British Sea Forces Block Bruges Canal Entrance
London April 23 Sir Eric Geddes announced in the House of Commons that the Bruges canal entrance has been effectively blocked by the naval raid. British parties were landed to distract the enemy. an attacking officer was killed. Two blockading ships were sunk and two launches missing. one destroyer and two coastal motor boats were sunk. Zeebrugge Mole explosives and Ostend Zeebrugge ports remain key submarine bases targeted by Allied action.
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London
Bruges Canal
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
House of Commons
Eric
Sir Eric
Zeebrugge
Sir Eric Said
Ostend
Zeebrurge
Robert Bousliman Home From Camp in Wartime Letter
Corporal Robert Bousliman returns home from Camp Dodge to attend his grandmother Mary Bousliman’s funeral. He notes five Wil_liston boys in his division all holding non commissioned offices and North Dakota troops healthier. Camp life includes seven hours drill daily and one hour recreation with baseball and basketball. The camp theater shows government plays funded by soldiers, tickets via savings books. Home folks urged to mail more letters and funds as soldiers need morale and money for Liberty Bonds War Savings Stamps and insurance. Robert expects extended stay at Camp Dodge. A Liberty Loan meeting at John Moline farm raised 1450 for Liberty Bonds with Red Cross ladies serving supper.
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Robert Bousliman
Mary Bousliman
Robert
Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Williston
North Dakota
Bob
Camp
Dodge
Fie
Special Notice on Substitutes for Wheat Flour Rules
Special notice warns retailers cannot sell wheat flour without providing pound for pound substitutes from four listed items. Purchasers may mix substitutes to equal the wheat flour amount. canned hominy is not a substitute. Violators face Food Administration penalties. certain flours may be sold with specific substitute ratios.
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Food Administration
Thirty Three Men To Be Returned From Camp Dodge
Lieutenant-Colonel J R Shook announces 33 North Dakota men at Camp Dodge have been recommended for discharge due to physical disability. They will receive certificates of deficiency and report to their local boards when the causes no longer exist. Names include Eddie H Herburg Williston and others from Ellendale Minot Fargo Grand Forks Mandan Bottineau Cooperstown and Napoleon. districts listed.
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J. R. Shook
Camp Dodge
North Dakota
Williston
Peter M. Schmick
Ellendale
Abram Boosen
Minot
John Schneck
L. W. Braman
Watford
Henry Harshman
Foley
Henry W. Schrel
They
Fargo
Eddie H. Herburg
Elmer H. Bentson
Forman
Reinhart H. Jacobson
Lakota
Oliver ©. Mathisen
Matford
Herbert Keeps Eagle
Ft. Yates
Henry Pearson
LaMoure
George W. Lehman
Dunn Center
William T. Johnson
John Trowbridge
Charles Smith
Washburn
Charles Urban
Grafton
Ole Vikeu
Grand Forks
Adolph E. Rose
Crafton
Floyd J. Hirst
Felix Morgenstern
Mandan
John A. Kindgren
Raynard J. Lazier
Cooperstown
James Kreiger
Steele
Nick Madres
Devils Lake
Ole J. Barclay
Otto J. Schmidt
Sophus Nicholson
Bottineau
Perry B. Cone
John L. Schauer
Ashley
Edward Poykko
Napoleon
Lawrence M. Stumpf
Training Little Children Suggestions by mothers who have kindergartners
The United States Bureau of Education and the National Kindergarten Association publish guidance by Mrs. Mana Clark Johnson on loving daily tasks, nourishing children, sharing home duties, and instilling habits. Practical tips cover children's chores from age four and a half, story time, and maintaining patience, with emphasis on harmony between parent effort and child development. The piece ends with a note about J. C. R. in Stark county and a shift to a custody arrangement with his sister in Dickinson.
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United States Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
National Kindergarten Association
New York
N. Y
Stark County
Dickinson
Wrestling Match Proves Success At Elk's Home
A Saturday Elk's Home wrestling bout drew a large crowd with proceeds donated to the Red Cross. Williston's Miller fought Sidney's Johnson for 57 minutes before Johnson yielded from a broken rib. Hagen of Williston and Carpenter of Sidney staged the hourlong prelims, ending in a draw.
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the Elk’s
Sidney
The
Red Cross
Miller
Williston
Johnson
Hagen
Carpenter
Bainville Man Killed By Train
A Bainville man Leo Biladeau aged about 22 was killed Tuesday afternoon when attempting to catch a moving freight near Snowden. His legs were severed by the train and he lay beside the track until the Watford train conveyed him to Williston, where he died en route or shortly after arrival. Relatives live in Bainville. burial planned there.
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Leo Biladeau
Bainville
Mont
Snowden
Watford
Williston
Biladeau
Canadians Raid German Lines Across Seven Fronts
Canadian Army headquarters reports seven raids on German lines in the last twelve hours. Canadians bombarded trenches with thousands of lachrymatory and lethal shells, engaged in hand to hand fighting in places, netting five prisoners and two machine guns. Front remained lively near Lens with heavy artillery and gas shelling, while German counterfire waned as raids continued.
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France
Lens
Avion
Cottage cheese campaign targets North Dakota farms
Washington April 22 The Bureau of Animal Industry has named Mrs. Mabel Hollis of Fargo to promote cottage cheese production and use in North Dakota. She joins 46 other women agents in a national drive with Miss Gertrude Van Hoesen leading the Central Western region. The effort, linked with the U S Food Administration, seeks to save meat by boosting cottage cheese made from skim milk or buttermilk. Vice President Thomas R Marshall will attend a loyalty conference in Bismarck the first week with 15 000 home guards and citizens slated for July war work events.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Mabel Hollis
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Food Administration
America
Bismarck
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Aviation Soldier Boy Makes Arrest
Private Curtis E. Howell and his wife, en route home to Plentywood Montana on a leave, arrested Abraham Levine on the train near Williston for disloyal remarks about the war. Levine, held on $2,000 bond, awaits a May 23 hearing in County Jail. Howell, stationed at Kelly Field Texas, praised his division and urged home front support for troops, including sending pipes and tobacco rather than cigarettes.
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Curtis E. Howell
Plentywood
Mont
Sam
Abraham Levine
Williston
Howell
Levine
Germany
Kaiser
North Dakota
France
Williston Loyalty League
Federal’ Sur
Howellia
Aviation Corp
Kelly Pier
Texas
Mem
Ife
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North Sea
English Channel
Field Marshal Haig
Flanders
John Moline
Liberty
E. A. Palmer
Ladies of the Red Cross
Mrs. Mana Clark Johnson
Joan
A.M. Pierson
State OF N. C
Aviation
Curtis Howell
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