of the month.
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New Berlin
Red Cross
Boston Matron Holds Longest Hair at Sixty Four Inches
Mrs A L Budro of Boston owns the longest hair in the United States at 64 inches. Her heavy tresses extend well past her waist and require effort to manage, yet she refuses to part with a single strand.
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United States
Boston
A. L. Gbudro
Budro
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Eeeuvps
A. W. James
Madison Square Garden
New York
Providence Journal
West Front
Versailles
Amer
Supreme War Council
Germany
von Hertling
Far East
Japan
Vladivostok
Pire
Dunkerque
Ostend
Helgoland
Wilson
War Industries Board
England
Enich Geddes
Admiralty
John Jellicoe
Lord Pirrie
Lloyd-George
Netherlands
America
Holland
War Finance Corporation
House
War Department
Wisconsin
la Follette
Joseph E. Davies
Conegressman
Lenroot
James Thompson
Victor Berger
Jetnent
Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston
Berief
Agriculture and Labor
Tad
Boy
Chemistry
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Kopi
Henry
Grocers
Kon
Pulverman
Ball
Market Street
Warren
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