The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
World War, 1914-1918 -- Periodicals; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Periodicals
During a recent heavy snowstorm, two trucks driven by young women were
sliding along a winding road carrying supplies to a hut from a depot
when they came upon a big French lorry stalled in a ditch. The French
soldier in charge was tinkering with the engine, having stalled it while
trying to pull into the road again. He wasn't having much success.
Both the women, garbed in short skirts, high and heavy leather boots,
and woolen caps that pulled down well over their ears, climbed down from
their seats and between them first managed to get the engine in the
stalled lorry started, and then one of them took her place behind the
wheel and by skilful manoeuvring brought all four wheels to the road.
The Frenchman stood to one side during the whole of the operation and
watched the women with astonishment.
WELLS FARGO & CO.
4 RUE SCRIBE, PARIS
Head Office: 51 Broadway, NEW YORK
Take pleasure in announcing to the
AMERICAN AND BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
that the great French Bank, the
SOCIETE GENERALE
has very kindly agreed to act as
WELLS FARGO'S CORRESPONDENT THROUGHOUT FRANCE
Cable and mail transfers of money to all parts
of America may be made through Wells Fargo by calling at
the Societe Generale.
Deposit accounts with Wells Fargo, Paris, may be
opened at the Societe Generale.
SOCIETE GENERALE has Branches at:--
AMIENS CHALONS-SUR-MARNE LA ROCHELLE SAINT NAZAIRE
ANGERS CHATEAUROUX LIMOGES SAUMUR
ARCACHON CHAUMONT MIRECOURT TOUL
AUXONNE DIJON NANTES TOURS
BAR-LE-DUC EPINAL NEUFCHATEAU TROYES
BESANCON FONTAINEBLEAU NEVERS VALREAS
BORDEAUX IS-SUR-TILLE RENNES VIERZON
BOURGES ISSOUDUN ROMORANTIN and many others.
BREST LANGRES ROUEN
Circulars giving full explanation of WELLS FARGO'S Banking
Facilities in France may be obtained at the Branches of the
Societe Generale.
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TO FLASH THE HOUR
BY ARMY WIRES.
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New A. E. F. Lines Will
Insure U. S. Well-Set
Time Pieces.
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Correct time is now being transmitted to the A. E. F. over its own
system of telegraph lines. Formerly field wireless stations each day at
a certain hour picked from the air figures flashed from Paris by which
the clocks of the array were synchronized. This method did not insure
absolute accuracy.
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