Army and Navy Play Ball in London Anglo American League Opener
In London on May 20 the Army and Navy opened the Anglo American league at Highbury in a big league style game. English and Canadian crowds crowded the stands as Artie Latham of the Giants umpired a lively match. The Navy won in a late dramatic rally as Lieut Mims hit a pinch homer in the ninth, with future fixtures and charity proceeds announced for July 4 at Chelsea.
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London
Army and Navy
Highbury
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Navy Rooters
Army
United States
Artie Latham
Giants
Kidderville
Artie
Navy
London Telegraph
Fuller
Mims
Yoeman Whiskeman
Swanson Ch. Yoeman
Newport Navy
McDowell MC
Deheney
Williams
Electrician
Texas
Hays
Brooklyn Nationals
Moellman
Dew Moines
Whitlock
Harbert
Wilkesbarre
Chase
Purdue
George
View from Iowa on French farms during the war
An Iowa group discusses French farming, noting rain, outdated machinery, and taxation effects on farm investment. The colonel contrasts efficiency with American fields, remarks on manure, and recalls hometown life while awaiting mail and cigarettes. The piece colors wartime morale with local nostalgia and humorous observations.
Medical School to Run This Summer
The University of Iowa College of Medicine will operate through the entire summer for the first time. About one hundred sophomores and juniors will be affected as they advance to junior and senior standing on June 17, the session’s opening date, following a request from Surgeon General Gorgas.
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Iowa City
Gorgas
College of Medicine
University
Renewed vigor urged in stamp sale drive in Iowa
A Iowa conference of fifty war savings chairmen pressed for stronger action to meet a 2 billion dollar drive by June 28. Homer A. Miller outlined plans to mobilize 1297 banks and rural buyers, while Robert Wallace urged one united war service council per precinct to maximize efficiency and dedication to the cause.
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Des Moines
War Service Council of
Homer A. Miller
War Saving Committee
George H. Messenger
Iowa
Wallace
Robert Wallace
Council Bluffs
War Service Council
Penrod Joins U S School Garden Army
A letter from Penrod Schofield describes joining the U S School Garden Army urged by Miss Spence to grow vegetables for war effort. He and Sam Williams plant seeds in Sam's yard, face chicken predation, and express pride in a future farm badge while hoping to earn money from their crops.
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Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Mr. Tarkington
Sumpthin
U. S
School Garden Army
U S
U.S. S.G
Sam William's
Miss Spence
Army
Sam
Herman
Sam Williams
Verman
Summer term changes speed up medical college work
The summer program shifts to a three term year of 16 weeks each with a two week break, starting in June and extending into October. Attendance is nearly compulsory for juniors and advisable for sophomores, with allowances for physical defects and need to earn support. The same staff will run summer instruction and clinicals.
Very Good Reason About Men Friends
A speaker argues that men prefer male companionship over female friends because none of their friends would borrow their hair to attend theater or parties. The remark contrasts male and female social circles with a humorous tone.
Stock Yards Strike Called Off After Arbitration Reached
About 1500 cattle handlers returned to work after union leaders accepted Federal Judge Alschuler as arbitrator. A conference with President A. G. Leonard of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company labor leaders and state mediators Osborne and Wythall set terms. The union seeks 15. increase. the company offered 5.
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Chicago
Alschuler
A. G. Leonard
Union Stock Yards
Transit Company
Osborne
Flyer Victory by Trick Reported by Paris Paper
The Petit Parisien records a new German treachery claim in Domremy region where a British aircraft is said to have been downed by a "pad" machine with three French cockades. The paper notes close range and elevation imply German airmen exploited symbols of captured machines to secure a cheap victory.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Perit Parisen
Washington County Evening Journal Highlights
The Evening Journal presents local news from Washington County, delivering briefs on community events, public notices, sports updates, and local commerce. Readers get concise summaries and calendar items from the county’s only daily paper.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
My Four Years in Germany film praised in Philadelphia
The Stage reports Philadelphia Public Ledger praising the photoplay My Four Years in Germany based on James W. Gerard’s ambassadorship memoir. Shown at Knickerbocker Theatre with strong applause the film depicts Kaiser era attitudes toward the United States. The Graham Theatre engagement ends tonight.
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Germany
New York
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Knickerbocker Theatre
United States
Graham Theatre
Captain Newcombe returns after schooner sunk by submarine
Captain H. G. Newcombe, whose Edward H. Cole was sunk off the New Jersey coast by a raiding submarine, is shown after reaching shore. He took his first magi in 36 hours and then headed for Boston.
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H. G. Newcombe
Edward H. Cole
New Jersey
Boston
Heal Skin Diseases With Zemo Remedy
A Cleveland based ad promotes Zemo to cure eczema blotches ringworm and rashes. It claims instant relief from itching surfaces and rapid healing with a non greasy liquid that costs 35 cents or one dollar for a large bottle.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
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