French Aviator Henri Reservat Escapes German POW Camp
A daring account details Adjnt Pilot Henri Reservat of the French air service escaping from a German prison camp near Mainz. After covert work in Giessen and Weillburg, he and a comrade traveled on foot through Limburg to the Rhine, hiding in woods and huts, reaching Holland and then Rotterdam before returning to France on June 6.
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Reservat
Prey
Sis
Iachen
Dines
Mayence
Mainz
Webe
Reservvat
Weillurg
Giessen
Soud
Tossell
France
Eclanwe
Germany
Limburg
P. A
Lam
Preu Ce Ely
Bonn
Umii
Holland
Rotterdam
England
Lara
Pepa
Anti Aircraft Suns for Philadelphia Plan Revealed
The War Department outlines mobile anti airplane guns to protect Philadelphia naval yard Frankford arsenal and city. Seaplanes submarines and raids are cited as threats and precautions are described as prudent in light of warnings from Admirals Sims and Jellicoe.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Frankford Arsenal
Navy Yard
Paris
London
War Department
Atlantic
England
United States
War and Navy Departments
First Valor Medal For Root At National Arts Club
The National Arts Club plans to award the first Valor Medal to Elihu Root for his leadership as head of the American mission to Russia. The award highlights his service and diplomatic work in the year.
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Root
National Arts Club
Elihu Root
Russia
Massive Rail Movement To Transport 687000 Recruits
The government orders a multi stage rail transport of 687000 men to cantonment camps starting September 5 with three major waves of movements. Railways must schedule 200000 men per wave, move 80 000 field armies per example, and also carry 850000 National Guard to camps as the force builds.
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National Army
Dot
American Railway Association
National Guard
Monkeys to Chase Snakes at Ne shennock Falls Site
Reported plan places several monkeys on a wild site at Ne shennock Falls to chase out black snakes for a summer typlony. Expectation that the monkeys will free the site of snakes and allow bungalows to be erected there.
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Newcastle
Neshennock Falls
Digging In Becomes German Tactics in World War I
The piece contrasts German trench digging with American reluctance to dig. It notes Germans gleefully trench and claw ground with hands until finger ends wear away while American troops favor fighting over digging, advocating coordinated artillery and covered advances to reach objectives.
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France
Belgium
Messines Ridge
O. K
Liberty Justice Peace Float Wins Prizes at Asbury Park Parade
At Asbury Park baby parade the Liberty-Justice-Peace float took top prizes. Little Ethel Florence Huethey earned the first prize in division three along with the Grand and Allies' Prize.
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Asbury Park
Ethel Florence Huethey
Grand and Allies
N. J
Man's Will Asks That Employee Wear His Diamond Ring
George De Wolf Deans, a New York Central railroad agent, leaves $20 to his wife Gertrude Deans, $1,000 and a diamond ring to his stenographer Margaret Klinger's memory, and the residue to nurse Mary Susan Hill who is named executrix. Cremation is requested with ashes to be placed in a silver box under $100 value.
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New York
George de Wolf Deans
New York Central Railroad
Edgecombe Avenue
Gertrude I. Deans
Margaret Dorothee Klinger
Mary Susan Hill
River Takes Tribute of a Life a Year in Legend of Steamboat
Old timer lore from Steamboat Springs links the Yampa river to a yearly death claim. Two drownings during the recent freshet are cited as evidence by residents, who recall a Ute legend about the swift stream demanding a human life each year.
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Tucson
Ariz
Steamboat Springs
Cole
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Beal
Dunn
Prince
Victor Emanuel of
Savoy
Turin
Gorizia
Ethel Huethey Tures
Ian Angel Holding
Scalese
U. S
America
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James “Pink” Arlington
Pink
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Fiera Port Deteri
House & Garden
W. 44Th Street
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