Buffalo Y.M.C.A. Education Lead Promotes War Effort
The Buffalo Young Men's Christian Association emphasizes training for men of all ages to serve communities and the nation. It highlights the Aviation Institute enrolling 1,137 students from Western New York and Southern Ontario, with courses from basic arithmetic to three year degrees.
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Young Men's Christian Association
United States
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He Aviation Institute
Buffalo Young Men's Christian Association
New York
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Ralph R. Blackney
Association Institute
National Army
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
United States Commissioner of Education
Young Men’s Christian Association
Buffalo Association Institute
Argentina and Germany in wartime diplomacy
Washington observers expect Argentina’s wartime stance to hinge on Germany’s reply to Buenos Aires disavowing its minister who urged sinking ships. Officials doubt Berlin will seize the chance to adopt a status quo and risk Argentina’s active participation, noting Argentina ships remain few and far between.
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Argentina
Buenos
Berlin
Our Jim Goes to War
A poem by Earl Baldwin from New York American remembers Jim going to France in World War I. The speaker recalls family pride and sorrow, shared memories with Jim and his father, and the impact of his absence as autumn arrives.
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Dad
France
Earl Baldwin
New York American
Cat Trapped in Church Found After Three Day Search
In Woodfords Maine Walter F Yorks cat was missing for three days until it was found hidden in the partitions of the Universalist church near the roof. After boards were ripped up workers located the meowing cat and carried it home, where it was hungry from the long ordeal.
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Walter F. York
Universalist Church
York
Bavarian General Von Wenninger Killed on Dvina Front
A dispatch from Amsterdam says Bavarian General Von Wenninger former military plenipotentiary at Berlin was killed September 8 on the battle front along the Dvina.
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Amsterdam
von Wenninger
Riots in Buenos Aires target German interests amid anti German protests
Immense crowds protest German influence as mobs stone the German legation and newspaper buildings. Mounted police contend rioters on Avenida Florida while windows are broken at La Union and the German club is set ablaze. A passport for Count Karl von Luxburg is issued authorizing protection on his frontier passage. The Argentine government orders police and provincial authorities to safeguard Luxburg and staff during departure.
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Count von Luxburg
Karl von Luxburg
Pueyrredan
Foreign Office
Pigs Drill Like Infantry Under Belchertown Farmer
Belchertown Mass Jack Newman organized his piggery to infantry drill rules. From 100 pigs he selected 32. Each morning for two weeks the squad followed the drill master around the field edge and paraded across the center before Newman appeared to see the pigs perform their evolutions unaided.
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Jack Newman
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