War Items From London The Red Cross In Italy Dispatch
Special Dispatch from London reports on soldier superstitions and nerves at the front. Tales include fear of over the top when returning from leave, leave trading taboos, keepsakes from Australia, and memories of Stu McCabe and Stu McCue. Royalty anecdotes and grim humor frame frontline life for British and Canadian troops.
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the Red Cross
Italy
London
Stn
Lieve Sefton
Canada
Stu
Fboy
Stu V McCabe
Survivors of the Tuscania Eager to Go Back Into Battle
American sailors saved from the Tuscania express resolve to fight again. Dr J L Tait of Columbus Ohio describes the cheerful mood at a camp in England where hundreds of Tuscania survivors are billeted. W E Williams notes harrowing sea ordeals and Scottish hospitality inspiring renewed resolve. American YMCA efforts in England expand with more huts and staff as aviators increase.
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Tuscania
London
J. L. Tait
Columbus
Ohio
England
Sveral
Scots Guards
Bors
W. E. Williams
America
Foim
Tre Eania
Mr. Williams
E.mcas
R. L. Ewing
Great Britain
Naval Flying Corps
Aviation Service
Y.M.C.A. Ee
Wen
Eagle Hut
Mrs. Walder
Astor
Mrs. Astor
Royal Family Upholds Food Rationing in Hard Times
A Special Dispatch reports that King and Queen share ration limits with the nation living frugally. Royal Housekeeper Sir Darek Keppel says the King and Queen endure shortages cheerfully, with royal larder sometimes empty of butter tea and margarine. Buckingham Palace has long practiced coal economy to conserve fuel.
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London
The
London Express
Darek Keppel
Buckingham Palace
American Red Cross Aid Reaches Front in Italy
Captain Blakiston LazaF Erraro describes the American Red Cross delivering chocolate tobacco warm gloves and comforts to troops at the Piave and Monte Grappa front lines in a wartime Padua base account. The Ford vehicle carries a heavy bale up steep mountain roads amid camouflage and aerial scouts.
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American Red Cross
Piave
Red Cross
Padua
Giotto
Donatello
Zistage
America
United Stes
Austria
Monte Grappa
American Red Cross Ambulance
Comandini
American Air Power Rising In World War I
Allied air superiority grows as American pilots join the fronts, surpassing German fleets. The piece praises American fliers as athletes with technical skill and courage, training at the Continent, and foresees a fleet of hundreds of aircraft aiding victory within a year.
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America
Two Sides of War Seen in London Railway Station
A wartime scene at Charing Cross in London shows wounded British soldiers returning from France and fresh troops marching to the front. The contrast highlights the stark realities of war as civilians, including Irvin S. Cobb, witness the mixed emotions and the ongoing mobilization.
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London
Charing Cross
France
Char Ing Cross
Goodby
U S Engineers in London Solving War Problems
American engineers in London aid the allied war effort by solving complex problems in land, air, and sea warfare. They advise on wooden shipbuilding in timber-rich Siberia and China, develop submarine and anti submarine devices, and contribute to trench warfare planning with an expert committee report praised by Washington and British authorities.
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Siberia
Russia
Admiralty
Tee
Toington
Skillsa Nner
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Australia
Norman O. Hackers
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No Man's Land
Wales
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London Regiment
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Ganzenheimer Zeitung
von Tirpits
Briey
Wallonia
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Baltic
Warsaw
Rumania
Thomas A Maynard
Bagig Hut
Tait
Wae Hhomé
Shhes
Pat
Oxford
Cambridge
Capt
H. Blakiston Lazaf Erraro
Wilalind
Germany
Porte
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Azores
Spain
Europe
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Teutons
Strand
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Cobb
Paducah
Kentucky
Mr. Cobb
Maurice
U.S
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