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March 30, 1918
Ventnor News
Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
The American Library Association supplies books via transport ship libraries to U.S. troops in France during wartime, with plans for soldiers to carry books in their kits for further distribution.
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TRANSPORTS CARRY BOOKS TO TROOPS SERVING IN FRANCE.
The overseas service of the American Library Association is in operation. Although space is extremely valuable aboard transports, they have been provided with bookcases holding collections of books which are used as circulating libraries on the way over. The cases are emptied at port of debarkation and the books sent to the men in the field.
As a means of further increasing the supply of books among the overseas forces, the association plans to have each soldier carry a book in his kit, to be put in circulation when he reaches the other side.
The overseas service of the American Library Association is in operation. Although space is extremely valuable aboard transports, they have been provided with bookcases holding collections of books which are used as circulating libraries on the way over. The cases are emptied at port of debarkation and the books sent to the men in the field.
As a means of further increasing the supply of books among the overseas forces, the association plans to have each soldier carry a book in his kit, to be put in circulation when he reaches the other side.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
American Library Association
Books For Troops
Transports
Circulating Libraries
Overseas Service
Where did it happen?
France
Story Details
Location
France
Story Details
The American Library Association operates an overseas service providing bookcases with circulating libraries on transports to troops in France; books are distributed to men in the field upon arrival, with plans for soldiers to carry books in their kits.