Food administration to push corn substitutes in hunger relief drive
The U S Food Administration plans to mobilize about 40 000 salesmen nationwide to urge retailers and consumers to substitute corn ment, potatoes and beans for wheat amid shortages. The program targets cutting credit tails and delivery costs to save men for war, while expanding corn products through wholesalers and retailers.
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United States Food Administration
Food Administration
The
North
National
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Wia New
Resociation
Bo Weratias
Mantfeeterers
Theo Food Conservation
Econometine
Lee Heir Ties To Petersburg Camp Named For Lee
Lt Col Fitshegh Lee, stationed at Camp Lee Virginia, traces descent to Gen Fitzhugh Lee and to Gen Robert E Lee. He is grand nephew of Robert E Lee and great grandson of Henry Lee, linking the camp to Civil War origins. His father commanded cavalry for Northern Virginia in the Petersburg era.
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Fitshegh Lee
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Fitzhueh Lee
Beau Sabreur
Robert E.dward Lee
Light Horce Harry Lee
Revolu
Pitzhugh Lee
Northern
Virginia
Grant
Lee
Denver Monkey A Hugger Shocks City Residents
A loose monkey in the Montclair district of Denver hugged a woman on a sunny afternoon at Twelfth Avenue and Detroit Street. Patrols and residents chased the affectionate creature from tree to tree, checking a nursery and city park roles as officers pursue. The City Park zoo keeper says monkeys are where they belong. The incident ends with the monkey seeking a secluded spot while people fear another encounter.
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Twelfth Avenue
Detroit Street
Denver Post
Capitol Hill
Montclair District
City Park
Montclair
Eighth Avenue
Clayton Street
Simian
G. A. Clason
The Willie Tanks andTheir Russian Markings
In 1916 British tanks nicknamed Willies emerged from early development. An enemy agent might misread messages about Twelve Willies and six females. The first landship was smaller and less powerful, with the final design becoming the dominant model. Tanks bore the inscription With Care To Petrograd to conceal their destination.
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England
Col. E. D. Swinton
Willie
Mey
Petrograd
England's Need for Standardization Highlighted by Howard Cofin
Howard, cofounder of Cofin, argues standardization is the modern efficiency method. He notes Germany standardized its submarines, calls England brave and unconquerable yet in need of standardization, and explains English usage quirks from deposit only on checks to terms like full term and May week.
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England
Howard &. Cofin
Cambridge
Long Flights of Birds Ringed by Witherby Scheme
A thrush captured in Southport bore a ring reading Taforin Witherby High Holborn London. Since 1910 Mr H E Witherby has marked 75 000 birds to trace migrations. A Lancashire swallow tagged a half year earlier appeared in Grahamstown South Africa, thousands of miles away. A lesser black backed gull ringed at the Farne Islands later appeared in St Louis and Moscow, suggesting remarkable avian travel.
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Southport
Taforin Witherby
High Holborn
London
H. E. Witherby
British Birds
Lancashire
Grahamstown
South Africa
Farne
Northumberland
St. Louis
Senerat
Loengen
Moscow
What Women Did in Civil War
Women across the United States organized farm work and made bandages and comforts for soldiers. They contributed time and labor to aid the sick and wounded, with farmers supplying potatoes and vegetables to supplement rations and help prevent disease.
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United States
History of Poaching Penalties Recalled
A dialogue notes past severe poaching penalties and warns that values drift toward harsher crimes. The speakers fear petty theft like watermelons or chickens could be treated as grand larceny again.
Armenian marriages in Turkey unfold with family consent
An Armenian girl’s arranged marriage customs are described by Hester Donaldson Jenkins. A Turkish Armenian principal recalls a letter request for brides, dot payments, and a dramatic wedding tale where Schnoriig rejects a betrothal yet later marries after a genuine American courtship.
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Hester Donaldson Jenkins
Turkey
Mademoiselle
Aznif
Marian
Zarroohee
Dillan
Dikan
Ditun
Why Swanger Sticks Are Used
Canadian recruits for three years have carried swagger sticks off duty to keep hands from pockets. In training youths at Valcartier and Aldershot the stick acts as a discipline aid. The finished soldier avoids pocket issues, while trainees risk rule breaches during formation.
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United States
Canada
Valcartier
Quebec
Aldershot
Nova Scotia
Vimy Ridge
Hill No. 70
Prize Fighters Needed Too For Military Exam
A physician examines a robust young prizefighter seeking exemption from military service. The doctor doubts the illness yet the fighter insists he is nervous. The physician suggests winning a few prizes by knocking out the enemy will ease the nervousness and pass him.
Open Air Schools Popular Outdoor Education Trend
The East favors outdoor schools for young children with classes on porches to take advantage of fresh air. Miss Aimee Harvey formerly of St Louis who studied at the Montessori School in Rome leads such a winter program in Lexington Alabama and previously ran a summer outdoor class.
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Aimee Harvey
St. Louis
Montessori
Rome
Lexington
Alass
Dubwaite Sleep Talk Sparks Wife Remark
In a puzzling scene Mr. Dubwaite talks in his sleep and fits, prompting Mrs. Trebwaite to comment that she sees him as a true man. The exchange hints at miscommunication and concern over understanding his speech.
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Mr. Dubwaite
Mrs. Trebwaite
Cable Misread Sparks Misdirected Job Hope
In a Tenderloin club a clerk and Leo Robinson argue over a misaddressed cable. The note, written as leo, hints at a $500 job for a month but remains unclear who it is truly for. Robinson wonders if the message is meant for him or another Robinson.
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Leo Robinson
Robinson
J. C. Robinson
San Francisco
Cable Dispatch
Leo
Subway Explosion Drill Sparks Laughable Firing
In a Broadway transit drill misfire a woman with a baby carriage rushed by a warning flag man during an announced explosion near Thirty-eighth Street. A foreman then questioned workers letting her pass and fired the flag bearer Cannon after the faux emergency.
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Thirty-eighth Street
Broadway
Gotham Exchange
Cannon
English worker defends self in sewing machine case
A Russian romance aura surrounds a English working woman who claimed she could not pay for a sewing machine hire. When pressed she said she had been wounded fighting Austrians, which unsettled the court and led to the withdrawal of the charge.
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Yahe
Fler Napers
S&8y
Christian Science Monitor
Head Hunters Urge U S to Send Igerrotes to France
The New York Herald reports volunteers from various tribes in the Philippines offer service to Governor Harrison as U S forces coordinate in the Far East. It notes tropical volunteers could supply 160,000 fighters and fight alongside American troops in a united front against Germany.
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United States
Igerrotes
France
New York Herald
Philippines
Harrison
Manila
Prison Education Promises Candid Chatter on Work Prospects
A candid exchange from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a prisoner educated in a top institution offering to work. He warns against boasting about his training to avoid prejudice from old fashioned people still wary of prison education.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Late Supers Rule Reductions Prompt Silent Sniper Warning
A garbled OCR item cites economy regulations requiring removal of snipers and notes a citizen planning to cook an extra heavy meal at night when unseen. It reads as fragmented social commentary on regulation and personal appetite in a tense municipal tone.
Great Cloud of Smoke Presager of Fire Over Salonika
A wartime view from the water shows Salonika’s waterfront shrouded in ominous smoke as flames devastate the city. The correspondent escaped the fire to report on a city in ruins, its destruction not directly from battle but echoing war’s devastations.
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Fair City
Salonika
Europe
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Denver Monkey
Cail
Couat
Dubwaite
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