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...Battalion of one of the 9th's regiments stormed Fort Equeurdreville, a citadel like a buried warship at the extreme left (west) of the line. In the center Major General Ira Wyche's 79th Division smashed successive layers of Fort du Roule; on the right Major General Raymond O. Barton's 4th Division drove to the waterfront...
...Young Men's Christian Association, world's biggest international religious society for laymen, this week celebrates its 100th birthday. A fortnight earlier, the Y.M.C.A.'s grand old man had celebrated his 79th. John Raleigh Mott, during 56 years of intensive Y.M.C.A. activity, has become almost as much a symbol as the Y's red triangle...
...retired U.S. Chief of Staff talked to reporters on his 79th birthday. General Peyton C. March's pointed goat-beard had gone grey; but his eyes were sharp and blue as ever, his tongue still as acid as in 1918, when even the dread "March smile" was enough to burn holes in his subordinates. During World War I, General March was the superior officer and most watchful critic of the A.E.F.'s General John J. Pershing...
...79th birthday, Henry Ford, who "never felt better," reiterated his hope for world federation, proclaimed women in industry frequently better than...
...corner Demetrios P. Diakandru ran the 79th Street Restaurant. On the other Tom Petropulos ran the Old Transfer Restaurant...