Word: canteens
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...will doubtless be of interest to J. B. Scott to learn that this report finds that down to March 1919, the Y. M. C. A. made free distribution of canteen supplies to a total of 13,613,027.64 francs, of writing material to the amount of 9,072,493.30 francs, and of free newspapers to the amount of 3,092,944.17 francs, or a total of 25,778,465.11 francs, which at the average rate of exchange for the months given, equals...
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...done in a spirit of fun and platonically, comes close to Serious Consequences when a half-breed steals both abductor's and abductee's horses in the desert. Thanks to Judith's habit of daily ablution, the water supply at that juncture amounts to half-a-canteen-full. When abductor, abductee and a young would-be rescuer reach the nearest water-hole, following a 20-mile drag over the hot sands, they find the water-hole has gone...
Forced to land in the wilds, what will the prudent aviator rejoice if he has remembered, regret if he has forgotten? Pilot George H. Buck of Idaho, last week, prepared a list. Useful cargo: i carrier pigeon, i loaf of bread, i big knife, i canteen of water, i ham, i shotgun, i six-shooter, i axe, i motor generator to supply light...
...land"* bloomed again in Denver last week at the annual convention of the Women's Overseas Service League. As the name indicates, the membership of the league is recruited from U. S. women who saw overseas service during the World War. Some were nurses, some canteen workers, some interpreters. All, as Reporter Helen Strauss of the Denver Post put it, had "fearlessly followed their sweethearts and brothers into the War zones . . . ." Of the 200 delegates, 54 were presidents of various service league units...