Twenty-Eighth Division Leader Recalls WWI Service
Major General W H Hay commander of the Keystone Division details its World War I battles Meuse Argonne and Thiaucourt. He notes casualties of 451 officers and 13 966 enlisted men and mentions capturing German officers and artillery while praising the Legion pilgrimage plans and Franco-American friendship. He cannot join the overseas trip due to business commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. Hay
Twenty-eighth
Keystone
Pennsylvania National Guard
Howard P. Savage
National Communion
Americe
Legion
America
France
Wahita
Hay
Chauteau Thierry
Vesle
Meuse-Argonne
Thiaucourt
Whincourt
Savage
Camp Smith
State Military School of Instruction
Peekskill
New York
Sauvage
Drain
New state hospital for crippled children at Elizabethtown
A MedierL magazine article reports progress on the seven million dollar state hospital for crippled children at Elizabethtown. Construction on the first unit is well advanced as Lancaster County learns of a giant project to house 700 crippled children, with five units under construction and completion planned over ten to fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Elizabethtows
Inet
Tary of Health
Theodore B. Ap
Elizabethtown
The
Sunday News
Lancaster
American Legion visit aims to bridge U S French ties
A veteran speaker urges better understanding between American forces and French people learned from wartime experiences. He notes irritations stemmed from language and race gaps and hopes Legion members visiting France will foster friendship and mutual respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
Paris
American Legion
Bored Broadway and the Chanins Transforming New York
In VAN RAALTE New York a patchy area near Sixty sixth street shows a shift as Opti mistically colored signs promise a new thrill and developers like the Chanins push ambitious theater plans. The Chanin Construction Company dominates local theater building, planning five showhouses and a 50 story office tower with signs visible from New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Sixty-sixth Street
Chanin
Shubert
Chanin Construction
Chanin Theatres
Eighth Avenue
44Th
4Th Streets
Commonwealth of New Jersey
42Nd Street
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island
Tin Fall and Eve in a London art exhibit tale
A famed painter Sir John Lavery recalls a Scottish gardener who studied a London exhibition painting titled Tin Fall. The gardener’s reply amuses and prompts his employer to seek his view. An Antwerp company will oversee all telephone operations in Greece.
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John Lavery
London
Adara
Antwerp
Greece
Vast Countywide Meetings To Be Held This Week
Harrisburg April 18 The agriculture secretary announces eight county meetings to aid the 210 million battle against the European corn borer. Erie Warren Franklin Mercer New Castle Butler host talks by C G Jordan and S S McDowell with local farm, civic and business groups urged to attend to spark a rapid clean up of corn remnants before May 1 under federal and state laws.
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Harrisburg
Corridorer
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture
C. G. Jordan
Erie
Warren
Franklin
Mercer
New Castle
Butler
S&s. McDowell
Pennsylvania State College
Farm Bureau
Grange
Chamber of Commune
Civic Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Jordan
Farm Calendar Do Not Pasture Too Soon
Farm advice notes key tasks for dairy cattle and swine, forest care, and orchard practices. It urges delaying pasture until ground settles, preserving timber as a liquid asset, annual American Forest Week, pruning and packing fruit, and early fall feeding for pigs to speed growth while stressing fire prevention in woodlands.
Wilson makes surprise Capitol visit over draft bill
President Wilson visits the Capitol to urge quicker passage of the selective draft bill and convenes House and Senate leaders for a conference. The Senate Military Affairs Committee reports the draft favorably, while the House committee rejects draft provisions in favor of a volunteers system. French advance continues as German forces are pushed north of the Aisne. Faris reports 17,000 prisoners and 7 percent guns captured since the Aisne operation began.
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Wilson
Capitol
House
Senate
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House Military Affairs Committee
Aisne
Faris
My European Reclusions And The Sea Of Ages
The article muses on the Mediterranean as the ancient human horizon linking Phoenicians Greeks Romans and later poets and travelers. It guides readers visiting Fiesole to Fra Angelico’s Monastery St Domenico and Boraccio villa, suggests Browning and Catherine Shaw readings, and describes the Franciscan birds and legends at a monastery overlook.
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Odysseus
Troy
Aeneas
Caesars
Byzantium
Greece
Romie
Petrarch
Dante
St. Francis
Uavelers
Byron
Shelley
Keats
Croesus
Mediterranean
Fiesole
Amo Gulside
Florence
St. Domenico
Fra Angelica
Borcaccio
Browning
Andrea del Sarte
Catherine Shaw
Shrines of Culture in Sweden Sightseeing Notes
A traveler records notable Swedish cultural shrines from Stockholm and beyond. He cites Jenny Lind’s debut at the Opera House, his birthplaces of Ericsson and Linnaeus, Lund’s Tegner house, Upsala’s tomb and garden, Mora’s Anders Zorn, Landskrona’s Selma Lagerlöf, and Bjornson’s Upsala link, noting these sites enrich a Swedish journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Opera
Jenny Lind
Swedenborg
Langbanshyttan
John Ericsson
Pillipstad
Lund
Tegner
Frithjvn
Dalecarlia
Anders Zorn
Landskrona
Selma Lagerlof
Edeal
Gexta Berling
An Old Actress and Dutch Village Tour Tales
A reflective glimpse at tourists visiting Amsterdam and The Hague area pockets such as Volendam and Marken. The piece describes villagers in lace caps and straw hats selling curiosities, with guests unsure if items are genuine antiques or staged for the nearby harbor gingerly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleland
Armsterdam
Hague
Arken
Vollendam
Hijile
Coolidge Boom Shifts Toward Open Gambit on 1928 Nomination
Washington April 18 A move to crystallize sentiment for President Coolidge’s renomination approaches open discussion over the weekend. Senator Fess of Ohio will present a feeler for a third term while officials hope for a unified Western Republican front. Coolidge remains largely silent as aides gauge whether factional support will swell and shape the 1928 convention, with Farm Relief plans and tax cuts affecting Democratic and Republican calculations.
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Thomas L Stokes
United Presse Saft
Washington
Republica
Fuss
Ohio
Fess
White House
Coolidge
Lowden
Borah
Kaho
Hin
Congress
Senate
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Sheffield
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Weed
Warren Cera Leate
Gonswengs Avenue
Main Line
Gisde
North Warren
Conewanga
Frewsboro
Prewabirg
Tans
Sundars
Asr
Editors
IXC
van Raalte
Lissen
Jen
Mazda Lane
Ige
Warren County
Wijres
Shirines OF Culture
Wold
Mullions Silva
Carter
Synder
Ruth Shyder
Albert Sayorr
Lorrawe Snyder
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