Navy Food and Inventions Section Boost War Efforts
War Department creates an inventions section to evaluate mechanical electrical and chemical submissions. Navy seeks to curb news and ship movement details to protect merchant shipping. Sugar use for nonessential goods curtailed while essential foods retain supplies. Prisoner of war mail rules outlined and military training in colleges to begin September 1918. London and Paris debt figures cited as war finances addressed.
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War Department
Food Administration
Deval
London
William 8. Sims
United States
Foch
Lorraine
England
France
National Sporting Club of London
United States Army
Navy
Ietter
General Staff
Army War College
Washington, D
Navy Department
Committee On Public Information
Army of the United States
Uable
Submarine activity off Italian coast escalates with hostage case
Rome reports U boat offensive in the Mediterranean remains serious. Italian trials reveal Sicilian fishermen were used to provision submarines near Augusta with two hostages kept aboard and a third sent ashore for supplies. One man returned with provisions and was rewarded. others faced hard labor for failing to inform authorities.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Augusta
Catania
Italy
Qabermen
Glowing Bow Protects Convoys Against Submarine Attacks
Reports from a recently sunk ship describe submarines seen at night, with crews noting glow worms over the bow. Authorities say coastwatching and signaling to submarines are arranged to prevent detection. Ships sailing in groups are urged for mutual protection against U boats off Sardinia and the Mediterranean coast.
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Sardinia
Civitavecchia
Mediterranean
Paris Smiles Amid German Shell Fire In Light Reports
Paris remains calm as German long range artillery causes minor physical damage. German papers exaggerate casualties and panic, describing roofs blown, riots sparked by front reports, and crowds hunkering in cellars while few actual injuries occur. The Good Friday church shelling caused no deaths beyond structural damage from arches.
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Paris
France
Cabre
Guggenheim Heir Designs Foldable Salt Case Boat
N Robert Guarenheim, eldest son of Daniel Guggenheim, the iron and mining magnate, unveils a collapsible boat designed by Frenchiman that folds into a compact salt case for easy carriage and storage.
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N. Robert Guarenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
Frenchiman
Wrist-Watch Sammy at Lunch Hears Calls for War
A bloated boastful man sits alone at a lunch table watching a wristwatch. He is described as a bookmak er engaged in that trade. His eyes fixate on a wristwatch worn by a young man. The scene references soldiers, combat, and war imagery amid a chaotic crowd and a woman returning with crutches.
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Kheki
Sammy
Bie
Friendliness Lands Him Behind Bars
Paragould Arkansas report states Tom West jailed after an incident where a party near him was restrained. authorities took West into custody following the confrontation.
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Hans
Paragould, Ark
Tom West
West
Corns Relief Ad Sparks Odd Paraphrase in Odd Ad Tone
An OCR fragment mixes an old style corn relief advertisement with scattered phrases about hunting trips and misquotes. The readable part notes a tiny bottle offered for a few cents by a druggist. The text includes stray quotes and unrelated reflections, giving a disjointed snapshot of clipped ad and quotation remnants.
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Woman's Panel Service
Council of National Defense
Une
Germany
New York
Great Britain
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Fort Sheridan
Mitneis
Presidio
Mesopotamia
Ramadie
City Ia
Guggenheim
Katharine Eggleston
The
Vigilantes
China
Dow
Perkins
Emerpon
Paul Price
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