British Aviator Brings Down German Attacks at Cambrai
A daring British pilot in four aircraft held off a German assault at Cambrai for most of a day. He dived from the clouds dropping bombs and spraying machine gun fire, twice returning after heavy damage to lead renewed charges. he then fought again in a fresh plane as darkness ended the battle. His actions, shielding infantry and disrupting German advances, exemplified airborne infantry support in the war.
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Cambrai
Anther
Hindenburg
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
von Biy
Rosime
Knitting Nerves Warned as Glove Waistcoats Gain Steam
The article urges American women to swap sweaters for glove waistcoats to fight a so called knitting nerves. Made from discarded kid gloves the waistcoat is cheap warm windproof and verminproof with a 35 cent lining and quick production. A U S marine is pictured wearing one of the waistcoats.
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Sammies
United States
New York Sculptress Creates False Faces for War Disfigured
Mrs Maynard Ladd, an American sculptress, opens an atelier in Paris to fashion copper masks for French soldiers whose faces were terribly disfigured. She models the prewar appearance from photographs and patients, then forms a light copper shell painted to resemble skin. The masks, worn with glasses or a cigarette, will enable the men to appear in public while awaiting surgery by French surgeons and doctors Morestin and Colomb.
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Maynard Ladd
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Bis
Rue Notre Dame Des Champs
Chemin Des Dames
Derwent Wood
United States
Department
American Red Cross
Morestin
Cowlomb
Joseph Blake
Paris
America
Rome
Italy
France
General Pershing
United States Army
Navy Plans Special Medal for Submarine War Efforts
Secretary Daniels has preliminarily moved to award a new U S Navy medal to sailors who distinguished themselves in anti submarine warfare. The plan follows the law prohibiting U S personnel from accepting foreign decorations and references instances where British authorities wished to honor American destroyer officers with homegrown medals.
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Washington, i
United States Naval Service
Daniels
Navy Department
America
Great Shipyard Planned In South
The United States Steel corporation announces a large shipyard in Mobile Alabama with ten marine ways and full shipbuilding facilities. Two modern villages will be built within a year for white and colored workers, featuring 1600 houses as model industrial communities.
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Great
Mobile
Ala
United States Steel Corporation
George Gordon Crawford
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
The
Steel Corporation
Golf and the tongue: swearing amid modern habits
William Lyon Phelps notes in New Republic that the telephone spreads cursing while learning the typewriter loosens speech. A professor friend recalls depravity from typing, and golf pushes taciturn men to swear with immediate, overwhelming disappointments.
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William Lyon Phelps
New Republic
Figaro
22 000 Beauties Upstaged by War Poster Selection
Twenty two thousand photographs were submitted to the war department for a publicity poster. Miss Frances Jordan was chosen from the entries as the standout subject, and she expresses gratification at the result.
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War Department
United States
Frances Jordan
Rhinoceros and lion clash over king of beasts in zoo tale
In a zoo dialogue, a rhinoceros vents anger at humans and the lion for being wrongly called the king of beasts. He asserts his own strength and declares he is the true king, while Mrs Rhinoceros challenges the notion that appearances determine leadership. The keeper backs the rhino’s claim of real power.
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Rhinoceros
Mr. Rhinoceros
Mrs. Rhinoceros
Mule Shoe Route: Gravity T Rail Toboggan To Mine Openings
In Inman district Tennessee near South Pittsburg miners adopted a mule shoe over a T rail toboggan system. Riders balance on a board attached shoe and slide down mountain slopes using a pick handle as brake. No conductor or tickets, one way transport to the shaft, with occasional races on parallel tracks.
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Inman
Tennessee
South Pittsburg
Lookout Mountain
Miner
Look Out for Classmates in Sunday School
Classroom guidance urges looking out for classmates in Sunday school to prevent irregular attendance. Encourages keeping interest and enthusiasm high to avoid needing renewal, noting prevention is easier than cure per Girl's Companion.
Drab Side Of Army Life Revealed In Interview
In the interview Fran notes her son dislikes army routines. He says marching is tolerable if the band plays but shows little enthusiasm for chores like chopping wood or peeling potatoes without music.
England's Hungry Birds in the Winter Garden
The London Times notes a silent garden lacking bird life as birds migrate seeking winter food. Blackbirds and thrushes clear dead leaves from a garden wall to uncover insects, probing crevices to reach frozen ground and feed.
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London Times
Blackbird
Thrush
India Famine History Through Digby Count
The article cites Sir William Digby in Prosperous British India noting famines in India across centuries. It lists two in the eleventh, one in the thirteenth, three in the fourteenth, three in the sixteenth, three in the seventeenth, four in the eighteenth up to 1745, seven under British rule from 1769 to 1800, and thirty two in the nineteenth century with varying death tolls across the four quarters.
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India
William Digby
The Penalized Civilian Fashion Debate
A dialogue contrasts modern men’s fashion with military styles. One character questions current trends while the other argues civilians who eschew soldier garments look ridiculous.
Plea for a Pruneless Meatless Day
A speaker urges mercy for meatless days and proposes a rare pruneless day as a concession. A woman replies, prompting a brief exchange about dietary restrictions and social routines.
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ILS
Navy Plans
Mary Graham Bonner
King Rhinoceros
Tama
England’s
Hungry Birds
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