Returning Yanks A Homesick Lot
Homing soldiers flood New York as steamers bring troops from Europe. Aboard a revenue cutter civilians greet the first back in months with shouts and tears, amid the sunrise over Brooklyn. Tom O'Donnell of Chicago, returning with the Third Constructional Company aerial service, reflects on coming home.
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New York
United States
Europe
Government Revenue Cutter
Fort Hamilton
Tom O'Donnell
Chicago
Aerial Service
Tomo
Camp Mills
L. L
Brooklyn
North River
Lower Broadway
Aviation Corps
Air Service
Air-Pocket Window Shade Insulates Against Cold
A historical note explains that a window shade pulled snugly against the casement creates an air pocket, blocking heat loss as effectively as an air space in a double pane. In very cold regions, keeping shade tight at night can reduce cold drafts and improve warmth.
Whole Wheat to England
Liverpool reports British millers praise the U S food administration decision to ship whole wheat to England rather than flour. The move averts mill closures and mass unemployment as demobilization looms, and is hailed as a selfless World service by American millers.
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United States Food Administration
Liverpool
England
International News Service
America
Short anthracite sizes amid flu cut. buckwheat advised
Domestic sizes of anthracite are extremely short due to production cuts from the influenza epidemic. Buckwheat size coal remains plentiful, and households are urged to mix 25 percent buckwheat to save costs compared with stove sizes.
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Government Forces Meet Revolt
Report from Berlin describes the Mbert government deploying troops against the Reds in a widening revolt. An insert shows a machine gun crew at a government building door as rebels attack, with fears of a march on the capital and expansion to other districts.
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Berlin
Mbert
Reds
Germany
Education for America's Aliens Seeks Wider Citizenship Work
The Bureau of Naturalization plans expanded adult education in American citizenship for immigrants. It notes 17.5 million aliens in the U S and 12 million still owe allegiance to other nations, with 500000 foreigners in New York City unable to speak English. Schools have begun classes in 2000 communes, but enrollment remains low.
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Bureau of Naturalization of
United States Department of Labor
Bureau
United States
New York City
France
Mrs Booth to Cheer Up American Forces Overseas
Mrs Ballington Booth wife of Gen Ballington Booth president of the Volunteers of America plans to spend the winter with the American expeditionary forces to boost morale for the homesick soldiers. Mrs Teith is noted as a gifted singer who has toured extensively over the past thirty two years.
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Ballington Booth
Gen. Ballington
Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Teith
Aquatic Cyclops Found In Hamilton Water Mains
Water strainers rise in demand after lively aquatic specimens appear in Hamilton Ontario city mains. City analyst Doctor Jaffray identifies the wrigglers as cyclopses and says they are entirely harmless.
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Hamilton
Ont
Jaffray
Two Senators Live on Same Street in Topeka
Topeka Kansas boasts two United States senators living on the same street. Senator Charles G Curtis, now representing the state, and Senator elect Arthur Capper reside there, a unique local distinction for the capital city.
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Tope
Topeka
Kan
Citll
Uni States
Charles G. Curtis
Arthur Capper
WATCH FOR LOANS TO HANS
New York reports a resolution by the American Defense society national boycott committee condemning discrimination in bank lending to Germany. It urges notifying depositors before funds fund German ventures and likens the move to a Lodge bill requiring signs for stores selling German goods.
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New York
American Defense Society
Germany
Richard M. Hurd
National Boycott Committee
Lodge
Believed Sight Could Return for Blinded Lieut in Argonne
Philadelphia and family hold hopeful view after Lieut Fran Schoble Jr who was blinded in Argonne fighting says doctors may doubt his sight but he believes he will see again within months. He was leading his men in a ravine when a high explosive shell caused the injury.
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Philadelphia
Fran Schoble, Jr
Argonne Forest
France
Bla
Munich After Armistice War Years Blur the City’s Tone
Munich shows surprising liveliness four years into war’s end with flags and banners and busy streets. Restaurants serve, prices rise, and paper goods appear. food stock rebuilt after the armistice boosts supplies though people look paler. The Bavarian Courier quotes harsh reaction to renewed public dancing.
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Munich
von Hertling
Bavarian Courier
Wounded in Action General Johnson Led Lost Battalion Search
Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson of the Seventy-seventh division was severely wounded in action while leading a battalion in the Argonne forest search for the Lost battalion. A regular army officer, Johnson previously served as a private and is a veteran of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine campaigns.
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Evan M. Johnson
Seventy-seventh
General Johnson
Argonne Forest
Johnson
Crowded Che lan River Wenatchee Salmon Are Speared
In Wenatchee Washington anglers crowd the Che lan River as humpback and dog salmon are speared and hauled ashore with pitchforks and other tools. This crowded scene highlights a large fall fishing run and improvised methods to land fish.
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Chelan River
Wenatchee
Wash
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Pearson Monthly
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Bureau of Naturalization Plans
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