French School Children Describe American Soldiers
extract from an independent New York letter presents French pupils notes on American troops. writers such as Jean Laberfote Ernestine Cabanmnes and Andre Proustey describe soldiers as tall well built clean polite and disciplined. they mention kindness generosity and modern equipment while noting some drink and smoking habits. the reflections praise american help to france and question france’s future politeness by comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
New York
T. Mason
Engi
Leon
Andre Proustey
Patchwork conscription plan eyed in Ireland conflict
Dublin reports a five man Irish recruiting council plans a patchwork system dividing the country into ten districts with quotas for 50 000 volunteers as an alternative to conscription. districts meeting quotas avoid conscription while short districts risk draft. recruiting chiefs push RAF appeals to Irish youths amid political tension. Colonel Lynch leads a separate brigade effort amid wartime loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Pr Fson
Irish Recruiting Council
Srime
War Office
Royal Air Force
Irish Parliamentary Party
Lynch
Great Britain
Tripoli community notices and local moves in October
A truncated Tripoli column lists residents with illnesses moves and job changes. Entries mention Francis Tepholz pneumonia Mrs Unpry Kult hospital care Jovis Essmann leaving Kool Cumsalus for Waterloo relocations Nels Debal Capital Hill to South Main street and Dries Ritchie visiting from Waterloo for Preteens at the farmers home with others returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littles
Francis Tepholz
Asem
Sad. Mere
A.C. Moebting
Unpry Kult
Jovis Essmann
Kool. Cumsalus
Las
Waterloo
Nels. Debal
Capital Hill
Chris Moeller
South Main Street
Mana
H. ¢Eneral
Ion
Wm CG. Dries
OM. Ritchie
Watterloo
Itchie
Louis Rabisen
Mr. Waeh
Terrible Fate for Men in Secret German Camp
JHE HAGUE Correspondence of The Associated Press thousands of Russians and Finnish Red Guards imprisoned in a secret camp at Friedenort near Konigsberg Germany live and die amid terrible conditions. Many are nearly naked or clad in rags with deaths common. Winter will cause most survivors to perish from exposure. Food in West Prussia is poor. East Prussia offers better prices and cheerfulness. Junkers push for longer war as Russia and Italy use forced labor on railways bridges and fortifications in Gumbinnen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jhe Hague
Associated Press
Friedenort
Konigsberg
Germany
Tose
West Prussia
East Prussia
Junkers
Gumbinnen
Camouflage Station Brings Art to War Drills
A column on the American camouflage station in France describes the forested decoys with steel cores and hidden observers, detailing the fusion of art and military engineering. It highlights officers and artists like Homer Saint Gaudens, Tracy, Faulkner, Frey, Thrasher, Christy, See, and Murphy, proving camouflage as practical warfare art. It notes Sol Bennion leading the project and the plant’s size, with a staff blending mural work and engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Castienau
Joffre
Giron de Sivera
Gen. de Castleway
America
Homer Saint Gaudens
Saint Gaudens
Tracy
Sol. Bennion
West Point
French Garner Wheat Germans Thought to Use With the French Arm y
Correspondence reports two million bushels of wheat the German army planned to send across the Rhine are being gathered by French harvesting battalions. From land seized since mid July, 1.5 million bushels already gathered, with half a million more to cut. As tanks and infantry advance, artillery behind them brings reapers. North of the Aisne advance, fields are being harvested near Moreuil and Montdidier. some areas too late for full harvest. Elsewhere, implements missing or destroyed, a near intact threshing machine found near Moreuil. Also: an impersonator resembling Nicholas of Russia attempts to bribe peasants in Vladimir district to revolt against the Soviet government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Armay
France
Associated “Press
Rhine
Tauan
Amd
Avre
Aisne
Oise
Montdidier
Nkirhine
Moreuil
James Francis Sullivan
Physi Tician
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchaseter County Hospital
Leslie M. Shaw
Dandruff Remedy Claims Hair Rejuvenation
An old advertisement promotes liquid arvon as a cure for dandruff. Four ounces applied at night to the scalp dissolves and destroys dandruff, stops itching, and supposedly leaves hair looking thicker and silkier, with several applications required for complete effect.
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Rhench
Jean Laberfote
Tob
Francis Loupien
Ernestine Cabanmnes
Andre Pedemonou
Pierre Loupien
United States of America
Rene Bourthe
Treland Soona
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Tripoli
Tete
Goodenbour
Elmer
Randolph
Joofenbour
Shufeld
Brontern
Igodenbour
George W.crite
Americs
Wang & Miller Show Co
Japan
Poilus
Nicholas
Amsterdam
Russia
Vladimir
Vershupnaynogal
Petrograd
Peruna
Gentry Gates
Flrst Avenue
East Lake Station
Irmingham
Alabama
Pernas
Columbus
Georgia
J. J. Thompson
Perrns Company
Ohio
Hartman
Perung
Vanoeke Bros. Co
B. W. Schuneman Co
Europe
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