Red Cross Crisis Mission in France During German Offensive
Washington May 24 The Red Cross relief effort in France faced a sharp German offensive that forced retreats in coordination with French and British forces. Major Perkins led a rapid plan to protect workers, move supplies, and form a coherent Red Cross line from Amiens to Soissons while aiding refugees and soldiers. The narrative details battles around Ham Croix Molignaux Roye Compiegne Beauvais and Soissons plus hospital relief and nighttime operations under fire.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
France
Paris
Perkins
Ham
Croix Molignaux
Nesse
Grecourt
Roye
Amiens
Montdidier
Lassigny
Noyons
Moonlight
Compiegne
Relet
Annel
Compene
Daly
Ine
Beauvais
Soistons
Army
Births Reported in Cedar Falls Names and Dates
Birth notices list Arthur Herman Bob zin and Mrs. Ruth Helen born March 17 in Cedar Falls, and Mahton Earl Warner with daughter Virginia Cecilia born March 7. Advertisements urge heating systems and Sammi Will memories of good deeds.
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Arthur Herman Bobzin
Cedar Falls
Ruth Helen
Mahton
Earl Warner
Virginia Cecilia
Women Vote to Use Less Wheat for War Effort
Delegates from the third district of the council of national defense women’s committee gathered in Waterloo for a conference pledging reduced wheat flour use to free more for Allied armies and famine-stricken France and Belgium. Dr. Ellsworth Farris urged prudent care of children and national strength through balanced war-time living. Black Hawk County plans include county chairmen supervision, block handling, and free physical exams for schoolchildren by local physicians.
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Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense
France
Belgium
Anna Lb. Lawther
Dubuque
New World
Ellsworth Farris
Farris
America
Black Hawk County
L. C. Hemsworth
Waterloo
Shakespeare Up to Data at the Stratford Platform
An American lady in Stratford on Avon displays strong Shakespearean zeal even at the station platform remarking that the bard departed from that very spot when traveling to town. Advertisement note invites plumbing help from Rynearson & Koch with phone A647.
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Strateford-on-Avon
Rynearson & Koch
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Tho
Libby
Neill & Libby
Chicago
Sammie
Ily
Tie
Independence
Attorney Arbuckle
Gedneyo Opera House
SiSat
Opera House
J. W. Arbuckle
Leo
Jesup
State College
Lowa Hospital
Mr. Fletcher
The
Baptist Church
Mother's Club
H. C. Keith
R. OB
OQ. Gates
Harold Trior
Chautauqua Literary Club
W.*. Miller
S. G. Mason
James Moores
Grace Potwin
T. EL .Taylor
WOM
Woodward
Ellen Stites
Firth Ward
Black
Hudson
Hudson Company
Hut
Peverill Motor Sales Co
Mulberry Street
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