Shipping Board predicts vast U S merchant fleet in 1920
Chairman Hurley outlined a bold program to build a merchant fleet of about 25 to 26 million deadweight tons, with annual output by year end near 500,000 tons and 13.5 million tons next year. The plan aims to link the United States with Latin America and the Pacific, boost trade with Europe, and promote international probity under wartime ideals.
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Shipping Board
United States
South Bend
America
Horley
Notts Dune University
Murray
South
Central America
Pacific
Japan
Russia
China
Australia
Orient
Europe
Harley
Hurley
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Great Britain
Germany
700000 Yanks To France As Baker Bids Farewell
Secretary Baker told the French Alpine chasseurs in Washington that over 700000 American soldiers have gone overseas to aid France, updating a prior figure of 600000. Attendees included M Jurserand the French ambassador and government officials at the Washington monument base. In Council Bluffs Iowa a bonfire burned Hun Literature beside Lieut. Col Matt Tinley’s home, as Company L troops in France recall schooling there amid patriotic songs.
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Blue Devils
Washington, D. C
France
Lafayette
Rochambeau
America
Baker
Washington Monument
M. Jurserand
French High Commission
Mr. Baker
Council Bluffs
Matt Tinley
Company L
Hoover to Visit England London visit boosts food unity
Newspapers focus on Herbert Hoover, American food administrator, as he prepares to visit England. Coverage stresses potential progress toward unified food command and strengthened Anglo American cooperation.
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London
Herbert Hoover
To Fix Milk Prices Chicago Meeting Aims National Agreement
A meeting at the food administration headquarters focused on a national milk price agreement covering all U S regions east of the Rocky Mountains. Producers and distributors participated to discuss standard pricing across the area and stabilize market costs.
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Chicago
United States
Rocky Mountains
Food Administration
New Dry Proposal In Senate During War Emer Noted
A proposal for complete prohibition during the war was presented in the senate by Senator Jones of Washington as an amendment to the 11 million emergency agricultural appropriation bill.
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Weashington
Senate
Senator Jones
Washington
World War Front Notes From The Atlantic To New England
German submarines off the Jersey coast are thought to have moved south toward the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico as Washington tightens shipping protection and mines. Allied fronts stabilize near Soissons as U S manpower expands with promises of mobilization. air raids on Cologne kill 146 with 150 injured. U boats threaten U S waters. an American biplane is shot down near Toul while exchange damage occurs. President Lincoln transport shows survivals. 4 officers and 23 men missing after a torpedo strike.
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Tve
Jersey
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
Pevy Department of Washington
Pyatees
New York
Sound
War and disaster notes from a Frenete liner to Iowa floods and fires
A Frenete liner passenger list mentions Emmeline Pankhurst on a surprise visit. A dam near Tuma Iowa washes a three foot wave down the river. A plane crash near Taylor Field kills Cadet George La Soske. New Jersey public service workers strike over pay. Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharp reassigned to Charleston. A Fort Worth airman Felix A. Roerig dies when his plane crashes. Kansas City volunteers surge in harvest work. Farm loan bonds withdrawn to fund loans until November. About 18,000 Chicago men registered under the selective service act. Liberty motors deliveries to the government reach 19 thousand. President Wilson again petitions California Governor Stephens for Thom as J. Mooney’s pardon.
Charles Warren Fairbanks Dies in Indianapolis
Former vice president and senator for Indiana Charles Warren Fairbanks dies in Indianapolis from nephritis. All family present except Maj Richard Fairbanks, stationed in France. Also noted is the death of Benjamin Chester Chapin in Liberty New York, known for likeness to Abraham Lincoln.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Indianapolis
Maj
Richard Fairbanks
France
Benjamin Chester Chapin
Abraham Lincoln
Liberty
N.Y
European War Developments and Appointments Reported
London announces Sir William Robertson to command British forces. A German air power claim describes a larger four engine plane brought down near Nantmenille Haudonin on June 1. Von Buchau is reported killed on the Marne in a Swiss dispatch. Russia calls arms classes in Petrograd Moscow Kuban and Don regions amid counter revolutionary plots. A Belgian fortress execution of 18 Belgians is reported.
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London
Sir William Robertson
Eastern Command
Imperial Staff
Great Britain
Nantmenille Haudonin
Washington
Switzerland
Prince von Buchau
Marne
Russian Soviet
Moscow
Petrograd
Kuban
Don
Volunteer Nurses Defy German Bombing in War Effort
Washington reports say Red Cross director liss Jabe vetano asserts persistent bombing of hospitals by Germans will not deter American girls from hospital work. She argues frightful tactics will only push more volunteers to support Libe rty and their brothers in battle.
