Gunner Clancy and wartime valor in Vimy Ridge saga
The poem honors Bill Clancy a Texas gunner who led assault on the French front at Vimy Ridge preserving a heraldic image of courage. The page also notes social notices including visits weddings college news and church activities with local residents and officials.
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Gunner Clancy
Texas
Vimy Ridge
France
Bill Clancy
U.S. A
Vimy
Frances
Rena Cary Sheffield
The
Vigrantes
A White Christmas at St Mathews Lutheran Church
Christmas services by St Mathews Lutheran Church Sunday school will be held Wednesday evening December 26 at 7:39 oclock. The program will feature a gift giving to the Orphans Home in Salem Virginia in the theme White Gifts of the King, emphasizing self and service.
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Ladies Society of
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
O. F. Wolf
Arthur Schulken
Orphans’ Home
Salem
Appeal to Women of North Carolina to Save Food for Allied Forces
Henry A. Page, Food Administrator for North Carolina, urges women and all consumers to reduce wheat flour beef pork fats and sugar usage to free exportable supplies for France England and Italy. He warns of famine and war burden increases if the United States withholds food and stresses individual responsibility and patriotic duty.
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North
Caroli
Europe
America
Russia
France
England
Italy
North America
South America
Asia
Australia
North Carolina
Henry A. Page
North Caroline
Caution Against Using Saccharine
Washington December 18. Medical experts warn against saccharin as a sugar substitute. They say it is a drug for diabetic patients and can cause digestive upset when used long term or in excess. It should not replace sugar in jams and cakes for everyday households.
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Washington, D. C
Houlseife
Mullins Faces Sugar Shortage Shock
In Mullins South Carolina for four weeks sugar has been nearly unavailable. Palmetto Grocery Company opened a 1 000 pound Charleston shipment, parched into five pound bundles, and sold out in minutes. Manager John P. Cooper hopes for 5 000 pounds from the government soon.
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Mullins
S. C
Palmetto Grocery Company
Charleston
John P. Cooper
Cooper
Wilmington Red Cross drives 500 new members in 2nd day
Enthusiasm remains high as the Wilmington Christmas drive targets 5,000 members. Early reports indicate more than 500 new enrollments on day two, with 1,040 members at the core and each arm aiming for 1,000 more. The piece outlines the Red Cross’s war relief role, Wilson’s presidency, and government ties, urging patience with distribution and promising cross and flag to every recruit.
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Red
Big Red Cross
Fzhume
Great Heart of the Cross
L Mes
American Red Cross
Mercy
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
France
Baker
Birt
Wilmington
Tle
Go Into the Woods for Your Fuel Warned by Governor
Governor T W Bickett advised Louisburg and other North Carolina towns to cut trees in nearby woods after failing to secure coal for fuel. The Wilson Chamber of Commerce urged relief from the Fuel Administration, and Bickett described his Saturday effort to obtain one coal car as a failed attempt.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Louisburg
T. W. Bickett
Chamber of Commerce of
Wilson
Bickett
Fuel Administration
Euc
Sugar Men Warn of Sugar Shortage From Abroad Demand
Earl A. Babst of the American Sugar Refining Company told the Senate committee that fictitious famine stories in Feb and March and rising exports forecast a shortage this fall. He noted extensive summer advertising and that only two foreign orders were taken after June 28, with 423000 tons shipped abroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
Earl A. Babst
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Babst
Hoover
Royal Commission
Heée
Glove Theft Suspect Detained for Hearing
Buf Boney, a Black man, was jailed on a larceny charge after allegedly stealing gloves from Nolan Davi white. A Recorder’s hearing is set for tomorrow morning.
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Buf Boney
Nolan Davi
Special Aid Honors Volunteers For Patriotic Penny Drive
A townwide call to collect Christmas patriotic pennies urges every resident to contribute. The appeal emphasizes past bad weather and thanks volunteers for steadfast service as this week aims to be record collecting.
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Special Aid
Western States Plan to Recruit Women Laborers Next Year
Plans are under way in several Western States to recruit women laborers to replace men who have joined the colors. The article notes organized push and expected dates for mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western States
F Orm
National League Unit Serves Women and Children Corps
A note details the National League unit of the New York Infantry for Women and Children providing care and services to women and children. The entry highlights their service role and organizational backing within the Army structure.
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The
National League For Women’s Medical Unit
Dere
New York Infantry
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A. J. Trovwell
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South Fourth Street
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Springer
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Unied States Army
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University of Maryland
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