Dr Mott Defends Y M C A War Work Amid Criticisms
Dr John R Mott, chair of the Y M C A war work council, defends the organization against soldier criticisms in New York. He notes recalls of 200 workers for unfitness, outlines cost practices, and explains oversea missions and canteen operations with Pershing. He cites casualties and warns tightens to fix issues.
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New York
John R. Mott
War Work Council
France
George W. Perkins
Mortimer H. Schiff
F. 8. Brockman
Dr. Mott
Red Cross
Pershing
Dr. Mot
Altho
Mott
United States
War Department
Department
Con
War work fund expenditure report cited
An item notes the expenditures of the $109,000,000 pro rata share of the fund subscribed in the recent United War Work Campaign. The reference highlights financial actions tied to the campaign's allocation and use.
Foley Advertises Cough Remedy Trial Offer
A newspaper ad urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets via Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Avve
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Sergeant Hawkins Cited for Bravery in World War I
Red Oak Iowa reports Sergeant Owen C Hawkins of Company M 168th Infantry cited for bravery after armistice day 1918 action near Flirey He single handedly captured an enemy machine gun post with seventeen men and then assumed command of his platoon earning high commendation and a forthcoming commission to lieutenant
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Red Oak
Owen C. Hawkins
168Th Town Infantry
France
Leutenant
Hawkins
Forty-second Division
James E. Thomas
Flirey
Mennonites Granted Discharge from Army Service
Des Moines reports the formal discharge of Camp Dodge's provisional conscientious objector unit. About eighty men, many Mennonites or fellow religious sect members, were released after recent returns from Fort Leavenworth where sentences of one to five years were shortened with the war’s end.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodges
Fort Leavenworth
Phosphate Industry of Tunis Expansion Near Frontier
Since phosphate deposits were found in Tunis in 1880 the industry grew rapidly with 10 of the world’s largest mines operating near the Nigerian frontier and contributing to regional output.
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Tunis
Igerian Frontier
President Wilson Honored With Paris Doctorate
In Paris the University of Paris awarded Woodrow Wilson a doctor of law and a doctor of science honorary degree for his work as a historian and jurist. President Poincare and officials attended as Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, with ambassadors Sharp and Jusserand, received the diplomas. Wilson spoke on education, culture, and the wartime clash of civilizational systems, lauding American schooling and the university tradition.
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Paris
University of Paris
Wilson
Sorbonne
Poincare
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
William Graves Sharp
Jean Jules Jusserand
United States
Alfred Croiset
Faculty of Letters
Ferdinand Lameude
Law
Lucien Poineare
M. Poincare
France
Wartime university rally frames peace through freedom
A speaker extols universal freedom and the university spirit as central to postwar peace. He urges global moral force, warns against opposing mankind, and credits the university with guiding truth and reform. He recalls a wounded major traveling from Chateau Roux and returning with his unit after the war, noting his injuries.
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League of Nations
Nisior Brewer Returns to 168th Infantry Unit
Des Moines tailor Major Guy S. Brewer, commander of the Third Battalion, 168th Infantry, returns to duty with the Rainbow Division after months in a hospital. He is back at Mersch Luxembourg, as reported in a letter to Mrs. Brewer.
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Des Moines
Guy 8S. Brewer
168Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
Mersch
Luxem‘ure
Brewer
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