Last Words of West Point Captain in German Raid
Four enlisted men from Green Bay Minot Chicago relay the captain's final stand during a German raid. He shouted steady we can lick em and fired his revolver as a shell struck nearby, dying quietly amid his fighting company. The tale includes a brief Irish-tinged recollection of battle and notes an apparent German celebration behind their lines. Geraldine Farrar joins war relief work at headquarters sewing for soldiers and sailors.
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Sheil
Germany
United Press
Green Bay
Wis
Minot
N. D
Chicago
Fritz
Geraldine Farrar
Stag Women’s War Relief Society
Pardoned Father Enlists Son in France Letter Reaches Ohio Governor
A prisoner in Ohio received a pardon after his son in the American Expeditionary Forces in France wrote to Governor Cox seeking clemency. Cox sent the single word Pardonee by cable, freeing the man who had nearly a year left to serve. The request came from both father and son and the pardoned man was released along with five others.
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France
Ohio
Cox
Authors Donating Translation Fees for War Charity
The article notes Wilbert Chesterton turning his translation emoluments to support war work. Spanish writer Senor Azorin renews the gesture after a Paris journalist translated his work into French, with funds directed to any war charity as chosen by the translator. This shifts the idea of international copyright into a new realm.
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Wilbert Chesterton
Senor Azorin
M. Glorget
Leather shoes from fish skin proposed by Newark firm
A Newark leather firm completed experiments with whale, shark and porpoise hides and found results satisfactory. Shoes made from the product could reach the market in a few months, enabling a six per cent reduction in shoe prices.
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Newark
Red Cross Echoes War Efforts and Supply Tactics
Captain Ednared H. Williams, back from France, outlines how the American Red Cross buys supplies in Europe to free shipping space for troops and munitions. He notes purchases in France, England, Italy and planned Spain, pressed by wartime logistics to stock warehouses and support Italy and France through European sourcing and American production.
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American Red Cross
Ednared H. Williams
Chicago
France
Red Cross
Spain
America
Europe
Williams
Italy
Lumberjacks Pledge Cooperation On Food Conservation
Secretary reports timber operators pledged cooperation to the food conservation movement after a state timber sale at the capitol. Secretary Vye notes Hoover plans saving about 6000 pounds of sugar weekly and urges city residents to increase cooperation.
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Barions
Minnesota State Food Administration
Capitol
Vye
Hoover
Hermit Found by Faithful Dog on Mt Rinta
A collie led townspeople of Northeast New York to the frozen body of a hermit who had lived alone atop Mt. Rinta for many years. Officials believe the elderly man may have died recently, with no clear cause reported.
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Northeast
N. Y
Mt. Rinta
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