American Air Service Strength and Losses in France
Reported figures detail American air forces in France at the armistice, noting 38,000 personnel and 6,472 planes in service. Casualties totaled 442 with 139 killed and 103 wounded, 2 prisoners, and 94 missing. Eight training schools housed 1,323 pilots and 2,012 observers, with 6,069 pilots and 2,045 observers graduated by November 11.
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More Kraut for Germans on Berlin’s Food Drive
Berlin reports a 300000 metric ton release of liberty cab bage for civilian eating as mobilization ends. Army stocks were drawn from pickled cabbage. Bavarian Saxony get smaller shares. Distribution remains tight, with relief limited while shortages persist.
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Johnson’s Body Taken to Hendricks Special
Rascom Herbert Johnson, who shot and killed his wife on Thursday night before his own death, is taken to Hendricks. relatives say Mrs Johnson lies in Debphm Woova as they mourn.
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Washington Post
Imberlind Wil Dee
Rascom Herbert Johnson
Thes
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Hendricks
Virginia's Washington Man Robbed By Two Prisoners
Two men admit assaulting and robbing Louis L L Drake of Washington in Druid Hill Park on Friday night. Samuel Faggen alias Frank P Baker, 18, of Philadelphia, and Louis H Daniels, 26, a coast guard depot sailor, were held in $600 bail by Justice Dawkins. Drake, a War Trade Board member, requested directions to Union Station. instead he was taken to the park, robbed, and beaten until unconscious.
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Philadelphia
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Dawkins
Central Police Court
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Daniels
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Beak
Train Hits Jitney Bus Injures Nine in Hagerstown
Special to The Swagmeton reports a Cumberland Valley Railroad train struck the Hagerstown Han cock jitney bus at a crossing in Hagerstown Maryland injuring nine. Serious injuries include Charles Creager conductor Roscoe Creager owner and driver Rush Sally passenger all taken to Washington County Hospital. All twelve passengers were thrown from the jitney and the bus wrecked.
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Slemp Succeeds Martin as State Republican Leader
Roanoke Va December 22 Representative Bascom Slemp of Virginia Ninth district won election as national committeeman by the Republican State executive committee. He will replace the late Alvah Ho Martin of Norfolk. Joseph I Crapper of Alexandria succeeds Slemp as chairman of the State executive committee.
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Death in France Reported for Local Soldiers in World War I
Official notices list Harold Graves brother of this city as killed in France in October after being reported missing. Another local, Lieut Darwin Berry of Teengide Pa, reportedly died in France in December. Raymont Harmin, son of C G Harmin, was also killed in action, with families notified.
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Harold Graves
France
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Morgintown
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Walllm Berry
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Obituary and notices from Virginia and nearby towns
Fredericksburg mourns Mrs Ma bel Wood Reynolds died of pneumonia in Washington. She was 9 years old. Survived by her husband and parents. Benjamin W Pritchett of Spotsylvania county died aged 73. A Confederate veteran, he served in the 55th Virginia regiment. Survived by two sons and a daughter. The Norfolk line reports a Danish ship near sinking after a gale. A three masted vessel loaded with linseed from Buenos Aires to New York in distress, with hull damage and signals. Berkeley Springs notes Jesse Stotler reported missing in action since November 8. Weirton reports a new Catholic church opening with two Masses and a cost near $40,000.
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Washington
Benjamin W Pritchett
Spotsylvanie County
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Haifty Fifth Virginia Regiment
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New York
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Washington Post
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Woota
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First American Ace in 18th Air Fight
Philadelphia dispatch reports Major Chartea u Biddle, commander of the Fourth nursuit squad, among four American aces who returned from Francesata. He fought eight different battles before his first German aircraft fell. He noted uncertainty in identifying the enemy and stated that seven of his own planes were officially erased. Biddle received the Croix de Guerre with one citation and shared memories of Metz, Luxemburg, and Thionville after the armistice, including a costly meal in Metz. Beef prices in Washington ranged around 1826 cents per pound for the week ending December 21.
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