Craven dynamiters destroy ten vats in Craven county
In Craven and Carteret counties a wave of vat destruction continues as the dynamiter brigade targets large modern vats, including one at J L Humphrey's place. The total destroyed in two weeks reaches ten as government dipping operations proceed and local officials report heightened tension.
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Bern
Craven County
J. L. Humphrey
Larke
Humphrey Place
A. A. Spock
Morehead City
Harkara Island
Carteret County
State Board of Health
Harkers Island
New York Letter recounts frenzied poultry on train ride
Special correspondent notes George Martin a chicken chaperon on a Bronx local where ten frivolous chickens caused chaos aboard a Third Avenue elevated train. Birds peeked from a basket, causing passengers to react. two eggs remained when officers helped unload. Martin, a Maine native, recalls naval lookout training and oddball railway exploits.
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O. O. McclIntyre
the Dispatch
New York
George Martin
West Washington
Bronx
West Front
Twenty-third Street
Shoats
Thirty-fourth Street
Mr. Martin
General
Europe
Thirty-eighth Street
Mr.Martin
Maine
Naval Training School
Florida Templar Conclave Opens in St Augustine Parade
A parade of hundreds of Knights Templar and several bands marched through St Augustine streets April 9 to open the twenty fourth annual Florida Grand Commandery conclave. Grand Commander Charles H. Ketchum of Key West led sessions in Masonic hall, with the conclave continuing tomorrow.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Knights Templar
Florida
Masonic Hall
Charles H. Ketchum
Key West
Painters Deface Hamburg American Sign on Broadway
Two painters working from a scaffold high above lower Broadway swung brushes as the Star Spangled Banner played from a hand organ attached to a recruiting committee below. The crowd watched as they obliterated the Hamburg American Steamship Company sign with blood red paint.
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Lower Broadway
Hamburg American Steamship Company
Tri State Coal Dealers Convene in Cincinnati for War Effort
Hundreds of Michigan Indiana and Ohio retail coal dealers gather in Cincinnati for the tristate association annual convention. They aim to study Federal Fuel Administration rules and to cooperate fully to support the war effort.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Federal Fuel Administration
Patriotic Food Show Opens at Grand Central Palace
Herbert C. Hoover, Federal Food Administrator, will attend the opening of a patriotic food show in New York at Grand Central Palace. The exhibit, by the National League for Woman's Service, explains the nation's food needs, productive area, conservation methods, substitutes, meat and wheat saving, and the short-rationing system.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
Grand Central Palace
National League For Woman’s Service
National dairy conference to boost wartime supply
In Des Moines Iowa on April 9 a two day national conference opens to discuss ways and means to increase the nation's dairy product supply during the war. Food officials dairymen and supply men from many States will attend.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Trial of Mrs Mooney in San Francisco bombing case
The case of Mrs Rena Mooney indicted for murder in connection with the San Francisco Preparedness Day bomb plot was called for trial today. She has been previously tried and acquitted on another indictment arising from the same charge.
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San Francisco
Cal
Rena Mooney
Bread as staff of life ignores most Americans
A wry note on bread’s central role in diets while highlighting that only a minority rely on bread as a daily staple. It contrasts cultural reliance with practical consumption across the population.
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Alice Lancaster
E. A. Lancaster
Asbury Church
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L. M
Cove City
C. C. Cox
J. O. Cox
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Christian Church
Riverside
New Bern
Eighth
Durham
Durham Hosiery
Ian neSogarSeka
Galea Reph
Durnam
Durham, N. C
Amazon
Letter
Battle of the Somme
Charlie
Pine Plains
Florida Templar
Herald ‘Square Hotel
Herald Square Hotel
34Th ST. Js
Broadway
R. R
Bath
J. Fred Seyers
War Department
Bull” Durham
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American Tobacco Company
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