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Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Annual Christmas Sale and Supper a
Success.

The Congregational church sale
and supper was held Wednesday OF
this week and was a success financial
ly and in every way in spite of the
stormy weather.
The apron table was in charge OF
Mrs. Lille Leach and the candy table
was presided over by Mrs. Carl Kent,
Mrs. George Rawley and Miss Clara
Maertens.
The supper tables were attractive
ly arranged and the supper was
huge success.
The little entertainment in the eve
ming was as follows
Professional march, played by Miss
Rhoda Gilpatric; Lafayette, | Hear
You Calling Me-" Miss Genevieye Let
ters. "Narcissus, Miss Florence A.
Danforth; pTayet Souvenir Spoons,
Misses Helen Thompson, Wilhelmina
Frost, Alfred Barber and Stewart
Pease. ukelele solo, "Aloha," Miss
Elizabeth Wheelock; "Revels OF the
Wood Nymphs," Miss whitening
Frost.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
SHELLS BURSTING
ALL AROUND HIM
Private Robert Ailard Was In
Thick Of 1t on Front Line
Expects to Eat Big When He Gets
Home.

The following letter was written
BY Private Robert Allard, 320th Ma
chine Gun Battalion, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Allard of Putnam, to his
brother Gerald. 1t IS dated Nov. 49,.
We'll, old sport, how is the boy
| received your letter quite while
ago and was pleased to get it. was
I'D in the front line with shells burst
ing all around me. and as it was rain
ing / was pretty wet and felt pretty
lonesome. When | went down to get
my supper and found that letter
waiting for me it eheered me up and
| went back and felt pretty happy
reread it a number Of times
I'VE had been in reserve and were
following up the troops to take over
the line The night before we left
and actually took the line over | re
ceivea his letter. Next day | was in
tn ethick Of it, so when | come home
/ will have a lot to tell you.
you want to fatten up the ducks,
chickens and pigs, because l am GO
ing to eat pretty heavy when | get
back.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
ALLIES ARE FED
BY SELF DENIAL
Generous Doing Without in
America Supplied Food
to Europe.

Exports from this country since II
entered the war have kept starvation
from Allied Europe and have main
ta!ned the health and strength Of those
who have been bearing the brunt OF
our battles. so that they could hold
out to victory. Now that hostilitles
have ceased We must assume the add
ed burden Of keeping starvation from
Increasing its toll upon the millions
who have been liberated from the
Prusslan yoke. Famine would undo
the work which has been accomplished
In freeing the world for democracy. No
stable government can be established
and maintained by a nation haraSsed
by hunger. starving people turns
10 rioting and anarchy Food has
given strength and courage 10 the ma
tlons fighting for democracy 1t must
now give the nations strength ana
tranquility to re-establish themselves
in freedom and democracy
Without our help Ii would nave been
absolutely impossible for the Allies TO
maintain a living ration. Since our
entry into the war We have been con
tributing largely to the support of one
hundred and twenty million people
whose normal food supplies have been
cut off, whose production has fallen
almost to the vanishing point whose
fields have been devastated by Ger
many. The food exported from the
United States IN the past year has
been sufficient to supply the complete
ration Of twenty-five million people.
1t is hard to grasp the magnitude
and significance OF the assistance
which has been lent the Allies b. the
patriotic. voluntary service OF the
American people The food we sent
abroad last year would have been suf-
ficfent 10 feed onefifth of our popuia.
ton. And this was done In spite OF
the fact that we entered the year with
short crops our surplus was practi-
cally nothing. An Overwhelming pro
portion OF the food that left this coun-
try last year was saved out of the nor.
mai home consumption OF our OWN
people.
In spite of difficulties met in inter.
nal transportation and shortage of
ocean tonnage our food exports last
year amounted to a figure that few
years ago would have been unbelieya-
Ole. Even the most optimistic element
OF our population faced with anxious
CONSERVATION the prospect which
opened before US with the beginning
OF the 1917 harvest year.
The American people have not been
compelled to save They have been
appealed to on the basis OF humanity
and of patriotism. They have re-
sponded voluntarily.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

Subscribe to The Patriot.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

AMONG THE CHURCHES
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Miss Gertrude Hall left Wednesday
for South Killingly to visit her
friend, Mrs. A. E Hall
Hazel Converse, daughter Of Hen
~ Converse. Grove street, is sick
with the Influenza
Miss Gertrude Perry. beginning
next week is to substitute for the
kindergarten teacher, Miss Adeline
Rabbit, for a couple Of weeks.
Leonard Watson. who has been
saining in the army service at can
comment in the south, has been mus
tered cut Of the service and mas re
,srned to his home in Pomfret
Miss Chapdelaine, who has been
sookkeeper for J Richard Carpenter
Dor some time, has resigned Thurs
day she entered the employ Of James
E Tatem & Son handle manafaetur-
srx
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mat they be kept open Just what
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Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

she was employed at the Putnam teie--
phone exchange and she was well
known in this city.
Miss Chandler is survived by five
brothers, Albert Of Whitinsville, By
ron of Worcester, Clarence OF Dan
ielson. Walter and Raymond in the
U. S. Army. She also leaves step
mother. Mrs. Ruth Chandler of Paw
tucket. Her father died two years
ago.
The funeral service was held at 2
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

