Brave 18 year old wins war medal for flag bearing return to trenches
Paris dispatch tells of a French sergeant who crawled a mile and a half to reach Allied lines with a flag after discovering five dead German officers and a wounded German officer who urged him to return. Seen by a German officer who, moved, awarded him praise and a medal. He later collapsed in the trench, recovered, then resumed duty with the military medal.
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Somber colors to prevail in fashion outlook
Benjamin H. Kobey, Retail Clothiers Company managing director, warns that global dye shortages will erase rainbow hues from U S wardrobes. He cites British packing, American dye supply gaps, and limited dye stock as cause for a nationwide shift to plain, dark fabrics through mid year with even black tones described as somber and grave.
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Retail Clothiers Company
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No army leave for Gorgas to Serbia Typhus Mission
Secretary farrison last week signaled opposition to sending Maj Crer to Serbia to lead a typhus fight under War Department control. Gen Garmison backs a direct military role, while War Department circles warn against retiring from the Army to join the Rockefeller foundation effort. The plan to assign army officers to the Serbia mission raises tensions among officials.
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Three Auto Drownings Near Newark Drawbridge
Three Montclair Academy athletes drowned when a car carrying seven plunged through an open drawbridge into the Passaic River. Gordon Knapn of East Orange, Eugene Stevens, and Clarence Stanton, both of this city, were killed. William J. Aurles Jr. and three others survived after the diner trip from New York.
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Eugene Stevens
Clarence Stanton
New York
William J. Aurles, Jr
Will Handle Frye Case Involving Waldenstroem
Overseas News Agency reports Wartin B Waldenstroem a Swedish lawyer from Malmo will represent the German government in the Frye case about the American ship Wat Ham on the Pacific. He was invited to appear by the government.
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Smiling Joe Marion Funds Beach Hospital Drive
The Sem Beach Hospital at Rockaway Beach for children with nonpulmonary tuberculosis nears completion at 257000 dollars. Joe Marion's smiling face, publicized nationwide, helped attract substantial donations from coast to coast, aiding the fundraising effort.
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Barbarian taunts peace activists in Roosevelt letter
Washington Post special report recalls Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch denouncing Colonel Roosevelt for branding Women’s Peace Society members as civil war copper heads. She rebukes his attack as blind to a world seeking reason over force and calls his stance barbaric and out of touch.
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Roosevelt
George Rubles
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Idle Chicago carpenters strike ends in looming mediation
In Chicago a 125000 worker strike and a $30 million project standstill spurred Gov. Dunne to have the State Arbitration Board offer mediation. A lockout bars 16000 union carpenters from 4000 buildings while 1200 contractors uphold terms including a three year anti strike agreement. Union leaders demand a five cent hourly wage raise as nonunion painters fill jobs and 1800 sheet metal workers face possible shutdown.
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Red Cross Sends More Aid To Belgian Front
The American steamer St Louis will sail from New York to La Panne Belgium to join the Belgian front as part of a Red Cross mission. Two hospital units comprise three surgeons and twelve nurses, joined by other Red Cross surgeons. The team includes Dr Albert Rotd Goodman and a roster of doctors from New York Baltimore Cincinnati Buffalo Portland and Kansas City. They endure hardship for service at Hospital Pocean La Panne. An additional surgeon Dr James Daniel of Greenville S C departs on the St Louis for England as second assistant at the Paign ton Hospital.
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Women Who Have Gone to Eu Evropan Epochal Advance of Civilization
Fragmentary OCR note notes admiration for women who travel to Europe and are seen as epochal in civilization. Vague references to a colonel and peace plea suggest a reflective column on progress and duty. No clear individuals or events are identifiable in readable text.
Bearded Bricklayer Barred From Wedlock by Law
In Rome Giuseppe Scilenei a burly bricklayer with a thick beard is deemed a woman by Italian records preventing marriage to Maria Annunziata Bracchia. Two weeks ago he sought a marriage cease and lawyers argue that if Giuseppe is legally a woman then two women may live together. judges seek clarification.
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German mails seized on Italian steamer Siena
Berlin April 11 a French cruiser confiscated a quantity of mail for Germany and South America aboard the Italian steamer Siena according to an official announcement. Chiasso April 18 several thousand parcel post packages mailed from Germany to the United States, delayed there for some time, have been returned to the senders by the postal authorities.
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South America
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Chiasso
United States
Government Seizure Notice for German Parcels in U S
Authorities report that Britain and France have advised parcels addressed to German citizens in the United States will be seized if found on ships. The measure reflects wartime controls and aims to disrupt German-linked trade.
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Prince Alexander to join British fleet at Dardanelles
Madrid April 17 Prince Alexander of Battenberg arrived at Algeciras to meet his sister Queen Victoria of Spain and bid farewell before joining the British fleet at the Dardanelles.
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Prince Alexander of Battenberg
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