Eyes of the Army praised by British forces in air war
The piece extols the pluck and sacrifice of airmen dubbed the Eyes of the Army. It quotes generals and letters from London Herald extracts describing aerial battles over Cambrai to Chauny and Peronne. It notes German resistance, French squadron plays, and sustained Allied air superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Salmond
Somme
London Sunday Herald
Meess
Templeux
Peronne
Cambrai
la Fore
Basingstoke
Chauny
Goodby
Sonny
Thrift Stamps Pay for Junk During War Effort
Residents will receive thrift stamps as pay for selling junk such as bottles rags iron and rubber through the war period. Junk dealers may offer only last price for debris if objections arise, per the thrift stamp plan organized by Devid A4rz and Gorbi.
Army Mess Feasts Show Plain Food Wins Front Satisfaction
Soldiers and officers praise simple beef stew beans and rice pudding over Delmonico style meals at the front. Officers report strong appetites, good health, and minimal illness as troops endure long marches and rough billets amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Fifth Avenue
French correspondent notes American troops improve cooking
Paris reports a Le Temps correspondent at the front observes U S soldiers initially rely on canned meat but soon learn to make soup. He notes the troops will soon prepare better meals, criticizing earlier rations like canned filken with mashed potatoes and pickled cucumbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Temps
Picture Yourself in War Time Labor and Loyalty
A guided, visceral visualization asks readers to draw themselves at work, then imagine a deadly blast. It urges seeing danger as real and personal, recognizing a trusted coworker as the unseen threat, ending with waking from the pose to face a transformed self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ryan
Kes
Report of the Condition Citizens National Bank Warren PA 1918
Bank statement for Citizens National Bank of Warren Pennsylvania as of May 10 1918 totals assets of 1 004 204 35 with loans discounts 724 976 80. cash in vault and deposits from banks 85 268 29. U S bonds and Liberty Loan securities pledged and unpledged. 4 800 00 bills payable and 1 582 256 in deposits. Directors sign the report and cashier O A Pressel swears to accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Tayo
Federal Reserve Bank
Smp
Federal
U.S
U. S
U. S. A Poabuloe Gs Ain Waptsatt Weg
National Rees Eee Oon Meh Seuideagieet
Itty Erates Reiseerie
Sciscessss
Cmiaiens
State of
Pennsylvania
County of
Warren
O. A. Pressel
Girls in Stamp Mill at Pearl Harbor Lead Independent Mining
Two teenage sisters Trene and Margaret Peterson run a paying two-stamp mill at Pearl Harbor Alaska with their mother as sole helper. They aim to install a five-stamp mill, manage timber and mining tasks, and study geology and mine management. The family, pioneers since 25 years ago, earns local and territorial pride for their self taught enterprise.
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Pearl Harbor
Juneau
Alaska
John G. Peterson
Peterson
Trene
Margaret
Tly
Europe
Gas Well Afire Turns Eastern Washington Wasteland
Gas flow found three years ago after a settler struck a four inch pipe while drilling for water. A passerby dropped a lighted match and the vent burned for eighteen months, seen for miles. Now development under way with an 18 inch pipe sunk into the gas reservoir and the well capped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Red Cross Train Modern as Hospital
A new Red Cross train for the United States Army, built in England, is 912 feet long with 16 carriages and 41 tons. It houses 480 sitting or 560 bed patients, with potential expansion to 600 and 480 in emergencies. The train includes an elaborate pharmacy, separate stores car, folding cots, isolated infectious wards, recreation spaces, and well‑ventilated, comfortable compartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
United States Army
England
Liverpool Street
Man Walks 94 Miles Rather Than Accept Transport
A. C. Bonnifet of Shasta County California chose to walk 94 miles to join the Twentieth Engineers rather than take offered transport. He calculated his wife and family could live on $47.50 a month, with $7.50 for insurance and $8 for other needs. Captain Boyden had proposed transport but Bonnifet preferred walking.
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A. C. Bonnifet
Shasta County
California
H. C. Boyden
Bonnifet
Twentieth Engineers
Bonnifer
Boyden
Iit Walk
Bonnifot
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Denver
Delmonico’s
Ritz
Don Martin
New York Herald
Hans
London
Yank
George Barr McCutcheon
The
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Benjamin Rosenthal
Ben
Navy
Citizens National Bank
Resources
Joseph A. Schofield
E. D. McKee, E. H. Beshlin
D. L. Gerould
Alleghany County
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