The benefits OF our food saving
campaign that was Vital factor Ia
the winning OF the war were not all to
these We fed We have at home new
appreciation OF food that will prevent
II ever being wasted again by those
that have come to understand the re
llr1on OF saving and the place that
food occupies la our new. worldwide
human relations
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
John D. Main

John D. Main, 68, died at his home
m North Grosvenordale He lived
for some years in Putnam and was
carpenter by trade. He is survived
by wife and several children. The
funeral was Wednesday.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

Miss Bertha Chandler, rs, died IN
Worcester Monday from an attack OF
pneumonia.
Miss Chandler was born in Putnam,
daughter of the late Henry Chandler
Previous to her going to Worcester
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

DO you remember when food con
troll ny voluntary action was deemed
u daring Venture ia democracy
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

out OF empty granaries to draw AL
OOo, 600 bushels for export-the will OF
a free people accomplished that mar
vel.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

Rev. G. c. s. MacKay of the Bap-
fist church is i'll in bed with hard
cold.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
The Always Desirable
Sweet Grass Novelties

We have them in such a vari-
ETY. of styles that it is impossl-
BILE to list them all. We shall
just call your attention to the
Sandwich Baskets at S9c, $1.OO
and $1.25, and the Flower Con-
tanners, glass lined, soc to CSC.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

At present the Red Cross evening
class meets Thursday nights at seven
o'clock
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13
SILK KIMONOS

The Latest Arrivals for the
Christmas Selling. In talking
about this line, we have no hes
itancy whatever in saying that
this line of Silk and Silk Crepe
Kimonos is the finest ever
shown in Putnam. They are
all made to our order of the fin
est materials, and are most at
tractive.
Serpentine Crepe in blue, pink,
lavender and mixtures, very
smartly made SOS to $3.50
Silk Crepe $500 and $5.9S
japanese Silk, figured $3.50
Crepe de Chine Slipover, $9.98
Powered Silk Kimonos $9.9S
Crepe de Chine, blue, pink, Law
ender ...... $500
Figured Satin Kimonos, $500
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-13

o'clock this Friday afternoon and bu-
rial was In Grove street cemetery.
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Postal Workers to Act as
Government Labor Accents

WAsHlNGTON, Feb. 16.-Appoint-
ment of Roger W. Babson. the statist-
clan' who is special agent of the
LABOR departments employment scr-
vice, as director Of a newly created
DIVISION of industrial relations of the
Committee on Public Information. was
announced to-day.
John b. Densmore. director of the
United Sites Employment Service
SAID to-day arrangements had been
made with the Postoffice Department
whereby 44,7G6 fourth class postmas-
tcrs, 1894 rural mail carriers. and
o,719 village postmasters will act as
labor agents 1orfthe service. The ser
vice now maintains ffty-six employ
ment offices in various states and :.
directly cooperating with 115 state en-
ployment offices.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Vienna Paper Doubts
West Drive Will Win
Allies Have Too Many Men
and Defences, Says ''Neue
Freie Presse''
The Ne10 York Tribune

The NczO York Tribune
Foreign Pycss Bureau
A successful offensive on the West
front is impossible in the opinion of
the ''Neue Freie Presse," of Vienna.
After speaking Of the successful oper-
atlons against the Russian and Italian
fronts, it says Of the West front:
"The West front is entirely different.
1t is characterized by it's rectilinear
form. the extraordinarily dense and deep
grouping of the troops, the abundance
OF artillery Of all kinds, the strength of
Its fortifications and the perfection of
its transport system. There are at
least three times as many men per mile
on the West front as there were on
the italian front at the beginning Of
our last offensive there. and thew are
soldiers Of the highest efficiency. The
backbone of the defence is composed Of
enormous masses of artillery, with
shells in unlimited Quantities. And
this does not take into account trench
mortars, tanks and other subsidiary
engines Of war The precision of the
ton. aN0o
Moreover, the French system Of
permanent Notifications, even though
the war has shown that permanent fort
resses do not come up TO expectations
must be counted with, for. added to-
the other factors, they greatly strength
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Aviator Describes
Cruelty of Prison
Camp in Germany
British Filler Brutally Grip.
pied Before He
Escaped

