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Frederick Helstern, Houston Post officers, and Lieutenant Morton L. Newhall articlesEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.139Description
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 136.
Four newspaper clippings are glued to page 136. The first of these, 136a, at left, is an obituary of Frederick Helstern, who died as a result of being poisoned during World War I. Along with a portrait photograph of Mr. Helstern, is the caption: "Former Navy man who died Monday at his home, 423 E. Moyer st., Germantown. Tuberculosis developed after he inhaled poison gas last May when an observation balloon exploded at the Nay Air School at Akron... [He] is survived by his widow, Clara. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at his home and interment will be at the Forrest Hill Cemetery at 2 P.M."
The second of the four articles, 136b, top center, bears the headline "Officers Installed By Houston Post" and continues with "Officers for the coming 12-month period were installed Tuesday evening by Henry Houston 2d Post, No. 3, American Legion, in a ceremony at the post home, 47 High St., conducted by Matthew F. Brodzik, deputy commander of the 7th District, assisted by other district officers. Those installed were: Peter P. Liebert 3d, commander; Edward P. Scullin, first vice commander; William C. Selsor Jr., second vice commander; Joseph D. Walsh, adjutant; Arthur C. Pabst, finance officer; Frank Meyer, historian; the Rev. Harold P. Melcher, chaplin, and the Rev. John J. griffin, assistant chaplin. Frederick G. Leser, retiring post commander, presided at the meeting. He was presented with a past commander's badge, certificate and button.
The third of the four articles [136c] exclaims "Newhall to Return Soon: Lieutenant of Air Squadron Writes Good Word to Mother" and continues with "Lieutenant Morton L. newhall, clubman and society man, of this city, whose home is at 7342 Rural lane, Mount Airy, is expected to return soon from France. Lieutenant Newhall, who is a member of the 148th Aero Squadron, stationed at Toul, France, has made a distinguished record in this branch of the service. He participated in numerous air raids over the German lines and established himself as one of the premier American fliers. In a letter dated December 30, and addressed from Toul, Lieutenant Newhall writes his mother, Mrs. Robert S. Newhall, that he is awaiting transportation to the coast."
Finally, clipping 136d is a small clipping with no headline, about "James L. Devanney, who was with the 'Lost Battalion' in the Argonne in September, is now with the Army of Occupation in Germany with the Seventy-sixth Field Artillery, he told his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Devanney, 286 E. Woodlawn av. Germantown, in a letter. He was slightly gassed in action. His father, Edgar Devanney, a lieutenant in the English Royal Rifles, was twice wounded at Verdun."
None of the articles is dated, but 136b has scrawled on it, in pencil, that this article is dated October, 1920.
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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