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Liss Jabe Vetano
Department of Nursing
Red Cross
Washington
Iowa State News Highlights War Time Efforts and Tragedies
Iowa reports Simpson college abandoning a $50000 building drive with $46200 in subscriptions. Charles Johnson of Hanna Mfg Co in Oskaloosa receives a White House wool award for a $100 bid. Iowa ships flour to France, and floods cause drownings and injuries. A Spencer four year old drowns along the Little Sioux River, and Alvin Krause, 18, is gassed in France and sent home. Cedar Falls enacts Sunday closing. Cedar Rapids adjourns grain disputes with a $2.20 settlement. Booming war funding and thrift stamps rise, with large week totals. O A Olson of the state board dies. Federal Express merger planned. final items include increased War Savings stamps sales and a thrust for thrift.
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Simpson College
White House
W. L. Harding
Charles Johnson
Hanna Manufacturing Company
Oskaloosa
Spencer
Little Sioux
Alvin Krause
H. W. Krause
Storm Lake
France
Harold
Cedar Falls
Elias Doty
Cedar Rapide
United States Food Administration
Uncle Sam
Sioux City
Food Administration
Chas. Cleman
Union Township
Boone
Iowa
BE. H. Hoyt
Elbert Stone
Viola Stone
Ida Grove
Moldavia
English Channel
Young Stone
Camp Dodge
Express
Federal Express Company
McAdoo
Adams, Southern
American
Wella Fargo
Towa
Swat
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Army and Navy
Des Moines
Army Recruiting Office
Baker Companies
Quartermaster Corps
War Savings
Homer A. Miller
Cutting, Shocking, Stacking and Thrashing Oats Timely
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, this guide explains optimal oats harvesting methods. It covers when to cut, whether to use shocks or stacks, how to build round and long shocks, cap and vent details, and the pros and costs of stacking versus thrashing, plus post harvest handling and uses for oat straw and feed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Heart Ever Kindly Glad of Opportunity to Divide Ration
A dog hesitant to trust a wounded soldier named Jean Lidtard gains courage as he offers biscuits. The dog inch by inch accepts treats, then allows touch, and finally licks his hand. The scene ends with the dog worshipping its new master, as described in Cafard by John Galsworthy.
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Jean Lidtard
Jean Liotard
Cafard
John Galsworthy
Scriber
Liberty Cycle Wheels and Army Service Spare Wheel
Popular Mechanics highlights the Liberty motorcycle, a quar termaster corps design for France, featuring interchangeable wheels. A spare wheel mounted on the sidecar can replace any wheel in under a minute via transverse tongues engaging grooves in the driving sprocket and brake-drum mechanisms, secured by a knockout axle.
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Liberty Cycle
Quartermaster Corps
France
Ita
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Protect the Birds Plan Aims to Save French Songbirds
Parisian M. Andre Godart proposes a plan to rescue France’s scarce songbirds by breeding goldfinches bullfinches linnets yellowhammers thrushes blackbirds and starlings in large aviaries and releasing them as adults to repopulate previously deserted woods and fields. The proposal cites low protection causing declines in birdlife and olive growers threatening to abandon olive production in southern France.
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France
M. Andre Godart
M. Godart
Presidents Who Were Soldiers
More than half of our presidents have served as soldiers. Washington and Monroe were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Jackson William Henry Harrison Tyler Taylor Buchanan in the War of 1812. Lincoln in the Black Hawk War. Taylor Pierce and Grant in the Mexican War. Grant Hayes Garfield Arthur Benjamin Harrison McKinley in the Civil War. Roosevelt in the Spanish American War.
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Washington
Monroe
Jackson
Willam
Henry Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
Buchanan
Lincoln
Pierce
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Ben
Jamin Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Spain
Rich Ore Discovery in Montana Sparks Hype
Montana reports another manganese ore find at a mine with about 1,000,000 tons in sight. Officials caution that postwar exaggerations may inflate expectations, noting prior inflated claims across the United States.
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Montana
Peport
United States
Norway Funds Aid for Agriculture Development
The Norwegian government has allocated 87 million to support intensive agricultural development. Of this total, 4.5 million is dedicated to maintaining low maximum prices for cattle feed and fertiliser.
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Norway
Haa Eap
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Cologne
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Toul
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Henry G. Sharp
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Felix A. Roerig
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Fair Board
Forest City
Lamer A. Miller
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