Boy Scouts Mobilize Gardens to Feed Troops in War Effort
O H Benson of the U S Department of Agriculture outlines a plan with the Boy Scouts of America to mobilize 2,000,000 gardens this spring. Scouts will grow and preserve surplus food, teach canning, and supply one pound ready to eat rations for soldiers within hours of request.
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Boy Scouts of America
United States
O. H. Benson
United States Department of Agriculture
Benson
New York
Boy Scouts
Mr. Benson
United States Army
War Department
Boy Scout
Fig
Department of Agriculture
Dynamiting Boats to Destroy Submarines
Dr Merrim, an American veterinary surgeon from Yarrowdale, reports the English plan to attach giant bombs to patrol boats or destroyers and drop them on submarines once sighted. The explosion at depth could demolish U boats and nearly sink the patrol craft.
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Tr. McKim
Yarrowdale
Dr. Merrim
Sailors Use Coded Postcards to Send Very Plain Messages
Wartime censorship shapes home letters as sailors cross out non fitting lines on a standard postal card. Home front readers are urged to avoid criticizing authorities or praising the Kaiser, while enacting wartime silence about ship names, locations, or missions.
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United States Navy
Naval Reserve
Salor
England
State military census questions disclosed for males aged 16 to 50
Albany May 2 The adjutant general sets public the questions to be answered by all male residents ages 16 to 50 for the state military census. The inquiries cover age birth place residence citizenship marital status dependents education language ability occupation and various qualifications and equipment ownership.
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Caeer
Albany
Adjutant General’s Office
Mrs Wilson Leads First Family of White House in Economy Push
Mrs Wilson wife of the president and Mrs Marshall wife of the vice president with cabinet wives agree to curtail entertaining and social calls to conserve time and resources. They vow to buy inexpensive clothing watch waste and urge women nationwide to organize for preparedness and relief work. Mrs Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson focus on White House management.
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Wilson
Marshall
Margaret Wilson
White House
No Whisky During War Declared by Kentucky Distillers
James L. Pepper of a renowned Chicago area distillery says his Lexington Kentucky plant will not produce whisky during the war. He cites grain shortages and urges citizens to conserve supplies. Fifteen other Kentucky distillers will join, offering their available alcohol to the government.
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James L. Pepper
Chicago
Lexington
Kentucky
California Republican proposes North American Indian cavalry units
Representative Kahn led the house push for a draft bill and introduced a measure to authorize creating 10 or more regiments of Indian cavalry designated the North American Indian cavalry. They would report to regular army officers or Indian officers appointed by the army chief of staff and could be used on the Mexican border.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Flour Speculators Hit as Mills Set $5 Margin in Minneapolis
Milling companies in Minneapolis announce a $5 margin on every barrel of flour bought for future delivery. The move aims to curb flour speculation and provide protection to milling firms amid unsettled markets caused by heavy futures buying.
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Minneapolis
Woman jailed for retort in German court martial at Belgiium
A German officer insulted Baroness de Coninck in a Belgium court martial in Paris. She retorted that she did not know him and compared him to a mistaken English woman, earning one month in prison. M. Paul Terlinden was jailed twelve months for shielding a wounded Frenchman.
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Belgium
Paris
M. Paul Terlinden
Rixensart
Baroness de Conick
Baroness de Coninck
Crew of Burned Ship Rescued Near Sandusky
The burning vessel in Lake Erie off East Sister Island was the Case of Windsor Ontario bound for Detroit from Cleveland with 200 tons of coal. Coast guard successfully landed the captain and seven crew members at Marblehead Life-Saving Station after weathered threats from wind and waves.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
East Sister Island
Case
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Cleveland
Coast Guard
United States Life Saving Station
Marbiehead
Army Registration Plans 7,000,000 Men Abroad
Washington May 3 Military registration of about 7,000,000 men to begin within 15 days after war department machinery is set in motion. State election systems to handle work under federal supervision with voting precincts acting as recording units.
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Washington
War Department
House Bomb Bill Reported
Washington May 3 unauthorized manufacture distribution or possession of explosives in time of war would be prohibited under a bill favorably reported by the house mines committee. It is designed to strengthen the government in dealing with bomb plotters.
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Washington
House Mines Committee
Recruiters Use Kiss as Military Induction Aid
The piece describes Frances Jordan of the "You're in Love" company as inventing a recruiting kiss. She acts as an inspiring, stagelike figure who caresses recruits to boost morale and encourage enlistment. Her actions are framed as a career-driven stimulus to patriotic duty.
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Frances Jordan
Senate Talks Rate Boost Debated May 3
Washington reports the freight rate increase was raised again in the Senate but no action was taken and the matter was postponed.
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Washington
Senate
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