Battling Elements Men Repair War Ties For Telephone Lines
Veterans of signal corps and engineers from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company braved 63 mile gales and snow to repair cables and erect poles keeping wide lands connected. In floods near Richwood and Piedmont WVa they fought water, debris, and wrecked bridges, often wading in icy water to restore service. An ex-private recalls the effort as a war on peace time battlements with Gen Pershing praising their work.
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Signal Corps
Telephone Company
Richwood
Chesapeake and Potomac
Peixs Nectan
George Ward
Hart A Kerns Wets
Centralia
Conn
Gaietola Potomac
Whesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Piedmont
W Va
Exchange
Atkins
Delco
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Us&s Signal Corps
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Les Belle A Previe
Versailles
Matin Ling
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Americ
Pershing
McNally
Potomac River
Hugh Miller
Washington
U. S. Signal Corps
Hughes
Keeping Communication Open Is His Only Duty
A 17 kilometer line from Montigne-les-Roix to Romaine-Sur-Muse required digging 7-foot holes in granite and erecting 35-foot poles. The work took one month and five days. The narrator notes limited time to build a vital system, comparing the effort to military discipline.
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Montigne-les-Roix
Romaine-Sur-Muse
Frank J Marshal Chess Career Highlights and Competitions
Willard H. Watchler surveys Frank J Marshal United States champion with noted results in Cambridge Scheveningen and Iseldorf events. He defeated top masters like Janowski Fox Lasker and Duras, while losses to Lasker Capablanca Janowski and Tarrash are noted. Marshal set a world record for simultaneous play with 105 opponents in this city, yielding 17 draws.
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Willard H. Watchler
Spa Imens
Frank J Marshal
United States
Cambridge Saringa
Scheveningen
Suemberg
Iseldorf
Janowski
Fox
Ed Lasker
Showalter
Duras
Lasker Capabian
Tarrash
Marshall
Y W
Byler
Conover
Shepard
Mo Knapp
W Shepard
C J. Snell
H Stephenson
O Rines Petroff
Tohner Marshall
Ate
War Time Telephone Repairers Plan Disaster Recovery
In the wake of storms and floods, telephone company crews gather at headquarters to map routes, assess damage, and deploy crews to the trouble zones. They rush temporary lines to restore long distance service, while recovery work begins as soon as snow ends. The article notes the discipline, endurance, and judgment required of these repair teams as essential, battlelike operations become daily routine.
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Praparad
Parent Teacher Activities at Blair and Brightwood PTA
The Blair and Brightwood PTAs report a busy year with meetings, fundraising, and community projects. Mrs A H Reeve, P T A president, will address George Washington University summer school on August 13 at the request of Mrs Gilles Scott Ratgar. The Blair-Hayes P T A listed 84 members, monthly child measurements, a luncheon fund to buy a victrola and repair it, shoes and hospital bills, and total school expenditures of 153.60. The Bradley Mothers Club raised 125.40 in March, milk fund brought in 176.54 for milk lunches for about 42 children daily, and 346 was donated to the building fund. The Bightwood PTA reported a successful year with an era of activities including a daylight slide show, improved sanitary conditions, playground equipment, and outreach to district school groups. The Brightwood Park Mothers Council organized in November with 20 charter members, now 2 active, monthly meetings, and plans for a regular study course next year. The Brightwood Park Talent Teachers Association held a candy sale and entertainment raising about 160, contributed to the shoe and rubber fund, and supported several school projects.
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Mra
A. H. Reeve
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
George Washington University
Gilles Scott Ratgtar
P-T. A
Blair-Hayes P-Ta
Blair School
Hayes School
William Levy
J. M. Spence
Bradley Mothers Club
Charles Thompson
Mother's
C H. Knight
The
Bightwood Pta
Brightwood
Brightwood Park
Talent Teachers Association
Mothers
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Marshall White
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Hnston
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Marshall Blach
Ho Castles
Krekroh Kar
J OW Tivier
F B. Walker
Hettinger
William Elser
JG Harris
Sub Rosa
A G Smith
W Stark
Elf
National
Washington Post
Ady
Ebbitt Hotel
Mothers’ Congress
Frazier
Agto Duink
Schick
Fowler
Eiseman
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