tale of the systematic cruelty
which the Germans employ to break
the spirits and bodies of their prison
crs was told in this city last night by
Arthur Burton Crcagh, formerly of
the Royal Flying Corps, who escaped
from the prison camp at Muerstcr and
bears on his own body the marks of
his captors' brutality.
Creagh is not as tall as he was, for
heatings with a rifle butt have made
hlm hunchback. and his life will
doubtless be shortened because ~ do
preston in his side has made seven
broken ribs chat were not ,mended
press against his heart These he cot
because he tried to escape from Ger
many.
tie has seen more than three years
service with the British forces, first
IN the infantry, where, as the British
pressed forward and retook CONQUERED
territory, ne saw evidences of the mas
sacre and mutilation of women and
children who had been prisoners of
the Germans, and then in the ROYAL
rIylng Corps, to which he was at
'"Ened az lhe Time OF his capture.
The plane in which Creagh was an
observer was forced down more than
a year and half ago. The pilot of
the machine was shot through the head
IN fight that began $4,000 feet above
the battlefield. The crippled machine
Huttered to the ground behind the Ger
man lines, and Creagh had onlv time
to see it burned and to DESTROY the
papers he had with him before he was
taken.
ne avoided giving information to the
intelligence officers at Dorp and at
once began to plan his escape. In his
hrst attempt an officer with him was
Killed and he was taken back. As a
punishment, he was laid across a bcr
rel, face down at first and then on his
back. and beaten with the heavy end
OF rifle, while the Germans ioked
around him.
With seven broken ribs and badly
damaged back, he bled internally. with
no more medical attention than one of
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Great VVar-1297 Dax
ON the Allies nor from the United

from the Allies nor from the United
States.
:. 1T is utopian to think that either
bulgaria or Turkey will retire from
the war and abandon the Teutnnic
coalition. Bulgaria might be induced
20 desert her Germanic supports only
by guarantees from the Allies that she
would be given Greek and Serbian te.-
ritorry. which concession by the Allies
would give the lie to their professions
OF non-imperialistic principles, and
this. of course, is not conceivable. The
Allies would never bctray their own
trends and allow an enemy to accom-
plish at the expense of themselves what
they deny to themselves.
Allied Drive Necessary
$50, too, with Turkey. The Allies
cannot abandon their projects for
!'berating the oppressed nationalities
IN Turkey without betraying trust
OF civilizations; but otherwise Turkey
never will consent to separate peace.
THE only thing for the Allies to
do is to strengthen their army at
Salonica. assume the offensive and
move upon Sofia. There they would
cut the communications between the;
Central Powers and Turkey, and thus
Turkey would be compelled to sue ror
peace. This also would make it ,os-
sible for the Allies to establish com
with Rumania, which nov
occupies an impossible position"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
American Artillery
Praised for Skill
Champagne Success Said to
Prove Mastery of Exact
Co-operation

LONDON, Feb. 16.--Thc "Irisl
Times" in leading article to day
says the attack carried out by French
infantry IN the Champagne on Fcbru-
airy 1S, though on minor scale, was of
some Importance, having for it's object
the elimination of a troublesome sali-
ent. Continuing the newspaper saws:
The attack was completely success
ful, being pressed home to the third line
Of German defenccs and yielding $50
prisoners.
"ln this action American guns PLAYED
a part which the French, the most
expert artillerymen in Europe, we're
quick to praise. The American bat
ierles effectively destroyed the German
cetences in artillery preparation. They
covered the French assault with a roll
ing barrage, cut off the rear communi
catlons of the enemy, and after the
capture Of the objective heightened
me parrage with precision and protect
cd the french infantry's new position.
he incident is important as show
ing that already the American forces
IN the line have fully mastered the
intricate technicalitics and exact COON
Grafton upon which success in modern
war depends. This is full of promise
1or the larger part which the American
army IS destined soon to play on the
Western front.
, the American republic has begun
TO repay the debt owed to the first re-
public Of Europe, and this time as the
two republics stand together Great
brltain stands with them in vindication
OF the great principles which it is their
mlsslch to assert before the world"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

en- tho enemy line. The adv.r..... =
the fortress of Verdhn as fsstss9 y
strength more than overcome. ~ ef
advantage Of the salient exnossx ns aia-
two sides to German attack sn
Germans wanted to break thron.s ms
that. sector they would find aos,.s ,sn Y
verdnn WAS a formidable .h. tnss
The other French fortresses are ;,.sels ;n..
big obstacles. sic Just as
In addition the railroad linz.
automobile roads Of France h.va ".s and
marveilously developed for n;,;.eeen zen
purposes. Troops can be trsnaasafy a.iisafy
with the .greatert rapidity tn spos.ed
agar, any hole that might be- MS NJ stop
the lines. Thus, it seems that 'us y. IN
all the factors ere taken into accn mnea
one is forced to say, Tt is imnos.a;lnat, .oant,
to break through on that front ~ 'YSS'sioie